Maniphest T422282

MediaWiki:Recentchangestext can't display Chinese variants
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	Peterxy12
	Apr 4 2026, 4:37 AM

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Steps to replicate the issue (include links if applicable):

Create MediaWiki:MediaWiki:Recentchangestext/zh-hans & MediaWiki:Recentchangestext/zh-hant
Open Special:Recentchanges
Set Chinese variants (whatever zh-hans, zh-hant, zh-cn, zh-sg, zh-my, zh-hk, zh-mo)

What happens?:
They can't be displayed Chinese MediaWiki:Recentchangestext/zh-hans (or MediaWiki:Recentchangestext/zh-hant) in Chinese variants

What should have happened instead?:
MediaWiki:Recentchangestext/zh-hans should be fallback into zh, zh-cn, zh-sg, zh-my, zh-tw, zh-hk, zh-mo, zh-hant; MediaWiki:Recentchangestext/zh-hant should be fallback into zh, zh-hans, zh-cn, zh-sg, zh-my, zh-tw, zh-hk, zh-mo and MediaWiki:Recentchanges/zh should be fallback into zh-cn, zh-sg, zh-my, zh-tw, zh-hk, zh-mo, zh-hant, zh-hans.

Software version (on Special:Version page; skip for WMF-hosted wikis like Wikipedia):
MediaWiki 1.45.1 on testwiki.wiki
Language: Chinese (China) (zh-cn)
Other information (browser name/version, screenshots, etc.):
Example:
In testwiki.wiki
https://testwiki.wiki/wiki/Special:RecentChanges?hidebots=1&translations=filter&limit=500&days=30&enhanced=1&urlversion=2&uselang=zh-hant
https://testwiki.wiki/wiki/Special:RecentChanges?hidebots=1&translations=filter&limit=500&days=30&enhanced=1&urlversion=2&uselang=zh-hans
https://testwiki.wiki/wiki/Special:RecentChanges?hidebots=1&translations=filter&limit=500&days=30&enhanced=1&urlversion=2&uselang=zh-cn
https://testwiki.wiki/wiki/Special:RecentChanges?hidebots=1&translations=filter&limit=500&days=30&enhanced=1&urlversion=2&uselang=zh
https://testwiki.wiki/wiki/Special:RecentChanges?hidebots=1&translations=filter&limit=500&days=30&enhanced=1&urlversion=2&uselang=zh-sg
https://testwiki.wiki/wiki/Special:RecentChanges?hidebots=1&translations=filter&limit=500&days=30&enhanced=1&urlversion=2&uselang=zh-my
https://testwiki.wiki/wiki/Special:RecentChanges?hidebots=1&translations=filter&limit=500&days=30&enhanced=1&urlversion=2&uselang=zh-hk
https://testwiki.wiki/wiki/Special:RecentChanges?hidebots=1&translations=filter&limit=500&days=30&enhanced=1&urlversion=2&uselang=zh-tw
https://testwiki.wiki/wiki/Special:RecentChanges?hidebots=1&translations=filter&limit=500&days=30&enhanced=1&urlversion=2&uselang=zh-mo
In Wikimedia Project
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges?hidebots=1&translations=filter&hidecategorization=1&hideWikibase=1&limit=500&days=30&enhanced=1&urlversion=2&uselang=zh-hans
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges?hidebots=1&translations=filter&hidecategorization=1&hideWikibase=1&limit=500&days=30&enhanced=1&urlversion=2&uselang=zh-hant
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges?hidebots=1&translations=filter&hidecategorization=1&hideWikibase=1&limit=500&days=30&enhanced=1&urlversion=2&uselang=zh-cn
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges?hidebots=1&translations=filter&hidecategorization=1&hideWikibase=1&limit=500&days=30&enhanced=1&urlversion=2&uselang=zh-sg
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges?hidebots=1&translations=filter&hidecategorization=1&hideWikibase=1&limit=500&days=30&enhanced=1&urlversion=2&uselang=zh-my
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges?hidebots=1&translations=filter&hidecategorization=1&hideWikibase=1&limit=500&days=30&enhanced=1&urlversion=2&uselang=zh-tw
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges?hidebots=1&translations=filter&hidecategorization=1&hideWikibase=1&limit=500&days=30&enhanced=1&urlversion=2&uselang=zh-hk
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges?hidebots=1&translations=filter&hidecategorization=1&hideWikibase=1&limit=500&days=30&enhanced=1&urlversion=2&uselang=zh-mo

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Peterxy12 created this task.Apr 4 2026, 4:37 AM

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Bugreporter2 renamed this task from MediaWiki:Recentchangestext can't be displayed Chinese in Chinese variants to MediaWiki:Recentchangestext can't display Chinese variants.Apr 4 2026, 4:42 AM

Bugreporter2 added a project: Chinese-Sites.

This is probably working as intended. recentchangestext is accessed with the content language, not the UI language. Therefore only the bare MediaWiki:Recentchangestext is recognized, and its subpages are ignored.