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ECP not 500/30?

Just passing through. @User:Wugapodes Should "You must be logged-in, have 500 edits and an account age of 30 days" be changed to "You must be logged-in, with an extended-confirmed account" or something along those lines? Considering the policy (WP:ARBECR) and an august ARCA request requires the user right not 500/30? Terasail^[✉️] 16:09, 18 December 2022 (UTC)

@Terasail, eh, maybe. The point of this is to be "clear and concise", not necessarily exhaustive. For example, the "you must...have 10 edits and an account age of 4 days" is technically incorrect as accounts with the confirmed permission will be able to edit pages subject to semi-protection. These situations are exceedingly rare, and that needs to be weighed against how few editors know or care about the "extended-confirmed" jargon. The people who get ECP on an alternate account are already experienced enough to understand this, and the people who have it removed for disruption know why they can no longer edit. The benefit of adding more jargon to the edit notice seems minimal compared to the added confusion it would create for the majority of reader-editors. It's a good question though, so you may want to ask at the (much more visible) implementation talk page. — Wug·a·po·des​ 00:47, 19 December 2022 (UTC)