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Due to [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseFilter/782 | the abuse filter ]] created by the English Wikipedia community, the experience for new users trying to use the Content Translation Tool is now: 1. Write a translation 2. Submit it for publication 3. Solve a CAPTCHA 4. Get the following error screen: {F8041047} This is a very broken user experience. Until we can convince the English Wikipedia community to extend this feature to more users, we should just disable it for those users so that they aren't going through such a terrible user experience and wasting their effort. (So far, over 5000 users have written translations only to be hit with this abuse filter when trying to publish.)

Due to [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseFilter/782 | the abuse filter ]] created by the English Wikipedia community, the experience for new users trying to use the Content Translation Tool is now: 1. Write a translation 2. Submit it for publication 3. Solve a CAPTCHA 4. Get the following error screen which tells them to try to publish again: {F8041047} 5. Solve another CAPTCHA 6. Get the same error screen 7. Repeat This is a very broken user experience. Until we can convince the English Wikipedia community to extend this feature to more users, we should just disable it for those users so that they aren't going through such a terrible user experience and wasting their effort. (So far, over 5000 users have written translations only to be hit with this abuse filter when trying to publish.)

Due to [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseFilter/782 | the abuse filter ]] created by the English Wikipedia community, the experience for new users trying to use the Content Translation Tool is now: 1. Write a translation 2. Submit it for publication 3. Solve a CAPTCHA 4. Get the following error screen which tells them to try to publish again: {F8041047} 5. Solve another CAPTCHA 6. Get the same error screen 7. Repeat This is a very broken user experience. Until we can convince the English Wikipedia community to extend this feature to more users, we should just disable it for those users so that they aren't going through such a terrible user experience and wasting their effort. (So far, over 5000 users have written translations only to be hit with this abuse filter when trying to publish.)