YiR: Update top-read blog link before release
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	Oct 27 2025, 5:18 PM

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For users with a primary language of English, we'll show a slide with English Wikipedia's top-read articles. There will be a blog post published about these articles, and we want to link out to it, so users can read more.

Requirements

PM confirm 2025 URL and add to task https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2025/12/01/announcing-english-wikipedias-most-read-articles-of-2025
@Engineers update the hardcoded URL to the top-read blog on the English slide to https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2025/12/01/announcing-english-wikipedias-most-read-articles-of-2025
@Engineers update the hardcoded URL on the sharing highlights image for English users to wikimediafoundation.org/2025articles
@Engineers update the hardcoded URL on the sharing highlights image for all other users to wikimediafoundation.org/yir25
@Engineers update the copy from "Most popular articles on English Wikipedia" to "Most read articles on English Wikipedia"
- On the English top read slide
- On the highlights preview slide
- On the highlights image

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		Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
		Open		None	T404267 EPIC: Android Year in Review
		Resolved		WRai-WMF	T408430 YiR: Update top-read blog link before release

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HNordeenWMF created this task.Oct 27 2025, 5:18 PM

HNordeenWMF triaged this task as Medium priority.

HNordeenWMF moved this task from Epics in Progress to Blocked/Waiting on the Wikipedia-Android-App-Backlog (Android Release - FY2025-26) board.

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HNordeenWMF renamed this task from Update top-read blog link before release to YiR: Update top-read blog link before release.Oct 30 2025, 12:41 AM

HNordeenWMF moved this task from Blocked/Waiting to Needs Engineering Sync (P2) on the Wikipedia-Android-App-Backlog (Android Release - FY2025-26) board.

HNordeenWMF updated the task description. (Show Details)Oct 30 2025, 5:08 PM

cooltey set the point value for this task to 0.5.Nov 3 2025, 6:16 PM

cooltey moved this task from Needs Engineering Sync (P2) to Current Sprint (P0) on the Wikipedia-Android-App-Backlog (Android Release - FY2025-26) board.

WRai-WMF moved this task from Current Sprint (P0) to Doing on the Wikipedia-Android-App-Backlog (Android Release - FY2025-26) board.Nov 4 2025, 7:27 PM

Williamrai opened https://github.com/wikimedia/apps-android-wikipedia/pull/6076

WRai-WMF moved this task from Doing to Code Review on the Wikipedia-Android-App-Backlog (Android Release - FY2025-26) board.Nov 5 2025, 2:27 PM

cooltey closed https://github.com/wikimedia/apps-android-wikipedia/pull/6076

Hi @SChekfa-WMF

Please download the latest alpha APK to see the changes, thanks.

LGTM, TY

Looks good to me on 2.7.50556-r-2025-11-13, on OnePlus 8 on Android 13, and Pixel 6 on Android 16. Tested on all themes.

HNordeenWMF updated the task description. (Show Details)Fri, Nov 14, 10:07 PM

HNordeenWMF moved this task from Ready for PM signoff to Ready for release on the Wikipedia-Android-App-Backlog (Android Release - FY2025-26) board.

HNordeenWMF closed this task as Resolved.Wed, Nov 19, 3:33 PM

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