https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24481
--- Comment #6 from Trevor Parscal <[email protected]> 2010-12-10 16:56:05 UTC --- Wouldn't it be better if we had a way to check if the contents of a new page are actually the contents of an existing or recently blanked page? We could do this with a hash on the contents and a quick query in a table. Then, if the user appears to be moving a page by copy pasting we can say "it looks like you are trying to move [[this]] to [[that]], would you like to leave behind a redirect? Tip: Moving pages can be done by clicking the move action [[Image:Screenshot of move link in menu bar]]" and then *magically* move it for them. Bottom line, making things more visible always boils down to helping a particular use case at the eventual cost of most others. If we are seeing a detectable, recoverable misbehavior on the site, we should detect and recover from it. This is also going to ensure we have a far more robust solution that actually prevents the misbehavior rather than just hinting the user into behaving correctly. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
