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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
- When searching for edits by change tags, e.g. in page history or user contributions, there is now a dropdown list of possible tags. This was a request in the 2022 Community Wishlist Survey. [1]
- Mentors using the Growth Mentor dashboard will now see newcomers assigned to them who have made at least one edit, up to 200 edits. Previously, all newcomers assigned to the mentor were visible on the dashboard, even ones without any edit or ones who made hundred of edits. Mentors can still change these values using the filters on their dashboard. Also, the last choice of filters will now be saved. [2][3]
The user group oversightwas renamedsuppress. This is for technical reasons. You may need to update any local references to the old name, e.g. gadgets, links to Special:Listusers, or uses of NUMBERINGROUP.
Problems
- The recent change to the HTML of tracking changes pages caused some problems for screenreaders. This is being fixed. [4]
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 1 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 2 March. It will be on all wikis from 3 March (calendar).
Future changes
- Working with templates will become easier. Several improvements are planned for March 9 on most wikis and on March 16 on English Wikipedia. The improvements include: Bracket matching, syntax highlighting colors, finding and inserting templates, and related visual editor features.
- If you are a template developer or an interface administrator, and you are intentionally overriding or using the default CSS styles of user feedback boxes (the classes:
successbox, messagebox, errorbox, warningbox), please note that these classes and associated CSS will soon be removed from MediaWiki core. This is to prevent problems when the same class-names are also used on a wiki. Please let us know by commenting at phab:T300314 if you think you might be affected.
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22:58, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
Saved again through AfD. If you don't nominate them again later this year, I will. There are a few other clear candidates I want to try again with so it's just a case of making the arguments. I will always be baffled by the attitude that notability policy counts for everything except political parties! doktorb wordsdeeds 23:10, 1 March 2022 (UTC) doktorb wordsdeeds 23:10, 1 March 2022 (UTC)
ITN recognition for Sonny Ramadhin
On 2 March 2022, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Sonny Ramadhin, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. PFHLai (talk) 02:22, 2 March 2022 (UTC)
Thank you!
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The Running Wikipedian Barnstar |
| Thanks for your work in putting together 2022 British Indoor Athletics Championships. A great example of diligent and effective coverage of a national championships! SFB 20:15, 3 March 2022 (UTC) |
ITN recognition for Shane Warne
On 4 March 2022, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Shane Warne, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. — Amakuru (talk) 20:51, 4 March 2022 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
- There was a problem with some interface labels last week. It will be fixed this week. This change was part of ongoing work to simplify the support for skins which do not have active maintainers. [5]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 8 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 9 March. It will be on all wikis from 10 March (calendar).
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21:15, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
Male Egyptian squash players
Hi, I just saw your comment here from January 21st by accident. Although I fully agree on deleting the templates, I just cannot resist pointing out that the current men's world top ten on its own has seven Egyptian players in it, the 10th player being placed on #15. ;-) Just fyi. Best wishes, Squasher (talk) 15:02, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
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
- In the Wikipedia Android app it is now possible to change the toolbar at the bottom so the tools you use more often are easier to click on. The app now also has a focused reading mode. [6][7]
Problems
- There was a problem with the collection of some page-view data from June 2021 to January 2022 on all wikis. This means the statistics are incomplete. To help calculate which projects and regions were most affected, relevant datasets are being retained for 30 extra days. You can read more on Meta-wiki.
- There was a problem with the databases on March 10. All wikis were unreachable for logged-in users for 12 minutes. Logged-out users could read pages but could not edit or access uncached content then. [8]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 15 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 16 March. It will be on all wikis from 17 March (calendar).
- When using
uselang=qqxto find localisation messages, it will now show all possible message keys for navigation tabs such as "View history". [9] - Access to Special:RevisionDelete has been expanded to include users who have
deletelogentryanddeletedhistoryrights through their group memberships. Before, only those with thedeleterevisionright could access this special page. [10] - On the Special:Undelete pages for diffs and revisions, there will be a link back to the main Undelete page with the list of revisions. [11]
Future changes
- The Wikimedia Foundation has announced the IP Masking implementation strategy and next steps. The announcement can be read here.
- The Wikipedia Android app developers are working on new functions for user talk pages and article talk pages. [12]
Events
- The Wikimedia Hackathon 2022 will take place as a hybrid event on 20-22 May 2022. The Hackathon will be held online and there are grants available to support local in-person meetups around the world. Grants can be requested until 20 March.
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22:06, 14 March 2022 (UTC)
DYK for Frida Westman
On 16 March 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Frida Westman, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 2022, Frida Westman was the first Swedish ski jumper to compete at an Olympic Games since 1994, when her father competed? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Frida Westman. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Frida Westman), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
DYK for 2021 Tokyo Marathon
On 21 March 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 2021 Tokyo Marathon, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the women's wheelchair race at the 2021 Tokyo Marathon featured just two competitors? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/2021 Tokyo Marathon. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 2021 Tokyo Marathon), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.
DYK for Shona Brownlee
On 21 March 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Shona Brownlee, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that British alpine skier Shona Brownlee, who competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics, plays the French horn and the piano in the Central Band of the Royal Air Force? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Shona Brownlee. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Shona Brownlee), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:03, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
New code release schedule for this week
- There will be four MediaWiki releases this week, instead of just one. This is an experiment which should lead to fewer problems and to faster feature updates. The releases will be on all wikis, at different times, on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. You can read more about this project.
Recent changes
- You can now set how many search results to show by default in your Preferences. This was the 12th most popular wish in the Community Wishlist Survey 2022. [13]
- The Jupyter notebooks tool PAWS has been updated to a new interface. [14]
Future changes
- Interactive maps via Kartographer will soon work on wikis using the FlaggedRevisions extension. Please tell us which improvements you want to see in Kartographer. You can take this survey in simple English. [15]
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15:59, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
April Editathons from Women in Red
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--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 22:45, 22 March 2022 (UTC) via MassMessaging
Hello. I've begun a deletion sorting page for articles about the Olympics which are nominated at AfD. Hope you find it useful. No Great Shaker (talk) 13:41, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
Should "not" count?
I think you made a typo at 14:06 today, though your opponent can be oddly persuasive...just a tip. InedibleHulk (talk) 15:27, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks, corrected. I've encountered them before so know what they're doing. Joseph2302 (talk) 15:42, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
- He still sometimes surprises me, don't get complacent! But yeah, you clearly win this round. Congratulations. InedibleHulk (talk) 16:05, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
The Signpost: 27 March 2022
- From the Signpost team: How The Signpost is documenting the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- News and notes: Of safety and anonymity
- Eyewitness Wikimedian, Kharkiv, Ukraine: Countering Russian aggression with a camera
- Eyewitness Wikimedian, Vinnytsia, Ukraine: War diary
- Eyewitness Wikimedian, Western Ukraine: Working with Wikipedia helps
- Disinformation report: The oligarchs' socks
- In the media: Ukraine, Russia, and even some other stuff
- Wikimedian perspective: My heroes from Russia, Ukraine & beyond
- Discussion report: Athletes are less notable now
- Technology report: 2022 Wikimedia Hackathon
- Arbitration report: Skeptics given heavenly judgement, whirlwind of Discord drama begins to spin for tropical cyclone editors
- Traffic report: War, what is it good for?
- Deletion report: Ukraine, werewolves, Ukraine, YouTube pundits, and Ukraine
- From the archives: Burn, baby burn
- Essay: Yes, the sky is blue
- Tips and tricks: Become a keyboard ninja
- On the bright side: The bright side of news
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
- There is a simple new Wikimedia Commons upload tool available for macOS users, Sunflower.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 29 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 30 March. It will be on all wikis from 31 March (calendar).
- Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of regular database maintenance. It will be performed on 29 March at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 31 March at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis). [16][17]
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19:53, 28 March 2022 (UTC)
March 2022
This edit restored content at NSPORTS against consensus at Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Sports notability, specifically subproposals #3. The closing statement stands, as it has not been overturned. Please consider this your final warning; any further attempts to restore the non-consensus version will be reported to ANI. Thank you. –dlthewave ☎ 22:21, 28 March 2022 (UTC)