https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29901
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Bug #: 29901
Summary: Queries with no conditions should not return all pages
Product: MediaWiki extensions
Version: any
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: Semantic MediaWiki
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
Classification: Unclassified
When something goes wrong, such as the current behavior where "Category:+"
should act as a wild card but instead acts as a nonexistent category
(https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29900), the query returns all
pages in the wiki, which is not only unuseful, but also likely to be confusing
and more of a problem than simply displaying nothing when nothing is found.
Instead, nothing should be returned if there is nothing that matches the query.
See also:
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29891#c2
...the reason that [[Category:+]] does not work is simply that it is
ambiguous with SMW's way of searching for pages in the category called "+".
Since this is not a valid page, the query ends up having no conditions and all
pages are returned.
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