Last modified: 2014-08-27 11:39:54 UTC
The list of default interwikis needs serious cleanup. It contains a ridiculous number of links, many of which will almost never be relevant to nor useful on new mw installations, and even some that don't even go anywhere anymore because the target sites no longer exist. The list needs love and cleanup and updating.
Where is that list located in the codebase (if a contributor wanted to pick this up)?
core/maintenance/interwiki.list
It should be synced with [[m:Interwiki map]], with WMF-specific links removed. There was a discussion on wikitech-l about this a while ago. Also, interwiki.sql should be removed. It isn't compatible with all database engines (hence why interwiki.list was created).
(In reply to Isarra from comment #0) > even some that don't even go > anywhere anymore because the target sites no longer exist. These should all have been removed, but most MediaWiki installations will still have them, as the list is not touched upon upgrade. That's another issue here: how to give upgrading MW installations the benefit of additions and updates to the list, while avoiding conflicts with locally defined/customised interwikis.
