Change Details

Checking https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:NewcomerTasks.json reveals an empty `exludedSections` array. This is also happening in other wikis: [[ https://public-paws.wmcloud.org/User:SGimeno%20(WMF)/empty-excluded-sections.ipynb | list of affected wikis ]]. Once the configurations are updated we should re-validate the existing recommendations to clean the ones that belong to excluded sections.

Checking MediaWiki:NewcomerTasks.json reveals an empty `exludedSections` array for many wikis with link-recommendation task enabled [ [[ https://public-paws.wmcloud.org/User:SGimeno%20(WMF)/empty-excluded-sections.ipynb | 1]] ]. **List of affected wikis** - alswiki — no sections to feed - arcwiki - atjwiki — no sections to feed - bat_smgwiki — no sections to feed - be_x_oldwiki — no sections to feed - bhwiki — no sections to feed - bnwiki - bugwiki — no sections to feed - chywiki — no sections to feed - csbwiki — no sections to feed - dewiki - enwiki — no sections to feed - eswiki - fiu_vrowiki — no sections to feed - fjwiki — no sections to feed - frwiki - gcrwiki — no sections to feed - gotwiki - huwiki - ikwiki — no sections to feed - ilowiki — no sections to feed - kbpwiki — no sections to feed - koiwiki — no sections to feed - ltgwiki — no sections to feed - nlwiki - novwiki — no sections to feed - nrmwiki — no sections to feed - nvwiki — no sections to feed - rowiki - sqwiki - tewiki - trwiki - tumwiki — no sections to feed - viwiki - wuuwiki - zhwik **Notes** Some of this wikis are missing excluded sections because `excludedSections` was not available at they were enabled. However for others the problem is we have "no sections to feed" until we re-create the current wiki_sections.jsonl file. Once the configurations are updated we should re-validate the existing recommendations to clean the ones that belong to excluded sections. **Impact** This could be leading to newcomers edits being reverted because in the wrong section and increase the number of invalid recommendations that stay in the index for some amount of time.

Checking https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:NewcomerTasks.json reveals an empty `exludedSections` array. This is also happening in other wikis: for many wikis with link-recommendation task enabled [ [[ https://public-paws.wmcloud.org/User:SGimeno%20(WMF)/empty-excluded-sections.ipynb | list of affected wikis ]1]] ]. Once the configurations are updated we should re-validate the existing recommendations to clean the ones that belong to excluded sections**List of affected wikis** - alswiki — no sections to feed - arcwiki - atjwiki — no sections to feed - bat_smgwiki — no sections to feed - be_x_oldwiki — no sections to feed - bhwiki — no sections to feed - bnwiki - bugwiki — no sections to feed - chywiki — no sections to feed - csbwiki — no sections to feed - dewiki - enwiki — no sections to feed - eswiki - fiu_vrowiki — no sections to feed - fjwiki — no sections to feed - frwiki - gcrwiki — no sections to feed - gotwiki - huwiki - ikwiki — no sections to feed - ilowiki — no sections to feed - kbpwiki — no sections to feed - koiwiki — no sections to feed - ltgwiki — no sections to feed - nlwiki - novwiki — no sections to feed - nrmwiki — no sections to feed - nvwiki — no sections to feed - rowiki - sqwiki - tewiki - trwiki - tumwiki — no sections to feed - viwiki - wuuwiki - zhwik **Notes** Some of this wikis are missing excluded sections because `excludedSections` was not available at they were enabled. However for others the problem is we have "no sections to feed" until we re-create the current wiki_sections.jsonl file. Once the configurations are updated we should re-validate the existing recommendations to clean the ones that belong to excluded sections. **Impact** This could be leading to newcomers edits being reverted because in the wrong section and increase the number of invalid recommendations that stay in the index for some amount of time.