2010 June, 23 (Guerric)

Index: includes/EditPage.php
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--- includes/EditPage.php	(revision 20065)
+++ includes/EditPage.php	(working copy)
@@ -205,10 +205,19 @@
 	    	if (is_null($nt) || !$nt->isEditable()) 
 	    	{
 		    	$formtype = '';
-		    	$saveFailed = true;
-		    	if ( is_null($nt) )
-		    	{
-		    		wfMessagePush('general', wfMsg('Article.Error.page-title-contains-illegal-chars'));
+				$saveFailed = true;
+				if (is_null($nt))
+				{
+					$titleLength = strlen($this->fulltitle);
+					if ($titleLength > 255)
+					{
+						// provided title is too long
+						wfMessagePush('general', wfMsg('Article.Error.title.length', abs(255 - $titleLength)));
+					}
+					else
+					{
+						wfMessagePush('general', wfMsg('Article.Error.page-title-contains-illegal-chars'));
+					}
 		    	}
 		    	else
 		    	{
@@ -494,8 +503,14 @@
 			// normal editing
 			if ($this->isNewPage())
 			{
+				$newTitle = !empty($this->title) ? $this->title : $displaytitle;
 				// insert the display title form field for new pages
-				$formFields[] = '<div class="deki-new-page-title-border"><div class="deki-new-page-title"><input type="text" id="deki-new-page-title" name="new_page_title" value="'. htmlspecialchars($displaytitle) .'" /></div></div>';	
+				$formFields[] = 
+					'<div class="deki-new-page-title-border">'.
+						'<div class="deki-new-page-title">'.
+							'<input type="text" id="deki-new-page-title" name="new_page_title" value="'. htmlspecialchars($newTitle) .'" />'.
+						'</div>'.
+					'</div>';
 			}
 		}
 		else
Index: resources/resources.txt
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--- resources/resources.txt	(revision 20065)
+++ resources/resources.txt	(working copy)
@@ -864,6 +864,7 @@
 	page-title-contains-illegal-chars=The title you are attempting to save contains illegal characters - please change your title.
 	page-title-is-empty=Page title can't be empty.
 	page-title-is-invalid=Page title ($1) is an invalid title - it contains illegal characters.
+	title.length=The title you are attempting to save is too long - please remove $1 characters.
 	save-failed-for=Save failed for $1
 	unknown-action-specified=The action specified by the URL is not\r\nrecognized by the server