Topic on 2017 wikitext editor/Feedback

Cant Edit a Redirect

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Summary by Elitre (WMF)
A Den Jentyl Ettien Avel Dysklyver (talkcontribs)

It is not possible to edit a redirect page with this editor, you will infact be redirected to whatever article it points to.

Using chrome, vector wiki skin, this should be easy to reproduce since I wasn't using any scripts. the problem was gone the moment i turned this new editor off in beta settings.

Elitre (WMF) (talkcontribs)
86.176.247.36 (talkcontribs)

I didn't think to check, i got anther user to remove the redirect do i could edit the article. acton castle

Epok (talkcontribs)

I have the exact same problem. When I try to edit a redirect, I'm automatically redirected to the target page for edition. The page is not protected.

Using the above workaround though (direct link with "action=editsource"), it works, but this is a big issue if we have to manually enter the URL...

The problem happens on the french WP for me.

Elitre (WMF) (talkcontribs)

@Epok, please provide specific page of example, browser, operating system and WP skin details. Merci!

Epok (talkcontribs)
Elitre (WMF) (talkcontribs)

@Jdforrester (WMF) commented here on what's the expected behavior.

Again, I can't reproduce, as in, when I click on the URL you provided, no matter if I use the 2017 or the 2010 wikitext editor, I always end up editing "Modèle:Utilisateur Bibliothécaire". I'm in Chrome Version 62.0.3202.94 (Official Build) (64-bit) now.

I see that yet another task on this topic has been opened. @Deskana (WMF), I guess we need to investigate more.

Elitre (WMF) (talkcontribs)

Ok, I believe Diwas helped us crack this open.

Kaartic (talkcontribs)

I could reproduce the same issue with an alternative flow.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Open Italia redirect page.
  2. Hold the Ctrl key (or it's equivalent).
  3. Tap on the Edit Source link. This should try to open the link in a new tab (which works at least in FF and Chrome)

Expected results

The Italia redirect page is loaded for source editing in the new tab (at least in browsers that support the shortcut)

Actual results

The Italy page is loaded for source editing.

Hypothesis

This seems to be because the Edit Source link in a redirect page doesn't contain the &redirect=no fragment in it.

Notes

  1. This doesn't happen with the Edit link which also doesn't have the &redirect=no fragment in it.
  2. I have the Temporarily disable the visual editor while it is in beta option unchecked
Kaartic (talkcontribs)
Psantora (talkcontribs)

I'm also having this issue. I prefer the non-visual editor in general so I'm probably going to have to skip trying out these beta features until this is fixed. Thanks for looking into it!

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