Maniphest T333211

Reconsider position of special pages link, currently in the page tools
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	Jdlrobson
	Mar 27 2023, 6:22 PM

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Feature summary (what you would like to be able to do and where):

Reconsider the existing location of the special pages link. It's currently in page tools with other links that are associated with the page, however this link has nothing to do with the page.
This was pointed out by @IKhitron and again later by @aliu
https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements&oldid=5850154#Special_pages_link

One possible option would be to move it to the main menu.

Benefits (why should this be implemented?):

This would hopefully make it clearer what these links are for and how they relate to the content or the site.

Screenshot 2023-11-04 150734.png (860×2 px, 604 KB)

Acceptance criteria

Update https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/g/mediawiki/core/+/f682e8881c9b141c55bebfc8559eac2ca17b990e/includes/skins/Skin.php#2104 so that the link is no longer added to special page and added to main menu instead.
Ensure communities are informed by upcoming change prior to deploying

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	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Move special pages toolbox link to left navbar	mediawiki/core	master	+6 -1

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Jdlrobson created this task.Mar 27 2023, 6:22 PM

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On Minerva skin we put this link alongside recent changes:

Screenshot 2023-03-27 at 11.23.16 AM.png (1×1 px, 187 KB)

LGoto triaged this task as Medium priority.Apr 6 2023, 5:55 PM

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Jdlrobson added projects: patch-welcome, good first task.Apr 7 2023, 7:44 PM

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Jdlrobson edited projects, added Web-Team-Backlog (Web Team FY2022-23 Q4 Sprint 3); removed Web-Team-Backlog (Web Team FY2022-23 Q4 Sprint 2).Apr 24 2023, 5:36 PM

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Jdlrobson moved this task from Incoming to Page Tools on the Desktop Improvements (Vector 2022) board.Jul 7 2023, 10:11 PM

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Jdlrobson merged a task: T350541: Move "Special pages" sidebar link under the first section (which is unnamed) instead of tools.Nov 6 2023, 8:52 PM

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Thanks for merging in my screenshot!

this makes alot of sense to me! 👍

Jdlrobson moved this task from Current Fiscal Year to Groomed on the Web-Team-Backlog board.Mar 19 2024, 5:55 PM

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Jdlrobson mentioned this in T381231: Group Toolbox portlet links by topic.Mon, Dec 9, 6:26 PM

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Change #1101599 had a related patch set uploaded (by Pppery; author: Closed Limelike Curves):

[mediawiki/core@master] Move special pages toolbox link to left navbar

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1101599

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Thu, Dec 12, 1:09 AM