Add Hide translations to Special:PrefixIndex
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	NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh
	Jan 16 2022, 1:41 PM

Description

Feature summary:
Add a checkbox that allows hiding translation pages to Special:PrefixIndex.

Use case(s) and benefits
For example, see mw:Special:PrefixIndex/Extension:AbuseFilter/. The special page listed 117 subpages, in which only 27 should be counted as independent pages. The rest (i.e. 90 translation pages) made it extremely difficult for me to filter out contents that I don't need. There should be an option for users like me to directly hide them using a checkbox similar to Hide redirects and Strip prefix.

Current status

We've added a property in the page_prop the to distinguish translation pages, and filter them out.

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	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	SpecialPrefixIndex: Allow extensible filters	mediawiki/core	master	+90 -12
	Add translation page filter to PrefixIndex	mediawiki/extensions/Translate	master	+46 -2

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Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
Open		None	T304939 Translation pages cluttering various page listings
Open		None	T351374 Improve Translatable Pages based on research input
Resolved	Feature	Reedy	T299308 Add Hide translations to Special:PrefixIndex
Resolved		Reedy	T347429 Store whether a page is a "translation" (sub) page in the database to allow varying SQL queries

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NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh created this task.Jan 16 2022, 1:41 PM

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Aklapper edited projects, added MediaWiki-Special-pages; removed Discovery-Search, MediaWiki-Search.Jan 16 2022, 1:49 PM

Bugreporter added a project: MediaWiki-extensions-Translate.Jan 16 2022, 3:09 PM

Lens0021 subscribed.Jan 16 2022, 3:40 PM

@Bugreporter Hmm, how is this related to the Translate extension codebase?

At least "translation pages" are something from the Translate extension and such a feature does not only belong to core.

Stang subscribed.Feb 10 2022, 1:01 PM

There doesn't seem to be a hook in core to do this. Without a hook this cannot be implemented in Translate.

This could be implemented in MediaWiki core directly (compare with Special:MyLanguage) as well.

Nikerabbit added a parent task: T304939: Translation pages cluttering various page listings.Mar 29 2022, 12:50 PM

hashar subscribed.Feb 24 2023, 3:39 PM

I have the same issue at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Continuous_integration#Documents which has:

{{Special:PrefixIndex/Continuous_integration/|stripprefix=1|hideredirects=1}}

The code is includes/specials/SpecialPrefixIndex.php which is crafting a SQL query to retrieve the page. Based on @Nikerabbit comment, we would need a hook to have extension to contribute to the SQL query conditions and possibly the ability to add a join. I have no idea how they can be identified / filtered out though

Reedy awarded a token.Aug 17 2023, 4:28 PM

Change 961226 had a related patch set uploaded (by Reedy; author: Reedy):

[mediawiki/core@master] SpecialPrefixIndex: Allow extensible filters

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/961226

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Sep 26 2023, 8:00 PM

Change 961235 had a related patch set uploaded (by Reedy; author: Reedy):

[mediawiki/extensions/Translate@master] WIP: Add translation page filter to PrefixIndex

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/961235

I've started this, and then got to a bit of a blocker...

In T216368#5832661, @Nikerabbit wrote:

If it need to be done with SQL, perhaps setting a prop in page_props (or revtag) could make it fast and accurate enough?

I suspect we can probably get the MW core patch in a state that can land, the Translate patch is going to be blocked on something like the above happening...

Unless we do the processing post query, using the functions mentioned in T216368#5832155, but feels slow and will reduce the amount of results...

Reedy added a subtask: T347429: Store whether a page is a "translation" (sub) page in the database to allow varying SQL queries.Sep 26 2023, 8:34 PM

Pppery awarded a token.Sep 28 2023, 3:16 AM

Dringsim awarded a token.Oct 8 2023, 5:00 AM

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Current implementation adds a new filter to Special:PrefixIndex to remove translations

Without filter applied	With hide translation filter applied

abi_ set the point value for this task to 8.Nov 7 2023, 5:20 PM

abi_ moved this task from Quarter Backlog to In Review on the Language-Team (Language-2023-October-December) board.

abi_ added a project: Unplanned-Sprint-Work.

abi_ added a project: Localization Infrastructure FY2023-24.

Nikerabbit moved this task from Backlog to Translatable pages (LH1) on the Localization Infrastructure FY2023-24 board.Nov 8 2023, 10:02 AM

Pginer-WMF added a parent task: T351374: Improve Translatable Pages based on research input.Nov 16 2023, 9:36 AM

abi_ closed subtask T347429: Store whether a page is a "translation" (sub) page in the database to allow varying SQL queries as Resolved.Nov 17 2023, 1:57 PM

abi_ mentioned this in T347429: Store whether a page is a "translation" (sub) page in the database to allow varying SQL queries.

abi_ updated the task description. (Show Details)Nov 20 2023, 8:22 AM

Nikerabbit changed the task status from Open to In Progress.Nov 23 2023, 8:48 AM

abi_ mentioned this in T352846: Delay in creation or editing of translation pages.Dec 7 2023, 10:02 AM

abi_ mentioned this in T353046: RefreshTranslatablePage script created empty translation pages on MediaWiki.org.Dec 11 2023, 12:27 PM

Stalled until we fix T353046: RefreshTranslatablePage script created empty translation pages on MediaWiki.org

Pginer-WMF edited projects, added Language-Team (Language-2024-January-March); removed Language-Team (Language-2023-October-December).Jan 8 2024, 10:35 AM

Pginer-WMF moved this task from Quarter Backlog to Blocked on the Language-Team (Language-2024-January-March) board.

In T299308#9398768, @Nikerabbit wrote:

Stalled until we fix T353046: RefreshTranslatablePage script created empty translation pages on MediaWiki.org

The updated refresh-translatable-page.php script was fixed, and we've run the script across all wikis where the Translate extension is enabled.

Nikerabbit moved this task from Check after deployment to In Review on the Language-Team (Language-2024-January-March) board.Jan 25 2024, 10:59 AM

Change 961226 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/core@master] SpecialPrefixIndex: Allow extensible filters

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/961226

Change 961235 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/Translate@master] Add translation page filter to PrefixIndex

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/961235

ReleaseTaggerBot added a project: MW-1.42-notes (1.42.0-wmf.19; 2024-02-20).Feb 19 2024, 2:00 PM

abi_ moved this task from In Review to Check after deployment on the Language-Team (Language-2024-January-March) board.Feb 19 2024, 2:28 PM

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Feb 19 2024, 2:32 PM

matej_suchanek mentioned this in T11319: Optionally exclude disambiguation pages from Special:Allpages and Special:Prefixindex.Feb 20 2024, 9:16 AM

Deployed on translatewiki.net

Special:PrefixIndex without "Hide translation pages"	Special:PrefixIndex with "Hide translation pages"

I have edited translate-hidetranslations=1 to an existing transclusion https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Continuous_integration&diff=prev&oldid=6378855 and that worked like a charm (there are translations for Quibble still showing up, but that is a different issue).

Thank you so much!

Nikerabbit updated the task description. (Show Details)Feb 21 2024, 2:20 PM

Nikerabbit mentioned this in T336504: Transcluding Special:Prefixindex can force the default skin.Feb 26 2024, 5:53 PM

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