Background Information
This is the next batch of ~20 wikis deployed as part of Parser Unification
This is the list of wikis included.
Results spreadsheets: From wmf.11 test run on July 26, From wmf.14 test run on Aug 14
Initial Evaluation
- Prepare the sample to run the visualdiff test
- Run/evaluate the visualdiff test
- Choose target wikis for this week's deploy
- Create a Confidence Report based on the results
Bug fixes
Based on initial visualdiff testing, these are tasks which affect Parsoid Read Views on these target wikis
- None needed at this time
Notify wikipedias about upcoming Parsoid Read Views roll-out
- Create MassMessage distribution list, based on Distribution_list/Global_message_delivery/Wikipedia
- Be careful, the Wikidata MassMessage tool is missing some Wikipedias
- Distribution list for this week: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation/Product_and_Technology/Parsoid_Read_Views/2025-08-25_Wikipedias
- Post using the MassMessage tool: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation/Product_and_Technology/Parsoid_Read_Views/Read_View_Announcement
- manually copy-and-paste the "signature" section from that page when using the tool
- other notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sXYPJfJ5HTgWXD_h6MGMbw_6I64OeqPR1mrFrxlMnCs/edit
- MassMessage sent log: https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&logid=60835702
Deployment
- Write mediawiki-config patch for rollout: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/operations/mediawiki-config/+/1180229
- Deploy mediawiki-config patch
Post-deploy
- Monitor talk pages and mailing lists above for any follow up work needed
- Follow up work: