[openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website] Bug: reporting a nonexistent user or diary entry (Issue #6970)

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Mon Apr 6 17:19:50 UTC 2026


maro-21 created an issue (openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website#6970)

It is possible to report nonexistent user, diary entry, diary comment or note. Just type any number.
https://www.openstreetmap.org/reports/new?reportable_id=55555555555555&reportable_type=User
https://www.openstreetmap.org/reports/new?reportable_id=KKKKKKKKK&reportable_type=User

I don't know how it should be solved, but I see 4 problems here:
- that you can report a nonexistent entry/user and no message appears (maybe that's how it's supposed to be?). Although, in reality, the message indicating that a user or entry with that id doesn't exist is actually the title "Report /reports/new" instead of a username or entry title.
- the header on the page says "Report /reports/new"
- the link to https://www.openstreetmap.org/reports/new leads to a page that doesn't exist  / doesn't load
- `Other Label` is only in English and it's not translatable.

I know, it's not a problem that makes life difficult for website users on a daily basis, but I like finding things like that.

<img width="971" height="446" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/d456c804-4105-4b37-b554-94e78ff6a5d6" />

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