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 | 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 Feature
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Desktop | Mobile Web | iOS app | Android app | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IP | User | IP | User | IP | User | IP | User | |
| Tag | (none) | Mobile web edit | iOS app edit | Android app edit | ||||
| "New message" alert[a] | Peach bar of doom | Miniature orange bar of doom[b] | Flaky[1][c] | Looks like other alerts[2] | No (?)[3] | Sometimes (since Jun 2022)[4][d] | Kinda, but subject to certain weird limitations[e][5] | Looks like other alerts |
| Other alerts[a] | — | Yes[f] | — | Yes | — | Sometimes (since Jun 2022)[4][d] | — | Yes[7] |
| Custom block messages | Yes | Yes | Yes[8] | Yes[8] | Yes (since Mar 2023)[9] | Yes (since Mar 2023)[9] | Seems flaky[10] | Yes[11] |
| Partial block shown as partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[11] | Yes[11] |
| Editnotices[g] | Yes[h][i] | Yes[h][i] | Yes via T316178 and JavaScript gadget[12] | Yes via T316178 and JavaScript gadget[12] | Yes[13] | Yes[13] | Yes[14] | Yes[14] |
| Talk page banners (e.g. {{FAQ}}) | Yes | Yes | Hidden behind tiny link[15] | Hidden behind tiny link[15] | Prominently shown, but some messages are mangled | Prominently shown, but some messages are mangled | Shown as a regular section[j] | Shown as a regular section[j] |
| Custom edit filter messages | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (since Mar 2023) | Yes (since Mar 2023) | Mostly[k][16] | Mostly[k][16] |
| CentralNotices[l] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
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- ^ phab:T295910: Yellow talk page message banner appearing inconsistently on edit page
- ^ phab:T240976: Mobile "new messages" notification should be more intrusive by default
- ^ phab:T312196: IP editor talk page notification
- ^ a b phab:T274404: Support notifications on the iOS app
- ^ phab:T291481: Determine approach for notifications for IP Editors on Android
- ^ phab:T306737 On Minerva desktop, notification icon only opens alerts (never notifications)
- ^ phab:T281413: Show notifications about Talk messages while browsing articles.
- ^ a b phab:T261944: Show full reason in mobile block message drawer
- ^ a b phab:T275118: iOS app does not show block messages
- ^ phab:T276149: Android application sometimes falsely claims that a user account is blocked
- ^ a b c phab:T276147: Android application does not show block messages
- ^ a b See also mw:Edit Check project
- ^ 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:T312309: Unify experience for making lead section content available on mobile talk pages
- ^ a b phab:T276139: Android application does not display custom AbuseFilter messages