Maniphest T315259

Add data-nosnippet to the printfooter div
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	TheresNoTime
	Aug 15 2022, 8:22 PM

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	F35456449: image.png
	Aug 15 2022, 8:22 PM

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Description

The printfooter is a (on-screen) hidden div which contains a permalink to the revision a page was generated from — for example:

<div class="printfooter">
  Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&amp;oldid=1093586708" class=" nonimage">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&amp;oldid=1093586708</a>"
</div>

Google sometimes appears to pick this up in the SERP snippet, which reduces the amount of useful content displayed and looks a little "messy".

image.png (122×619 px, 15 KB)

We can use data-nosnippet (ref) to hint to Google to not include this content.

<div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet>
  Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&amp;oldid=1093586708" class=" nonimage">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&amp;oldid=1093586708</a>"
</div>

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Related Changes in Gerrit:

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	SkinMustache: Add `data-nosnippet` to `printfooter`	mediawiki/core	master	+8 -1

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Related Objects

Mentioned In: T11209: DismissableSiteNotice relies on JavaScript to render site notice
T379436: Allow wikis to hide specific parts of page content from search engines
T315404: Wrap Phonos output in data-nosnippet

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TheresNoTime created this task.Aug 15 2022, 8:22 PM

Restricted Application added a subscriber: Aklapper. · View Herald TranscriptAug 15 2022, 8:22 PM

Change 823212 had a related patch set uploaded (by Samtar; author: Samtar):

[mediawiki/core@master] SkinMustache: Add `data-nosnippet` to `printfooter`

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/823212

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Aug 15 2022, 8:24 PM

Izno edited projects, added MediaWiki-Core-Skin-Architecture; removed MediaWiki-General.Aug 15 2022, 9:03 PM

TheresNoTime mentioned this in T315404: Wrap Phonos output in data-nosnippet.Aug 17 2022, 5:52 AM

Change 823212 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/core@master] SkinMustache: Add `data-nosnippet` to `printfooter`

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/823212

ReleaseTaggerBot added a project: MW-1.39-notes (1.39.0-wmf.26; 2022-08-22).Aug 17 2022, 8:00 AM

TheresNoTime closed this task as Resolved.Aug 17 2022, 8:18 AM

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Aug 17 2022, 8:30 AM

Nemoralis mentioned this in T379436: Allow wikis to hide specific parts of page content from search engines.Nov 8 2024, 10:34 PM

BlankEclair mentioned this in T11209: DismissableSiteNotice relies on JavaScript to render site notice.Jan 19 2025, 3:19 AM