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Bug 38072 - WLM App needs a better login failed message
WLM App needs a better login failed message
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: WikiLoves Monuments Mobile
Classification: Unclassified
General (Other open bugs)
unspecified
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: Unprioritized normal
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Assigned To: Nobody - You can work on this!
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Reported: 2012-06-29 03:04 UTC by Tomasz Finc
Modified: 2012-07-11 19:05 UTC (History)
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Description Tomasz Finc 2012-06-29 03:04:03 UTC 
Currently it says "Login failed :( NotExists"
Comment 1 Arthur Richards 2012-07-05 23:47:47 UTC 
What should the failed login messaging actually be? There are a number of failure states for the login API, documented here:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Login#Errors

For simplicity, I'm inclined to group the possible errors as follows, which would simplify messaging:
* Something wrong with the username (NoName, Illegal, NotExists) eg "Login failed: There is a problem with the username you entered."
* Something wrong with the password (EmptyPass, WrongPass, WrongPluginPass) eg "Login failed: There is a problem with the password you entered."
* Blocked account (CreateBlocked, Blocked) eg "Login failed: The user account has been blocked. Please go to <somewhere for more info about blocked accounts> for more information."
* The account is being throttled (Throttled) eg "Login failed: You have attempted to log in too many times in a short period of time. Please wait a bit and try logging in again."
* Internal error (mustbeposted, NeedToken): "Login failed: There was an internal error. Please try again later, and/or contact us"
Comment 2 Arthur Richards 2012-07-09 23:37:13 UTC 
Resolved in https://github.com/wikimedia/WLMMobile/pull/30
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