Temporary accounts in the footer section of a page overlap VisualEditor popups
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	Samoasambia
	Nov 30 2025, 5:49 PM

Description

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

Open https://en.wikipedia.beta.wmcloud.org/wiki/Medieval_Arabic_female_poets?veaction=edit on desktop
Open some popup inside VisualEditor so that it overlaps with the page footer.

What happens?:
The highlighted temporary account usernames presented on the footer overlap with VisualEditor popups.

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

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Niharika triaged this task as High priority.Dec 2 2025, 11:44 AM

I had a look into this, and the impact seems quite small:

It also affects UserInfoCard icons
It only affects expired temporary accounts
User names are rarely shown in the footer. They are shown if $wgMaxCredits is not 0, which is only the case for one production wiki (wikivoyage)

It also seems only to affect Vector22, having checked a few different skins. Here's a comparison of the Vector skins:

Vector22
Legacy Vector

This looks like it is coming from stacking contexts in the skin - tagging Reader Experience Team.

The small scope probably makes it less urgent to solve, though it may be annoying when using beta sites, which do display credits in the footer.

HFan-WMF lowered the priority of this task from High to Medium.Mon, Jan 5, 6:39 PM

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