⚓ T54807 Identify and remove legacy preferences from MediaWiki core (tracking)

Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
Open		None	T64559 Redesign Special:Preferences (tracking)
Open		None	T54807 Identify and remove legacy preferences from MediaWiki core (tracking)
Resolved		TTO	T26430 Remove "cols" user preference from MediaWiki core
Resolved		None	T35780 Textboxes now unbearably narrow in text browsers
Duplicate		None	T30426 Remove stub link formatting user preference from MediaWiki core
Resolved		01tonythomas	T54342 Remove "Remember my login"-option from the preferences
Resolved		01tonythomas	T54809 Remove "Disable browser page caching" user preference from MediaWiki core
Resolved		01tonythomas	T54810 Remove "Justify paragraphs" user preference from MediaWiki core
Resolved		01tonythomas	T54812 Remove "Disable search suggestions" user preference from MediaWiki core
Resolved		01tonythomas	T54813 Remove "Show table of contents (for pages with more than 3 headings)" user preference from MediaWiki core
Resolved		01tonythomas	T54811 Remove "Enable section editing via [edit] links" user preference from MediaWiki core
Resolved		01tonythomas	T54815 Remove "Enable simplified search bar (Vector skin only)" user preference from MediaWiki core
Open	Feature	None	T53022 Preference 'usenewrc' should imply 'extendwatchlist'
Resolved		DanielFriesen	T55082 Remove "Enable 'jump to' accessibility links" user preference from MediaWiki core
Resolved		Legoktm	T58845 Remove preference "Show talk page message indicator in my toolbar" (echo-show-alert)
Open		None	T94648 Examine the use of Elapsed vs Exact timestamps in Flow
Duplicate		None	T136422 Remove (or fix) preference to "Don't show diff after performing a rollback"
Resolved		None	T155153 Remove uses of 'cols' and 'rows' preferences from extensions
Resolved		• Pchelolo	T284917 Remove "stub threshold" preference
Declined		• sdkim	T284920 Remove "thumb size" preference
Resolved		Ladsgroup	T284921 Remove "auto-number headings" preference

• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Medium.Nov 22 2014, 2:11 AM

• bzimport added projects: MediaWiki-Core-Preferences, Tracking-Neverending.

• bzimport set Reference to bz52807.

• bzimport added a subscriber: Unknown Object (MLST).

• MZMcBride created this task.Aug 13 2013, 5:22 PM

Extensions are getting heavy on preferences, too, so generalising the summary; if you prefer to split those to a sister tracking bug for some reason, feel free.

• werdna unsubscribed.Dec 10 2014, 5:27 PM

Nemo_bis added a subtask: T94648: Examine the use of Elapsed vs Exact timestamps in Flow.Apr 3 2015, 6:13 PM

Quiddity renamed this task from User preferences in MediaWiki to be removed (tracking) to User preferences in MediaWiki to be added or removed (tracking).Apr 10 2015, 5:07 PM

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siebrand changed the status of subtask T58845: Remove preference "Show talk page message indicator in my toolbar" (echo-show-alert) from Open to Stalled.Oct 5 2015, 12:06 PM

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• demon mentioned this in T114960: Create timestamp column to track when preference was last updated.Oct 7 2015, 11:41 PM

Quiddity mentioned this in T33881: Save special page preferences from the special page itself.Nov 25 2015, 10:19 PM

Krinkle renamed this task from User preferences in MediaWiki to be added or removed (tracking) to Identify and remove legacy preferences from MediaWiki core.Mar 31 2016, 5:44 AM

Krinkle mentioned this in T42346: Way to bring back user preferences that were removed from core.

Krinkle edited projects, added TechCom-RFC; removed Tracking-Neverending.

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Krinkle removed subscribers: • Jaredzimmerman-WMF, • wikibugs-l-list.

Ricordisamoa subscribed.Apr 5 2016, 5:03 AM

• RobLa-WMF moved this task from P1: Define to Old on the TechCom-RFC board.Apr 6 2016, 11:06 PM

Glaisher subscribed.Apr 9 2016, 11:50 AM

@Krinkle: it looks like we briefly discussed this one in E157 just before moving it to the backlog. This looks like a sea of links that would be really easy to get lost in. Is this something that you'd like to handle as an TechCom-RFC? Do you think we should queue this up for an IRC meeting?

T64559: Redesign Special:Preferences (tracking) seems a worthwhile RFC to me.

I've split T42346 from this one to continue as separate exploration (not an RFC right now).

This task (T54807) about identifying and removing so-called "legacy" preferences is marked as RFC right now. I agree that it doesn't seem like something we'd handle as RFC. Rather this is more a tracking task that tracks individual tasks that discuss the removal of individual preferences, each of which may have its own story, I don't see a general RFC that would resolve them all.

The RFC left here could be to discuss how we want to identify legacy preferences. To establish consensus about a policy detailing what criteria to apply and how to decide when to remove a preference. So far this doesn't seem very controversial though. We've successfully removed such legacy preferences through regular discussion and code review without the overhead of an RFC to establish a formal policy.

This wasn't originally marked as RFC (I did that last month as part of the split, I've undone that edit and restored this as a tracking trask).

Krinkle renamed this task from Identify and remove legacy preferences from MediaWiki core to Identify and remove legacy preferences from MediaWiki core (tracking).May 9 2016, 4:52 PM

Krinkle added a project: Tracking-Neverending.

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• RobLa-WMF mentioned this in T129651: Align use of #architecture and #technical-debt tags.May 9 2016, 5:45 PM

He7d3r added a subtask: T136422: Remove (or fix) preference to "Don't show diff after performing a rollback".May 27 2016, 5:02 PM

Quiddity removed a parent task: T4007: [DO NOT USE] Tracking bug [superseded by #Tracking].Jul 14 2016, 4:17 AM

Liuxinyu970226 subscribed.Oct 28 2016, 3:07 PM

TTO closed subtask T26430: Remove "cols" user preference from MediaWiki core as Resolved.Jan 12 2017, 5:12 AM

Schnark mentioned this in T167634: Remove option to disable dialogs in the WikiEditor toolbar.Jun 12 2017, 8:30 AM

• Catrope closed subtask T58845: Remove preference "Show talk page message indicator in my toolbar" (echo-show-alert) as Resolved.Aug 16 2018, 9:34 PM

Izno removed a parent task: T60223: Improvements to the layout and contents of Special:Preferences (tracking).Jun 1 2021, 4:58 PM

Izno added a subtask: T155153: Remove uses of 'cols' and 'rows' preferences from extensions.

Aklapper closed subtask T155153: Remove uses of 'cols' and 'rows' preferences from extensions as Resolved.Jun 1 2021, 7:02 PM