* (bug 25488) Disallowing anonymous users to read pages no longer throws error on...

diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index 1e7d12f..53069e5 100644 (file)
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -399,6 +399,8 @@ LocalSettings.php. The specific bugs are listed below in the general notes.
 * (bug 19129) Only show MyISAM/InnoDB when supported
 * (bug 17762) Only show other e-mail options when e-mail is globally enabled
 * Cache multiple sizes of InstantCommons thumbnails
+* (bug 25488) Disallowing anonymous users to read pages no longer throws error
+  on discussion pages with vector as default skin
 
 === API changes in 1.17 ===
 * (bug 22738) Allow filtering by action type on query=logevent.

diff --git a/skins/Vector.php b/skins/Vector.php
index 479d06d..4da6bf3 100644 (file)
--- a/skins/Vector.php
+++ b/skins/Vector.php
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class SkinVector extends SkinTemplate {
                                );
                                // Checks if this is a current rev of talk page and we should show a new
                                // section link
-                               if ( ( $isTalk && $wgArticle->isCurrent() ) || ( $wgOut->showNewSectionLink() ) ) {
+                               if ( ( $isTalk && $wgArticle && $wgArticle->isCurrent() ) || ( $wgOut->showNewSectionLink() ) ) {
                                        // Checks if we should ever show a new section link
                                        if ( !$wgOut->forceHideNewSectionLink() ) {
                                                // Adds new section link