[V2 experiment release] Minor copy changes & simplifications
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User story & summary:

As a mobile web user, I want a cleaner and less verbose account creation form so that I can view all required fields at a glance without scrolling, and complete registration with reduced information overload.

Summary

Minor copy changes to reflect the current V2 designs

Design:

Arc 2026-04-03 15.32.44 (1).png (2,206×1,450 px, 477 KB)

Prototype: https://monorepo-account-creation.vercel.app/
Figma Designs: Account Creation designs

Acceptance Criteria:

Minor copy updates for the V2 treatment group to reflect final copy in designs:
- remove the help message for the password field
- remove the (recommended) in the label for the email field
- remove the help message for the email field

NOTE: the copy changes for the username field should be covered within T419395: Add username policy popover to mobile account creation form

Details

Related Changes in Gerrit:

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	LoginSignup: hide label and help messages when policy popover shows	mediawiki/core	master	+4 -3
	ConfirmEmailHooks: do not show help message for the email field	mediawiki/extensions/GrowthExperiments	master	+5 -0

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Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
Resolved		matmarex	T405054 Improve SUL3 Special:UserLogin and Special:CreateAccount interactions when already logged in or partially logged in
Resolved	Feature	matmarex	T284927 Special:CreateAccount should warn against creating a new account if already logged in
Open		None	T409236 [EPIC] Account Creation Experiments (WE1.8 FY 25-26)
Resolved		AAlhazwani-WMF	T408649 Early design exploration for Account Creation: V1 designs
Resolved		AAlhazwani-WMF	T415972 Account Creation: V2 experiment designs
Open		Michael	T422295 [V2 experiment release] Mobile web account creation form improvements + username TL;DR
Resolved		Sgs	T423894 [V2 experiment release] Minor copy changes & simplifications

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KStoller-WMF created this task.Apr 20 2026, 3:35 PM

KStoller-WMF triaged this task as High priority.

KStoller-WMF mentioned this in T422295: [V2 experiment release] Mobile web account creation form improvements + username TL;DR.

KStoller-WMF moved this task from Inbox to Needs Estimation on the Growth-Team board.

KStoller-WMF renamed this task from [V2 experiment release] Minor copy changes simplifications to [V2 experiment release] Minor copy changes & simplifications.Apr 20 2026, 3:39 PM

Etonkovidova attached a referenced file: F74988245: image (26).png. (Show Details)Apr 20 2026, 4:02 PM

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Note: needs to be gated by V2 experiment.

Michael updated the task description. (Show Details)Apr 20 2026, 4:08 PM

Michael removed the point value 2 for this task.

KStoller-WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)Apr 21 2026, 2:33 AM

KStoller-WMF moved this task from Estimated tasks backlog to Up next Sprint on the Growth-Team board.Apr 21 2026, 4:57 PM

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Sgs claimed this task.Apr 23 2026, 3:03 PM

Sgs moved this task from Incoming to Doing on the Growth-Team (FY2025-26 Q4 Sprint 2) board.

Change #1276738 had a related patch set uploaded (by Sergio Gimeno; author: Sergio Gimeno):

[mediawiki/extensions/GrowthExperiments@master] ConfirmEmailHooks: do not show help message for the email field

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1276738

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Apr 23 2026, 4:25 PM

Change #1276744 had a related patch set uploaded (by Sergio Gimeno; author: Sergio Gimeno):

[mediawiki/core@master] LoginSignup: hide label and help messages when policy popover shows

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1276744

Sgs moved this task from Doing to Code Review on the Growth-Team (FY2025-26 Q4 Sprint 2) board.Apr 23 2026, 4:35 PM

Change #1276738 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/GrowthExperiments@master] ConfirmEmailHooks: do not show help message for the email field

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1276738

ReleaseTaggerBot added a project: MW-1.46-notes (1.46.0-wmf.26; 2026-04-28).Apr 25 2026, 1:00 AM

KStoller-WMF mentioned this in T424646: Prepare V2 experiment for improved mobile account creation form (builds on V1).Apr 28 2026, 11:10 AM

Sgs moved this task from Code Review to QA on the Growth-Team (FY2025-26 Q4 Sprint 2) board.Apr 30 2026, 9:25 AM

Change #1276744 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/core@master] LoginSignup: hide label and help messages when policy popover shows

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1276744

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Apr 30 2026, 9:30 AM

ReleaseTaggerBot added a project: MW-1.47-notes (1.47.0-wmf.1; 2026-05-05).Apr 30 2026, 10:00 AM

Checked on enwiki beta - the following changes are added

✅ remove the help message for the password field
✅ remove the (recommended) in the label for the email field
✅ remove the help message for the email field

Design	`enwiki beta`

Etonkovidova updated the task description. (Show Details)May 8 2026, 10:43 PM

Resolving on Elena's QA feedback

DMburugu mentioned this in T429029: Move Account Creation Form Changes from GrowthExperiments to MediaWiki Core.Fri, Jun 12, 2:36 PM

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