MediaWiki talk:Protectedinterface

Link

{{editprotected}}

It might be useful to link the phrase "interface text" in this message to Wikipedia:MediaWiki namespace. Thanks – 81.153.158.137 11:48, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Y Done. --ais523 14:33, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Add box

{{editprotected}} Please add the following:

It is the same box as {{explanation}}, however there is a pointer to the talk page. Reason: The user should be informed when he tries to edit the page, not only when he goes to the talk page. Thanks, --Church of emacs (Talk) 13:44, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Done, but switched to fmbox . — Carl (CBM · talk) 22:53, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Add link to qqq

I suggest to use the same text as on {{interface explanation}}, i.e. change the text "This interface message is documented on its manual page" to "This interface message or skin may be documented on MediaWiki.org or TranslateWiki." Or at least include a link to the qqq. Thank you, SPQRobin (talk) 12:30, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

 Done Tra (Talk) 22:46, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Fixes and update

See recent changes on Commons (talk for their rationale). Also, shouldn't the template be categorised? --Nemo 09:08, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Not done: per my comment at Template talk:Interface explanation. About the categories - if you know what categories to add and where, feel free to make another request or reopen this one. Best — Mr. Stradivarius ^{(have a chat)} 17:57, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Ok, please fix the sitename though: it's translatewiki.net. Thanks, Nemo 13:50, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Fair enough - so changed. — Mr. Stradivarius ^{(have a chat)} 19:19, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 8 December 2013

Replace

To request a change to the page, add <tt>{{[[Template:Editprotected|editprotected]]}}</tt> to the [[{{ns:9}}:{{PAGENAME}}|talk page]], followed by a description of your request.

with

You can submit an edit request by clicking the link below and following instructions.{{Submit an edit request|type=full}}

Jackmcbarn (talk) 23:09, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

Done Except it's not a link, it's a button. Anomie⚔ 23:25, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 6 March 2014

Please add two newlines between "instructions." and "Submit an edit request". Jackmcbarn (talk) 04:14, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

@Jackmcbarn: That doesn't work - see my sandbox. It is only displayed on a new line when I use three new lines in the source code, but that seems like too much space. Perhaps we need to do something with <div>...</div> tags? — Mr. Stradivarius ^{♪ talk ♪} 05:01, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

I made a couple of attempts at this.[1][2] Have a look and see what you think. — Mr. Stradivarius ^{♪ talk ♪} 05:22, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

Hmm, now that I try this on a different computer, I see that my "that doesn't work" comment above would be more accurate as "that doesn't work on Chrome under Windows XP". Chrome and Firefox on Ubuntu are both working fine, although with two line breaks it still looks a little squashed. — Mr. Stradivarius ^{♪ talk ♪} 10:01, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

I like [3] but with margin-top instead of margin-bottom. Jackmcbarn (talk) 13:43, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

Consider it Done. — Mr. Stradivarius ^{♪ talk ♪} 13:55, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 13 July 2016

At the moment, I think the text emphasizes the wrong thing in a confusing way. The current bolded title is not the primary message. Instead, what the page is should be emphasized. Therefore, the main part of the text should be changed to:

This interface message or skin forms part of the MediaWiki interface. It may be documented on MediaWiki.org or translatewiki.net. It can only be edited by administrators and interface editors; you can submit an edit request by clicking the button below and following the instructions.

(Newline after the bolded section is optional. I don't think we need it, but hey, whatever you think.) Enterprisey (talk!) _{(formerly APerson)} 01:28, 13 July 2016 (UTC)

 Done (I kept the <br />.) — xaosflux ^Talk 02:01, 13 July 2016 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 21 September 2016

If a non-admin attempts to move a page into the MediaWiki space, he/she will get an error along with this interface message. The issue is that the move action is performed on a special page that does not have a talkPageTitle, and hence is currently giving:

A namespace check (if we're on a Special page) solves the problem. Please replace this section of text:

You can submit an edit request by clicking the button below and following the instructions.
<div class="center" style="margin-top: 4px;">{{Submit an edit request|type=full}}</div>

with

{{#ifexpr:{{NAMESPACENUMBER}} < 0||You can submit an edit request by clicking the button below and following the instructions.
<div class="center" style="margin-top: 4px;">{{Submit an edit request|type=full}}</div>}}

I've tested that the Lua error correctly goes away at the test site.

Thanks! — Andy W. (talk · ctb) 02:15, 21 September 2016 (UTC)

 Done Thank you for the update. — xaosflux ^Talk 04:22, 21 September 2016 (UTC)

Suggestion

The sentence, "It can only be edited by administrators and interface editors", should not have a semicolon (;). I consider this a typo. Please replace it with a period (.) instead. 2600:1700:A2A0:FB50:19C9:6F10:7AE2:5AEF (talk) 01:57, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

 Done — xaosflux ^Talk 02:57, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

Interface editor vs interface administrator

Resolved

Templates {{Interface explanation}} and {{Protected interface}} currently link to the page on Meta: interface editors. On Wikipedia, there is a user group interface administrators, which, if I understand correctly, can edit the same pages, which "Global interface editors" can. Should the templates link to one of these or to both? —⁠andrybak (talk) 11:52, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

Interface editors is a correct link to meta. Interface administrators might also be correct, but the interface admin group on en is a subset of the administrator group in the context of most MediaWiki pages, so adding them is unnecessary. (Obvious, excepting those which are CSS or JS pages.) --Izno (talk) 14:57, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

Izno, ahh I see. This bit of Wikipedia:Interface administrators is relevant: Per community discussions, interface admin rights may be granted only to existing administrators.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Andrybak (talk • contribs) 15:24, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

Note

Protected edit request on 23 August 2022

• Make the parameter 1 display the string edit by default if it is unspecified, instead of the current behaviour (showing a raw {{1}}).

Currently, this template has a very unsightly {{1}} appearing in the 3rd sentence of the message ('Only administrators and interface editors can {{{1}}} it.') when parameter 1 is unspecified, as can be seen on the example of this template on the actual page for this template (Template:Protected interface). Fixing this problem would save you some effort in the long run (not needing to manually assign a value to 1 in order for this template to look presentable), and I'm also not entirely sure if there are any use cases for this template where 1 would have a value besides edit in the first place. 🔥HOTm̵̟͆e̷̜̓s̵̼̊s̸̜̃🔥 (talk) 16:45, 23 August 2022 (UTC)

This template is only used on a few pages in the MediaWiki namespace [4]:

• MediaWiki:Protectedinterface
• MediaWiki:Sitecssprotected
• MediaWiki:Sitejsprotected

Where MediaWiki replaces the $1 placeholder with actual value for the parameter. This change is not needed, because this template is not supposed to be used anywhere else. {{{1}}} is not "unsightly", it highlights the fact the this parameter is required. The usages of this template must supply the correct value to this parameter through MediaWiki placeholders. I oppose this change. —⁠andrybak (talk) 14:15, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

 Not done this does not appear to be causing any actual issues anywhere. — xaosflux ^Talk 18:48, 27 August 2022 (UTC)