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Tech News: 2020-34

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

• If you revert an edit using the undo link your edit is marked with an undo tag. This will now only happen if you don't change anything in the edit window before publishing the undo. This is to keep users from marking edits as undos when they actually do something else. [1]
• The new OOUI version will not work with Internet Explorer 8. This means the wikis will look strange and not work well in Internet Explorer 8. This was reported in Tech/News/2020/17. This is because keeping the wikis working with very old browsers creates other problems. [2]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 18 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 19 August. It will be on all wikis from 20 August (calendar).

Future changes

• All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on September 1. This is planned between 13:30 and 15:30 UTC. More information will be published in Tech News and will also be posted on individual wikis next week. This is a reminder. You can help by translating the announcement message. [3][4]

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20:40, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Lake Ptolemy

The article Lake Ptolemy you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Lake Ptolemy for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Vami IV -- Vami IV (talk) 09:21, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2020-35

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Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 25 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 26 August. It will be on all wikis from 27 August (calendar).

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17:59, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

To any interested talk page stalkers/commenters...

...is anyone interested enough to comment on Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Laguna del Maule (volcano)/archive1? The criteria that it has to be hold to are at WP:WIAFA. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 08:14, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

I'm not a FA expert but was amazed the article had got so far without a hatnote pointing to it from the undisambiguated title (something I check for when stub-sorting a disambiguated-title stub, let alone a FAC). Have added said hatnote at Laguna del Maule. Good luck. PamD 08:53, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

I'm no vulcanologist either: should it have categories within the hierarchies of Category:Volcanoes by status, Category:Volcanoes by highest known Volcanic Explosivity Index of eruption and Category:Volcanoes by geochronology? PamD 09:00, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

Though neither of those are of concern to the FA criteria, just the findability of the article. PamD 09:04, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

@PamD:Yeah, but did these additions anyhow. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 15:19, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Henry Seamount

On 29 August 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Henry Seamount, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Henry Seamount was hydrothermally active in the last 4,000 years even though it is 126 million years old? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Henry Seamount. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Henry Seamount), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Tech News: 2020-36

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• This is a reminder. All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on September 1. This is planned between 14:00 and 15:00 UTC. Please check on the details on the announcement message. [5][6]

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20:08, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day!

Thanks! Just in time for me to get back into article writing gear. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 20:05, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-37

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• Normally pages can be moved to a title that has no existing page yet or to a page that has only one revision, which is a redirect to the page to be moved. A new user right allows editors to move pages over one-revision pages that redirect to anywhere. [7]
• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 8 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 9 September. It will be on all wikis from 10 September (calendar).
• All MediaWiki API modules will now use watchlist instead of watch. This was inconsistent before. [8]

Future changes

• The Wikipedia Android app team might work on patrolling tools in the future. You can let them know what tools would be useful for you or for less experienced patrollers. See the page on mediawiki.org.
• OTRS will be updated to a new version. This will probably take around two days. OTRS agents will not have access to the system during these days. Emails that come in during the update will be delivered when the update is done. The plan is to start around 08:00 UTC on 14 September. This could change. [9]
• The Wikipedia Android app will send push notifications if users want them. This could help you see for example when someone wrote on your talk page or your edit was reverted. This will need Google Play Services to work. It will also be possible to get the app without Google Play Services but push notifications will not work. Google Play Services is also used to make the app work for Android 4.4 users. [10][11]
• Wikimedia code review could move to GitLab. It would be hosted on Wikimedia servers. You can take part in the consultation.
• Dropdown menus in the Vector skin use a .menu class. This will not work in the future. Scripts can use nav ul instead. .vectorTabs and .vectorMenu will also not work. Some scripts need to be updated. You can read more in Phabricator.

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15:59, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Thank your for your diligence at FAC!

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		Jo-Jo, thank you so much for so quickly (and selflessly) taking on the source review at complete blood count for Spicy's FA candidacy at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Complete blood count/archive1. Medical topics can be intimidating to some FAC reviewers, and I knew you would be good for the task, but I was impressed with how quickly you got after it! Best regards, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:11, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, SandyGeorgia I admit though that between real life, TV Tropes duties and coming back to the article being hatched at User:JoJo Eumerus mobile/sandbox I'll be sparse at FAC, except for things I have nominated and when pinged. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 16:35, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Same story here ... suddenly so busy IRL... so I really appreciate how fast you got on that! Best, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 17:53, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

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Done. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 10:06, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

DOIs inactive

Did something big change in the volcano-journal world? The cleanup list shows multiple earthquake articles newly listed because of "DOIs inactive" ?? https://bambots.brucemyers.com/cwb/bycat/Featured_articles.html#New%20articles

• Armero tragedy
• Nevado del Ruiz
• Omayra Sanchez

I tried fixing one at Omayra Sanchez, to no avail. In addition to:

• Gyromitra esculenta

@Casliber: Also, Jo-Jo, just to introduce you to a geology FA writer, Awickert, you may be interested in this course: Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Minnesota/Geomorphology (Fall 2020) Best, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 13:55, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

Jo-Jo, I see now that the three articles are indicating the same broken link, which I don't know how to repair. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 13:57, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

@SandyGeorgia:I've seen this problem with that particular format of Springer sources. I tried to fix it on some of my articles but got nowhere. I suspect the only way would be to tell the website operators at dx.doi that these DOIs are still valid.

I've heard horror stories of the effects of student editing on medicine-related topics and I've seen student editors a few years ago at Neopluvial. I don't know what the scope of Awickert's course is, does it cover volcanoes and faults? Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 14:07, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

I don't know ... we shall see! But since Awickert is an accomplished Wikipedian, I don't expect to see the typical student editing issues there. Best, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 14:22, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

@SandyGeorgia and Awickert: In case anyone is interested, I've completed a draft article on a particular tsunami hazard in the Atlantic Ocean. Not sure what to name it, and a little unhappy about its development; I was hoping someone somewhere had authored a study summarizing the existing knowledge about the threat that could be used as a secondary source. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 13:38, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

La Palma tsunami threat? A bit out of my territory ... SandyGeorgia (Talk) 13:43, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-38

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Problems

• The Wikipedia apps briefly showed pages without CSS last week. This meant they looked wrong. It was quickly fixed but cached pages without CSS were shown for a few hours. [12][13]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 15 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 16 September. It will be on all wikis from 17 September (calendar).

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16:18, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Gemmi Fault

On 15 September 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Gemmi Fault, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Gemmi Fault is a geological fault in Switzerland that was active in the last 10,000 years? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gemmi Fault. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Gemmi Fault), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Doing this... Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 07:48, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Cumbre Vieja tsunami hazard

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DRV for September 11

Hey, I posted the DRV for Thomas Hruz, which, as mentioned in the text, was intended to be a DRV for both Hruz and Robert D. Sundby (AFD). Could you please also relist Sundby, as he falls into the same category as Hruz and the six other judges who were initially deleted and then restored. Thank you! --Asdasdasdff (talk) 16:15, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

Well, this was a screw-up. Done. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 18:08, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-39

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Recent changes

• There is a new tag for reverted edits. For example you can see it in the recent changes feed or in the article history. It is added to edits when they have been undone, rollbacked or manually reverted to an older version of the page. [14][15]

Changes later this week

• The number of times you can do something in a period of time on wiki is limited. This could be the number of edits per minute or the number of users you email in a day. Some users are not affected by all limits because of their user rights. They could soon see the limit even if it does not affect them. [16]
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21:25, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Mount Morning

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Tech News: 2020-40

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Recent changes

• Admins can now see links to diffs of deleted revisions on Special:AbuseLog. This uses the interface of Special:Undelete. [17]
• Editors are automatically added to some user groups. For example editors are added to autoconfirmed users when they have edited enough times and long enough. Abuse filters can hinder users from automatically getting user rights for a period of time. They can also remove rights user have. Wikis can now ask to change how long this period of time is for their wiki in Phabricator. It is currently five days. [18]

Problems

• Last year some abuse filters stopped working because of a new change. If they tried to use variables that were unavailable for that action they would fail. This has now been fixed. [19]

Changes later this week

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21:23, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

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Done. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 08:14, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-41

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Recent changes

• There is a new tool where you can see which home wiki users have in discussions on Meta. This can help show which communities are not part of the discussion on wikis where we make decisions that affect many other wikis.
• You can now thank users for file uploads or for changing the language of a page. [21]

Problems

• There were many errors with the new MediaWiki version last week. The new version was rolled back. Updates that should have happened last week are late. [22]
• Everyone was logged out. This was because a user reported being logged in to someone else's account. The problem should be fixed now. [23]
• Many pages have JavaScript errors. You can read more and now see a list of user scripts with errors.

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 6 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 7 October. It will be on all wikis from 8 October (calendar).
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Future changes

• You will be able to read but not to edit the wikis for up to an hour on 27 October around 14:00 (UTC). It will probably be shorter than an hour. [25]

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16:24, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Mount Berlin

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Your GA nomination of Mount Berlin

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