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Here are the results of the
Community Wishlist Survey
– thanks to everyone who participated this year!
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See also the results for each category:
Admins and patrollers
Anti-harassment
Bots and gadgets
Categories
Citations
Editing
Miscellaneous
Mobile and apps
Multimedia and Commons
Notifications
Reading
Translation
Watchlists
Wikidata
Wikisource
Wiktionary
<<2020
2022>>
Rank
Proposal
Category
Tickets
Status
Templates translation
Translation
203
T243150
T238417
T121470
T251895
Warn when linking to disambiguation pages
Editing
134
T97063
Done
Copy and paste from diffs
Editing
124
T192526
T270775
Done
Live preview
Editing
119
Done
Add sorting options in category pages
Categories
117
T71417
T61108
T42870
Improve graphs and interactive content
Multimedia and Commons
117
T195627
T195628
T100444
T165118
Related:
T226250
mw:Extension:Chart/Project
Multiple watchlists
Watchlists
110
phab:T3492
Partly done
via
Watchlist labels
InternetArchiveBot for Wikidata
Bots and gadgets
103
Better diff handling of paragraph splits
Editing
101
T156439
T7072
Done
Selected for 2022
Community Wishlist Survey 2022/Better diff handling of paragraph splits
10
Add filters to history pages
Miscellaneous
101
T18619
T97020
11
(Un)delete associated talk page
Admins and patrollers
99
T27471
T263211
T263209
Related:
T247207
Done
12
CentralAuth lock should trigger global autoblocks
Admins and patrollers
97
T19929
Done
as
T368949
13
Global semiprotection of user talk pages
Anti-harassment
95
14
Bibliographic bot for Wikidata
Bots and gadgets
94
phab:T285498
Declined
, userscript:
citeTool
reFill
and
en:User:Citation bot
15
Automatically suggest categories when creating a new article
Categories
93
16
Support 360 photo viewing
Multimedia and Commons
91
T138933
17
Allow global user rights to expire automatically
Admins and patrollers
82
T153815
Related:
T245413
T245925
Done
by
Majavah
18
Improve anti spam mechanisms
Admins and patrollers
81
T241921
T125132
T212667
T230304
Related:
T158909
T141490
T100706
T181217
19
Show all active sessions
Miscellaneous
81
T58212
20
Anti-vandalism tools for Wikidata
Wikidata
81
Related:
T183141
T199500
21
Allowing VisualEditor to edit by section
Editing
80
T221908
22
Global events calendar
Miscellaneous
79
Now available as
23
Adopt Lingua Libre Bot service as a WMF tool
Wiktionary
79
24
Use Wikidata to improve search
78
25
Structured Data on Wikisource
Wikisource
78
26
Allow table columns and rows to be freely movable in the Visual Editor
Editing
76
T125145
Related:
T240114
27
Support ISO 8601-2:2019 to specify uncertainty about times
Wikidata
75
T207705
28
Map in UploadWizard
Multimedia and Commons
74
T58612
29
Automatically Notify a User when ANY of their subpages are edited
Notifications
74
T3876
T5234
Related:
T107836
Partly done
for user page subpages
30
Tool for recording voiced pronunciation of words
Wiktionary
74
at least
Partly done
via
Lingua Libre
and a bot that adds it to Wiktionary pages
31
Time and date handling improvements
Wikidata
72
T57755
T63958
T95553
T252627
32
Improve workflow for uploading books to Wikisource
Wikisource
72
T154413
33
Support multilingual category names
Categories
70
T89973
34
Reverse Partial blocks
Admins and patrollers
67
Related:
T27400
35
Enable sticky table headers
Reading
67
T42763
36
Make edits auto-recoverable if the editor's network crashes
Editing
65
T75241
Done
by
Community Tech
-team and now called
Edit Recovery
37
Display categories in mobile view
Mobile and apps
65
T152199
38
Link Wikipedia redirects to Wikidata items
Wikidata
65
Related:
T235420
Done
39
Edit Wikidata in a map!
Wikidata
64
40
Improve display of multiple IPv6 contributions by a single editor
Admins and patrollers
62
41
Kartographer icon improvements
Miscellaneous
59
T145475
T141304
T131618
T141715
Related:
T141335
42
Wikidata contribution interface for mobile
Mobile and apps
59
Related:
T257717
43
Logout confirmation dialog
Notifications
59
Related:
T217914
44
Duplicates and merge candidates
Wikidata
56
45
Tool for separating the references from the body text
Citations
55
46
Overhaul spam-blacklist
Admins and patrollers
54
T16719
T243484
T18326
T224921
Related:
T254649
47
Suggest to Exclude Indirect Linked Articles from "What links here"
54
Related:
T14396
48
Diffs to deleted content
Admins and patrollers
53
T30819
49
Display default/recommended values at Special:Preferences
Miscellaneous
53
T70689
50
Automatic switch from mobile view to desktop view for desktops after following a mobile link
Reading
53
51
Watchlisting an image would show when it is added or removed from a page
Multimedia and Commons
52
52
Alt-Texts and Image Descriptions
Reading
52
T260006
T21906
T166094
T213585
53
abusive Usernames in the blocklog
Admins and patrollers
51
Related:
T23097
54
Re-use citations with changed page number in visual editor
Citations
51
T96536
Related:
T245299
BookReferencing
In progress…
WMDE Technical Wishes/Sub-referencing
55
Gadgets improvements
Bots and gadgets
50
T31272
T238386
56
Making page history visible in mobile app. Not in mobile site
Mobile and apps
50
57
Undo on mobile
Mobile and apps
50
T191706
Done
58
Mark all consecutive edits by same user as patrolled
Admins and patrollers
49
59
Flickr-like uploader
Multimedia and Commons
49
Related:
T47656
60
Mobile editnotices
Mobile and apps
48
T201595
Done
(in 2023)
61
Include "This is a minor edit" box in mobile editing
Editing
47
T123694
62
Link red links to Wikidata, for future reference and more benefits
Wikidata
47
63
Inline Audio-Player for pronunciations and other usages
Multimedia and Commons
46
Done
64
Using svg and wikidata to allow multilingual images
Translation
46
65
Ability for sorting Special:UnreviewedPages by time
Admins and patrollers
45
T45857
66
Watchlist of users
Admins and patrollers
44
Declined
see the wish page and the prior wish
67
Check if a page exists without populating WhatLinksHere
Miscellaneous
44
T14019
T268526
Done
68
Allow editing an entire page at once in the mobile app
Editing
42
69
Content translation
Translation
41
T105190
70
Save citations when translating
Translation
40
Related:
T200786
71
Sortable list of watched pages with date added
Watchlists
40
72
Display definitions from Wikisource dictionaries
Wiktionary
40
T240191
73
Allow editors to write an edit summary from the edit preview
Editing
39
Related:
T140451
T148297
74
Select templates by categories
Editing
39
T55590
In progress…
and now called
Template recall and discovery
75
Spellchecker
Editing
38
76
Convert tools for different citations or citation styles
Citations
37
77
Support more OSM relation types in Extension:Kartographer
Miscellaneous
37
T156433
78
Add Structured data during file upload with Upload Wizard
Multimedia and Commons
37
T245861
79
Artificial Intelligence Spam hunter
Bots and gadgets
36
80
DabFix
Bots and gadgets
36
81
Show mobile site without the .m subdomain
Mobile and apps
36
Related:
T214998
82
Fix search and replace in the Page: namespace editor
Wikisource
36
T183950
83
Partial block of IPs across categories
Anti-harassment
35
84
Audio file player
Multimedia and Commons
35
85
Support for chemical formats
Multimedia and Commons
35
T18491
86
Image Rotation
Multimedia and Commons
34
87
Interactive chess content
Multimedia and Commons
34
T244076
T244075
T246736
T239446
T248272
In progress…
88
Fix the Content Translation bug
Translation
34
T270625
89
Allow editors to identify the specific text that is supported by a citation
Citations
33
Related:
T149667
90
Structuring of individual references
Citations
33
T100645
91
Option to load SVG instead of PNG on pages by default
Multimedia and Commons
33
Related:
T40010
92
Search by image size on Commons
Multimedia and Commons
33
93
Search Commons images by (approx) coordinates
33
Partly done
Commons categories
mw:Help:CirrusSearch#Geo Search
94
Add DeepL translator
Translation
33
95
Inform gadget developers of errors in their gadgets/scripts
Bots and gadgets
32
96
Better tracking of category changes
Categories
31
T89582
T130134
T140602
T147770
T148533
T243965
T264491
Related:
T9148
97
Display categories before pages
Categories
31
98
Include size change in diffs
Miscellaneous
31
T172698
99
Allow editors to control PageImage
Editing
30
T91683
T265713
100
Allow access to some inverse statements through Lua and parser functions
Wikidata
30
T209559
101
Provide user info in recentchange stream on EventStream platform
Admins and patrollers
29
T218063
102
Make subcategory browsing multilingual using Wikidata
Multimedia and Commons
29
103
Visual Translation Override
Translation
29
104
Revive the death anomalies project
Bots and gadgets
28
105
Find similar images
Categories
28
106
Allow creating bibliographic entries with the Citoid tool in VE
Citations
28
107
Unintentional false links in VE
Editing
28
T56947
T55973
108
Input Forms
Miscellaneous
28
Related:
T259505
109
Maintaining a list of the most common search terms which do not correspond to an article name
28
Related:
T8373
T163463
110
Access to Wikidata from external (Media)Wikis
Wikidata
28
T48556
111
Bring back PDF book rendering
Miscellaneous
27
112
Moving page on mobile
Mobile and apps
27
113
Importing data from IMDb
Bots and gadgets
26
114
Tool for easy user buttons
Editing
26
T136152
115
Make signature global
Miscellaneous
26
T188200
116
"Favourite" or "Followed pages" button
Reading
26
117
UNDO (rollback) by UserName
Admins and patrollers
25
118
Case insensitive category search
Categories
25
119
Integrate Template:Sfn into the visual editor
Citations
25
Related:
T245299
120
Hiding References
Reading
25
121
Personal notes on watchlisted items
Watchlists
25
122
Something like Extension:Variables to simplify template calls
Wiktionary
25
Related:
T65324
T113859
T242514
123
Enable the ability to rollback to specific version
Admins and patrollers
24
124
Allow loading gadgets from wikitext
Bots and gadgets
24
T17075
T241524
Related:
T8883
125
Unify Preferences and Global Preferences
Miscellaneous
24
T188424
T174521
Related:
T188200
126
Real-Time notification
Notifications
24
127
Bookmarking
Reading
24
128
Expand automatic edit summaries
Wikidata
24
T108688
T171027
129
Automated move of items from Wikimedia Commons to Wikisource
Wikisource
24
130
Talk page archiving bot updating incoming links
Bots and gadgets
23
131
Display flexible number of images in categories
Categories
23
132
Full reference in popup on hover over inline citations
Citations
23
133
Make deleted edits visible to their author
Miscellaneous
23
134
Watchlists should highlight pages up for deletion
Watchlists
23
135
UserBlind mode
Anti-harassment
22
136
Expand "minor edits" checkbox-feature
Editing
22
137
Welcome page on mobile app should respect dark mode setting
Mobile and apps
22
138
SVG to PNG converter that actually works
Multimedia and Commons
22
T243893
T40010
T193352
139
Show Wiktionary definitions in Page Previews
Reading
22
140
Automatically add subpages in the watchlist
Watchlists
22
141
VE makes partially linked words and adds unnecessary tags to the wikitext
Editing
21
T128060
142
Default languages for Captions and Descriptions on Wiki Commons
Miscellaneous
21
143
Categorize notifications
Notifications
21
144
Bibliographical references/sources for wikidataitems
Wikidata
21
145
Allow text and table colour to be featured on the visual editor to change
Editing
20
146
Customizable sidebar
Miscellaneous
20
147
Improve horizontal scroll of tables
Mobile and apps
20
148
Turn off mobile talk view
Mobile and apps
20
149
Upload to current category
Multimedia and Commons
20
150
Display reference in edit summary when a reference is added
Wikidata
20
151
Human readable wikilinks to Wikidata query service
Wikidata
20
152
Improve Auto-wiki-browser
Bots and gadgets
19
153
Add indentation and alignment features to visual editor
Editing
19
154
Allow past edits to be filtered by size
Editing
19
155
Make insertable markup customizable
Editing
19
156
Showcase promoted content (FP/QI/VI) in categories and search results on Commons
Multimedia and Commons
19
157
Find a more satisfactory display of LaTeX formulas
Reading
19
158
Thanks from watchlist
Watchlists
19
T51541
Done
159
API for deleted title search
Bots and gadgets
18
T192023
160
Put the pages in my language automatically
Miscellaneous
18
161
Stay logged in to XTools
Miscellaneous
18
T224382
162
Have Apps reading lists available on Destop/Mobile
Mobile and apps
18
163
Edit Notifications
Notifications
18
164
Add Preference setting to offer Desktop view as default for mobile
Reading
18
T173527
165
sort statements as you wish
Wikidata
18
166
Automatically detect edit-warring
Admins and patrollers
17
Related:
T254074
167
Implement deferred changes
Admins and patrollers
17
T118696
T150593
T153284
T150594
T248775
168
Hide native language codes from references
Citations
17
169
Add information on sister projects to mobile apps
Mobile and apps
17
170
Crop tool to handle .SVGs
Multimedia and Commons
17
171
Image inheritance, a bequest safe for Wikimedia Commons
Multimedia and Commons
17
T120454
172
Easy and effective way to translate gadgets and userscripts
Translation
17
173
Context-dependent sort key
Categories
16
T183747
174
Edit 'macros'
Editing
16
175
Add a Quick Settings Panel/Page
Miscellaneous
16
176
Add wikitext description pages for Commons tabular data files
Multimedia and Commons
16
T155290
T249896
T242596
T235332
T250919
177
Translation tool for wikitext snippets
Translation
16
178
New on-wiki block appeal process
Admins and patrollers
15
Related:
T269207
179
Convert typographic replacement characters like straight apostrophes and quotation marks
Editing
15
T40724
180
New keyboard shortcuts
Editing
15
181
Use sitelinks to link to Commons in the Wikipedia sidebar
Miscellaneous
15
T232927
182
Default expiry for watchlist entries
Watchlists
15
Done
by
This, that and the other
MusikAnimal
, and
SCardenas (WMF)
183
Request Feedback (Richiedi feedback)
Editing
14
184
Improve pdf outprints
Miscellaneous
14
185
Template:DISPLAYTITLE in mobile
Mobile and apps
14
186
Allow SDC SPARQL queries to more easily inteact with Wikidata queries
Multimedia and Commons
14
T261716
187
Number of Pixels for images on Commons
Multimedia and Commons
14
188
Start Wiki with cursor focus in search field
14
189
Show the ORES score of the linked Wikipedia page
Wikidata
14
190
Allow multiple entries within each category
Categories
13
191
Add global LaTeX macros for math in math tags
Editing
13
Related:
T137788
192
List of nested templates
Editing
13
193
Improving Chinese on mobile
Mobile and apps
13
T195265
194
embedding crop, creating sub images, and possibly other file formats, while retaining reference to the original context
Multimedia and Commons
13
195
Link Tree
Reading
13
196
for logged in users: if you go to a certain page multiple times it shows up automatically
13
197
Show only relevant wikidata property changes on client wiki
Watchlists
13
Related:
T90436
198
XTools Edit Counter for Wikisource
Wikisource
13
T173012
T172408
199
Easier flagging
Admins and patrollers
12
200
Overhaul AbuseFilter
Admins and patrollers
12
T209023
Related:
T20110
T186960
201
ListeriaBot to add alias meta-column
Bots and gadgets
12
202
Clusterization of Categories
Categories
12
203
Configurable order of references in references section
Citations
12
204
New Gadget - Mark Files used in a Wiki or Wikidata
Multimedia and Commons
12
205
See Exif without restoring file
Multimedia and Commons
12
206
Possibility to expand subsections, button to expand all/collapse all
Reading
12
207
linksfrom: filter
12
T253642
208
Large watchlist access
Watchlists
12
T41510
209
Add new functions to the abuse filter
Admins and patrollers
11
210
Flagged Revisions randomly fails to load user permissions
Admins and patrollers
11
T233561
T234743
Related:
T185664
T237191
211
Predictive edit summaries based on changes to article text
Editing
11
Related:
T3307
T14411
T54859
212
Safari Push Notifications
Notifications
11
213
Protection of all pages in a category
Categories
10
214
Dropdown list option for edit summary
Editing
10
215
Markdown syntax to wiki link conversion gadget
Editing
10
216
Photo challenge
Multimedia and Commons
10
217
Automatically import
Bots and gadgets
218
Add monospaced text in Visual Editor
Editing
219
Make a dialog box with an editable preview of the template.
Editing
220
Request to amend the preview of the "NoteTag" template (请求修正“NoteTag”模板的预览)
Editing
221
The Visual Editor for math tags should be usable without the mouse
Editing
222
Geolocated Entries App
Mobile and apps
Partly done
the map in the
Commons mobile app
and
[1]
and
WikiShootMe
223
Increase file size limit
Multimedia and Commons
T191802
Related:
T191805
224
Increased accessibility
Reading
Related:
T91201
225
Simple import and export of Watchlists
Watchlists
226
Creation of new objects resp. connecting to existing objects while avoiding duplicates
Wikidata
227
Globalize CS1
Citations
228
MediaWiki message delivery must consider order of messages
Miscellaneous
229
Search own tracking pages
230
Option to be e-mailed for every change to a page
Watchlists
231
Watch a Wikidata query
Watchlists
232
Mass page protection functionality in the checkuser tool
Admins and patrollers
233
Make CentralAuth extension to log actions everywhere
Miscellaneous
234
Private Notes
Miscellaneous
235
Social interaction
Miscellaneous
236
Link watchlist
Watchlists
237
Watchlist Web notifications
Watchlists
238
Extend Gadget - Drag'n'drop
Wikidata
239
New batch edit API
Wikidata
240
Slow and fast edits
Wikidata
241
Enabling preview data on the 2017 wikitext editor
Editing
T267048
242
Unbreak selection in the wikitext editor
Editing
243
Writing a : in visual editor shouldnt add a blockquote but a : to the source code
Editing
Related:
T111712
244
Illustrations should show the current season
Multimedia and Commons
245
Make File syntax processing match the specification and documentation
Multimedia and Commons
T216566
T216003
T215999
T179605
T266406
T264464
246
Separate property and user right for license, author and date
Multimedia and Commons
247
Add a Back to Top function in Wikivoyage desktop version
Reading
248
Allow to publish problematic drafts via ContentTranslation
Translation
249
Accessible List of Pages on Watchlist
Watchlists
250
Discourage External Spam that Exploits Wikipedia
Admins and patrollers
251
Allow the usage of talk page specific markup inside the visual editor
Editing
T39938
252
Mobile support for SecurePoll
Mobile and apps
253
Table of contents anchoring
Mobile and apps
254
Preference settings to modify crosswiki search results
T266726
Related:
T163463
T171803
T185250
255
Bot to input the proper class for all wiki projects
Bots and gadgets
256
Allow customizing of Citoid/RefToolbar output
Citations
257
Alert after adding or removal a CSD tag
Notifications
258
Improve Derived Statements
Wikidata
259
Create an extension for fixing parent IDs
Admins and patrollers
T223342
T223343
Related:
T38976
T113004
260
Round brackets
Editing
261
Allow sanitized-CSS to use pointer-events
Miscellaneous
262
Expand signature length
Miscellaneous
263
making portals USABLE on mobile
Mobile and apps
264
autoplaying and looping videos
Multimedia and Commons
265
Allow administrators to access the user list that watches over a particular page
Watchlists
266
Wikidata edit content storage method
Wikidata
267
Add a tracker for CSS selectors
Miscellaneous
268
Server filtration by user, tag or substring
Watchlists
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