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Comparative Reader Research (Current Readers - EN) Deployment
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Description

This tracks the deployment of the Comparative Readers Survey (Current Readers) on English Wikipedia.

Audience: English Wikipedia, logged out only
Fielding Dates: February 24 - February 26, 2026
Coverage: 2% / 0.02
Survey Type: External, single-question Quicksurvey
Survey Name: English Wikipedia Comparative Readers Survey

Tasks

  • Pre-deploy survey
  • Create messages
  • Deploy survey
  • Disable survey
Tests

Debug URL

  • Test survey appears as expected
  • Test survey branches as designed
  • Test survey initiation and responses recorded in QS init and QS response tables
Survey

https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cZ8hnSwZZrwG0Dk

Survey name: Reader-comparative-2-en

Details

Related Changes in Gerrit:
SubjectAuthorRepoBranchLines +/-
Undeploy Comparative Reader Research survey on enwikiDDesouzaoperations/mediawiki-configmaster+0 -26
Deploy Comparative Reader Research survey on enwikiDDesouzaoperations/mediawiki-configmaster+1 -1
Pre-deploy Comparative Reader Research survey on enwikiDDesouzaoperations/mediawiki-configmaster+26 -0
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YLiou_WMF created this task.Feb 18 2026, 9:07 PM
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YLiou_WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)Feb 18 2026, 9:11 PM
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YLiou_WMF edited subscribers, added: DDeSouza; removed: • TRooks-WMF.Feb 18 2026, 9:14 PM
DDeSouza updated the task description. (Show Details)Feb 22 2026, 3:24 PM
DDeSouza updated the task description. (Show Details)Feb 22 2026, 3:27 PM
DDeSouza updated the task description. (Show Details)
gerritbot added a comment.Feb 22 2026, 3:30 PM

Change #1241712 had a related patch set uploaded (by DDesouza; author: DDesouza):

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Pre-deploy Comparative Reader Research survey on enwiki

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1241712

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Feb 22 2026, 3:30 PM
DDeSouza updated the task description. (Show Details)Feb 23 2026, 9:02 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Feb 23 2026, 9:22 PM

Change #1241712 merged by jenkins-bot:

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Pre-deploy Comparative Reader Research survey on enwiki

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1241712

Stashbot mentioned this in T411516: Add ability to ignore missing extensions in mergeMessageFileList's `--list-file` input.Feb 23 2026, 9:27 PM
Stashbot mentioned this in T406836: The Edit Check's SLO has burned all its error budget.
Stashbot mentioned this in T417834: Comparative Reader Research (Current Readers - ES) Deployment.

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-02-23T21:27:39Z] <tgr@deploy2002> Started scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1240832|Revert "extension-list: add a bogus extension to test l10n-update" (T411516)]], [[gerrit:1241712|Pre-deploy Comparative Reader Research survey on enwiki (T417829)]], [[gerrit:1241713|Pre-deploy Comparative Reader Research survey on eswiki (T417834)]], [[gerrit:1242493|Edit check: catch various places where an error could derail things (T406836 T418

Stashbot mentioned this in T418: Search by dependency (blocked by or blocking).Feb 23 2026, 9:27 PM
Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Feb 23 2026, 9:31 PM
Stashbot added a comment.Feb 23 2026, 9:32 PM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-02-23T21:31:58Z] <tgr@deploy2002> matmarex, bd808, dani, tgr, kemayo: Backport for [[gerrit:1240832|Revert "extension-list: add a bogus extension to test l10n-update" (T411516)]], [[gerrit:1241712|Pre-deploy Comparative Reader Research survey on enwiki (T417829)]], [[gerrit:1241713|Pre-deploy Comparative Reader Research survey on eswiki (T417834)]], [[gerrit:1242493|Edit check: catch various places where an error could derail things (T

DDeSouza updated the task description. (Show Details)Feb 23 2026, 9:40 PM
Stashbot added a comment.Feb 23 2026, 9:41 PM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-02-23T21:41:34Z] <tgr@deploy2002> Finished scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1240832|Revert "extension-list: add a bogus extension to test l10n-update" (T411516)]], [[gerrit:1241712|Pre-deploy Comparative Reader Research survey on enwiki (T417829)]], [[gerrit:1241713|Pre-deploy Comparative Reader Research survey on eswiki (T417834)]], [[gerrit:1242493|Edit check: catch various places where an error could derail things (T406836 T41

Stashbot mentioned this in T41: Set up redirects from RT URLs to Phabricator.Feb 23 2026, 9:41 PM
YLiou_WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)Feb 25 2026, 5:57 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Feb 25 2026, 6:23 PM

Change #1243930 had a related patch set uploaded (by DDesouza; author: DDesouza):

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Deploy Comparative Reader Research survey on enwiki

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1243930

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Feb 25 2026, 6:23 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Feb 26 2026, 9:47 PM

Change #1243930 merged by jenkins-bot:

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Deploy Comparative Reader Research survey on enwiki

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1243930

Stashbot added a comment.Feb 26 2026, 9:47 PM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-02-26T21:47:49Z] <catrope@deploy2002> Started scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1243929|Deploy Comparative Reader Research survey on eswiki (T417834)]], [[gerrit:1243930|Deploy Comparative Reader Research survey on enwiki (T417829)]]

Stashbot added a comment.Feb 26 2026, 9:49 PM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-02-26T21:49:45Z] <catrope@deploy2002> dani, catrope: Backport for [[gerrit:1243929|Deploy Comparative Reader Research survey on eswiki (T417834)]], [[gerrit:1243930|Deploy Comparative Reader Research survey on enwiki (T417829)]] synced to the testservers (see https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mwdebug). Changes can now be verified there.

DDeSouza updated the task description. (Show Details)Feb 26 2026, 9:51 PM
Stashbot added a comment.Feb 26 2026, 9:55 PM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-02-26T21:55:16Z] <catrope@deploy2002> Finished scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1243929|Deploy Comparative Reader Research survey on eswiki (T417834)]], [[gerrit:1243930|Deploy Comparative Reader Research survey on enwiki (T417829)]] (duration: 07m 28s)

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Feb 26 2026, 10:31 PM
YLiou_WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)Feb 27 2026, 9:46 PM
YLiou_WMF added a comment.Feb 28 2026, 3:31 PM

@DDeSouza let's undeploy this on Monday! Thanks!

gerritbot added a comment.Mar 2 2026, 4:45 PM

Change #1247105 had a related patch set uploaded (by DDesouza; author: DDesouza):

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Undeploy Comparative Reader Research survey on enwiki

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1247105

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Mar 2 2026, 4:45 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Mar 2 2026, 9:03 PM

Change #1247105 merged by jenkins-bot:

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Undeploy Comparative Reader Research survey on enwiki

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1247105

Stashbot added a comment.Mar 2 2026, 9:03 PM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-03-02T21:03:45Z] <dani@deploy2002> Started scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1247107|Undeploy Comparative Reader Research survey on eswiki (T417834)]], [[gerrit:1247105|Undeploy Comparative Reader Research survey on enwiki (T417829)]]

Stashbot added a comment.Mar 2 2026, 9:05 PM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-03-02T21:05:35Z] <dani@deploy2002> dani: Backport for [[gerrit:1247107|Undeploy Comparative Reader Research survey on eswiki (T417834)]], [[gerrit:1247105|Undeploy Comparative Reader Research survey on enwiki (T417829)]] synced to the testservers (see https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mwdebug). Changes can now be verified there.

Stashbot added a comment.Mar 2 2026, 9:10 PM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-03-02T21:10:37Z] <dani@deploy2002> Finished scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1247107|Undeploy Comparative Reader Research survey on eswiki (T417834)]], [[gerrit:1247105|Undeploy Comparative Reader Research survey on enwiki (T417829)]] (duration: 06m 52s)

DDeSouza closed this task as Resolved.Mar 2 2026, 9:11 PM
DDeSouza updated the task description. (Show Details)
Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Mar 2 2026, 9:32 PM
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