Hello all,
This message is important for people who still use the config value mw.config.get( 'wbEntity')
in their tools or scripts. This value, deprecated for two years, will be completely dropped on July 24th.
The config value mw.config.get( 'wbEntity')
has
been deprecated in order to improve the page load time, especially on
large Items. Currently, a significant proportion of the HTML on every
entity page is generated by this value. Dropping wbEntity completely
will make the first paint (time needed to load the page) faster, and
will better utilize the server and client cache.
If your code is still using mw.config.get( 'wbEntity')
, you can replace it by the hook wikibase.entityPage.entityLoaded
(see an example here).
On Wednesday, July 24th, we will drop mw.config.get( 'wbEntity')
from Wikidata’s codebase and calling the value will result in an error.
If you have any questions or need help, feel free to leave a comment under the related task.
Thanks for your understanding,
Cheers,