Community Wishlist Survey 2023/Miscellaneous/Wikipedia logout: Logout confirmation

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Wikipedia logout: Logout confirmation

Problem: If I accidentally click logout in the menu, it logs me out without confirmation.
Proposed solution: Implement user confirmation when logging out.
Who would benefit: Everyone. A person does not have to deal with the login process and what he/she has, or where they have saved password.
More comments:
Phabricator tickets: T357484
Proposer: Dušan Kreheľ (talk) 17:38, 6 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

We already have a gadget for this. See zh:MediaWiki:Gadget-confirm-logout.js.--GZWDer (talk) 23:24, 8 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

How can I install that? Please in language for a non-programmer, so step by step. JopkeB (talk) 09:12, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

There is really nothing Wikipedia-specific about this - it's a question of general UI design that applies to most every web site that supports long-term logins. The overwhelming consensus of the web design community--as evidenced by the behavior of web sites in general--seems to be that logouts should not require confirmation. An accidental logout has a simple and obvious affordance for undoing: logging in again. Generally speaking, user interfaces should assume that users are not helpless and that they intend the actions they perform. That's doubly true when an action is benign and easily reversible. NillaGoon (talk) 22:12, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@NillaGoon: My proposal can be justified on a home computer, where there is no need to log out of the web browser. Dušan Kreheľ (talk) 17:43, 12 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Something different about from most other sites I use on a regular basis, is that logging out on one device logs me out on every device. That significantly increases the "cost" of an accidental button press. Barkeep49 (talk) 21:36, 14 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Voting

Support SeGiba (talk) 21:03, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Rtfroot (talk) 21:32, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Poslovitch (talk) 00:35, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Lt2818 (talk) 04:07, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Martin-78 ^{(discutailler)} 08:20, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Arado Ar 196 (talk) 08:42, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Muted Red Tulip (talk) 08:46, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Doktor Züm (talk) 09:13, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Oltrepier (talk) 09:49, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support —Bruce1ee^talk 09:56, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support CaféBuzz (talk) 10:30, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose --Crosstor (talk) 13:36, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support no-brainer Femke (talk) 15:57, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Rots61 (talk) 16:17, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Mbkv717 (talk) 17:14, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Strong oppose NillaGoon (talk) 22:15, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support De nue pw (talk) 22:27, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Nothing too complicated -- sometimes a logout confirmed button is useful. Thingofme (talk) 03:11, 12 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support MASUM THE GREAT (talk) 06:03, 12 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support HLFan (talk) 07:38, 12 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support আফতাবুজ্জামান (talk) 01:03, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Syunsyunminmin 🗨️talk 13:57, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Erbiton (talk) 21:00, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support With 2FA and multiple devices is accidentally logout painful. JAn Dudík (talk) 21:13, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support. I use w:en:User:Fred Gandt/confirmLogout.js, but I think it'd be helpful for all. Sdrqaz (talk) 03:22, 14 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral I think this tool is much needed, but it shouldn't be in a wishlist. NPRB (talk) 14:38, 14 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Meganinja202 (talk) 14:47, 14 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Ani6032 (talk) 09:58, 15 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Mikhail Ryazanov (talk) 23:44, 15 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support cyrfaw (talk) 12:36, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support —‍CX Zoom (A/अ/অ) (let's talk|contribs) 21:15, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support · · · Peter (Southwood) ^(talk): 11:27, 18 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support IhateixlSTEM (talk) 18:42, 18 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Packerfan386 (talk) 10:02, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Tryvix ^t 10:04, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support It's better to make the existing gadget a default gadget. Cryorett (talk) 13:15, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Jotamide (talk) 15:30, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Niskka2 (talk) 22:22, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I think its a bad idea to have ppl click logout, and it then not immediately taking effect. That doesn't match my expectations at all. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 10:56, 20 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Draceane ^talk_contrib. 11:17, 20 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Strong oppose Confirmation dialogs are poor UI design, and not logging out when "log out" is pressed is a security vulnerability. — Omegatron (talk) 16:23, 20 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
If this proposal is for the 2022 Vector skin, then I would Strongly oppose this. Some1 (talk) 02:09, 21 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose in addition to the security concerns, this barely saves any time. No point. Snowmanonahoe (talk) 17:13, 22 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Althair (talk) 04:31, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support. —— Eric Liu_（Talk） 02:23, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support TheDragonFire300 (talk) 13:53, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Minarin ^[talk] 13:55, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]