Splitting this(Split out from bug 22T24516 comment 14 by @Quiddity:)
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Re: this bug - I believe (part of) the original intent is to:
A)of [that] bug is to rethink/standardize/centralize the items inin [[MediaWiki:Sp-contributions-footer]]. E.g.
[[* [[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Sp-contributions-footer |mw:MediaWiki:Sp-contributions-footer]]
[[mw* [[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Sp-contributions-footer |c:MediaWiki:Sp-contributions-footer]]
[[c* [[https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Sp-contributions-footer |d:MediaWiki:Sp-contributions-footer]]
[[d* [[https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Sp-contributions-footer |m:MediaWiki:Sp-contributions-footer]]
[[m* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Sp-contributions-footer |en:MediaWiki:Sp-contributions-footer]]
[[* [[https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Sp-contributions-footer |ur:MediaWiki:Sp-contributions-footer]]
*etc * etc, **at all ~900 wikis***
(pPlus the "-anon" variantsts at all ~900 wikis, eg [[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Sp-contributions-footer-anon |c:MediaWiki:Sp-contributions-footer-anon]] )
**Because** the individual links at various wikis are frequently:
* broken/outdated
* or missing
* or in a confusing order
* or in a language we can't read.
Someone would need to research the links in the hundreds of Sp-contributions-footer pages, and compile the best ones, whilst noting any instances that are uniquely-local and cannot be merged into a global tool (if any).
---* **Plus**, the entire section is completely missing, if we have our language-preference set to a non-local-default, and that language-variant has not been manually created locally. (try looking at [[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sp%C3%A9cial:Contributions/80.215.156.139 |this usercontribs page]] with your UI language set to anything other than French.)
This enhancement request might ultimately be a ticket against MediaWiki extensions --> WikimediaMessages, but this needs further thought and consideration first. I think a clear problem has been identified (footers that are duplicative and difficult to maintain), I'm just not sure what the best path forward is yet.**Suggested action item:**
* Someone to research the links in the hundreds of Sp-contributions-footer pages, There are other options such as interwiki transclusion (hah).and compile the best/common ones, We need to develop a planwhilst noting any instances that are uniquely-local and cannot be merged into a global tool (if any).
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**Version**: wmf-deployment@MZMcBride writes:
This enhancement request might ultimately be a ticket against MediaWiki extensions --> WikimediaMessages, but this needs further thought and consideration first. I think a clear problem has been identified (footers that are duplicative and difficult to maintain), I'm just not sure what the best path forward is yet. There are other options such as interwiki transclusion (hah). We need to develop a plan.
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