"If this is a registered email address for your account, then a password reset email will be sent. "
It says "this is a registered email address" but I didn't enter any email address, just the username. The wording here needs to be rephrased.
Here you can find information about localisation: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Localisation
| Subject | Repo | Branch | Lines +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed Special:PasswordReset message | mediawiki/core | master | +19 -5 |
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| · · · | ||||
| Invalid | None | T40638 [DO NOT USE] Interface messages needing rewording or documentation and other issues with existing messages [superseded by #Voice_&_Tone] | ||
| Resolved | Mhutti1 | T118851 Inaccurate success message shown on Special:PasswordReset | ||
| · · · |
The closest rephrasing would be: "If there is a corresponding registered email address, then a password reset email will be sent."
Alternatives are possible.
Change 258369 had a related patch set uploaded (by Mhutti1):
Fixed Special:PasswordReset message
I chatted with @Nikerabbit, and he suggested, what I already thought, too. Instead of rephrasing the message, it would be a better solution to use two different messages for these two different cases (we already rephrased the message here).
I hope, that @Mhutti1 has the time and energy to do this, too, and commented on the change :]