Thread:Project:Support desk/even with correct database credential I get "Sorry! This site is experiencing technical difficulties"/reply (5)

Yeah, my point is: When MediaWiki knows that the DB does not exist, then it is untrue that it could not connect to the server. This first part of the error message then just is wrong.

It would be better, if the hardcoded part only said something like: "There has been a problem with the database:" And then the MySQL error tells the details. While it is not necessarily so that the DB server cannot be contacted, a "problem" is always present when this error happens.

A wording like that would be better.