GlobalBlocking uses several occurences of the word whitelist. Ideally these should be replaced where possible to use a word that does not have the negative connotations
| Title | Reference | Author | Source Branch | Dest Branch | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remove globalblock-whitelist from GlobalBlocking settings | repos/test-platform/catalyst/ci-charts!140 | jnuche | T277942 | main | |
| Remove globalblock-whitelist from GlobalBlocking settings | repos/test-platform/catalyst/patchdemo!359 | mszwarc | T277942 | main |
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resolved | None | T254646 Reconsidering how we name things | |||
| Resolved | Dreamy_Jazz | T277942 Address Voice and Tone issues in GlobalBlocking | |||
| Declined | None | T277994 Rename global_block_whitelist table |
Hi @Reedy! I'm trying to use T-shirt sizes to measure the effort required for each task to invite folks at the WMF to join and send proposals of which ones they'd like to change by giving them information about the effort and any other info you render relevant.
| Size | Time | Score |
| XS | At Most 1 Hour | 0 |
| S | At Most 1 Day | 1 |
| M | At Most 3 Days | 3 |
| L | At Most 5 Days | 5 |
| XL | Needs Re-Eval | 9 |
| ? | Unknown | |
For this specific task, T259804, What would you say the size is?
Change #1248089 had a related patch set uploaded (by Dreamy Jazz; author: Dreamy Jazz):
[mediawiki/extensions/GlobalBlocking@master] Drop GlobalBlockLocalStatusLookup::getLocalWhitelistInfo
Change #1248089 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/extensions/GlobalBlocking@master] Drop GlobalBlockLocalStatusLookup::getLocalWhitelistInfo
Change #1281877 had a related patch set uploaded (by Dreamy Jazz; author: Dreamy Jazz):
[mediawiki/extensions/GlobalBlocking@master] Remove use of whitelist in comments and variable names
Change #1281931 had a related patch set uploaded (by Dreamy Jazz; author: Dreamy Jazz):
[mediawiki/extensions/GlobalBlocking@master] Rename i18n to avoid use of "whitelist"
Change #1281938 had a related patch set uploaded (by Dreamy Jazz; author: Dreamy Jazz):
[mediawiki/extensions/GlobalBlocking@master] Create globalblock-local-status right
Change #1281877 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/extensions/GlobalBlocking@master] Remove use of whitelist in comments and variable names
Change #1281938 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/extensions/GlobalBlocking@master] Create globalblock-local-status right
Change #1281931 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/extensions/GlobalBlocking@master] Rename i18n to avoid use of "whitelist"
Change #1292032 had a related patch set uploaded (by Dreamy Jazz; author: Dreamy Jazz):
[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Grant globalblock-local-status to groups with globalblock-whitelist
Change #1292032 merged by jenkins-bot:
[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Grant globalblock-local-status to groups with globalblock-whitelist
Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-05-26T08:33:22Z] <dreamyjazz@deploy1003> Started scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:rOPUP1292032b061f|Grant globalblock-local-status to groups with globalblock-whitelist (T277942)]], [[gerrit:1290964|hCaptcha CommonSettings.php: Don't define sitekeys as config vars]]
Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-05-26T08:35:20Z] <dreamyjazz@deploy1003> dreamyjazz: Backport for [[gerrit:rOPUP1292032b061f|Grant globalblock-local-status to groups with globalblock-whitelist (T277942)]], [[gerrit:1290964|hCaptcha CommonSettings.php: Don't define sitekeys as config vars]] synced to the testservers (see https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mwdebug). Changes can now be verified there.
Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-05-26T08:43:18Z] <dreamyjazz@deploy1003> Finished scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:rOPUP1292032b061f|Grant globalblock-local-status to groups with globalblock-whitelist (T277942)]], [[gerrit:1290964|hCaptcha CommonSettings.php: Don't define sitekeys as config vars]] (duration: 09m 56s)
Change #1295413 had a related patch set uploaded (by Dreamy Jazz; author: Dreamy Jazz):
[mediawiki/extensions/GlobalBlocking@master] GlobalBlockStatus: Define prefered English alias as GlobalBlockStatus
Change #1295416 had a related patch set uploaded (by Dreamy Jazz; author: Dreamy Jazz):
[mediawiki/extensions/GlobalBlocking@master] Use the globalblock-local-status right over globalblock-whitelist
Change #1295417 had a related patch set uploaded (by Dreamy Jazz; author: Dreamy Jazz):
[mediawiki/extensions/GlobalBlocking@master] Drop wpWhitelistStatus handling from SpecialGlobalBlockStatus
Change #1295413 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/extensions/GlobalBlocking@master] GlobalBlockStatus: Define prefered English alias as GlobalBlockStatus
Change #1296582 had a related patch set uploaded (by Dreamy Jazz; author: Dreamy Jazz):
[mediawiki/extensions/GlobalBlocking@wmf/1.47.0-wmf.5] Use the globalblock-local-status right over globalblock-whitelist
Change #1295416 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/extensions/GlobalBlocking@master] Use the globalblock-local-status right over globalblock-whitelist
Change #1295417 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/extensions/GlobalBlocking@master] Drop wpWhitelistStatus handling from SpecialGlobalBlockStatus
Change #1296582 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/extensions/GlobalBlocking@wmf/1.47.0-wmf.5] Use the globalblock-local-status right over globalblock-whitelist
Change #1296620 had a related patch set uploaded (by Dreamy Jazz; author: Dreamy Jazz):
[operations/mediawiki-config@master] core-Permissions: Stop assigning unused globalblock-whitelist right
Change #1296621 had a related patch set uploaded (by Dreamy Jazz; author: Dreamy Jazz):
[mediawiki/extensions/GlobalBlocking@master] Drop the globalblock-whitelist right
Change #1297704 had a related patch set uploaded (by Dreamy Jazz; author: Dreamy Jazz):
[mediawiki/extensions/GlobalBlocking@wmf/1.47.0-wmf.4] Use the globalblock-local-status right over globalblock-whitelist
Change #1297704 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/extensions/GlobalBlocking@wmf/1.47.0-wmf.4] Use the globalblock-local-status right over globalblock-whitelist
Change #1296620 merged by jenkins-bot:
[operations/mediawiki-config@master] core-Permissions: Stop assigning unused globalblock-whitelist right
Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-06-04T14:06:17Z] <dreamyjazz@deploy1003> Started scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1297704|Use the globalblock-local-status right over globalblock-whitelist (T277942)]], [[gerrit:1296620|core-Permissions: Stop assigning unused globalblock-whitelist right (T277942)]]
Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-06-04T14:08:21Z] <dreamyjazz@deploy1003> dreamyjazz: Backport for [[gerrit:1297704|Use the globalblock-local-status right over globalblock-whitelist (T277942)]], [[gerrit:1296620|core-Permissions: Stop assigning unused globalblock-whitelist right (T277942)]] synced to the testservers (see https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mwdebug). Changes can now be verified there.
Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-06-04T14:13:03Z] <dreamyjazz@deploy1003> Finished scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1297704|Use the globalblock-local-status right over globalblock-whitelist (T277942)]], [[gerrit:1296620|core-Permissions: Stop assigning unused globalblock-whitelist right (T277942)]] (duration: 06m 46s)
mszwarc opened https://gitlab.wikimedia.org/repos/test-platform/catalyst/patchdemo/-/merge_requests/359
Change globalblock-whitelist to globalblock-local-status
Change #1296621 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/extensions/GlobalBlocking@master] Drop the globalblock-whitelist right
https://gitlab.wikimedia.org/repos/test-platform/catalyst/patchdemo/-/merge_requests/359 needs merging, but beyond that GlobalBlocking has had all the references we can remove without too much effort:
Therefore, I think we have done as much as we can to remove whitelist from the extension
jnuche opened https://gitlab.wikimedia.org/repos/test-platform/catalyst/ci-charts/-/merge_requests/140
Remove globalblock-whitelist from GlobalBlocking settings
jnuche closed https://gitlab.wikimedia.org/repos/test-platform/catalyst/patchdemo/-/merge_requests/359
Remove globalblock-whitelist from GlobalBlocking settings
jnuche merged https://gitlab.wikimedia.org/repos/test-platform/catalyst/ci-charts/-/merge_requests/140
Remove globalblock-whitelist from GlobalBlocking settings