Maniphest T259617

Article description editing API
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Description

This is an epic for managing local descriptions.

Longer description on wiki: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Core_Platform_Team/Initiatives/Short_Description_API

It's related to T257944.

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		Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
		Resolved		None	T192838 Magic word on English WP [tracking]
		Open		None	T257588 Improve the integration of description and label fields with other Wikimedia projects
		Resolved		None	T248457 Fully terminate use of Wikidata item descriptions as short article descriptions for English Wikipedia articles
		Resolved		Dbrant	T256817 [EPIC] Replace Wikidata descriptions on enwiki with local descriptions
		Open		None	T259617 Article description editing API
		Resolved		None	T259622 System Administrator disables Wikidata fallback for article descriptions
		Resolved		None	T259624 Reader gets page description
		Resolved		None	T259625 Contributor sets page description
		Resolved		• eprodromou	T264024 Editing enabled on English Wikipedia
		Resolved		None	T259626 Contributor deletes page description
		Resolved		• Pchelolo	T258485 On enwiki, action API requests with prop=description should only return the local description
		Resolved		None	T262498 Expose page description API in gateway
		Resolved		• eprodromou	T263493 Reader gets appropriate article short description in search results
		Open		None	T275571 Make short description API usable in WMF apps

Event Timeline

• eprodromou created this task.Aug 4 2020, 1:53 PM

Lydia_Pintscher added a project: Wikidata.Aug 4 2020, 3:44 PM

• eprodromou updated the task description. (Show Details)Aug 4 2020, 4:12 PM

In discussion with @daniel, we think this API should go into an extension namespace like /description/.

• eprodromou added a subtask: T258485: On enwiki, action API requests with prop=description should only return the local description.Aug 19 2020, 2:34 PM

Perhaps the implementation of this API should go into an extension as well, like HorriblyHackyWikimediaFeatures extension? So that we do not pollute the core with this until we have proper backend support for page descriptions from the data model level upwards?

@eprodromou - Could you elaborate on what this task is about? The description is rather vague.

• Pchelolo set the point value for this task to 5.Sep 9 2020, 3:43 PM

kaldari mentioned this in T248457: Fully terminate use of Wikidata item descriptions as short article descriptions for English Wikipedia articles.Sep 14 2020, 5:44 AM

• eprodromou added a project: Platform Engineering Roadmap.Sep 21 2020, 7:18 PM

• eprodromou moved this task from Later (future inbox) to Develop (Now) on the Platform Engineering Roadmap board.

• eprodromou mentioned this in T262308: Local Description API.

• eprodromou updated the task description. (Show Details)Sep 21 2020, 7:27 PM

• eprodromou updated the task description. (Show Details)Sep 21 2020, 7:29 PM

• eprodromou added a parent task: T256817: [EPIC] Replace Wikidata descriptions on enwiki with local descriptions.

• eprodromou removed a parent task: T229661: Core REST API in MediaWiki.

• eprodromou renamed this task from Local Description API to Article description editing API.Sep 21 2020, 7:32 PM

• eprodromou mentioned this in T257944: [EPIC] Article description editing API.

• eprodromou edited projects, added Platform Team Workboards (Platform-Product Roadmap); removed Platform Team Workboards (Epics).Sep 21 2020, 7:35 PM

• eprodromou edited projects, added Tech-Product API Roadmap; removed Platform Team Workboards (Platform-Product Roadmap).

• eprodromou moved this task from Untriaged to Now on the Tech-Product API Roadmap board.

Aklapper merged a task: T262308: Local Description API.Sep 22 2020, 6:06 PM

Aklapper added a subscriber: Naike.

• eprodromou mentioned this in T257867: Adding/editing descriptions should modify the local article, not Wikidata - iOS task.Sep 28 2020, 5:11 PM

• JMinor subscribed.Sep 28 2020, 5:56 PM

• WDoranWMF changed the point value for this task from 5 to 1.Sep 30 2020, 8:33 PM

Dbrant subscribed.Oct 5 2020, 3:07 PM

Naike added a project: Product-Feature.Oct 5 2020, 3:50 PM

dcausse subscribed.Oct 9 2020, 8:59 AM

MichaelMaggs subscribed.Oct 15 2020, 4:18 PM

• eprodromou closed subtask T263493: Reader gets appropriate article short description in search results as Resolved.Oct 19 2020, 5:07 PM

• WDoranWMF moved this task from Develop (Now) to Delivered on the Platform Engineering Roadmap board.Oct 28 2020, 9:32 PM

• eprodromou moved this task from Now to Done on the Tech-Product API Roadmap board.Oct 28 2020, 9:32 PM

apaskulin closed subtask T262498: Expose page description API in gateway as Resolved.Jan 8 2021, 12:29 AM

Aklapper removed • eprodromou as the assignee of this task.Apr 1 2021, 5:51 AM

• Pchelolo closed subtask T258485: On enwiki, action API requests with prop=description should only return the local description as Resolved.Jun 17 2021, 10:56 PM

Pppery closed subtask T259626: Contributor deletes page description as Resolved.Oct 29 2023, 4:36 AM

Pppery closed subtask T259625: Contributor sets page description as Resolved.

Pppery closed subtask T259622: System Administrator disables Wikidata fallback for article descriptions as Resolved.

Pppery closed subtask T259624: Reader gets page description as Resolved.Nov 4 2023, 2:34 AM