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Option for anonymous users to disable/enable compact language links
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The software already remembers which languages anonymous users visits. It should be possible to remember if an anonymous user prefers to see all languages.

I think the best place to put this option is either with the other language settings in the "language gear popup" or with the language search in the "more languages popup".

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The software already remembers which languages anonymous users visits.

I assume that refers to $wgULSAnonCanChangeLanguage and using cookies.

It should be possible to remember if an anonymous user prefers to see all languages.

Which underlying problem would such an option solve?

Which underlying problem would such an option solve?

Same problem that is solved for unanonymous users with a setting in their preferences. For different reasons many users prefer to see all languages without having to click "X more" and scroll through the languages popup.

The setting could look something like this

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