We're already working on tracking statement usage within Lua tables (T151717). Let's extend that to all the other fun things you can find in a Wikidata entity. E.g. labels, descriptions, and sitelinks. We'll probably never really phase out the "X", but this task is about getting the obvious usage types covered.
This task is done when: We stop recording an "X" in wbc_entity_usage for lua table access of labels, descriptions, and sitelinks.
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| · · · | ||||
| Resolved | Lydia_Pintscher | T90436 Improve usage tracking granularity to avoid irrelevant changes showing in the watchlist. | ||
| Duplicate | None | T173032 Replace all current "X" usage with nuanced usage information (label/description/sitelink) via Lua table | ||
| Resolved | eranroz | T172914 [Tracking] Fine-grained change notifications based on tracking from Lua getters via __index | ||
| · · · |
Now that T172905 is deployed I did few minor changes in hewiki Lua modules (1, 2) and was able to reduce the X usage by more than 50% (still counting - not all pages refreshed).
Before:
select eu_aspect, count(*) from wbc_entity_usage group by eu_aspect ; +-----------+----------+ | eu_aspect | count(*) | +-----------+----------+ | L | 1 | | L.en | 16330 | | L.he | 204341 | | O | 182784 | | S | 285360 | | T | 220551 | | X | 213307 | +-----------+----------+
After (~9 hours after):
+-----------+----------+ | eu_aspect | count(*) | +-----------+----------+ | L | 1 | | L.en | 45705 | | L.he | 299934 | | O | 253234 | | S | 285378 | | T | 277941 | | X | 100303 | +-----------+----------+
(note the increase in O in favor of X).