Background
For certain workflows where it is expected that users will not have accounts, but some may, it would be useful to add a login link to the bottom of the create account. Currently this is not possible. It is proposed we allow optional display of this link via a query string parameter.
User story
As a user who is responding to a certain campaign (e.g. email or on platform prompt) that requires an account, I want to be able to signal that I have an account and complete the process via login.
Requirements
- It should be possible to toggle on a login link that shows at the bottom of the form
BDD
- If I visit /wiki/Special:CreateaAccount I do not see the login link
- If I visit /wiki/Special:CreateaAccount?showlogin=1 the form includes a login link
- If I visit https://test.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CreateAccount?showlogin=1 on desktop I am redirected to auth.wikimedia.org and the login button is shown
- If I visit https://test.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CreateAccount?showlogin=1 on mobile I am redirected to auth.wikimedia.org and the login button is shown
Test Steps
- For QA engineer to fill out
Design
Acceptance criteria
- Add acceptance criteria
Communication criteria - does this need an announcement or discussion?
- Add communication criteria
Rollback plan
Not necessary since this is opt in only.
This task was created by Version 1.2.0 of the Web team task template using phabulous


