Add monitoring for new Edit Check configuration across wikis
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	Wed, Apr 8, 5:02 PM

Description

Communities have been engaging with Suggestion Mode configurations.

he.wiki has implemented their own TextMatch suggestions [1], ru.wiki editors have heavily configured Edit Checks and created 4 new TextMatch Suggestions [2][3], and nl.wiki has been updating their configuration to better match local policies/guidelines.

This task involves the work of creating a way for us, members of the Editing Team, to automatically be made aware if/when volunteers at Wikipedias across the movement modify existing Edit Check configurations and/or introduce new Suggestions via open-ended capabilities like TextMatch.

Story

As a member of the Editing Team responsible for Suggestion Mode and Edit Check infrastructure, I want to be automatically notified when volunteers modify Edit Check configurations or introduce new Suggestions (e.g., via TextMatch) on any wiki, so that we can remain aware of how communities are adapting these capabilities, monitor their impact, and identify opportunities to support, learn from, or scale promising configurations across the Movement.

Open questions

Where will members of the Editing Team receive updates about changes to configurations?
What information will the "alerts" described below include?

Requirements

Anytime an MediaWiki:Editcheck-config.json file is edited, automatically send an alert
- See open questions above about a) where this alert is sent and b) what information they include.

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ppelberg moved this task from Decision to be made to Ready for Dev on the Editing-team (Editing-Q4-13Apr-24Apr-2026) board.

VPuffetMichel set the point value for this task to 5.Mon, Apr 13, 5:27 PM

We discussed this in our planning meeting. @Sdkb brought up a good point that once we publicize TextMatch more, we may (hopefully!) start seeing many changes, which could make alerts overwhelming or unhelpful. What if rather than a "notification" approach, we implement a page similar to Special:EditChecks where we can see how different wikis have configured TextMatch? This could be a more helpful approach long-term and would still provide the awareness we want, so long as we check it.

We'd probably want to store the results somewhere and update at least daily, and then build the page off of those (since we can't just query all the wikis every single time the page loads).

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