https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55703
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Bug ID: 55703
Summary: Don't use wiki project ID in user interface of OAuth
MediaWiki extension
Product: MediaWiki extensions
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Keywords: design
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: OAuth
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
CC: [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
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Blocks: 55679
Classification: Unclassified
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When you visit [[testwiki:Special:MWOAuthManageMyGrants/manage/34]], the user
interface makes reference to "wiki project ID". This is problematic.
Generally, this is a complete foreign term to all users. Even very experienced
users will not know for sure off-hand that "wiki project ID" refers to
essentially the project's database name.
"Wiki project IDs" are confusing, foreign, and inconsistent.
For example:
enwiki is for en.wikipedia.org
while:
commonswiki is for commons.wikimedia.org
and:
mediawikiwiki is for mediawiki.org.
Users can easily assume it is "enwikipedia" or "commonswikimedia" or
"mediawiki".
Given that this naming system is basically broken and is super-confusing to
users, OAuth's user interface should probably use something saner such as wiki
domain names.
Users can copy and paste these from their URL bar, they're hyper-familiar to
users, and the only real issue you need to catch is "www.mediawiki.org" vs.
"mediawiki.org".
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