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UserInfo Card: username is rendered in red if the user has a global page
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Description

Steps to replicate the issue (include links if applicable):

What happens?:
Even though the link to Msz2001 is blue in the revision list, the user info card renders the same link in red, leading to a potential confusion.

What should have happened instead?:
The link in header title should be the same color as an ordinary link on the page.

Software version (on Special:Version page; skip for WMF-hosted wikis like Wikipedia):

Other information (browser name/version, screenshots, etc.):
This happens only for users who have a global userpage and no local one.

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mszabo changed the task status from Open to In Progress.Jun 25 2025, 4:26 PM
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Change #1163825 had a related patch set uploaded (by Kosta Harlan; author: Máté Szabó):

[mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser@master] UserInfoCard: Use isKnown() to determine user page link colour

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1163825

Change #1164426 had a related patch set uploaded (by Simone Cuomo; author: Simone Cuomo):

[mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser@master] UserInfoCard: Use isKnown() to determine user page link colour

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1164426

Change #1163825 abandoned by Kosta Harlan:

[mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser@master] UserInfoCard: Use isKnown() to determine user page link colour

Reason:

Moved into Ie74b0b3201620178f31655f52ba17cac50eddab5

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1163825

Change #1164426 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser@master] UserInfoCard: Use isKnown() to determine user page link colour

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1164426