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Research Spike: Test LiquidThreads -> wikitext conversion
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Flow has code for converting LiquidThreads pages to Flow, and for converting Flow pages to wikitext. These can be combined to convert LQT pages to wikitext. This can be done without installing Flow, through the API. Does it provide decent wikitext (given that LQT -> wikitext conversion wasn't a use case it was designed for)? We should find some test pages (e.g. the support page on translatewiki.net) and test.

(See also T332103: Research Spike: Test Flow -> wikitext conversion which should probably be done first.)

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Tgr created this task.Mar 15 2023, 1:53 AM
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Tgr updated the task description. (Show Details)Mar 15 2023, 1:55 AM
Tgr added a comment.Mar 15 2023, 2:14 AM

(see also T327894: Install DiscussionTools on translatewiki.net)

kostajh added a parent task: T332022: [Epic] Undeploying StructuredDiscussions (Flow).Mar 16 2023, 11:11 AM
kostajh moved this task from Inbox to Triaged on the Growth-Team board.
stjn subscribed.Apr 9 2023, 11:36 PM

Apparently there is also a non-closed task T113682: Finish conversion from LQT to Flow on pt.wikibooks about LQT → Flow conversion. I guess that, given your plans, it should be reconsidered to LQT → wikitext.

Nikerabbit moved this task from Backlog to External on the translatewiki.net board.Apr 24 2023, 11:30 AM
Trizek-WMF subscribed.Wed, Dec 18, 6:49 PM

Per T381906: Decide how to make Liquid Threads "read only" , this won't happen: contents will be converted via a conversion to Flow.

Trizek-WMF closed this task as Declined.Wed, Dec 18, 6:49 PM
Nikerabbit subscribed.Wed, Dec 18, 7:29 PM

I think we want to keep some task open for translatewiki.net. Makes no sense for us to install Flow to get rid of LiquidThreads.

Pppery edited projects, added MediaWiki-extensions-LiquidThreads; removed StructuredDiscussions.Sat, Dec 28, 12:22 AM
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I wrote a very crude liquidthreads->wikitext converter at https://public-paws.wmcloud.org/46222050/WMF%20Cleanup/LQTW.ipynb

I've spent much more effort doing Flow->Wikitext conversion (i.e preserving the revision history via an XML import), but that is there.

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