On Mon, 2003-01-06 at 04:59, Brion Vibber wrote:
On dim, 2003-01-05 at 19:33, Erik Moeller wrote:
Well, they do! Editing an article doesn't change what other articles link to it, or what older revisions of it are stored in the database, or the presence of its talk page...
The following may behave in unexpected ways:
- Related changes (but I just inserted a link here!)
- Move this page (where did my edits go?)
"Watch this page" might also cause problems: Say you load "Watch this page" in the background and then save your edit, but with the "Watch this article" checkbox turned off - in that case the already watched article is transparently unwatched.
Every one of these is exactly as true if you select them after clicking "View article", then go back to your edit window.
The behavior is the same, but the expectation is different. Someone who manages to load a link in the background is probably experienced enough to realize that this will not apply to the version they are currently editing.
Regards,
Erik