Steps to replicate the issue (include links if applicable):
What happens?:
They point to the same page.
What should have happened instead?:
"contribs" doesn't exist and only "(talk)" follows the username, just like with IP edits pre-masking.
| Subject | Repo | Branch | Lines +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UserLinkRenderer: Hide contrib links for Temp Accounts | mediawiki/core | master | +144 -21 |
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In Progress | BUG REPORT | hector.arroyo | T412013 "contribs" is redundant for temporary accounts | ||
| Resolved | hector.arroyo | T414177 Move the logic for obtaining the UserLinkRenderer in the Linker to a common method | |||
| In Progress | hector.arroyo | T414950 Add method(s) to preload the edit count for multiple users |
Just to note that the contribs link may be rendered in red to indicate no edits. This does not happen for the user page.
Therefore, if the link is removed we should consider whether the userpage link should be displayed in red.
The same issue applies to CheckUser-SuggestedInvestigations too
I would put the link in the Temp Account names pointing to Special:Contributions in red when they have no edits (cc/ @Niharika )
However, as a temp account is created when an edit is made, I'm not sure about which situations may lead to the creation of a temporary account without the user having edits (and therefore having a non-existing Special:Contributions page). Perhaps that happens for external accounts?
A user making their first edit and has that edit denied due to the content of the edit will have a temporary account created for them. For example if:
The temporary account gets created early in the edit cycle, so likely anything that prevents an edit also will create the temporary account
Change #1224698 had a related patch set uploaded (by Harroyo-wmf; author: Harroyo-wmf):
[mediawiki/core@master] UserLinkRenderer: Hide contrib links for Temp Accounts
That makes sense, thanks for the example.
I've submitted a patch that takes into account whether the temp account has no edits, making the link red if that's the case.