User:SamanthaNguyen/Todo

• Big things to consider possibly doing in the future. (of course these would probably need some discussion beforehand)
• Some are also small and I just need to get around doing

Today is November 21, 2024

• Skin:Vector/Hooks/VectorBeforeFooter: https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-skins-Vector/commit/a7c983a2edccda6a1d5f36580ab117a2e0d79f0e
• Skin:Vector/Hooks/VectorAfterToolbox: https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-skins-Vector/commit/ea52da4dd0e51950b153cef3ee260edeb6d3608d

Modules to create

• Module for Template:Compatibility browser
• Module for Template:Compatibility PHP
• Module for on Template:Compatibility DB
• Module for table on Version lifecycle
• Module for data on Bundled extensions and skins, this would also help auto-populate the data in Template:Bundled
• Module for data on Extension default namespaces, for extensions that have migrated to using extension.json

Modules to update

• Update Module:Extension to do the following:
  • Auto-generate list of authors (possibly have another module that could map author name to wiki page so it'd auto-link)
  • Auto-generate MediaWiki version required
  • (possibly, for maintenance) Auto-add categories to extension pages based on which information is auto-generated:
    • [[Category:Extensions that have their hooks information manually inserted]]
    • [[Category:Extensions that have their hooks information automatically generated]]
    • etc.

Templates to create

• The following warning templates for software support should be created, since this information is important, and also since the same is used across many articles
  • Warning template for dropped support of HHVM
  • Warning template for dropped support of Oracle and MSSQL (see {{Dropped Oracle MSSQL }})
  • Warning template that MediaWiki is currently incompatibile with PHP between 7.4.0 and 7.4.2 (see {{MediaWiki PHP 7.4.0 to 7.4.2 }})

Templates to update

Hook template

Consolidation

Would be great to consolidate Template:ExtensionHook, Template:MediaWikiHook, and a skin hook template (doesn't exist yet, however skins provide their own hooks too).

Could be consolidated with a {{{type}}}, and "extension", "skin", or "core" could be used.

If {{{type}}} equals "extension" or "skin", provide a {{{repo-name}}} parameter to use. Links would automatically work based on the value of {{{type}}}.

Auto-generated categories

These hook templates should have auto-generated categories for maintenance purposes for when certain parameters aren't filled. Such as when the {{{gerrit}}} or {{{rev}}} isn't filled, there should be a Category:MediaWiki hooks that don't have a link to a Gerrit patch (that could also probably be better named). This information is historical info and thus it's important to find which ones need filling their historical info out.

More template parameters for version data

There should be a {{{gerrit-deprecated}}} and {{{gerrit-removed}}} parameter to pair with the already existing {{{deprecated}}} and {{{removed}}} respectively, to link to those patches based on when they were deprecated/removed.