Rename tracking categories for consistency in WMF-deployed extensions
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	matmarex
	Sep 25 2023, 4:46 PM

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8 WMF-deployed extensions have a tracking category added to every page that uses the extension, and they all name them differently: https://codesearch.wmcloud.org/deployed/?q="(intersection-category|.%2B%3F-(use|tracking)-category)"%3A&files=en.json

~~mediawiki/extensions/Graph~~	"Pages with graphs"
mediawiki/extensions/intersection	"Pages using DynamicPageList"
mediawiki/extensions/Kartographer	"Pages with maps"
mediawiki/extensions/Phonos	"Pages that use Phonos"
mediawiki/extensions/RSS	"Pages with RSS feeds"
mediawiki/extensions/Score	"Pages which use score"
mediawiki/extensions/timeline	"Pages using Timeline"
mediawiki/extensions/wikihiero	"Pages using WikiHiero"

Some of these names are also not very precise or helpful for anyone who doesn't know what's a "WikiHiero", for example.

They should be renamed to use a consistent pattern, for example using the one that folks at English Wikipedia have used already: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:TrackingCategories

mediawiki/extensions/Graph	Pages using the Graph extension
mediawiki/extensions/intersection	Pages using the DynamicPageList extension
mediawiki/extensions/Kartographer	Pages using the Kartographer extension
mediawiki/extensions/Phonos	Pages using the Phonos extension
mediawiki/extensions/RSS	Pages using the RSS extension
mediawiki/extensions/Score	Pages using the Score extension
mediawiki/extensions/timeline	Pages using the EasyTimeline extension
mediawiki/extensions/wikihiero	Pages using the WikiHiero extension

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~~mediawiki/extensions/Graph~~ (no point since it's being archived)
mediawiki/extensions/intersection
mediawiki/extensions/Kartographer
mediawiki/extensions/Phonos
mediawiki/extensions/RSS
mediawiki/extensions/Score
mediawiki/extensions/timeline
mediawiki/extensions/wikihiero

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Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
Rename tracking category for consistency	mediawiki/extensions/Phonos	master	+1 -1
Rename tracking category for consistency, update URL	mediawiki/extensions/intersection	master	+2 -2
Rename tracking category for consistency	mediawiki/extensions/Kartographer	master	+1 -1
Rename tracking category for consistency	mediawiki/extensions/RSS	master	+1 -1
Rename tracking category for consistency	mediawiki/extensions/wikihiero	master	+1 -1
i18n: improve score-use-category title text	mediawiki/extensions/Score	master	+1 -1

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Resolved	Pppery	T347324 Rename tracking categories for consistency in WMF-deployed extensions
Resolved	NewtonKamau	T371430 Rename tracking categories for consistency in EasyTimeline
Resolved	Pppery	T371431 Rename tracking categories for consistency in WikiHiero

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matmarex created this task.Sep 25 2023, 4:46 PM

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There are another one: Pages using DynamicPageList (intersection-category).

"The folks at the English Wikipedia" = basically just me, by the way.

matmarex updated the task description. (Show Details)Sep 26 2023, 2:48 AM

I suggest either Pppery's convention of "Pages using the N extension" or simply "Pages using N". The latter is a little more vague but still grammatically correct, given N is a capitalized proper noun, as it should be for any extension. I.e. "Pages using Score".

Some of these names are also not very precise or helpful for anyone who doesn't know what's a "WikiHiero", for example.

As a tracking category (more admin/sysadmin-oriented), I wouldn't be too concerned about it, so long as it reads well enough. "Pages using the WikiHiero extension" doesn't make sense either unless you know what an "extension" is in this context. Nonetheless, the word "extension" does help those who do know what it means, so all in all I vote for "Pages using the N extension".

Lets also not forget to document this convention at Manual:Extension registration § Tracking categories (which I just added!) and maybe also Help:Tracking categories.

I submitted gerrit change 1042961 for Extension score, before learning of this task.

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Change #1042961 had a related patch set uploaded (by Aklapper; author: Skierpage):

[mediawiki/extensions/Score@master] i18n: improve score-use-category title text

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1042961

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Jun 13 2024, 10:42 AM

Is it enough to simply change the en.json messages and wait for the deployment train? Or does it also need some kind of cache refreshing?

Yes, although it will take a few days or weeks until all pages are moved to the newly renamed tracking categories. This can be accelerated by purging them.

I'd be happy to merge changes here, but first I'd want someone to volunteer to write a Tech News entry and respond to any comments. Although the initial change will only affect English-language wikis (excluding English Wikipedia, which already uses these names), I would expect the changes to the source text to also lead to some changes in translations, so it seems worth announcing to the wider Wikimedia community.

Pppery added a project: User-notice.Jun 15 2024, 2:23 PM

Quiddity moved this task from To Triage to Not ready to announce on the User-notice board.Jun 20 2024, 10:04 PM

Jdforrester-WMF removed projects: WikiHiero, EasyTimeline.Jul 30 2024, 7:30 PM

NewtonKamau changed the status of subtask T371430: Rename tracking categories for consistency in EasyTimeline from Open to In Progress.Aug 2 2024, 7:49 AM

Jdforrester-WMF closed subtask T371430: Rename tracking categories for consistency in EasyTimeline as Resolved.Aug 2 2024, 9:49 AM

EasyTimeline change is going out in Tech News now.

Nemoralis subscribed.Aug 8 2024, 9:17 PM

Timeline appears to have been renamed without any complaints I can find. Probably the others will be too.

(except for Graph, which at this point we shouldn't touch)

I've been hoping that someone would do all of them at once, so that we wouldn't have to bother translators and the communities with these changes more times than necessary.

Change #1042961 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/Score@master] i18n: improve score-use-category title text

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1042961

Pppery updated the task description. (Show Details)Aug 13 2024, 2:23 AM

Pppery updated the task description. (Show Details)

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Aug 13 2024, 2:30 AM

Change #1062199 had a related patch set uploaded (by Pppery; author: Pppery):

[mediawiki/extensions/intersection@master] Rename tracking category for consistency, update URL

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1062199

Change #1062200 had a related patch set uploaded (by Pppery; author: Pppery):

[mediawiki/extensions/wikihiero@master] Rename tracking category for consistency

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1062200

Change #1062201 had a related patch set uploaded (by Pppery; author: Pppery):

[mediawiki/extensions/RSS@master] Rename tracking category for consistency

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1062201

Change #1062202 had a related patch set uploaded (by Pppery; author: Pppery):

[mediawiki/extensions/Phonos@master] Rename tracking category for consistency

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1062202

Change #1062203 had a related patch set uploaded (by Pppery; author: Pppery):

[mediawiki/extensions/Kartographer@master] Rename tracking category for consistency

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1062203

Pppery claimed this task.Aug 13 2024, 2:39 AM

Pppery mentioned this in T369684: Add tracking category for pages with Charts.

ReleaseTaggerBot added a project: MW-1.43-notes (1.43.0-wmf.19; 2024-08-20).Aug 13 2024, 3:00 AM

Jdforrester-WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)Aug 13 2024, 1:12 PM

Change #1062200 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/wikihiero@master] Rename tracking category for consistency

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1062200

Pppery closed subtask T371431: Rename tracking categories for consistency in WikiHiero as Resolved.Aug 13 2024, 1:35 PM

Pppery mentioned this in rEHIE044fb64e2c69: Rename tracking category for consistency.Aug 13 2024, 1:35 PM

Change #1062203 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/Kartographer@master] Rename tracking category for consistency

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1062203

Change #1062201 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/RSS@master] Rename tracking category for consistency

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1062201

Change #1062199 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/intersection@master] Rename tracking category for consistency, update URL

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1062199

Pppery updated the task description. (Show Details)Aug 13 2024, 2:52 PM

Change #1062202 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/Phonos@master] Rename tracking category for consistency

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1062202

Pppery mentioned this in rEPHNfc24c2451bc0: Rename tracking category for consistency.Aug 13 2024, 4:04 PM

I'm not going to bother doing graph since the extension is dead.

Pppery updated the task description. (Show Details)Aug 13 2024, 4:05 PM

Pppery removed a project: Patch-For-Review.

Pppery moved this task from Not ready to announce to Announce in next Tech/News on the User-notice board.

Thank you @Pppery!

For Tech News, I believe this would be a suitable summary (both clear to those familiar, and with enough clues for those unfamiliar, and pointers for translators). Please tweak or suggest alternatives, if needed:

Six tracking categories have been renamed in TranslateWiki to make them more easily understood and consistent. These categories are automatically added to pages that use specialized MediaWiki extensions. The affected names are for: DynamicPageList, Kartographer, Phonos, RSS, Score, WikiHiero. Wikis that have created the category locally should rename their local creation to match.