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How to change the interface language in mobile view?
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I'm sorry, probably I'm missing something, but what is the expected way to change the interface language in a mobile view of a MediaWiki page? I'm reading about Special:MobileLanguages page here but this page opens with "A valid title must be specified." error for me.

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As a workaround, you can go to Special:Preferences directly. In my testing I did not find any other way to change language.

Sergiidumyk claimed this task.

@Nikerabbit also found this option, thank you. Well, I'm surprised, but it's better than nothing :)

Aklapper removed Sergiidumyk as the assignee of this task.

This did not resolve the issue though.

Jdlrobson changed the task status from Open to Stalled.Mar 13 2023, 9:17 PM
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I personally think this should have been resolved and am not sure why it was reopened. Interface language can be changed via Special:Preferences which is linked from the settings page for logged in users. @Aklapper what are you expecting to happen here to resolve this ticket?

We are not adding a language selector to the Special:MobileOptions page, as we are currently working towards removing that page as part of T329557. If that is the expectation this task should probably be declined.

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If the expectation is that the settings cog shows in the language overlay on mobile then this task should be rephrased around that particular feature request:

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Ah, sorry. Then let's resolve :)