Anthony DiPierro wrote:

I found out what preload is. See http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Noarticlehere&action=edit&... So, in pseudocode (I don't know mediawiki), all that'd need to be done is change: return $text; to: if ($text!='') { return $text; } else if (namespace is article namespace) { return $newarticleboilerplate; } else { return ''; }

Fabulous! Preloading a blank article form should be not terribly traumatic ... How hard would it be to make the preload an option that a regular editor can switch off when it gets annoying? (Though I for one would probably keep mine on.)

[cc to wikitech-l]

- d.