https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56292
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Bug ID: 56292
Summary: Add support for disabling ULS
Product: MediaWiki extensions
Version: master
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: UniversalLanguageSelector
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
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Classification: Unclassified
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For many users, ULS serves no practical purpose. It is also quite large, which
can be problematic if you're not on a first-world internet connection (or are
in rural US), is occasionally host to somewhat problematic bugs, and generally
is not worth the trouble if you're not part of the target audience.
So there should be a way for such people to just turn the thing off, not load
it at all, and be happy.
I appreciate that adding an option for this has been been wontfixed, though I
don't know why, but even without there being an option in the interface, there
SHOULD be support in the extension itself to disable it, regardless of where it
actually appears.
There should be a way for users who are truly and consistently inconvenienced
by it to actually solve the underlying problem (such as with a hidden
preference or cookie), instead of just hiding it. There should also be a way
for third-party hosts to add such an option for their users who also fit the
target audience, even if they don't necessarily want it on for everyone.
As it is it seems to inconvenience as many people as it helps on wikimedia
projects, and isn't very appealing to third-party hosts, either, despite it
solving some very real problems facing some of our users as well.
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