Instrumentation for footnote click in reader view
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Description

Context

We want to track a baseline of footnote clicks on the wikis where the A/B test should run. See Parent ticket

Acceptance Criteria

We want to track

source wiki
timestamp
logged-in status ( anon / not anon )
edit count buckets

Note:
These are all part of the default web schema. So no need for a custom schema here
They can be configured in the test setup UI in the Contextual Attributes

Implementation

Track clicks on the footnotes [1] in the article
Use the TestKitchen to create a simple instrument see epic for which wikis
Make sure we get the datapoints above

Details

Related Changes in Gerrit:

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Add instrument for clicks in footnotes in the article	mediawiki/extensions/Cite	wmf/1.46.0-wmf.16	+22 -0
	Add instrument for clicks in footnotes in the article	mediawiki/extensions/Cite	master	+22 -0

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		Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
		Open		None	T415904 [Epic] Experiment Reader Footnote Click Intent
		Resolved		Tobi_WMDE_SW	T415909 Instrumentation for footnote click in reader view

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Lina_Farid_WMDE created this task.Jan 29 2026, 4:20 PM

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Change #1239111 had a related patch set uploaded (by Mareike Heuer; author: Mareike Heuer):

[mediawiki/extensions/Cite@master] Add Test Kitchen instrumentation for footnote marker clicks

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1239111

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WMDE-Fisch updated the task description. (Show Details)Feb 13 2026, 5:26 PM

Change #1239877 had a related patch set uploaded (by Thiemo Kreuz (WMDE); author: Mareike Heuer):

[mediawiki/extensions/Cite@wmf/1.46.0-wmf.16] Add instrument for clicks in footnotes in the article

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1239877

Change #1238387 had a related patch set uploaded (by Thiemo Kreuz (WMDE); author: Svantje Lilienthal):

[mediawiki/extensions/Cite@master] Add instrument for clicks in TOC references link

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1238387

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Change #1239111 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/Cite@master] Add instrument for clicks in footnotes in the article

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1239111

ReleaseTaggerBot added a project: MW-1.46-notes (1.46.0-wmf.17; 2026-02-24).Feb 17 2026, 4:00 PM

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Change #1239877 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/Cite@wmf/1.46.0-wmf.16] Add instrument for clicks in footnotes in the article

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1239877

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-02-18T21:27:09Z] <kemayo@deploy2002> Started scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1240361|BaseEditCheck: fix check for blockquote (T417801)]], [[gerrit:1239873|Add instrument for clicks in TOC references link (T415910)]], [[gerrit:1239877|Add instrument for clicks in footnotes in the article (T415909)]]

Stashbot mentioned this in T415910: Instrument clicks on TOC in reader view desktop.Feb 18 2026, 9:27 PM

Stashbot mentioned this in T417801: ToneCheck should not run on block quotes.

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-02-18T21:29:21Z] <kemayo@deploy2002> kemayo, thiemowmde: Backport for [[gerrit:1240361|BaseEditCheck: fix check for blockquote (T417801)]], [[gerrit:1239873|Add instrument for clicks in TOC references link (T415910)]], [[gerrit:1239877|Add instrument for clicks in footnotes in the article (T415909)]] synced to the testservers (see https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mwdebug). Changes can now be verified there.

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-02-18T21:35:05Z] <kemayo@deploy2002> Finished scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1240361|BaseEditCheck: fix check for blockquote (T417801)]], [[gerrit:1239873|Add instrument for clicks in TOC references link (T415910)]], [[gerrit:1239877|Add instrument for clicks in footnotes in the article (T415909)]] (duration: 07m 56s)