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MobileFrontend since its inception has been applying formatting to the main page of MediaWiki sites. This code while adding confusion for editors and technical maintenance by WMF adds a performance penalty as it requires additional PHP processing as well as provides different experiences to mobile users - usually in the form of hiding content. For example on English Wikipedia only "Today's featured content" and "In the news" sections are served to mobile users. This code was deprecated in 2017 and is planned for removal in April 2020. With the adoption of Extension:TemplateStyles this code is now obsolete and many projects have made the appropriate updates that make content adapt to mobile screens. Instructions on how to migrate can be found on [[ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mobile_Gateway/Mobile_homepage_formatting#MFSpecialCaseMainPage | mediawiki.org ]]. Actions required from editors: 1) For projects you are users of please apply the query string `?mfnolegacytransform=1&debug=1` to your main page on mobile and compare it with the main page without the query. For example users of english Wikipedia would compare https://en.m.wikipedia.org/?mfnolegacytransform=1&debug=1 with https://en.m.wikipedia.org/ - please document what you see and report it on your local community discussion page e.g. Wikipedia:Village_pump 2) Check if your wiki can be fixed by [[ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mobile_Gateway/Mobile_homepage_formatting#I_don't_have_time!_(Quick_fix) | the recommended quick fix ]]. 3) If your project needs more time to migrate please comment here or on the talk page [[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Mobile_Gateway/Mobile_homepage_formatting|mw:Talk:Mobile Gateway/Mobile homepage formatting]] 4) Please raise any technical questions on [[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Mobile_Gateway/Mobile_homepage_formatting|mw:Talk:Mobile Gateway/Mobile homepage formatting]]. I will be happy to help you make this migration. Related reading: * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mobile_Gateway/Mobile_homepage_formatting#MFSpecialCaseMainPage * T32405 == Projects impacted Done! 176 sites still require a fix. Thank you to the 7 sites that have already responded. The sites that still need to act are listed below: wikipedia (96) ```lines=12 alswikipedia amwikipedia arcwikipedia arwikipedia astwikipedia aswikipedia avwikipedia barwikipedia bawikipedia bclwikipedia bjnwikipedia bnwikipedia bxrwikipedia cawikipedia cdowikipedia cewikipedia cswikipedia cywikipedia dewikipedia enwikipedia eowikipedia etwikipedia fiwikipedia fowikipedia fywikipedia gagwikipedia ganwikipedia gawikipedia glwikipedia guwikipedia gvwikipedia hifwikipedia hrwikipedia hsbwikipedia hywikipedia iowikipedia itwikipedia jawikipedia kbdwikipedia kmwikipedia knwikipedia kuwikipedia kywikipedia lbwikipedia lezwikipedia lowikipedia lvwikipedia minwikipedia mkwikipedia mlwikipedia mrwikipedia mswikipedia mywikipedia nahwikipedia newikipedia nlwikipedia nnwikipedia nowikipedia ocwikipedia orwikipedia oswikipedia pnbwikipedia ptwikipedia rmwikipedia ruewikipedia rwwikipedia sahwikipedia sawikipedia scnwikipedia scowikipedia scwikipedia shwikipedia simplewikipedia siwikipedia skwikipedia slwikipedia sowikipedia sqwikipedia stwikipedia swwikipedia tawikipedia tewikipedia thwikipedia tlwikipedia tnwikipedia trwikipedia ttwikipedia tyvwikipedia ukwikipedia uzwikipedia viwikipedia xalwikipedia yowikipedia zawikipedia zeawikipedia zuwikipedia ``` wikiquote (17) ```lines=12 dawikiquote dewikiquote enwikiquote eswikiquote etwikiquote frwikiquote glwikiquote guwikiquote itwikiquote kawikiquote ptwikiquote suwikiquote tawikiquote tewikiquote trwikiquote viwikiquote zhwikiquote ``` wikivoyage (4) ```lines=12 elwikivoyage itwikivoyage ptwikivoyage zhwikivoyage ``` wikinews (10) ```lines=12 cawikinews dewikinews enwikinews frwikinews itwikinews jawikinews ruwikinews srwikinews ukwikinews zhwikinews ``` wiktionary (20) ```lines=12 astwiktionary cswiktionary dewiktionary elwiktionary enwiktionary fiwiktionary hiwiktionary iswiktionary ltwiktionary nlwiktionary orwiktionary plwiktionary ptwiktionary ruwiktionary simplewiktionary svwiktionary tawiktionary ugwiktionary uzwiktionary zhwiktionary ``` wikibooks (9) ```lines=12 arwikibooks cawikibooks enwikibooks fawikibooks frwikibooks kowikibooks ptwikibooks trwikibooks zhwikibooks ``` wikisource (18) ```lines=12 arwikisource bewikisource bnwikisource brwikisource dawikisource dewikisource enwikisource etwikisource hrwikisource itwikisource jawikisource kowikisource mlwikisource plwikisource tewikisource ukwikisource vecwikisource zhwikisource ```

MobileFrontend since its inception has been applying formatting to the main page of MediaWiki sites. This code while adding confusion for editors and technical maintenance by WMF adds a performance penalty as it requires additional PHP processing as well as provides different experiences to mobile users - usually in the form of hiding content. For example on English Wikipedia only "Today's featured content" and "In the news" sections are served to mobile users. This code was deprecated in 2017 and is planned for removal in ~~April 2020~~ (date tbc pushed forward due to covid19). With the adoption of Extension:TemplateStyles this code is now obsolete and many projects have made the appropriate updates that make content adapt to mobile screens. Instructions on how to migrate can be found on [[ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mobile_Gateway/Mobile_homepage_formatting#MFSpecialCaseMainPage | mediawiki.org ]]. Actions required from editors: 1) For projects you are users of please apply the query string `?mfnolegacytransform=1&debug=1` to your main page on mobile and compare it with the main page without the query. For example users of english Wikipedia would compare https://en.m.wikipedia.org/?mfnolegacytransform=1&debug=1 with https://en.m.wikipedia.org/ - please document what you see and report it on your local community discussion page e.g. Wikipedia:Village_pump 2) Check if your wiki can be fixed by [[ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mobile_Gateway/Mobile_homepage_formatting#I_don't_have_time!_(Quick_fix) | the recommended quick fix ]]. 3) If your project needs more time to migrate please comment here or on the talk page [[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Mobile_Gateway/Mobile_homepage_formatting|mw:Talk:Mobile Gateway/Mobile homepage formatting]] 4) Please raise any technical questions on [[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Mobile_Gateway/Mobile_homepage_formatting|mw:Talk:Mobile Gateway/Mobile homepage formatting]]. I will be happy to help you make this migration. Related reading: * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mobile_Gateway/Mobile_homepage_formatting#MFSpecialCaseMainPage * T32405 == Projects impacted Done! 176 sites still require a fix. Thank you to the 7 sites that have already responded. The sites that still need to act are listed below: wikipedia (96) ```lines=12 alswikipedia amwikipedia arcwikipedia arwikipedia astwikipedia aswikipedia avwikipedia barwikipedia bawikipedia bclwikipedia bjnwikipedia bnwikipedia bxrwikipedia cawikipedia cdowikipedia cewikipedia cswikipedia cywikipedia dewikipedia enwikipedia eowikipedia etwikipedia fiwikipedia fowikipedia fywikipedia gagwikipedia ganwikipedia gawikipedia glwikipedia guwikipedia gvwikipedia hifwikipedia hrwikipedia hsbwikipedia hywikipedia iowikipedia itwikipedia jawikipedia kbdwikipedia kmwikipedia knwikipedia kuwikipedia kywikipedia lbwikipedia lezwikipedia lowikipedia lvwikipedia minwikipedia mkwikipedia mlwikipedia mrwikipedia mswikipedia mywikipedia nahwikipedia newikipedia nlwikipedia nnwikipedia nowikipedia ocwikipedia orwikipedia oswikipedia pnbwikipedia ptwikipedia rmwikipedia ruewikipedia rwwikipedia sahwikipedia sawikipedia scnwikipedia scowikipedia scwikipedia shwikipedia simplewikipedia siwikipedia skwikipedia slwikipedia sowikipedia sqwikipedia stwikipedia swwikipedia tawikipedia tewikipedia thwikipedia tlwikipedia tnwikipedia trwikipedia ttwikipedia tyvwikipedia ukwikipedia uzwikipedia viwikipedia xalwikipedia yowikipedia zawikipedia zeawikipedia zuwikipedia ``` wikiquote (17) ```lines=12 dawikiquote dewikiquote enwikiquote eswikiquote etwikiquote frwikiquote glwikiquote guwikiquote itwikiquote kawikiquote ptwikiquote suwikiquote tawikiquote tewikiquote trwikiquote viwikiquote zhwikiquote ``` wikivoyage (4) ```lines=12 elwikivoyage itwikivoyage ptwikivoyage zhwikivoyage ``` wikinews (10) ```lines=12 cawikinews dewikinews enwikinews frwikinews itwikinews jawikinews ruwikinews srwikinews ukwikinews zhwikinews ``` wiktionary (20) ```lines=12 astwiktionary cswiktionary dewiktionary elwiktionary enwiktionary fiwiktionary hiwiktionary iswiktionary ltwiktionary nlwiktionary orwiktionary plwiktionary ptwiktionary ruwiktionary simplewiktionary svwiktionary tawiktionary ugwiktionary uzwiktionary zhwiktionary ``` wikibooks (9) ```lines=12 arwikibooks cawikibooks enwikibooks fawikibooks frwikibooks kowikibooks ptwikibooks trwikibooks zhwikibooks ``` wikisource (18) ```lines=12 arwikisource bewikisource bnwikisource brwikisource dawikisource dewikisource enwikisource etwikisource hrwikisource itwikisource jawikisource kowikisource mlwikisource plwikisource tewikisource ukwikisource vecwikisource zhwikisource ```