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Marking Version lifecycle for translation

Unable to mark Version lifecycle for translation.

[d70130f3-b837-41ca-b263-18d79f207bca] 2026-07-09 22:19:57: Fatal exception of type "Wikimedia\Assert\ParameterAssertionException"

-- Shirayuki (talk) 22:20, 9 July 2026 (UTC)

Bad value for parameter $title: invalid name 'Translations/Translations:Version_lifecycle/_122_' per the log event. -- BDavis (WMF) (talk) 22:53, 9 July 2026 (UTC)

I guess that resulted from Special:Diff/8474534? cc: @Jdforrester (WMF) -- BDavis (WMF) (talk) 22:56, 9 July 2026 (UTC)

@BDavis (WMF): Most odd. @Shirayuki's fix edit didn't make the page translation system work either. Obviously this fatal needs to be fixed in Translate, but ahead of that (or if it can be "fixed" to stop us re-using older strings), I worry that we're going to have to endlessly create work for translators (or move the translation into the MediaWiki: namespace or onto TWN). :-( Jdforrester (WMF) (talk) 08:47, 10 July 2026 (UTC)

Deleting the following three pages might resolve the issue, but I think it would be better to report this as a bug in Translate and have it fixed before deleting them:

• Translations:Version lifecycle/_122_/en
• Translations:Version lifecycle/_122/cs
• Translations:Version lifecycle/_122/nl

It is also problematic that the English source page and its translations use different whitespace. Shirayuki (talk) 10:21, 10 July 2026 (UTC)

I doubt deleting the pages will fix the problem, but of course there's no way to know without a stack trace. Guessing blindly, the error has to do with displaying the mark for translation form, so using the API might work around it. * Pppery * _{it has begun} 16:07, 10 July 2026 (UTC)

Reported as phab:T431863. * Pppery * _{it has begun} 17:36, 10 July 2026 (UTC)

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