https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=73123
Bug ID: 73123
Summary: Replace usage of centralauth-account-exists with
userexists
Product: MediaWiki extensions
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Keywords: i18n
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: CentralAuth
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
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The proportion of readers who cross the divide to become editors is vanishingly
small. If we want to preserve or increase it, we should fret about making the
account creation interface as easy to understand as possible. It's especially
important to speak plainly and avoid jargon.
The message 'centralauth-account-exists' (en: "Cannot create account: The
requested username is already taken in the unified login system.") reveals more
about the software implementation than is sensible to reveal to a prospective
user -- especially one who just had his or her desired username rejected. We
should just use userexists.
Previous discussion here:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_talk:Centralauth-account-exists>.
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