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Disable `Special:WithoutInterwiki` by default
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In a standard MediaWiki installation configured for a single language, Special:WithoutInterwiki is redundant because there are no interwiki links that would need listing.

Nevertheless, it is listed in Special:SpecialPages and adds to the clutter there. It also has a performance impact (likely very small, but nonzero) because something is checking and producing this list in the background.

Propose that this special page be enabled by a config flag such as $wgEnableWithoutInterwikiSpecialPage that is set to FALSE by default, but which can be set to TRUE in localsettings.php where needed (e.g. WMF wikis).

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Bugreporter2 created this task.Tue, May 19, 8:25 AM
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This can already be disabled via https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ#How_can_I_suppress_actions_and_special_pages? but I am unsure it should be disabled by default.

Pppery moved this task from To triage to Maintenance reports on the MediaWiki-Special-pages board.Tue, May 19, 3:27 PM
Pppery renamed this task from Config flag to enable/disable `Special:WithoutInterwiki` to Disable `Special:WithoutInterwiki` by default.Sat, Jun 13, 4:51 PM
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