Wikipedia:Mobile communication bugs

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{{tracked|T278838}}

{{Information page|WP:TCHY|WP:THEYCANTHEARYOU}}

{{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.}}

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! colspan="2" | Desktop

! colspan="2" | [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Mobile_communication_bugs Mobile Web]

! colspan="2" | iOS app

! colspan="2" | Android app

IP

! User

! IP

! User

! IP

! User

! IP

! User

id="Tags"

! Tag

| colspan="2" style="text-align:center" |(none)

| colspan="2" style="text-align:center" | [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&tagfilter=mobile+web+edit {{int:tag-mobile web edit}}]

| colspan="2" style="text-align:center" | [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&tagfilter=ios+app+edit {{int:tag-ios app edit}}]

| colspan="2" style="text-align:center" | [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&tagfilter=android+app+edit {{int:tag-android app edit}}]

id="New message alert"

! "New message" alert{{efn|name="email"|Users with a confirmed email address will get an email by default. This can be turned off in their preferences.}}

| {{Yes|Peach bar of doom}}

| {{Yes|Miniature orange bar of doom}}{{efn|Shown in Vector (default), MonoBook, and Modern skins. Looks like other alerts in Timeless and MinerveNeue skins.}}

| {{failure|Flaky}}:phab:T295910: Yellow talk page message banner appearing inconsistently on edit page{{efn|Alert should appear on non-mainspace pages, and any time the user taps "edit". However a caching bug often prevents the alert from showing.}}

| {{Partial|Looks like other alerts}}:phab:T240976: Mobile "new messages" notification should be more intrusive by default

| {{No}} (?):phab:T312196: IP editor talk page notification

| {{Partial|Sometimes}} (since Jun 2022){{efn|name="ios-alert"|By default, push notifications are off. Unless turned on, the only indication of a new message is a tiny red dot on the homepage. It will not be seen while browsing or editing articles. On some non-mainspace pages, the Vector-2022 interface is shown, and that includes the standard alerts.}}

| {{Partial|Kinda, but subject to certain weird limitations}}{{efn|Requires the IP to save another page before showing it, and looks like a normal alert}}:phab:T291481: Determine approach for notifications for IP Editors on Android

| {{Partial|Looks like other alerts}}

id="Other alerts"

! Other alerts{{efn|name="email"}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{Yes}}{{efn|name="desktop-alerts"|(fixed January 2023) On Minerva skin (on desktop), notifications that are not alerts were not shown when opening the notification area. This means notifications like "thanks", "(pagename) has been reviewed" and "(user) replied in (topic)" were not shown. Mentions and talk page message notifications are alerts, so those were not affected.:phab:T306737 On Minerva desktop, notification icon only opens alerts (never notifications)}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{Partial|Sometimes}} (since Jun 2022):phab:T274404: Support notifications on the iOS app{{efn|name="ios-alert"}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{Yes}}:phab:T281413: Show notifications about Talk messages while browsing articles.

id="Custom block"

! Custom block messages

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}:phab:T261944: Show full reason in mobile block message drawer

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}} (since Mar 2023):phab:T275118: iOS app does not show block messages

| {{Yes}} (since Mar 2023)

| {{Maybe|Seems flaky}}:phab:T276149: Android application sometimes falsely claims that a user account is blocked

| {{Yes}}:phab:T276147: Android application does not show block messages

id="Partial block"

! Partial block shown as partial

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

id="Edit notices"

! Edit{{zwsp}}notices{{efn|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.}}

| {{Yes}}{{efn|name="desktop-editnotices"|(fixed July 2022) On Minerva skin (on desktop), the notices were not shown since 18 July 2017 until 8 July 2022.}}{{efn|name="desktop-editnotices2"|When using DiscussionTools, the notices are only shown for new sections.}}

| {{Yes}}{{efn|name="desktop-editnotices"}}{{efn|name="desktop-editnotices2"}}

| {{Yes|Yes via T316178 and JavaScript gadget}}See also :mw:Edit Check project

| {{Yes|Yes via T316178 and JavaScript gadget}}

| {{Yes}}:phab:T201596: iOS app does not present edit notices

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}:phab:T201597: Android app does not present edit notices

| {{Yes}}

id="Talk page banners"

! Talk page banners (e.g. {{tl|FAQ}})

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Partial|Hidden behind tiny link}}phab:T312309: Unify experience for making lead section content available on mobile talk pages

| {{Partial|Hidden behind tiny link}}

| {{Partial|Prominently shown, but some messages are mangled}}

| {{Partial|Prominently shown, but some messages are mangled}}

| {{Partial|Shown as a regular section}}{{efn|name="android-tpmessage-note"|They are shown as a regular section without subject, and also don't necessarily show up in a fixed location in the section list}}

| {{Partial|Shown as a regular section}}{{efn|name="android-tpmessage-note"}}

id="Edit filters"

! Custom edit filter messages

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}} (since Mar 2023)

| {{Yes}} (since Mar 2023)

| {{Yes|Mostly}}{{efn|name="android-abusenote"|Links in the message open in the browser, and go the language wiki of the users primary language (ie the first language they've set)
This means that as an example that an user whose languages are set as Dutch, English will always have links go to the Dutch Wikipedia, even when the message is displayed on the English Wikipedia}}:phab:T276139: Android application does not display custom AbuseFilter messages

| {{Yes|Mostly}}{{efn|name="android-abusenote"}}

id="CentralNotices"

! Central{{zwsp}}Notices{{efn|name="centralnotices-note"|CentralNotice banners can be configured to display only on some device classes as needed.}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

See also

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