On 28/05/12 03:50, Raimond Spekking wrote:
Since MediaWiki 1.18 we have the variable $wgUseCombinedLoginLink [1] which is set to true per default.
During edit workshops with students and seniors I registered that new editors are confused about the combined login page. They tried to register new accounts on the login page.
Surely, these observations are not representative but I think that the usability could be improved by setting $wgUseCombinedLoginLink=false
If I missed a prior discussion about this issue I apologize and would be happy if someone could point me to the discussion.
Otherwise I suggest to set $wgUseCombinedLoginLink to false for all WMF wikis.
Can't it be set to false by default?
They were combined to start with because the forms were combined. Then the developer who split the forms was too lazy to fix the skins, so for years, everyone who wanted to create an account was forced to click through the login page. I always figured it was a bug. Why would anyone want them combined?
-- Tim Starling