[MEX] mobile statement edits should be tagged with "Wikidata user interface"
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	Lydia_Pintscher
	Dec 3 2025, 4:59 PM

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Problem:
We are tracking how many edits are done through either the desktop or mobile UI with the edit tag "Wikidata user interface". Every edit made through either of these interfaces should be tagged with this edit tag. Mobile statement edits are not tagged at the moment though.

Example:

term edit that is correctly tagged on Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q4115189&diff=prev&oldid=2437696647
statement edit that is missing the tag on Beta Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.beta.wmcloud.org/w/index.php?title=Q424242&diff=prev&oldid=1364438

Acceptance criteria:

All edits done through the new mobile statement editing UI are tagged with "Wikidata user interface"
- Edits are tagged according to the 'viewUiTags' repo setting

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Related Changes in Gerrit:

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	MEX: Respect the "viewUiTags" setting	mediawiki/extensions/Wikibase	master	+67 -0

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		Resolved		Arian_Bozorg	T411650 [MEX] mobile statement edits should be tagged with "Wikidata user interface"

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Lydia_Pintscher created this task.Dec 3 2025, 4:59 PM

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Wikibase has a few different configurations for tags: viewUiTags, termboxTags, specialPageTags, and updateRepoTags. Should we introduce a new configuration for this, or is it sufficient to apply the viewUiTags? (In Wikimedia production, viewUiTags and specialPageTags are the same, while termboxTags additionally configures the “termbox” tag.)

Also, is this a blocker for deployment of the beta feature to Wikidata?

Lucas_Werkmeister_WMDE updated the task description. (Show Details)Dec 3 2025, 5:03 PM

In T411650#11429346, @Lucas_Werkmeister_WMDE wrote:

Wikibase has a few different configurations for tags: viewUiTags, termboxTags, specialPageTags, and updateRepoTags. Should we introduce a new configuration for this, or is it sufficient to apply the viewUiTags? (In Wikimedia production, viewUiTags and specialPageTags are the same, while termboxTags additionally configures the “termbox” tag.)

Probably viewUiTags is fine but not 100% sure about the logic in the code.

Also, is this a blocker for deployment of the beta feature to Wikidata?

Up to @Arian_Bozorg.

In T411650#11429361, @Lydia_Pintscher wrote:

In T411650#11429346, @Lucas_Werkmeister_WMDE wrote:

Wikibase has a few different configurations for tags: viewUiTags, termboxTags, specialPageTags, and updateRepoTags. Should we introduce a new configuration for this, or is it sufficient to apply the viewUiTags? (In Wikimedia production, viewUiTags and specialPageTags are the same, while termboxTags additionally configures the “termbox” tag.)

Probably viewUiTags is fine but not 100% sure about the logic in the code.

That was my feeling too, so let’s go with that for now. We can always add another setting later if we want wbui2025/MEX-specific tags (beyond “user interface ∩ mobile edit”).

Arian_Bozorg moved this task from Incoming to Ready for Task Time (Story Writing) on the Wikidata-Omega board.Jan 21 2026, 5:57 AM

Happy with this, and will add it to the board for story writing

Arian_Bozorg renamed this task from mobile statement edits should be tagged with "Wikidata user interface" to [MEX] mobile statement edits should be tagged with "Wikidata user interface".Jan 26 2026, 4:46 AM

Arian_Bozorg updated the task description. (Show Details)Jan 27 2026, 9:44 AM

Arian_Bozorg moved this task from Ready for Task Time (Story Writing) to The Backlog on the Wikidata-Omega board.Jan 27 2026, 10:14 AM

ArthurTaylor updated the task description. (Show Details)Jan 27 2026, 10:14 AM

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Change #1235089 had a related patch set uploaded (by Hoo man; author: Hoo man):

[mediawiki/extensions/Wikibase@master] MEX: Respect the "viewUiTags" setting

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1235089

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Jan 29 2026, 6:31 PM

hoo removed hoo as the assignee of this task.Jan 29 2026, 6:34 PM