Feature summary (what you would like to be able to do and where):
Web team would like to add lint rules to the software for detecting known problematic states. However given that we've diagnosed a problem without a solution we want to be able to identify impacted pages without disrupting editor workflows.
Use case(s) (list the steps that you performed to discover that problem, and describe the actual underlying problem which you want to solve. Do not describe only a solution):
- For those who know the special URL these could be shared and discussed using https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:LintErrors/hidden-tag
- The hidden-tag lint rule should not show up on the main special page (Special:LintErrors)
- It should be possible to define a lint rule to be hidden in the way described above.
- Use "priority": "none". See patch
- Hidden lint rules should not be appear in the LintHint tool.
- Hidden lint rules should not appear in the Linter section of the Page information page
- Should be able to omit lint from hidden categories in the search results
- Should be able to omit hidden categories from Quarry queries, without enumerating all the hidden categories
- This probably means moving the LinterCategories from the extension.json to a table in the database.
Benefits (why should this be implemented?):
- Allows us to add lint rules prior to subjecting the community to fix them, to aid discussions around what the correct fix should be and who's responsibility it is to fix it.