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[XS] Rename Reading lists to Collections
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Description

Background

The Android and iOS mobile apps have had the saved tab and custom reading lists for many years now. They have had slightly different functions on Android versus iOS, but custom lists have always been shared and synced on the server. This year, the Web team is adding a "Saved" function, and they will support saving articles to one list, and soon after custom lists. We want to make sure that the experience matches across Web and the mobile apps when users simply saves something, and adds it to a custom list.

User story

As a Wikipedia reader who organizes articles across the app and Web, I want the feature for grouping saved articles to be the same thing everywhere, so that I can easily recognize and navigate the same feature regardless of which platform I'm on.

Requirements
  • Rename Reading lists / Reading list to Collections / Collection in all places it appears in the app
  • The "Saved" tab stays the same
Design

https://www.figma.com/design/Xuxn2U14hNcxmDdi3TpIhO/Reading-lists?node-id=311-4400&p=f&t=LEbqJfLKotMg9OD4-0

Event Timeline

This sounded really familiar. I've heard that history doesn't actually repeat, but that it often rhymes. * I eventually found this in the old Extension:Gather FAQ:

So the Extension is called Gather, while the feature is promoted as Collections?

Collections scored far better in our readers survey than the short list of other names: Stack, Boards, Sets and Collections. So, we decided to change the name. We are aware that this will cause some confusion for those who work with the current Collection extension, but felt that the improved clarity from using this name for our millions of readers outweighed the awkwardness created. Kindly check survey results here

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HNordeenWMF raised the priority of this task from Low to Medium.Jun 29 2026, 2:46 PM
WRai-WMF renamed this task from Rename Reading lists to Collections to [XS] Rename Reading lists to Collections.Jul 1 2026, 1:59 PM
WRai-WMF set the point value for this task to 1.
HNordeenWMF raised the priority of this task from Medium to High.Jul 15 2026, 2:42 PM
ABorbaWMF subscribed.

Testing on 50601-alpha-2026-08-13
Tested on:
Pixel 8, Android 16
Galaxy A36, Android 15

Requirement✅❓❌Notes
Rename Reading lists / Reading list to Collections / Collection in all places it appears in the appWorks as expected
The "Saved" tab stays the sameWorks as expected