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Add a dropdown for common undelete reasons on Special:Undelete
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Feature summary :

  • Add a dropdown for common undelete reasons on Special:Undelete
  • MediaWiki:Undeletereason-dropdown

Use case(s) :
Special:Undelete -> undeleting is a frequent task on wikis and a part of procedures/requests (i.g fr:Wikipédia:Demande de restauration de page).

Benefit(s) :

  • Predetermined reasons enables the utilization of standardized forms when applicable.
  • It becomes simpler to associate the appropriate guideline with the undelete reason, resulting in greater clarity.
  • It could later help to build URL parameters for Special:Undelete as wpReason for Special:Block and Special:Block or user-reason for Special:UserRights.

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Aklapper changed the subtype of this task from "Task" to "Feature Request".Jan 11 2023, 8:30 PM

Change 1008552 had a related patch set uploaded (by Umherirrender; author: Umherirrender):

[mediawiki/core@master] specials: Add dropdown for common undelete reasons on Special:Undelete

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1008552

Change 1008552 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/core@master] specials: Add dropdown for common undelete reasons on Special:Undelete

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1008552

It is now possible to create MediaWiki:Undelete-comment-dropdown or MediaWiki:Undelete-comment-dropdown-unsuppress system messages on a wiki to use the new feature after the new version is active there - see roadmap https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.42/Roadmap for 1.42.0-wmf.22