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Explanation of watchlist labels in editing form cannot be hidden
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Description

In dewiki, we wanted to hide the line Add watchlist labels to help organise how you review changes to Wikipedia (MediaWiki:Watchlistlabels-editpage-help), as all information can be found in the help page linked in the preceding label (MediaWiki:watchlistlabels-editpage-label).

First, we tried -, which is usually used to hide such interface messages, but the hyphen was directly shown in the editing form. Then we tried <span style="display:none">-</span>, which worked for the old source editor, but was not processed in the editing form of VE and NWE. Right now, we are using an nbsp as temporary solution, but that leaves an ugly empty line under the watchlist label selection.

For better local configuration, could the interface message be changed to accept a - for deactivating it?

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Change #1275121 had a related patch set uploaded (by Samwilson; author: Samwilson):

[mediawiki/core@master] Watchlist labels: support disabling form field's help messaage

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1275121

Change #1275121 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/core@master] Watchlist labels: support disabling form field's help messaage

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1275121