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Phabricator Link	Wiki Link	Status	Priority	Author	Assignee	Projects	Subtasks	Parent Tasks
T115890	T115890: Reduce and clarify ObjectCache entry points	open	Low (yellow)	Krinkle (Timo Tijhof)		Technical-Debt (Deprecation process) (Not yet) MediaWiki-Cache (libs/objectcache) MediaWiki-Configuration (Backlog) Platform Engineering (Icebox) Performance-Team (Radar) (Watching)	T293928: Hard deprecate and remove wfGetCache() and wfGetMainCache()
T132946	T132946: Deprecate videoinfo	open	Low (yellow)	TheDJ (Derk-Jan Hartman)		TimedMediaHandler (To sort) MediaWiki-API (Non-core-API stuff) Technical-Debt (Deprecation process) (Not yet)	T132947: Make it possible for extensions to add additional info to the fileinfo/imageinfo response. T89971: ApiQueryImageInfo is crufty, needs rewrite
T159299	T159299: Deprecate and remove $wgUser	open	Medium (orange)	MaxSem (Max Semenik)	DannyS712	Technical-Debt (Deprecation process) (Not yet) Epic MediaWiki-User-management (Other) Platform Team Workboards (Epics) (Epic Backlog) User-DannyS712 (Projects) MW-1.35-notes (1.35.0-wmf.26; 2020-03-31)	T218555: Provide access to WebRequest and associated information via a service object T243003: Create method to temporarily override contextuser / wgUser T243004: RequestContext setUser should also set wgUser T244452: Add global $wgUser to DeprecatedGlobalVariablesSniff T243708: Mediawiki core needs uses of global $wgUser removed T243371: Non-gerrit extensions that need uses of global $wgUser removed &#91 tracking&#93 T245959: WMF deployed extensions need uses of global $wgUser removed &#91 tracking&#93 T247793: Non-WMF deployed extensions need uses of global $wgUser removed &#91 tracking&#93 T267861: &#91 GOAL&#93 Emit deprecation warnings reading from $wgUser
T179680	T179680: Deprecate VirtualRESTService	stalled	Medium (orange)	daniel (Daniel Kinzler)		MediaWiki-General Technical-Debt (Deprecation process) (Not yet) Platform Engineering Roadmap Decision Making (Code Jam) Platform Engineering Code Jam (Inbox) RESTBase (Backlog)
T207231	T207231: Deprecate wfLogWarning/MWDebug::warning	open	Medium (orange)	Krinkle (Timo Tijhof)		Technical-Debt (Deprecation process) (Not yet) Platform Team Workboards (Clinic Duty Team) (Later) Developer Productivity MediaWiki-Debug-Logger
T212511	T212511: Deprecate comparing first revision to prev, last revision to next in API	open	Medium (orange)	EvanProdromou (Evan)		Technical-Debt (Deprecation process) (2020) MediaWiki-API (Needs Review) Platform Engineering (Tracking/Watching) Patch-For-Review
T218446	T218446: Remove use of legacy page.page_restrictions field	open	Medium (orange)	Krinkle (Timo Tijhof)		Platform Team Workboards (Clinic Duty Team) (Ready (WIP:5)) MW-1.35-notes (1.35.0-wmf.25; 2020-03-24) MediaWiki-General Technical-Debt (Deprecation process) (<= 2015 / MW 1.26) Performance-Team (Radar) (Perf recommendation) Platform Engineering Code Jam (Inbox) Patch-For-Review Schema-change (Delete / Drop / Remove)	T166184: Run updateRestrictions.php on WMF wikis T248333: Schema change: Make page.page_restrictions column NULL	T251411: page_restrictions field incomplete in current and historical dumps T35334: Remove database column page.page_restrictions from MediaWiki core
T246369	T246369: JobRunner - clean up deprecations	open	Low (yellow)	Pchelolo	Pchelolo	MediaWiki-Core-JobQueue Technical-Debt (Deprecation process) (2020)		T246156: Convert JobRunner into a service class
T249199	T249199: Deprecate PageRenderingHash hook	open	Needs Triage (violet)	TheDJ (Derk-Jan Hartman)		Technical-Debt (Deprecation process) (Not yet) MobileFrontend (Tracking) Math (Inbox) MediaWiki-Parser (Backlog) TimedMediaHandler (In progress)
T251915	T251915: Use TitleFormatter instead of direct access in SearchHandler	open	Needs Triage (violet)	Peter.ovchyn (Peter.ovchyn)	Peter.ovchyn (Peter.ovchyn)	Technical-Debt (Deprecation process) (Untriaged) Platform Team Initiatives (MW REST API in PHP)
T267013	T267013: How to replace deprecated User::getTokenFromOption for the watchlisttoken?	open	Needs Triage (violet)	Umherirrender (Umherirrender)		MediaWiki-Watchlist (Backlog) Growth-Team-Filtering Technical-Debt (Deprecation process) (Untriaged) Platform Team Workboards (MW Expedition) (UserStore pile) MediaWiki-User-management (Other) Growth-Team (Inbox)
T268041	T268041: Deprecate and remove ContentHandler::getContentText() and $wgContentHandlerTextFallback	open	Medium (orange)	daniel (Daniel Kinzler)		MediaWiki-ContentHandler Technical-Debt (Deprecation process) (Untriaged) Platform Team Workboards (Clinic Duty Team) (Later)
T271574	T271574: Replace $wgExtensionFunctions with a hook	open	Medium (orange)	daniel (Daniel Kinzler)		Technical-Debt (Deprecation process) (2021) Platform Team Workboards (Clinic Duty Team) (Later) MediaWiki-Core-Hooks (Untriaged)	T180192: Audit wgExtensionFunction, onRegistration and onSetupAfterCache callbacks in Wikimedia-deployed extensions
T274211	T274211: Hard-deprecate soft-deprecated User methods	open	Medium (orange)	Pchelolo		Platform Team Workboards (MW Expedition) (Doing) User-Zabe (Deprecation) MW-1.36-notes (1.36.0-wmf.37; 2021-03-30) Epic Patch-For-Review MW-1.37-notes (1.37.0-wmf.19; 2021-08-16) Technical-Debt (Deprecation process) (Untriaged)	T275030: Avoid using User ::isUsableName, ::isCreatableName, ::getCanonicalName T275148: Prepare User group methods for hard deprecation T275602: Avoid using User ::isIP, ::getOptions T276094: Avoid using User ::addGroup, ::removeGroup, ::getAllGroups, ::clearNotification T277600: Prepare User option methods for hard deprecation T277398: Avoid using User::isIPRange and ::isValidUserName T276572: Avoid using User::clearNotification T276371: Avoid using User ::isBlocked, ::isBlockedFrom, ::blockedFor, ::isBlockedFromCreateAccount T276322: Avoid using User ::getNewtalk, ::getNewMessageLinks, ::getNewMessageRevisionId, ::setNewtalk T276035: Avoid using User ::getDefaultOptions, ::getDefaultOption T277596: Avoid using User::getLatestEditTimestamp T282108: Prepare User creation methods for hard deprecation T282192: Avoid using User::getRights T290869: Hard deprecate User ::blockedBy, ::getBlockId
T275148	T275148: Prepare User group methods for hard deprecation	open	Medium (orange)	Pchelolo		Platform Team Workboards (MW Expedition) (Blocked) Technical-Debt (Deprecation process) (Untriaged) MW-1.37-notes (1.37.0-wmf.17; 2021-08-02) MW-1.36-notes (1.36.0-wmf.37; 2021-03-30)	T255309: Remove UserRightsProxy and replace it's usages with UserGroupManager T281704: extensions/Wikibase - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281821: extensions/UserMerge - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281820: extensions/SecurePoll - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281819: extensions/CheckUser - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281818: extensions/Translate - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281816: extensions/Wikibase - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281822: extensions/WikibaseMediaInfo - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281831: extensions/LdapAuthentication - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281834: extensions/OAuth - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281825: extensions/EventBus - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281824: extensions/AbuseFilter - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281823: operations/mediawiki-config - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281837: extensions/CentralAuth - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281836: extensions/BetaFeatures - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281835: extensions/Flow - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281846: extensions/UserGroups - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281878: extensions/RightFunctions - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281877: extensions/Quantcast - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281875: extensions/PrivateDomains - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281873: extensions/PageForms - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281872: extensions/LockDownEnglishPages - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281871: extensions/Lockdown - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281870: extensions/HAWelcome - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281869: extensions/GroupWhitelist - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281868: extensions/GroupsSidebar - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281867: extensions/GlobalNotice - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281865: extensions/Auth_remoteuser - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281864: skins/Cosmos - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281863: mediawiki/vagrant - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281862: extensions/WikiToLDAP - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281861: extensions/SocialProfile - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281859: extensions/RevisionCommentSupplement - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281858: extensions/LinkFilter - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281857: extensions/ImportUsers - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281856: extensions/Farmer - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281855: extensions/ConfirmAccount - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281851: BlueSpice related extensions - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281850: extensions/BatchUserRights - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281849: extensions/ApprovedRevs - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281848: extensions/AccessControl - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281847: extensions/UserGroups - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281845: extension/AbsenteeLandlord - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281844: extensions/SimpleSAMLphp - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281843: extensions/BlueSpiceFoundation - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281842: extensions/WikiLexicalData - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281841: extensions/LDAPGroups - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281839: extensions/CentralNotice - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281838: extensions/GlobalCssJs - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281882: extensions/SemanticPageSeries - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281880: extensions/SemanticACL - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281891: extensions/Shibboleth - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281890: extensions/InviteSignup - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281889: extensions/DisableAccount - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281888: extensions/WSOAuth - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281887: extensions/WikiForum - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281886: extensions/UserFunctions - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281885: extensions/StaffPowers - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281884: extensions/ShoutWikiAPI - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods T281883: extensions/ShoutWikiAds - Use UserGroupManager instead of User group methods	T234921: Factor group membership management out of User class T274211: Hard-deprecate soft-deprecated User methods
T276371	T276371: Avoid using User ::isBlocked, ::isBlockedFrom, ::blockedFor, ::isBlockedFromCreateAccount	open	Medium (orange)	Vlad.shapik (Vlad.shapik)		Platform Team Workboards (MW Expedition) (Doing) Technical-Debt (Deprecation process) (Untriaged)	T291378: extensions/Wikibase - replace the block-related methods T291838: extensions/SocialProfile - replace the block-related methods T291845: extensions/ArticleFeedbackv5 - replace the block-related methods T291844: extensions/Survey - replace the block-related methods T291927: extensions/Answers - replace the block-related methods T291926: extensions/RegexBlock - replace the block-related methods T291924: extensions/PollNY - replace the block-related methods T291923: extensions/Comments - replace the block-related methods T291922: extensions/WikiLexicalData - replace the block-related methods T292689: extensions/CodeReview - replace the block-related methods T294111: extensions/OAuth - replace the block-related methods T294123: extensions/Babel - replace the block-related methods T294201: extensions/UrlShortener - replace the block-related methods T294226: extensions/QuizGame - replace the block-related methods T294227: extensions/PrivateDomains - replace the block-related methods T294233: extensions/Petition - replace the block-related methods T294232: extensions/Poll - replace the block-related methods T294235: extensions/Patroller - replace the block-related methods T294242: extensions/NewUserActions - replace the block-related methods T294237: extensions/PageForms - replace the block-related methods T294248: extensions/LDAPSyncAll - replace the block-related methods T294247: extensions/Maintenance - replace the block-related methods T294253: extensions/InteractiveBlockMessage - replace the block-related methods T294252: extensions/GraphViz - replace the block-related methods T294250: extensions/LastUserLogin - replace the block-related methods T294269: extensions/Challenge - replace the block-related methods T294268: extensions/HAWelcome - replace the block-related methods T294266: extensions/ImportFreeImages - replace the block-related methods T294282: extensions/Report - replace the block-related methods T294279: extensions/Translate - replace the block-related methods T294278: extensions/BlogPage - replace the block-related methods T294277: extensions/BlueSpiceEchoConnector - replace the block-related methods T294284: extensions/MediaWikiChat - replace the block-related methods T294293: extensions/LinkFilter - replace the block-related methods T294292: extensions/UserStatus - replace the block-related methods T294290: extensions/EditAccount - replace the block-related methods T294285: extensions/MassEditRegex - replace the block-related methods T294376: extensions/Renameuser - replace the block-related methods T294374: extensions/NewUserMessage - replace the block-related methods T294808: extensions/GWToolset- replace the block-related methods T294809: extensions/RefreshSpecial - replace the block-related methods T294813: extensions/SiteSettings - replace the block-related methods T294823: extensions/VisualEditor - replace the block-related methods T295146: extensions/TinyMCE - replace the block-related methods T295145: extensions/ConfirmAccount - replace the block-related methods T295139: extensions/WikiForum - replace the block-related methods T295222: extensions/Form - replace the block-related methods T295256: extensions/RevisionCommentSupplement - replace the block-related methods T295575: skins/Nimbus - replace the block-related methods	T274211: Hard-deprecate soft-deprecated User methods
T277255	T277255: MassMessageHooks::onSkinTemplateNavigation uses hard deprecated title methods	open	Needs Triage (violet)	DannyS712	Urbanecm	Technical-Debt (Deprecation process) (Untriaged) Platform Team Workboards (External Code Reviews) (External Code Review Needed) Patch-For-Review User-DannyS712 (Reports) User-Urbanecm (Waiting on review) MassMessage (Backlog)
T279063	T279063: Deprecate and remove DBAccessBase class	open	Low (yellow)	Lucas_Werkmeister_WMDE (Lucas Werkmeister (WMDE))	Lucas_Werkmeister_WMDE (Lucas Werkmeister (WMDE))	wdwb-tech (External Realm) Wikidata (incoming) Technical-Debt (Deprecation process) (2021) MW-1.37-notes (1.37.0-wmf.6; 2021-05-18) Wikimedia-Rdbms (Rdbms library) Platform Team Workboards (Clinic Duty Team) (Later)	T281118: Stop using DBAccessBase in SqlSiteLinkConflictLookup T281117: Stop using DBAccessBase in WikiPageEntityRevisionLookup T281116: Stop using DBAccessBase in WikiPageEntityMetaDataLookup T281115: Stop using DBAccessBase in SiteLinkTable T281114: Stop using DBAccessBase in PropertyInfoTable T281113: Stop using DBAccessBase in EntityChangeLookup
T285731	T285731: Remove core fallbacks to global $wgUser [1.38]	open	Medium (orange)	DannyS712	DannyS712	Technical-Debt (Deprecation process) (Not yet) User-DannyS712 (Later) MediaWiki-General MW-1.38-release (To deprecate or remove)	T285732: Remove $wgUser fallback in WikiPage::prepareContentForEdit() T286139: Remove WikiPage::doEditContent in 1.38	T243708: Mediawiki core needs uses of global $wgUser removed
T285732	T285732: Remove $wgUser fallback in WikiPage::prepareContentForEdit()	stalled	Medium (orange)	DannyS712	DannyS712	MediaWiki-General Technical-Debt (Deprecation process) (Not yet) User-DannyS712 (Later)		T285731: Remove core fallbacks to global $wgUser [1.38]
T286139	T286139: Remove WikiPage::doEditContent in 1.38	stalled	Medium (orange)	DannyS712	DannyS712	MediaWiki-General Technical-Debt (Deprecation process) (Not yet) User-DannyS712 (Later)		T285731: Remove core fallbacks to global $wgUser [1.38]
T286638	T286638: Deprecate using unix timestamp as expiry date in BagOStuff	open	Needs Triage (violet)	Ladsgroup (Amir Sarabadani)		MediaWiki-Cache (libs/objectcache) Platform Team Workboards (MW Expedition) (Unsorted pile) Technical-Debt (Deprecation process) (Not yet) Performance-Team (Radar) (Watching)
T293928	T293928: Hard deprecate and remove wfGetCache() and wfGetMainCache()	open	Needs Triage (violet)	Zabe		Technical-Debt (Deprecation process) (Untriaged) MediaWiki-Cache (Untriaged) Performance-Team (Backlog: Maintenance) MW-1.38-notes (1.38.0-wmf.17; 2022-01-10) Patch-For-Review		T115890: Reduce and clarify ObjectCache entry points
T296083	T296083: Avoid using User::getOption	open	Medium (orange)	roman-stolar (Roman Stolar)		Technical-Debt (Deprecation process) (Untriaged) Platform Team Workboards (MW Expedition) (Doing) Documentation (Backlog) MediaWiki-extensions-General (Backlog) Patch-For-Review MW-1.38-notes (1.38.0-wmf.13; 2021-12-13) MediaWiki-General
T42787	T42787: Remove legacy ajax interface	open	Medium (orange)	DanielFriesen (dantman)		Platform Engineering Roadmap Decision Making (Code Jam) CreateAPage (Backlog) Technical-Debt (Deprecation process) (2016) Patch-For-Review MediaWiki-General TechCom (Watching) Platform Engineering Code Jam (Ideas Q1 21/22)	T55120: Remove deprecated sajax js library from MediaWiki core T42786: Remove AjaxDispatcher from MediaWiki core