+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug 58196 comment 6 +++

(In reply to T60196#630152)

(In reply to T60196#630133)

For example, if you go to Special:EmailUser, you can tell if a user has
disabled email or not (disableemail).

That's not actually correct; you can know whether someone has disabled their
email /or/ never confirmed one to begin with (i.e.: it's emailconfirmed &&
!disableemail).

At a recent event we discovered that the sender also must have email confirmed. (I was on one side of the room and sent a test from [[special:emailuser]] to the user sitting next to a new editor. new editor had no email user link on sidebar of other user's user page)

The fact that the new editor was not emailconfirmed would have been discovered more easily if there was an email link in the user page sidebar. (the special page itself does already have an error message about emailconfirmed)

Some docs/etc. may instruct people to click on the link in the sidebar and so users will be confused if it's not there. (did I go to the sidebar of the correct page??)

See also T58074

Version: 1.23.0
Severity: normal
See Also:
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56074