Special:EditWatchlist: Do not show namespace filter after removing pages from watchlist
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	dom_walden
	Oct 22 2025, 10:30 AM

Description

What is the problem?

After removing pages from your watchlist, we show the namespace filter above the list of pages you removed. The filter is not necessary on this page as it won't do anything.

Found by @Samwalton9-WMF.

Steps to reproduce problem

https://en.wikipedia.beta.wmcloud.org/wiki/Special:EditWatchlist
Check one of the checkboxes next to a watched page
Click "Remove titles"

Environment

Wiki(s): https://en.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org MediaWiki 1.45.0-alpha (33b6f74) 08:45, 22 October 2025.

Screenshots

Screenshot 2025-10-21 at 13.52.14.png (718×1 px, 103 KB)

Details

Related Changes in Gerrit:

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Small updates to Special:EditWatchlist	mediawiki/core	master	+14 -5

Customize query in gerrit

Related Objects

Mentioned In: T41510: Opening Special:EditWatchlist with a large watchlist hits server timeout (Create watchlist pager)
Mentioned Here: rMW33b6f741296c: Move SessionManager::shutdown() out of deprecated PHPSessionHandler

Event Timeline

dom_walden created this task.Oct 22 2025, 10:30 AM

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dom_walden mentioned this in T41510: Opening Special:EditWatchlist with a large watchlist hits server timeout (Create watchlist pager).Oct 22 2025, 10:38 AM

Cparle changed the task status from Open to In Progress.Oct 23 2025, 5:29 PM

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jsn.sherman moved this task from Inbox to Radar / Tracking on the Moderator-Tools-Team board.Oct 23 2025, 6:31 PM

Change #1198523 had a related patch set uploaded (by Cparle; author: Cparle):

[mediawiki/core@master] Small updates to Special:EditWatchlist

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1198523

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Oct 24 2025, 11:50 AM

Cparle moved this task from Ready for Dev to Feedback and Review on the Community-Tech (Fox Squad) board.Oct 24 2025, 11:59 AM

Change #1198523 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/core@master] Small updates to Special:EditWatchlist

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1198523

ReleaseTaggerBot added a project: MW-1.46-notes (1.46.0-wmf.1; 2025-11-05).Nov 3 2025, 2:00 AM

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Samwilson assigned this task to Cparle.Nov 6 2025, 5:18 AM

Samwilson moved this task from Feedback and Review to QA on the Community-Tech (Fox Squad) board.

I can confirm this on enwiki beta.

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	Oct 22 2025, 10:30 AM
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