[SPIKE] Determine if we should show items from multiple projects/languages on the Special:ReadingLists page
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	Jul 24 2025, 2:41 PM

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In T397532 we've decided to focus our efforts on adding/removing items to the default reading list only. However, that list can contain items from multiple languages or projects. Should we show those items on the Special:ReadingLists page?

Requirements

Document technical scope (a comment should be sufficient, POC patch welcome too) for either hiding items from other projects/languages from the Special:ReadingLists page or making them visible.
Sync with design about what the desired state is.

Acceptance criteria

We've determined whether or not we should support multiple projects / languages on the users Special:ReadingLists page.

*This task was created by Version 1.0.0 of the Reader Experience team task template using phabulous.*

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Status	Assigned	Task
Open	Jdrewniak	T397532 [Hypothesis] FY2025-26 WE 3.3.4 Reading Lists on web
Open	None	T400355 [EPIC] WE 3.3.4 Reading List Feature design & development
Declined	None	T400370 [SPIKE] Determine if we should show items from multiple projects/languages on the Special:ReadingLists page

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Jdrewniak created this task.Jul 24 2025, 2:41 PM

ovasileva triaged this task as Medium priority.Jul 24 2025, 4:04 PM

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Jdrewniak triaged this task as Medium priority.Jul 28 2025, 1:20 PM

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Jdrewniak updated the task description. (Show Details)Jul 28 2025, 1:23 PM

Document technical scope (a comment should be sufficient, POC patch welcome too) for either hiding items from other projects/languages from the Special:ReadingLists page or making them visible.

Currently, by default, Reading Lists supports lists with items from multiple projects and languages.
For example, if you have reading lists enabled on beta cluster, you can save items from en.wikipedia.beta.wmcloud.org as well as es.wikipedia.beta.wmcloud.org and other beta cluster wikis.

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Revisiting / reframing later based on data.

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	Aug 18 2025, 6:53 PM

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