https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53008

--- Comment #52 from Rich Farmbrough <[email protected]> ---
1. The text on Autoblocker, according to translatewiki

Autoblocked because your IP address has been recently used by "[[User:$1|$1]]".
The reason given for $1's block is "$2"

"English is the source language and must be changed in the MediaWiki code.
Changes here will be lost. Suggest improvements at Support."

For Autoblocker the parameters are 

    $1 - target username
    $2 - reason

both of which should be suppressed.

Therefore the automatic transclusion of this should be removed form the
software.

2. Ideally the message in MediaWiki:Autoblockedtext/en should be something like

--------------

Your IP address has been automatically blocked because it was used by another
user, who was blocked by an administrator. 

    The  block expires in approximately $9 

You may contact any administrators to discuss the block.

Note that you may not use the "email this user" feature unless you have a valid
email address registered in your user preferences and you have not been blocked
from using it.

The block ID is #$5. Please include this number in any queries you make. 

---------------
$5 = block ID
$9 = remaining time for block in the largest greater than unity units, rounded
up.  E.G. 8 days 7 hours  becomes 9 days,  3 hours 45 minutes becomes 4 hours. 

Note: Even giving the time in this form leaks information, repeated enquiry
will give the exact expiry time, and certainly on smaller wikis this will be
unique per block even with a granularity of a day, so perhaps a better solution
could be found.

HTH

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