MediaWiki talk:Titleblacklist-custom-SPI

Protected edit request on 9 January 2014

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Please replace the page's contents with the following:

You appear to be trying to create or edit MediaWiki talk:Titleblacklist-custom-SPI but are actually about to create MediaWiki talk:Titleblacklist-custom-SPI

The User: prefix should not be placed before usernames in the title of sockpuppet investigation reports (e.g., Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/User:Example is wrong; Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Example is correct).
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This will result in users automatically being given a link to the page they mean. Jackmcbarn (talk) 15:27, 9 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Question: Isn't there a preload template for SPI cases? Shouldn't the "If you are trying to create..." be a fullurl link with the preload parameter set? Would it be bad to wrap it in an #ifexist: and if it doesn't exist it would be "create fullurl w/preload", but if it does exist it would just be "edit MediaWiki talk:Titleblacklist-custom-SPI"? Just some ideas to improve/expand. I know that #ifexist is an expensive parser function, but since this would be caught presumably on a blank page (since it is caught by TBL in the first place disallowing creation), then that shouldn't be an issue. Technical 13 (talk) 17:45, 9 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Fixed. (No #ifexist is needed. That link will work exactly like the inputbox does.) Jackmcbarn (talk) 17:58, 9 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  - Done. Given the lack of any further objections, I have enacted this. — Mr. Stradivarius ^{♪ talk ♪} 17:42, 13 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    - Now that I'm seeing it live, I realize it's not clear why the title is wrong. I've added a line to explain why. Reopening. Jackmcbarn (talk) 20:32, 13 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
      - Done — Mr. Stradivarius ^{♪ talk ♪} 22:31, 13 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]