Skyring (skyring(a)gmail.com) [050704 06:21]:
On 7/4/05, David Gerard
<fun(a)thingy.apana.org.au> wrote:
> Nathan J. Yoder (njyoder(a)energon.org) [050704 06:10]:
> > I also notice that no one has made an
argument for why it should work
> > that way, since it's clearly only meant to thwart block evasion (which
> > this is not a case of).
> wikien-l isn't a development list. Have you
tried reporting it as a bug
> yet? Or perhaps discussing it on mediawiki-l (the list for the software)
> would be appropriate first.
With all due respect, David, but you seem to be
evading the point. You
must know whether this is a bug or a feature. If you don't know, then
say so, otherwise NJY is going to think you are just winding him up.
The answer is "I don't know" and "there may well be something to what
Nathan says" :-) Most users of course won't ever see the blocked user
interface. If the user interface defies expectations - which is a bad
thing, after all - ask the developers why it works the way it does, in a
calm and polite manner, and Brion or Tim or Magnus or whoever wrote that
bit will almost certainly explain why it works as it does, or suggest
raising a bug.
- d.