Deploy Flow (read-only) to wikis still using LQT
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	Sep 16 2025, 9:43 AM

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As part of LQT sunsetting, we need to first migrate LQT threads to Flow, before they will later be archived as plain wikitext. On 6 wikis still using LQT, Flow is not installed so it will need to be.

The wikis are:

enwiktionary
huwiki
enwikinews
svwikisource
strategywiki[1]
wikimania2010wiki[1]

These two wikis are also read-only.

(See T402947#11136368)

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Related Changes in Gerrit:

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Enable Flow in read-only mode on wikis using LiquidThreads	operations/mediawiki-config	master	+18 -6

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Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
Resolved		None	T335670 Disable Flow/Structured Discussions from all namespaces, except for user talk pages, on Catalan Wikipedia
Open		None	T106123 Extensions needing to be removed from Wikimedia wikis
Open		None	T332022 [Epic] Undeploying StructuredDiscussions (Flow)
Resolved		Trizek-WMF	T332023 Make a comparative review of Flow, LQT and DiscussionTools
Duplicate		None	T332109 Gather statistics of Flow and Liquidthreads pages on Wikimedia wikis
Open		None	T332103 Research Spike: Test Flow -> wikitext conversion
Resolved		Trizek-WMF	T333671 Create a MediaWiki page to initiate a discussion about Flow deprecation
Duplicate		None	T335772 Remove the activation of Structured Discussions on user talk pages from Beta features
Resolved		Sgs	T248309 StructuredDiscussions (Flow): Prevent users from enabling Flow on their user talk page (beta feature)
Resolved		Sgs	T352565 Edit flow-talk-page-beta-feature-description to reflect the upcoming deprecation
Resolved		Trizek-WMF	T346108 [EPIC] IP Masking: StructuredDiscussions (Flow)/LiquidThreads Community discussion
Open		None	T351344 Phase 3: Remove Extension:StructuredDiscussions from wikis where it is not used
Resolved		Mimurawil	T368910 Disable interactions with Flow content for users if temp accounts are used
Resolved		Tchanders	T370322 Set Flow to read only for testwiki
In Progress		None	T370722 Set Flow and LQT sunsetting timeline and sequence
Open		None	T350164 Undeploy LiquidThreads
Declined		None	T332104 Research Spike: Test LiquidThreads -> wikitext conversion
Resolved		Esanders	T404687 Deploy Flow (read-only) to wikis still using LQT
Open		None	T377050 [epic] Phase #1: Archive all active Flow boards
Resolved		Esanders	T365846 Assist communities in archiving Flow/StructuredDiscussions boards
Resolved		None	T366260 Identify communities that use Extension:StructuredDiscussions as their default talk pages system
Resolved		DLynch	T371738 Write a script to automatically migrate Flow boards to sub-pages
Open		DLynch	T371769 Moving a Flow discussion page can render it inaccessible
Resolved		Urbanecm_WMF	T371586 Flow internal error on frwiki not in logstash
Resolved		DLynch	T377990 [Config] Set Flow to "read-only" at all Phase 0 wikis
Resolved		DLynch	T376749 Run Flow migration script at Phase 0 wikis
Open		Esanders	T379982 Manually migrate pages skipped during automatic migration (Phase 0)
Resolved		Ryasmeen	T378833 [Config] Set Flow to read-only at all Phase 1 wikis
Resolved		Urbanecm_WMF	T378827 Run Flow migration script at Phase 1 wikis
Resolved		DLynch	T379984 Amend archival script to include a fallback option when first move option fails
Resolved		Trizek-WMF	T380316 Inform Phase 1 wikis of Flow removal plan and timing
Resolved		zoe	T378834 [Config] Set Flow to read-only at all Phase 2a wikis
Resolved		Ryasmeen	T378829 Run Flow migration script at Phase 2a wikis
Resolved	BUG REPORT	Etonkovidova	T378781 Error when moving a StructuredDiscussion page
Resolved		Trizek-WMF	T380910 Inform Phase 2a wikis of Flow removal plan and timing
Resolved		None	T381290 Phase 2a wikis of Flow removal moves errors
Resolved	PRODUCTION ERROR	hubaishan	T381284 Fatal exception: "Structured Discussions workflow is not associated with this page" on arwiki
Resolved		Trizek-WMF	T381292 Remove Flow as the default talk pages system at concerned phase 2a wikis
Resolved		DLynch	T381295 Disabling Flow in cawiki 'Viquiprojecte Discussió' namespace
Resolved		Trizek-WMF	T383775 Run Flow migration script at Phase 2a wikis, second run
Resolved		ppelberg	T380909 [Config] Set Flow to read-only at all Phase 2b wikis
Resolved		Quiddity	T380912 Inform Phase 2b wikis of Flow removal plan and timing
Resolved		ppelberg	T380911 Run Flow migration script at Phase 2b wikis
Resolved		zoe	T389247 Run Flow migration script at gomwiki
Resolved		zoe	T389113 [SPIKE] Investigate feasibility of revising Flow migration script
Resolved		Ryasmeen	T383569 Set DiscussionTools as default talk pages system at Phase 2b wikis
Resolved		zoe	T401825 Manually archive Village Pump Flow boards on sewikimedia and fiwikimedia
Open		None	T412829 Stop doing database dumps of flow boards?
Open		None	T377051 Phase #2: Convert archived Flow boards to wikitext
Open		None	T379671 Remove Flow from doc.wikimedia.org
Open		None	T379985 Improve clarity of Flow warnings when set to read only
Open		None	T382021 Fix page handled by Structured Discussions, while the Title class indicates that the content model is 'wikitext'
Resolved		matmarex	T389673 Make it possible to remove extensions' event data from Echo tables after undeploying them
Open		None	T389680 Consider creating static-flow.wikimedia.org

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Esanders created this task.Sep 16 2025, 9:43 AM

Restricted Application added a project: Trust and Safety Product Team. · View Herald TranscriptSep 16 2025, 9:43 AM

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Change #1188759 had a related patch set uploaded (by Esanders; author: Esanders):

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Enable Flow in read-only mode on wikis using LiquidThreads

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1188759

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Sep 16 2025, 12:08 PM

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Esanders updated the task description. (Show Details)Sep 17 2025, 5:33 PM

Change #1188759 merged by jenkins-bot:

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Enable Flow in read-only mode on wikis using LiquidThreads

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1188759

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-09-17T20:04:13Z] <esanders@deploy1003> Started scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1188759|Enable Flow in read-only mode on wikis using LiquidThreads (T404687)]]

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-09-17T20:08:21Z] <esanders@deploy1003> esanders: Backport for [[gerrit:1188759|Enable Flow in read-only mode on wikis using LiquidThreads (T404687)]] synced to the testservers (see https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mwdebug). Changes can now be verified there.

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-09-17T20:15:23Z] <esanders@deploy1003> Finished scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1188759|Enable Flow in read-only mode on wikis using LiquidThreads (T404687)]] (duration: 11m 10s)

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