On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 8:46 AM, Jon Robson <[email protected]> wrote: > This seems like a bit of an edge case. If you are worried about this > then I would say you want to check the keep me logged in box...
For some of us power users, it will be an edge case we hit annoyingly regularly. I've found mediawiki logs me out despite the 'keep me logged in' box, when logging out on a different device, etc. Irrespective of that, instead of redirecting to Special:UserLogin, the login box could appear, with the form submission being processed at Special:UserLogin. Crazy idea, I know, but lots of other software does that. Another approach, which IMO should be done as a fallback, is to use an approach similar to 'action=edit&redlink=1' and 'redirect=no' to state in the URL that the user doesnt want to login a second time, but would like to be logged in and return to another page. i.e. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Special%3AWatchlist&skipifloggedin=1 If they reload that URL while logged in, it wont ask for login. This would be similar to the API assert=bot/user logic. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Assert -- John Vandenberg _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
