MediaWiki talk:Autosumm-blank

Bypass redirect

Can an admin please bypass the redirect in this message and the four others? The link should be Wikipedia:Automatic edit summaries rather than WP:AES. The five impacted pages are: MediaWiki:Autosumm-blank, MediaWiki:Autosumm-replace, MediaWiki:Autosumm-new, MediaWiki:Autoredircomment, and MediaWiki:Undo-summary. Cheers. --MZMcBride 01:27, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm just curious: why is this necessary? CMummert · talk 01:43, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Redirects are usually avoided in templates and system messages because the links are clicked so often. It's just more efficient and neater to have the link go directly to the page rather than be routed. --MZMcBride 03:17, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

I don't agree with bypassing these redirects. The developers have said that redirects take up a negligible amount of server usage even if heavily used (and I don't think this one will be, because people don't normally click on the arrows more than once or twice); and more text will fit into the summary with the shorter WP:AES link. (Especially on page creations, this is somewhat important; remember that edit summaries have a 200-character limit.) --ais523 08:04, 29 March 2007 (UTCBuild date: 9/11/2011

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Yes, we need to keep it short to keep as much space as possible for other things in the summary. Prodego ^talk 19:50, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Change auto-edit-summ message

{{editprotected}} This auto-edit-summary should be showing up as:

←Removing all content from $1

instead of

←Blanked the page

— zero » 05:04, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

It deletes all form from the page too though. —Centrx→talk • 06:30, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

The word "blank" is used in many places to describe the act of removing everything from a page. It's in the criteria for speedy deletion and in the standard vandalism templates. This piece of jargon is useful and appropriate here. CMummert · talk 12:37, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

And it is a clear straightforward word anyway, not obscure jargon. —Centrx→talk • 22:04, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism

Hi, i'm trying to vandalise this page and change "blanked page" to something more amusing. Why can't I edit this page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.201.204.236 (talk) 23:12, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi there! This is the MediaWiki namespace, which contains the messages found all over Wikipedia, and every page here is protected, which means only administrators can edit the pages. Please follow the instructions at {{sudo}} and an administrator will make your edit shortly. Happy vandalizing! --Rory096 23:28, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

{{sudo}} No. Prodego ^talk 23:52, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Shorter redirect?

Can we use WP:@ which I just created instead of WP:AES? WP:@ is two bytes shorter than WP:AES and hence saves space (this is more useful on the page creation AESs than here, but I figure they should be harmonized). --Thinboy00 @230, i.e. 04:30, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

I recall something similar being tried in the past and proving unpopular. The prevailing opinion was that the modest space conservation didn't justify the cryptic link.

An at symbol is not an intuitive redirect to Wikipedia:Automatic edit summaries, and it probably would make more sense as a shortcut to Wikipedia:Contact us. —David Levy 04:53, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 24/9/2020, by sharif kubey

should be increase the issues 197.231.202.104 (talk) 07:23, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

Sorry I have no idea what you are saying/requesting? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 07:53, 22 September 2020 (UTC)