Detect extension SelectCategory and deprecate Family.categories_last
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	Jan 9 2015, 2:57 AM

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Family.categories_last is used for the WOW family because Wikia uses the SelectCategory, which places categories after interwikis. This is only relevant for Wikia sites which have multiple languages, but that is a significant proportion of them.

In core we only have a family file for one case, the WOW family.

Detecting extension CategorySelect removes the *known* need for this Family attribute. However this should be deprecated so that other uses of this attribute have time to complain and find better solutions.

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	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	cleanup: deprecate Family.categories_last attribute	pywikibot/core	master	+24 -15
	Use Family.langs for categories_last in WOW family	pywikibot/core	master	+3 -5

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Status	Assigned	Task
Open	None	T78390 Load volatile information at run-time from the API (tracking)
Open	None	T89451 Reducing complexity of the Family class
Resolved	Xqt	T86284 Detect extension SelectCategory and deprecate Family.categories_last

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jayvdb created this task.Jan 9 2015, 2:57 AM

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Change 183769 had a related patch set uploaded (by John Vandenberg):
Use Family.langs for categories_last in WOW family

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/183769

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Change 183769 merged by jenkins-bot:
Use Family.langs for categories_last in WOW family

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/183769

Ricordisamoa subscribed.Jan 9 2015, 11:54 AM

jayvdb mentioned this in rPWBC8a83bcfdd94b: Use Family.langs for categories_last in WOW family.Mar 4 2015, 8:46 AM

Magul removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Nov 15 2016, 9:20 PM

Xqt renamed this task from Detect extension CategorySelect and deprecate Family.categories_last to Detect extension SelectCategory and deprecate Family.categories_last.Jun 10 2025, 4:21 PM

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Change #1155279 had a related patch set uploaded (by Xqt; author: Xqt):

[pywikibot/core@master] cleanup: deprecate Family.categories_last attribute

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1155279

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Jun 10 2025, 4:36 PM

Xqt added a parent task: T89451: Reducing complexity of the Family class.Jun 11 2025, 10:00 AM

Xqt closed this task as Resolved.Jun 16 2025, 10:18 PM

Change #1155279 merged by jenkins-bot:

[pywikibot/core@master] cleanup: deprecate Family.categories_last attribute

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1155279

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Jun 16 2025, 10:30 PM