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Identify LQT threads with historic redirects to existing flow boards on ptwikibooks
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Due to a partially-completed migration in 2015 and subsequent remediation, a number of LQT Threads have historic redirects to existing Flow topics which have since been patched out.

There may be several historic redirects, and not all of them point to valid Flow topics.

  • Create a file that lists the changes necessary to restore these historic links
    • List the page title/ID, the contents to replace with, and the expected current revision ID
  • Create a list of Threads which have historic redirects to more than one existing Flow topic
  • Validate that the current revision and the target revision were created by Flow talk page manager

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zoe created this task.Jun 19 2025, 9:42 AM
Novem_Linguae removed a project: MW-1.45-notes (1.45.0-wmf.7; 2025-06-24).Jun 19 2025, 9:53 AM
zoe mentioned this in T397426: Implement bulk fixes on ptwikibooks.Jun 19 2025, 10:07 AM
zoe changed the task status from Open to In Progress.Jun 19 2025, 12:54 PM
zoe updated the task description. (Show Details)
zoe added a comment.Jun 19 2025, 1:09 PM

I've pushed the code: https://gitlab.wikimedia.org/zoe/lqt-porting-tools/

zoe added a comment.Jun 19 2025, 5:36 PM

I added a log line for whenever a redirect pointed to a different topic (ignoring anchors). Here's what I got:

Page has more than one option: Tópico:Utilizador Discussão:Helder.wiki/Avaliação --- ["Topic:Pv6t8bol0ivg4sll", "Topic:Pv6t8bevqtq77mwg"]
Page has more than one option: Tópico:Utilizador Discussão:Helder.wiki/Avaliação/resposta --- ["Topic:Pv6t8bol0ivg4sll", "Topic:Pv6t8bevqtq77mwg"]
Page has more than one option: Tópico:Utilizador Discussão:Helder.wiki/Avaliação/resposta (2) --- ["Topic:Pv6t8bol0ivg4sll", "Topic:Pv6t8bevqtq77mwg"]
Page has more than one option: Tópico:Utilizador Discussão:Helder.wiki/Avaliação/resposta (3) --- ["Topic:Pv6t8bol0ivg4sll", "Topic:Pv6t8bevqtq77mwg"]

In real terms that's two pages:

The former consists of thanks, whereas the latter appears to have more detailed messages. However, the first looks like the newer of the two. Should I change it, keep it, or skip it? I'm inclined to change.

zoe updated the task description. (Show Details)Jun 19 2025, 5:37 PM
Pppery added a comment.Jun 19 2025, 6:11 PM

https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Global_sysops/Requests&diff=prev&oldid=28885627 answers that question for you.

Sigh. This should have been caught in 2016 by T142710.

zoe updated the task description. (Show Details)Jun 20 2025, 10:09 AM

I've added a bit of logic to exclude specific topics from the output.

Old version:

proposed-redirects.json.bz210 KBDownload

New version:

proposed-redirects.json.bz210 KBDownload

I think we might be ready to go on this one too.

zoe moved this task from Inbox to Doing on the Editing-team (Kanban Board) board.Jun 23 2025, 8:47 AM
Michael moved this task from Inbox to Triaged on the Growth-Team board.Jun 25 2025, 1:01 PM
zoe added a project: Skipped QA.Jul 14 2025, 12:33 PM
zoe moved this task from Doing to Ready for Sign Off on the Editing-team (Kanban Board) board.
ppelberg closed this task as Resolved.Aug 18 2025, 4:36 PM
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