Many edit error and block messages contain html or other formatting characters. or are opaque failure codes.
When a user's edit or login fails, we should present a short, understandable message in the local language (except where security concerns apply).
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resolved | JTannerWMF | T319347 iOS edit notices and errors | |||
| Open | None | T224748 Clear editing error messages | |||
| Resolved | BUG REPORT | JTannerWMF | T217186 Investigate alternative handling of account creation error messages | ||
| Resolved | LGoto | T224512 include plain-text non UI messages in account handling | |||
| Resolved | BUG REPORT | JTannerWMF | T201640 [OTRS] Fix formatting of blocked error message | ||
| Open | None | T212192 iOS mobile app fails to render an IP range block message | |||
| Resolved | BUG REPORT | JTannerWMF | T275118 iOS app does not show block messages | ||
| Open | BUG REPORT | None | T281610 Password reset confirmation message cut off | ||
| Invalid | None | T246499 Checkuser block message is markup barf | |||
| Open | BUG REPORT | None | T287961 Unable to publish article descriptions on Wikipedia iPhone app due to an API error | ||
| Open | BUG REPORT | None | T233168 Better messaging than Wikidata API error code when attempting to add title descriptions | ||
| Open | BUG REPORT | None | T263155 Editing error(?) message in ios app displaying nonsense characters in ja.wiki |
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