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Noindex template feature should be restricted to new articles
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Per discussion on English Wikipedia, the noindex template feature should be restricted to new articles (less than 90 days old) in order to minimize the potential for abuse.

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operations/mediawiki-configmaster+5 -0Enable {{NOINDEX}} as a noindex template on enwiki
mediawiki/extensions/PageTriagemaster+54 -30Restrict noindex template feature to new articles
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kaldari created this task.Oct 30 2016, 8:58 PM
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kaldari claimed this task.Oct 30 2016, 8:59 PM
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gerritbot added a subscriber: gerritbot.Oct 30 2016, 9:02 PM

Change 318796 had a related patch set uploaded (by Kaldari):
Restrict noindex template feature to new articles

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/318796

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Oct 30 2016, 9:02 PM
kaldari added subscribers: Kudpung, Cenarium.Oct 30 2016, 10:03 PM
MZMcBride added a subscriber: MZMcBride.Oct 31 2016, 12:58 AM
gerritbot added a comment.Nov 2 2016, 1:50 AM

Change 318796 merged by jenkins-bot:
Restrict noindex template feature to new articles

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/318796

gerritbot added a comment.Nov 2 2016, 3:53 PM

Change 319348 had a related patch set uploaded (by Catrope):
Enable {{NOINDEX}} as a noindex template on enwiki

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/319348

ReleaseTaggerBot added a project: MW-1.29-release (WMF-deploy-2016-11-08_(1.29.0-wmf.2)).Nov 2 2016, 7:01 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Nov 11 2016, 12:02 AM

Change 319348 merged by jenkins-bot:
Enable {{NOINDEX}} as a noindex template on enwiki

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/319348

Stashbot added a subscriber: Stashbot.Nov 11 2016, 12:13 AM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2016-11-11T00:13:50Z] <catrope@tin> Synchronized wmf-config/CommonSettings.php: Enable {{NOINDEX}} as a noindex template on enwiki (1/2) (T149538) (duration: 00m 49s)

Stashbot added a comment.Nov 11 2016, 12:15 AM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2016-11-11T00:15:39Z] <catrope@tin> Synchronized wmf-config/InitialiseSettings.php: Enable {{NOINDEX}} as a noindex template on enwiki (2/2) (T149538) (duration: 00m 47s)

kaldari closed this task as Resolved.Nov 11 2016, 2:11 AM
kaldari moved this task from Needs Review/Feedback to Q1 2018-19 on the Community-Tech-Sprint board.Nov 14 2016, 5:35 PM
Niharika edited projects, added Community-Tech; removed Community-Tech-Sprint.Nov 28 2016, 10:33 AM
Niharika moved this task from New & TBD Tickets to Archive on the Community-Tech board.Nov 28 2016, 10:35 AM
Xaosflux mentioned this in T211043: Pages in main namespace are being noindexed despite being older than 90 days.Dec 5 2018, 3:34 AM
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