Global templates/Transition

The implementation of Global templates and modules has two sides:


 * 1) The creation of the repository and the infrastructure that makes it possible
 * 2) The work by editors of multiple wiki projects to move the existing templates to this repository.

The Proposed specification document primarily addresses the infrastructure (and as of February 2020, it mostly speaks about it on the level of product requirements and not on the level of internal technical architecture).

This document here tries to address the other side: how will editors of wiki projects use this infrastructure. It may seem that writing such a document so early in the process is too far-fetched because doing any of these things will be possible only when the infrastructure is actually deployed. However, it is useful to try to think about it as early as possible because it can inform the development of the technical infrastructure and the planning of its implementation.

As with all the other documents about Global templates, this is not the work of one person or a small group. The comments of all editors, developers, and other stakeholders are welcome—otherwise it just won't work.

Working together
A cross-wiki community of template and module maintainers will have to arise as early as possible. It must be truly global, serving all projects equally: Wikipedia, Wikidata, and even more “obscure” projects like Wikinews and Wikispecies. All wikis need global templates and there must be no preferential treatment.

What to migrate
It was discussed several times what templates and modules should be migrated, for example on the pages meta:Which templates should be global? and Multilingual Templates and Modules. All the proposals there make sense