Help talk:Lint errors

Special:LintErrors/missing-end-tag-in-heading is not in this list

Special:LintErrors/missing-end-tag-in-heading is not in this list, and it does not appear at en:Special:LintErrors. Is someone here able to fix that omission? – Jonesey95 (talk) 15:22, 7 July 2023 (UTC)

This was done in phab:T341369 ABreault (WMF) (talk) 22:29, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

Fostered rendering transparent content

There's a new error to translate: "Fostered rendering transparent content". Its qqq links to Help:Lint errors/fostered-transparent, but there's nothing there.

Also, it's quite weird in English in general and sounds kind of run on. Perhaps it could be rewritten as "Fostered rendering of transparent content"? Just a guess. And maybe with an explanation it can start making sense. Amir E. Aharoni {{🌎🌍🌏}} 11:51, 28 July 2024 (UTC)

I think this lint is a work in progress, the relevant task is T371142. It's certainly a garden-path expression, but I believe the intended meaning is content that is both fostered (as in [1]) and rendering-transparent (as in [2]). Or in other words, content that's in the wrong place, but it can't be seen on the final page, so the problem is of very low priority. Matma Rex (talk) 23:45, 28 July 2024 (UTC)

Oh, so perhaps it can be changed to "Fostered rendering-transparent content", with a hyphen? Amir E. Aharoni {{🌎🌍🌏}} 23:50, 28 July 2024 (UTC)

@Amire80: I would encourage you to interact with the team developing this on Phabricator, and not the help documentation, if you want them to see this in the next few months' time. Jdforrester (WMF) (talk) 14:02, 29 July 2024 (UTC)

Yes, the hyphen is correct ABreault (WMF) (talk) 21:35, 29 July 2024 (UTC)

Here's a patch for that https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/Linter/+/1057960 ABreault (WMF) (talk) 21:39, 29 July 2024 (UTC)

I added some content Help:Lint_errors/fostered-transparent. Sorry, the patch merged before I had a chance to create it. ABreault (WMF) (talk) 21:36, 29 July 2024 (UTC)

Document added version for lint errors?

Is it necessary to document which version these lint errors are introduced? TripleCamera2022 (talk) 13:05, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

I just added one for Help:Lint errors/empty-heading. If you have opinions, please tell me. TripleCamera2022 (talk) 04:04, 23 July 2025 (UTC)

It seems like a nice addition to me, thanks! Matma Rex (talk) 19:49, 23 July 2025 (UTC)

I also think this kind of information is good to have for reference. Tactica (talk) 20:26, 23 July 2025 (UTC)

Thank you. I found out that some lint errors were invisible when first added, and changed to visible in a later version. I simply documented the added version, not the first visible version. TripleCamera2022 (talk) 03:39, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

Still good info in my book. :) Though you might want to mention that as well for completeness sake. Tactica (talk) 04:23, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

there is no "join page on page.page_id" at Articles by Lint Errors

There is no "join page on page.page_id" line in the query at -> w:Wikipedia:Linter/reports/Articles by Lint Errors. Since this Wikipedia page is filled dynamically by a bot executing:

Query (select page_namespace, page_title, count(*) as page_count from linter join page ...) submitted to database.

and if the reference is a string of the array, obviously it could not be present (and it is the case) depending on which date the article was written at.

So please can you remove the "join page on page.page_id", or explain more deeply where it applies. Thanks. --Christian 🇫🇷 FR 🚨 (talk) 10:40, 2 April 2026 (UTC)