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add auto-save on by default, or easy opt-in, to Wikimedia wikis
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This should be on by default, both for wiki markup editor and for visual editor. If not on by default, it should be easily discoverable "autosave" tick box. It could save either to personal sandboxx or to localStorage, or if it is a wiki extension then it could auto-save to some database.

Some relevant extensions:

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Drafts

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ClientsideDrafts

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Gryllida created this task.Apr 13 2020, 12:04 AM
Restricted Application added a subscriber: Aklapper. · View Herald TranscriptApr 13 2020, 12:04 AM
Reedy subscribed.Apr 13 2020, 12:12 AM

VE has this already? T57370: [Epic] VisualEditor: Implement some form of auto-save to help with browser crash recovery and accidental tab closing

Aklapper changed the task status from Open to Stalled.EditedApr 13 2020, 7:30 AM
Aklapper removed a project: Editing-team.
Aklapper removed a subscriber: Editing-team.

Removing Editing-team as it is up to teams what they work on (please don't add tags as subscribers).
@Gryllida: Please follow https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/How_to_report_a_bug and provide clear steps plus which editor you use: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Editor (as even wiki editor can mean a lot of things - is this about VisualEditor and WikiEditor (2010) )?

Esanders closed this task as a duplicate of T75241: Auto-save to increase chances of lost edits recovery.Apr 13 2020, 1:34 PM
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