[Epic] Improve special page template on Minerva
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	• Nirzar
	Jun 28 2017, 11:15 PM

Description

Problem

Existing Special pages on mobilefrontend do not account for most of use cases of special pages.

Use cases include

sub sections / tabs
navigation
metadata
page actions

The alignment of the pages is also varied.

List of prominent special pages

Talk page
Userpage
Nearby
Edit History
Watchlist
Categories

Proposal

Have a consistent template which includes following elements laid out in correct hierarchy

Navigation (going back)
Prominent title and purpose of the page
Metadata subtext line
Sub sections / tabs

Page structure

page-template copy 3.png (1×2 px, 150 KB)

All of the above bullet points as optional for each special page. except for the title and the subtitle

Here are few examples of special pages wth the new structure

Nearby

page-template copy.png (1×750 px, 39 KB)

*reminder that we removed the "refresh" icon from this page (T189258) and should consider adding it back in as part of this work.

Watchlist

NOTE: the two Watchlist views are actually two sections and can use the same treatment. Tabs are tabs.

page-template copy 2.png (1×750 px, 45 KB)

User page

page-template-empty-page.png (1×750 px, 75 KB)

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Status	Assigned	Task
Open	None	T169162 [Epic] Improve special page template on Minerva
Declined	None	T94297 Summary of activity at the top of mobile history page
Resolved	• Nirzar	T147722 Display namespace in mobile view of the page history
Resolved	None	T169379 Update and adopt new special page template for remaining special pages (Contributions, Nearby, History and Watchlist)
Duplicate	None	T120520 [Story] make it easier to understand what Special:Nearby is
Resolved	• Nirzar	T125820 Special:Nearby lacks to show purpose of the feature to the user
Resolved	aude	T138478 "Loading..." text is never hidden on Special:Nearby after loading is done
Resolved	• Nirzar	T180095 Update the title alignment for special pages
Duplicate	None	T180419 Improve the alignment for individual settings

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• Nirzar created this task.Jun 28 2017, 11:15 PM

Restricted Application added a subscriber: Aklapper. · View Herald TranscriptJun 28 2017, 11:15 PM

• Nirzar renamed this task from [Epic] Upgrade special page template to [Epic] Improve special page template.Jun 28 2017, 11:15 PM

• Nirzar added subtasks: T94297: Summary of activity at the top of mobile history page , T147722: Display namespace in mobile view of the page history.

• Nirzar updated the task description. (Show Details)

• Nirzar mentioned this in T147722: Display namespace in mobile view of the page history.Jun 28 2017, 11:18 PM

Jdlrobson mentioned this in T94297: Summary of activity at the top of mobile history page .Jun 28 2017, 11:24 PM

• Nirzar moved this task from Backlog to Usability on the Design (RW-Design-Debt) board.Jun 29 2017, 6:12 PM

Jdlrobson triaged this task as Medium priority.Jun 29 2017, 6:13 PM

Jdlrobson moved this task from Incoming to Epics/Goals on the Web-Team-Backlog board.

• Nirzar created subtask T169379: Update and adopt new special page template for remaining special pages (Contributions, Nearby, History and Watchlist).Jun 30 2017, 9:56 PM

ovasileva subscribed.Jul 3 2017, 5:49 PM

Jdlrobson added a parent task: T67079: [Epic] Show what features are included in Beta.Jul 12 2017, 5:39 PM

• Nirzar created subtask T180095: Update the title alignment for special pages.Nov 9 2017, 2:36 AM

• Nirzar created subtask T180419: Improve the alignment for individual settings .Nov 14 2017, 1:40 AM

ovasileva moved this task from Epics/Goals to Upcoming on the Web-Team-Backlog board.Nov 21 2017, 4:29 PM

The description doesn't explain how this goes towards T158181: Aim for workflow equivalence for MediaWiki on desktop and mobile web. Besides, nearly all the "prominent special pages" listed are not even special pages in MediaWiki proper.

Jdlrobson updated the task description. (Show Details)Dec 4 2017, 7:25 PM

• Niedzielski added a project: Epic.Dec 6 2017, 3:48 PM

ovasileva added a project: Mobile-Web-Settings.Dec 7 2017, 7:28 PM

ovasileva closed subtask T180095: Update the title alignment for special pages as Resolved.Dec 8 2017, 10:41 AM

NOTE: This doesn't account for the two "views" of the Watchlist. Please update screenshot/provide a mock.

@Nirzar ^^^

NOTE: This doesn't account for the two "views" of the Watchlist. Please update screenshot/provide a mock.

the two views are actually two sections, it can use the same treatment, tabs are tabs :)

• Niedzielski updated the task description. (Show Details)Jan 3 2018, 4:02 PM

• Nirzar closed subtask T147722: Display namespace in mobile view of the page history as Resolved.Jan 4 2018, 6:30 PM

ovasileva moved this task from Upcoming to Epics/Goals on the Web-Team-Backlog board.Jan 23 2018, 1:34 AM

Jdlrobson renamed this task from [Epic] Improve special page template to [Epic] Improve special pages.Jan 31 2018, 7:16 PM

Jdlrobson removed a parent task: T67079: [Epic] Show what features are included in Beta.Feb 7 2018, 5:48 PM

• Nirzar closed subtask T169379: Update and adopt new special page template for remaining special pages (Contributions, Nearby, History and Watchlist) as Resolved.Feb 21 2018, 6:16 PM

• alexhollender_WMF subscribed.Mar 12 2018, 7:54 PM

• alexhollender_WMF mentioned this in T189258: Update place refresh icon in Special:Nearby.Mar 27 2018, 4:37 PM

• alexhollender_WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)Apr 2 2018, 1:45 PM

As already alluded to above, the term "special page" has an existing, well-defined meaning in MediaWiki. It seems that it is used here in a different, wider sense (e.g. talk pages are not usually considered special pages).

Jdlrobson mentioned this in T214180: Add informational links to AMC opt-in toggle.Jan 18 2019, 7:01 PM

Jdlrobson mentioned this in T214195: Design updates to Settings page & AMC opt-in toggle.Jan 18 2019, 7:12 PM

@alexhollender is this epic still relevant?

@Jdlrobson I think the need is still relevant though I don't know when we'll get around to it. I think we'd benefit from having a template for non-article pages.

• alexhollender_WMF moved this task from Needs analysis to Queue on the Web-Team-Backlog (Design) board.May 22 2019, 1:35 AM

Jdlrobson renamed this task from [Epic] Improve special pages to [Epic] Improve special page template on Minerva.Jun 8 2021, 7:15 PM

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Jdlrobson moved this task from Design to Tracking on the Web-Team-Backlog board.Jun 8 2021, 7:15 PM

Jdlrobson edited projects, added Web-Team-Backlog (Tracking); removed Web-Team-Backlog (Design).

Jdlrobson mentioned this in T201228: Make it possible to reach the page history from mobile diff.Jun 14 2021, 3:48 PM

LGoto closed subtask T94297: Summary of activity at the top of mobile history page as Declined.Jul 13 2021, 9:55 PM

Jdlrobson moved this task from Untriaged to Discuss further on the Web-Team-Backlog (Tracking) board.Sep 30 2021, 9:27 PM

ovasileva moved this task from Discuss further to Untag on the Web-Team-Backlog (Tracking) board.Dec 7 2021, 7:19 PM

Jdlrobson removed a project: Web-Team-Backlog (Tracking).Dec 7 2021, 7:46 PM