< Developer Wishlist < 2017
76 proposals 7 categories 952 votes 37 endorsements 76 phab tasks
Rank Proposal Category Votes Endorsements Phab


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1 Phabricator should suggest possible duplicates when creating a new task Tools (Phabricator, Gerrit, etc.) 49 1 T45


Yes
2 Support a responsive grid system Frontend 34 0 T90687


Yes
3 Implement a sane code-review process for MediaWiki JS/CSS pages on Wikimedia sites Code Contribution (Process, Guidelines, etc.) 34 4 T71445


Yes
4 Create an authoritative and well promoted catalog of Wikimedia tools Documentation 33 2 T115650


5 Integrate a modern debug/error display tool into MediaWiki Developer Environment 29 1 T111731


Yes
6 Make OOjs UI easier to use for gadgets Frontend 28 1 T155567


Yes
7 Improve documentation of OOjs UI Documentation 27 1 T155473


Yes
8 Add syntax highlighting to wiki diff of source code pages Backend 25 0 T156048


Yes
9 Remove IE8 hacks/workarounds/etc. from extensions Frontend 24 0 T123218


Yes
10 Add a maintenance script for complete cache reset Backend 24 1 T156695


Yes
11 MediaWiki.org: Generate infoboxes from extension.json in git Documentation 22 0 T155029


12 Implement a way to bring GitHub pull requests into gerrit Code Contribution (Process, Guidelines, etc.) 22 2 T37497


13 Review and update the Examples extension Documentation 18 1 T156568


Yes
14 Improve support for read access restriction / access control Extensions 18 1 T230668 Yes
15 Organize a MediaWiki Documentation Day (similar to the Gerrit Cleanup Day) Documentation 17 0 T126500


16 CodeEditor: Migrate from Ace to CodeMirror Extensions 17 0 T50826


Yes
17 Choose a recommended IDE for MediaWiki and maintain a plugin for it Developer Environment 16 1 T156873


Yes
18 Core should be aware of the domain it is running on and render mobile domains where necessary Frontend 16 2 T156847


Yes
19 MediaWiki support for Composer equivalent for JavaScript packages Frontend 16 0 T107561


Yes
20 Kill wgLegacyEncoding Backend 16 0 T128149


Yes
21 Allow excluding soft redirected categories on Special:UnusedCategories Backend 15 0 T96041


22 Document extensions' MediaWiki version compatibility better Documentation 15 0 T156500


Yes
23 Run a documentation sprint for Labs Documentation 15 3 T101659


24 Integrate a modern php REPL shell with MediaWiki Developer Environment 14 1 T117661


25 Provide an easy to use HTML mail system Frontend 14 0 T156231


Yes
26 Showcase how the separation of concerns should work between MediaWiki API and web Backend 14 0 T156872


Yes
27 Improve LTS support of extensions Extensions 14 1 T108734 Yes
28 Enable and document "WIP" workflow status in Gerrit Code Contribution (Process, Guidelines, etc.) 14 0 T135245


29 Organize a Wikimedia developer contest to recognize and promote best projects Code Contribution (Process, Guidelines, etc.) 14 0 T147545


30 Add a welcome bot to Differential for first time contributors Code Contribution (Process, Guidelines, etc.) 14 1 T135186


31 [Task] Add Lua function to get Wikibase entity by site link (title) Backend 13 0 T74815


32 Add support for a wmf-ci.yaml type file for wikimedia jenkins Developer Environment 12 0 T145669


33 VE support for skins should be done by adding appropriate anchors/ids/styles to the skins, and not by editing VE itself Frontend 12 0 T155554


34 Dismantle ResourceLoader's "targets" system Frontend 12 0 T127268


Yes
35 Phabricator is unfriendly to assistive technology Tools (Phabricator, Gerrit, etc.) 12 0 T109


Yes
36 Complete documentation about different types of caching for extension developers Documentation 12 0 T156693


37 Define the architecture areas for MediaWiki core and platform extensions Documentation 12 0 T1287


Yes
38 Add a welcome bot to Gerrit for first time contributors Code Contribution (Process, Guidelines, etc.) 12 0 T73357


39 Convert Bugzilla's "Bug NNNNN" links to "TNNNNN" links in Phabricator Tools (Phabricator, Gerrit, etc.) 11 1 T687


Yes
40 Introduce and document a minimum rights hierarchy Documentation 11 0 T156789


Yes
41 Create a developer documentation special interest group Documentation 11 1 T156301


42 Provide an alternative (more declarative) way to create classes in OOJS (UI) Frontend 10 0 T156235


Yes
43 Special:MobileLanguages should be in core and called Special:Languages Frontend 10 0 T104660


44 meta=siteinfo&prop=langlinks should identify RTL languages Frontend 10 0 T74153


45 Allow to search tasks about MediaWiki core and core only (create MediaWiki umbrella project?) Tools (Phabricator, Gerrit, etc.) 10 1 T76942


Yes
46 All projects should have an "Open Tasks" view in their sidebar Tools (Phabricator, Gerrit, etc.) 10 1 T127903


47 Remove all PHP entry points from all Wikimedia-deployed extensions and skins Extensions 10 0 T140850


48 Make it easier to manage/deliver files created by extensions Extensions 10 0 T156233


Yes
49 Enable Gerrit reviewers-by-blame plugin Tools (Phabricator, Gerrit, etc.) 9 0 T101131


50 Deploy Sentry (JavaScript error logging) to production, configured to log only a limited subset of users/pages Frontend 8 1 T91649


51 Add global logging context Backend 8 1 T142313


Yes
52 Make it easier to create an OOUI theme Frontend 7 1 T155562


Yes
53 Phabricator silently overwrites changes (no mid-air collision/conflict detection) Tools (Phabricator, Gerrit, etc.) 7 1 T78236


Yes
54 Announce all creations, deletions and renaming of gerrit repos (for e.g. translatewiki.net workflow) Tools (Phabricator, Gerrit, etc.) 7 0 T48982


55 Add examples of the three security review processes Documentation 7 1 T156757


56 Re-evaluate how we implement phabricator's search engine Tools (Phabricator, Gerrit, etc.) 6 0 T146843


57 Small enhancements to current system of dumps Tools (Phabricator, Gerrit, etc.) 6 1 T155697


58 Implement addition of un-redirected pages to Special:NewPages and Special:NewPagesFeed Extensions 6 0 T92621


Yes
59 Set $wgLegacyJavaScriptGlobals = false by default Frontend 5 0 T35837


60 A cached server-side HTML template should update when you change a partial template which it includes Frontend 5 0 T113095


61 ApiQueryImageInfo is crufty, needs rewrite Backend 5 0 T89971


Yes
62 Duplicate tasks are not listed in or near the description of the target task Tools (Phabricator, Gerrit, etc.) 5 0 T883


63 Document common low level site requests (namespace + logo changes, IP throttling expectations) for potential technical contributors and advertise those docs in tasks Documentation 5 1 T126330


64 Make Monolog the default debug processing layer and deprecate wfDebug* and LegacyLogger Backend 4 0 T155552


Yes
65 Structured data side channel for wikitext Backend 4 0 T156876


Yes
66 Consolidate the many tech events calendars in Phabricator's calendar Tools (Phabricator, Gerrit, etc.) 4 1 T1035


67 [jsduck] Various custom tags should be easily shareable between projects Frontend 3 0 T86587


68 Remove QUnit CompletenessTest Frontend 2 0 T155194


69 [MediaWiki-commits] Reverts are not notified by gerrit Tools (Phabricator, Gerrit, etc.) 2 0 T49252


70 Free-form tagging in gerrit Tools (Phabricator, Gerrit, etc.) 2 0 T37534


71 Phabricator email notifications should bundle events as the web interface does Tools (Phabricator, Gerrit, etc.) 2 0 T85305


72 API's list=recentchanges should have rcrelated parameter (provide Special:RelatedChanges/Special:RecentChangesLinked functionality via API) Backend 1 0 T17552


Yes
73 Automatically add "patch-for-review" tag when `arc diff` Tools (Phabricator, Gerrit, etc.) 1 0 T150510


74 Cannot disable "Notify" for token award in phabricator Tools (Phabricator, Gerrit, etc.) 1 0 T91289


Yes
75 Fix or replace Module:Assemble multilingual message Documentation 1 1 T156674


Yes
76 Relocate CI generated docs and coverage reports Documentation 1 0 T137890
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