[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #43037: Login error message "Invalid username. Lost your password?" is confusing

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#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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