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"No such special page" after forgotten password login
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In the English Wikipedia, after receiving an e-mail
with a new passwort for a forgotten one, the user
logged in with the automatic new password, was prompted to
set a new password, enteerd on twice, and was logged in.

The login redirected him to the URL:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Login

The page showed (copied and pasted):

No such special page
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You have requested a special page that is not recognized by Wikipedia. A list of all recognized special pages may be found at Special:Specialpages.

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Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Login"


Version: 1.16.x
Severity: minor

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Reference
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Event Timeline

bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Medium.Nov 21 2014, 10:59 PM
bzimport set Reference to bz24634.
bzimport added a subscriber: Unknown Object (MLST).

The right url is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:UserLogin

I see no way to have been redirected to Special:UserLogin unless he already was in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Login when he clicked the login link.