Closed Bug 820442 Opened 12 years ago Closed 12 years ago

Do not simply encourage users to log in when visiting a non-existent page

Categories

(developer.mozilla.org Graveyard :: Design, defect)

Product:
developer.mozilla.org Graveyard
Component:
Design
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 781195

People

(Reporter: openjck, Unassigned)

Details

(Whiteboard: p=) 

When a reader tries to read a page that does not exist (for example, by clicking a red link), he is encouraged to log in. This can be confusing. In bug 818851, for example, a reader thought that he needed to log in just to read the page.

There are a few different things we could do about this. As one idea, we could provide a "Page does not exist" notice with the option of creating a new page, much like MediaWiki does (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDNEmptyTestPage). This way, the reader would not be immediately dropped into a page creation form and required to log in.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 12 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Product: developer.mozilla.org → developer.mozilla.org Graveyard
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