Remove extra Watchlist links from Special:Preferences
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	Dec 6 2022, 4:23 PM

Description

In Preferences there are currently three links presented to edit your watchlist:

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These all take users to the same page, Special:EditWatchlist, which contains links to each of these functions. Rather than having three buttons which all lead to the same destination, let's just keep "View and remove titles on your watchlist", which links to Special:EditWatchlist, and remove the other two. This will help with T324586 so that we don't end up with three unstyled text links right next to each other.

User Story

As a Wikimedia user, I want one entry point to edit pages on my watchlist, so that I'm not confused about which link is the correct one for me to click.

Design specs

N/A - simply remove the 'Edit raw watchlist' and 'Clear your watchlist' links.

Technical information

TBD

Testing and QA steps

Log in to a Wikipedia account
Navigate to the sidebar and select Settings
Turn on Advanced mode
Click 'Open preferences' in Settings
Only the 'View and remove titles on your watchlist' link should be visible under 'Edit watchlist' in the Watchlist tab.

Acceptance Criteria

In the Watchlist tab of Special:Preferences, only one link is shown to Special:EditWatchlist

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Status	Assigned	Task
Resolved	• Samwalton9-WMF	T308651 Make Special:Preferences available to mobile web users
Resolved	• Samwalton9-WMF	T317110 Implement new design for preferences submenus
Open	None	T324589 Remove extra Watchlist links from Special:Preferences

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These all take users to the same page, Special:EditWatchlist, which contains links to each of these functions. Rather than having three buttons which all lead to the same destination

They don't go to the same destination. For some users, the main link won't load for them because their watchlist is too large. I agree that the confusion for most users is probably too much to be worth the benefit for the very small number of users this affects, though!

@Samwalton9 if retaining these links I'm suggesting T316818 as a blocker, as there should be a mechanism to switch between the different pages https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/core/+/813711

Also noting some UI issues with those pages on mobile that should be fixed:

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Be careful not to revert T26632: Link from Special:preferences to Special:Watchlist (where the links was added with) or at least be aware of it, when removing the (or some of the) links.

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