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Software changes
- There are no technical changes this week.
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16:51, 29 avientu 2014 (UTC)
Una ayudina pal wikcionariu
editar¡Hola! Mira, al entrar güei nel wikcionariu, dime cuenta de que daqué nun furrula como enantes; les plantíes de les traducciones y les tables de conxugacón nun s'amuesen yá como "menú desplegable", magar tengan el comandu "navFrame" (por defectu, anubríes; foi un cambéu que fixo Esbardu). Nun sé por qué agora nun funciona y se presenta'l conteníu directamente, ensin posibilidá d'anubrilu (pues ver la entrada del verbu "falar"). ¿Pues igualo? Gracies.--etienfr (¡Vamos parolar!) 11:33, 7 xineru 2015 (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 software changes
- Rotated PDF files in landscape format used to show too small. They will now display correctly. You may need to purge older files. [1]
- You can now use the
{{!}}magic word instead of Template:!. Many wikis used the template to create a pipe (|) in tables and templates. You can delete the template. [2]
Software changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf14) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since January 7. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from January 13. It will be on all Wikipedias from January 14 (calendar).
- A bug in VisualEditor sometimes added a
☀(Sun) character. This is now fixed. [3] - The search and replace tool in VisualEditor is now much faster in long pages. [4]
- The TemplateData editor now uses the same design as VisualEditor. [5] [6] [7]
- The
thumboption is now shown in your language in the help of the classic editor toolbar. [8]
Future changes
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16:47, 12 xineru 2015 (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
- You can download the new version of the Wikipedia app for Android. The new version shows lead images, better galleries and content from Wikidata. It also has many other new features.[10] [11]
- Programs and bots still can't read information about images on many wikis. You can see the list of wikis with the most files to fix. Wikipedia in Italian, Indonesian and Japanese language have the most files to fix. On the biggest wikis you should use bots. Bots can add information templates to groups of files. You can ask other tech users to help you.
Problems
- All JavaScript on Commons was broken for a few minutes on Tuesday. It was because of old code in the HotCat tool. The same problem happened on some Wikipedias on Wednesday. It is now fixed. [12]
Software changes this week
- There are no software changes this week and next week due to annual meetings. [13]
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18:12, 19 xineru 2015 (UTC)
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Recent software changes
- You can now translate articles with the new ContentTranslation tool on several wikis. [14]
This week
- There are no software changes this week due to annual meetings. [15]
Future changes
- You can join a project to improve WikiProjects. [16]
- The Compact Personal Bar will be removed for now. It has a bug that breaks the tool to choose your language. It will come back when the bug is fixed. [17]
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16:08, 26 xineru 2015 (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 security issue on Wikimedia Labs. Many Labs tools were down after the issue was fixed. [18]
Software changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since January 14. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from February 3. It will be on all Wikipedias from February 4 (calendar).
- The "Save page" button in the VisualEditor toolbar is now blue rather than green. This is the same as on the mobile site. [19]
- You can now edit pages on the draft namespace with VisualEditor on the Russian Wikipedia and Hebrew Wikipedia. You can ask to get VisualEditor for a namespace on your wiki. When your community agrees, ask in Phabricator. [20] [21]
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16:31, 2 febreru 2015 (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 software changes
- You can now use
{{#lsth: PageName | SectionName }}to transclude a section with its title. [22]
Problems
- MediaWiki was reverted to the previous version on February 4. It was because of a performance issue. It was restored later. [23]
- UploadWizard was broken on February 4 because of the revert of MediaWiki. [24]
- All sites were broken for 30 minutes on February 5. It was due to a network problem. [25]
Software changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since February 5. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from February 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from February 11 (calendar).
- You can have one user page for all wikis. Your Meta user page will show if you don't have a user page on a wiki. You can test this tool on test wikis. [26] [27] [28]
- You can search for media files in VisualEditor more easily. Images are bigger and you see the size and license. [29] [30]
- It is easier to review your changes when you save the page in VisualEditor. The window is wider. [31]
- You can read the latest news about VisualEditor. You can now join weekly meetings with developers. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The first meeting is on February 11 at 20:00 (UTC).
Future changes
- Administrators will soon be able to delete change tags used fewer than 5,000 times. [32]
- In the future you will be able to have personal lists of articles on the mobile site. [33]
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16:26, 9 febreru 2015 (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.
Software changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since February 11. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from February 17. It will be on all Wikipedias from February 18 (calendar).
- On Wednesday your Meta user page will be shown if you don't have a user page on a wiki. [34] [35] [36]
- You can now change the order of categories in VisualEditor using drag-and-drop. [37]
- In VisualEditor, you now need to make a change before you can "Apply Changes" to citations and templates. [38]
- The way the cursor moves in VisualEditor is changing. Your browser now handles the cursor directly. Most of you will see no change. In right-to-left text, the cursor now moves in a 'visible' rather than 'logical' way. This is like other sites but you may be surprised at first. [39]
Meetings
- The VisualEditor Team had their first public bug triage meeting on February 11. They will post the results on the meeting page. [40]
- You can join the second weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on February 18 at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join. [41]
- You can join a meeting with the developers of the Content Translation tool. It will be on February 18 at 13:00 (UTC). [42]
Future changes
- You can comment on a proposal about abandoned Labs tools.
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17:57, 16 febreru 2015 (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 software changes
- All new accounts are now global. [43]
- Your Meta user page is now shown if you don't have a user page on a wiki. You can report problems if you see any. You can ask a bot to delete your old user pages. [44] [45] [46]
Software changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since February 18. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from February 25. It will be on all Wikipedias from February 26 (calendar).
- It is now easier to see template fields in VisualEditor. The fields are bigger. [47]
- It is now easier to see when a button is disabled in VisualEditor. [48]
- Sometimes when you copy-pasted a template in VisualEditor, it was replaced by HTML. This problem is now fixed. [49]
- Tools in Labs will stop working for a few hours on February 24. [50]
Meetings
- You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
- You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on February 26 at 00:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- At the moment you need to log in to edit Wikimedia wikis on mobile devices. You can say if anyone should be allowed to edit on the mobile sites. The discussion ends on March 15.
- Images in the interface will soon work better in Opera 12. [51]
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16:28, 23 febreru 2015 (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 software changes
- A Lua function to use Wikidata has changed. You need to update the pages that use it. [52]
- You can use the Content Translation tool on Wikipedia in Uzbek and Minangkabau. You need to enable it in your Beta options.
- You can now hide banners if you don't have an account. [53] [54]
Software changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since February 25. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 3. It will be on all Wikipedias from March 4 (calendar).
- You can use the Content Translation tool on Wikipedia in Punjabi and Kyrgyz. You can ask for the tool in other languages.
- Editing the fake blank line in VisualEditor is now simpler. This change also fixed a few bugs. [55] [56] [57] [58]
- The TemplateData editor now warns you if a related page already has TemplateData. [59]
- The TemplateData table now tells you if a template doesn't take any parameters. [60]
Meetings
- You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
- You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on March 4 at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join technical meetings in France and Mexico this year. You will be able to ask for help if you can't pay yourself. [61]
Future changes
- You will be able to get a direct link for a section of a page. [62]
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16:41, 2 marzu 2015 (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
- You can now create books on almost all wikis. It doesn't work yet on wikis using the language converter. [63] [64]
- VisualEditor had problems with categories in Safari. It sometimes moved or removed the categories. The issue is now fixed. [65] [66] [67]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since March 4. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from March 11 (calendar).
- In VisualEditor the "Edit beta" button is now called "Edit" on the English Wikipedia. [68] [69]
- The feedback tool in VisualEditor now looks like the other tools. It also asks for information about your browser to help fix bugs. [70] [71]
- You now see the VisualEditor toolbar even if the rest of the page is still loading. [72] [73]
- You now see more information when you edit a link, a reference or other items in VisualEditor. You also see a clearer edit button in those tools. [74] [75]
- If you use the ContentTranslation tool you now see red links in the list of articles in other languages. The link is red if the article doesn't exist in the language of your options or of your browser. You can translate the article by clicking on the red link.
Meetings
- You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
- You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on March 11 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join a technical meeting in France in May. You can ask for help if you can't pay yourself. [76]
Future changes
- You can get help to become a developer. You can learn more on the Google Summer of Code and Outreachy pages. [77]
- You will soon be able to read technical reports in Phabricator. [78]
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15:18, 9 marzu 2015 (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
- The servers that resize images are using new software. You should report new problems that you notice with images. [79]
- You can now see lists of bugs about Commons, Wikisource and Wiktionary. [80]
- It is now easier to add special characters in VisualEditor. You can edit the list of characters for your wiki. [81] [82]
Problems
- Wikis were broken for a few minutes on Thursday due to a code error.
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since March 11. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 17. It will be on all Wikipedias from March 18 (calendar).
- A puzzle piece icon (
) now shows hidden templates in VisualEditor. You can edit the template by clicking the icon. For example, you can now edit anchor templates. [83] [84] - You can now add examples, and details about old parameters, in TemplateData. [85] [86]
Meetings
- You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
- You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on March 18 at 23:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- The list of bad user names on your wiki will no longer work. The global list will replace it. You can ask to add rules for bad user names on Meta. [87] [88]
- You can comment on how you want to see Wikidata edits in your watchlist on other wikis. [89]
- The final steps of single user login (SUL) will happen in April. You can see the rules to rename accounts. [90]
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15:14, 16 marzu 2015 (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.
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since March 18. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 24. It will be on all Wikipedias from March 25 (calendar).
- The text of a reference is now more visible when you click on it. It has a blue background. Many wikis already have the blue color. Those wikis can now remove it from their CSS page. [91]
- VisualEditor is now much faster. For many users it is now at least as fast as the wikitext editor. [92] [93] [94]
- When you add a list of references in VisualEditor, you now see it right away. You can still change its group by editing it. [95]
Meetings
- You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
- You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on March 25 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Talk pages using "LiquidThreads" on mediawiki.org will soon use the new system. [96]
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15:09, 23 marzu 2015 (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
- You can now hide site banners even if you don't have an account. [97]
- You can now add citations more easily with VisualEditor on the French and Italian Wikipedia. The tool adds the information when you add some types of links. In the future you will be able to add this tool to your wiki. [98] [99] [100]
- All sites should now be faster if you have a recent browser. [101]
- You could see a serious bug when editing some templates with VisualEditor. It was fixed quickly. [102]
- VisualEditor could break when you edited an image. The issue was fixed quickly. [103]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since March 25. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 31. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 1 (calendar).
- VisualEditor is now the main editing tool on 53 more Wikipedias. [104]
- You can now edit the mobile site of all wikis without an account. [105]
- You can test a new tool on the beta mobile site on the English Wikipedia. With the new tool, you can create lists of articles. [106]
- You can now see that VisualEditor is opening even if you're not looking at the top of the page. [107]
- VisualEditor doesn't leave empty titles with just nowiki tags any more. [108] [109] [110] [111]
Meetings
- You can join a meeting with the Wikidata team. The meeting will be on IRC on March 31 at 16:00 (UTC). [112]
- You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
- You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 1 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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15:18, 30 marzu 2015 (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
- You can join a new email list for important news about Wikimedia Labs. [113]
- You can read the last monthly report. In the future you can read team reports every three months. You can see current work on the roadmap. [114] [115]
- The number of articles in Special:Statistics is now updated once a month. [116]
- You can use a new version of the Wikipedia app for Android. Using the app, you can now share a fact with your friends. [117]
Problems
- The import tool was broken for a few days. Imports didn't add log entries. You can delete and import pages again if necessary. [118]
- Labs was broken several times this week. [119] [120] [121] [122]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 1. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from April 7. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 8 (calendar).
- You can now add the same special characters with VisualEditor as with the wikitext editor. [123]
- Many bugs around copy-paste in VisualEditor are now fixed. [124] [125]
- You can now use basic tools of VisualEditor in the new talk tool. You can add links, bold and italics. You can also mention people. [126]
Meetings
- You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 8 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
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15:41, 6 abril 2015 (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
- You can read the latest news about VisualEditor.
- You can now use the new translation tool on 22 Wikipedias. You now see the tool the first time you create a new page. [128]
- The list of bad user names on your wiki no longer works. The global list replaces it. You can ask to add rules for bad user names on Meta. [129] [130]
Problems
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 8. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from April 14. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 15 (calendar).
- Developers will start to rename 1.5 million accounts on Wednesday. After that all accounts will be unique and will work on all wikis. [133] [134]
- All users can now test link previews ("Hovercards") on several Wikipedias. [135]
Meetings
- You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 15 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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16:40, 13 abril 2015 (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
- There was sometimes a problem when saving a page in VisualEditor. It is now fixed on all wikis. [136]
- VisualEditor sometimes showed empty warnings for wikis using Flagged Revisions. This is now fixed on all wikis. [137]
- You can get the new version of the Wikipedia app for iOS. With it you can share facts with your friends. [138]
- If you write JavaScript, you should stop using importScript and importStylesheet. [139]
Problems
- There was a problem with Labs on Monday. [140]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 15. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from April 21. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 22 (calendar).
- Developers are renaming 1.5 million accounts. After that all accounts will be unique and will work on all wikis. [141] [142] [143]
- If your wiki has the auto-fill tool for citations, you can now use it when you edit a reference. [144]
- You can now give examples for template options in TemplateData. [145]
Meetings
- You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 22 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
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15:29, 20 abril 2015 (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
- All accounts are now unique and work on all wikis. [148] [149]
- You can read a report from experts who tested the security of MediaWiki. [150]
- There was a problem between VisualEditor and an antivirus software. It is now fixed. [151]
- You can help test VisualEditor to see if it works in your language. [152]
Problems
- Some Labs tools had problems due to a software bug. [153]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 22. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from April 28. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 29 (calendar).
- It is now clearer that you can delete several rows and columns when you edit tables in VisualEditor. [154]
- You now see more information when you search for a template in VisualEditor. [155]
- You can now cancel when you add citations on desktop, or edit links on mobile, in VisualEditor. [156]
- You can now see the list of other formats for videos only after they're ready. [157]
Meetings
- You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 29 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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15:10, 27 abril 2015 (UTC)
Support request with team editing experiment project
editarDear tech ambassadors, instead of spamming the Village Pump of each Wikipedia about my tiny project proposal for researching team editing (see here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Research_team_editing), I have decided to leave to your own discretion if the matter is relevant enough to inform a wider audience already. I would appreciate if you could appraise if the Wikipedia community you are more familiar with could have interest in testing group editing "on their own grounds" and with their own guidance. In a nutshell: it consists in editing pages as a group instead of as an individual. This social experiment might involve redefining some aspects of the workflow we are all used to, with the hope of creating a more friendly and collaborative environment since editing under a group umbrella creates less social exposure than traditional "individual editing". I send you this message also as a proof that the Inspire Campaign is already gearing up. As said I would appreciate of *you* just a comment on the talk page/endorsement of my project noting your general perception about the idea. Nothing else. Your contribution helps to shape the future! (which I hope it will be very bright, with colors, and Wikipedia everywhere) Regards from User:Micru on meta.
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 chat with other users in Phabricator. [158]
- There was a rare problem with VisualEditor. The text of another wiki could be added to your edit. The issue is now fixed. [159] [160]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 29. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 5. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 6 (calendar).
- It is now easier to add a link in VisualEditor. You can see an image and a description about the page. [161]
Meetings
- You can join a meeting with the Language team. The meeting will be on May 5 at 14:30 (UTC). [162]
- 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 May 6 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join an event in France on May 22−25. You need to sign up before May 8. [163]
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15:03, 4 mayu 2015 (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
- You can now make charts and maps on your wiki with the new "graph" tool. If you have an old browser, you will see images instead. It uses a tool called Vega; you can learn how to use it and write help pages for your wiki. You can use the Vega edit tool to make charts and copy the code to your wiki. Charts and maps use complex code and you should put them into templates. In the future, you will be able to create charts with VisualEditor. [164] [165] [166]
- You can apply for technical jobs to develop tools for the community. [167]
- The logos of all wikis are now in a new place. It will make pages load faster. You can still ask to change the logo. You can also use local CSS for brief changes. [168] [169]
Problems
- There was a problem that caused slow editing. [170]
- Pages were sometimes removed from your watchlist in VisualEditor. This problem is now fixed. [171]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 6. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 12. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 13 (calendar).
- You can now use data from Wikidata on more pages. The page doesn't need to be linked to the Wikidata item. It works on a few wikis and more wikis will be added soon. [172] [173]
- You should get fewer errors when you add files to Commons. [174]
- When you use an external link to link to a wiki page, VisualEditor now converts it to a wiki link. [175]
- When you add a link in VisualEditor, you see pages that match what you type. It is now easier to see where they match. [176]
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 May 13 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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15:34, 11 mayu 2015 (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
- You can watch a video about the new graph tool.
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 13. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 19. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 20 (calendar).
- References are now always in the right order. Also, the reference list now only shows references used on the page. [177]
- You can no longer create an account with a colon ':' in it. If you already have one, it still works. [178]
- The toolbar in VisualEditor now looks different. It is easier to see the icons. [179]
- You won't be able to use e-mail lists for a few hours on Tuesday. [180] [181]
- UploadWizard now shows better matches when you add a category to your file. [182]
- A test about VisualEditor will start on the English Wikipedia on Thursday. [183]
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 May 21 at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join a technical meeting in France this week.
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15:18, 18 mayu 2015 (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
- VisualEditor was broken for 30 minutes on Tuesday. The problem was due to a tool it uses. [184]
- Some Labs tools had issues last week. [185] [186]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 20. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 26. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 27 (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 May 28 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- You can add your ideas of new tools to help active users like you. [187]
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16:12, 25 mayu 2015 (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
- Many wikis were slow for a few hours on Wednesday due to a code error. Sometimes the pages did not load at all and showed an error. [188]
- Some tools in Labs were broken on Wednesday and Thursday. [189]
- Edit tags added by the software were broken on all wikis from May 23 to May 28. [190] [191]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 27. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 2. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 3 (calendar).
- You won't be able to use e-mail lists for a few hours on Tuesday. [192]
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 3 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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15:30, 1 xunu 2015 (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.
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). [193] [194]
- If you use the Monobook skin, the buttons and other controls now look more the same in VisualEditor and other tools. [195]
- When you edit links and other items in VisualEditor, you now need to apply your change before closing the tool. [196]
- The title of dialogs is now easier to see when it is near long buttons. [197]
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). [198]
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. [199]
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15:21, 8 xunu 2015 (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
- Users have created more than 5000 articles with the new translation tool. [200]
- Editing a page is now faster. This is because some statistics about edit filters were removed. [201]
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). [202]
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. [203]
- If you use Pywikibot, soon you won't be able to use
compatanymore. [204] [205] [206]
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15:04, 15 xunu 2015 (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
- 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. [207] [208]
- You can't use HTTPS wikis with Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP. You need to use another browser. [209]
Problems
- On June 15, search was broken on all wikis for several hours. [210] [211] [212]
- On June 16, images were broken for several hours on wikis that use InstantCommons. [213] [214] [215]
- 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. [216] [217] [218]
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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15:23, 22 xunu 2015 (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
- Long lines in code blocks now look better. [219]
- You can now see graphs in VisualEditor. [220]
- When you read a page on the mobile site, you can now see a link to go to its talk page. [221]
- The code coloring tool has changed. You can now use many more languages. It now also works on mobile. [222] [223] [224]
- You can look at a new site to learn how to reuse data from Wikimedia sites. [225]
Problems
- JavaScript was broken on some wikis due to a code error. VisualEditor and other tools that use JavaScript were broken. [226]
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. [227]
- 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. [228]
- If you are an admin or have other special rights, you now need a strong password. [229]
- Bot and JavaScript coders: The old continuation mode of the API for
action=querydoesn't work any more. [230]
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. [231]
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15:56, 29 xunu 2015 (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
- On the mobile site, you now see more information when you search for a page. It now shows the description from Wikidata. [232]
Problems
- The code of long pages is not colored any more. You may see this problem on the pages of long gadgets. [233]
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. [234] [235]
- You can now translate articles into English with the new translation tool. [236]
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 xunetu 2015 (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
- You can now see a list of pages with errors in code coloring. [237]
Problems
- There was a problem with editing on Thursday. Some tools like bots and VisualEditor were broken on all wikis for 10 minutes. [238]
- There was a problem with images on Thursday. They were broken on all wikis for 15 minutes. [239]
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. [240]
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15:06, 13 xunetu 2015 (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.
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from July 21. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 22. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 23 (calendar).
- You now see more warnings in the image viewer. They tell you to be careful when using the image, for example if it shows a person. [241]
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on July 21 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Soon you won't be able to use MathJax to display math. [242]
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03:05, 21 xunetu 2015 (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
- You can now use redirects to link to JavaScript pages. [243]
- You cannot use the compact user bar any more. [244]
- You can change your options to see bigger images. [245]
- You can watch short videos about how to use VisualEditor. [246]
- You can now edit pages linked in "what links here" more easily. [247]
Problems
- There was a problem with some Lua modules on July 22 and 23. Some pages using them did not list them in "what links here". You can fix those pages with a null edit: edit and save the page without making any change.
- There was a problem with the abuse filter page on big wikis on July 23. It was due to a code error. [248]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from July 28. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 29. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 30 (calendar).
- JavaScript authors: You cannot use
wgNoticeUserDatato get edit counts anymore. [249]
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on July 28 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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15:05, 27 xunetu 2015 (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
- The ContentTranslation extension has been updated:
- The error page you see when the sites are not working is now simpler and easier to read. It also shows the Wikimedia logo. [255]
- MediaWiki now supports redirects for CSS pages. [256]
- Bots can't guess captchas unlimited times anymore. [257]
Problems
- There was a problem with thumbnails on wikis with local images on July 24 and 25. It was due to a code error. [258]
- We can't search by file type on Wikimedia wikis now. [259]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from August 4. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from August 5. It will be on all Wikipedias from August 6 (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on August 4 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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15:51, 3 agostu 2015 (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
- MediaWiki can now hide the signature button when you edit a content page. [260]
- The "Your preferences have been saved" message has changed. You can now see more easily what was saved when you change preferences several times. [261]
- You can now play Ogg video files in some browsers that don't support this format. This solution uses JavaScript and works on desktop browsers only for now. It will work on mobile later. [262]
- You can now use the same tools to edit style in VisualEditor on mobile as in desktop browsers. [263]
- It is now easier to see if there is a JavaScript error in a user or site script. [264]
- JavaScript authors:
- You can no longer use the Sajax library. You can see a list of pages to fix. [265] [266]
- You can no longer use
document.writeon Wikimedia wikis. You can see a list of pages to fix. [267] [268]
- The content translation tool now works better. It is easier to use math, and useless tags are no longer added. [269]
Problems
- More edits have been rejected due to loss of session data lately. This is now fixed. [270]
- Importing a Lua module sometimes didn't work. This is now fixed. [271]
- Text was sometimes lost in the content translation tool. One part of the problem is now fixed. [272]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from August 11. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from August 12. It will be on all Wikipedias from August 13 (calendar).
- UploadWizard is getting a new look. The look of buttons and checkboxes has already changed. This week, UploadWizard gets a new date picker. The other text fields will change soon. [273]
- You can now test VisualEditor on mobile devices of all sizes. [274]
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on August 11 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Some things in the watchlist will get a new look. [275]
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14:57, 10 agostu 2015 (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
- Many Wikipedias can now use information from any Wikidata item in any Wikipedia article. Before they could only use the Wikidata item that matched the subject of the article. [276] [277] [278]
- Some auto-saving problems and other issues in the Content Translation tool are now fixed. Please report to the Content Translation feedback page if you still have problems. [279]
Problems
- Older gadgets that are not using ResourceLoader are not loading anymore. They need to be updated. [280] [281]
- On August 12 the machine translation servers and the Content Translation tool didn't work. This was fixed on the same day. [282]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from August 18. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from August 19. It will be on all Wikipedias from August 20 (calendar).
- You can soon watch when something is added to or removed from a category. [283]
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on August 18 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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16:17, 17 agostu 2015 (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
- Disambiguation pages are now excluded from the random page function. [284]
Problems
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from August 25. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from August 26. It will be on all Wikipedias from August 27 (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on August 25 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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13:02, 24 agostu 2015 (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
- VisualEditor will now automatically create a link when you type in or paste an ISBN, PMID, or RFC. [286][287]
- The link editor in VisualEditor is now a bit wider. It's now the same width as the automatic citation tool. [288]
- VisualEditor gadget authors can no longer use the backwards-compatibility module
ext.visualEditor.viewPageTarget.init. Useext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.initinstead. [289] - Gadget writers can now use mediawiki.ForeignApi to communicate between different Wikimedia wikis. [290]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from September 1. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from September 2. It will be on all Wikipedias from September 3 (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on September 1 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- The Wikidata API will be updated with breaking changes. This will probably happen on September 9. [291]
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21:36, 31 agostu 2015 (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
- You can now mention up to 50 users in a post and they will get a notification. Previously you could notify up to 20 users. [292]
- A new version of the Wikidata Toolkit has been released. It now has Wikibase API support. [293]
- You can now use Wikidata to find all good or featured articles in a Wikipedia version. [294]
Problems
- There was a problem with Tool Labs due to kernel issues. This has been fixed. [295]
- The Content Translation tool published some pages with the same reference repeated several times. This has been fixed. [296][297]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from September 8. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from September 9. It will be on all Wikipedias from September 10 (calendar).
- The maximum character length when you search for something on the Wikimedia wikis is now 300 characters. [298]
- The notifications list has been split into two lists. As a first step, notifications about messages on your user talk page will be placed in the second list. Feedback is requested at the Echo talk page. [299][300]
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on September 8 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the Wikitech ambassadors mailing list. The list is for Wikimedians interested in spreading information about Wikimedia technology news. See how to join.
Future changes
- The Wikimedia mailing lists will be moved to a new server and the software will be upgraded. This will happen on September 9 at 14:00 (UTC). The mailing lists will not be working during the move. It can take up to four hours. [301]
- Wikidata will soon be able to store measurements, such as a mountain's height or the distance between two places. [302][303]
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17:29, 7 setiembre 2015 (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
- You can now use the Wikidata query service. [304]
- Belarusian-Taraškievica Wikipedia was moved from be-x-old.wikipedia.org to be-tarask.wikipedia.org. This caused some issues, but most of them were resolved. [305]
- Language preferences might not be changed immediately when you adjust them. Language selection might work slower. Please report any problems. [306][307]
Problems
- There was a problem when editing International Standard Book Numbers in Visual Editor. This has now been fixed. [308]
- The Wikimedia mailing lists should have been upgraded on September 9. It didn't work as planned and will now happen later. [309]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from September 15. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from September 16. It will be on all Wikipedias from September 17 (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on September 15 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- ContentTranslation will show more data on the Special:ContentTranslationStats page. For example, it will show translation trends and information about deleted translations. [310]
- The first version of the translation suggestions feature will be deployed soon. [311]
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16:17, 14 setiembre 2015 (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
- There is now an experimental Wikimedia maps service. You can give feedback here. [312][313]
- Last week a few issues with UploadWizard were fixed. Before this was done, UploadWizard would stop you from uploading your files if something went wrong. [314][315][316][317]
- More Wikipedias can now use information from any Wikidata item in any Wikipedia article. Previously they could only use the Wikidata item that matched the subject of the article. [318]
- The VisualEditor welcome dialogue has been changed. The intention is to make it more helpful for new users. [319]
Problems
- Wikimedia Labs' HTTPS certificate expired for most of Tuesday 15 September. To reach Wikimedia Labs and Tool Labs securely you had to ignore your browser's security error message. There was no risk to data security during this time. [320]
- Last week the notification system was split into two parts. This was temporarily undone because of a bug and performance concerns. It will return to two parts this week. [321][322]
- UploadWizard couldn't upload files larger than 5 MB when using chunked uploads. This has now been fixed. [323]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from September 22. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from September 23. It will be on all Wikipedias from September 24 (calendar).
- The page move tool has been switched over to the new standard look for forms. [324]
- You can now choose whether to extend a link or not when editing one in VisualEditor. This means it is easier to choose how much of what you type before and after the link is part of it. [325]
- Wikibooks can now use data from Wikidata. [326]
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on 22 September at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join a meeting with the Wikidata team. It will be on September 23 at 17:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can register to the Wikimedia Developer Summit 2016 in San Francisco 4–6 January 2016. Gadget, template, bot, and tool developers are welcome as well. Call for participation and travel sponsorship requests are open until 2 October.
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18:29, 21 setiembre 2015 (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 UploadWizard, the dialog to see an image preview has been removed. You already see the images in the thumbnails when you upload them. [327]
- UploadWizard dialogs look a bit different now. They have been updated to the new OOUI look. [328]
- You can now edit music scores in VisualEditor. You can add new sheet music scores and get live updates when you edit one. [329]
- When you send an e-mail to another editor using Special:EmailUser, that user will now get a notification on the wiki as well. [330]
- You can now see 500 images when you upload images from Flickr with UploadWizard. Before this change the limit was 50. [331]
- The Wikimedia mailing lists have been upgraded. [332]
- MediaWiki developers spent a day looking at proposed code changes in Gerrit. The goal was to clean up the backlog and give feedback to volunteer developers. [333]
Problems
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from September 29. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from September 30. It will be on all Wikipedias from October 1 (calendar).
- There will be a new beta feature that allows editors to use Flow on their user talkpage if they want to. Each wiki can decide if they want to enable it. [336]
- The Content Translation tool can give translation suggestions. This feature will now be available in more languages: English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Turkish, Japanese, Italian, and Catalan. [337]
Meetings
- You can join the strategy process of the Reading department of Wikimedia Engineering. [338]
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on 29 September at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- The Wikimedia Foundation developers want the community to decide who can use OAuth in the future. You can discuss it on Meta.
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15:15, 28 setiembre 2015 (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
- The link editor in the visual editor now shows results below the search box. This improves the usability on desktop and mobile. [339]
- The description at Special:ChangeEmail now clearly explains that the page can also be used to remove your email. [340]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from October 6. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from October 7. It will be on all Wikipedias from October 8 (calendar).
- UploadWizard will remind users to add a category. [341]
- UploadWizard's category selectors will be easier to use. [342]
- A new Cite error will be shown if a named reference is defined more than once in the same article. [343]
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on 6 October at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Wikidata requests your input on how to improve the editing of Wikidata's data in other locations, such as Wikipedias.
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18:32 5 och 2015 (UTC)
Broken redirect pages
editarComo-y dixi al usuariu NahidSultan, nun veo conveniente desaniciar les redireiciones anque vayan a un artículu qu'aínda nun esiste. Como-y despliqué na so páxina d'alderique, daivos cuenta que nesta wiki hai pocos usuarios, y munches redireiciones fáense inclusu enantes de qu'esista l'artículu. Esto nun ye malo, y cenciellamente afórranos tiempu. "Cadarma humana", redirixía a "Sistema oseu humanu". Ye cierto que l'artículu del sistema oseu humanu aínda nun esistía, pero al tenelo asina, aforramos y advertimos a quien se punxera a facelu, que l'artículu "cadarma humana" realmente tendría d'escribise nel artículu "sistema oseu humanu", por siguir l'exemplu d'otres wikipedies. Ye muncho más apropiao. Otra cosa ye si la redireición, amás d'inesistente ye equivocada. Entós sí, toi a favor de borrala. Pero con los pocos que somos, meyor nun les borramos. Ye trabayu adelantáu a futuru... nun sé si me desplico ;) --Astur (alderique) 16:14 10 och 2015 (UTC)
Docs
editarHey, gracies por dir faciéndome la doc de les plantíes.. ye dalgo que por dalguna razón nun se me da bien. Una cosa: curiáu con si ves coses en castellán cambiales. (refiérome a dalgunes entraes). Lo importante ye que'l resultáu de la plantía, LO QUE SE VE, tea n'asturianu ;) . Dígolo porque dalgunes van n'inglés y convién dexales asina: son tán complicaes, que al final, pal resultáu copies y apegues de la inglesa o castellana, pones los datos del personaxe o del artículu n'asturianu y la plantía funciona igual de bien. Amás los bots saben interpretales ;) --Astur (alderique) 11:12 12 och 2015 (UTC)
- Nun sé a qué botones TemplateData te refieres... :O --Astur (alderique) 15:17 12 och 2015 (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
- The database size lists have been updated. These control special page update frequency and which wikis use global abuse filters. [344]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from October 13. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from October 14. It will be on all Wikipedias from October 15 (calendar).
- You will be able to upload images to Wikimedia Commons using the visual editor. When the image is uploaded it will be added to the article you're editing. [345]
- Pages that show citation error messages will automatically be placed in a hidden category. [346]
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 13 October at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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16:28 12 och 2015 (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
- Tech News is trying to make reading the newsletter easier. The
icon means the item is in the newsletter every week, but with new dates. The 
icon means the item is mainly relevant for readers with technical knowledge. You can leave feedback on this change. - Timestamps in the protection log will now be in the user's timezone. Previously they would show Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). [347]
Problems
- A problem with MediaWiki made some pages show no content on October 14. This has now been fixed. [348]
- Some templates were misplaced in the Flow description bar. This could make it impossible to click on links. This will be fixed this week. [349]
- The deployment of the new MediaWiki version was stopped on October 14. No new code was deployed for the rest of week. This meant planned changes did not happen. [350]
Changes this week
- Changes that were planned to happen last week will happen this week. [351]
- Wikispecies, Meta and MediaWiki.org will be able to use Wikidata for sitelinks. [352][353][354][355]
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 20 October at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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16:02 19 och 2015 (UTC)
Plantía d'asteroides
editarBones Xuacu, tenemos una plantía d'asteroides desactualizada dafechu ¿podríes echa-y un güeyu?. Un saludu y gracies. --Vsuarezp (alderique) 13:51 25 och 2015 (UTC)
- Meca Oriciu, va ser más complicao camudalo. Trátase de códigu en cada páxina nun tenemos plantía pa ello. Un exemplu: 3 Juno --Vsuarezp (alderique) 14:50 25 och 2015 (UTC)
- Menos mal, si se puede automatizar muncho meyor porque yá me taba viendo iguándolo a mano... --Vsuarezp (alderique) 15:09 25 och 2015 (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.
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from October 27. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from October 28. It will be on all Wikipedias from October 29 (calendar).- The first time you use the visual editor, pop-ups will explain why and when you should use the citation and link tools. [356]
- You will be able to upload images to Wikimedia Commons from inside the wikitext editor by clicking "Upload" in the "Inxertar un ficheru" dialog. You will also be able to drag and drop them into an article when using the visual editor. [357][358]
- When you edit a code block in visual editor, you will have the syntax highlighted. [359][360]
- Index and Page namespaces on Wikisource will be defined as content namespaces in
$wgContentNamespaces. [361]
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18:04 26 och 2015 (UTC)
Wikidata y eses coses
editarNun me doi cuenta de a qué te refieres colo de que wikidata nun sal y les referencies Qxxx sí.. Nun toi mui puestu nello. Per otru llau, sí, el tradubot tien un xacíu del humor peculiar XD, alcuérdome que redirixí o treslladé la páxina pero vese que m'escaecí de desaniciar la "orixinal" XDD. N'otru orde de coses.. visti'l trabayu que fexo Asturibot? corrixó más de 1700 plantíes que teníen fallos de colocación, y namái nuna nueche ) --Astur (alderique) 19:37 29 och 2015 (UTC)
- Pues nun taba mal aconceyar un día, y desplicar a tol mundu que quiera cómo funciona y cómo editar en wikipedia. Tanto coses básiques, como avanzaes. Pela mio parte, puedo esplicar funciones básiques y cencielles pa remanar un bot y facer correiciones en masa. ;) Toi seguru qu'habrá usuarios que-y sacaríen provechu. --Astur (alderique) 07:09 30 och 2015 (UTC)
Pidimientos
editarAstur ta lliáu, ¿pues faceme'l favor de crear los artículos en colloráu d'esta llista y yá los reviso yo? --Vsuarezp (alderique) 10:14 30 och 2015 (UTC)
- Bones otra vegada, respondióme Astur y yá-y mandé una llista de 1.700 artículos incluyíos nesa llista y na enantada de persones, asina que nun fai falta que faigas más artículos munches gracies. Sicasí, como sabes más inglés que yo, sí podíes ayudame a tornar el testu de les demás llistes pa tener los nomes pal tradubot. Gracies de nuevo.
- Efectivamente, debí esplicame mal, referíame a tornar los nomes d'estes llistes [362]
- Toles llistes d'artículos tán sacaos de "Vital Articles/Expanded" na Wikipedia inglesa. El de xeografía d'equí [363] --Vsuarezp (alderique) 18:16 1 pay 2015 (UTC)
- Sí, yá mandé a Astur la llista de tolos artículos que falten por facer más los de la llista estendida de persones. Si los de xeografía nun coinciden del too ye porque, desde que yo la copié equí, hebo dalgunos cambeos. --Vsuarezp (alderique) 18:53 1 pay 2015 (UTC)
- Toles llistes d'artículos tán sacaos de "Vital Articles/Expanded" na Wikipedia inglesa. El de xeografía d'equí [363] --Vsuarezp (alderique) 18:16 1 pay 2015 (UTC)
- Efectivamente, debí esplicame mal, referíame a tornar los nomes d'estes llistes [362]
VisualEditor News #5—2015
editarLleer esto n'otru idioma • Llista de suscripciones a este boletín multillingüe
¿Sabíeslo?
Fai click nel iconu del llápiz p'abrir l'editor pa una páxina. Dientro, usa'l menú de la rueda dentada de la esquina superior drecha pa "Cambiar a la edición visual".
El botón d'edición recordará qué entornu d'edición usasti la última vegada, y volverá a presentar el mesmu la vegada siguiente. El sitiu del escritoriu cambiará a un sistema asemeyáu a esti nos meses vinientes.
Puedes lleer y ayudar a traducir el manual d'usuariu, que contien más información tocante al usu del Editor visual.
De últimu boletín a esti, l'Equipu de VisualEditor iguó munchos bugs, amestó nueves carauterístiques y fexo dellos pequeños cambios nel diseñu. Esti equipu asoleya informes d'estáu selmanales en mediawiki.org. El so cuadru de trabayu ta disponible en Phabricator. Les sos prioridaes actuales son ameyorar l'encontu pa llingües como'l xaponés y l'árabe, facilitar la edición en preseos móviles, y ufrir ferramientes de medios arriquecíos pa les fórmules, gráfiques, galeríes y xubir conteníu.
Ameyoramientos de recién
editarEducational features: The first time ever you use the visual editor, it now draws your attention to the Enllaz and ⧼visualeditor-toolbar-cite-label⧽ tools. When you click on the tools, it explains why you should use them. (T108620) Alongside this, the welcome message for new users has been simplified to make editing more welcoming. (T112354) Tán planificaes más carauterístiques educatives internes nel software.
Links: It is now easier to understand when you are adding text to a link and when you are typing plain text next to it. (T74108, T91285) The editor now fully supports ISBN, PMID or RFC numbers. (T109498, T110347, T63558) These "magic links" use a custom link editing tool.
Uploads: Registered editors can now upload images and other media to Commons while editing. Click the new tab in the "Inxertar Imáxenes y multimedia" tool. You will be guided through the process without having to leave your edit. At the end, the image will be inserted. This tool is limited to one file at a time, owned by the user, and licensed under Commons's standard license. For more complex situations, the tool links to more advanced upload tools. You can also drag the image into the editor. This will be available in the wikitext editor later.
Mobile: Previously, the visual editor was available on the mobile Wikipedia site only on tablets. Now, editors can use it on all devices regardless of size if they wish. (T85630) Edit conflicts were previously broken on the mobile website. Edit conflicts can now be resolved in both wikitext and visual editors. (T111894) Sometimes templates and similar items could not be deleted on the mobile website. Selecting them caused the on-screen keyboard to hide with some browsers. Now there is a new "Desaniciar" button, so that these things can be removed if the keyboard hides. (T62110) You can also edit table cells in mobile now.
Rich editing tools: You can now add and edit sheet music in the visual editor. (T112925) There are separate tabs for advanced options, such as MIDI and Ogg audio files. (T114227, T113354) When editing formulæ and other blocks, errors are shown as you edit. It is also possible to edit some types of graphs; adding new ones, and support for new types, will be coming.
On the English Wikipedia, the visual editor is now automatically available to anyone who creates an account. The preference switch was moved to the normal location, under Special:Preferences.
Cambeos futuros
editarPronto vas poder cambiar de testu wiki al editor visual después de principiar la edición. (T49779) Anteriormente sólo podíes cambiar del editor visual al editor de testu wiki. El cambiu nes dos direiciones va posibilitar una llingüeta editar única. (T102398) Esti proyectu combinará les llingüetes "Editar" y "Editar la fonte" nuna única llingüeta "Editar", asemeyada al sistema que s'usa yá nel sitiu web pa móviles. La llingüeta "Editar" abrirá cualquier entornu d'edición qu'usaras la última vegada.
Trabayemos xuntos
editar- Comparte les tos idees y fai entrugues en VisualEditor/Feedback. Esta páxina de comentarios usa Flow pa los alderiques.
- Can you read and type in Korean or Japanese? Language engineer David Chan needs people who know which tools people use to type in some languages. If you speak Japanese or Korean, you can help him test support for these languages. Please see the instructions at What to test if you can help, and report it on Phabricator (Korean - Japanese) or on Wikipedia (Korean - Japanese).
- Local admins can set up the Citoid automatic reference feature for your wiki. If you need help, then please post a request in the Citoid project on Phabricator. Include links to the TemplateData for the most important citation templates on your wiki.
- Los conceyos selmanales de clasificación de xeres tán abiertos a los voluntarios. Depriende cómo xunite a los aconceyamientos y cómo señalar bugs en mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings. Sicasí, nun necesites asistir al conceyu pa señalar un bug pa tener en cuenta. En llugar d'eso, entra en Phabricator y "asocia"'l proyeutu VisualEditor principal col bug.
Si nun tas lleendo esto nel to idioma preferíu, ¡ayúdanos coles traducciones! Suscríbete a la llista de distribución de correos de los traductores o comunícate con nós direutamente pa que podamos avisate en tando disponible la próxima edición. ¡Gracies!
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 how many editors are using a gadget on a wiki on Special:GadgetUsage. [364]
- If you are using the mobile version of Wikipedia, you can now see Wikidata descriptions under article titles in search results. [365]
- Editing conflicts are now detected when you edit on a mobile device. Before, this did not work properly on mobile. [366]
Problems
- On October 26 the Wikimedia sites went down for ten minutes. [367]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from November 3. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from November 4. It will be on all Wikipedias from November 5 (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 3 November at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join. You can also read the latest VisualEditor newsletter.
Future changes
- A help link will be added to Special:Search. Administrators might have to update the MediaWiki:Search-summary message to avoid two help links. [368]
- Empty list items could be allowed in the future. If so, this could affect some templates. [369]
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16:42 2 pay 2015 (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
- Superprotect has been removed. [370]
- You can now switch between the wikitext editor and the visual editor without saving. You will not lose the changes you have made. [371]
- JSON dumps of the production search indexes are now available. They can be imported to Elasticsearch. [372]
Problems
- Some translations for the Thanks and Echo extensions were missing. Translators have been asked to help and this should be solved soon. [373]
Changes this week
- Thumbnails of 16-bit TIFF files will be displayed properly. Before, this didn't work. [374]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from November 10. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from November 11. It will be on all Wikipedias from November 12 (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 10 November at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- A new tool to navigate through diff pages is being developed. You can test it out and give feedback. [375]
- The options on Special:Watchlist will look slightly different. [376]
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17:18 9 pay 2015 (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.
Changes this week
- You can use TemplateData to indicate how you want a template to be displayed in wikitext. Tools like VisualEditor that edit templates will soon use this information. [377]
- Echo notification icons in MonoBook will look more like other icons in the theme. [378]
- The Community Tech team is doing a community wishlist survey to understand what they should be working on. They are now accepting proposals in all languages. You can create your proposal in the small box above the blue button and click it when you're done.
- Wikis can make the welcome notification link to a specific page. [379]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from November 17. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from November 18. It will be on all Wikipedias from November 19 (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 17 November at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Internet Explorer 8 will no longer have JavaScript support. You will still be able to browse and edit Wikipedia, but will not be able to use some features. This can be solved by upgrading to a newer version or switching to a different browser. The change will happen in January 2016. [380][381]
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19:39 16 pay 2015 (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
- A new Pageview API has been announced. Feedback is requested to help decide which data to add to it next.
Changes this week
- There are no MediaWiki deployments this week (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Language Engineering team. The topic is: Content Translation updates and Questions & Answers. The meeting will be on 25 November at 13:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 24 November at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is "RfC: Raise MediaWiki's PHP version requirement and update coding standards". The meeting will be on 25 November at 21:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- From 1 December, the MediaWiki API will no longer support the dbg, txt, and yaml output formats. [382]
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20:26 23 pay 2015 (UTC)
Les últimes noticies téuniques de la comunidá téunica de Wikimedia. Informa a otros usuarios sobro estos cambios. Nun van afeutate tolos cambios. Hai Traducciones disponibles.
Cambióse'l símbolu de los elementos avanzaos de les noticies. Esto vien de qu'había símbolos asemeyaos enforma. Agora, si un elementu de les noticies ye pa llectores más téunicos apaecerá esti símbolu: 
. Pues dar la to opinión sobro esti cambiu.
Problemes
- El 29 de setiembre les preferencies d'aspeutu de los usuarios desaniciáronse por error nes wikis de tamañu pequeñu y medianu. Esto devolvió les preferencies a Vector. Restaurar tolos datos podría causar inda más problemes. Los usuarios afeutaos que quieran recuperar la so preferencia de mou global puen pidilo como comentariu en Phabricator task T119206 fasta'l 21 d'avientu de 2015. [383]
- Delles xeres programaes nun taben funcionando correutamente dende setiembre hasta hai pocu tiempu. Esto significa que delles páxines del espaciu de nomes de páxines especiales nun s'anovaron. Agora esto ta iguao. [384]
Cambios d'esta selmana
- Wikinews, Wikispecies, MediaWiki.org y Meta podrán usar información de Wikidata. [385][386]
- Nun hai despliegues de MediaWiki pa esta selmana (axenda).
Aconceyamientos
- Pues xunite al siguiente alcuentru col equipu de VisualEditor. Demientres l'alcuentru, podrás dicir a los desendolcadores qué bugs crees que son más importantes. L'alcuentru va ser el 1 d'avientu a les 19:00 (UTC). Mira cómo xunite.
Pues xunite al siguiente alcuentru col comité d'Arquitectura. El tema d'esta selmana ye usar la etiqueta <figure>pa multimedia. L'alcuentru va ser el 2 d'avientu a les 22:00 (UTC). Mira cómo xunite.
Cambios futuros
- Agora tán disponibles nes wikis de pruebes y MediaWiki.org les llistes de siguimientu de Categoría. El plan ye activalo na mayor parte de les wikis pa xineru. [387]
- Tán desendolcándose les notificaciones ente wikis.Cuando tea fecho, nun necesitarás pasar pela wiki onde asocedió daqué pa recibir l'avisu. [388]
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16:16 30 pay 2015 (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
- Revision scoring will help to automatically identify bad-faith and good-faith edits. The point is to make it easier to block vandals and welcome newcomers. It currently supports Wikidata and 14 Wikipedias. [389]
Problems
- Meta was not given access to information from Wikidata last week. This will happen later. [390]
Changes this week
- You will be able to use wikilinks in Flow topic titles. [391]
- IP users will have a toolbar with links to the user talk page and user contributions. Some Wikipedias already have this feature. [392]
- You will be able to edit the graph size in the visual editor. You can either specify the size in the graph dialog or drag it to be the size you want it to be. [393]
- It will be easier to write math in the visual editor if you don't know LaTeX. You can use symbol buttons instead. [394]
- You will be able to use syntax highlighting when you write math with LaTeX in the visual editor. [395]
- UploadWizard will look a bit different. [396]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 8 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 9 December. It will be on all Wikipedias from 10 December. (calendar).
- New MediaWiki versions will now be on Catalan and Hebrew Wikipedia on Wednesdays. Other Wikipedias get the new MediaWiki version on Thursdays. [397]
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 8 December at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topics this week are "Graph/Graphoid/Kartographer – data storage architecture" and "Parametric JSON builder". The meeting will be on 9 December at 22:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- A new beta feature will show users links to related articles at the bottom of an article. It will not be enabled by default. [398]
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17:52 7 avi 2015 (UTC)
Wikidata weekly summary #187
editar
- Events/Blogs/Press
- Past: Semantic Web Application and Tools 4 Life Science
- Ongoing: Wikidata for Beginners session at DISH 2015, Rotterdam, 8 December 2015
- Upcoming: Wikidata pour la science
- Upcoming: Workshop on "Wikidata as a platform for biocuration" at Biocuration 2016
- Slides for talk "Building the sum of all human citations"
- Op-ed in Signpost (Lydia is working on a piece to address some of the points)
- Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Closing in towards 1 million links between Commons categories and Wikidata article-type items -- 8,000 more by next week?
- Help labeling edits to improve the vandalism detection on Wikidata
- Open Science Prize is looking for cool ideas for Open Data and health. How about something awesome with Wikidata?
- The Individual Engagement Grant for StrepHit has been accepted
- Are you between 13 and 17? Join us for Google Code-in and do some Wikidata tasks with Wikimedia
- We want your feedback on how to improve the process of showcasing Wikidata's best content
- I dreamed of a perfect database - Wikidata? ;-)
- Histropedia timeline of National Library of Wales
- Wikinews, Wikispecies and MediaWiki now have access to the data on Wikidata. Do awesome things with it, sisters! Meta will follow on 15th.
- Map of narrative locations in Denmark
- Experimental REST API for Wikidata
- Did you know?
- Newest properties: deprecated in version, issued by, MediaWiki hooks used, superpartner of, has superpartner, natural abundance, Genius artist ID, ODIS ID, FAO risk status, conversion to SI base unit, Soccerway player ID, Sandbox-Property
- Newest Database reports: WikiProject Movies/new films
- Showcase items: Bertus Aafjes
- Development
- Polished the patch that adds icons to the item pages (for actions like edit, remove etc) and makes them cleaner. This will go live later today.
- Worked more on a separate section for identifiers
- Started working on the sorting of statements on the ArticlePlaceholder pages
- Made it possible to use unknown language, no linguistic content and more as languages for the monolingual text datatype
- Experimented more with improvements to the ranking on Special:Search
- Worked on showing more languages in the in other languages box than the ones defined in your babel boxes
- Small improvements to recent changes/watchlist integration on Wikipedia and co
- Worked on making it possible to create a redirect over a deleted item
- Worked on PHP7 support
- Monthly Tasks
- Hack on one of these.
- Help develop the next summary here!
- Contribute to a Showcase item
- Help translate or proofread pages in your own language!
- Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.
Imaxe con drechu d'autor
editarBones, pues fixe lo que me dixo Esbardu: poneme en contautu con dalgún steward de meta-wiki. Y un res. Nun me contestaren siquier. Gracies pol interés. --Xabel10 (alderique) 14:33 9 avi 2015 (UTC)
- L'enllaz a la imaxe ye esti: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Celtes3.jpg. Gracies. --Xabel10 (alderique) 16:06 9 avi 2015 (UTC)
Wikidata weekly summary #188
editar - Events/Blogs/Press
- Wikidata: knowledge from different points of view (Signpost op-ed on knowledge diversity and our thinking on data quality)
- The Wikimedia Foundation Scholarships Program is now accepting applications for Wikimania 2016 (deadline: 09 January 2016 23:59 UTC)
- Wikidata: A platform for data integration and dissemination for the life sciences and beyond received the prize for best paper at SWAT4LS. Congrats!
- Past: 50 hours of Wikidata and Wikipedia editing at Museo Soumaya
- Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Over 16.000 people have contributed to Wikidata over the last month.
- Wikidata Analyst, a tool to help comprehensively analyze the quality of Wikidata (announcement)
- Overview of the current state of Sum of all Paintings and how you can help by Multichill
- query.wikidata.org now more prominently shows example queries in case you missed them before, lets you filter and gives you a preview for them. Additionally you can click a little magnifying glass next to an item ID in a query result and explore it further.
- WikiJourney now has a first release on the Play Store
- Did you know?
- Newest properties: JMDb film identifier, British Council artist ID, MLSSoccer.com ID, YouTube channel ID, image of function, MGI gene symbol, NCBI Locus tag, teaching method, OKPO ID, Ballotpedia ID, organisation directed from the office, office held by head of the organisation, Elonet actor ID, diameter, French diocesan architects ID, statement describes, CTHS person ID, Chemins de mémoire ID, Academic Tree ID, French Sculpture Census ID, deprecated in version, issued by
- Query example: Which "Lincoln" was "Lincoln" named for?, places by elevation span, people who died in 1945 (for upcoming 2016 public domain day)
- Newest Database reports: List of films without article in Wikipedia of the same language
- Development
- Working on sorting of statement groups for the ArticlePlaceholder extension
- Further work on a separate section for identifiers
- Worked on properly linking identifiers in the exports
- Removed a number of lines and boxes in the statement section to make it less busy
- Made it possible to create a redirect over a deleted item without having to undelete it first
- Further work on improving ranking on Special:Search
- Making it possible to show and edit more languages for labels/descriptions/aliases than the ones defined in your babel boxes
- Getting ready for the holidays :)
- Monthly Tasks
- Hack on one of these.
- Help develop the next summary here!
- Contribute to a Showcase item
- Help translate or proofread pages in your own language!
- Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.
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
- Meta will be able to use information from Wikidata. [399]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 15 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 16 December. It will be on all Wikipedias from 17 December. (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 15 December at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is talking about the agenda for the Wikimedia Developer Summit. The meeting will be on 16 December at 22:00 (UTC). See how to join. [400]
Future changes
- A new gadget manager will come next year. The new gadget system is called Gadgets 2.0. [401]
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17:41 14 avi 2015 (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.
Tech News
- Because of the holidays, the next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 11 January 2016.
- The writers of the technical newsletter are asking for your opinion. Did you get the information you wanted this year? Did we miss important technical news in 2015? What kind of information was too late? Please tell us! You can write in your language. Thank you!
Recent changes
- CompletionSuggester is a new suggestions algorithm for Search. It is available as a Beta feature since 17 December. (more information)
- The Multimedia team is running an A/B test for the cross-wiki upload tool. They are testing four different interfaces. The test is running from 16-23 December. (more information)
Changes this week
- There is no deployment of MediaWiki scheduled until 12 January 2016 (calendar).
Meetings
- Should administrators and other users with advanced tools need stronger passwords? You can discuss about it in a Request for Comments.
- No meeting with the VisualEditor team on 22 and 29 December, and 5 January.
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18:29 21 avi 2015 (UTC)
Wikidata weekly summary #189
editarWikidata weekly summary #186
- Discussions
- Successful request for adminship: Eurodyne
- Events/Blogs/Press
- World Health Summit yearbook for 2015
- You can apply for a scholarship to attend Wikimania 2016 (deadline: January 9th)
- Talk submissions for Wikimania 2016 are open. We'd love to see many Wikidata-related submissions. If you need help with your submission contact Lydia.
- Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Google has launched the Knowledge Graph Search API, replacing the deprecated Freebase API
- Meta now has access to the data on Wikidata as well
- Want to get an overview of the classes and properties on Wikidata? The Miga class and property browser was updated.
- WikiBrowser - semantically browse Wikipedia with the help of Wikidata
- WikiFamou.us lets you compare topics by popularity across languages with the help of Wikidata
- Chronas is a history project linking Wikipedia and Wikidata with a chronological and cartographical view
- Visiting some place for the holidays? Check out the items nearby.
- Did you know?
- Newest properties: Fashion Model Directory magazine ID, Fashion Model Directory designer ID, Artsy gene, WikiPathways ID, NII Article ID, set in period, short-term exposure limit, maximum peak exposure limit, ceiling exposure limit, time-weighted average exposure limit, Total assets, total expenditure, Six Degrees of Francis Bacon ID
- Query example: works created by females who died in 1945
- Development
- <3 Thanks for being awesome. Enjoy the holidays :)
- We will take the "in other projects"-sidebar out of beta features in January (phabricator:T103102)
- Making ranking information like label and statement counts available to the CirrusSearch index in order to improve ranking in search results (phabricator:T110648)
- Continued work on the identifier data type for identifiers like VIAF and ISBN so we can easily put them into a separate section in the items and properly link them in the exports (phabricator:T95682, phabricator:T121274)
- Continued work on making external identifiers clickable links without the help of the authority control gadget (phabricator:T95684)
- Fixed a mistake in the set reference API documentation (gerrit:259171)
- More work on cleaning up the statement section (phabricator:T121390)
- Monthly Tasks
- Hack on one of these.
- Help develop the next summary here!
- Contribute to a Showcase item
- Help translate or proofread pages in your own language!
- Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.
VisualEditor News #6—2015
editar Did you know?
A new, simpler system for editing will offer a single Edit button. Once the page has opened, you can switch back and forth between visual and wikitext editing.
If you prefer having separate edit buttons, then you can set that option in your preferences, either in a pop-up dialog the next time you open the visual editor, or by going to Special:Preferences and choosing the setting that you want:
The current plan is for the default setting to have the Edit button open the editing environment you used most recently.
You can read and help translate the user guide, which has more information about how to use the visual editor.
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Since the last newsletter, the visual editor team has fixed many bugs and expanded the mathematics formula tool. Their workboard is available in Phabricator. Their current priorities are improving support for languages such as Japanese and Arabic, and providing rich-media tools for formulæ, charts, galleries and uploading.
Recent improvements
editarYou can switch from the wikitext editor to the visual editor after you start editing. The LaTeX mathematics formula editor has been significantly expanded. (T118616) You can see the formula as you change the LaTeX code. You can click buttons to insert the correct LaTeX code for many symbols.
Future changes
editarThe single edit tab project will combine the "Editar" and "Editar la fonte" tabs into a single "Editar" tab, like the system already used on the mobile website. (T102398, T58337) Initially, the "Editar" tab will open whichever editing environment you used last time. Your last editing choice will be stored as a cookie for logged-out users and as an account preference for logged-in editors. Logged-in editors will be able to set a default editor in the Edición tab of Special:Preferences in the drop-down menu about "Mou d'edición:".
The visual editor will be offered to all editors at the following Wikipedias in early 2016: Amharic, Buginese, Min Dong, Cree, Manx, Hakka, Armenian, Georgian, Pontic, Serbo-Croatian, Tigrinya, Mingrelian, Zhuang, and Min Nan. (T116523) Please post your comments and the language(s) that you tested at the feedback thread on mediawiki.org. The developers would like to know how well it works. Please tell them what kind of computer, web browser, and keyboard you are using.
In 2016, the feedback pages for the visual editor on many Wikipedias will be redirected to mediawiki.org. (T92661)
Testing opportunities
editar- Please try the new system for the single edit tab on test2.wikipedia.org. You can edit while logged out to see how it works for logged-out editors, or you can create a separate account to be able to set your account's preferences. Please share your thoughts about the single edit tab system at the feedback topic on mediawiki.org or sign up for formal user research (type "single edit tab" in the question about other areas you're interested in). The new system has not been finalized, and your feedback can affect the outcome. The team particularly wants your thoughts about the options in Special:Preferences. The current choices in Special:Preferences are:
- Alcordase del mio últimu editor,
- Abrime siempre l'editor visual si ye posible,
- Abrime siempre l'editor de fonte, and
- Amosame les dos llingüetes d'editor. (This is the current state for people already using the visual editor. None of these options will be visible if you have disabled the visual editor in your preferences at that wiki.)
- Can you read and type in Korean or Japanese? Language engineer David Chan needs people who know which tools people use to type in some languages. If you speak Japanese or Korean, you can help him test support for these languages. Please see the instructions at What to test if you can help, and report it on Phabricator (Korean - Japanese) or on Wikipedia (Korean - Japanese).
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Wikidata weekly summary #190
editarWikidata weekly summary #186
- Events/Blogs/Press
- Ongoing: 32C3
- Upcoming: Wikimedia Developer Summit
- Upcoming: StrepHit IEG project kick-off seminar
- Upcoming: Office hour on IRC
- Upcoming: FOSDEM (Lucie will give a talk about the ArticlePlaceholder extension)
- Registration and scholarship applications for the Wikimedia Hackathon in Israel are open
- Don't forget your talk submissions for Wikimania 2016. Lydia can help if needed.
- Getting CAS registry numbers out of WikiData
- The quality of SMILES strings in Wikidata
- Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Did you know?
- Development
- Some small bugfixes and tweaks.
- Enjoying the holidays and editing on Wikidata. Hope you are too :)
- Monthly Tasks
- Hack on one of these.
- Help develop the next summary here!
- Contribute to a Showcase item
- Help translate or proofread pages in your own language!
- Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.