Deploy CommunityRequests extension to beta
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	HMonroy
	Aug 6 2025, 12:22 AM

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Deploy and test Community Requests extension in beta.

Help for deploying to Beta:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Writing_an_extension_for_deployment#Deploy_to_Beta_Cluster

Acceptance Criteria:

deploy new tables; see https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Creating_new_tables (Done automatically)
Follow "Setting up a new wishlist" on https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:CommunityRequests#Setting_up_a_new_wishlist
start testing

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Related Changes in Gerrit:

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Enable CommunityRequests extension in beta	operations/mediawiki-config	master	+2 -0

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Status	Assigned	Task
Resolved	MusikAnimal	T402967 Deploy CommunityRequests extension to prod
Resolved	HMonroy	T401268 Deploy CommunityRequests extension to beta
Invalid	None	T393860 Make any configuration changes needed prior to CommunityRequests deployment

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HMonroy created this task.Aug 6 2025, 12:22 AM

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MusikAnimal moved this task from Backlog to General on the MediaWiki-extensions-CommunityRequests board.Aug 7 2025, 9:42 PM

• JWheeler-WMF set the point value for this task to 2.Aug 7 2025, 9:43 PM

MusikAnimal mentioned this in T397752: Create testing environments for CommuityRequests.Aug 11 2025, 9:03 PM

MusikAnimal added a subtask: T393860: Make any configuration changes needed prior to CommunityRequests deployment.Aug 12 2025, 9:07 PM

• JWheeler-WMF moved this task from Backlog - groomed to Ready (prioritized + estimated) on the Community-Tech (Sea Lion Squad) board.Aug 26 2025, 4:29 PM

KSiebert updated the task description. (Show Details)Aug 26 2025, 7:26 PM

KSiebert updated the task description. (Show Details)Aug 26 2025, 7:29 PM

MusikAnimal added a parent task: T402967: Deploy CommunityRequests extension to prod.Aug 26 2025, 7:30 PM

KSiebert changed the point value for this task from 2 to 3.Aug 26 2025, 7:31 PM

MusikAnimal triaged this task as High priority.Aug 26 2025, 7:41 PM

MusikAnimal updated the task description. (Show Details)Aug 27 2025, 9:35 PM

Stalled until we figure out what to do with the "Projects" feature and its table. We should not deploy a table only to remove it shortly thereafter.

Copying from Slack (private), I believe our options are:

Keep "Projects" and its table, so we can go ahead and deploy now without worry.
Go ahead and remove "Projects" now, with no replacement. This means we will lose the data once deployed to Meta (the idea was to automatically convert Projects to Tags).
Remove the "Projects" feature, but keep the table and re-purpose it for tags. This should work since Projects was meant to serve a similar purpose to tags – that is, to efficiently query for wishes that have said tags/projects.
Push back all deployment dates to give us time to complete the "Tags" feature, whilst also removing "Projects".

Not stalled! Luckily, Beta goes through the normal update.php process, so we don't need to rush to decision-making on the schema. But tentatively we have decided to go with #3

Change #1182686 had a related patch set uploaded (by HMonroy; author: HMonroy):

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Enable CommunityRequests extension in beta

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1182686

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Aug 28 2025, 1:08 AM

Change #1182686 merged by jenkins-bot:

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Enable CommunityRequests extension in beta

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1182686

HMonroy changed the task status from Open to In Progress.Aug 28 2025, 1:48 AM

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HMonroy moved this task from Ready (prioritized + estimated) to In Development on the Community-Tech (Sea Lion Squad) board.

HMonroy updated the task description. (Show Details)

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Aug 28 2025, 2:31 AM