Correction: above when I said "does have a correctly authenticated e-mail address set in their preferences" I meant "does *not* have a correctly authenticated e-mail address set in their preferences".

Well in special:preferences the following will be shown:

Your e-mail address is not yet authenticated. No e-mail will be sent for any of the following features.

Highlighted in red.

What do you propose? Have the email link and let it lead to an error page?

Yup, that's what I propose. Many new users are confused when we instruct them to click on the link and it's not there for them, even though we (experienced users helping them) see it on our screens. New users are unlikely to consult their preferences at all unless they have a reason to.

Thehelpfulonewiki wrote:

Marking as a new bug.

• T64655 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

@ReticentFacade Hi and thank you for your interest! Please check thoroughly https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/New_Developers (and all of its communication section!). The page covers how to get started, assigning tasks, task status, how to find a codebase, how to create patches, where to ask general development questions and where to get help with setup problems, and how to ask good questions. Thanks a lot! :)