Deploy full-page mobile editing affordance as a default-on feature (all wikis)
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	Jan 31 2026, 12:11 AM

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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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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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Related Changes in Gerrit:

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Enable SectionEditingFullPageButtons for all users	mediawiki/extensions/VisualEditor	master	+5 -15

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Status	Assigned	Task
Open	MNeisler	T417840 Re-analyze edit completion rate among logged in Junior Contributors (mobile web)
Resolved	Esanders	T416059 Deploy full-page mobile editing affordance as a default-on feature (all wikis)
Resolved	MNeisler	T409112 [MILESTONE] Run a controlled experiment to address section editing dead-end (mobile web)
Resolved	dchan	T407714 [SPIKE] Discover interventions that could improve mobile editor loading speed
Resolved	bmartinezcalvo	T387175 Improve discoverability of full-page editing on mobile
Open	ppelberg	T409130 [PoC] Limit initial editor load to sections on either side of the section you tapped edit "on"
Resolved	dchan	T409125 [SPIKE] Investigate performance differences between number of sections loaded by default
Open	ppelberg	T409131 Polish experience of rendering more content on scroll
Resolved	Esanders	T409990 [Mobile] Offer button that enables people to edit an entire article from section editing
Resolved	EAkinloose	T410319 Add event tracking to the full-page editing button T409990 will introduce
Resolved	Quiddity	T410937 Publish documentation to MW about new mobile edit full page button that can be linked in Tech/News
Resolved	ppelberg	T410799 Ready mobile web section editing dead-end intervention for Test Kitchen experiment
Resolved	mpopov	T410546 Automated analytics for section editing dead-end experiment on mobile web
Resolved	DLynch	T410800 Finalize mobile web section editing dead-end experiment design
Resolved	DLynch	T410803 Create data stream for mobile web section editing dead-end intervention
Resolved	bmartinezcalvo	T410614 Conduct usability study: [Mobile] Offer button that enables people to edit an entire article from section editing
Open	None	T411465 Improve orientation/assurance after switching to full-page editing
Duplicate	None	T411468 Improve scroll transition when switching to full-page editing
Open	MNeisler	T411657 Improve scannability and section orientation in full-page editing on mobile
Resolved	EAkinloose	T411669 Adjust transition upon tapping "Edit full page"
Resolved	MNeisler	T412287 Decide whether sufficient data has been collected to end test
Open	MNeisler	T412318 [SPIKE] Investigate feasibility of further narrowing test population
Resolved	MNeisler	T414226 WE 1.1.19: Investigate suspicious metrics in section editing dead-end experiment
Resolved	mpopov	T415129 WE 1.1.19: Re-run analysis of section editing dead-end experiment
Resolved	MNeisler	T415336 [SPIKE] Investigate the decrease in edit completion rate amongst logged-in users (test group) in the Mobile Section Editing Dead End Experiment
Open	None	T416060 Publish mobile section dead-end experiment findings
Open	None	T411664 Visual diff shows all links as changed after switching from section editing to full page editing
Duplicate	None	T417846 Announce planned deployment of full-page mobile web editing affordanced

Event Timeline

ppelberg created this task.Jan 31 2026, 12:11 AM

Restricted Application added a subscriber: Aklapper. · View Herald TranscriptJan 31 2026, 12:11 AM

ppelberg added a subtask: T409112: [MILESTONE] Run a controlled experiment to address section editing dead-end (mobile web).Jan 31 2026, 12:11 AM

ppelberg created subtask T416060: Publish mobile section dead-end experiment findings.

Maintenance_bot added a project: VisualEditor.Jan 31 2026, 12:29 AM

ppelberg added a subtask: T411664: Visual diff shows all links as changed after switching from section editing to full page editing.Feb 3 2026, 8:12 PM

ppelberg triaged this task as High priority.Feb 18 2026, 6:35 PM

ppelberg edited projects, added Editing-team (Editing-18Feb-27Feb-2026); removed Editing-team (Editing-2Feb-17Feb-2026).

ppelberg added a parent task: T417840: Re-analyze edit completion rate among logged in Junior Contributors (mobile web).Feb 18 2026, 11:04 PM

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

ppelberg created subtask T417846: Announce planned deployment of full-page mobile web editing affordanced.Feb 19 2026, 12:54 AM

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

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Feb 19 2026, 3:47 PM

ppelberg merged a task: T417846: Announce planned deployment of full-page mobile web editing affordanced.Feb 19 2026, 9:28 PM

ppelberg mentioned this in T417846: Announce planned deployment of full-page mobile web editing affordanced.

ppelberg added a subscriber: Quiddity.

ppelberg assigned this task to Quiddity.Feb 19 2026, 9:35 PM

ppelberg added a project: User-notice.

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Quiddity updated the task description. (Show Details)Feb 20 2026, 12:20 AM

Quiddity updated the task description. (Show Details)Feb 20 2026, 12:33 AM

Quiddity moved this task from To Triage to In current Tech/News draft on the User-notice board.

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

ppelberg updated the task description. (Show Details)Feb 21 2026, 12:25 AM

Esanders moved this task from Blocked / Needs More Work to Code Review on the Editing-team (Editing-18Feb-27Feb-2026) board.Feb 23 2026, 9:44 AM

Change #1240736 merged by jenkins-bot:

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

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

ReleaseTaggerBot added a project: MW-1.46-notes (1.46.0-wmf.17; 2026-02-24).Feb 23 2026, 4:00 PM

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Feb 23 2026, 4:32 PM