https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57605
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Bug ID: 57605
Summary: Remove ArticleFeedback leftovers from German Wikipedia
Product: Wikimedia
Version: wmf-deployment
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: Extension setup
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
Classification: Unclassified
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In July 2013 the German Wikipedia community decided[1] to not keep the
ArticleFeedback extension. Because of this the extension was set to read-only
mode. The feedback is still available[2] in the interface. The two most visible
links are on all articles talk pages and on all users watchlists.
I still think it was a good idea to do this for 2 or 3 months. But it's almost
5 months now. The backlog of unmoderated (currently ~1400) and unused
(currently ~3500) feedback goes down very slow. At this speed it will take
several years to clean everything. The current non-functional state does make
fewer and fewer sense the older the feedback becomes.
Starting in July users ask why the non-functional extension is still not
disabled.[3][4] Especially the link on top of the users watchlists is
considered "interface bloat". It may not be nice to call it like that but I
have to agree that it's pretty much pointless to link to 5 months old feedback
on a watchlist that spans a few days only.
The feedback is not lost. Everything is dumped in lists.[5] Currently the lists
are in a users namespace because it does not make sense to have both, the old
interface[2] and the lists. If the interface is disabled we will move the lists
to the proper quality assurance teams in the project.
TL;DR: Please remove the ArticleFeedback extension.
[1]https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meinungsbilder/Artikel-Feedback
[2]https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spezial:Artikelrückmeldungen_v5
[3]https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Diskussion:Artikel-Feedback
[4]https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Diskussion:Meinungsbilder/Artikel-Feedback
[5]https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spezial:Präfixindex/Benutzer:EfenBot/Feedback
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