Remove CheckUserEnableSpecialInvestigate config
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Description

Following the default value of the config CheckUserEnableSpecialInvestigate being set to true, Special:Investigate is now enabled on all installs unless specifically disabled. This config could be removed as no longer needed as there isn't a case where Special:Investigate needs to be disabled on a wiki.

To allow integration of Special:InvestigateBlock with Special:CheckUser 'get users' (T329493) it must not be possible to disable the use of Special:InvestigateBlock through a config. As such, removal this configuration blocks that task.

Acceptance criteria

Remove the CheckUserEnableSpecialInvestigate config, replacing relevant code to always enable Special:Investigate

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	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Remove CheckUserEnableSpecialInvestigate config	mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser	master	+52 -151

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Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
Open		None	T139810 RFC: Overhaul the CheckUser extension
Open		None	T132892 CheckUser UI revamp
Open		None	T69811 CheckUsers "Get users" design needs improvements
Open	Feature	None	T18306 Allow user to specify block settings from CU form
Resolved	Feature	Dreamy_Jazz	T311375 Instead of not showing any results on too many results show the results to the truncation point with a pager that allows generation of more results
Open	Feature	None	T314700 Restore the bottom paging links on 'Get users'
Open	Feature	Dreamy_Jazz	T313446 Make non-CUs linking users and IPs when CUs use block forms in CheckUser harder
Open	Feature	None	T329493 Replace Special:CheckUser's 'get users' block form with a usage of Special:InvestigateBlock
Resolved		Dreamy_Jazz	T339914 Remove CheckUserEnableSpecialInvestigate config

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Dreamy_Jazz created this task.Jun 20 2023, 11:50 AM

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Dreamy_Jazz moved this task from General / Unsorted to Investigate on the CheckUser board.Jun 20 2023, 11:50 AM

Dreamy_Jazz added a parent task: T329493: Replace Special:CheckUser's 'get users' block form with a usage of Special:InvestigateBlock.

Dreamy_Jazz moved this task from Untriaged to CheckUser on the Anti-Harassment board.Jul 22 2023, 5:47 PM

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Dreamy_Jazz edited projects, added Trust and Safety Product Sprint (Sprint Tabla (1st - 14th April)), Trust and Safety Product Team; removed Anti-Harassment.Mon, Apr 15, 1:40 PM

Dreamy_Jazz moved this task from Priority Backlog to In Progress on the Trust and Safety Product Sprint (Sprint Tabla (1st - 14th April)) board.

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Change #1019814 had a related patch set uploaded (by Dreamy Jazz; author: Dreamy Jazz):

[mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser@master] Remove CheckUserEnableSpecialInvestigate config

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1019814

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Mon, Apr 15, 1:55 PM

Dreamy_Jazz moved this task from In Progress to Needs Review on the Trust and Safety Product Sprint (Sprint Tabla (1st - 14th April)) board.Mon, Apr 15, 1:55 PM

Change #1019814 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser@master] Remove CheckUserEnableSpecialInvestigate config

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1019814

For QA I would suggest checking that Special:Investigate and Special:InvestigateBlock still work, and that a link from Special:CheckUser to Special:Investigate still exists that says Try out Special:Investigate.

ReleaseTaggerBot added a project: MW-1.43-notes (1.43.0-wmf.1; 2024-04-16).Mon, Apr 15, 4:00 PM

In T339914#9714017, @Dreamy_Jazz wrote:

For QA I would suggest checking that Special:Investigate and Special:InvestigateBlock still work, and that a link from Special:CheckUser to Special:Investigate still exists that says Try out Special:Investigate.

I can confirm.

Dreamy_Jazz closed this task as Resolved.Tue, Apr 16, 1:00 PM

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Fri, Apr 26, 6:20 PM

Remove CheckUserEnableSpecialInvestigate configClosed, ResolvedPublic1 Estimated Story PointsActions