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Deploy full-page mobile editing affordance as a default-on feature (all wikis)
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Description

This task involves the work of deploying the full-page editing affordance T387175 introduced, and T409112 evaluated the impact of, as default-on feature at all Wikipedias.

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  • Wikis: All projects
  • Timing: Tuesday, 24 February 2026

Requirements

Everyone at all Wikimedia wikis gains access to the full-page editing affordance T387175 introduced, and T409112 evaluated the impact of.

Tech/News

Later this week, for people who are editing a page-section using the mobile visual editor, you will notice a new Edit full page button. When tapped, you will be able to edit the entire article. This helps when the change you want to make is outside the section you initially opened. [1] [2]

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Event Timeline

Moving to Blocked... while we await feedback from team on proposed path forward. Feedback expected by EOD Thursday, 19 Feb 2026.

Change #1240736 had a related patch set uploaded (by Esanders; author: Esanders):

[mediawiki/extensions/VisualEditor@master] Enable SectionEditingFullPageButtons for all users

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1240736

ppelberg added a project: User-notice.
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With the announcement of the Edit full page button included in next week's Tech/News (thank you, @Quiddity) [i], this deployment is all clear to ride the train that will go out next week (week of 23 Feb 2026.)


i. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2026/09#tech-news-nav

Change #1240736 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/VisualEditor@master] Enable SectionEditingFullPageButtons for all users

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1240736

DLynch added a project: Editing QA.
DLynch subscribed.

It's QAable on beta, but verifying the deployment has to wait on the train.