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Use a time period field in Special:GlobalContributions instead of start/end date fields
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Background

User research for Special:GlobalContributions found that a date range field was preferred over start/end date fields in the search form.

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).

The search form for these pages is built by the same part of the software (ContributionsSpecialPage), and therefore looks the same:

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However, in Special:IPContributions we override the target field to accept only IP addresses/range. For the sake of further user testing, we can override the start/end date fields from Special:GlobalContributions, with a view to potentially changing the field upstream, if that idea is popular.

What needs doing
  • In ContributionsSpecialPage, add a way to override the date fields
  • From SpecialGlobalContributions, override the start/date fields to use a select box with pre-defined options

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Event Timeline

Tchanders created this task.Aug 6 2024, 5:26 PM
Tchanders added a subtask: T356292: Return global contributions by temporary accounts given an IP address or range.
Niharika edited projects, added CheckUser-GlobalContributions; removed Tool-Global-user-contributions.Sep 4 2024, 5:26 PM
Niharika triaged this task as Low priority.Sep 10 2024, 11:10 AM
Niharika mentioned this in T337089: [Epic] Implement global contributions feature.Mon, Dec 2, 12:22 PM
KColeman-WMF added a comment.Mon, Dec 2, 4:55 PM

Hi @Tchanders, just wanted to clarify that the time filter would become a select box with pre-defined options rather than a date range field:

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Tchanders added a comment.Tue, Dec 3, 6:40 PM

In ContributionsSpecialPage, add a way to override the date fields

This is possible now, via ::modifyFields.

Tchanders edited projects, added Trust and Safety Product Sprint (Sprint Chimes (Dec. 9 - Jan. 17)), Temporary accounts (Major pilot wiki deployment); removed Temporary accounts (Create/update essential tools/anti-abuse management).Tue, Dec 3, 6:41 PM
In T371917#10372303, @KColeman-WMF wrote:

Hi @Tchanders, just wanted to clarify that the time filter would become a select box with pre-defined options rather than a date range field:

image.png (268×669 px, 16 KB)

Yes - thanks for the reminder. Marking this to be done next sprint.

kostajh closed subtask T356292: Return global contributions by temporary accounts given an IP address or range as Resolved.Thu, Dec 5, 12:02 PM
KColeman-WMF attached a referenced file: F57120869: image.png. (Show Details)Thu, Dec 5, 12:05 PM
Tchanders moved this task from Backlog to Planned on the Temporary accounts (Major pilot wiki deployment) board.Thu, Dec 5, 4:45 PM
Tchanders updated the task description. (Show Details)Thu, Dec 5, 6:05 PM
Tchanders removed a project: Trust and Safety Product Sprint (Sprint Chimes (Dec. 9 - Jan. 17)).Thu, Dec 5, 6:11 PM
Tchanders moved this task from Planned to Nice to have on the Temporary accounts (Major pilot wiki deployment) board.

Re-prioritizing according to T337089 task description.

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