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"Create account" in core doesn't create a sandbox account
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Creating a user account using the "Create account" link at the top doesn't create a sandbox account.

A common user scenario for this is the case of calls-to-action in blog posts or emails that invite people to translate a project by linking directly to Special:Translate. Creating an account using the top link doesn't put the new account in the sandbox, but creates a usual account without translator permission.

Clicking the link for getting a permission under the editor in the TUX interface brings the user Special:MainPage, and then clicking the green Translate button on the main page brings the user again to Special:Translate and not to the stash. This is confusing and at least one user complained about this.

(All of the above was tested in translatewiki.net.)

Version: unspecified
Severity: enhancement
Whiteboard: leteam?

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Event Timeline

• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Low.Nov 22 2014, 3:05 AM
• bzimport added a project: MediaWiki-extensions-Translate.
• bzimport set Reference to bz60756.
• bzimport added a subscriber: Unknown Object (MLST).
Amire80 created this task.Feb 3 2014, 6:23 AM
Nikerabbit added a comment.Sep 2 2014, 9:39 AM

The link is currently not present.

Nemo_bis added a comment.Sep 2 2014, 11:45 AM

Any incoming link to https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Special:CreateAccount would give permission error so it's still true an account doesn't get created. :-)

Nemo_bis added a subscriber: Language-Team.Dec 2 2014, 10:14 AM
Nikerabbit lowered the priority of this task from Low to Lowest.Jan 28 2015, 5:04 PM
Nikerabbit moved this task from Backlog to Stash/Sandbox on the MediaWiki-extensions-Translate board.Apr 20 2016, 11:46 AM
Danny_B added a project: Language-Team.Jul 26 2016, 11:55 PM
Danny_B removed subscribers: • wikibugs-l-list, Language-Team.
Amire80 edited projects, added translatewiki.net; removed Language-Team.Jun 25 2018, 11:10 AM

I'm trying to reproduce this now.

Special:CreateAccount is probably not really relevant, because it doesn't appear as a link.

I can't see an issue that can affect new users, so I'm closing. If anybody sees an issue, please reopen.

Nikerabbit closed this task as Declined.Jun 26 2018, 1:30 PM
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