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Archive the AntiBot extension
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Reason: Concerns about its nowadays usefulness have been raised at https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/381053/. If the extension is no longer working or has become obsolete, we should consider archiving it IMHO. Shall we?

To-Do list (in order):

  • Archive documentation on mediawiki.org - https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AntiBot
  • Remove from mediawiki/extensions (along with in .gitmodules)
  • Remove tests in integration/config (zuul/layout.yaml)
  • Remove from translatewiki (groups/MediaWiki/mediawiki-extensions.txt)
  • Empty repository and add an ARCHIVED file.
  • Inactivate rEANB extension-AntiBot.
  • Mark the AntiBot repository as read-only.
  • Delete the GitHub mirror (needs a wikimedia GitHub owner).
  • Decline all open tasks.

Event Timeline

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Change 382421 had a related patch set (by MarcoAurelio) published:
[mediawiki/extensions@master] Archive Extension:AntiBot

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/382421

Change 382422 had a related patch set (by MarcoAurelio) published:
[integration/config@master] Archive Extension:AntiBot

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/382422

Change 382423 had a related patch set (by MarcoAurelio) published:
[translatewiki@master] Archive Extension:AntiBot

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/382423

Change 382426 had a related patch set uploaded (by MarcoAurelio; owner: MarcoAurelio):
[mediawiki/extensions/AntiBot@master] Archive Extension:AntiBot

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/382426

Change 382422 merged by jenkins-bot:
[integration/config@master] Archive Extension:AntiBot

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/382422

Change 382423 merged by jenkins-bot:
[translatewiki@master] Archive Extension:AntiBot

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/382423

Change 382421 merged by Umherirrender:
[mediawiki/extensions@master] Archive Extension:AntiBot

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/382421

Change 382426 merged by Umherirrender:
[mediawiki/extensions/AntiBot@master] Archive Extension:AntiBot

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/382426

MarcoAurelio lowered the priority of this task from Medium to Low.
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