Unable to edit semi-protected articles
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	Josve05a
	May 25 2015, 3:31 PM

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Even though I am logged in in the app, I'm unable to edit the article Yahoo! on iOS. I can edit it on a computer or in a browser, but not in the app. I have the proper rights.

This was on an iPad mini (1st gen; MF432KS/A) with iOS 8.3 (12F69) with Wikipedia-app version 96(?) per the About-page and 4.1.3 per the App Store.

This is how it looks when I try to edit

I am logged in.

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Mentioned In: T85528: autoconfirmed users unable to edit semiprotected page via mobile
Mentioned Here: T85528: autoconfirmed users unable to edit semiprotected page via mobile

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Josve05a created this task.May 25 2015, 3:31 PM

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Josve05a added a project: MediaWiki-Page-protection.May 25 2015, 3:38 PM

This also affects the Android app.

It is actually a bit worse, since you can't edit even pages that are only protected from moving, but allow full editing.

I wonder whether this is related to the bug where the app thinks you're logged in, but you're actually not. Here's a way to test that:

Make sure you can reproduce the error Matanya mentioned.
Find a different page that's not protected, and edit that successfully.
Go back to the page that you reproduced this error on. Pull to refresh it. Can you edit it now?

Dbrant triaged this task as Low priority.Jul 1 2015, 3:43 PM

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• Fjalapeno moved this task from Needs Triage to Bug Backlog on the Wikipedia-iOS-App-Backlog board.Jul 5 2015, 7:17 PM

I'm going to assume this is the same issue as T85528.

• Deskana closed this task as a duplicate of T85528: autoconfirmed users unable to edit semiprotected page via mobile.Jul 16 2015, 3:53 PM

Dbrant moved this task from Bug Backlog to Resolved/Invalid/Declined/Legacy on the Wikipedia-Android-App-Backlog board.Jul 29 2015, 2:39 PM

jeremyb-phone mentioned this in T85528: autoconfirmed users unable to edit semiprotected page via mobile.Jan 26 2016, 5:35 AM