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From the description of the Newcomer Tasks project (see {T227728}) and the initial implementation of the underlying API (see {T234426}), it appears that the project supersedes the GettingStarted project. The GettingStarted project was deployed by the [[ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Growth/Growth_2014 | old Growth Team ]] in 2013 (?) and active development ceased circa August 2014. Because the team disbanded quickly, however, and the project was never undeployed. Newly registered users still receive the [[ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Onboarding_new_Wikipedians#New_experience | GettingStarted UX ]] to this day. It's great that an extension not under active development still impacts people's experiences on the Wikipedias and largely a testament to the contributors who have fixed compatibility issues and/or bugs after the extension's authors moved on. Simultaneously, all deployed code is a maintenance burden and the GettingStarted project is no exception. We should discuss whether the Newcomer Tasks project does indeed supersede GettingStarted and whether the latter can be undeployed.

From the description of the Newcomer Tasks project (see {T227728}) and the initial implementation of the underlying API (see {T234426}), it appears that the project supersedes the GettingStarted project. The GettingStarted project was deployed by the [[ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Growth/Growth_2014 | old Growth Team ]] in 2013 (?) and active development ceased circa August 2014. Because the team disbanded quickly, however, and the project was never undeployed. Newly registered users [[ https://hue.wikimedia.org/hue/editor?editor=11222 | still receive ]] the [[ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Onboarding_new_Wikipedians#New_experience | GettingStarted UX ]] to this day. It's great that an extension not under active development still impacts people's experiences on the Wikipedias and largely a testament to the contributors who have fixed compatibility issues and/or bugs after the extension's authors moved on. Simultaneously, all deployed code is a maintenance burden and the GettingStarted project is no exception. We should discuss whether the Newcomer Tasks project does indeed supersede GettingStarted and whether the latter can be undeployed.

From the description of the Newcomer Tasks project (see {T227728}) and the initial implementation of the underlying API (see {T234426}), it appears that the project supersedes the GettingStarted project. The GettingStarted project was deployed by the [[ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Growth/Growth_2014 | old Growth Team ]] in 2013 (?) and active development ceased circa August 2014. Because the team disbanded quickly, however, and the project was never undeployed. Newly registered users [[ https://hue.wikimedia.org/hue/editor?editor=11222 | still receive ]] the [[ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Onboarding_new_Wikipedians#New_experience | GettingStarted UX ]] to this day. It's great that an extension not under active development still impacts people's experiences on the Wikipedias and largely a testament to the contributors who have fixed compatibility issues and/or bugs after the extension's authors moved on. Simultaneously, all deployed code is a maintenance burden and the GettingStarted project is no exception. We should discuss whether the Newcomer Tasks project does indeed supersede GettingStarted and whether the latter can be undeployed.