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Confirmation message displays "you've published an edit" even after all changes declined
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Description

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

  • Go to an article in the "Add a link" suggested task
  • Decline all the suggested added links
  • Click "Done" from the "Save your changes" popup

What happens?:

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The following confirmation message appears:

"You've published an edit. Thanks and keep going"

What should have happened instead?:
Because an edit was not made in this instance, the message in this instance should be changed:

You've reviewed a suggestion. Thanks and keep going!

Event Timeline

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Thanks for noticing and logging this task, @Sdkb!
I agree that copy is awkward.
@AAlhazwani-WMF - Any thoughts on final copy for the confirmation message when a user rejects all link suggestions?

  1. "Thanks for reviewing this article!"
  2. "Thanks for reviewing suggestions!"
  3. "Thanks for reviewing this article. Keep going!"
  4. "Thanks for reviewing suggestions. Try another!"
  5. "You've reviewed a suggestion. Thanks and keep going!"

Or something else entirely?

It's not just the edit confirmation message, the interface also says "publish changes" even when declining all changes (F37125045). And while it's usually correct that there's no edit, sometimes declining all changes still leads to unintended edits (T340532).

Has that first one been resolved? I saw "Done" rather than "Publish changes":

Editing-Zinnia-Flower-Wikipedia-07-31-2025_05_34_PM.png (441×706 px, 85 KB)

Has that first one been resolved? I saw "Done" rather than "Publish changes":

Editing-Zinnia-Flower-Wikipedia-07-31-2025_05_34_PM.png (441×706 px, 85 KB)

Oh you're right the screenshot I linked was outdated, the publish button now says "Done". But "Save your changes" and "By publishing changes..." are still going in the same direction...

Thanks for noticing and logging this task, @Sdkb!
I agree that copy is awkward.
@AAlhazwani-WMF - Any thoughts on final copy for the confirmation message when a user rejects all link suggestions?

  1. "Thanks for reviewing this article!"
  2. "Thanks for reviewing suggestions!"
  3. "Thanks for reviewing this article. Keep going!"
  4. "Thanks for reviewing suggestions. Try another!"
  5. "You've reviewed a suggestion. Thanks and keep going!"

Or something else entirely?

@KStoller-WMF option 5. would be my pick:

  • You've reviewed a suggestion. Thanks and keep going!

as it follow the same structure of the original copy:

  • You've published an edit. Thanks and keep going!

Has that first one been resolved? I saw "Done" rather than "Publish changes":

Editing-Zinnia-Flower-Wikipedia-07-31-2025_05_34_PM.png (441×706 px, 85 KB)

Oh you're right the screenshot I linked was outdated, the publish button now says "Done". But "Save your changes" and "By publishing changes..." are still going in the same direction...

agreed! we should probably file a separate task because any change to "By publishing changes..." might require a legal review. for instance, if the person is not making any change maybe it's even okay to remove that disclaimer (and the 'Review your changes' button too).

Originally the issue was reported on simple wiki desktop.

The issue seems to be present now only on mobile. Checked and confirmed the issue on the following wikis:

  • enwiki beta
  • testwiki wmf.12.
  • simple wiki wmf.11
  • cswiki wmf.11
simple wiki wmf.11 desktopsimple wiki wmf.11 mobile
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enwiki beta

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@Etonkovidova, I’m not sure if it’s just me, but the attached images aren’t displaying on my end. I also tested this on enwiki beta, and the desktop message still says “Thanks for reviewing suggestions. Keep going!” which doesn’t match the A/C for the task: “You’ve reviewed a suggestion. Thanks and keep going!” On mobile, the message is “You’ve published an edit. Thanks and keep going.” I think both views need updates?

Change #1230279 had a related patch set uploaded (by Cyndywikime; author: Cyndywikime):

[mediawiki/extensions/GrowthExperiments@master] Fix post-edit toast for declined suggestions

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1230279

@Etonkovidova, I’m not sure if it’s just me, but the attached images aren’t displaying on my end. I also tested this on enwiki beta, and the desktop message still says “Thanks for reviewing suggestions. Keep going!” which doesn’t match the A/C for the task: “You’ve reviewed a suggestion. Thanks and keep going!” On mobile, the message is “You’ve published an edit. Thanks and keep going.” I think both views need updates?

@Cyndymediawiksim there might be also an opportunity to standardize our workings across, may i ask you to list down the confirmation messages that we display across the growth extension?

@Etonkovidova, I’m not sure if it’s just me, but the attached images aren’t displaying on my end. I also tested this on enwiki beta, and the desktop message still says “Thanks for reviewing suggestions. Keep going!” which doesn’t match the A/C for the task: “You’ve reviewed a suggestion. Thanks and keep going!” On mobile, the message is “You’ve published an edit. Thanks and keep going.” I think both views need updates?

Attached the files, sorry missed that.

@Etonkovidova, I’m not sure if it’s just me, but the attached images aren’t displaying on my end. I also tested this on enwiki beta, and the desktop message still says “Thanks for reviewing suggestions. Keep going!” which doesn’t match the A/C for the task: “You’ve reviewed a suggestion. Thanks and keep going!” On mobile, the message is “You’ve published an edit. Thanks and keep going.” I think both views need updates?

@Cyndymediawiksim there might be also an opportunity to standardize our workings across, may i ask you to list down the confirmation messages that we display across the growth extension?

Is something like that you're looking for? All Homepage messages:
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/g/mediawiki/extensions/GrowthExperiments/+/97c049b5d168a3129b06ce1c6c2b6c39f8cf1819/i18n/homepage/en.json#282

The message
"growthexperiments-help-panel-postedit-success-message-notsaved": "Thanks for reviewing suggestions. Keep going!"
is here: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/mediawiki/extensions/GrowthExperiments/+/97c049b5d168a3129b06ce1c6c2b6c39f8cf1819/i18n/help/en.json

@Etonkovidova, I’m not sure if it’s just me, but the attached images aren’t displaying on my end. I also tested this on enwiki beta, and the desktop message still says “**//Thanks for reviewing suggestions.

Is something like that you're looking for? All Homepage messages:
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/g/mediawiki/extensions/GrowthExperiments/+/97c049b5d168a3129b06ce1c6c2b6c39f8cf1819/i18n/homepage/en.json#282

The message
"growthexperiments-help-panel-postedit-success-message-notsaved": "Thanks for reviewing suggestions. Keep going!"
is here: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/mediawiki/extensions/GrowthExperiments/+/97c049b5d168a3129b06ce1c6c2b6c39f8cf1819/i18n/help/en.json

thanks @Etonkovidova! looking at https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/mediawiki/extensions/GrowthExperiments/+/97c049b5d168a3129b06ce1c6c2b6c39f8cf1819/i18n/help/en.json i see we have

"growthexperiments-help-panel-postedit-success-message-published": "{{GENDER:|You've}} published an edit. Thanks and keep going!",
"growthexperiments-help-panel-postedit-success-message-saved": "{{GENDER:|You've}} saved an edit. Thanks and keep going!",
"growthexperiments-help-panel-postedit-success-message-notsaved": "Thanks for reviewing suggestions. Keep going!",

hence i suggest to use the same wording as growthexperiments-help-panel-postedit-success-message-notsaved instead of what's specified in the task description

You've reviewed a suggestion. Thanks and keep going!

cc @Cyndymediawiksim

just checked https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/GrowthExperiments/+/1230279, and realized we're actually updating growthexperiments-help-panel-postedit-success-message-notsaved to also be aligned with the other messages. ignore my message above @Cyndymediawiksim, thank you!

@AAlhazwani-WMF , just a quick clarification: for declined suggestions, what’s the intended behavior on both mobile and desktop? Should it display a success toast message, or a notice toast message? cc: @Michael

@AAlhazwani-WMF , just a quick clarification: for declined suggestions, what’s the intended behavior on both mobile and desktop? Should it display a success toast message, or a notice toast message? cc: @Michael

@Cyndymediawiksim i'd say success message, because the newcomer has nonetheless - successfully - completed a review.

Change #1230279 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/GrowthExperiments@master] Fix post-edit toast for declined suggestions

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1230279

Checked on testwiki wmf.15 - a correct message is displayed after rejecting all add link suggestions "You've reviewed a suggestion. Thanks and keep going!"

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