Users can be blocked for creating content on a wiki. They can be blocked from creating any page or blocked for creating a specific set of pages (i.e., [[ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_health_initiative/Per-user_page,_namespace,_and_upload_blocking | partial block ]]).
Currently users that try to create a page they are not allowed to just get a silent failure with just an error message in the Javascript console (other issues such as T209964 may also get in the way). We want to communicate the problematic situation more clearly to the user by:
- **Anticipating the issue.** Showing the blocked status early when they start the translation (saving them from wasting time).
- **Communicate the details.** Using the issue communication system (T189488), an error will be shown providing more details (initially and after trying to publish). We may want to show different messages depending on whether the block is for the wiki or for that specific topic.
Based on the above, we want to show the error summary when users get into a translation and after trying to publish. The specific messages are detailed below.
# User blocked (from editing on a wiki)
Error summary message:
> Your translation cannot be published because you have been blocked on English Wikipedia.
Error card message:
> **Your have been blocked from editing this wiki**
> Currently your are blocked from publishing content on English Wikipedia.
> You cannot publish this translation until the block is removed, but you may still translate topics into other languages.
>
> [Learn more]
- Learn more link provides access to the Content translation documentation page about blocked users.
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# User partially blocked (from editing a page on a wiki)
Error summary message:
> Your translation cannot be published because you have been blocked from editing this page on English Wikipedia.
Error card message:
> **You have been blocked from editing this page**
> Currently your are blocked from publishing content on this page.
> You cannot publish this translation until the block is removed, but you may still translate other topics.>
> [Learn more]
- Learn more link provides access to the Content translation documentation page about blocked users.
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