Similar to what we did for [[ https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T124390#2180170 | lazily loaded images ]] we should run some webpagetest jobs on a static page with references stripped. This will give us an idea of the impact of change and will allow us to determine whether there is value in pursuing T125897.
[] Static file for Barack Obama page uploaded to https://en.wikipedia.org/speed-tests for a page with references stripped and images lazily loaded
[] Static file for Barack Obama page uploaded to https://en.wikipedia.org/speed-tests for a page with references in page HTML and images lazily loaded
[] Run webpagetest jobs to compare the two scenarios
To generate these pages you'll need to stage a config change change on one of the X-Wikimedia-Debug machines that enables.
```
'wgMFLazyLoadReferences' => [
'default' => [
'base' => false,
'beta' => false,
],
'enwiki' => [
'base' => true,
'beta' => true,
],
],
```
See https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/X-Wikimedia-Debug#Staging_changes
The resulting pages should be uploaded to:
https://github.com/wikimedia/operations-mediawiki-config/tree/master/docroot/wikipedia.org/speed-tests