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Archive RelatedSites extension
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Unmaintained and deprecated.

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Archive RelatedSites extensionintegration/configmaster+1 -2
Removed Related Sites extension from mediawiki-extensions.txttranslatewikimaster+0 -2
Archive RelatedSites extensionmediawiki/extensionsmaster+0 -5
Archive RelatedSites extensionmediawiki/extensions/RelatedSitesmaster+4 -794
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Bugreporter created this task.Jan 23 2019, 7:06 AM
Restricted Application added a project: Community-Tech. · View Herald TranscriptJan 23 2019, 7:06 AM
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Dinoguy1000 renamed this task from Archive RelatedSites to Archive RelatedSites extension.Jan 23 2019, 10:41 AM
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Dinoguy1000 added subscribers: RolandUnger, matthiasmullie.
• Niharika moved this task from New & TBD Tickets to Older: Tracking Work by Others on the Community-Tech board.Jan 23 2019, 4:43 PM
Kizule moved this task from Untriaged to Archive extensions on the Projects-Cleanup board.Jan 25 2019, 6:25 PM
Kizule claimed this task.Feb 22 2019, 5:55 AM
Kizule mentioned this in T52414: API module for RelatedSites extension.
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Kizule mentioned this in MediaWiki-extensions-RelatedSites.Feb 22 2019, 5:58 AM
Kizule updated the task description. (Show Details)Feb 22 2019, 6:05 AM
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gerritbot subscribed.Feb 22 2019, 6:12 AM

Change 492237 had a related patch set uploaded (by Zoranzoki21; owner: Zoranzoki21):
[mediawiki/extensions/RelatedSites@master] Archive RelatedSites extension

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/492237

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Feb 22 2019, 6:12 AM
gerritbot added a comment.Feb 22 2019, 6:14 AM

Change 492238 had a related patch set uploaded (by Zoranzoki21; owner: Zoranzoki21):
[translatewiki@master] Removed Related Sites extension from mediawiki-extensions.txt

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/492238

gerritbot added a comment.Feb 22 2019, 6:17 AM

Change 492240 had a related patch set uploaded (by Zoranzoki21; owner: Zoranzoki21):
[integration/config@master] Archive RelatedSites extension

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/492240

gerritbot added a comment.Feb 22 2019, 6:27 AM

Change 492242 had a related patch set uploaded (by Zoranzoki21; owner: Zoranzoki21):
[mediawiki/extensions@master] Archive RelatedSites extension

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/492242

gerritbot added a comment.Feb 22 2019, 7:46 AM

Change 492240 merged by jenkins-bot:
[integration/config@master] Archive RelatedSites extension

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/492240

gerritbot added a comment.Feb 22 2019, 8:19 AM

Change 492238 merged by jenkins-bot:
[translatewiki@master] Removed Related Sites extension from mediawiki-extensions.txt

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/492238

gerritbot added a comment.Feb 22 2019, 3:12 PM

Change 492242 merged by Umherirrender:
[mediawiki/extensions@master] Archive RelatedSites extension

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/492242

gerritbot added a comment.Feb 22 2019, 3:14 PM

Change 492237 merged by Umherirrender:
[mediawiki/extensions/RelatedSites@master] Archive RelatedSites extension

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/492237

Kizule updated the task description. (Show Details)Feb 22 2019, 3:22 PM
ashley subscribed.Feb 23 2019, 3:24 PM

ShoutWiki would like to take over the maintainership of this extension for we have at least one wiki (Jedipedia, the Finnish Star Wars wiki) that would be interested in using the extension. Given that the extension has ~112 lines of code, it's considerably easier to install this extension as opposed to installing Wikibase and whatnot. As far as I'm able to tell, the extension is feature-complete and functional, which is why I'd like to question the original archiving rationale of "unmaintained and deprecated" -- it's deprecated for WMF usage only and perfectly functional elsewhere and most third-parties are likely to want to install this for this one particular feature instead of setting up a full Wikibase installation for a relatively simple and easy feature (listing of related sites in the sidebar).

What would be the proper process for taking over the maintainership of the extension & unarchiving it, and who would be able to help with that?

Kizule added a comment.Feb 23 2019, 7:21 PM
In T214458#4978223, @ashley wrote:

ShoutWiki would like to take over the maintainership of this extension for we have at least one wiki (Jedipedia, the Finnish Star Wars wiki) that would be interested in using the extension. Given that the extension has ~112 lines of code, it's considerably easier to install this extension as opposed to installing Wikibase and whatnot. As far as I'm able to tell, the extension is feature-complete and functional, which is why I'd like to question the original archiving rationale of "unmaintained and deprecated" -- it's deprecated for WMF usage only and perfectly functional elsewhere and most third-parties are likely to want to install this for this one particular feature instead of setting up a full Wikibase installation for a relatively simple and easy feature (listing of related sites in the sidebar).

What would be the proper process for taking over the maintainership of the extension & unarchiving it, and who would be able to help with that?

It is nice. I can revert changes, but you have to request it as mentioned at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Gerrit/Project_ownership

Kizule changed the task status from Open to Stalled.Feb 23 2019, 7:22 PM

Per comment from @ashley

ashley mentioned this in T216895: Repository ownership request: ShoutWiki group for mediawiki/extensions/RelatedSites.Feb 23 2019, 7:27 PM

Thanks @Zoranzoki21, I've opened T216895 for the formal repository ownership request. :)

Kizule added a comment.Feb 23 2019, 7:32 PM

I will make "revert" of changes. It should be merged if we have consensus please :)

Legoktm closed this task as Declined.Feb 23 2019, 10:27 PM
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Per T216895: Repository ownership request: ShoutWiki group for mediawiki/extensions/RelatedSites, ShoutWiki is taking over ownership of this extension.

Bugreporter reopened this task as Open.Jun 15 2023, 11:53 AM

Reopen since T334791: Implement interproject magic link like interlanguage magic link in MediaWiki core instead of Wikibase will add the same functionality to MediaWiki core.

Bugreporter added a subtask: T334791: Implement interproject magic link like interlanguage magic link in MediaWiki core instead of Wikibase.Jun 15 2023, 11:54 AM
Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Jun 15 2023, 12:10 PM
Kizule removed Kizule as the assignee of this task.Jul 16 2023, 12:01 PM
Kizule removed a project: User-Kizule.
In T214458#4978513, @Legoktm wrote:

Per T216895: Repository ownership request: ShoutWiki group for mediawiki/extensions/RelatedSites, ShoutWiki is taking over ownership of this extension.

(Removing assignee per this comment.)

Pppery closed this task as Declined.Jul 17 2023, 12:52 AM
Pppery subscribed.

Reclosing as declined - this 2019 task should not be hijacked for events that occur years later. Feel free to file a new task when this is actually merged into core.

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