https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27488
--- Comment #28 from Hans Adler <[email protected]> 2011-04-11 13:00:32 UTC --- > You and all the people you know to ask might well agree on this. John Smith > the Wikipedia reader who wants to know what type of plug they use in the > country he's going on holiday to, doesn't give a damn. OK, maybe the current situation is an improvement for *readers*. But it's a serious regression for *editors*, and it needs to be fixed soon. At most times editors don't read pages at all. They just skim them for a specific piece of information and then click a link to get to the next page, or to edit the present one, etc. The normal workflow is currently seriously impaired. Following a link to a section in long discussion page: * Click the link. * Wait for the page to appear (takes a while since the pages are not cached for users who are logged in) * Notice that you have been sent to a different location. No section header anywhere near. * Try to locate the right position anyway. * If you can't find it, click the url bar and press Enter. (Maybe the Reload button also does it in some browsers.) Doing an edit when you know precisely what you want to do but don't have the link on any page that is currently displayed: * Click a link to a page from where you can find the edit link in question (e.g. a History page). * Wait for the page to appear * Click the edit link * Wait * Wait * Variant 1: ** Notice that nothing happens. ** Click again, this time successfully. * Variant 2: ** Get sent to a completely unexpected page. ** Use the Back and Reload buttons. ** Click again, this time successfully. * Variant 3: ** Notice that a Twinkle link was executed instead and you have just accused an arbitrator of vandalism. ** Spend several minutes undoing the damage and trying to convince others it was an honest mistake. ** Try to remember what it was you really wanted to do. Would it be possible to include scripts at the bottom of the page for anonymous users and in the head for users who are logged in? -- 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
