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Watchlist features orphaned text "For username" at top of page
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Description

NOTE: This issue will become more widespread as T409774: Deprecate legacy "personal" and "namespaces" menu from SkinTemplate makes progress.

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

What happens?:
The text "For {username}" appears at the top of the page

What should have happened instead?:
That text should not be present unless it is followed by links like so:

Screenshot 2026-01-26 at 10.47.57 AM.png (44×680 px, 8 KB)

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

Other information (browser name/version, screenshots, etc.):

Event Timeline

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Change #1233225 had a related patch set uploaded (by Jdlrobson; author: Ammarpad):

[mediawiki/core@master] SpecialWatchlist: Do not add incomplete subtitle

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1233225

Change #1233225 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/core@master] SpecialWatchlist: Do not add incomplete subtitle

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1233225

It looks like it also needs to be removed from Special:WatchlistLabels.

I must admit, I've always wondered why that text was hanging there but presumed that it was intentional!

What about Special:WatchlistLabels?

Change #1233946 had a related patch set uploaded (by Samwilson; author: Samwilson):

[mediawiki/core@master] Move legacy watchlist nav to WatchlistSpecialPage trait

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1233946

Change #1233946 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/core@master] Move legacy watchlist nav to WatchlistSpecialPage trait

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1233946