diff --git a/includes/specials/SpecialUserlogin.php b/includes/specials/SpecialUserlogin.php
index c101897..4c972a2 100644
--- a/includes/specials/SpecialUserlogin.php
+++ b/includes/specials/SpecialUserlogin.php
@@ -281,6 +281,13 @@ class LoginForm extends SpecialPage {
 			return false;
 		}
 
+		// Patch for MediaWikiAuth extension
+		if ( self::checkImportableUser( $this->mUsername ) ) {
+			$this->mainLoginForm( wfMsg( 'userexists' ) );
+			return false;
+		}
+		// Patch ends here
+
 		// If we are not allowing users to login locally, we should be checking
 		// to see if the user is actually able to authenticate to the authenti-
 		// cation server before they create an account (otherwise, they can
@@ -698,8 +705,13 @@ class LoginForm extends SpecialPage {
 				wfDebug( __METHOD__ . ": user does not exist\n" );
 				return self::NOT_EXISTS;
 			}
-			if ( !$wgAuth->authenticate( $user->getName(), $this->mPassword ) ) {
+			// Patch for MediaWikiAuth extension
+			$errormsg = null;
+			if ( !$wgAuth->authenticate( $user->getName(), $this->mPassword, $errormsg ) ) {
 				wfDebug( __METHOD__ . ": \$wgAuth->authenticate() returned false, aborting\n" );
+				# The AuthPlugin may have set a custom error message
+				$this->mainLoginForm( isset( $errormsg ) ? $errormsg : wfMsg( 'wrongpassword' ) );
+				// Patch ends here
 				return self::WRONG_PLUGIN_PASS;
 			}
 		}
@@ -763,7 +775,7 @@ class LoginForm extends SpecialPage {
 				$this->mainLoginForm( $this->msg( 'noname' )->text() );
 				break;
 			case self::WRONG_PLUGIN_PASS:
-				$this->mainLoginForm( $this->msg( 'wrongpassword' )->text() );
+				# Message is handled in the authentication code
 				break;
 			case self::NOT_EXISTS:
 				if( $this->getUser()->isAllowed( 'createaccount' ) ) {
@@ -1124,6 +1136,47 @@ class LoginForm extends SpecialPage {
 	}
 
 	/**
+	 * New function for MediaWikiAuth extension
+	 *
+	 * @param $username Mixed: username to check
+	 * @return Boolean
+	 */
+	public static function checkImportableUser( $username ) {
+		$dbr = wfGetDB( DB_SLAVE );
+ 
+		# Check against existing users
+		if ( $dbr->tableExists( 'user' ) ) {
+			$res = $dbr->select(
+				'user',
+				array( 'user_id' ),
+				array( 'user_name' => $username ),
+				__METHOD__
+			);
+			$row = $dbr->fetchObject( $res );
+			# Check for valid id to see if user already exists; stop if it does
+			# In theory, anyway. 
+			if ( $row > 0 ) {
+				return false;
+			}
+ 
+			# Let's see if the count of revisions by their name is greater than 1
+			# This is not 100% correct as it is possible to have a username
+			# like greenReaper, enter greenreaper, and match
+			# However, we're just checking to see if we should even try, here
+			$revisions = $dbr->selectField(
+				'revision',
+				'COUNT(1)',
+				array( 'rev_user_text' => $username ),
+				__METHOD__
+			);
+			if ( $revisions ) {
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	/**
 	 * @private
 	 *
 	 * @param $user User