Thanks a lot, I've updated WPCleaner [1] to use the new "disambiguation" property, instead of looking for templates or categories. I've been able to reduce the number of calls to the API when analzying a page for links to disambiguation pages with this property.
Nico [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WPCleaner On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 12:10 AM, Ryan Kaldari <rkald...@wikimedia.org>wrote: > The Disambiguator extension (http://www.mediawiki.org/** > wiki/Extension:Disambiguator<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Disambiguator>) > is now deployed to all WMF wikis. This will enable us to: > 1. Remove disambiguation code from core, including Special:Disambiguations > (bug 35981) > 2. Stop requiring wikis to maintain template lists at > MediaWiki:Disambiguationspage > 3. Add features like warning users when they are linking to disambiguation > pages > (https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/**r/#/c/70564<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/70564> > ) > 4. Remove disambiguation pages from things like Special:Random and > Special:LonelyPages > 4. Enable the development of more powerful 3rd party tools for dealing > with disambiguation pages > > There is, however, one action required of each wiki that wants to make use > of the Disambiguator extension: Every disambiguation page on the wiki needs > to include the __DISAMBIG__ magic word (or an equivalent alias). Typically, > this only requires adding the magic word to a single template that is > included on all the disambiguation pages. For example, on Commons, this was > accomplished with the following change: > https://commons.wikimedia.org/**w/index.php?title=Template%** > 3ADisambig&diff=99758122&**oldid=99728960<https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template%3ADisambig&diff=99758122&oldid=99728960> > On English Wikipedia, it was a bit more complicated: > https://en.wikipedia.org/w/**index.php?title=Template%** > 3ADmbox&diff=560507118&oldid=**540384230<https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template%3ADmbox&diff=560507118&oldid=540384230> > > Once you've made this change, you should start seeing pages appear on > Special:DisambiguationPages within 3 days. If you have any questions or > problems, let me know. > > Ryan Kaldari > Wikimedia Foundation > ______________________________**_________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l> _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
