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Use more consistent terminology regarding "latest" vs "current" revision
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Newer code usually uses "latest revision" in method names and comments but there are a lot of places that still use "current revision". We should be consistent. Anything referring to what is or is about to become the latest revision for a page in the table should just use "latest".

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aaron triaged this task as Medium priority.Mar 23 2026, 5:39 PM

Change #1126143 had a related patch set uploaded (by Aaron Schulz; author: Aaron Schulz):

[mediawiki/core@master] Update revision related methods and comments to use "latest revision"

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1126143

Change #1126143 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/core@master] Update revision related methods and comments to use "latest revision"

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1126143

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Change #1134746 had a related patch set uploaded (by Thiemo Kreuz (WMDE); author: Aaron Schulz):

[mediawiki/extensions/WikispeechSpeechDataCollector@master] Migrate to RevisionStore::getKnownLatestRevision()

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1134746

Change #1309792 had a related patch set uploaded (by Umherirrender; author: Umherirrender):

[mediawiki/extensions/ApprovedRevs@master] Replace deprecated DerivedPageDataUpdater::grabCurrentRevision

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1309792

Change #1309793 had a related patch set uploaded (by Umherirrender; author: Umherirrender):

[mediawiki/extensions/FlaggedRevs@master] tests: Replace deprecated RevisionLookup::getKnownCurrentRevision

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1309793

Change #1309794 had a related patch set uploaded (by Umherirrender; author: Umherirrender):

[mediawiki/extensions/ORES@master] Replace deprecated RevisionLookup::getKnownCurrentRevision

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1309794

Change #1309795 had a related patch set uploaded (by Umherirrender; author: Umherirrender):

[mediawiki/extensions/SecurePoll@master] tests: Replace deprecated RevisionLookup::getKnownCurrentRevision

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1309795

Change #1309796 had a related patch set uploaded (by Umherirrender; author: Umherirrender):

[mediawiki/extensions/WikiLambda@master] Replace deprecated RevisionLookup::getKnownCurrentRevision

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1309796

Change #1309797 had a related patch set uploaded (by Umherirrender; author: Umherirrender):

[mediawiki/extensions/EntitySchema@master] Replace deprecated RevisionLookup::getKnownCurrentRevision

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1309797

Change #1309798 had a related patch set uploaded (by Umherirrender; author: Umherirrender):

[mediawiki/extensions/WikiSEO@master] Replace deprecated RevisionLookup::getKnownCurrentRevision

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1309798

Change #1309799 had a related patch set uploaded (by Umherirrender; author: Umherirrender):

[mediawiki/extensions/ContentStabilization@master] Replace deprecated RevisionLookup::getKnownCurrentRevision

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1309799

Change #1309796 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/WikiLambda@master] Replace deprecated RevisionStore::getKnownCurrentRevision

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1309796

Change #1309795 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/SecurePoll@master] tests: Replace deprecated RevisionLookup::getKnownCurrentRevision

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1309795

Change #1309793 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/FlaggedRevs@master] tests: Replace deprecated RevisionLookup::getKnownCurrentRevision

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1309793

Change #1309794 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/ORES@master] Replace deprecated RevisionLookup::getKnownCurrentRevision

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1309794

Change #1309792 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/ApprovedRevs@master] Replace deprecated DerivedPageDataUpdater::grabCurrentRevision

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1309792

Change #1309799 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/ContentStabilization@master] Replace deprecated RevisionLookup::getKnownCurrentRevision

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1309799

Change #1309797 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/EntitySchema@master] Replace deprecated RevisionStore::getKnownCurrentRevision

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1309797

Change #1309798 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/WikiSEO@master] Replace deprecated RevisionLookup::getKnownCurrentRevision

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1309798

Change #1134746 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/WikispeechSpeechDataCollector@master] Replace deprecated RevisionStore::getKnownCurrentRevision

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1134746