Wikipedia:Mobile communication bugs
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 | This is an information page. It is not one of Wikipedia's policies or guidelines, but rather intends to describe some aspect(s) of Wikipedia's norms, customs, technicalities, or practices. It may reflect varying levels of consensus and vetting. |
 | This page in a nutshell: Logged-out editors using the mobile web interface will not receive notifications when another user leaves them a user talk page message. Editors using a mobile app may not receive notifications regardless of whether they are logged in. |
| Editor | Desktop (IP) | Desktop (User) | Mobile Web (IP) | Mobile Web (User) | iOS (IP) | iOS (User) | Android (IP) | Android (User) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tag | (none) | Mobile web edit | iOS app edit | Android app edit | ||||
| "New message" alert[note 1] | Peach bar of doom | Miniature orange bar of doom[note 2] | Flaky[1][note 3] | Looks like other alerts[2] | No (?)[3] | No[3] | No[4] | Looks like other alerts |
| Other alerts[note 1] | N/A | Yes | N/A | Yes | N/A | No[3] | N/A | Yes (since September 2021)[5] |
| Custom block messages | Yes | Yes | Yes (since Sep 2020)[6] | Yes (since Sep 2020)[6] | Unknown | No[7] | Seems flaky[8] | Yes (since June 2021)[9] |
| Partial block shown as partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | No[9] |
| Editnotices[note 4] | Yes | Yes[note 5] | No[10] | No[10] | No[11] | No[11] | Yes (since Nov 2021)[12] | Yes (since Nov 2021)[12] |
| Talk page banners (e.g. {{FAQ}}) | Yes | Yes | Hidden behind tiny link | Hidden behind tiny link | No[note 6] | No[note 6] | No | No |
| Custom edit filter messages | Yes | Yes | Only on non-talk pages[13] | Only on non-talk pages[13] | Broken[note 7] | Broken[note 7] | Mostly[note 8] (since June 2021)[14] | Mostly[note 8] (since June 2021)[14] |
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- The REST API (the backend for the mobile apps) delivers highly outdated content on some pages. While this seems to be rare, one page affected is Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. As of 11 April 2021, mobile app users see this version from September 2020, so they won't be able to reply in any threads there.[15]
- When using the Minerva skin on the desktop domain (example), notifications that are not alerts are not shown when opening the notification area. (T306737) This means notifications like "thanks", "(pagename) has been reviewed" and "(user) replied in (topic)" are not shown. Mentions and talk page message notifications are alerts, so those are not affected.
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b Users with a confirmed email address will get an email by default. This can be turned off in their preferences.
- ^ Shown in Vector (default), Monobook, and Modern skins. Looks like other alerts in Timeless and MinerveNeue skins.
- ^ Alert should appear on non-mainspace pages, and any time the user taps "edit". However a caching bug often prevents the alert from showing.
- ^ See also meta:Community Wishlist Survey 2021/Mobile and apps/Mobile editnotices and phab:T201613. The WMF intends to pick this up. For individual wikis, a workaround for mobile web exists.
- ^ Shown in Vector (default), Monobook and Modern and Timeless skins. Not shown in MinervaNeue skin (hidden behind a tiny "Page issues" link).
- ^ a b Talk pages open in mobile browser, so same as Mobile Web
- ^ a b If the message is at MediaWiki:Abusefilter-warning-foo, the user will see
<abusefilter-warning-foo>, and not the content of that page - ^ a b Links in the message open in the browser, and sometimes go to the wrong language wiki
Phabricator tickets[edit]
- ^ phab:T295910: Yellow talk page message banner appearing inconsistently on edit page
- ^ phab:T240976: Mobile "new messages" notification should be more intrusive by default
- ^ a b c phab:T274404: Support notifications on the iOS app
- ^ phab:T291481: Determine approach for notifications for IP Editors on Android
- ^ phab:T281413: Show notifications about Talk messages while browsing articles.
- ^ a b phab:T261944: Show full reason in mobile block message drawer
- ^ phab:T275118: iOS app does not show block messages
- ^ phab:T276149: Android application sometimes falsely claims that a user account is blocked
- ^ a b phab:T276147: Android application does not show block messages
- ^ a b phab:T201595: Mobile web (and Minerva desktop) does not present edit notices
- ^ a b phab:T201596: iOS app does not present edit notices
- ^ a b phab:T201597: Android app does not present edit notices
- ^ a b phab:T281544: MobileFrontend doesn't show AbuseFilter messages when editing a talk page
- ^ a b phab:T276139: Android application does not display custom AbuseFilter messages
- ^ phab:T274359: (Wiktionary) Mobile REST API does not (always) deliver HTML for latest revid