Maniphest T404179

replace {{formatnum:2000}} in a WikiLambda message
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	Amire80
	Sep 10 2025, 10:33 AM

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In T395474, the message wikilambda-visualeditor-wikifunctionscall-dialog-search-placeholder was added. It includes the text {{formatnum:2000}}+.

There are two problems with it:

formatnum must not be used in messages. Numbers must be formatted in the code that loads the message. See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Messages_API
The number may go above 2000 some day, so it should probably be changed to a parameter.

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Related Changes in Gerrit:

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	i18n: Avoid using formatnum seach placeholder message	mediawiki/extensions/WikiLambda	master	+14 -3

Customize query in gerrit

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Mentioned Here: T395474: Usability: Participants Mistook "Suggested Functions" for the Full List.

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Amire80 created this task.Sep 10 2025, 10:33 AM

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Change #1211632 had a related patch set uploaded (by Daphne Smit; author: Daphne Smit):

[mediawiki/extensions/WikiLambda@master] i18n: formatnum must not be used in messages.

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1211632

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Change #1211632 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/WikiLambda@master] i18n: Avoid using formatnum seach placeholder message

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1211632

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@Amire80 I changed the i18n messages, if ok, could you close the ticket?

Jdforrester-WMF closed this task as Resolved.Dec 11 2025, 6:34 PM