Maniphest T419786

Image Browsing: Opt-out mechanisms
Closed, ResolvedPublic3 Estimated Story Points
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Description

Provide opt-out mechanisms for readers to disable the carousel.

Logged-in reader opt-out: Add a toggle in Preferences to disable the carousel for logged-in users.

Acceptance Criteria

Logged-in readers can disable/enable carousel in user settings. This shouldn't affect logged-out readers, who will always see the carousel on mobile Minerva.

Details

Related Changes in Gerrit:

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Add a new mobile setting to turn off carousel	mediawiki/extensions/MultimediaViewer	master	+246 -12

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Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
Open	Feature	None	T410786 [Epic] Mobile Image Browsing on article pages
Open		None	T417679 [Epic] Image Browsing: Add a carousel component at the top of mobile article pages
Resolved		KSarabia-WMF	T419786 Image Browsing: Opt-out mechanisms

Event Timeline

lwatson created this task.Mar 12 2026, 3:18 AM

Restricted Application added projects: FY2025-26 WE3.1 Engaging New Audiences, Reader Growth Team. · View Herald TranscriptMar 12 2026, 3:18 AM

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lwatson added a parent task: T417679: [Epic] Image Browsing: Add a carousel component at the top of mobile article pages.Mar 12 2026, 3:18 AM

SherryYang-WMF triaged this task as High priority.Mar 16 2026, 11:58 PM

SherryYang-WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)

SherryYang-WMF moved this task from Incoming/Inbox to Needs Refinement on the Reader Growth Team board.

egardner mentioned this in T419740: Image Browsing: Port Carousel component to MMV.Mar 17 2026, 2:39 PM

@JScherer-WMF do you have a POV on where in Preferences this toggle ought to go? happy to talk more about options too.

SherryYang-WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)Mar 17 2026, 5:03 PM

SherryYang-WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)Mar 17 2026, 5:10 PM

SherryYang-WMF set the point value for this task to 3.

Since this will only apply to the mobile site you have two options

Only show the setting if the user is using Minerva skin by adding hide-if to the preference field declaration:

'hide-if' => [ '===', 'skin', 'minerva' ]

Change the wording to specify the carousel is only available on mobile.

SherryYang-WMF moved this task from Needs Refinement to Sprint 5 (Mar 18 - Mar 31) Q3 25/26 on the Reader Growth Team board.Mar 17 2026, 7:58 PM

SherryYang-WMF edited projects, added Reader Growth Team (Sprint 5 (Mar 18 - Mar 31) Q3 25/26); removed Reader Growth Team.

SherryYang-WMF lowered the priority of this task from High to Low.Mar 18 2026, 4:39 PM

KSarabia-WMF claimed this task.Mar 26 2026, 3:53 PM

KSarabia-WMF moved this task from Committed to Doing on the Reader Growth Team (Sprint 5 (Mar 18 - Mar 31) Q3 25/26) board.

Change #1264872 had a related patch set uploaded (by Kimberly Sarabia; author: Kimberly Sarabia):

[mediawiki/extensions/MultimediaViewer@master] Add a new mobile setting to turn off carousel

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1264872

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Mar 31 2026, 1:34 AM

SherryYang-WMF moved this task from Sprint 5 (Mar 18 - Mar 31) Q3 25/26 to Sprint 1 (Apr 1 - Apr 14) Q4 25/26 on the Reader Growth Team board.Apr 1 2026, 4:31 PM

SherryYang-WMF edited projects, added Reader Growth Team (Sprint 1 (Apr 1 - Apr 14) Q4 25/26); removed Reader Growth Team (Sprint 5 (Mar 18 - Mar 31) Q3 25/26).

SherryYang-WMF raised the priority of this task from Low to Medium.Apr 1 2026, 4:44 PM

KSarabia-WMF moved this task from Committed to Doing on the Reader Growth Team (Sprint 1 (Apr 1 - Apr 14) Q4 25/26) board.Apr 6 2026, 3:25 PM

Change #1264872 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/MultimediaViewer@master] Add a new mobile setting to turn off carousel

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1264872

ReleaseTaggerBot added a project: MW-1.46-notes (1.46.0-wmf.24; 2026-04-14).Apr 9 2026, 7:00 PM

QA Instructions

Reproduction Steps

Main Task: Ensure "Disable image carousel on the mobile site" toggle Special:Preferences works for logged in mobile

Sample Flow

Visit Special:preferences on mobile.
On mobile click "Disable image carousel on the mobile site"
Confirm no carousel on https://3e365bbbf8.catalyst.wmcloud.org/wiki/Paris
Visit https://3e365bbbf8.catalyst.wmcloud.org/wiki/Special:Preferences on desktop
Change language to Canadian English
Visit https://3e365bbbf8.catalyst.wmcloud.org/wiki/Paris in mobile
Expected: No carousel

KSarabia-WMF moved this task from Doing to QA on the Reader Growth Team (Sprint 1 (Apr 1 - Apr 14) Q4 25/26) board.Apr 9 2026, 7:26 PM

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Apr 9 2026, 7:30 PM

Thanks, @KSarabia-WMF for QA Instructions!

Checked the steps - all works as expected

mobile site with inactive the "Disable image carousel on the mobile site" option, shows the image carousel
desktop Preferences -Appearance doesn't display the "Disable image carousel on the mobile site" option and doesn't shoe the mage carousel

Note:

checked for other skins on desktop - the desktop doesn't display the image carousel

Etonkovidova updated the task description. (Show Details)Apr 10 2026, 11:31 PM

egardner closed this task as Resolved.Tue, Apr 14, 11:08 PM

Image Browsing: Opt-out mechanismsClosed, ResolvedPublic3 Estimated Story PointsActions