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Splitting this out from bug 46491. It's been pointed out that the current behavior of user pages of users who exist, but who do not have a user page (e.g., <https://test.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Red_Baron>) is a little strange/questionable. There's a generic "this site does not have a page with that name" error that's output, but it's perhaps more logical to output basic info about the user (while simultaneously marking the page as "noindex"). I think this has the potential to upset some users, but it would probably be better than the current behavior. For example, there's a garish red box that appears for users with a deleted user page (cf. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:JzG>). -------------------------- **Version**: 1.22.0 **Severity**: enhancement

Splitting this out from bug 46491. It's been pointed out that the current behavior of user pages of users who exist, but who do not have a user page (e.g., <https://test.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Red_Baron>) is a little strange/questionable. There's a generic "this site does not have a page with that name" error that's output, but it's perhaps more logical to output basic info about the user (while simultaneously marking the page as "noindex"). I think this has the potential to upset some users, but it would probably be better than the current behavior. For example, there's a garish red box that appears for users with a deleted user page (cf. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:JzG>).

Splitting this out from bug 46491. It's been pointed out that the current behavior of user pages of users who exist, but who do not have a user page (e.g., <https://test.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Red_Baron>) is a little strange/questionable. There's a generic "this site does not have a page with that name" error that's output, but it's perhaps more logical to output basic info about the user (while simultaneously marking the page as "noindex"). I think this has the potential to upset some users, but it would probably be better than the current behavior. For example, there's a garish red box that appears for users with a deleted user page (cf. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:JzG>). -------------------------- **Version**: 1.22.0 **Severity**: enhancement