Sometimes I forget to log in when I make my Wikipedia edits. This results in my ip address being leaked to the internet and that my edits won't count in my statistics. There should be a feature to claim your recent edits if you claim them within maybe five minutes and you have the same IP address. Could we add this feature?
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Hi @Orubblig, thanks for taking the time to report this and welcome to Wikimedia Phabricator!
Sometimes I forget to log in when I make my Wikipedia edits.
- Trying to edit with VisualEditor shows Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
- Trying to edit with default editor shows Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you [$1 log in] or [$2 create an account], your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
- Trying to edit with StructuredDiscussions shows You are not logged in. To receive attribution with your name instead of your IP address, you can log in or create an account.
Which steps where in order to perform edits did you take, and which steps did not show some kind of reminder / warning?
Please follow https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/How_to_report_a_bug and provide steps to reproduce, so there is no room left for interpretation - thanks a lot!
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Maybe there were warnings on that page, but they were hidden in the cluttered window. It is the experience is too familar with being logged in. Maybe if unlogged in users would see a different screen or the text was red or something.
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If I understand correctly the correct approach would be to have a less cluttered window to avoid the problem; not retroactive fiddling to revert the problem.