Rank |
Proposal |
Category |
Support |
Ticket |
Status |
1 |
Migrate dead external links to archives |
Bots and gadgets |
111 |
T120433 |
Done Bot is running on English Wikipedia, volunteer is working on expanding to other languages. |
2 |
Improved diff comparisons |
Editing |
104 |
T128697 |
Done Original issue fixed, see ticket T128697. |
3 |
Central Global Repository for Templates, Lua modules, and Gadgets |
Templates |
87 |
T121470 |
|
4 |
Cross-wiki watchlist |
Watchlists |
84 |
T5525 |
Declined by WMF's Community Tech team, but other WMF or WMDE staff members or teams, or volunteer developers, can work on it. See discussion. |
5 |
Numerical sorting |
Categories |
84 |
T8948 |
Done on English Wikipedia, now starting discussions on other languages and projects |
6 |
Allow categories in Commons in all languages |
Commons |
78 |
T120451 |
In development by Wikidata and Multimedia team, see latest demo on Commons:Structured data |
7 |
Pageview Stats tool |
Miscellaneous |
70 |
T120497 |
Done - check out Pageviews Analysis! |
8 |
Global (cross-wiki) user talk page |
Talk pages |
66 |
T88416 |
Declined, see project page |
9 |
Improve the plagiarism detection bot |
Bots and gadgets |
63 |
T120435 |
Done on English Wikipedia - check out CopyPatrol!
Now working on extending to other languages |
10 |
Add a user watchlist |
Watchlists |
62 |
T2470 |
Declined, see project page |
11 |
3D models on Wikimedia Commons |
Commons |
56 |
T3790 |
Done - at Mw:Extension:3D |
12 |
Watchlist timed expiry |
Watchlists |
55 |
T100508 |
Done Community Tech/Watchlist Expiry |
13 |
Dark archive |
Commons |
52 |
T120454 |
Needs developer discussion |
14 |
Enhanced per-user, per-article protection / blocking |
Moderation and admin tools |
52 |
T2674 |
Done See Community health initiative/Partial blocks |
15 |
Improve date range searches on Special:Contributions |
Moderation and admin tools |
49 |
T120733 |
Done |
16 |
Make it easy to build infoboxes that display information from wikidata |
Wikidata |
49 |
T112987 |
|
17 |
Improve SVG rendering |
Multimedia |
46 |
T120746 |
Done by upgrading the SVG library in July 2016 which fixed five bugs. |
18 |
Section watchlists |
Watchlists |
45 |
T2738 |
|
19 |
Technical user right to edit summaries |
Miscellaneous |
43 |
T15937 |
Declined, see ticket |
20 |
Color-coded WikiText editing |
Editing |
42 |
T101246 |
Mostly Done, see mw:Extension:CodeMirror |
21 |
Reduce edit conflicts by treating different parts of the page as separate |
Editing |
41 |
T120462 |
Closed, see ticket |
22 |
Modify "Thank you" so we can thank anonymous editors |
Notifications |
41 |
T63022 |
Task closed, mw:Trust and Safety Product/Temporary Accounts in progress |
23 |
Visual Editor adapted for Wikisource |
Wikisource |
41 |
T48580 |
In development - by Coren et al |
24 |
Make it easier to cite different pages from a book as one reference |
Editing |
40 |
T100645 |
In development - by Felipe et al |
25 |
Tool to use Google OCRs in Indic language Wikisource |
Wikisource |
39 |
T120788 |
Done working now on Bengali and 4 other langs -- See T140037 for more. |
26 |
Copyvio tools for Commons |
Commons |
38 |
T120453 |
Community Tech investigating - see T145165 |
27 |
Provide a means of searching for deleted pages |
Search |
37 |
T109561 |
User/Admin feedback needed on development thus far - please see Phab:T109561 for instructions to test |
28 |
Save edits before publishing |
Editing |
35 |
T120479 |
Done Community Tech/Auto-save edits, Community Wishlist Survey 2023/Edit-recovery feature |
29 |
Improve MediaWiki's blocking tools |
Moderation and admin tools |
33 |
T120734 |
Task closed. Community health initiative/Blocking tools and improvements, Community Wishlist Survey 2023/Multiblocks |
30 |
Watchlist priority options |
Watchlists |
33 |
T3492 |
Blocked - related work ongoing in Phab:T126641 |
31 |
Automatically replace links to discussion when it is archived |
Talk pages |
30 |
T120766 |
|
32 |
Reminders in notifications |
Notifications |
30 |
T88781 |
Open for development |
33 |
Search edit summaries |
Search |
30 |
T60698 |
Epic task - estimated to be multiple quarters worth of work |
34 |
Support KML files in Commons |
Commons |
27 |
T28059 |
Possibly open for development |
35 |
Better support for djvu files |
Wikisource |
25 |
T120784 |
Help needed - djvu expert to help split the task into subtasks, and add more detail to each. |
36 |
Enabling EPUB conversion on Wikipedia |
Miscellaneous |
24 |
T97672 |
In development - by Ljonka |
37 |
Reading List |
Reading |
24 |
T120756 |
|
38 |
Create a tool to auto-populate categories through Wikidata/other wiki comparison |
Categories |
23 |
T120439 |
In development - by Valhallasw et al |
39 |
Inserting templates (tables) in PDF and Books |
Templates |
23 |
T73808 |
Investigation - WMDE's TCB team |
40 |
Turn RefToolbar into a MediaWiki extension (or add it into the WikiEditor extension) |
Editing |
23 |
T120482 |
|
41 |
Improve Special:Log |
Special pages |
22 |
T120764 |
- T20954 - Done by Cenarium et al
- T16711 - in development by Jackmcbarn and Cenarium et al
- T14984 - owner needed
- T22166 - owner needed (difficult - an intensive database request)
|
42 |
Special:NewPagesFeed in every language |
Moderation and admin tools |
21 |
T50552 |
|
43 |
Generate automatic summary when adding section |
Editing |
19 |
T22307 |
In development - by Matma Rex et al |
44 |
Implement an Internet Archive-like digitalization service |
Wikisource |
19 |
T120785 |
|
45 |
Echo notifications: mark to read |
Notifications |
18 |
T73564 |
Done - by Collaboration team |
46 |
Improve Special:LinkSearch |
Search |
18 |
T120761 |
Split in 2:
|
47 |
Page contributors |
Editing |
18 |
T120478 |
In development - in T129123 by Devirk et al |
48 |
Whole Infobox from Wikidata |
Wikidata |
17 |
T112987 |
Research - see also #16 |
49 |
SUL account merging |
Miscellaneous |
16 |
T120499 |
Declined - see Phab:T49918#1979870 |
50 |
Wikidata support for Wiktionary |
Wikidata |
16 |
T986 |
Epic |
51 |
Enable Apertium on cy, for Content Translation |
Editing |
15 |
T102101 |
Done |
52 |
Normalize Special: pages for batch delete/undelete and batch moves |
Special pages |
15 |
T120765 |
|
53 |
Paragraph blaming tool |
Moderation and admin tools |
15 |
T2639 |
Community Tech/Who Wrote That tool |
54 |
Category suggestions based on filename, description and location |
Categories |
14 |
T120437 |
Open for development |
55 |
Modify Media Viewer to include Wikidata information |
Wikidata |
14 |
T120780 |
Epic, related to Wikidata and structured data |
56 |
Automatic numbering of pictures |
Multimedia |
13 |
T7600 |
Experienced developer needed |
57 |
Automatic search for similar items in Wikidata |
Wikidata |
13 |
T120779 |
(to check - is there already a tool that does this?) |
58 |
Article assessor gadget/extension |
Bots and gadgets |
12 |
T116092 |
Done Phab:T120219 and Mw:Extension:PageAssessments |
59 |
List of contributors |
Moderation and admin tools |
12 |
T120738 |
In development - by Devirk et al, in T129123 |
60 |
Better history pages |
Moderation and admin tools |
11 |
T30131 |
Epic |
61 |
Create a bot to show changes in articles for each WikiProject |
Miscellaneous |
11 |
T117122 |
Could potentially be resolved via improvements to Special:RecentChangesLinked (T117122). A more complex alternative is T97210 (#97 below). |
62 |
Error categorization by #ifexist bug |
Miscellaneous |
11 |
T14019 |
|
63 |
Make quality/reliability of an article more clear to the reader |
Reading |
11 |
T120754 |
(see also #69) |
64 |
Make SecurePoll feature-rich |
Miscellaneous |
10 |
T118073 |
|
65 |
Tools for dealing with citations of withdrawn academic journal articles |
Miscellaneous |
10 |
T120502 |
|
66 |
Use of pictures in wikipedia |
Multimedia |
10 |
T120748 |
Open for development |
67 |
Image searches based on image recognition |
Search |
9 |
T120759 |
|
68 |
OTRS permissions checker |
Moderation and admin tools |
9 |
T88620 |
|
69 |
Add checklist/filter functionality to articles/categories |
Categories |
8 |
T120436 |
(see also #63) |
70 |
Allow copy of pages |
Wikisource |
8 |
T120783 |
|
71 |
Allow Redirects to be linked to Wikidata items |
Wikidata |
8 |
T120778 |
Done |
72 |
Dropdown diffs of last edits |
Watchlists |
8 |
T120775 |
The existing userscript needs performance/security review, and then either gadgetization, or extension/core merge |
73 |
Multilingual search |
Search |
8 |
T3837 |
Editor Feedback Wanted - Related work ongoing in mw:Cross-wiki Search Result Improvements |
74 |
Nested tag support |
Editing |
8 |
T120477 |
|
75 |
Default user interface mode |
Editing |
7 |
T120458 |
|
76 |
Powerful, handy TemplateTiger |
Templates |
7 |
T120767 |
|
77 |
Simple math in tables |
Editing |
7 |
T120480 |
|
78 |
Subpages: suppress links to ancestor pages |
Reading |
7 |
T41395 |
|
79 |
Access talk pages in the mobile interface from main article |
Talk pages |
6 |
T54165 |
|
80 |
Cite : Share : Export |
Miscellaneous |
6 |
T120487 |
|
81 |
Collaborative way to generate SVG/PNG graphs using Lua modules |
Miscellaneous |
6 |
T120489 |
|
82 |
Machine learning to identify sockpuppets |
Moderation and admin tools |
6 |
T107600 |
|
83 |
Machine-learning tool for toxic interactions |
Bots and gadgets |
6 |
T120431 |
|
84 |
Shared variables for AbuseFilter |
Moderation and admin tools |
6 |
T120740 |
|
85 |
UI to display category members by timestamp |
Categories |
6 |
T120448 |
|
86 |
Merge the content translation and the visual editor to one tool |
Editing |
5 |
T121475 |
|
87 |
Mobile-friendly framework for multi-column portal and project pages |
Reading |
5 |
T120755 |
|
88 |
Allow tabular datasets on Commons (or some similar central repository) |
Commons |
4 |
T120452 |
Core support is Done by Interactive team, but needs a better user interface. |
89 |
Installing Wiki Edu's Course Dashboards on Wikiversity |
Wikiversity |
4 |
T111630 |
|
90 |
Opt out of Thanks feature |
Notifications |
4 |
T120753 |
|
91 |
Tools for fly-by-night-editors to analyze silent reverts |
Watchlists |
4 |
T120776 |
|
92 |
Work queues |
Moderation and admin tools |
4 |
T120742 |
|
93 |
Visibility for quality issues |
Wikidata |
3 |
T120781 |
|
94 |
Ability to enable code editor separately from "enhanced editing toolbar" |
Miscellaneous |
2 |
T47850 |
|
95 |
Editor Stats API/GUI |
Miscellaneous |
2 |
T120491 |
|
96 |
Preliminary Interwiki linking and Second language preferences |
Miscellaneous |
2 |
T120498 |
|
97 |
WikiProject Wizard |
Miscellaneous |
2 |
T97210 |
|
98 |
Enhance image uploading process |
Multimedia |
1 |
T120745 |
|
99 |
Support for version branching for pages |
Miscellaneous |
1 |
T113004 |
|
100 |
Contains this text but not in this category or its (n-level) descendants |
Categories |
0 |
T120438 |
|
101 |
Education Program interface changes |
Miscellaneous |
0 |
T120492 |
Declined - uninstalled |
102 |
Major overhaul to Special reports |
Miscellaneous |
0 |
T120495 |
|
103 |
Making categories more friendly: enable HotCat by all, but with pending revisions |
Categories |
0 |
T120444 |
|
104 |
RFC tools |
Moderation and admin tools |
0 |
T31923 |
|
105 |
Suggested multimedia for article |
Multimedia |
0 |
T120747 |
|
106 |
Suggesting AbuseFilter by machine learning |
Moderation and admin tools |
0 |
T120741 |
|
107 |
Tool to upload from Panjab Digital Library |
Wikisource |
0 |
T120787 |
|