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Enjoy It!
Take care. (Mona778 (talk) 11:15, 8 April 2016 (UTC))
Thanks
Hey, thanks for the fixes. It wouldn't let me put an inter-wiki link. Thansk! --TJH2018 talk 21:52, 14 April 2016 (UTC)
- Glad to help, its essential to get [[: that semi colon in. Good luck with your endeavors! Riley Huntley (talk) 21:53, 14 April 2016 (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 filter Special:Log in more detail. You can filter different imports and new users. [1][2]
- You can use Telnet to read Wikimedia wikis. [3]
- MediaWiki wikis can handle bigger file uploads. The new limit is 4 GB. [4]
Changes this week
- Wikimedia has a new backup data center in Dallas. Because of planned work on this, you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for a short period of time on both 19 April and 21 April. This will start at 14:00 UTC and last for 15 to 30 minutes. [5]
- There is no new Mediawiki version this week. This is because of the data center test.
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 April 19 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is shadow namespaces. The meeting will be on 20 April at 21:30 (UTC). See how to join.
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20:40, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
Congratulations! It has bot status now. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 13:59, 21 April 2016 (UTC)
Congratulations! Task 2 was approved. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 13:58, 23 April 2016 (UTC)
- @EugeneZelenko: Cheers, can you protect Commons:Bots/Requests/RileyBot 7? Riley Huntley (talk) 00:30, 24 April 2016 (UTC)
Done --EugeneZelenko (talk) 14:10, 24 April 2016 (UTC)
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Problems
- Wikimedia tested a new data center last week. This meant that the wikis could be read but not edited for 45 minutes on April 19 and for 20 minutes on April 21. [6]
- When the data center was tested, new edits were not shown in the recent changes log for 20 minutes. They are in the logs now. You can read more about how to find the edits.
- Unread notifications were sometimes counted incorrectly. This has now been fixed. [7]
Changes this week
- Wikimedia Commons will have better access to Wikidata. They can use data from any page on Wikidata on any page on Commons. This will happen on April 26. [8]
- It will be easier to choose if you want to watch files you have uploaded with the upload wizard. [9]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from April 26. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from April 27. It will be on all wikis from April 28 (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 April 26 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- The "Save page" button when you edit will be called "Publish" instead. This is to help new editors understand what it does. It already works like this on some wikis. [10]
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21:02, 25 April 2016 (UTC)
Deceased user
Riley, only respect to your point "why a deceased user's username should be blocked?" the answer is rather simple: a deceased user is no longer responsible of whatever is done with their username. Blocking it is a measure to avoid it is used by someone else (either a relative, a friend or a hacker) in an out-of-control way. -- SERGIO (aka the Blackcat) 10:20, 28 April 2016 (UTC)
- Hello, Blackcat. I think we haven't crossed paths until now, nice to meet you. I understand the potential reasons for why you'd block a deceased user, my question should have been more directed at where is the consensus to block a deceased user? I know that Wikipedia and other projects have different standards and policy, but this is the first project I've seen that has blocked a deceased user without the account being compromised. Cheers :) Riley Huntley (talk) 18:29, 28 April 2016 (UTC)
Merging tickets in OTRS
Hi Riley, I hope you are well. This note concerns an action you performed in March, so you may already be aware, but in case you aren't, please note that merging tickets into closed tickets does not re-open the ticket ("feature" of OTRS itself)! Salient ticket here is Ticket:2015072210023983. I have (and I'm sure many others have) fallen foul of this before... more information is on Josve05a's talk, where I pinged you. Cheers, Storkk (talk) 22:49, 28 April 2016 (UTC)
- Hey Storkk, thanks for dropping me a line. I became aware of this recently, but didn't know back in March. I will make note of this and I apologize for any inconvenience it caused! Riley Huntley (talk) 03:09, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
Hi!
Testing notifications. APerson (talk) 19:32, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
Testing
Hey Riley, per request here's a message. ~ Matthewrbowker Give me a ring! 19:32, 30 April 2016 (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 visual editor now works when you use Internet Explorer 9. [11]
Problems
- There was a security problem with the MobileFrontend extension. It showed information that had been oversighted. This has now been fixed. [12]
Changes this week
- You can now see which notifications are available on a wiki on Special:DisplayNotificationsConfiguration. [13]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from May 3. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from May 4. It will be on all wikis from May 5 (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is "PSR-6 Cache interface in Mediawiki core". The meeting will be on May 4 at 21:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Pages could be added to new users' watchlists by default when they edit them. New users could also by default get email notifications when pages they watch are edited. This is discussed on Meta. [14]
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20:09, 2 May 2016 (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
- Word-level diffs now work in longer paragraphs. [15]
- Interactive maps now have a frame by default. This is to make them look like other multimedia objects. This affects all Wikivoyages, the Catalan, Hebrew, Macedonian Wikipedias and Meta. [16]
- When you preview the MediaWiki:Captcha-ip-whitelist page it will show a validation output of the listed IP addresses instead of the list of addresses only. This can help you to identify if your whitelist rules will work or not. [17]
Changes this week
- You will be able to use
<maplink>on all Wikipedias. It creates a link to a full screen map. [18][19] - Sometimes when you mention another user they don't get a notification. You will be able to get a notification when you successfully send out a mention to someone or be told if they did not get a notification. This will be opt-in. [20][21]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 6 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 7 September. It will be on all wikis from 8 September (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 6 September at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- The CheckUser extension could work differently in the future. There is a Request for Comments to figure out how. [22]
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17:12, 5 September 2016 (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 Wikimedia Commons app for Android can now show nearby places that need photos. [23]
<maplink>and<mapframe>can now use geodata from Open Street Map if Open Street Map has defined a region and given it an ID in Wikidata. You can use this to draw on the map and add information. [24][25]
Changes this week
- The RevisionSlider will be available as a beta feature on all wikis from 13 September. This will make it easier to navigate between diffs in the page history. [26]
- A new user right will allow most users to change the content model of pages. [27][28]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 13 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 14 September. It will be on all wikis from 15 September (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 13 September at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- When you search on the Wikimedia wikis in the future you could see results from sister projects in your language. You can read more and discuss how this could work.
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18:04, 12 September 2016 (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
- Last week's MediaWiki update was rolled back because of bugs. Creating new accounts did not work between 15 September 19:10 UTC and 16 September 12:50 UTC. [29][30]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will hopefully be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 20 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 21 September. It will be on all wikis from 22 September (calendar). This is the version that was meant to go out last week.
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 September at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is multi-content revisions. The meeting will be on 21 September at 21:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Wikidata will start working on adding support for Wiktionary. The Wikidata development team is now taking one last look at the development plan. [31]
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22:09, 19 September 2016 (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
- If your wiki wants numerical sorting in categories you can request it after a community decision. See how to request it. [32]
- When you edit text and mention a new username they are notified if you add your signature. Before this only happened under certain conditions. [33]
- Users are notified if they are mentioned in a section where you add your own signature even if you edit more than one section. Before, users were not notified if you edited more than one section in one edit. [34]
Problems
- The MediaWiki version that was supposed to come to the wikis two weeks ago was put on hold again because of new problems. The MediaWiki version after it is now on all wikis. [35][36]
Changes this week
- There will be no new MediaWiki version this week. [37]
Meetings
- You can join the next office hour with the Wikidata team. The meeting will be on September 27 at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Abandoned tools on Tool Labs could be taken over by other developers. There is a new discussion on Meta about this. It will be discussed until 12 October and then voted on. [38]
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18:07, 26 September 2016 (UTC)
Are you alive?
Are you alive, m8y? --CoolCanuck eh? 22:58, 2 October 2016 (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 4 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 5 October. It will be on all wikis from 6 October (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 4 October at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Tidy will be replaced. Instead the HTML 5 parsing algorithm will be used to clean up bad HTML in wikitext. This would cause problems on a number of wikis. They need to be fixed first. [39]
<slippymap>will not work on Wikivoyage after 24 October. You should use<mapframe>instead. If you need help to fix this before 24 October you should ask for it as soon as possible. [40]
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21:30, 3 October 2016 (UTC)
We Miss You!
Hello Riley, you have been inactive for 2 months. We miss you. I hope I would see you back editing and doing admin tasks in my watchlist. FYI, Zhuyifei1999 added you on the Commons:We miss you list. Many thanks for your work here on Commons. 
★ Poké95 09:43, 7 October 2016 (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 show Special:RecentChanges on a page by using
{{Special:RecentChanges}}. You can now use tag filters by using{{Special:RecentChanges/tagfilter=tagname}}. [41] - The notification badge is coloured if you have notifications. When you check the notification the badge will now turn grey on all wikis instead of just the local one. [42]
- Colours used in the Wikimedia wikis' main interface changed slightly. This is to make them easier to see for readers and editors with reduced eyesight. [43]
Changes this week
- Hidden HTML comments will be more visible when you edit with the visual editor.
<!-- You write hidden HTML comments like this. -->[44] - The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 11 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 12 October. It will be on all wikis from 13 October (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 11 October at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topics this week is CREDITS files. The meeting will be on 12 October at 21:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Language converter syntax will soon no longer work inside external links. Wikitext like
http://-{zh-cn:foo.com; zh-hk:bar.com; zh-tw:baz.com}-must be replaced. You will have to write-{zh-cn: http://foo.com ; zh-hk: http://bar.com ; zh-tw:http://baz.com }-instead. This only affects languages with Language Converter enabled. Examples of such languages are Chinese and Serbian. [45]
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20:30, 10 October 2016 (UTC)
Unblock
@~riley: Hello, if allowed Lift the ban on my account because I badly need to move some sources to Wikipedia again, and I did not committed any error, please give me a chance I especially established two stories here, thank you. And my account name is User:أليكس. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 105.67.1.206 (talk) 17:17, 14 October 2016 (UTC)
- Riley hasn't been around for a while. Your main account, Jnaga was blocked for sockpuppet activity by Elcobbola, an experienced checkuser. You have 21 other blocked accounts here (Category:Sockpuppets of Jnaga). You're also blocked for socking on en.wiki. I can't see any reason to unblock one of your socks here. You should've thought about what you needed before you proceeded to abuse multiple accounts here on Commons. lNeverCry 04:11, 15 October 2016 (UTC)
- And then you point to Category:Sockpuppets of JonesTX at User talk:أليكس... @Elcobbola: Any idea why this IP is claiming socks of two different masters? lNeverCry 04:17, 15 October 2016 (UTC)
- Riley added the sockpuppet template indicating JonesTX on 8 May 2016 to the userpage [46] and talk [47]. On 20 May 2016, Dr-Taher Khalid added a Jnaga category to the userpage [48], and Riley (apparently) updated the userpage template to Jnaga in response [49], but neglected to update the talk page. Presumably JonesTX is just another sock of Jnaga; why Dr-Taher Khalid created that new category [50], implying a new master, after indicating he knew about Jnaga [51], I don't know. I do know the {{Sockpuppet}} template is for use on userpages, not talk pages (a pet peeve) and that this sort of tagging should be left to CUs or others experienced with sockpuppetry. Эlcobbola talk 15:40, 15 October 2016 (UTC)
- A pet peeve of mine too since most socks retain talk page editing ability. lNeverCry 20:22, 15 October 2016 (UTC)
- Other projects tag both the user page and talk page, there are moments where I forget which project does which and I apologize for that. Thank you for clarifying, but please, do not assume I am not experienced with sockpuppetry based simply on template placement. ~riley (talk) 06:56, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
- A pet peeve of mine too since most socks retain talk page editing ability. lNeverCry 20:22, 15 October 2016 (UTC)
- Riley added the sockpuppet template indicating JonesTX on 8 May 2016 to the userpage [46] and talk [47]. On 20 May 2016, Dr-Taher Khalid added a Jnaga category to the userpage [48], and Riley (apparently) updated the userpage template to Jnaga in response [49], but neglected to update the talk page. Presumably JonesTX is just another sock of Jnaga; why Dr-Taher Khalid created that new category [50], implying a new master, after indicating he knew about Jnaga [51], I don't know. I do know the {{Sockpuppet}} template is for use on userpages, not talk pages (a pet peeve) and that this sort of tagging should be left to CUs or others experienced with sockpuppetry. Эlcobbola talk 15:40, 15 October 2016 (UTC)
- And then you point to Category:Sockpuppets of JonesTX at User talk:أليكس... @Elcobbola: Any idea why this IP is claiming socks of two different masters? lNeverCry 04:17, 15 October 2016 (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 a new newsletter from the Collaboration team at the Wikimedia Foundation. It will have more details about for example Flow and notifications. You can read the first issue.
Problems
- Some users got a warning about Wikipedia's security certificate last week. This was because of a problem GlobalSign had. This has now been fixed. Only a small number of users got the warning. [52]
- Editors couldn't edit semi-protected pages in the Wikipedia app for Android. This has now been fixed in the beta version. [53]
Changes this week
- There will be no new MediaWiki version this week. [54]
Future changes
- The Editing Department are working on a new wikitext editor. It will have tools that are in the visual editor but not in the wikitext editor today. You can read more about this. This is an early plan and things can change. The old wikitext editor will still exist.
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16:42, 17 October 2016 (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
- The abuse filters had a problem and caught too many edits. This has now been fixed. [55]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from October 25. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from October 26. It will be on all wikis from October 27 (calendar).
- The "Search" text in the search box will show the name of the project. For example, on Wikipedia it will say "Search Wikipedia". [56]
- About a dozen wikis now have numerical sorting in categories. If your wiki wants numerical sorting in categories you can ask for it. [57]
- Some wikis that want numerical sorting in categories can also ask to use UCA to sort categories. The biggest difference is that characters with diacritics will be sorted together. For example, for most languages Ä will be sorted with A instead of at the end of the alphabet. This is not true for languages that have Ä as a character in their alphabet. Wikis that already use UCA are listed on Meta. Languages that can use UCA are listed on MediaWiki.org. You can test it.
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17:39, 24 October 2016 (UTC)
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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- Now you can include Commons video films with subtitles in your wiki language. Before you could see translated videos on file page at Commons only. [58]
- Search now has an updated preference tab to configure the search completion suggester. [59]
- The visual editor is now available on all wikis using only one language script. [60]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from November 1st. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from November 2nd. It will be on all wikis from November 3rd (calendar).
- Now you can use autocomplete for page names in "Preview page with this template" field when editing templates. [61]
- Special:NewPages can now be filtered by page size. [62]
Future changes
- New MediaWiki deployments will be now based on MediaWiki 1.29. [63]
Miscellaneous
- The Wikimedia Foundation's Technical Collaboration Guideline is available for community review. Any feedback welcome, in any language.
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16:18, 31 October 2016 (UTC)
Some baklava for you!
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Hey Riley, long time no see, welcome back! Have some backlava for your return. ★ Poké95 13:02, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
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- Hi, ~riley, glad to find you're back. Lotje (talk) 14:20, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
- Thank you both, much appreciated! ~riley (talk) 04:39, 3 November 2016 (UTC)
- Welcome back again! :D Good to see you back on my watchlist. ★ Poké95 05:18, 8 April 2017 (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
- Victoria Coleman is the new Chief technology officer for the Wikimedia Foundation. [64]
- First release candidate for MediaWiki 1.28 is now available. [65]
-
.gitreviewfor MediaWiki branches and extensions switched from targeting a specific branch to usingtrack=1. [66] - Section numbers in Table of Contents boxes will use grey to improve readability. [67]
Changes this week
- The 2016 Community Wishlist Survey begins on 7 November.
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from November 8th. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from November 9th. It will be on all wikis from November 10th (calendar).
- Special:ActiveUsers will allow users groups selection. [68]
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 November 2016 at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topics this week are Image Thumbnail API and allow SVG files uploaded on MediaWiki to have XHTML namespaces. The meeting will be on 9 November at 21:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- RevisionSlider will be enabled by default on all beta wikis, on testwiki, testwiki2, mediawikiwiki and de.wikipedia.org. [69][70][71]
- Upcoming holidays will impact deployments. The schedule has been published.
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23:01, 7 November 2016 (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
- When you edit with the visual editor you can use
meta+shift+kto add a reference. The meta key is often the control key or command key. [72]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from November 15. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from November 16. It will be on all wikis from November 17 (calendar).
- In Special:Preferences you can choose which language menus and buttons will be in. If there is no translation for that language, MediaWiki has a list of fallback languages. A fallback language is a language many will understand better than English. MediaWiki will now use English when there is no Ukrainian translation. [73]
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 November at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Magic links might not work in the future. [74]
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19:17, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
Deletion request
Hi Riley! I took a picture some time ago where the sky became too exposed, making it unusable. May I ask thee to delete it? Thanks.
Jin Zan (talk) 14:53, 18 November 2016 (UTC).
- Done ~riley (talk) 02:59, 2 December 2016 (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
- Administrators, bureaucrats, oversighters and checkusers can now use two-factor authentication. This makes their Wikimedia accounts more secure. This can be turned on in Special:Preferences. There are discussions on how to best turn it on for everyone. [75]
- You can now search for file properties. For example you can search for media type, how big a file is or what resolution it has. [76]
- The latest Collaboration team products newsletter has been published. It has more details about their work than Tech News has.
Problems
- A hacker group is hacking Wikimedia accounts. They can probably do this because users have the same passwords on Wikimedia wikis as on other sites. Please have a password you use only on the Wikimedia wikis and nowhere else. This is especially important for administrators, bureaucrats, oversighters and checkusers. These users can also turn on two-factor authentication. [77]
Changes this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
- RevisionSlider will be a default feature on German, Arabic and Hebrew Wikipedia. This will happen on 22 November. It will come to other wikis later. [78][79][80]
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 22 November at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- It will be possible to do cross-wiki search. The developers who work on this are looking for communities that want to test this. [81]
- Hovercards will leave the beta stage. The Wikimedia Foundation Reading Web team wants communities to set Hovercards as a default option for readers who are not logged in. Communities that are interested can say so on the Hovercards talk page. [82]
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15:33, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
Please
Hello Riley,, I'm أليكس please unblock my account, note again error, sorry so much,, please. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 105.66.130.30 (talk) 01:55, 23 November 2016 (UTC)
Riley, One chance please. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 105.71.131.238 (talk) 01:13, 02 December 2016 (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
- When someone tries to log in to a blocked account they will be blocked by a cookie. This means their browser will be blocked even if they change their IP address. This makes it more difficult for returning vandals. [83]
- When you use Content Translation to adapt a template to a new translation it will work differently. You can adapt big templates such as infoboxes. Translators will have control over the template parameters. A first version of this is released this week. It is possible it will not work correctly with all templates. There will be more updates for this soon. [84]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 29 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 30 November. It will be on all wikis from 1 December (calendar).
- Gadgets will have a new option called "hidden". This means you can register gadgets that can't be turned on or off from the preferences page. Hiding gadgets was already possible by using
[rights=hidden]. You should now use[hidden]instead.[rights=hidden]in old gadgets should be changed to[hidden]. [85][86]
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 29 November at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Tool Labs could get two new policies. One would be to be able to adopt tools without an active developer. The other would be a right to fork. There is a request for comment on Meta.
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21:16, 28 November 2016 (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 choose to see users from specific user groups in Special:ActiveUsers. [87]
- Everyone can now see Special:UserRights. Previously only those who could change user rights could. Other users got an error message. [88]
- ORES can now show how likely an edit is to be damaging to the wiki with different colours. This only works for languages that have trained ORES to recognize damaging edits. [89]
Changes this week
- You will now see categories with 0 pages in Special:Categories. Previously you did not see empty categories there. [90]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 6 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 7 December. It will be on all wikis from 8 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 6 December at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- The 2016 Community Wishlist Survey will decide what the Community Tech team will work on next year. You vote for wishes on the survey page until 12 December. You can see what has happened to last year's wishes on the 2015 results page.
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18:07, 5 December 2016 (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 who have Yahoo email addresses could not use Special:EmailUser to send emails. This has now been fixed. Emails will now come from a @wikimedia.org address. Users who get an email from you will still reply to your email address and be able to see it. [91]
- You can now see how many categories and pages there are in the categories in Special:TrackingCategories. This is to help you find pages that could need attention. [92]
- Markup colours for reviewed and pending revisions in the page history and recent changes and logs now match Wikimedia standard colours. The "You have a new message on your talk page" notification will have a slightly different colour. [93]
Problems
- Because of work on cross-wiki watchlists global renaming is not working. The plan is to turn it on again on 16 December. Global renaming was turned off for a while in late November and early December as well. [94]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 13 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 14 December. It will be on all wikis from 15 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 December 13 at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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19:29, 12 December 2016 (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 9 January 2017.
- 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 2016? What kind of information was too late? Please tell us! You can write in your language. Thank you!
Recent changes
- Administrators and translation administrators can now use Special:PageLanguage on wikis with the Translate extension. This means you can say what language a page is in. The Translate extension will use that language as the source language when you translate. Previously this was always the wiki's default language. This was usually English. [95]
- Wikis connected to Wikidata can now use the parser function
{{#statements: }}to get formatted data. You can also use{{#property: }}to get raw data. You can see the difference between the two statements. There are also similar new functions in Lua. [96]
Problems
- Some abuse filters for uploaded files have not worked as they should. We don't know exactly which filters didn't work yet. This means some files that filters should have prevented from being uploaded were uploaded to the wikis. MediaWiki.org and Testwiki have been affected since 13 October. Commons and Meta have been affected since 17 October. Other wikis have been affected since 17 November. [97]
Changes this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week. There will be no new MediaWiki version next week either.
Meetings
- The next meeting with the VisualEditor team will be on 3 January at 20:00 (UTC). During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. See how to join.
Future changes
- The 2016 Community Wishlist Survey is done. It decides what the Community Tech team will work on during 2017. You can see the results.
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20:33, 19 December 2016 (UTC)