MediaWiki:Nocreatetext is the notification for users trying to create a page when they have no such permission. When they have permission, MediaWiki:Newarticletext is shown instead. When viewing, as opposed to editing, nonexistent pages, Template:No article text is displayed. This interface message or skin may also be documented on MediaWiki.org or translatewiki.net. The page forms part of the MediaWiki interface, and can only be edited by administrators and interface editors. To request a change to the page, add ((edit fully-protected)) to this page, followed by a description of your request. Consider announcing discussions you add here at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical) to bring more people to the discussion. |
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This message is currently rather deliberately vague. With or without a link to Special:Userlogin (and I really don't see why there shouldn't be one), the message should at least explain why the user cannot create a page and how to overcome this. Christopher Parham (talk) 22:45, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
Comment - I really think it'd be a good idea to link to the signup/login page from the message page. These anon users may be absolutely new and miss the signup link at the top. I'd do it myself if I could. - Hahnchen 03:46, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
Someone please clarify why there shouldn't be a link to Special:Userlogin. Else, let me be bold and add it myself. -- Sundar \talk \contribs 12:17, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
I was thinking of making second "Recent changes" page which would log anonymous changes but my idea still has some flaws, I have to think about it more --Aperculum 18:00, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
Do you think the following clause could be added to this message? "We apologize for the inconvenience, but in light of recent events, this action had to be taken, and we hope it proves beneficial to everyone involved in Wikipedia."
-- Denelson83 04:09, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
I feel it might be a little, I dunno, Orwellian to assert that this state of affairs is "temporary". I realize we are currently just testing out this idea, but if it turns out that we and/or Jimbo like it, it's going to stay on, and the "temporary" situation will have been permanent all along. —Bunchofgrapes (talk) 16:31, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
re-[1] Unregistered editors may, however, create talk pages.
I don't think it is necessary to confuse the issue. I'd rather this be as simple as possible. Either ask for the page, or create an account. ∴ here…♠ 18:14, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
An IP user trying to create an article is probably new here; thus, I think it's appropriate to have a general "welcome to Wikipedia" link. I asked for an admin to add a link to Wikipedia:Introduction. We should try to keep this error message as short as possible, because of the way that people read error messages (skimming). But I think this link really needed to go in. -- Creidieki 02:01, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
I've changed the text (and MediaWiki:Nocreatetitle as well) per the suggestion at WP:VPP. -- Rick Block (talk) 17:54, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
This message was a bit confused in the previous version. First, it mentioned that the user could create an article (not quite true), with a link to Help:Starting a new page. Then it linked to WP:AFC, and then *after* that it told them to log in. I've tried to rearrange the message so that it doesn't go back-and-forth, by putting the AFC notice after the "create an account" notice. I hope this was a help. -- Creidieki 19:36, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
Since this is, fundamentally, an error message, we should try to make our links verbs, rather than nouns. I originally added the Introduction link with a link around the words "read our introduction", and it was changed to "read our introduction". I think that this is inappropriate for an error message, and have changed it back (with assistance from an admin). -- Creidieki 19:39, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
Someone brought up this suggestion: having the message display the name of the page attempted to be created. I tried using $1 to implement this and see if it would work, but it didn't. Thoughts on this and whether we should try to add that in? Thanks! Flcelloguy (A note?) 17:55, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
Much of the time, a person following a red link is not intending to create a new page, but rather is interested in the information that might be found if the link were not red. They may be unfamiliar with Wikipedia conventions, or they may simply have forgotten that red links go nowhere. Search functionality is probably the most important thing to include here. I know this functionality used to be found in the MediaWiki:Noarticletext template. I can't find the template that is currently being used when one removes the "&action=edit" from a the URL of a red link, but that template's functionality is ideal, and ought to be added here. As an alternative, red links could all have the "&action=edit" bit removed first, and only added when the user then verifies that they would like to create the article. Coelacan 19:35, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
If an anonymous or non-logged-in user follows a red link, the standard page that they get now reads:
There are several problems with these few sentences. In decreasing order of importance:
My redraft also attempts to clarify the distinction between writing the content and creating the article:
I'm not really happy with "You can search", either -- I think something like "Click here to search", but that doesn't flow so well after "but you can create/write it". I also think that since the search is what most people will want to do, it should logically come first rather than the cheerful "you can write/create it". But I presume the way it's done now was a policy decision.
I don't expect to come back and check for responses here; if the people with the power to edit this message disagree with my opinion that changes are needed, I'm fine with that. But I think it's pretty clear-cut that they are needed, and I hope they'll be made.
207.176.159.90 08:52, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
I've added a special check to the template in order to make the message clearer if an anon tries to nominate an article for deletion. I've made it a #switch:
so that similar messages for other processes requiring page creation can be easily added if desired. Feel free to tweak the wording. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 18:15, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Since I'm not very savvy on where to discuss the new 'transcluded deletion log' effect that works on MediaWiki:Noarticletext and MediaWiki:newarticletext, it should be mentioned here that this page does not currently have that functionality enabled. 64.126.24.11 18:43, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
What makes IPs unable to create non-talk pages? Dagoth Ur, Mad God (talk) 12:10, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
Would someone mind if I transclude the editnotice of the wizard's default page directly into this message if it's displayed on New article name here? That page has been protected now due to repeated recreations, but that means that editors who end up there will be much more confused now and might not find their way back (they won't get the editnotice since "view source" doesn't display it). I initially didn't want the page protected in the first place, but the growing deletion log is certainly not helpful either. So, something like ((#ifeq:((PAGENAME))|New article name here|((Editnotices/Page/New article name here))))
Any objections? I've made that change at MediaWiki:Noarticletext already, but this is the page that actually should show this notice. Amalthea 16:09, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
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Change the text:
Wikipedia does not have a talk page with this exact title.
to:
Wikipedia has restricted the ability to create talk pages to logged-in users.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by M'encarta (talk • contribs)
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Please change [[((ns:Project)):Why was my page deleted?|Why was my page deleted?]]
to [[((ns:Project)):Why was the page I created deleted?|Why was the page I created deleted?]]
per this discussion.
82.132.139.138 (talk) 12:20, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
I suggest we point IPs to the new Draft namespace. Josh Parris 10:48, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
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Sometimes, a article is "salted". If a user views a "salted" page, this message will appear. But this message includes a "Login or create an account". So, when a registered user view a "salted" article, a "Login or create an account" will appear. I think:A parser function should be used on PROTECTIONLEVEL. If the article is "salted", it should say "This page is protected from creation."S/s/a/z-1/2 (talk) 03:26, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
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When an unregistered user accesses a page that does not exist on Wikipedia, the user does not see a space after the name of the page. Please put a space after the name of the page that does not exist on Wikipedia. Sam Hnri (talk) 20:26, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
to start the '''''((FULLPAGENAME))'''''((#if:((NAMESPACE))
. /~huesatlum/ 00:03, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
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When I come across a salted page, I generally want to know why, but the interface doesn't currently give any obvious method of getting to this information. The link to "View full log" works, but is misleadingly placed within the deletion+move log, and there's no indication that it works for the protection log too. Also, it would be helpful to be able to access the protection log individually.
I'd suggest changing these lines:
* ((#switch:((PROTECTIONLEVEL:create|((FULLPAGENAME)))) |sysop=This page is protected from creation, so only [[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrators]] can create it. |autoconfirmed=This page is semi-protected from creation, so only [[Wikipedia:User access levels#Autoconfirmed users|autoconfirmed users]] can create it.
to this:
* ((#switch:((PROTECTIONLEVEL:create|((FULLPAGENAME)))) |sysop=This page is protected from creation, so only [[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrators]] can create it. You may wish to check the [((fullurl:Special:Log/protect|page=((FULLPAGENAMEE)))) protection log]. |autoconfirmed=This page is semi-protected from creation, so only [[Wikipedia:User access levels#Autoconfirmed users|autoconfirmed users]] can create it. You may wish to check the [((fullurl:Special:Log/protect|page=((FULLPAGENAMEE)))) protection log].
This would be analogous to the current link to the deletion log for deleted pages. (I apologise for the lack of newlines; nesting templates inside bulleted lists is always a little hairy, and this method has the advantage of being unlikely to disrupt the page layout.)
--ais523 13:16, 27 October 2014 (UTC)
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Please change the page content with this:
You must be a registered user to create this page.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.180.150.143 (talk) 01:59, 2 November 2014
#switch:
statement, and remove a lot of the template for no clear reason. This includes messages that the person needs to be logged in. Logging in is also the critical factor, merely registering is insufficient. I am registered; if I log out, I'm still registered, but can no longer create non-talk pages. --Redrose64 (talk) 17:32, 2 November 2014 (UTC)
You must be a registered user to create this talk page.
MediaWiki:Nocreatetext has been listed at Templates for discussion (nomination). Feel free to weigh in there; thank you. ((u|Sdkb)) talk 00:55, 30 December 2020 (UTC)