Description

Adjust the Codex interface to include just an input field for the Alphabet. See epic for details.

Display text area
Make texts translatabale
Add do not translate tags

Mockup

Text:

Backlinks appear in the reference list and point back to the footnotes in the article. When a reference is used more than once, its backlinks are numbered. Configuration allows a custom alphabet to be used for this purpose.

Input your custom character set, with a space between each character.

Outcome (for review)

Screenshot from 2025-02-03 17-05-34.png (608×984 px, 87 KB)

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/Cite/+/1114729

Details

Related Changes in Gerrit:

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Add localized messages to Cite CommunityConfig	mediawiki/extensions/Cite	master	+20 -15

Customize query in gerrit

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Status	Assigned	Task
Open	None	T378569 [Epic] Subrefs conflict with default backlink markers
Open	None	T321217 [Epic] Get rid of Cite backlink formatting i18n messages that are not actually localized
Open	None	T383036 [Epic] Replace i18n written out backlink marker lists with a configurable autogeneration
Open	None	T384444 [Epic] Backlink marker community configuration
Duplicate	lilients_WMDE	T385146 Add i18n text to the Codex templates

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lilients_WMDE created this task.Jan 30 2025, 9:04 AM

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Change #1116762 had a related patch set uploaded (by Svantje Lilienthal; author: Svantje Lilienthal):

[mediawiki/extensions/Cite@master] Add localized messages to cite community config

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1116762

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Feb 3 2025, 10:01 AM

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WMDE-Fisch moved this task from Incoming to In progress on the WMDE-References-FocusArea board.Feb 4 2025, 7:22 AM

Change #1116762 abandoned by Svantje Lilienthal:

[mediawiki/extensions/Cite@master] Add localized messages to Cite CommunityConfig

Reason:

Moved into https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/Cite/+/1114729/16..17

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1116762

lilients_WMDE updated the task description. (Show Details)Feb 4 2025, 2:27 PM

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Feb 4 2025, 2:30 PM

lilients_WMDE moved this task from Tech Review to Demo on the WMDE-TechWish-Sprint-2025-01-22 board.Feb 4 2025, 3:08 PM

WMDE-Fisch renamed this task from Change UI of cite community config to Add i18n text to the Codex templates.Feb 5 2025, 8:36 AM

Merged into the main task.

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	Feb 3 2025, 4:06 PM

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	F58315302: Screenshot from 2025-01-30 11-11-36.png
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	F58315300: Screenshot from 2025-01-30 11-11-47.png
	Jan 31 2025, 4:47 PM

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