Hello! Thank you for the report! This issue is currently being tracked
here[0]. We had hoped to fix this properly but maybe we should consider a
temporary change in the client to handle this more gracefully.

[0] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T119266

On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 4:21 AM, Andy Mabbett <[email protected]>
wrote:

> The Android Wikipedia app shows Wikipedia's red links as blue links,
> then returns a user-unfriendly 404 error page, with the somewhat
> dishonest text "an unknown error occurred".
>
> Alternative, and better, behaviours would be one of (in no particular
> order):
>
> * Show a red link; behave like desktop Wikipedia
>
> * Show a red link; when the link is selected, show a customised 404
> page, which advises users how start a new article
>
> * Show red text, but make it non linking (i.e. "unclickable")
>
> * Remove the link and colour-styling, and render ordinary text
>
> * Fix the erorr page so it says "Sorry, that page does not exist",
> with a link to a guide to starting a new article
>
> --
> Andy Mabbett
> @pigsonthewing
> http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
>
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