For the introduction link we'll need to make use of a mediawiki message e.g. vector-introduction-link who's contents are the title of the page to link to. If the message is empty do not render this help message . If it isn't use it to create the link.

Change 686781 had a related patch set uploaded (by Bernard Wang; author: Bernard Wang):

[mediawiki/skins/Vector@master] Consolidate user links into dropdown menu for logged out users

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/686781

@alexhollender The mocks seem to have a minimum width or width, do you have a particular value in mind? I've been using width: 12em or 192px, which looks like this: https://jmp.sh/Bz4MeqL

@alexhollender I pointed @bwang to T276566, we'll worry about the min-width as part of that task, so any thoughts should be added there.

In T276564#7086220, @bwang wrote:

@alexhollender The mocks seem to have a minimum width or width, do you have a particular value in mind? I've been using width: 12em or 192px, which looks like this: https://jmp.sh/Bz4MeqL

hmm, hard to know for sure what a good width will be until we get some translations for that message in. In the prototype (link) it's set at 180px, and is a fixed-width. So maybe that's a good starting point for now.

Change 686781 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/skins/Vector@master] Create new user menu template for consolidated user links in logged out users

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/686781

An update on remaining work:

1. MERGED Storybook https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/skins/Vector/+/696651
2. MERGED Follow up to comments https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/686781
3. Remove UserMenu template https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/skins/Vector/+/698587

Test Result - Beta

Status: ✅ PASS
Environment: beta
OS: macOS Big Sur
Browser: Chrome
Device: MBP
Emulated Device: NA

Test Artifact(s):

QA Steps

✅ AC1: For logged-out users only, collect the following links under a single menu: login, talk, contributions
✅ AC2: Add explanatory text for the talk and contributions functionality. Copy: "Pages for logged-out editors (learn more)"
✅ AC3: Learn more links to: https://en.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Help:Introduction

Which is the rational, research or thought process behind hiding the login button?

In T276564#7430702, @Theklan wrote:

Which is the rational, research or thought process behind hiding the login button?

Seems like a good question, but also what is your rationale for showing the login button here?

The rationale is simple:

• We use the create account once in our lives and the login button very frequently. Making people click two times instead of one is against UX.
• The only real difference between logged out and logged in users is that logged out users can log in and logged in users can log out. This difference is what says you if you are logged in or logged out (as far as there is no new design change that indicates visually that you are logged in, i.e. a darker sticky header).
• Account creation and login buttons are both appealing to create a new account. Having both helps people understand that they can create an account and that, once done, they can do ''more'' things.

So, after 6 weeks, no answer on why it should be buried. This is an obvious accesibility problem (T91201), the issues are huge, and when asked why this decission was taken, there's no explanation.

The ticket was created 30 months ago.