Hi @KStoller-WMF, just wanted to see what you would need from us to get this deployed on Wikidata?

@Arian_Bozorg - I think just this task! I didn't realize consensus was reached, and I must have missed this task because it didn't have the Growth-team tag.

Let me chat with engineers about this and see if we can start on this ASAP, or if we need to consider waiting until after we do finish some architectural changes.
Sorry I missed this previously!

@Arian_Bozorg it sounds like the Growth team will be able to work on this soon. A few things to mention:

• The Growth team doesn't have capacity to complete Wikidata-specific customization. There are some small changes you might want consider like overriding the "articles" text to say "items" in the Impact module, and some minor changes like that, but I think that can be done without any Growth team involvement.
• You might want to be ready to make some changes via Community Configuration (enable Mentorship? Add specific help docs? Set up a Community Update?)
• Once enabled, the Homepage will be default enabled for all new accounts, but as of now existing accounts would need to opt-in via their preferences.

Is there a specific release date you are hoping for? Or should we simply release ASAP and let you know? Are there any questions you have before we release?

Thanks so much! There is no specific date at the moment, but ideally after the 11 May as I will be off before then. You can just let us know when it's up and we will make the small changes on our end.

No other questions from me :)

Hi, just wanted to see if there is a specific date that you are planning to release so that we can plan our communications around it?

@Arian_Bozorg We don't have any specific date planned, but we've had some competing priorities and we need to avoid any major releases next week. Would the week of June 15th work?

Yes that works for us, thanks so much

Change #1297161 had a related patch set uploaded (by Urbanecm; author: Urbanecm):

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] [Growth] wikidatawiki: Enable Growth features

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1297161

Uploaded a preparing patch, which can be deployed in the next week.

Blocked on time.

@Arian_Bozorg - just checking in and letting you know that we will release this work next week: Tue, June 16th (unless you tell us not to). Am I correct in assuming you will manage any needed Wikidata communication?

@Trizek-WMF - This doesn't belong in TechNews, right? Is there any other internal or external communication you suggest?

Yes, thanks so much for the update on timing @Mohammed_Sadat_WMDE will send out the communications for the release on Tuesday 16 June

We can mention in in Tech News, ideally with the modules that would be activated. @Arian_Bozorg have you already worked on the community configuration?

@Arian_Bozorg have you already worked on the community configuration?

@Trizek-WMF Do note Growth-specific CommunityConfiguration is not available at Wikidata, because the features are not installed there yet :).

Change #1297161 merged by jenkins-bot:

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] [Growth] wikidatawiki: Enable Growth features

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1297161

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-06-16T09:00:40Z] mwscript-k8s job started: foreachwikiindblist wikidata WikimediaMaintenance:createExtensionTables.php GrowthExperiments # T418115

DB tables created:

[urbanecm@deploy1003 ~]$ mwscript-k8s --comment=T418115 --dblist=wikidata --sal -f WikimediaMaintenance:createExtensionTables.php -- GrowthExperiments
⏳ Starting WikimediaMaintenance:createExtensionTables.php on Kubernetes as job mw-script.eqiad.0or1tu73 ...
🚀 Job is running.
📜 Streaming logs:
WikimediaMaintenance:createExtensionTables.php: Running on wikidata
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testwikidatawiki
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testwikidatawiki Creating GrowthExperiments tables...
testwikidatawiki   sourcing growthexperiments_link_recommendations.sql
testwikidatawiki   sourcing growthexperiments_link_submissions.sql
testwikidatawiki   sourcing growthexperiments_mentee_data.sql
testwikidatawiki   sourcing growthexperiments_mentor_mentee.sql
testwikidatawiki   sourcing growthexperiments_user_impact.sql
testwikidatawiki   done!
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wikidatawiki
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wikidatawiki Creating GrowthExperiments tables...
wikidatawiki   sourcing growthexperiments_link_recommendations.sql
wikidatawiki   sourcing growthexperiments_link_submissions.sql
wikidatawiki   sourcing growthexperiments_mentee_data.sql
wikidatawiki   sourcing growthexperiments_mentor_mentee.sql
wikidatawiki   sourcing growthexperiments_user_impact.sql
wikidatawiki   done!
[urbanecm@deploy1003 ~]$

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-06-16T09:02:44Z] Started scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1297161|[Growth] wikidatawiki: Enable Growth features (T418115)]]

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-06-16T09:04:48Z] urbanecm: Backport for [[gerrit:1297161|[Growth] wikidatawiki: Enable Growth features (T418115)]] synced to the testservers (see https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mwdebug). Changes can now be verified there.

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-06-16T09:13:55Z] php multiversion/MWScript.php WikimediaMaintenance:createExtensionTables.php --wiki={testwikidatawiki,wikidatawiki} growthexperiments # T418115, within mw-debug

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-06-16T09:19:13Z] Finished scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1297161|[Growth] wikidatawiki: Enable Growth features (T418115)]] (duration: 16m 29s)

Accidentally created the DB tables in the wrong database, but it should be done. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:Homepage is now a thing!

http://wikidata.org/wiki/Special:communityconfiguration can be used to customize its behavior.

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-06-16T09:37:01Z] mwscript-k8s job started: extensions/GrowthExperiments/maintenance/refreshUserImpactData.php --registeredWithin=2week --hasEditsAtLeast=3 --ignoreIfUpdatedWithin=6hour --verbose --use-job-queue # T418115

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-06-16T09:37:37Z] mwscript-k8s job started: extensions/GrowthExperiments/maintenance/refreshUserImpactData.php --wiki=wikidatawiki --registeredWithin=1year --editedWithin=2week --hasEditsAtLeast=3 --ignoreIfUpdatedWithin=6hour --verbose --use-job-queue # T418115

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-06-16T09:37:58Z] mwscript-k8s job started: extensions/GrowthExperiments/maintenance/refreshUserImpactData.php --wiki=wikidatawiki --registeredWithin=2week --hasEditsAtLeast=3 --ignoreIfUpdatedWithin=6hour --verbose --use-job-queue # T418115

This is on a new domain so it could benefit from @Etonkovidova QA insight.

@Arian_Bozorg - this is released!
All NEW accounts will receive the homepage as default, and existing account can opt in via:
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:Preferences

I highly suggest:

1. add links to the most important docs to help newcomers get started via: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:CommunityConfiguration/HelpPanel
2. consider adding a Community Update to highlight a specific resource, weekly call, or other resource to support newcomers: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:CommunityConfiguration/CommunityUpdates
3. set up Mentorship: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:CommunityConfiguration/Mentorship

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out. I'm also happy to join a call or chat to help with any questions! :)

Thank you so much!

I have configured this as previously discussed at the Administrators noticeboard. However, some settings seem to be different from Beta, so review is much appreciated.