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Wali (Waale) language doesn't appear in Upload Wizard caption language selector
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Description

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

  • Start uploading a file to Commons using the Upload Wizard
  • Get to the "Describe" step.
  • Go to the "Caption" field in the form.
  • Click "English" in the "dropdown" for selecting the caption language.
  • Type "waale" in the search box.

What happens?:

The "waale" language doesn't appear in the results.

Languages with similar names do appear, but not this one.

צילום מסך מ־2026-10-02 15-41-12.png (757×432 px, 19 KB)

What should have happened instead?:

The language with the native label "waale" is supposed to appear.

It does work when using the ULS for selecting the general site user interface language at the top of the screen:

צילום מסך מ־2026-10-02 15-40-53.png (596×227 px, 12 KB)

Event Timeline

Change #1348910 had a related patch set uploaded (by Simon04; author: Simon04):

[mediawiki/extensions/UploadWizard@master] Offer all defined languages for captions

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1348910

Test wiki created on Patch demo by Simon04 using patch(es) linked to this task:
https://334debd434.catalyst.wmcloud.org/w/

https://334debd434.catalyst.wmcloud.org/w/

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Patchdemo configured using code server, appending the following to LocalSettings:

$wgUploadWizardConfig['wikibase']['enabled'] = true;
$wgUploadWizardConfig['wikibase']['statements'] = false;

Change #1348910 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/UploadWizard@master] Offer all defined languages for captions

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1348910

Test wiki on Patch demo by Simon04 using patch(es) linked to this task was deleted by Catalyst admin via Cron DeleteExpiredWikis:

https://334debd434.catalyst.wmcloud.org/w/