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Use LookupLanguageSelector on Special:ExportTranslations
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The Special:ExportTranslation page allows language selection:

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Replace this with the LookupLanguageSelector from MediaWiki core.

Note that we will have to migrate the page to use Codex first, similar to how we did it for Special:LanguageStats. See the following patch chain:

1218269: LanguageStatsSpecialPage: Use LookupLanguageSelector | https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/Translate/+/1218269

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Related Changes in Gerrit:
SubjectAuthorRepoBranchLines +/-
ExportTranslationsSpecialPage: Use LookupLanguageSelectorWangombemediawiki/extensions/Translatemaster+44 -15
SpecialExportTranslations: Use Codex input controlsWangombemediawiki/extensions/Translatemaster+133 -39
Customize query in gerrit

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abi_ created this task.Jan 5 2026, 1:42 PM
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abi_ moved this task from Backlog to Ready for dev on the LPL Essential (FY2025-26 Q2) board.Jan 5 2026, 1:42 PM
• Wangombe moved this task from Ready for dev to In Progress on the LPL Essential (FY2025-26 Q2) board.Jan 8 2026, 6:30 AM
gerritbot added a comment.Jan 8 2026, 7:54 AM

Change #1224552 had a related patch set uploaded (by Wangombe; author: Wangombe):

[mediawiki/extensions/Translate@master] SpecialExportTranslations: Use Codex input controls

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1224552

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Jan 8 2026, 7:54 AM
gerritbot added a comment.Jan 8 2026, 12:10 PM

Change #1224640 had a related patch set uploaded (by Wangombe; author: Wangombe):

[mediawiki/extensions/Translate@master] ExportTranslationsSpecialPage: Use LookupLanguageSelector

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1224640

• Nikerabbit raised the priority of this task from Medium to High.Jan 8 2026, 5:04 PM
• Nikerabbit added a project: LPL Projects (ULS rewrite).
• Wangombe added a comment.Jan 12 2026, 11:48 AM

This is what we have at the moment.

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gerritbot added a comment.Jan 12 2026, 1:22 PM

Change #1224552 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/Translate@master] SpecialExportTranslations: Use Codex input controls

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1224552

gerritbot added a comment.Jan 15 2026, 1:15 PM

Change #1224640 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/Translate@master] ExportTranslationsSpecialPage: Use LookupLanguageSelector

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1224640

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Jan 15 2026, 1:31 PM
• Nikerabbit edited projects, added: LPL Essential (FY2025-26 Q3&4); removed: LPL Essential (FY2025-26 Q2).Jan 15 2026, 4:09 PM
• Nikerabbit moved this task from Backlog to In Progress on the LPL Essential (FY2025-26 Q3&4) board.
abi_ moved this task from In Progress to Pending Deployment on the LPL Essential (FY2025-26 Q3&4) board.Jan 16 2026, 4:28 AM
abi_ closed this task as Resolved.Jan 16 2026, 4:39 AM
abi_ moved this task from Pending Deployment to Done on the LPL Essential (FY2025-26 Q3&4) board.

Live on https://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special:ExportTranslations

I verified that the functionality works OK. The Language selector populates the value passed via query string.

There are a few tweaks to make...which I'll submit as follow up patches.

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