Related community request: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic:Xcqpaz0g9xopukuc

Change 895893 had a related patch set uploaded (by Gergő Tisza; author: Gergő Tisza):

[mediawiki/extensions/GrowthExperiments@master] Newcomer tasks: Update change tag links

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/895893

Change 895893 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/GrowthExperiments@master] Newcomer tasks: Update change tag links

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/895893

Checked on testwiki wmf.27 - needs to be checked on lang wikis with wmf.27.

Note: many tags have a reference page as on-wiki page, not on mediawiki e.g.
Tag: AntiVandal script -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:AntiVandal
Tag: Visual edit -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:VisualEditor
Tag: Huggle -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Huggle
Any preference for where to place such documentation?

Thanks for testing, Elena!

That's a good point! We were previously linking to mediawiki, so I assume it's OK that we are continuing to link to mediawiki.
@Trizek is there any sort of norm we should follow here?

Filed the minor issue below as T332419: [wmf.27 - minor] Newcomer: references tag link should have #addref for documentation link

• References: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Growth/Tools/Newcomer_Tasks#addref

In T329906#8700304, @KStoller-WMF wrote:

@Trizek is there any sort of norm we should follow here?

There is no norm, and actually no ideal solution.

In the past, Editing went with a redirect to mediawiki for the visual editing tag (example), leaving the possibility for communities to create a local page. However, experience proves that local pages aren't updated, even at big wikis. So one central place is much safer IMO.

In T329906#8711065, @Trizek-WMF wrote:

In the past, Editing went with a redirect to mediawiki for the visual editing tag (example), leaving the possibility for communities to create a local page. However, experience proves that local pages aren't updated, even at big wikis. So one central place is much safer IMO.

Change tag texts are editable via the i18n system, so if some community wants to provide a local page, they can. We can't - I don't think there's any low-effort way to coordinate creating local pages on all wikis, much less syncing the way translations of a mw.org page can be kept in sync.

Indeed. At any central place with translations, untranslated or obsolete translations are at least clearly visible, which is not the case for an outdated page at a local wiki. In this case, you have to check the page history and find the centralized source to compare both contents, which clearly is not done, and also a good source of misunderstandings -- don't ask me how I know. :)

The ideal solution would be to transclude translated help pages, which is not yet possible, except through Mediawiki messages.