Ok here's a suggested timeline for removal:

1. • Update the current extension so that the user knows it has been removed. This will involve adding code to return a warning page saying "sorry this extension has been turned off" for Special:SuggestedTags, and returning 410s with a similar msg from the api endpoints (done)
   • Update config to set wgMachineVisionShowUploadWizardCallToAction to false (done)
   • Remove (or mark as read?) all MachineVision-related Echo notifications https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T347968
2. make sure all logs/msgs can be displayed ok without the extension https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T347966
3. remove all references to machine vision from everywhere else (uploadwizard, dumps, translatewiki, the Isa tool, ) https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T347967
4. after X time remove the extension from production (via releng/release) https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T347972
5. revert the code with the warnings/410 in the MachineVision repo https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T347971
6. archive the database tables, and remove them from production https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T347969
7. find out if we also need to archive the event schemas, and if we do then do it https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T347970

Just for reference - here's a codesearch for suggestedtags, and one for machinevision

Change 955966 had a related patch set uploaded (by Cparle; author: Cparle):

[mediawiki/extensions/MachineVision@master] Disable extension without turning it off

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/955966

Change 955967 had a related patch set uploaded (by Cparle; author: Cparle):

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Disable UploadWizard CTA for MachineVision

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/955967

Change 955966 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/MachineVision@master] Disable extension without uninstalling it

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/955966

Change 955967 merged by jenkins-bot:

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Disable UploadWizard CTA for MachineVision

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/955967

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2023-09-18T13:04:42Z] <taavi@deploy1002> Started scap: Backport for [[gerrit:955967|Disable UploadWizard CTA for MachineVision (T345187)]]

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2023-09-18T13:06:07Z] <taavi@deploy1002> taavi and cparle: Backport for [[gerrit:955967|Disable UploadWizard CTA for MachineVision (T345187)]] synced to the testservers mwdebug1002.eqiad.wmnet, mwdebug1001.eqiad.wmnet, mwdebug2001.codfw.wmnet, mwdebug2002.codfw.wmnet, and mw-debug kubernetes deployment (accessible via k8s-experimental XWD option)

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2023-09-18T13:15:59Z] <taavi@deploy1002> Finished scap: Backport for [[gerrit:955967|Disable UploadWizard CTA for MachineVision (T345187)]] (duration: 11m 16s)

Is there a plan to remove the MachineVision extension from Wikimedia sites completely? Or will some of its parts remain enabled?

Planning to remove it completely from commons @Amire80 - afaik that's the only place it's enabled. We're going to start off with a notice that it's disabled, then a while later actually undeploy it

Change 958492 had a related patch set uploaded (by Amire80; author: Amire80):

[translatewiki@master] Move MachineVision from Wikimedia - Media to Legacy

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/958492

In T345187#9174885, @Cparle wrote:

Planning to remove it completely from commons @Amire80 - afaik that's the only place it's enabled. We're going to start off with a notice that it's disabled, then a while later actually undeploy it

Thanks! https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/958492 defines it as a "Legacy" extension on translatewiki, which is supposed to tell translators that it's the lowest priority.

Change 958492 merged by jenkins-bot:

[translatewiki@master] Move MachineVision from Wikimedia - Media to Legacy

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/958492