Background
Reading Lists is graduating from Beta Features through a phased rollout to logged-in Wikipedia users.
Phase 0 is scheduled for Aug 25, 2026 and includes the following "Innovation Wikis":
- Chinese Wikipedia (zhwiki)
- Bengali Wikipedia (bnwiki)
- Czech Wikipedia (cswiki)
- Vietnamese Wikipedia (viwiki)
On these wikis, Reading Lists should become available to all registered users without requiring them to opt in through Beta Features.
There is a config flag to use for enabling ReadingLists for all logged-in users, and the beta feature must be disabled.
$wgReadingListsEnabled = true; $wgReadingListBetaFeature = false;
Acceptance criteria
- On Aug 19th enable on testwiki
- On Aug 25, 2026, Reading Lists is enabled on zhwiki, bnwiki, viwiki and cswiki and available on those wikis for all logged-in users.
- The ReadingLists Beta Feature is disabled.
- ReadingLists remains a beta feature on other Wikipedia wikis.
- After deployment, monitor grafana for health of ReadingLists (bloom filter dashboard) and logstash for errors.
Communication criteria
Before rollout, confirm that community-facing communication has been done for all of the phase 0 Wikipedia wikis, letting them know of the rollout date and where users can report problems and give feedback.