In {T326908} it was identified that upcoming work on IP masking might affect Wikidata related extensions, in particular:
- EntitySchema
- Wikibase
- WikibaseLexeme
- WikibaseQualityConstraints
In this Investigation, we would like the following questions to be addressed:
Project related
- Is there a known timeline for the implementation / deployment of IP masking to live systems?
- How certain are we that the list of extensions above is complete?
Product Related
- How do these features affect change summaries and change dispatching to client wikis?
- How do they affect changes made from client wikis when adding sitelinks?
- What implications does IP masking have on editing workflows that involve wikidata bridge?
Technical
- What kind of changes are there to used MediaWiki stable interfaces?
- Which code points in the extensions listed above would be affected?