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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 9. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 11 (calendar). [1] [2]
- If you use the Monobook skin, the buttons and other controls now look more the same in VisualEditor and other tools. [3]
- When you edit links and other items in VisualEditor, you now need to apply your change before closing the tool. [4]
- The title of dialogs is now easier to see when it is near long buttons. [5]
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 9 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join a meeting with the Language team. The meeting will be on June 10 at 14:30 (UTC). [6]
Future changes
- If you have a bot, you may need to fix it. The default continuation mode of the API for
action=querywill change at the end of June. [7]
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18:18, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
The Signpost: 10 June 2015
- News and notes: Chapter financial trends analyzed, news in brief
- Traffic report: Two households, both alike in dignity
- In the media: Arbitration case attracts media coverage; Wikipedia in Israel
- Featured content: Just the bear facts, ma'am
- Technology report: Wikimedia sites are going HTTPS only
- Blog: Making Wikipedia’s medical articles accessible in Chinese
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- Users have created more than 5000 articles with the new translation tool. [8]
- Editing a page is now faster. This is because some statistics about edit filters were removed. [9]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from 17 June. It will be on all Wikipedias from 18 June (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 16 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join a meeting with the Wikidata team. It will be on June 19 at 16:00 (UTC). [10]
Future changes
- Developers are working on a new tool to get and send newsletters. If you read or write a newsletter, share your ideas about it. [11]
- If you use Pywikibot, soon you won't be able to use
compatanymore. [12] [13] [14]
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15:04, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
The Signpost: 17 June 2015
- Arbitration report: An election has consequences
- Discussion report: A quick way of becoming an admin
- Featured content: Great Dane hits 150
- In focus: Three weeks to save freedom of panorama in Europe
- In the media: Wikipedia wins Asturias Prize; printing out Wikipedia; HTTPS switch
- Interview: A veteran’s Wikipedia edits help him understand the brutality behind Yugoslavia’s wars
- News and notes: Labs outage kills tools, self; news in brief
- Op-ed: Making a difference in Wikipedia, one GA at a time
- Technology report: HTTPS-only rollout completed, proposal to enable VisualEditor for new accounts
- WikiProject report: We are back - Western Australia speaks
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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- Some wikis can now be used only with HTTPS. This includes the English, Russian and Chinese Wikipedias, among others. Soon all wikis will use only HTTPS for all users. [15] [16]
- You can't use HTTPS wikis with Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP. You need to use another browser. [17]
Problems
- On June 15, search was broken on all wikis for several hours. [18] [19] [20]
- On June 16, images were broken for several hours on wikis that use InstantCommons. [21] [22] [23]
- Many Labs tools were broken for several days. Almost all of them are back now. They may be missing some data for the last 10 days. [24] [25] [26]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 23. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 24. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 25 (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 23 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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15:24, 22 June 2015 (UTC)
The Signpost: 24 June 2015
- From the editor: The Signpost tagging initiative
- Op-ed: Content Translation beta is coming to the English Wikipedia
- News and notes: Board of Trustees propose bylaw amendments
- In the media: Turkish Wikipedia censorship; "Can Wikipedia survive?"; PR editing
- Special report: Small impact of the large Google Translation Project on Telugu Wikipedia
- Recent research: How Wikipedia built governance capability; readability of plastic surgery articles
- Featured content: One eye when begun, two when it's done
- Blog: 7,473 volumes at 700 pages each: meet Print Wikipedia
- Arbitration report: Politics by other means: The American politics 2 arbitration
- Technology report: 2015 MediaWiki architecture focus and Multimedia roadmap announced
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- Long lines in code blocks now look better. [27]
- You can now see graphs in VisualEditor. [28]
- When you read a page on the mobile site, you can now see a link to go to its talk page. [29]
- The code coloring tool has changed. You can now use many more languages. It now also works on mobile. [30] [31] [32]
- You can look at a new site to learn how to reuse data from Wikimedia sites. [33]
Problems
- JavaScript was broken on some wikis due to a code error. VisualEditor and other tools that use JavaScript were broken. [34]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 30. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 1. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 2 (calendar).
- You can now use a tool in VisualEditor to add and edit code in color. [35]
- When you edit a sentence in the Translate tool, it can show you older translations. They help you save time if they look alike. The older translations should now work better. If you see problems, you should report them. [36]
- If you are an admin or have other special rights, you now need a strong password. [37]
- Bot and JavaScript coders: The old continuation mode of the API for
action=querydoesn't work any more. [38]
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 30 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future
- When you create a new account, it will also create one on Meta-Wiki and mediawiki.org. [39]
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15:56, 29 June 2015 (UTC)
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The Signpost: 01 July 2015
- News and notes: Training the Trainers; VP of Engineering leaves WMF
- In the media: EU freedom of panorama; Nehru outrage; BBC apology
- WikiProject report: Able to make a stand
- Featured content: Viva V.E.R.D.I.
- Traffic report: We're Baaaaack
- Technology report: Technical updates and improvements
- Blog: These Texans are on a quest to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of their state’s revolution
Invitation to edit
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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- On the mobile site, you now see more information when you search for a page. It now shows the description from Wikidata. [40]
Problems
- The code of long pages is not colored any more. You may see this problem on the pages of long gadgets. [41]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from July 7. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 8. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 9 (calendar).
- The "Page information" tool shows how many users watch the page. You can now see how many are active. [42] [43]
- You can now translate articles into English with the new translation tool. [44]
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on July 7 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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15:13, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
The Signpost: 08 July 2015
- Editorial: So you want to get your message out. Where do you turn?
- News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation annual plan released, news in brief
- In the media: Wikimania warning; Wikipedia "mystery" easily solved
- Traffic report: The Empire lobs back
- Featured content: Pyrénées, Playmates, parliament and a prison...
- Technology report: Tech news in brief
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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- You can now see a list of pages with errors in code coloring. [45]
Problems
- There was a problem with editing on Thursday. Some tools like bots and VisualEditor were broken on all wikis for 10 minutes. [46]
- There was a problem with images on Thursday. They were broken on all wikis for 15 minutes. [47]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from July 14. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 15. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 16 (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join a technical meeting at Wikimania in Mexico City this week. [48]
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15:06, 13 July 2015 (UTC)