James Forrester (28.08.2025 14:53):
So it doesn't seem like the columns were effectively deprecated.
No, that's not correct.They have been announced in the official venue
for all such changes; for example, here is the one done in 2013 for
rc_type:
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/mediawiki/core/+/refs/tags/REL1_23/RELEASE-NOTES-1.23#544
See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Stable_interface_policy for the
policy.The on-wiki fork of the documentation is not how code is
announced or deprecated.Relying on the unofficial re-writes of code
risks mis-matches like this, unfortunately.
I don’t want to sound nitpicky, but the on-wiki documentation on
mediawiki.org is considered the official documentation. Even if the
policy didn’t cover this, I think it’s safe to say that nobody reads all
the release notes of past versions before building tools or making
queries in Quarry and similar places.
Also, the policy you mentioned states:
# Any relevant documentation in the Git repository *and on
mediawiki.org* MUST be updated once the change is approved. (Using
alert templates on the documentation page, such as {{Deprecated
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Template:Deprecated>}}).
Regards,
Maciej Nux.
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