Wikinewsie shouldn't use year categories for Wikipedia languages where they don't exist
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	Pharos
	Sep 12 2026, 4:42 AM

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

Open https://wikinewsie.toolforge.org/uz

What happens?:

No results appear in the Front Page feed, since Category:2026 (or its Wikidata counterpart) do not exist on Uzbek Wikipedia.

The 'Only in Category:2026' checkbox is checked by default, which is appropriate behavior for many language Wikipedias, but not for certain editions that lack that category entirely.

What should have happened instead?:

Wikinewsie should have detected that a counterpart to Category:2026 doesn't exist on this language Wikipedia, and the 'Only in Category:2026' checkbox should either be by default unchecked, should be grayed out, or should just not appear.

Software version (on Special:Version page; skip for WMF-hosted wikis like Wikipedia):

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Revisions and Commits

R3977 tool-wikinewsie
	R3977:4ce65b007c6a T437765: Add check for Category filter

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Mentioned In: T438597: pl.wikipedia.org is not supported
Mentioned Here: T438597: pl.wikipedia.org is not supported
T437956: Default time windows on Wikinewsie proportionate to edits/day on the language and portal

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Pharos created this task.Sep 12 2026, 4:42 AM

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Pharos updated the task description. (Show Details)Sep 12 2026, 4:47 AM

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Chimaifeanyi29 claimed this task.Sep 12 2026, 10:49 AM

chimaifeanyi29 opened https://gitlab.wikimedia.org/toolforge-repos/wikinewsie/-/merge_requests/15

T437765: Add check for Category filter

I think I actually overestimated how many Wikipedia languages lack 2026 categories. In fact uzwiki does have such a category, but something like aswiki does not. It's still a problem that needs fixing, just not as widespread an issue as seemed apparent at first.

Instead the issue in many cases is just the relatively slow pace of edits in certain languages and category intersections, which I've now sought to address with another feature request: T437956

So @Pharos is my commit or work no longer needed ?

ZhaoFJx changed the task status from Open to In Progress.Fri, Sep 18, 10:03 PM

ZhaoFJx triaged this task as High priority.

ZhaoFJx moved this task from Backlog to Doing on the Tool-wikinewsie board.

ZhaoFJx set the point value for this task to 3.

Pharos mentioned this in T438597: pl.wikipedia.org is not supported.Sat, Sep 19, 1:12 PM