[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #43037: Login error message "Invalid username. Lost your password?" is confusing
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Tue Sep 10 15:24:12 UTC 2019
#43037: Login error message "Invalid username. Lost your password?" is confusing
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Reporter: afercia | Owner:
| SergeyBiryukov
Type: defect (bug) | Status: reviewing
Priority: normal | Milestone: 5.3
Component: Login and Registration | Version: 2.8
Severity: normal | Resolution:
Keywords: has-screenshots has-patch has-copy- | Focuses: ui,
review | accessibility
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Changes (by marybaum):
* keywords: has-screenshots has-patch needs-copy-review => has-screenshots
has-patch has-copy-review
Comment:
Replying to [comment:23 audrasjb]:
> Are we fine with "Recover" wording? Should we rather user "Reset"?
My first choice is
`Get help with login.`
Second would be
`Reset login information.`
Covers all cases, is brief and doesn't make user feel stupid -- a big
source of my users, anyway, losing their creds in the first place.
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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/43037#comment:24>
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