https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4547
Chris McKenna <[email protected]> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |[email protected] --- Comment #56 from Chris McKenna <[email protected]> 2011-05-19 22:37:44 UTC --- Not sure if this comment should here or on bug:9890 but if/when this is enabled what will happen if a user unknowingly creates a local template at the same name as a Commons one? Will there be an "are you sure you want to create this?" or something? i.e. Scenario 1: en.wp is using Commons:Template:Foo, called just as {{foo}} as there is no local Template:Foo page. user:bar creates template:Foo on en.wp to do a completely different job, not knowing that a template:Foo from Commons is in use elsewhere on the project. other users see that template:Foo is now doing a very different thing to what it did and start complaining everywhere they can think of complaining. Confusion and bad feeling ensue. Scenario 2: en.wp is using Commons:Template:Foo, called just as {{foo}} as there is no local Template:Foo page. user:bar creates template:Foo on en.wp to do a completely different job, not knowing that a template:Foo from Commons is in use elsewhere on the project. When she tries to save to save it a message informs her that a template of this name exists on Commons and is she sure she wants all uses of it on en.wp to use this version instead? [Yes, all pages on en.wp should use this template] [No, use a different name for this template] [Cancel] user:bar saves her template as Template:Foo2 Scenario 3: Template:Baz is transcluded from Commons onto a large number of pages at en.wp. malliscious user:Quux on en.wp creates a local template:Baz consisting of an image that fills the page. When he tries to save it he is presented with same message as in scenario 2. He clicks that yes. Pages on en.wp are replaced with the image the next time they look at the template. Other users start complaining everywhere they can think of while admins scurry to find and fix the problem. User:Quux is banned and moves on to is.wp and repeats. How do we stop this? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
