@TheresNoTime Is this task ready to be worked on? I know we talked about this a couple days ago but I don't remember if there was something blocking it.

Would the addition of the user preference be helpful here?

We are currently only passively maintaining template wizard. See https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Tech/Maintenance for more.

In T25310#9450067, @matmarex wrote:

There is actually a WMF team currently working on changes to blocks that will likely fix this bug as well – see T194697 and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2023/Multiblocks for status updates.

@KCVelaga_WMF is there anything left to be done here or can we mark it as Resolved?

In T350361#9307303, @tstarling wrote:

Please fix T282890 -- if any rows have ipb_parent_block_id=0, they should have bl_parent_block_id=null in the new schema.

In T329975#9216593, @DLynch wrote:

What editing environments are you looking at hooking it into? (I.e. is this just being put into WikiEditor, or is thought being given to having VisualEditor / MobileFrontend's editor also notifying?)

• "Editing" should be considered as pressing keys within 1 minute of each other. Why so long? Editors may be referencing sources between typing and pause.
  • We should not count users as "editing" if they are considered "editing" for 10 mins+.

Sure, we can start with that and tweak as necessary.

In T329975#9206813, @Samwilson wrote:

This sounds great. Out of interest, how/where will the "is being edited" flag be stored?

Just to confirm, the goal is to inform editors about other users actively editing the same page via a notification or an info box. What editors do with that information is beyond our control. The message will read something like "This article is currently being edited by multiple users" (TBD). Does that sounds correct?