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	Dec 10 2011, 2:05 PM

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I think the sysops may benefit from having live suggestions while they type the reason for protecting/deleting/blocking.

The script at w:pt:MediaWiki:Gadget-SysopSuggestions.js provides this feature. It takes the values from

[[MediaWiki:Protect-dropdown]]
[[MediaWiki:Revdelete-reason-dropdown]]
[[MediaWiki:Filedelete-reason-dropdown]]
[[MediaWiki:Ipbreason-dropdown]]
[[MediaWiki:Deletereason-dropdown]]

which are already available in the form and then filter the list to display only those items which match what the user has typed.

Please consider including something similar to MediaWiki.

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Reference: bz32950

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Added reason suggestion in block/delete/protect forms	mediawiki/core	master	+57 -2

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		Open		None	T50240 Implement autocompletion / search suggestion / auto-complete / autocomplete / auto-suggest throughout MediaWiki (tracking)
		Open		None	T34950 Use jQuery.suggestions to add reason suggestions to block/delete/protect forms

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Low.Nov 22 2014, 12:00 AM

• bzimport added projects: MediaWiki-User-management, good first task, JavaScript.

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He7d3r created this task.Dec 10 2011, 2:05 PM

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resources/src/jquery/jquery.suggestions.js exists; implementation hints could be seen in

./resources/src/mediawiki/mediawiki.userSuggest.js
./resources/src/mediawiki/mediawiki.searchSuggest.js
./resources/src/mediawiki.widgets/mw.widgets.TitleInputWidget.js and ./includes/widget/TitleInputWidget.php

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I imported the task as https://codein.withgoogle.com/dashboard/tasks/5650229674115072/

Change 330447 had a related patch set uploaded (by Filip):
Added reason suggestion in block/delete/protect forms

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/330447

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Jan 4 2017, 5:56 PM

Jdforrester-WMF added a project: User-notice.Jan 4 2017, 8:44 PM

Filip claimed this task.Jan 7 2017, 3:56 PM

Florian closed this task as Resolved.Jan 10 2017, 9:21 PM

Added a note in the next Tech news: https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tech%2FNews%2F2017%2F03&type=revision&diff=16218362&oldid=16217483

Change 330447 merged by jenkins-bot:
Added reason suggestion in block/delete/protect forms

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/330447

ReleaseTaggerBot added projects: MW-1.29-release (WMF-deploy-2017-01-17_(1.29.0-wmf.8)), MW-1.29-release-notes.Jan 10 2017, 10:00 PM

Johan moved this task from To Triage to In current Tech/News draft on the User-notice board.Jan 10 2017, 10:19 PM

@Florian Thanks!

Schnark mentioned this in T155086: JS-parser for reasons on block/delete/protect forms too simplistic.Jan 11 2017, 8:55 AM

Liuxinyu970226 awarded a token.Jan 12 2017, 5:26 AM

Johan moved this task from In current Tech/News draft to Recently announced in Tech/News on the User-notice board.Jan 19 2017, 11:28 AM

Please revert this - we already have a perfectly good drop down list of 'canned' block (and deletion) log entries. The un-necessary duplication, particularly when deployed in this manner, has meant I no longer have the 'custom' log entries saved in my browser history which I can use to provide supplementary detail in addition to the drop down log entries.

As an example, when blocking socks of a user, I would choose the drop down block reason "Abusing multiple accounts" but in the text entry reason field, I would then add the username of the master account, thus giving a block entry which states "Abusing multiple accounts: [[User:Example]]" which is quick and easy, and really helpful to my fellow administrators if we're doing [[WP:DENY]] and won't be placing a sockpuppet tag on the user page.

If I delete pages they've created, I'll use the canned edit summary "G5: Creation by a blocked or banned user in violation of block or ban" but again, in the text entry reason field, I'll add "created by sockpuppet of [[User:Example]]" to give a full log entry of "G5: Creation by a blocked or banned user in violation of block or ban: created by sockpuppet of [[User:Example]]"

The provision of the existing 'canned' edit summaries is making writing custom log entries a little cumbersome too, as you type it changes the suggested text, and a couple of the suggestions are things like "<div class="notice" style="background:#def; border:1px solid #468; padding:0.5em; margin:0.5em auto; min-height:50px">[[File:Information.svg|left|50px|alt=|link=]]Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a [[Wikipedia:Username policy#Promotional names|policy" which is not helpful.

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Nick reopened this task as Open.Jan 20 2017, 4:43 PM

MusikAnimal lowered the priority of this task from Unbreak Now! to High.Jan 20 2017, 5:15 PM

Agreed. This implementation was a bit of a misfire, as it impacted the workflow of many admins. Please roll this back while we discuss how this could be better implemented, possibly by making it optional with a toggle in preferences, defaulting to off.

@BU_Rob13: Yeah, you're right. Will upload patch for this tomorrow. Setting in option is the best idea for now.

In T34950#2956507, @FilipGCI wrote:

@BU_Rob13: Yeah, you're right. Will upload patch for this tomorrow. Setting in option is the best idea for now.

New user preferences are discouraged, and this one probably doesn't warrant it.

This should have been reviewed with more care by more people. I don't think the change is particularly bad, but it could have been better though. Having both the dropdown and the suggestions visible at the same time is a bit strange, but having the list of all available options visible is good for new admins to see a list of common summaries to choose (while choosing one of the predefined ones isn't required, it gives consistency across the wiki).

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Ok, this is my fault :( I have looked at the form only, but it seems I haven't recognized the separate reasons dropdown box :/ The current implementation is technically good, however, it looks a bit duplicated to the dropdown.

Btw.: Lowering the priority, as it, in fact, does not break the software :) See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Phabricator/Help#Setting_task_priority

Btw 2: No clue, why gerrit-bot hasn't announced it here, but I created revert of the implementation in: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/333360/

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2017-01-21T20:00:32Z] <legoktm@tin> Synchronized php-1.29.0-wmf.8/includes: Revert "Added reason suggestion in block/delete/protect forms" (1/2) - T34950 (duration: 01m 31s)

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Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2017-01-21T20:01:30Z] <legoktm@tin> Synchronized php-1.29.0-wmf.8/resources: Revert "Added reason suggestion in block/delete/protect forms" (1/2) - T34950 (duration: 00m 39s)

I deployed the revert, so it should be back to the status quo. I'll leave this task open for someone else to figure out whether we should be re-attempting this and how to address the concerns.

Legoktm removed projects: MW-1.29-release (WMF-deploy-2017-01-24_(1.29.0-wmf.9)), MW-1.29-release-notes, MW-1.29-release (WMF-deploy-2017-01-17_(1.29.0-wmf.8)), Patch-For-Review, good first task.Jan 21 2017, 8:05 PM

Florian removed a project: Google-Code-In-2016.Jan 21 2017, 8:11 PM

Thanks for doing this so quickly. I'd have no complaints if it's redeployed with a way to switch this feature off and on.

Filip mentioned this in T146000: Convert instances of the social tools TagCloud class in FanBoxes and BlogPage to use CapsuleMultiselectWidget.Jan 21 2017, 9:20 PM

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Change 340168 had a related patch set uploaded (by Filip; owner: Filip):
Converted alerts, and confirms to OOJSUI

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/340168

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Feb 27 2017, 8:04 PM

Oh, provided wrong patch number...

Krinkle moved this task from Backlog to User blocking on the MediaWiki-User-management board.May 7 2017, 11:50 PM

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Maybe the communities should be asked again, if there's no more need for this, the task should be declined.

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Pppery moved this task from Already announced/Archive to Not ready to announce on the User-notice board.Nov 7 2024, 6:50 AM

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