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==UCP migration issues==
I don't know which of these are intended, fixable, or not fixable, but here's what I've seen since UCP:
* Search is not working properly. The search link from empty pages with "You can search for this page title in other pages" doesn't work, and some search functions like "insource:" no longer work.  
* Unregistered users cannot edit templates. 
* Redirects cannot be edited; trying to edit one edits the destination page. 
I realize that a platform migration is a big thing, so this is just a heads-up to let you know. 
[[Special:Contributions/176.127.193.241|176.127.193.241]] 12:19, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
:I saw an announcement that some issues were fixed recently, can you check if issues you mentioned are still there? --[[User:Damixon|Damixon]] ([[User talk:Damixon|talk]]) 22:56, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
::All four issues still exist [[Special:Contributions/176.127.193.241|176.127.193.241]] 07:34, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
:::The search link from empty pages and redirect issue already have tickets filed. (The redirect issue is limited to logged-out users.)
:::The UCP search does not support insource. There has been some discussion about implementing it or some alternative, but as far as I know, there hasn't been any final decision made on that. One of the downsides of merging our ~2,000 Gamepedia wikis onto the same platform as ~200,000 Fandom wikis is that it just wasn't feasible to use the same search solution. I believe this is due to how long it takes to build the search indexes, which long time editors might remember taking days or weeks whenever they needed to be regenerated. Now imagine that a hundredfold.
:::As for the template editing issue, I'll check into whether that was intentional. I don't think so, but I'll see. [[User:SBEyes|SBEyes]] ([[User talk:SBEyes|talk]]) 02:23, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
::::Thanks for the update. Insource was a very useful tool for performing useful searches on a template-heavy wiki like this one, so I hope a solution comes about soon.  [[Special:Contributions/176.127.193.241|176.127.193.241]] 14:36, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
:::::Just checking in to see if there's been any developments on these issues, specifically editing templates for unlogged users. [[Special:Contributions/176.127.193.241|176.127.193.241]] 13:39, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
::::::I had a difficult time getting a definitive answer on the template editing issue, but it's the norm on Fandom, and I finally have confirmation that bringing it over was intentional. So, unfortunately, it would seem to be the new normal going forward.
::::::The redirect issue was fixed, and I just verified that myself.
::::::It sounds like the search issue will be addressed in a batch of planned search improvements ahead, but there isn't a timeline set for this.
::::::As for insource, I think [[Special:TagsReport]] is the intended alternative. I did learn one of the problems with insource is that it needs it own search index, and it seems that was deemed too much overhead to support the feature, so TagsReport is probably the best we're going to get. [[User:SBEyes|SBEyes]] ([[User talk:SBEyes|talk]]) 20:33, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
:::::::Thank you for the reply. The Edit button for the visual editor does actually work for editing redirect text; this fact had eluded me  since I rather prefer source editing.  The Edit Source button and History function still do not function on a redirect page but it's not a large issue.   I'm quite disappointed to hear that the template locks are here to stay, and I hope that will be subject to review in the future.  I'll try to familiarise myself with TagsReport in the meantime and I look forward to the upcoming search improvements. [[Special:Contributions/176.127.193.241|176.127.193.241]] 21:19, 2 December 2020 (UTC)