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"Other languages" section in side bar is empty on Special:RecentChanges of Minangkabau Wikipedia
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Description

Steps to Reproduce:

Actual Results:

  • The language selector doesn't show the list Recent Changes in other languages

Expected Results:

  • The language selector shows the list Recent Changes in other languages

Event Timeline

Wirjadisastra renamed this task from Language selector doesn't show in Recent Changes of Minangkabau Wikipedia to Language selector doesn't appear in Recent Changes of Minangkabau Wikipedia.May 5 2019, 2:03 AM
Aklapper renamed this task from Language selector doesn't appear in Recent Changes of Minangkabau Wikipedia to "Other languages" section in side bar is empty on Special:RecentChanges of Minangkabau Wikipedia.May 5 2019, 9:28 AM

Hmm, adding &uselang=qqx to the URL, the section shows uls-plang-title-languages so I assume it's UniversalLanguageSelector related.

Did it work recently?

Special:RecentChanges and other special pages are actually not supposed to be interlanguage links. Wikipedias in some languages do have interlanguage links on this page, but this is a hack, that can be achieved by writing a list of all the languages at MediaWiki:Recentchangestext. This can be done by a user with sysop or editinterface rights.

I see that interlanguage links were removed from this page in 2013, so it probably doesn't work since then.

You can do this hack yourself and restore a list of languages by editing that page, although I don't quite recommend it because it is not a proper MediaWiki software feature and it may be difficult to maintain. I can also add that perhaps it's time to consider again to make it possible to add interlanguage links to special pages using Wikidata sitelinks. Such a proposal failed in 2014, but it's been five years since then so maybe it's time to try again.

I have started a discussion in case the community wants to revive the interlanguage links. If they decide so, at least they know what to do now.

Thank you @Amire80