Community Wishlist Survey 2019/Results

Here are the results of the Community Wishlist Survey – thanks to everyone who participated this year!

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Rank	Proposal		Category		Tickets	Status
1	Page Curation and New Pages Feed improvements	(project page)	Admins and patrollers	157	T169441, T157046, T92621, T157048, T207847, T207757, T189929, T169120, T167475, T207238, T207761, T207485, T207442, T207452, T207443, T207237, T207439, T208685, T50552	Done
2	Night mode	(project page)	Reading	130	T199634, T91201, T206094, T180890, T66731	Declined due to scope & conflict with Desktop Improvements
3	Add an option to require email address and username to reset password	(project page)	Anti-harassment	118	T145952	Done
4	Improve export of electronic books	(project page)	Wikisource	113	T178803	Done
5	VisualEditor: Allow references to be named	(project page)	Citations	108	T52568, T92432	Eligible for evaluation as a high-priority wish in the 2021 survey, if the alternative proposal is accepted.
6	Put mw.toolbar back	(project page)	Editing	104	T30856	Declined due to issue being largely resolved & conflict with team policy
7	Watchlist item expiration	(project page)	Watchlists	104	T124752, T100508, T8964 Related: T209773	Done
8	Article reminders	(project page)	Notifications	101	T2582, T88781	Declined due to scope and dependence on other teams
9	Include section name in the diff	(project page)	Editing	97	T231698	Partially resolved in T268950 by the Editing team.
10	2FA available for all concerned editors	(project page)	Bots and gadgets	96	T166622 Related: T100373, T195207, T180896	Declined due to scope and dependence on other teams
11	Show categories in the Wikipedia app		Mobile and apps	95	T73966, T153980
12	Keep the lightweight text editor		Editing	87
13	Support 360 photo viewing		Multimedia and Commons	83	T138933
14	Create an integrated anti-spam/vandalism tool		Admins and patrollers	79
15	Automatically add inverse properties		Wikidata	79	Related: T209559, T167521
16	Global signature		Miscellaneous	77	T188200 Related: T178879
17	Mini-editor for citations		Citations	75
18	Create URL Shortener extension for Wikimedia wikis		Reading	74	T108557, T44085, T56459, T112715	Done
19	Add an undo/revert button to diff view		Mobile and apps	69	T191706
20	Functional and beautiful math for everyone		Reading	69	T195861 Related: T175673
21	Allow partial reverts for edits		Admins and patrollers	68	Related: T108664
22	Separate templates in "What links here"		Miscellaneous	66	T5241, T14396, T3392
23	Sort search results by date		Search	66	T18237, T195071, T40403, phab:T197525	Done by WMF Search team (search index) and WMDE (AdvancedSearch UI)
24	Geolocator for wikidata coordinates property		Wikidata	66
25	Automatic web archive		Citations	64	Related: T199193, T115224, T236252
26	Show nearby or related articles in maps		Maps	59	Related: T180909, T35704, T149280
27	Show categories on Commons mobile website		Mobile and apps	59	T24660
28	Improve graphs and interactive content		Reading	59	T195627, T195628, T100444
29	Revive Crosswatch tool		Watchlists	59	T144083 Related: T5525, script
30	Monitoring of new external links		Admins and patrollers	58
31	Minimize references		Citations	58	T166098, T142523, T30684
32	Offer PDF export of original pagination of entire books		Wikisource	58	T179790
33	Automatic category suggestion for Commons images		Categories	57	T192444, T155538, T155848
34	Maps Improvements: Vector Structure, Disputed Borders, Cleaner Style		Maps	57	T153282, T113008 Related: T155601, T145475, T147184, T141715, T141335, T140212, T140209, T140092, T140087, T140083, T180909, T208350, T158919, T151524, T156433, T178370, T161065, T155927, T155919, T154585, T146343, T192613, T136455, T131618, T197735, T200968, T155290, T153966, T153598, T187741, T155925, T193198, T156682
35	Notify users when their revision has been approved or rejected		Notifications	56	T54510
36	Show navboxes on mobile website and app		Mobile and apps	55	T124168
37	Display results of a SPARQL query on a map in Wikipedia		Maps	54	T188291
38	Update Echo Notifications in real time without page reloads		Notifications	53	T34284	In development
39	Create integrated interwiki mechanism for Wikisource		Wikisource	53	T128173, T180304 Related: T180303
40	Machine readable diffs		Bots and gadgets	51	T56328 Related: T104072, T117279, T38902
41	Structure of Categories		Categories	50	T13281 Related: T177357
42	Sort claims of a property by date		Wikidata	49	T173432
43	XTools Edit Counter for Wikisource		Wikisource	49	T173012
44	Easy talk page posts by email		Editing	48
45	Partial and multi-item protection for Wikidata items		Wikidata	48	T189412, T209243
46	Overhaul spam-blacklist		Admins and patrollers	47	T6459 Related: T14896
47	Maps should have option to show users current location		Maps	46	T208713
48	Add a citation option to mobile editing		Mobile and apps	46		Possible in Visual edit mode on mobile
49	Easy, low-maintenance possibility to include color coded maps		Multimedia and Commons	46		Partially implemented via a template based on mw:Extension:Graph (see here and earlier example from dewiki here)
50	Warn of other revisions saved during edit-preview		Editing	45
51	Traffic spike notification		Watchlists	45
52	Allow De-Privileged logons to webui		Admins and patrollers	44	T153454 Related: T199118, T169741
53	Display all images of a category and of all sub-categories		Categories	44
54	Wikipedia mirrored in Tor .onion		Anti-harassment	42	T168218 Related: T129747, T209248
55	Support category redirects		Categories	42	Related: T5311, T96041
56	Easy way to reference pictures		Editing	42	T7600
57	Improve the PDF/book reader		Multimedia and Commons	42	T154100 Related: T187872
58	User Script to Guide Students		Bots and gadgets	41	T187674
59	Dealing with unsourced additions - "citation needed" button		Citations	40	T209797 Related: T190518
60	Avoid VisualEditor edits changing only the link text or only the link target		Editing	40	Related: T55973, T56947
61	Shared Multilingual Templates and Modules available to all wikis		Miscellaneous	40	T121470 Related: T187749
62	Accessibility settings for everyone		Reading	40	T91201 Related: T72879
63	Button to show subcategories		Categories	39		Done Volunteer DannyS712 created Subcategories, a user script which allows for this
64	GeoLocation selection		Maps	39	Related: T172122
65	Improve Wikipedia Watchlist Handling of Wikidata		Watchlists	39
66	Filter user contributions as patrolled or unpatrolled		Admins and patrollers	38
67	Mark multiple revisions in a diff as patrolled		Admins and patrollers	38	T10697
68	Tool for easy science editing using linked dictionary		Editing	38
69	Add gender options to user preferences - how do you prefer to be described		Anti-harassment	37	T61643 Related: T129747
70	Replace GeoHack with Kartographer		Maps	37	T187884, T137253 Related: T152971, T146534
71	(Un)-Pause Buttons for animated GIFs		Multimedia and Commons	37
72	Indicate when Wikidata sitelink is to a redirect		Wikidata	37
73	Interface to display two (or more) different text from same (or different) wikisource side by side		Wikisource	37
74	Make it possible to not expose email-addresses		Anti-harassment	36	T129747
75	Improvements of Categories in Chinese Wikipedia		Categories	36	T46667
76	Insert attestation exploiting Wikisource as a corpus		Wiktionary	36	T139152, T157802
77	Collapse multiple consecutive revisions by same author		Admins and patrollers	35
78	Support for chemical formats		Multimedia and Commons	35	T18491
79	Expand automatic edit summaries		Wikidata	35	T108688, T171027
80	Provide an easier way to create a wikitable from a Commons dataset		Miscellaneous	34	Related: T200968, T155290, T153966, T153598
81	Replace the media player		Multimedia and Commons	34	T100106
82	Translation editor as an extension		Wiktionary	34
83	Prevent DDoS-style attacks		Admins and patrollers	33
84	Globalize some of Twinkle's functionality		Bots and gadgets	33	Related: T110148
85	Enhanced conversion of bare references using VE		Citations	33	T132288
86	Improve diff viewer - how it handles line breaks		Editing	33	T7072, T208933
87	Display interproject links on mobile		Mobile and apps	33
88	The notification view should show the label for an item instead of showing the item ID		Wikidata	33	T116762
89	Create possibility to sort images in categories		Categories	32	T71417, T42870
90	Allow preview edit on protected page		Editing	32
91	Support reverting/undoing accidentally sent thanks		Mobile and apps	32	T63737
92	Date handling improvements – additional precision and correction of translations in interface		Wikidata	32	T57755, T63909, T63958, T95553
93	Allow non-CC0 licensed data for datasets		Multimedia and Commons	31	T154071, T155290 Related: T200968	Done by volunteer Eranroz
94	Tool to cut videos in Commons		Multimedia and Commons	31	T217503	Done GSoC'19 project T220228 by Gopa Vasanth Tool is live at: https://tools.wmflabs.org/video-cut-tool/
95	City targeting for Geonotice		Programs and events	31	T152297
96	Make the math tag support non-Latin languages		Editing	30	T50032 Related: T195861
97	Improve OSM external data usability in Kartographer		Maps	30	T209067, T156433, T155919
98	Image inheritance, a bequest safe for Wikimedia Commons		Multimedia and Commons	30	T120454
99	Musical notation – files on Commons (rendering and playback), graphical editing		Multimedia and Commons	30	T208494, T201637, T209695, T183642, T49528 Related: T198233
100	AfD/prod flags in Wikipedia watchlist		Watchlists	30
101	Smarter undo function		Admins and patrollers	29
102	Avoid links to disambiguation pages		Editing	29	T97063, T198936
103	Geographic coordinates check		Maps	29
104	Improvements to the reliability of Wikidata		Wikidata	29	T209242, T209237, T209241, T148928 Related: T139583, T193728
105	Display more information about users on the user page		Miscellaneous	28	T65988
106	Diacritics editing tool		Wikisource	28
107	Cross-Platform AutoWikiBrowser		Editing	27	T157271
108	Stop ifexist checks from appearing in Special:WhatLinksHere		Miscellaneous	27	T14019 Related: T33628
109	Wanted (by articles) pages		Miscellaneous	27	T208935
110	Better import of descriptions of images with croptool		Wikisource	27
111	Partial "Pending Changes" Reviewing		Admins and patrollers	26	Related: T113004
112	Create HotCat-like functionality for stub templates		Bots and gadgets	26		Done Volunteer SD0001 created StubSorter, a user script which allows for this
113	More fine-grained diffs for Wikidata		Wikidata	26
114	Make Wikipedia more accessible to the visually impaired		Editing	25	Related: T194014, T120938
115	Syntax highlighting of special characters		Editing	25	T196934
116	Save button to save the unfinished content for a new page		Mobile and apps	25
117	Notifications should be able to display all cross-wiki notifications, whatever their status		Notifications	25	T207932
118	Automatically add subpages in the watchlist		Watchlists	25
119	Wikisource Contest Tools		Wikisource	25	T163060 Related: T197772
120	Improve the information returned on hovering links from the references section		Bots and gadgets	24
121	Transcription gadget for images with text		Multimedia and Commons	24
122	Linksearch overhaul		Search	24	T14810
123	Freely editable input mask		Wikidata	24
124	ProofreadPage extension in alternate namespaces		Wikisource	24	T53980
125	Custom list for language learner		Wiktionary	24	T183108
126	Tool for easy user buttons		Editing	23	T136152
127	Automatic display authority control template		Miscellaneous	23
128	Add "Page Views" an input filter and as a sort option in the output.		Search	23
129	Multiple collations per site		Wiktionary	23	T30397
130	Improve HotCat		Categories	22
131	Autocomplete summaries in VisualEditor		Editing	22	T50274 Related: T54859
132	"→" links to sections should be easier to click		Miscellaneous	22	T165189, T207565	Done
133	Provide a tool to efficiently analyze the usage of a template		Miscellaneous	22	T120767
134	View content page or discussion only		Watchlists	22
135	Context-dependent sort key		Wiktionary	22	T183747
136	Wikipedia in the News		Bots and gadgets	21
137	Simplified/semi-automated conversion for units of measurements		Editing	21	Related: T190813, T77978
138	Search by suffix		Search	21
139	Ability to filter Watchlist in Wikidata via language		Wikidata	21	T43686, T141866, T90435 Related: T176515, T172914
140	Solution to the ‟Bonnie and Clyde” problem		Wikidata	21	T54564 Related: T206426
141	Enable book2scroll that works for all Wikisources		Wikisource	21	T205549
142	Feature parity for tools dealing with deleted revisions		Admins and patrollers	20	Related: T9996, T110989, T192023, T30821, T30819, T62736, T20493
143	Expand functionality of the map editor in VisualEditor		Maps	20	T125539
144	Display rectangular part of the image as parameter of File and compatible with ImageNote		Multimedia and Commons	20	Related: T187872
145	Support for IIIF Presentation API in WikiCommons		Multimedia and Commons	20
146	Mobile web watchlist should only show latest revision of each page		Watchlists	20	T109277
147	Statements with deprecated and preferred rank should be much easier to identify in the Wikidata item pages		Wikidata	20	T87327, T139081, T198907
148	Ajax editing for nsPage		Wikisource	20
149	Make citation templates easier for newcomers to find and use		Citations	19
150	Flag edits by new editors (editor retention tool)		Editing	19	Related: T206711
151	Transcode MIDI file archive		Multimedia and Commons	19	T135597	Done by volunteer User:Ebe123
152	CAS numbers of chemical substances		Search	19
153	Ability to remove/mute page when viewing watchlist without permanently removing from watchlist		Watchlists	19
154	Port Twinkle functionalities to mobile web page		Bots and gadgets	18	Related: T110148
155	Clear roadblock for wiki site URL changes		Miscellaneous	18	T172035 Related: T147164, T174160
156	Have CAPTCHA in languages other than English		Miscellaneous	18	T7309 Related: T6845, T42360
157	New special page "Outgoing links"		Miscellaneous	18
158	Editable Page Link Notifications watchlist		Watchlists	18	T66090, T70060, T46787
159	Open diffs in new tab		Admins and patrollers	17
160	Route users through knowledgebase before contacting OTRS		Editing	17
161	Tool for organizers of editing contests		Programs and events	17	Related: T193443
162	Wikidata module for translations		Wiktionary	17
163	Bring Sitenotice to Mobile view		Mobile and apps	16	Related: T150391
164	Offer different wikitext editors including non-JS editor		Mobile and apps	16	T205778
165	Present 3D content in a stereoscopic view		Multimedia and Commons	16	T180937, T204129, T129747
166	Change formatting of particular cells in VisualEditor		Editing	15	T54180
167	Make default edit summaries available for all wikis		Editing	15	T54859
168	Make copy/paste functions easier tablets and phones		Mobile and apps	15
169	Make interlanguage links more discoverable on the mobile site		Mobile and apps	15	Related: T128917
170	Using HotCat for many uncategorized articles in one page		Categories	14
171	Bring back doi bot		Citations	14
172	Reuse of VE-citations, allowing new text to be added		Citations	14	Related: T144695
173	SVGs are often tiny in the preview (MediaViewer)		Multimedia and Commons	14	T71237	Done
174	View list of articles in subcategories all on one page		Reading	14	T4725
175	TemplateWizard in VisualEditor		Editing	13
176	View object location of all images with coordinates on a map		Maps	13	T149280
177	Index all labels and aliases on Wikidata		Search	13
178	Make PopUps display diffs in green/red line by line		Bots and gadgets	11
179	Avoiding broken category links		Categories	11
180	Improve document type prediction from citoid		Citations	11
181	Wikitext substitutions should work in ref and gallery blocks		Editing	11	T4700
182	Fix bugs relating to map data stored at Commons		Maps	11	T151524, T155927, T200968, T155290, T153966, T153598
183	OSM map problem on dewiki		Maps	11	Related: T184126
184	MediaWiki Upload to Commons Wizard for non WM projects		Multimedia and Commons	11
185	New design for video and audio player		Multimedia and Commons	11	Related: T100106	In progress… launched as Beta feature
186	Uploaded files visible in the gallery		Multimedia and Commons	11
187	Wikipedia-Translator for articles word by word based on Wiktionary		Reading	11	Related: T67117
188	Additional edition interfaces and recording formats on the fly		Wiktionary	11
189	Make the 2010 editor lighter and faster or create a new lightweight editor		Editing	10
190	New Swiss map coordinate system		Maps	10
191	Recover text of old revisions for the Massachusetts article		Miscellaneous	10	T147146
192	Save the revision that a translated article is based on		Miscellaneous	10
193	IAuploader for images		Multimedia and Commons	10
194	Microbot for mundane tasks		Bots and gadgets	9
195	CategoryTree improvement		Categories	9
196	Additional reference types in ProveIt		Citations	9		Done
197	Extend Template:Cite map on English Wikipedia to cover GIS generated maps		Citations	9
198	Add key mapping for Yoruba, Igbo, and Hausa to ULS		Editing	9	Related: T195175
199	Create a dissemination platform for Wikinews		Miscellaneous	9
200	Add buttons and keyboard shortcuts to move through category pages quickly		Reading	9
201	Gather metadata of ISO/ASTM/EN... standards		Wikidata	8
202	Display Multi-column sorted categories		Categories	7
203	Link labels/aliases of Q-items to lexemes		Wikidata	7
204	Navigate Wikidata items through category items		Wikidata	7
205	Add Template:Cite Thesis to VisualEditor Citation Tool		Citations	6		Should and can be done by local en.wp community
206	Every special page that accepts wikitext should have normal editor toolbar		Miscellaneous	6
207	Display reference in edit summary when a reference is added		Wikidata	6
208	Visibility of articles needing defaultsort tags for leading articles		Editing	5
209	Improve watchlist colors		Watchlists	5
210	Watchlists based on Wikidata statements		Watchlists	5
211	One-click solution to show qualifiers and references in wikidata SPARQL-queries		Wikidata	4
212	Make undeletion page ID sensitive		Admins and patrollers	3	T193690, T206587, T161671 Related: T193211, T38976, T39465, T20493

Archived proposals (138)