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Add ToggleButtonGroup to Special:GlobalContributions for displaying results in a table
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Background

User research for Special:GlobalContributions was conducted using Codex designs, with the results displayed in a table. There was a positive response to the Codex table. Users were also keen to keep the list view.

In MediaWiki, there are several special pages that display lists of contributions based on search criteria (Special:Contributions, Special:DeletedContribuitons, Special:IPContributions, and soon Special:GlobalContributions).

Fetching, processing and displaying the results is all handled by a central pager class: ContributionsPager. Due to the way the MediaWiki software is structured, some pagers can show lists, while others can show tables. The ContributionsPager can only show results as lists.

What needs doing

  • Add ToggleButtonGroup to Special:GlobalContributions that displays the contributions in a table instead of a list
  • This will require implementing a new pager that extends TablePager and re-implementing or somehow sharing the processing that ContributionsPager does

Note

In order to match the designs, the results would be shown in a Codex table, but that depends on T366530: [EPIC] Create a Codex version of TablePager for Special:GlobalContributions

Design (Figma)

Desktop mockup

codex-table.png (1×1 px, 293 KB)

Interaction notes
  • User can switch between table or list view using ToggleButtonGroup
  • Default pagination is 50, 100, 250 and 500
  • Default sorting is by date descending order
  • Table sorting is available for the following columns: Date, Wiki project, Page title and Size
  • 'Reverted' edit summary tag uses InfoChip

spec-results-table.png (1×1 px, 223 KB)

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StatusSubtypeAssignedTask
 OpenNoneT384604 [Epic] Use Codex on Special:GlobalContributions
 OpenNoneT358047 Add ToggleButtonGroup to Special:GlobalContributions for displaying results in a table
 ResolvedSTranT356292 Return global contributions by temporary accounts given an IP address or range
 ResolvedTchandersT355672 Investigate: How to make the GUC query performant
 ResolvedSTranT356289 Create a special page for viewing global user contributions
 ResolvedDreamy_JazzT373018 [Epic] Write to, populate, and purge data from the CheckUser central index tables
 ResolvedDreamy_JazzT371789 Create a maintenance script for populating the cuci_temp_edit and cuci_user tables
 ResolvedDreamy_JazzT371788 Update cuci_temp_edit table each time a temp user edits
 ResolvedDreamy_JazzT373021 Write to cuci_user table when CheckUser actions occur
 ResolvedDreamy_JazzT372865 Purge expired data from the cuci_temp_edit and cuci_user tables
 ResolvedDreamy_JazzT359560 Create the CheckUserDataPruner service
 ResolvedDreamy_JazzT373032 Create a maintenance script to purge expired rows from the recentchanges table
 ResolvedDreamy_JazzT371724 Define virtual domains configuration for virtual-checkuser-global on WMF wikis
 ResolvedDreamy_JazzT368151 Add a shared table to CheckUser that records changes to different wikis per IP address of the user
 ResolvedDreamy_JazzT374530 Make probabilistic write to cuci_user disable-able via a config variable
 DeclinedPRODUCTION ERRORNoneT374687 Expectation (writes <= 0) by MediaWiki\MediaWikiEntryPoint::restInPeace not met (actual: {actualSeconds}):{query}
 ResolvedPRODUCTION ERRORDreamy_JazzT374994 CheckUser is attempting to write to cuci_user for users which have no central account
 ResolvedPRODUCTION ERRORDreamy_JazzT375063 Do not save data for the system users to cuci_user
 DuplicatePRODUCTION ERRORNoneT376458 Unable to find central ID for local user {username} when recording action in cuci_user table.
 ResolvedSecurityNoneT385734 Account auto-creations caused by import of page caused actor table rows and CheckUser result rows but no associated user table row
 ResolvedDreamy_JazzT375203 Run populateCentralCheckUserIndexTables.php on WMF wikis
 ResolvedDreamy_JazzT375221 Lots of "SQL query did not specify the caller" warnings
 ResolvedDreamy_JazzT375399 CheckUser tests failing when run using sqlite
 ResolvedTchandersT377482 Update ContributionsPager to allow subclasses more control over formatting

Event Timeline

Tchanders created this task.Feb 20 2024, 8:24 PM
MusikAnimal moved this task from Backlog to Blocked (Non-XTools) on the XTools board.Mar 25 2024, 6:12 PM
Krinkle removed a project: Tool-Global-user-contributions.Apr 22 2024, 8:14 PM
Tchanders edited projects, added Temporary accounts (Create/update essential tools/anti-abuse management); removed Temporary accounts.Jun 11 2024, 4:51 PM
Tchanders renamed this task from Display results according to final designs to Add tab to Special:GlobalContributions for displaying results in a table.Aug 6 2024, 5:10 PM
Tchanders updated the task description. (Show Details)
Tchanders added a comment.Aug 6 2024, 5:16 PM

In case it helps, here's a patch that added tabs to Special:IPContributions: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser/+/1038403/16/src/IPContributions/SpecialIPContributions.php

(The tabs were since removed from this special page for design reasons.)

Tchanders added a subtask: T356292: Return global contributions by temporary accounts given an IP address or range.Aug 6 2024, 5:27 PM
MusikAnimal removed a project: XTools.Aug 6 2024, 5:29 PM
KColeman-WMF renamed this task from Add tab to Special:GlobalContributions for displaying results in a table to Add ToggleButtonGroup to Special:GlobalContributions for displaying results in a table.Aug 14 2024, 11:13 AM
KColeman-WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)
KColeman-WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)Aug 14 2024, 12:32 PM
Niharika added a project: CheckUser-GlobalContributions.Sep 4 2024, 5:26 PM
Niharika mentioned this in T337089: [Epic] Implement global contributions feature.Dec 2 2024, 12:22 PM
kostajh closed subtask T356292: Return global contributions by temporary accounts given an IP address or range as Resolved.Dec 5 2024, 12:03 PM
kostajh added a comment.Jan 6 2025, 8:35 PM

T366530: [EPIC] Create a Codex version of TablePager for Special:GlobalContributions is pretty much done, so we can move forward with the CodexTablePager class whenever we are ready.

STran mentioned this in T384604: [Epic] Use Codex on Special:GlobalContributions.Jan 23 2025, 2:56 PM
STran added a parent task: T384604: [Epic] Use Codex on Special:GlobalContributions.
STran removed a parent task: T337089: [Epic] Implement global contributions feature.
STran moved this task from Backlog to Future Work on the CheckUser-GlobalContributions board.May 7 2025, 8:50 AM
Tchanders removed a project: Temporary accounts (Create/update essential tools/anti-abuse management).Jun 10 2025, 3:04 PM
Dreamy_Jazz edited projects, added Product Safety and Integrity; removed Trust and Safety Product Team.Feb 24 2026, 3:39 PM
Dreamy_Jazz moved this task from Inbox to Triaged (backlog) on the Product Safety and Integrity board.Feb 24 2026, 4:04 PM
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