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Update wording for the "Try the new CheckUser tool" link and also add a subtitle link
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Special:Investigate has been around for a year and half. While there still exist some tasks from when implementation began, I would argue that calling the tool "new" isn't entirely true.

I propose that the link be removed and replaced with a subtitle link to Investigate, similarly to how Special:CheckUser is listed from Special:Investigate. While this does diminish how prominent the link is, this places the same level of importance in the page of the link to Special:CheckUser from Investigate. Also I don't think there will be a deprecation of Special:CheckUser as the Investigate tool does not provide all the actively used features in Special:CheckUser.

Instead, I propose that "new" be removed and a subtitle link to Investigate still be added to bring some consistency to the links.

Event Timeline

Change 891610 had a related patch set uploaded (by Dreamy Jazz; author: Dreamy Jazz):

[mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser@master] Remove "Try the new CheckUser tool" link to instead link in subtitle

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/891610

@Dreamy_Jazz hi! If the problem is with the label reading "new" can we just take it out and say "Try out Special:Investigate" or something like it? I don't want to diminish its prominence. It is a relatively newer tool than Checkuser so I would argue a link to Special:Investigate should be more prominent on Special:Checkuser than the other way around. Is that okay?

Sure. I'll update the patch for that.

Dreamy_Jazz renamed this task from Remove the "Try the new CheckUser tool" link and replace with a subtitle link to Update wording for the "Try the new CheckUser tool" link and also add a subtitle link.Feb 23 2023, 9:58 PM
Dreamy_Jazz updated the task description. (Show Details)

Change 891610 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser@master] Update "Try the new CheckUser tool" link text

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/891610

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With thanks for the quick review, the link next to the help link has been updated to remove "new" and a subtitle link has been added to Special:CheckUser that links Investigate.