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Special:EditWatchlist: Do not show namespace filter after removing pages from watchlist
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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
  1. https://en.wikipedia.beta.wmcloud.org/wiki/Special:EditWatchlist
  2. Check one of the checkboxes next to a watched page
  3. 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:

Event Timeline

Restricted Application added a subscriber: Aklapper. · View Herald Transcript
Cparle changed the task status from Open to In Progress.Oct 23 2025, 5:29 PM
Cparle edited projects, added Community-Tech (Fox Squad); removed Community-Tech.
Cparle moved this task from Ready for Dev to In Development on the Community-Tech (Fox Squad) board.
Cparle moved this task from In Development to Ready for Dev on the Community-Tech (Fox Squad) board.

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

Change #1198523 merged by jenkins-bot:

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

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

I can confirm this on enwiki beta.