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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Tech News updates
- We are looking for contributors to help write a new issue every week. If you would like to help, please contact us.
Recent software changes
- The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf12) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on July 3. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on July 8, and to all Wikipedias on July 10 (calendar).
- CirrusSearch was enabled on July 1 as the primary search method on 36 new wikis, including the Norwegian (no), Portuguese (pt) and Ukrainian (uk) Wikipedias. [१]
- It is now possible to create Atom or RSS feeds for Word of the Day, Word of the Week and similar entries on Wiktionary wikis. [२] [३]
- You can now use a graphical interface to edit TemplateData information on the English (en), French (fr) and Italian (it) Wikipedias. [४] [५]
VisualEditor news
- Saving an edit with VisualEditor will now be much faster. [६] [७]
- You can now add a caption when you add a file to a page with VisualEditor. You can also change the file to a different one and keep the existing caption. [८] [९] [१०]
- When you switch to the Edit source tab, you are now asked to keep your changes. You no longer need to find the option in the menus. [११] [१२] [१३]
- The reference tool that adds empty
<ref></ref>tags is now at the bottom of the Cite menu, below references that use templates like{{Cite web}}. [१४] - Context menus will no longer be shown over items that you can edit directly, for example formulæ. [१५] [१६] [१७]
Future software changes
- Starting on July 9, it will be possible to globally rename global (SUL) users. The feature was first scheduled for July 1, but was delayed due to bugs.
- A plan to enable CirrusSearch as the primary search method on the 11 largest Wikimedia wikis has now been prepared. [१८]
- If you use references on a page, you will soon always see them at the bottom of the page, even if you forget to add the
<references />tag (or a template). [१९] [२०] - Black-and-white XCF images will soon display correctly. [२१] [२२]
- Description pages of SVG files will soon always show download links for multiple resolutions (example). The links were previously shown only for SVG files in large original resolutions. [२३] [२४]
Problems
- Between July 2-3, there were problems with loading pages on multiple wikis due to a configuration issue. [२५] [२६]
- For a few hours on July 1, there were problems with uploading new files on Wikimedia Commons due to a configuration error. [२७] [२८]
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०७:०७, ७ जुलाई २०१४ (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent software changes
- The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf13) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on July 10. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on July 15, and to all Wikipedias on July 17 (calendar).
- It is now possible to globally rename global (SUL) users. Please go to the username changes page on Meta if you want to rename your account on all wikis. [२९] [३०]
- You can now read a summary of the Wikimedia technical report for June 2014.
- You can now read the latest issue of the Wikidata newsletter and translate it into your language.
VisualEditor news
- The tool to add templates and citations will now work for templates that include HTML comments or templates in their titles. [३१] [३२]
- The button to make images full size should now work correctly. [३३] [३४] [३५]
- References will now be shown in the default font size again. [३६]
Future software changes
- CirrusSearch will be enabled as the primary search method on the Dutch (nl) and Japanese (ja) Wikipedias on July 14, and on the Polish (pl) and Russian (ru) Wikipedias on July 16. [३७]
- The Special:Version page will soon show the exact version of MediaWiki and all extensions installed on your wiki (example). [३८] [३९]
- It will soon no longer be possible to order printed books of wiki articles via PediaPress. You will still be able to create PDF files. [४०]
- Pages that use
{{DISPLAYTITLE:''title''}}more than once will soon show a warning. You can use{{DISPLAYTITLE:''title''|noerror}}to hide it. [४१] [४२] - Pages that have the list of references added automatically will soon be added to a tracking category. Administrators will be able to configure the name of the category on their wikis. [४३] [४४]
- Administrators will soon be able to easily merge histories of two pages using Special:MergeHistory. [४५] [४६]
- Administrators will soon see links to delete files on Special:ListFiles. [४७]
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०७:४८, १४ जुलाई २०१४ (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent software changes
- The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf14) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on July 17. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on July 22, and to all Wikipedias on July 24 (calendar).
- CirrusSearch was removed as the primary search method from Wikimedia Commons and the Spanish (es) Wikipedia due to a high server load. The plan to enable it on the Dutch (nl), Japanese (ja), Polish (pl) and Russian (ru) Wikipedias was also postponed to a later date. [४८] [४९] [५०]
- The tool that stores information about languages (CLDR) was updated to its latest version. You can still help translate language names into your own language so they can be used in the sidebar and other places. [५१]
- Translation memory for newly translatable pages should now offer more suggestions. [५२] [५३]
- A tool to convert MediaWiki pages to LaTeX is now available on Tool Labs. [५४]
VisualEditor news
- Tablet users visiting the mobile version of Wikimedia wikis will be able to use a special version of VisualEditor starting on July 31. You can test the new tool by choosing the beta version of the mobile view in the Settings menu. Feedback is welcome. [५५]
- All windows in VisualEditor have now a new design. Main action buttons will always be located in the top bar and will use simple words rather than icons. [५६]
- You can now easily open links inside the link editor, for example to see their target. [५७]
- Several bugs related to the positioning of the cursor around some items (like images and references) were fixed last week. [५८] [५९] [६०] [६१] [६२] [६३]
Future software changes
- It will soon be possible to watch individual discussions in the Topic namespace rather than whole pages for talk pages using Flow. [६४]
- You can give comments about the new version of Winter, a proposal to have a fixed toolbar at the top of wiki pages. [६५]
- An IRC meeting to organize Pywikibot bugs will take place from July 24 to July 27 on the channel #pywikibot on freenode. [६६]
- A request for comments on how to improve MediaWiki API was re-started on MediaWiki.org. Your feedback is welcome.
Problems
- Mailing lists were broken for about 16 hours between July 14 and July 15 due to a server problem. [६७]
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०७:४१, २१ जुलाई २०१४ (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent software changes
- The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf15) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on July 24. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on July 29, and to all Wikipedias on July 31 (calendar).
- You can now download the latest version of the anti-vandalism tool Huggle.
VisualEditor news
- You can now create, edit, and view HTML comments in VisualEditor. [६८] [६९]
- The cancel button in VisualEditor toolbar has been removed. You can still use the Read tab and the Back button in your browser to cancel your edit. [७०]
- If you try to use a template which has no suggested or required parameters in TemplateData, you will now be asked to add the parameters. [७१] [७२]
- You will no longer be able to edit a page if you can't create it, for example on pages protected against recreation. [७३] [७४]
Future software changes
- You will soon be able to filter Meta-Wiki's user rights log by wiki and user. [७५] [७६]
- Wikidata will soon be able to store data about article status, for example "good article" or "featured article". If your wiki has highlighted content, please make sure it is on Wikidata's list. [७७]
- It will soon be possible to directly create empty pages, for example in the user namespace. [७८] [७९]
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०८:०८, २८ जुलाई २०१४ (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Tech News updates
- Tech News will be presented at the Wikimania 2014 conference in London! If you will be attending the conference, please join us in Auditorium 2 at 14:30 local time on Sunday, August 10.
Recent software changes
- The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf16) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on July 31. Due to the Wikimania 2014 conference, it will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on August 12, and to all Wikipedias on August 14 (calendar). [८०]
- You can now test a new tool to render wiki pages as PDF files. [८१] [८२] [८३]
- You can now download an update to the archive of Wikimedia Commons files (uploaded up to December 31, 2013). If you have free space on your computer, please help preserve the files. [८४]
- New users using the mobile Commons site now need to make 75 edits before they can upload a file. [८५] [८६]
VisualEditor news
- You will no longer see an edit confirmation message after making a null edit with VisualEditor. [८७] [८८]
- VisualEditor will no longer change underscores to spaces in category sort keys. [८९]
- Many bugs that resulted in inserting the pawn and snowman symbols were fixed last week. [९०] [९१] [९२] [९३]
- Several bugs related to the use of references were also fixed. [९४] [९५] [९६] [९७]
Future software changes
- You will soon have a user option to watch pages where you revert edits. [९८] [९९]
- All Toolserver data will be deleted in September. If you want to back up your data, contact Toolserver administrators before August 31. [१००]
- Pages in the
Translations:namespace on wikis using the Translate extension will no longer be indexed by search engines. [१०१]
Problems
- Wikivoyage wikis were broken for about 45 minutes on July 29 due to a configuration problem. [१०२]
- Some users were not able to log in on test wikis and MediaWiki.org between July 31 and August 1. The problem is now fixed. [१०३]
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०७:३७, ४ अगस्त २०१४ (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent software changes
- Due to the Wikimania 2014 conference, there were no MediaWiki changes this week. The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf16) will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on August 12, and to all Wikipedias on August 14 (calendar). [१०४]
- Bureaucrats on all Wikivoyage wikis are no longer able to merge two accounts into one. [१०५]
VisualEditor news
- Tablet users visiting the mobile version of non-Wikipedia wikis will be able to use VisualEditor starting on August 12. The feature will also be enabled on all Wikipedias on August 14. [१०६]
Future software changes
- Internet Explorer 6 users will soon see a JavaScript-free version of Wikimedia wikis; JavaScript tools and scripts will no longer work on that browser. If you use Internet Explorer 6, make sure to update to a newer browser! [१०७] [१०८] [१०९]
- If you visit a special page that requires you to be logged-in, you will soon be automatically redirected to the log-in page instead of seeing a warning. [११०] [१११]
- You will now always see recent changes to the source language text when editing a translation with the Translate extension. [११२] [११३]
- An IRC meeting to discuss VisualEditor will take place on August 14 at 09:00 UTC on the channel #wikimedia-office on freenode (time conversion). [११४]
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०७:४३, ११ अगस्त २०१४ (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent software changes
- The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf17) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since August 14. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on August 19, and on all Wikipedias on August 21 (calendar).
- There is a new protection level called superprotection. At the moment, only some Wikimedia Foundation employees have access to it. Administrators can't edit "superprotected" pages. [११५] [११६] [११७]
- You can now create empty pages directly. A message asks you to confirm that you want to create an empty page. [११८] [११९]
- You can search for Wikimedia tools using a new list of tools. [१२०]
- You can watch the first videos from Wikimania 2014. Some of them are about technical topics. More videos will come later.
Wikidata
- After August 19, you can use Wikidata for inter language links on Wikinews. [१२१]
- After August 19, you can use Wikidata for badges like "good" or "featured" articles. Next week, you will be able to show the badges in the article sidebar on Wikipedia, Wikisource and Wikiquote. [१२२]
Problems
- There was an issue with ProofreadPage and WikiEditor on Wikisource wikis. It is now fixed. [१२३] [१२४]
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०७:१६, १८ अगस्त २०१४ (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.
VisualEditor news
- There was a error when you put your cursor directly after a reference list. It is now fixed. [१२५]
- You can now add colors to links in the editor using gadgets. You can do this to see links to redirects or disambiguation pages. [१२६]
- If you use Internet Explorer, you will soon be able to use VisualEditor. [१२७] [१२८] [१२९]
Future software changes
- The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf18) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since August 21. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on August 26, and on all Wikipedias on August 28 (calendar).
- After August 26, you will have a central JavaScript and CSS page. They will be on Meta-Wiki and will work on all wikis. Read more on the help page. [१३०]
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०९:२१, २५ अगस्त २०१४ (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent software changes
- You can now test a new Beta Feature to see links to other wikis in the sidebar. The links come from Wikidata. [१३१] [१३२]
- You can now search pages that link to a page. Use the
linksto:keyword in your search. [१३३] [१३४] - A redirect to a section now changes the URL in the address bar of your browser. If "Dog" redirects to "Animals#Dog", you now see "Animals#Dog" instead of "Dog#Dog". [१३५] [१३६]
- If you are testing Flow, you now have a Flow tab in your Notifications. It is called "Messages". [१३७]
VisualEditor news
- You can no longer delete required fields in templates. [१३८]
- We fixed many Internet Explorer bugs. If you use Internet Explorer 11, you will get VisualEditor next week. Support for earlier versions is coming next. [१३९] [१४०] [१४१]
- VisualEditor now looks better in Monobook. [१४२]
- We fixed a bug where some of your typing could be undone when you used "cut" (Ctrl+X). [१४३]
- You will no longer see empty or deleted categories among the suggestions when you add a category. [१४४]
Future software changes
- The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf19) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since August 28. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on September 2, and on all Wikipedias on September 4 (calendar).
- There is a proposal to build a database on Commons for file data. It will make it easier to see the author, license and topics. You can give feedback on this idea. You can also come to the IRC chat on September 3 at 18:00 (UTC) in
#wikimedia-officeat freenode. [१४५] - You can give feedback on Media Viewer until September 7. You can say what needs to be improved and ask other people to give feedback too. [१४६]
- You can test a new version of the tool to show math. It uses MathML. Report bugs in bugzilla.
- You will no longer be able to upload images from the mobile site. [१४७]
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०७:४८, १ सितम्बर २०१४ (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.
VisualEditor news
- From Thursday, Internet Explorer 11 users will get VisualEditor. Support for earlier versions is coming next. [१४८] [१४९] [१५०]
Future software changes
- The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf20) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since September 4. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on September 9, and on all Wikipedias on September 11 (calendar).
- You will soon confirm a "Thanks" inline instead of in a dialog. [१५१]
- You can read more about the plan to move to Phabricator, a tool that will help people develop the MediaWiki software and report bugs. [१५२]
Problems
- There were problems with JavaScript and CSS on Friday, September 5 because of a code error.
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०९:३३, ८ सितम्बर २०१४ (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 change the style of links to disambiguation pages. This is done with the
mw-disambigCSS class. [१५३] [१५४] - There was a problem on right-to-left wikis with Wikidata log entries. The text was messy in watchlists and recent changes. The problem is now fixed. The same problem will be fixed soon for user names. [१५५] [१५६] [१५७]
- New users are randomly chosen for a test on 12 Wikipedias. They get messages with ideas of articles to edit. The ideas come from what they have already edited. [१५८]
Problems
- There was a problem with loading images on September 10. [१५९]
VisualEditor news
- If you don't select text when you add a link, the link now shows a number. [१६०]
- The citation tool no longer offers to reuse a citation if there are none on the page yet. [१६१] [१६२]
- You can now use help buttons in the "पृष्ठ विकल्प" menu to see what the options are for. [१६३]
Future software changes
- The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf21) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since September 11. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on September 16, and on all Wikipedias on September 18 (calendar).
- These changes are coming with the new version:
- If you use Internet Explorer 7, JavaScript will no longer work. JavaScript tools and scripts will no longer work in that browser. You should update to a newer browser. [१६४] [१६५] [१६६]
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०८:३४, १५ सितम्बर २०१४ (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 test a new Beta Feature called HHVM. It should make editing faster. Please report bugs if you see them. [१६७]
Problems
- There was a problem on the English Wikipedia on September 19. It was due to edits on a template used on many pages.
- Sites were down for users in the Pacific area around 7:00 UTC on September 20. It was due to a problem in the San Francisco data center.
- There were two bad bugs messing up articles in some browsers in VisualEditor. We fixed the bugs and updated the sites. [१६८] [१६९]
Software changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf22) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since September 18. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on September 23, and on all Wikipedias on September 25 (calendar).
- If you have more than 2000 notifications, the oldest ones will be removed.[१७०] [१७१]
- In the "Vector" skin, the icon used for users will show a neutral gender. [१७२] [१७३]
- The VisualEditor template tool now tells you if a required field is missing. [१७४]
- The "Cancel" button of the VisualEditor save window is now called "Resume editing". This shows that you can still edit and you won't lose your changes. [१७५]
- There are new keyboard shortcuts in VisualEditor. Use Ctrl+Shift+6 for
codeand Ctrl+Shift+5 forstrikethrough. [१७६] [१७७] - In VisualEditor, you can now see that you are switching to the source editing mode. Before, it was not clear it was happening. [१७८]
Future site changes
- You can see a plan for the move to Phabricator. It's the new tool to track bugs. A guided tour will be done via video on September 24. [१७९]
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०९:०४, २२ सितम्बर २०१४ (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
- On Commons, you can now see what files are most used across all wikis. You can also see the same list for deleted or uncreated files. [१८०] [१८१]
- There are now many more translations for language names. [१८२]
Software changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf1) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since September 25. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on September 30, and on all Wikipedias on October 2 (calendar).
- Errors from Scribunto (Lua) are now shown on the page. Before, you had to click on "Script error" to see them. [१८३] [१८४]
- You can add an "autovalue" for a field in TemplateData. When users add the template to a page, the value will be added automatically. An example is when a clean-up template shows the date it was added. [१८५]
- If you change a user preference but don't save it, it now asks if you want to save it. [१८६] [१८७]
- The PDF export tool has changed. The new one has better language support but it doesn't offer ZIM and EPUB formats. [१८८]
Future changes
- You can watch a video showing Phabricator, the new tool to track bugs. You can also read more about the move from Bugzilla.
- JavaScript authors: Many old methods will be removed soon. Please check your scripts and gadgets and replace the old methods by the new ones if needed. [१८९]
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०९:४४, २९ सितम्बर २०१४ (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 use the
phab:andphabricator:interwikis to link to https://phabricator.wikimedia.org. [१९०] [१९१] - Some wikis have a template to track bugs in Bugzilla. You should update it to work with Phabricator. You can look at the one on mediawiki.org to see how. [१९२] [१९३]
- You can look at Special:MediaStatistics to see what kind of files are on your wiki. [१९४]
- A new tool can now create thumbnails of large TIFF images. This concerns files larger than 50 megapixels. These thumbnails are also sharpened. You can comment on Commons. [१९५]
- The Media Viewer tool has a clearer link to the file page. It also has buttons to download, share and embed the file. You can enlarge images by clicking on them. [१९६]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf2) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since 2 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from 7 October, and on all Wikipedias from 9 October (calendar).
- If you make a code mistake when editing a Lua script, you won't be able to save your edit. [१९७] [१९८]
- We fixed some more Internet Explorer bugs. If you use Internet Explorer 10, you will be able to use VisualEditor next week. Support for earlier versions is coming next. [१९९]
- On Thursday, the tool to edit TemplateData will come to 30 more wikis. [२००] [२०१]
- You can help sort bugs in the Book and PDF export tool on October 8. [२०२]
- 1% of logged-out readers are getting pages from servers that run the HHVM tool. HHVM should make pages load faster. [२०३]
Future changes
- You can look at the plan of the Mobile team for their future work. [२०४]
- More changes to Media Viewer are coming. It will be easier to disable it, and you will see the caption below the image. [२०५] [२०६]
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०६:१०, ६ अक्टूबर २०१४ (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 log into Phabricator, the new tool to track bugs. Create your account and add your Bugzilla email address. We are copying the bugs from Bugzilla. Bugzilla is still open. [२०७] [२०८]
- You will now get the VisualEditor newsletter in your language if someone has translated it. You can add translations. You can know about the next translations by joining the translators list or asking Elitre (WMF).
Problems
Software changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf3) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since 9 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from 14 October, and on all Wikipedias from 16 October (calendar).
- 5% of logged-out readers are getting pages from servers that run the HHVM tool. HHVM should make pages load faster. You can also test it as a Beta Feature. [२११]
Meetings
- You can join a meeting with Language developers on October 15, 2014 at 17:00 (UTC). [२१२]
- There is a proposal to organize file pages better. It would use the same tools as Wikidata. You can join a meeting about it on October 16, 2014 at 18:00 (UTC). [२१३]
- You can join a meeting about VisualEditor on October 18, 2014 at 18:00 (UTC). [२१४]
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०८:५३, १३ अक्टूबर २०१४ (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. You can read translations.
Recent changes
- You can test a new system to see math using MathML. Go to your display options and choose "⧼mw math mathml⧽".
- You can add badges in Wikidata for quality articles and featured lists. [२१५] [२१६]
File information cleanup
- You can join a wiki project to help tools read file information. It will help people reuse files.
- See how to fix metadata. You can fix it by adding markers to templates and adding templates to files.
- You can see a list of files missing machine-readable information on your wiki.
- The files missing readable data are also in these categories: no license, no description, no author or no source. [२१७]
Problems
- Developers fixed a security problem. If you use Internet Explorer 6, you won't be able to log in any more. You should use a newer browser. [२१८]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf4) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since October 16. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from October 21, and on all Wikipedias from October 23 (calendar).
- 10% of logged-out readers are getting pages from servers that run the HHVM tool. HHVM should make pages load faster. You can also test it as a Beta Feature. [२१९]
- If you add the same parameter twice in a template, it now puts the page in a tracking category. [२२०] [२२१]
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१३:४७, २० अक्टूबर २०१४ (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 an issue with files from Commons on October 21. You could only see those with names between 140 and 159 characters by visiting Commons itself. [२२२]
- There was a problem with cut and paste in VisualEditor in Firefox. It was fixed quickly. [२२३]
- There was a problem with editing math in VisualEditor. It was fixed quickly. [२२४]
Software changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will now come to Wikipedia sites every Wednesday, instead of every Thursday. [२२५]
- The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf5) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since October 23. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from October 28, and on all Wikipedias from October 29 (calendar).
- VisualEditor now uses autovalues for templates if they are in TemplateData. [२२६] [२२७] [२२८]
- VisualEditor's menu items now show their shortcuts beside them. [२२९]
- VisualEditor now opens faster when you click "edit". [२३०]
- The rules for plurals in translations changed in some languages. Interface translations are currently not being updated from translatewiki.net; this process will start again on November 6. [२३१]
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०५:२०, २७ अक्टूबर २०१४ (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
- The "Special:Cite" page is now called "Special:CiteThisPage". That way, you know it's to cite the page, not to add a reference. [२३२]
- You can no longer use the
insource:keyword for text searches. It caused issues with the new search tool. It will come back later. [२३३] [२३४]
Problems
- There was a bug in VisualEditor with Internet Explorer. It hid tools like the link editor when you opened them. The bug was fixed on Monday. [२३५]
- Issues with the new search tool caused geo data code to show up on pages on Monday and Friday. The mobile "nearby" tool was also broken. The problem is now fixed. [२३६] [२३७] [२३८]
- HHVM caused server issues on Thursday. They are now fixed.
Software changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf5) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since October 29. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from November 4, and on all Wikipedias from November 5 (calendar).
- Some wikis have icons at the top of a page to show if it is protected or featured. Icons show up using CSS. You can now use the
<indicator>tag in these templates instead to add the icons. [२३९] [२४०] - VisualEditor now tells you if you're editing a re-used reference. This helps you avoid changing it if you just want to add a new one. [२४१]
- The icons in VisualEditor's template editor tool for adding more fields are back, along with other fixes. [२४२] [२४३] [२४४] [२४५] [२४६]
- After November 6, all wikis will have the tool to edit TemplateData. [२४७] [२४८] [२४९]
Future changes
- The new search tool will come to the last wikis in the coming weeks. This includes Wikipedia in French, Chinese, German and English. [२५०]
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१७:२८, ३ नवम्बर २०१४ (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 may see a new tool on the mobile site of the English Wikipedia. It asks simple questions to make the article better. In the future, your answers will go to Wikidata. [२५१] [२५२]
- The MediaWiki API now shows information in a nice format. You can translate it in translatewiki.net. [२५३]
- Reminder: You can help fix file information on your wiki. It will help robots understand the information. After that, it will be easier for you to search files and re-use them.
- You can join two IRC chats this week to learn more about the file cleanup project. One will be on Wednesday at 18:00 (UTC) and the other on Thursday at 04:00 (UTC). You can ask questions during the chat if you need help to fix files on your wiki.
- You can see a list of files to fix on the Labs tool. You can report bugs and ask questions on the talk page.
Problems
- Wikimedia Labs was broken for a few hours on Thursday. It was due to a hardware problem. [२५४]
Software changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf7) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since November 5. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from November 11, and on all Wikipedias from November 12 (calendar).
- You can now use more editing tools for tables in VisualEditor. You can add rows and columns, merge cells, and edit table captions. [२५५] [२५६]
- The style and insert menus in the toolbar of VisualEditor now show fewer tools. This helps you see the most common tasks. You can see all items by clicking "More". [२५७]
- The way windows inside VisualEditor work has changed. VisualEditor should be faster and have fewer bugs. [२५८]
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१५:००, १० नवम्बर २०१४ (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 (1.25wmf8) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since November 12. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from November 18, and on all Wikipedias from November 19 (calendar).
- The new search tool ("CirrusSearch") will be on the English Wikipedia from November 19. [२५९]
Move from Bugzilla to Phabricator
- The tool to track bugs will change on November 21.
- You won't be able to add or edit bugs between November 21 and November 24.
- You can make the change easier for you by creating your account.
- Bugzilla will be frozen after the change. You will see, edit and report bugs in Phabricator.
- You can join two IRC chats to learn more about the change. The chats will be on Tuesday, November 18 at 16:00 (UTC) and 23:00 UTC. [२६०]
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१८:२८, १७ नवम्बर २०१४ (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 move from Bugzilla to Phabricator is done. You can now report bugs in Phabricator. [२६१]
Problems
- There was a problem when editing tables in VisualEditor. VisualEditor was trying to fix bad values for the
colspanorrowspanoption. VisualEditor now leaves the bad values to avoid making things worse. This was fixed on November 17. [२६२]
Software changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf9) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since November 19. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from November 25, and on all Wikipedias from November 26 (calendar).
- You will be able to try VisualEditor on many new wikis for the first time. After November 26, VisualEditor will become available on Wikidata, Wikiquote, Wikibooks, Wikiversity, Wikivoyage, and Wikinews wikis. You can find it in your Beta options. [२६३]
- VisualEditor now tells you if your edit needs to be approved. [२६४]
- You can now use VisualEditor's tools directly when you resume editing after closing the save window. [२६५]
- VisualEditor's table editing tools now work better in right-to-left languages. [२६६] [२६७]
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१९:३१, २४ नवम्बर २०१४ (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 users are now getting pages from servers that run the HHVM tool. HHVM should make pages load faster. [२६८]
- You can join a video chat about Phabricator on December 11 at 18:00 (UTC). Phabricator is the new tool to report issues. [२६९]
Problems
- There was a problem with Phabricator on November 29. It was due to a network issue. [२७०]
Software changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf11) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since December 3. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from December 9. It will be on all Wikipedias from December 10 (calendar). [२७१]
- You can now exit VisualEditor by pressing the "Esc" key. [२७२]
- It is now easier to use VisualEditor with IMEs. Typing in Malayalam now works better. [२७३] [२७४]
- The new version of OOjs UI fixed many issues with the size and layout of buttons in dialogs. [२७५] [२७६] [२७७]
- (Lua) You can no longer use
mw.text.unstripto get the HTML from special page transclusion. You can see a list of scripts to fix. [२७८] [२७९]
Future changes
- Starting next week JavaScript tools won't work if they use jQuery Migrate. [२८०]
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१७:१०, ८ दिसम्बर २०१४ (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 may see a new tool tested on the mobile site of the English Wikipedia. It asks simple questions to make the article better. In the future, your answers will go to Wikidata. [२८१]
- You can watch a video to learn how to use Phabricator to manage projects. [२८२]
- You can test a new version of the Content Translation tool.
Software changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf12) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since December 10. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from December 16. It will be on all Wikipedias from December 17 (calendar). [२८३]
- You can now find and replace text in VisualEditor. You can open the tool via the menu,
Ctrl+ForCmd+F. [२८४] - VisualEditor now doesn't change the space at the end of a text that you make bold. [२८५]
- The "Apply changes" button in the reference window of VisualEditor is now disabled until you make a change. [२८६]
Future changes
- The star image of the watchlist may change soon. [२८७] [२८८]
- You won't be able to use Phabricator on December 18, 2014. It will be down between 00:00 and 08:00 (UTC). [२८९] [२९०]
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१६:४३, १५ दिसम्बर २०१४ (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
- The Technical Operations team is now using Phabricator to track their tasks. The Operations team manages the Wikimedia servers. In the future you will be able to see the tasks that are not private. [२९१]
Software changes this week
- There will be no software changes this week and next week. This is because of the end-of-year holidays. The next update of MediaWiki will be on January 6. [२९२]
Future changes
- The system that displays citations will change in the future. The new system will not change the style of citations. [२९३]
- A new design for VisualEditor will come in January. You can try it now on test wikis. [२९४]
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१६:५२, २२ दिसम्बर २०१४ (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
- There are no technical changes this week.
Feedback about Tech News in 2014
- 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 2014? What kind of information was too late? Please tell us at m:Talk:Tech/News. You can write in your language. Thank you!
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१६:५१, २९ दिसम्बर २०१४ (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. [२९५]
- 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. [२९६]
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. [२९७] - The search and replace tool in VisualEditor is now much faster in long pages. [२९८]
- The TemplateData editor now uses the same design as VisualEditor. [२९९] [३००] [३०१]
- The
thumboption is now shown in your language in the help of the classic editor toolbar. [३०२]
Future changes
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१६:४७, १२ जनवरी २०१५ (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.[३०४] [३०५]
- 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. [३०६]
Software changes this week
- There are no software changes this week and next week due to annual meetings. [३०७]
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१८:१२, १९ जनवरी २०१५ (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 translate articles with the new ContentTranslation tool on several wikis. [३०८]
This week
- There are no software changes this week due to annual meetings. [३०९]
Future changes
- You can join a project to improve WikiProjects. [३१०]
- 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. [३११]
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१६:०८, २६ जनवरी २०१५ (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. [३१२]
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. [३१३]
- 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. [३१४] [३१५]
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१६:३१, २ फ़रवरी २०१५ (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. [३१६]
Problems
- MediaWiki was reverted to the previous version on February 4. It was because of a performance issue. It was restored later. [३१७]
- UploadWizard was broken on February 4 because of the revert of MediaWiki. [३१८]
- All sites were broken for 30 minutes on February 5. It was due to a network problem. [३१९]
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. [३२०] [३२१] [३२२]
- You can search for media files in VisualEditor more easily. Images are bigger and you see the size and license. [३२३] [३२४]
- It is easier to review your changes when you save the page in VisualEditor. The window is wider. [३२५]
- 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. [३२६]
- In the future you will be able to have personal lists of articles on the mobile site. [३२७]
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१६:२६, ९ फ़रवरी २०१५ (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. [३२८] [३२९] [३३०]
- You can now change the order of categories in VisualEditor using drag-and-drop. [३३१]
- In VisualEditor, you now need to make a change before you can "Apply Changes" to citations and templates. [३३२]
- 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. [३३३]
Meetings
- The VisualEditor Team had their first public bug triage meeting on February 11. They will post the results on the meeting page. [३३४]
- 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. [३३५]
- You can join a meeting with the developers of the Content Translation tool. It will be on February 18 at 13:00 (UTC). [३३६]
Future changes
- You can comment on a proposal about abandoned Labs tools.
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१७:५७, १६ फ़रवरी २०१५ (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. [३३७]
- 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. [३३८] [३३९] [३४०]
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. [३४१]
- It is now easier to see when a button is disabled in VisualEditor. [३४२]
- Sometimes when you copy-pasted a template in VisualEditor, it was replaced by HTML. This problem is now fixed. [३४३]
- Tools in Labs will stop working for a few hours on February 24. [३४४]
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. [३४५]
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१६:२८, २३ फ़रवरी २०१५ (UTC)
नए तकनीकी समाचार विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को इस परिवर्तन के बारे में बताएं। सभी परिवर्तन आप पर प्रभाव नहीं डालेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल के सॉफ्टवेयर परिवर्तन
- विकिडाटा का लौआ कार्य परिवर्तित हो चुका है। आपको पन्ने जो उपयोग कर रहे हैं उसे बदलना होगा। [३४६]
- अब आप सामग्री अनुवादक उपकरण विकिपेडिया के उज़्बेक और मिनङ्ग्कबौ के लिए उपयोग कर सकते हैं। इसके लिए आपको बीटा विकल्प पर जाकर इसे सक्रिय करना होगा।
- अब आप बैनर छुपा सकते हो यदि आपके पास कोई खाता नहीं है। [३४७] [३४८]
इस सप्ताह का सॉफ्टवेयर परिवर्तन
- नए मीडियाविकि संस्करण का जाँच विकि और MediaWiki.org पर 25 फरवरी से चल रहा है। अ-विकिपीडिया में 3 मार्च से साथ ही यह सभी विकिपीडिया पर 4 मार्च से होगा। पंचांग
- आप सामग्री अनुवादक उपकरण का विकिपीडिया के पंजाबी और क्यर्ग्यज के लिए उपयोग कर सकते हो। आप अन्य भाषा के लिए उपकरण के लिए पूछ भी सकते हो।
- असत्य खाली पंक्ति यथादृश्य संपादिका में सम्पादन सरल हो गया है। यह परिवर्तन और भी कई त्रुटियों को ठीक करता है। [३४९] [३५०] [३५१] [३५२]
- साँचा के आंकड़ों का संपादक आपको आगाह कर देगा यदि उस पृष्ठ पर पहले से साँचा के आंकड़े उपस्थित होंगे। [३५३]
- साँचा के आंकड़ों की सारणी आपको बता देगी यदि साँचा कोई स्थान नहीं ले रहा। [३५४]
बैठक
- यथादृश्य संपादिका दल के साथ अंतिम बैठक में [पढ़] सकते हैं।
- आप अगले साप्ताहिक बैठक में यथादृश्य संपादिका के दल से जुड़ सकते हो। बैठक के समय आप निर्माणकर्ता से इसके त्रुटि जो अति महत्वपूर्ण है, के बारे में बता सकते हो। यह [4 मार्च 16:00 (यूटीसी)] को होगा। कैसे हिस्सा लें देखें।
- आप फ़्रांस और मेक्सिको में तकनीकी बैठक में हिस्सा ले सकते हो। आप सहायता के लिए पूछ सकते हो यदि आप स्वयं से पैसे नहीं दे सकते। [३५५]
भविष्य में परिवर्तन
- अब आप पृष्ठ के अनुभाग का सीधा कड़ी ले सकते हो। [३५६]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और प्रकाशित बॉट • योगदान • अनुवाद • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • सदस्यता ले या हटाएँ।
१६:४१, २ मार्च २०१५ (UTC)
नए तकनीकी समाचार विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को इस परिवर्तन के बारे में बताएं। सभी परिवर्तन आप पर प्रभाव नहीं डालेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
Recent changes
- You can now create books on almost all wikis. It doesn't work yet on wikis using the language converter. [३५७] [३५८]
- VisualEditor had problems with categories in Safari. It sometimes moved or removed the categories. The issue is now fixed. [३५९] [३६०] [३६१]
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. [३६२] [३६३]
- The feedback tool in VisualEditor now looks like the other tools. It also asks for information about your browser to help fix bugs. [३६४] [३६५]
- You now see the VisualEditor toolbar even if the rest of the page is still loading. [३६६] [३६७]
- 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. [३६८] [३६९]
- 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. [३७०]
भविष्य में परिवर्तन
- You can get help to become a developer. You can learn more on the Google Summer of Code and Outreachy pages. [३७१]
- You will soon be able to read technical reports in Phabricator. [३७२]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और प्रकाशित बॉट • योगदान • अनुवाद • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • सदस्यता ले या हटाएँ।
१५:१८, ९ मार्च २०१५ (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. [३७३]
- You can now see lists of bugs about Commons, Wikisource and Wiktionary. [३७४]
- It is now easier to add special characters in VisualEditor. You can edit the list of characters for your wiki. [३७५] [३७६]
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. [३७७] [३७८] - You can now add examples, and details about old parameters, in TemplateData. [३७९] [३८०]
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. [३८१] [३८२]
- You can comment on how you want to see Wikidata edits in your watchlist on other wikis. [३८३]
- The final steps of single user login (SUL) will happen in April. You can see the rules to rename accounts. [३८४]
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१५:१४, १६ मार्च २०१५ (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. [३८५]
- VisualEditor is now much faster. For many users it is now at least as fast as the wikitext editor. [३८६] [३८७] [३८८]
- When you add a list of references in VisualEditor, you now see it right away. You can still change its group by editing it. [३८९]
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. [३९०]
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१५:०९, २३ मार्च २०१५ (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. [३९१]
- 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. [३९२] [३९३] [३९४]
- All sites should now be faster if you have a recent browser. [३९५]
- You could see a serious bug when editing some templates with VisualEditor. It was fixed quickly. [३९६]
- VisualEditor could break when you edited an image. The issue was fixed quickly. [३९७]
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. [३९८]
- You can now edit the mobile site of all wikis without an account. [३९९]
- 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. [४००]
- You can now see that VisualEditor is opening even if you're not looking at the top of the page. [४०१]
- VisualEditor doesn't leave empty titles with just nowiki tags any more. [४०२] [४०३] [४०४] [४०५]
Meetings
- You can join a meeting with the Wikidata team. The meeting will be on IRC on March 31 at 16:00 (UTC). [४०६]
- 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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१५:१८, ३० मार्च २०१५ (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. [४०७]
- 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. [४०८] [४०९]
- The number of articles in Special:Statistics is now updated once a month. [४१०]
- You can use a new version of the Wikipedia app for Android. Using the app, you can now share a fact with your friends. [४११]
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. [४१२]
- Labs was broken several times this week. [४१३] [४१४] [४१५] [४१६]
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. [४१७]
- Many bugs around copy-paste in VisualEditor are now fixed. [४१८] [४१९]
- 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. [४२०]
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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१५:४१, ६ अप्रैल २०१५ (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. [४२२]
- 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. [४२३] [४२४]
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. [४२७] [४२८]
- All users can now test link previews ("Hovercards") on several Wikipedias. [४२९]
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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१६:४०, १३ अप्रैल २०१५ (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. [४३०]
- VisualEditor sometimes showed empty warnings for wikis using Flagged Revisions. This is now fixed on all wikis. [४३१]
- You can get the new version of the Wikipedia app for iOS. With it you can share facts with your friends. [४३२]
- If you write JavaScript, you should stop using importScript and importStylesheet. [४३३]
Problems
- There was a problem with Labs on Monday. [४३४]
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. [४३५] [४३६] [४३७]
- If your wiki has the auto-fill tool for citations, you can now use it when you edit a reference. [४३८]
- You can now give examples for template options in TemplateData. [४३९]
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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१५:२९, २० अप्रैल २०१५ (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. [४४२] [४४३]
- You can read a report from experts who tested the security of MediaWiki. [४४४]
- There was a problem between VisualEditor and an antivirus software. It is now fixed. [४४५]
- You can help test VisualEditor to see if it works in your language. [४४६]
Problems
- Some Labs tools had problems due to a software bug. [४४७]
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. [४४८]
- You now see more information when you search for a template in VisualEditor. [४४९]
- You can now cancel when you add citations on desktop, or edit links on mobile, in VisualEditor. [४५०]
- You can now see the list of other formats for videos only after they're ready. [४५१]
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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१५:१०, २७ अप्रैल २०१५ (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. [४५२] [४५३] [४५४]
- You can apply for technical jobs to develop tools for the community. [४५५]
- 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. [४५६] [४५७]
Problems
- There was a problem that caused slow editing. [४५८]
- Pages were sometimes removed from your watchlist in VisualEditor. This problem is now fixed. [४५९]
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. [४६०] [४६१]
- You should get fewer errors when you add files to Commons. [४६२]
- When you use an external link to link to a wiki page, VisualEditor now converts it to a wiki link. [४६३]
- When you add a link in VisualEditor, you see pages that match what you type. It is now easier to see where they match. [४६४]
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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१५:३४, ११ मई २०१५ (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. [४६५]
- You can no longer create an account with a colon ':' in it. If you already have one, it still works. [४६६]
- The toolbar in VisualEditor now looks different. It is easier to see the icons. [४६७]
- You won't be able to use e-mail lists for a few hours on Tuesday. [४६८] [४६९]
- UploadWizard now shows better matches when you add a category to your file. [४७०]
- A test about VisualEditor will start on the English Wikipedia on Thursday. [४७१]
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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१५:१८, १८ मई २०१५ (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. [४७२]
- Some Labs tools had issues last week. [४७३] [४७४]
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. [४७५]
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१६:१२, २५ मई २०१५ (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. [४७६]
- Some tools in Labs were broken on Wednesday and Thursday. [४७७]
- Edit tags added by the software were broken on all wikis from May 23 to May 28. [४७८] [४७९]
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. [४८०]
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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१५:३०, १ जून २०१५ (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). [४८१] [४८२]
- If you use the Monobook skin, the buttons and other controls now look more the same in VisualEditor and other tools. [४८३]
- When you edit links and other items in VisualEditor, you now need to apply your change before closing the tool. [४८४]
- The title of dialogs is now easier to see when it is near long buttons. [४८५]
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). [४८६]
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. [४८७]
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१५:२१, ८ जून २०१५ (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. [४८८]
- Editing a page is now faster. This is because some statistics about edit filters were removed. [४८९]
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). [४९०]
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. [४९१]
- If you use Pywikibot, soon you won't be able to use
compatanymore. [४९२] [४९३] [४९४]
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१५:०४, १५ जून २०१५ (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. [४९५] [४९६]
- You can't use HTTPS wikis with Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP. You need to use another browser. [४९७]
Problems
- On June 15, search was broken on all wikis for several hours. [४९८] [४९९] [५००]
- On June 16, images were broken for several hours on wikis that use InstantCommons. [५०१] [५०२] [५०३]
- 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. [५०४] [५०५] [५०६]
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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१५:२३, २२ जून २०१५ (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. [५०७]
- You can now see graphs in VisualEditor. [५०८]
- When you read a page on the mobile site, you can now see a link to go to its talk page. [५०९]
- The code coloring tool has changed. You can now use many more languages. It now also works on mobile. [५१०] [५११] [५१२]
- You can look at a new site to learn how to reuse data from Wikimedia sites. [५१३]
Problems
- JavaScript was broken on some wikis due to a code error. VisualEditor and other tools that use JavaScript were broken. [५१४]
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. [५१५]
- 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. [५१६]
- If you are an admin or have other special rights, you now need a strong password. [५१७]
- Bot and JavaScript coders: The old continuation mode of the API for
action=querydoesn't work any more. [५१८]
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. [५१९]
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१५:५६, २९ जून २०१५ (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. [५२०]
Problems
- The code of long pages is not colored any more. You may see this problem on the pages of long gadgets. [५२१]
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. [५२२] [५२३]
- You can now translate articles into English with the new translation tool. [५२४]
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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१५:१३, ६ जुलाई २०१५ (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. [५२५]
Problems
- There was a problem with editing on Thursday. Some tools like bots and VisualEditor were broken on all wikis for 10 minutes. [५२६]
- There was a problem with images on Thursday. They were broken on all wikis for 15 minutes. [५२७]
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. [५२८]
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१५:०६, १३ जुलाई २०१५ (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. [५२९]
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. [५३०]
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०३:०५, २१ जुलाई २०१५ (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. [५३१]
- You cannot use the compact user bar any more. [५३२]
- You can change your options to see bigger images. [५३३]
- You can watch short videos about how to use VisualEditor. [५३४]
- You can now edit pages linked in "what links here" more easily. [५३५]
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. [५३६]
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. [५३७]
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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१५:०५, २७ जुलाई २०१५ (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. [५४३]
- MediaWiki now supports redirects for CSS pages. [५४४]
- Bots can't guess captchas unlimited times anymore. [५४५]
Problems
- There was a problem with thumbnails on wikis with local images on July 24 and 25. It was due to a code error. [५४६]
- We can't search by file type on Wikimedia wikis now. [५४७]
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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१५:५१, ३ अगस्त २०१५ (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. [५४८]
- The "Your preferences have been saved" message has changed. You can now see more easily what was saved when you change preferences several times. [५४९]
- 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. [५५०]
- You can now use the same tools to edit style in VisualEditor on mobile as in desktop browsers. [५५१]
- It is now easier to see if there is a JavaScript error in a user or site script. [५५२]
- JavaScript authors:
- You can no longer use the Sajax library. You can see a list of pages to fix. [५५३] [५५४]
- You can no longer use
document.writeon Wikimedia wikis. You can see a list of pages to fix. [५५५] [५५६]
- The content translation tool now works better. It is easier to use math, and useless tags are no longer added. [५५७]
Problems
- More edits have been rejected due to loss of session data lately. This is now fixed. [५५८]
- Importing a Lua module sometimes didn't work. This is now fixed. [५५९]
- Text was sometimes lost in the content translation tool. One part of the problem is now fixed. [५६०]
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. [५६१]
- You can now test VisualEditor on mobile devices of all sizes. [५६२]
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. [५६३]
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१४:५७, १० अगस्त २०१५ (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. [५६४] [५६५] [५६६]
- 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. [५६७]
Problems
- Older gadgets that are not using ResourceLoader are not loading anymore. They need to be updated. [५६८] [५६९]
- On August 12 the machine translation servers and the Content Translation tool didn't work. This was fixed on the same day. [५७०]
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. [५७१]
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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१६:१७, १७ अगस्त २०१५ (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. [५७२]
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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१३:०२, २४ अगस्त २०१५ (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. [५७४][५७५]
- The link editor in VisualEditor is now a bit wider. It's now the same width as the automatic citation tool. [५७६]
- VisualEditor gadget authors can no longer use the backwards-compatibility module
ext.visualEditor.viewPageTarget.init. Useext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.initinstead. [५७७] - Gadget writers can now use mediawiki.ForeignApi to communicate between different Wikimedia wikis. [५७८]
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. [५७९]
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२१:३६, ३१ अगस्त २०१५ (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. [५८०]
- A new version of the Wikidata Toolkit has been released. It now has Wikibase API support. [५८१]
- You can now use Wikidata to find all good or featured articles in a Wikipedia version. [५८२]
Problems
- There was a problem with Tool Labs due to kernel issues. This has been fixed. [५८३]
- The Content Translation tool published some pages with the same reference repeated several times. This has been fixed. [५८४][५८५]
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. [५८६]
- 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. [५८७][५८८]
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. [५८९]
- Wikidata will soon be able to store measurements, such as a mountain's height or the distance between two places. [५९०][५९१]
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१७:२९, ७ सितम्बर २०१५ (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. [५९२]
- 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. [५९३]
- Language preferences might not be changed immediately when you adjust them. Language selection might work slower. Please report any problems. [५९४][५९५]
Problems
- There was a problem when editing International Standard Book Numbers in Visual Editor. This has now been fixed. [५९६]
- The Wikimedia mailing lists should have been upgraded on September 9. It didn't work as planned and will now happen later. [५९७]
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. [५९८]
- The first version of the translation suggestions feature will be deployed soon. [५९९]
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१६:१७, १४ सितम्बर २०१५ (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. [६००][६०१]
- 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. [६०२][६०३][६०४][६०५]
- 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. [६०६]
- The VisualEditor welcome dialogue has been changed. The intention is to make it more helpful for new users. [६०७]
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. [६०८]
- 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. [६०९][६१०]
- UploadWizard couldn't upload files larger than 5 MB when using chunked uploads. This has now been fixed. [६११]
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. [६१२]
- 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. [६१३]
- Wikibooks can now use data from Wikidata. [६१४]
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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१८:२९, २१ सितम्बर २०१५ (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. [६१५]
- UploadWizard dialogs look a bit different now. They have been updated to the new OOUI look. [६१६]
- You can now edit music scores in VisualEditor. You can add new sheet music scores and get live updates when you edit one. [६१७]
- When you send an e-mail to another editor using Special:EmailUser, that user will now get a notification on the wiki as well. [६१८]
- You can now see 500 images when you upload images from Flickr with UploadWizard. Before this change the limit was 50. [६१९]
- The Wikimedia mailing lists have been upgraded. [६२०]
- 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. [६२१]
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. [६२४]
- 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. [६२५]
Meetings
- You can join the strategy process of the Reading department of Wikimedia Engineering. [६२६]
- 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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१५:१५, २८ सितम्बर २०१५ (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. [६२७]
- The description at Special:ChangeEmail now clearly explains that the page can also be used to remove your email. [६२८]
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. [६२९]
- UploadWizard's category selectors will be easier to use. [६३०]
- A new Cite error will be shown if a named reference is defined more than once in the same article. [६३१]
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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१८:३२, ५ अक्टूबर २०१५ (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. [६३२]
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. [६३३]
- Pages that show citation error messages will automatically be placed in a hidden category. [६३४]
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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१६:२८, १२ अक्टूबर २०१५ (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). [६३५]
Problems
- A problem with MediaWiki made some pages show no content on October 14. This has now been fixed. [६३६]
- Some templates were misplaced in the Flow description bar. This could make it impossible to click on links. This will be fixed this week. [६३७]
- 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. [६३८]
Changes this week
- Changes that were planned to happen last week will happen this week. [६३९]
- Wikispecies, Meta and MediaWiki.org will be able to use Wikidata for sitelinks. [६४०][६४१][६४२][६४३]
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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१६:०२, १९ अक्टूबर २०१५ (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. [६४४]
- You will be able to upload images to Wikimedia Commons from inside the wikitext editor by clicking "Upload" in the "चित्र जोड़ें" dialog. You will also be able to drag and drop them into an article when using the visual editor. [६४५][६४६]
- When you edit a code block in visual editor, you will have the syntax highlighted. [६४७][६४८]
- Index and Page namespaces on Wikisource will be defined as content namespaces in
$wgContentNamespaces. [६४९]
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१८:०४, २६ अक्टूबर २०१५ (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 how many editors are using a gadget on a wiki on Special:GadgetUsage. [६५०]
- If you are using the mobile version of Wikipedia, you can now see Wikidata descriptions under article titles in search results. [६५१]
- Editing conflicts are now detected when you edit on a mobile device. Before, this did not work properly on mobile. [६५२]
Problems
- On October 26 the Wikimedia sites went down for ten minutes. [६५३]
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. [६५४]
- Empty list items could be allowed in the future. If so, this could affect some templates. [६५५]
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१६:४२, २ नवम्बर २०१५ (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. [६५६]
- You can now switch between the wikitext editor and the visual editor without saving. You will not lose the changes you have made. [६५७]
- JSON dumps of the production search indexes are now available. They can be imported to Elasticsearch. [६५८]
Problems
- Some translations for the Thanks and Echo extensions were missing. Translators have been asked to help and this should be solved soon. [६५९]
Changes this week
- Thumbnails of 16-bit TIFF files will be displayed properly. Before, this didn't work. [६६०]
- 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. [६६१]
- The options on Special:Watchlist will look slightly different. [६६२]
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१७:१८, ९ नवम्बर २०१५ (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. [६६३]
- Echo notification icons in MonoBook will look more like other icons in the theme. [६६४]
- 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. [६६५]
- 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. [६६६][६६७]
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१९:३९, १६ नवम्बर २०१५ (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. [६६८]
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२०:२६, २३ नवम्बर २०१५ (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.
The symbol for advanced news items has been changed. This is because the symbols were too similar. If a news item is for more technical readers it now looks like this: 
. You can give feedback on this change.
Problems
- On September 29 users' skin preferences were removed by mistake on small and medium-sized wikis. This changed preferences back to Vector. Restoring all data would cause even more problems. Affected users who want to have their preference changed back globally can ask for it as a comment on Phabricator task T119206 until December 21 2015. [६६९]
- Some scheduled tasks were not working properly from September to recently. This meant some pages in the special pages namespace were not updated. It has now been fixed. [६७०]
Changes this week
- Wikinews, Wikispecies, MediaWiki.org and Meta will be able to use information from Wikidata. [६७१][६७२]
- There are no MediaWiki deployments this week (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 1 December at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is using the <figure>tag for media. The meeting will be on 2 December at 22:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Category watchlists are now available on test wikis and MediaWiki.org. The plan is to enable it on most wikis in January. [६७३]
- Cross-wiki notifications are being developed. When this is done you will not have to go to the wiki where something happened to be notified. [६७४]
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१६:१६, ३० नवम्बर २०१५ (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. [६७५]
Problems
- Meta was not given access to information from Wikidata last week. This will happen later. [६७६]
Changes this week
- You will be able to use wikilinks in Flow topic titles. [६७७]
- IP users will have a toolbar with links to the user talk page and user contributions. Some Wikipedias already have this feature. [६७८]
- 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. [६७९]
- It will be easier to write math in the visual editor if you don't know LaTeX. You can use symbol buttons instead. [६८०]
- You will be able to use syntax highlighting when you write math with LaTeX in the visual editor. [६८१]
- UploadWizard will look a bit different. [६८२]
- 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. [६८३]
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. [६८४]
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१७:५२, ७ दिसम्बर २०१५ (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
- Meta will be able to use information from Wikidata. [६८५]
- 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. [६८६]
Future changes
- A new gadget manager will come next year. The new gadget system is called Gadgets 2.0. [६८७]
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१७:४१, १४ दिसम्बर २०१५ (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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१८:२९, २१ दिसम्बर २०१५ (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
- Wikimedia no longer uses visitor statistics from comScore. [६८८]
- You can make interactive graphs with the Graph extension. There is now a tutorial for how to do this. [६८९]
Problems
- Some pages do not turn in up in categories where they should be. This is because link tables are sometimes not populated. [६९०]
Changes this week
- The Nuke extension will work with Flow. This will make it easier to handle spam in Flow. [६९१]
- New file uploads will now be patrollable. [६९२]
- Internet Explorer 8 will no longer have JavaScript support. You will still be able to browse and edit Wikipedia if you use Internet Explorer 8, 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. [६९३][६९४]
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 12 January at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- URLs in the recent changes IRC feed will no longer be rewritten to unencrypted HTTP. This could be a breaking change for bots dependent on the IRC feed. [६९५]
- The edit tabs for the wikitext editor and the visual editor will be combined to one single edit tab. You will be able to choose which one you prefer. If you are not logged in, your choice will be saved as a cookie in your browser. You can test the single edit tab. [६९६][६९७]
- There is a beta feature that adds links to the subject on other Wikimedia projects. This works much like the links to for example Wikipedia articles in other languages. It will go out of beta testing and be enabled for everyone in January. Wikis that don't want this can decide to have it disabled. [६९८][६९९]
- The difference between "alerts" and "messages" notifications is unclear to some. The developers want feedback at the Phabricator task or on MediaWiki.org so they can make this better. You can give feedback in your language if you can't write in English.
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१६:५९, ११ जनवरी २०१६ (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 will be able to find or mark bugs and suggestions in Phabricator that are specific for your language or wiki. [७००]
- Notifications have been upgraded with more detailed and easier-to-access information. See the documentation. Cross-wiki notifications will be available soon on the two test wikis. [७०१]
Changes this week
- The visual editor uses the TemplateData extension to make editing templates easier. You will now get a warning when you edit a TemplateData form and leave it without saving. [७०२]
- MediaWiki will get a new authentication and authorization system called AuthManager. This is planned to happen in a month or two. Some bots will need to change how they log in. Two new and more stable authentication methods will be available now: Owner-only OAuth credentials and bot passwords. You can read more about the change. [७०३]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 January. It will be on all Wikipedias from 21 January (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 19 January at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is governance model. The meeting will be on 20 January at 22:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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१७:५५, १८ जनवरी २०१६ (UTC)
नई तकनीकी समाचार के बारे में विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा है। कृपया इसके बारे में होने वाले बदलाव आदि का अन्य सदस्यों को भी सूचित करें। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल के बदलाव
- अब आप जर्मन विकिपीडिया में श्रेणी में पृष्ठ के जुडने और निकलने के बारे में जान सकते हो। यह इस सप्ताह विकिमीडिया कॉमन और अन्य विकिपीडिया में भी उपलब्ध हो जाएगा। [७०४][७०५]
- अब प्रबन्धक अवतरण हटाएँ के साथ पृष्ठ का अवतरण हटा सकते हैं। इसमें बटन में "सभी", "कोई नहीं" या "विपरीत" का विशेष:लॉग में होगा। लेख के इतिहास में भी इस तरह का बटन आने वाला है। जो विकि इस तरह का कार्य जावास्क्रिप्ट के द्वारा करते हैं। उससे यह कोड हटा दिया जाएगा। [७०६]
इस सप्ताह के बदलाव
- आप तब भी सन्दर्भ डेक सकते हो जब आप अनुभाग का झलक देखते हो। इसके अलावा आप <references /> का टैग न हो तो भी आप अनुभाग में इसे देख सकते हो। [७०७]
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और मीडियाविकि॰ऑर्ग पर 26 जनवरी को आएगा और गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर यह 27 जनवरी आएगा। इसके अलावा यह सभी विकि पर 28 जनवरी को (दिनांक) आएगा।
बैठक
- आप भी अगले होने वाले बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। यथादृश्य संपादिका के दल के साथ। बैठक के दौरान आप निर्माता के साथ इसके त्रुटि आदि के बारे में या अन्य कोई महत्वपूर्ण जानकारी पर वार्ता कर सकते हैं। बैठक 26 जनवरी को 20:00 बजे (UTC) भारतीय समयानुसार 27 जनवरी रात 1:30 बजे होगा। जुडने हेतु यह देखें।
भविष्य के बदलाव
- यहाँ एक एक्स्टेंसन लेखस्थान स्वतः ही विकिपीडिया की विकिडाटा द्वारा डाटा लेकर उस सामग्री को बना देगा और पढ़ने वाला उस टैग को देख कर यह जान सकेगा कि यह लेख अभी तक नहीं बना है और वह उस लेख को बना सकता है। इसके निर्माता कुछ छोटे विकिपीडिया को देख रहे हैं, जहाँ इसका उपयोग किया जा सके। [७०८]
- ओटीआरएस प्रणाली उन्नत होने वाली है। इसके लिए 3 फरवरी को 08:00 बजे (UTC) भारतीय समयानुसार 3 फरवरी रात 12:30 बजे यह सुविधा 6 से 8 घण्टे तक बन्द हो जाएगी। [७०९]
- सदस्य जल्द ही योगदान में कुछ नियत सम्पादन करने पर स्वतः ही उन्हें स्वागत सन्देश मिलेगा। [७१०]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीकी प्रचारक द्वारा और प्रकाशन बॉट • योगदान • अनुवाद • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
१६:३८, २५ जनवरी २०१६ (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
- Sites with a
wikimedia.orgaddress were by mistake redirected to the Wikimedia Foundation wiki on 26 January. This included Meta and Wikimedia Commons. The mistake was fixed after an hour. [७११] - Some users had problems logging in and out around 22 January. Bots also had problems and edit previews did not work properly. This was because of problems related to the new component SessionManager. It was undone on 23 January. [७१२][७१३]
- Because of new problems with SessionManager the latest version of MediaWiki was removed from the Wikimedia wikis again on 31 January. The new version this week will be without SessionManager. [७१४]
Changes this week
- The page history will get a help link. This will go to Help:Page history on Meta. Wikis can exchange it for a link to their local pages. [७१५]
- Notifications will only show part of a page name if it is very long. You will also have another way to mark notifications as read. [७१६][७१७]
- The Universal Language Selector input methods are now available with the visual editor. This means many who write in non-Latin scripts can now use the visual editor. [७१८]
- The visual editor will now give you more tools to edit tables. You can move rows and columns in a table and copy parts of tables to make new ones. You can also copy and paste more than one cell at the same time. [७१९][७२०][७२१]
- The visual editor has a new warning message when you leave a page you are editing without saving. Non-English wikis might need to translate it. [७२२][७२३]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 2 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 3 February. It will be on all wikis from 4 February (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 2 February at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is expiring watch list entries. The meeting will be on 3 February at 22:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- The
rest.wikimedia.orgdomain will be shut down. This is planned to happen in March. You should use/api/rest_v1/at each individual project domain instead. [७२४]
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२१:०२, १ फ़रवरी २०१६ (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
- Syntax highlighting support is now available for 53 more computer languages. [७२५]
- When you get a notification that an edit has been reverted, the notification now quotes part of the edit summary. [७२६]
- RESTBase is now using
scrub_wikitextinstead ofscrubWikitext. [७२७]
Changes this week
- Wikidata will have a new data type called "math". It will be used for formulas. [७२८][७२९]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 February. It will be on all wikis from 11 February (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 9 February at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is per-language URLs for pages of multilingual wikis. The meeting will be on 10 February at 22:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Other sites will be able to tell when visitors come from links on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia sites. They used to be able to do this until we started using forced HTTPS in June 2015. This is planned to happen on 15 February. [७३०][७३१]
- Wikidata will have a new data type called "external-id". It will be used for references to external resources. It will be enabled on February 16. Some properties will be changed to the new data type. [७३२][७३३][७३४]
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१८:५८, ८ फ़रवरी २०१६ (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 edit pages on the mobile site version without JavaScript. [७३५]
- You can now use the Math extension to write chemistry formulas. [७३६]
Problems
- A few editors might have been logged in as someone else because of a bug. For security reasons everyone was logged out on 9 February. If you have seen this bug, you can report it. [७३७][७३८]
Changes this week
- There is a beta feature that adds links to the subject on other Wikimedia projects. The plan was to have it leave beta testing and be enabled for everyone in January. It will happen on 16 February instead. Wikis that don't want this can decide to have it disabled. [७३९][७४०]
- Cross-wiki notifications will be available as a beta feature on Wikidata, MediaWiki, Commons, and all Hebrew and French wikis on 19 February. [७४१]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 February. It will be on all wikis from 18 February (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 16 February at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- The search function on Wikimedia wikis will get a completion suggester that tries to find the right pages as the user is typing. It will also recognize some typos. This will probably happen in March. It is currently in beta. [७४२]
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१७:१६, १५ फ़रवरी २०१६ (UTC)
नए तकनीकी समाचार विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा है। इससे होने वाले बदलावों को अन्य सदस्यों को भी बताएं। इसके सभी परिवर्तन आप पर प्रभाव नहीं डालेंगे। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल के बदलाव
- फेब्रिकेटर उन्नत हो चुका है। [७४३][७४४]
समस्यायें
- पिछले सप्ताह कोई भी नया मीडियाविकि का संस्करण नहीं था। उसके बदलाव भी इस सप्ताह ही लागू होंगे। क्योंकि इसमें पहले एक त्रुटि उत्पन्न हो गई थी, जिसके कारण पृष्ठों को सहेजने में काफी समय लग रहा था। [७४५][७४६]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- 23 फरवरी के बाद विकिडाटा का उपयोग विकिविवि के अंतरविकि कड़ी जोड़ने में किया जा सकता है। [७४७]
बैठक
- आप सभी अगले बैठक में यथादृश्य संपादिका दल के साथ जुड़ सकते हो। इस बैठक में आप विकासक द्वारा इसके त्रुटि के बारे में चर्चा कर सकते हो। यह बैठक 23 फरवरी को 20:00 (यूटीसी) को होगा। देखें : कैसे जुड़ें
- आप अगली बैठक में वास्तुकला समिति के साथ भी जुड़ सकते हो। इस सप्ताह का विषय Assign RFCs to ArchCom shepherds है। यह बैठक 24 फरवरी को 22:00 (यूटीसी) को होगा। देखें : कैसे जुड़ें
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीकी राजदूतों ने तैयार किये हैं और इन्हें बॉट • योदान • अनुवाद • सहायता प्राप्त करें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • सदस्यता लें अथवा छोड़ें द्वारा भेजा गया।
१८:२२, २२ फ़रवरी २०१६ (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
- Thanks to the Graph extension and Pageview API, we now have {{Graph:PageViews}} templates that can show pageviews for any wiki page for any of the wikis. See the examples.
- The Capiunto extension is installed on test wiki. Capiunto provides flexible infobox functionality for Scribunto and generates HTML for infobox features such as headers and rows. It is designed for clean and modern infoboxes that are driven by data from Wikidata, easily usable across different language versions, and easily extensible.
- The visual editor now follows the TemplateData
formatsetting announced in November. When you edit or add a use of a template, the wikitext will be laid out in one of the two ways. [७४८][७४९] - The order of parameters and format defined in a template's TemplateData will be now respected. [७५०][७५१]
Changes this week
- On wikis where the visual editor is available in single edit tab mode, red links may open the visual editor instead of the wikitext editor, depending on user preferences. [७५२]
- Anonymous editor warning is now displayed as a warningbox for consistency in both the visual editor and the wikitext editor. [७५३]
- Parsoid has been updated to fit some HTML 5 specifications. [७५४]
Meetings
- Resigning executive director Lila Tretikov is taking questions at Knowledge Engine FAQ regarding the much talked about project. [७५५]
- 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 1 March at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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२०:१२, २९ फ़रवरी २०१६ (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
- Files on Wikimedia Commons can now be 2 GB big. The old limit was 1 GB. [७५६]
- Welcome notifications now have a different symbol. English Wikipedia already had this one. [७५७]
- The Wikimedia memory cache servers in the Eqiad cluster have now been upgraded to Debian 8 (Jessie). Some users might have had to log in again because of this. [७५८]
- It is now easier to categorize images uploaded to Wikimedia Commons in the Commons Android app. [७५९]
- Bare attributes in tags now parse according to the HTML5 specifications.
<pages from= to= section=1>will parse as<pages from="to=" section="1">instead of<pages from="" to="" section="1">as it used to. Please use<pages from="" to="" section=1>or<pages section=1>instead. This is mostly likely to affect pages on Wikisource projects. [७६०]
Problems
- Phabricator has been a bit unstable lately. This should be fixed now. [७६१]
- The PageView API shows wrong data between 23 February and 29 February for pages with special characters in their title. [७६२]
- The parsing change mentioned above caused a large number of pages to break, especially on Wikisource. [७६३]
- You may see falsely formatted edit links on both mobile and desktop devices. Mobile devices can also show incorrect formatted table of contents. This should be fixed soon. [७६४]
- Templates using TemplateData that were edited with the visual editor might have some problems in wikitext mode. This can be fixed by editing and saving the page by using the visual editor without making any changes. [७६५]
Changes this week
- Cross-wiki notifications will be enabled as a beta feature on all wikis on 10 March. You will be able to get notifications when something happens on another Wikimedia wiki. [७६६]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 8 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 9 March. It will be on all wikis from 10 March (calendar).
- Wikivoyages will get the Kartographer extension. Kartographer will allow
<mapframe>and<maplink>tags in an article to insert an interactive map and overlay it with different markers. You can add ideas and suggestions to the Maps talk page. If you find any bugs, you can report them in Phabricator. [७६७]
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 March at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- The buttons in interfaces will be simplified. Instead of white, red, green and blue buttons, in future there will only be white, red and blue ones. [७६८]
- The Wikimedia technical operations team plans to do some server work on 22 March. This could cause some problems, for example make it possible to read but not edit the Wikimedia wikis for a short period of time. The date for this might change. [७६९]
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२०:२४, ७ मार्च २०१६ (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 mobile web interface no longer suggests HiDPI thumbnails. This is to take up less bandwidth on slow or expensive connections. [७७०]
- The search engine on wikipedia.org has been updated. [७७१]
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 22 March and 24 March. This could be postponed to April 18. You might lose edits if you try to save during this time. Because of a test, there will also be a couple of minutes where you can't edit the wikis on 15 March starting 07:00 UTC. You can read more about the server work. There will be more notifications and updates about this.
- Administrators and other users with advanced permissions will need to have an 8-byte long passwords. This change takes place on 15 March. Users with too short passwords will be asked to change password the next time they log in. This was decided in a discussion on Meta and is because they can use tools that can hurt the wikis. [७७२]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 15 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 16 March. It will be on all wikis from 17 March (calendar).
- The buttons in interfaces will be simplified. Instead of white, red, green and blue buttons, in future there will only be white, red and blue ones. [७७३]
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 March at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topics this week are backlog and thumb API. The meeting will be on 16 March at 21:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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१८:३७, १४ मार्च २०१६ (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
- Wikimedia has a new backup data center in Dallas. The Wikimedia Technology department planned to test it this week. This will take place the week of April 18 instead. You can read more about the server work. There will be more notifications and updates about this.
- In Firefox, the visual editor would sometimes just jump down to the bottom of the page when you double-clicked on a table cell. This has now been fixed. [७७४]
Changes this week
- It will now be easier to list IP addresses that don't have to solve CAPTCHAs. [७७५]
- You will now be able to mark Echo notifications as unread. [७७६]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 March. It will be on all wikis from 23 March (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 22 March at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- URLs in the recent changes IRC feed will no longer be rewritten to unencrypted HTTP. This could be a breaking change for bots dependent on the IRC feed. This will happen on May 2. [७७७]
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१६:०४, २१ मार्च २०१६ (UTC)
- Hi, a minor correction: The MediaWiki deployment dates are March 22–24, not 21–23. My apologies. /Johan (WMF) (वार्ता) ०८:३९, २२ मार्च २०१६ (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 now supports the semantic web standards of Microdata and RDFa 1.0. On Wikimedia projects, a configuration change must be requested in order to enable RDFa 1.0. [७७८] [७७९]
Problems
- Adding references with Citoid was broken for approximately 6 hours on 24 March. This was fixed. [७८०]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 29 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 30 March. It will be on all wikis from 31 March (calendar).
- You will be able to remove the header and footer style from User language (babel) boxes. This will make it easier to use them with other userboxes. [७८१]
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with part of the Architecture committee, which will discuss a few topics. The meeting will be on 30 March at 21:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- The Architecture committee has sent a summary of new and ongoing RFC discussions.
Future changes
- Commons will soon have improved access to Wikidata's data. It will then be possible to access data about any concept on any page on Commons. Assistance with testing this on the beta cluster is appreciated. [७८२]
- Wikibits.js will not be loaded by default anymore starting April 2016. Gadget and script authors should have already updated their code since the previous announcements, but there is another migration path available if needed. See wikitech-l for details.
Corrections
- Last week Tech News said the new MediaWiki version would come to wikis from 21 March to 23 March. The right dates were 22 March to 24 March.
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१९:४३, २८ मार्च २०१६ (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. [७८३]
- Wikimedia wikis have a new way of counting visitors. [७८४]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from April 5. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from April 6. It will be on all wikis from April 7 (calendar).
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२२:१३, ४ अप्रैल २०१६ (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 can generate wikicode with image options in your language. Examples of image options are "thumb" or "left". You can ask to change to options in your language in Phabricator. [७८५][७८६]
- Wiktionaries and Wikisources can now use the visual editor. It is an opt-in beta feature. It still needs development to work better with these projects. [७८७][७८८]
- ORES is using new models. Tools that use ORES' predictions can behave strangely. ORES also has a new API. [७८९]
- The visual editor now supports classical Greek characters. [७९०]
Problems
- There was a bug when you used keyboard arrows in templates in the visual editor. This has now been fixed. [७९१]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 April. It will be on all wikis from 14 April (calendar).
- The wikipedia.org portal will get many small bug fixes and improvements. Most will be for the search box and suggested results that were added in March. [७९२]
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 12 April at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topics this week are improving transclusion of templates for Parsoid and balanced templates. The meeting will be on 13 April at 21:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- 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. [७९३]
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२०:४४, ११ अप्रैल २०१६ (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. [७९४][७९५]
- You can use Telnet to read Wikimedia wikis. [७९६]
- MediaWiki wikis can handle bigger file uploads. The new limit is 4 GB. [७९७]
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. [७९८]
- 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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२०:४०, १८ अप्रैल २०१६ (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
- 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. [७९९]
- 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. [८००]
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. [८०१]
- It will be easier to choose if you want to watch files you have uploaded with the upload wizard. [८०२]
- 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 "पृष्ठ सहेजें" 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. [८०३]
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२१:०२, २५ अप्रैल २०१६ (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. [८०४]
Problems
- There was a security problem with the MobileFrontend extension. It showed information that had been oversighted. This has now been fixed. [८०५]
Changes this week
- You can now see which notifications are available on a wiki on Special:DisplayNotificationsConfiguration. [८०६]
- 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. [८०७]
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२०:०९, २ मई २०१६ (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
- Wikiversities now have better access to Wikidata. They can use data from any page on Wikidata on any page on Wikiversity. This happened on May 3. [८०८]
- You can use Wikipedia GapFinder to find missing articles between languages. [८०९]
- Users are invited to try Cross-wiki Notifications on all wikis. This is the last test session before the release by default, scheduled for May 12th at 23:00 UTC. [८१०][८११]
- You can use keyboard shortcuts to open the visual editor (meta+V) or the wikitext editor (meta+E) (on certain wikis, even if you have chosen a favorite editor). [८१२]
- Uploading files bigger than 100 megabytes on Wikimedia Commons required to opt-in in your preferences. This is not necessary anymore. [८१३]
- The UploadsLink extension is now available on Wikimedia Commons. [८१४]
- Deleting a translation unit page didn't remove the corresponding content from the translation page. This is now solved. [८१५]
- Translation suggestions based on Apertium are now available on Mediawiki.org. [८१६]
Problems
- MediaWiki 1.27.0-wmf.23 has been rolled back from Wikimedia wikis, due to a performance issue. [८१७]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from May 10. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from May 11. It will be on all wikis from May 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 May 10 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topics this week are Overhaul Interwiki map, unify with Sites and WikiMap. The meeting will be on May 11 at 21:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- 2017 European hackathon will happen on May 19 - 21, in Vienna (Austria).
Future changes
- Today, in categories, a page titled "11" comes before "2". We plan to reorder that: "2" will come before "11". Please tell the developers if the change will cause problems. [८१८]
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२३:२२, ९ मई २०१६ (UTC)
नई तकनीकी समाचार के बारे में विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा है। कृपया इसके बारे में होने वाले बदलाव आदि का अन्य सदस्यों को भी सूचित करें। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल के बदलाव
- कुछ छवि अब मोबाइल में और भी तेजी से लोड होंगे। साथ ही यह कम डाटा भी लेंगे। [८१९]
समस्यायें
- Last week's MediaWiki version was late on some wikis. [८२०]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- विशेष:सूचना को अब आप "जाँचा हुआ चिन्हित" कर सकते हो। इसका गैर-जावास्क्रिप्ट संस्करण इस सप्ताह आने वाला है। जावास्क्रिप्ट वाला कुछ समय बाद आएगा। [८२१]
- Wikis can now locally decide what wikitext they want the signature button to produce. [८२२]
- A one-time welcome message for users will now be shown in the wikitext editor. This will include existing users. [८२३]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from May 17. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from May 18. It will be on all wikis from May 19 (calendar).
बैठक
- आप भी अगले होने वाले बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। स्थापत्य कला के दल के साथ। इस सप्ताह के बैठक का विषय "Requirements for change propagation" है। बैठक 18 मई को 21:00 (UTC) को होगा। जुडने हेतु यह देखें।
भविष्य में परिवर्तन
- Using self-closing tags like
<div/>and<span/>to mean<div></div>and<span></span>will not work in the future. Templates and pages that use these tags should be fixed. When Phabricator ticket T134423 is fixed these tags will parse as<div>and<span>instead. This is normal in HTML5. [८२४]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीकी प्रचारक द्वारा और प्रकाशन बॉट • योगदान • अनुवाद • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
१६:०१, १६ मई २०१६ (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 now see a warning message on pages that try to use {{DISPLAYTITLE}} but it doesn't work because it doesn't match the page's actual title. [८२५]
Problems
- Commons had problems with server lag. This meant that it took longer time for files to turn up in categories. [८२६]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 24 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 25 May. It will be on all wikis from 26 May (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 May 24 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- All HTTP access to Wikimedia sites and APIs will stop working. Some bots still use HTTP. They will need to use HTTPS instead. This will happen on June 12. [८२७]
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१८:४०, २३ मई २०१६ (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 a standard way to get the target of a redirect page from a Lua module. [८२८]
Problems
- A new way to handle rollback was introduced. It broke some tools and scripts and was reverted. This will be re-planned after review. [८२९][८३०]
- CentralNotice didn't work in some older browsers. This has now been fixed. [८३१]
Changes this week
- When you edit a file or category page with the visual editor the rest of the page will be shown in its normal place. [८३२]
- The Translate extension will get an edit summary field. [८३३]
- A change to the
<charinsert>feature could break some user scripts. Contact Bawolff if the "click to insert special characters" links in the edit window break on your wiki. [८३४][८३५] - Elasticsearch will be upgraded on Wikimedia wikis this week. This should not affect you, but if you have problems with the search function this is probably the reason. [८३६]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 31 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 June. It will be on all wikis from 2 June (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 31 May at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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१६:१८, ३० मई २०१६ (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
Changes this week
- The history page can tell you if a page on your watchlist was updated since you last visited it. This now works the same way in Vector as in other skins. The change broke local designs on some wikis. This will be fixed this week. [८३९]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 June. It will be on all wikis from 9 June (calendar).
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२०:५१, ६ जून २०१६ (UTC)
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नया तकनीकी समाचार कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इस बदलाव के बारे में बतायें। हर बदलाव आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगी। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल के बदलाव
- विकिमीडिया विकि अब AuthManager का उपयोग कर रहा है। यदि आपको प्रवेश से जुड़ी कोई परेशानी है तो आप बता सकते हैं। [८४०]
- विशेष:सूचना में जाने से अब सारे सूचना पढ़े हुए चिन्हित नहीं होंगे। अब आप विशेष:सूचना में जा कर पढ़े या बिना पढ़े सूचनाओं को देख सकते हैं। विशेष:सूचना में सूचना दिन के समूह के रूप में है। आप किसी पूरे समूह को पढ़ा हुआ चिन्हित कर सकते हैं। [८४१][८४२][८४३][८४४]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- You can filter user contributions to hide minor edits. [८४५]
- अब यथादृश्य संपादिका से गैलरी को संपादित करना बहुत आसान हो गया है। [८४६]
- नए मीडियाविकि संस्करण का जाँच विकि और MediaWiki.org पर 14 जून से चल रहा है। अ-विकिपीडिया में 15 जून से साथ ही यह सभी विकिपीडिया पर 16 जून से होगा। कालदर्शक
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीकी प्रचारक द्वारा और प्रकाशन बॉट • योगदान • अनुवाद • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
१८:४१, १३ जून २०१६ (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
- Notifications were not always marked as read when you followed a link from an email notification. This will now happen. [८४७]
Changes this week
- The list of other languages an article is available in will be shorter on small Wikipedias and non-Wikipedia projects. This is to make it easier to find the most relevant languages for each user. You will still be able to see the other languages. [८४८][८४९]
- Alerts (the red badge) will not be automatically marked as read when you open the Notifications popup. [८५०]
- When you get several thanks you can see them as one notification. This is instead of one notification for each thanks. [८५१]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 June. It will be on all wikis from 23 June (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is develop Markdown support strategy for MediaWiki. The meeting will be on 22 June at 21:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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१९:१४, २० जून २०१६ (UTC)
नया तकनीकी समाचार विकिमीडिया के तकनीकी समुदाय की ओर से है। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इस बदलाव के बारे में बतायें। हर बदलाव आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल के बदलाव
- ओरेस सेवा अब नए स्थान में चले गया है। इससे ओरेस का उपयोग बहुत आसान हो जाएगा। ओरेस समीक्षा सेवा अब विकिडाटा और फारसी विकिपीडिया में बीटा संस्करण के रूप में उपलब्ध है। ओरेस एक कृतिम समझ प्रणाली है जो विकिमीडिया विकि के लेखकों कि सहायता करता है। [८५२]
- सूची को बढ़ाने से जो विकियों का क्रम अलग हो जाता था, अब वह ठीक हो गया है। [८५३]
- गणित वाले त्रुटि पृष्ठों का पता लगाने वाला नया श्रेणी जोड़ा गया: श्रेणी:गणित त्रुटियों वाले पृष्ठ। [८५४]
समस्यायें
- विकिमीडिया एथरपैड 23 जून को क्रैश हो गया। इस दिन जो भी सम्पादन हुए थे वो गायब हो चुके हैं। यह etherpad-restore.wikimedia.org में कुछ दिनों तक मिलेगा। [८५५][८५६]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- नए मीडियाविकि संस्करण का जाँच विकि और MediaWiki.org पर 28 जून से चल रहा है। अ-विकिपीडिया में 29 जून से साथ ही यह सभी विकिपीडिया पर 30 जून से होगा। कालदर्शक
- सूचनाओं को पढ़ा या बिना पढ़ा चिन्हित करने का तरीका और भी साफ हो गया है। [८५७]
बैठक
- आप यथादृश्य संपादिका के दल से आगे होने वाले बैठक में मिल सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान आप डेवेलपर को बहुत महत्वपूर्ण त्रुटियों के बारे में बता सकते हैं। बैठक 28 जून को 19:00 बजे (UTC) होगा। देखें: कैसे जुड़ें
भविष्य में परिवर्तन
- विकिमीडिया संस्थान के सहयोगी दल एक और अच्छा लेख समीक्षा वाला साधन बनाना चाह रहे हैं। क्योंकि अनुसंधान से पता लगा है कि हम नए लोगों को जो सहायता के लिए आते हैं, हम उन्हें डरा कर भगा रहे हैं। [८५८]
- भविष्य में जो योजना है उसके तकनीकी कार्य के बारे में लिखने वाला विभाग ईमेल द्वारा बता देगा। इसमें अच्छा विकिपाठ्य, यथादृश्य सम्पादन, लिखने के लिए प्रोत्साहन, भाषा विकास और मेटा-डाटा अलग करना आदि है। [८५९]
- सूचनाओं को दो अलग अलग मेनू के रूप में अलग करने वाला बदलाव 5 से 7 जुलाई को होगा। एक साथ सूचनाओं में से एक एक को पढ़ा हुआ चिन्हित करना और भी आसान होगा। [८६०][८६१][८६२]
- 29 जून को git.wikimedia.org (गिटब्लिट द्वारा चलता है) अपने सभी अनुरोध को फेब्रिकेटर पर भेज देगा। बहुल अनुरोधों को सही तरीके से पुनर्निर्देशित होना चाहिए। [८६३]
- कटलन और पोलिस विकिपीडिया के लिए विकिडाटा विवरण लेखों में मोबाइल द्वारा देखने से मूल रूप से दिखेगा। यह मोबाइल के लिए बीटा संस्करण में है। यह बाद में अन्य विकि के लिए भी आएगा। [८६४]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीकी प्रचारक द्वारा और प्रकाशन बॉट • योगदान • अनुवाद • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
१५:४२, २७ जून २०१६ (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 daily email summary of notifications could be sent even when there were no notifications from the wiki. Now no email will be sent if there is no activity. [८६५]
Changes this week
- The "⧼citoid-citefromidtool-title⧽" button in the visual editor's toolbar will move into the "जोड़ें" menu except for Wikipedias, Wikibookses and Wikiversities. This is to make it less prominent on wikis that don't use it as much. [८६६]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 July. It will be on all wikis from 7 July (calendar).
Meetings
- You can take part in the next office hour for Wikidata on IRC on July 8 at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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१९:४५, ४ जुलाई २०१६ (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 image scaler fixed a number of bugs for showing SVG files. Some new problems turned up. [८६७][८६८][८६९]
- Notifications are grouped by types. They are now counted by number of notifications and not by unread groups. That change may increase the number of notifications displayed. The earlier way of counting was often incorrect. Unread notifications will also be displayed first. [८७०][८७१][८७२]
- Special:Notifications now has a maximum width for the notifications list on desktop computers. This allows long titles and descriptions to be cut properly. Notifications are now also better parsed. [८७३][८७४][८७५]
Problems
- On 5 July Wikimedia Commons had problems and could not be edited for 20 minutes. For a short while after that the recent changes log and some gadgets were not working properly. It affected administrative actions on other projects too. [८७६]
- Users who have multiple unread notifications can mark them as read by visiting Special:Notifications page on their wiki.
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 July. It will be on all wikis from 14 July (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 12 July at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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१५:१४, ११ जुलाई २०१६ (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
- Due to the rollback, new sorting of Notifications on the Fly-Out Menus has been deployed with a delay. [८७७]
- Due to the rollback, the daily special patch deployment process has been changed. [८७८]
- In notifications, "Messages" are now called "अधिसूचनाएँ". [८७९]
Problems
- On July 12 all wikis were rolled back to MediaWiki 1.28.0-wmf.8 due to a problem in the log-in system. [८८०][८८१]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 July. It will be on all wikis from 21 July (calendar).
- Special:Log now has a help link. [८८२]
- The RevisionSlider can be tested on the beta cluster. From 22 July, it will be available as a beta feature at: जर्मन विकिपीडिया, अरबी विकिपीडिया, हीब्रू विकिपीडिया. [८८३][८८४][८८५]
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 19 July at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is "Devise plan for a cross-wiki watchlist back-end". The meeting will be on 20 July at 21:00 (UTC). See how to join. [८८६]
Future changes
- User scripts and bots can no longer use http:// to edit wiki pages. [८८७][८८८]
- Gerrit is going to be updated. Developers are invited to test it. [८८९]
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२०:१८, १८ जुलाई २०१६ (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
- Interactive maps have been enabled for Meta wiki and the Catalan, Hebrew, and Macedonian Wikipedias. Learn how to add interactive maps to wiki pages.
- Last week's rollback is now documented. [८९०]
Problems
- Sometimes, the visual editor required saving twice. That problem is now fixed. [८९१]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 26 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 27 July. It will be on all wikis from 28 July (calendar).
- It is now possible to mark all Notifications as read on Special:Notifications, by clicking on the cog icon. [८९२]
- Wikipedia search will now detect the language of your search if 2 or fewer results are found. It will then show results from the matching language Wikipedia, if any relevant article exists. It will start to roll out in 5 languages. [८९३]
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 26 July at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is "an extension that implements an authenticated key-value store". The meeting will be on 27 July at 21:00 (UTC). See how to join. [८९४]
Future changes
- The current icon for Notifications "अधिसूचनाएँ" (in English "Notices") will be changed from a bubble-speech icon to a tray icon for consistency. [८९५]
- Special:Notifications page code will be changed to be more Mobile friendly. [८९६]
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१९:५४, २५ जुलाई २०१६ (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 prototype for structured data on Commons is available now. [८९७]
- The RevisionSlider beta feature can now be tested on mediawiki.org, German Wikipedia, Arabic Wikipedia and Hebrew Wikipedia.
Problems
- Renamed users on some wikis were not connected to their account on other wikis between 20 July and 21 July. This has been fixed. [८९८]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 2 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 3 August. It will be on all wikis from 4 August (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 2 August at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- The next CREDIT showcase will be on 3 August at 18:00 (UTC). This is to present and comment on new gadgets, small projects and works in progress. See how to join.
- You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is "notifications in core". The meeting will be on 3 August at 21:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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२१:४८, १ अगस्त २०१६ (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 notifications, the icon for अधिसूचनाएँ has been changed from a speech-bubble icon (
) to a tray icon (
) for consistency. The चेतावनियाँ icon has been redesigned too. The colors have been changed for accessibility. [८९९]
Problems
- If you use the wikEd gadget, changes you made were not kept when you switched from the wikitext editor to the visual editor while you were editing. This has now been fixed. [९००]
Changes this week
- Wikimedia search will now ignore question marks at the end of the sentences or words you use when you search. Until now the question mark was just a wildcard. [९०१]
- On Commons, UploadWizard will now be available on mobile, rather than just the old upload form. This should reduce the workload for the community in reviewing images. [९०२]
- When you edit with the visual editor a puzzle symbol tells you there is an invisible template in the article. It will now mention the name of the template. [९०३]
- The button to read something in another language will move for mobile users. This will happen on 9 August. [९०४]
- When someone mentions you and links to your user page you get a notification. You will now get a notification when you mention yourself this way. [९०५]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 August. It will be on all wikis from 11 August (calendar).
- A message on Notifications panel will invite users to try Special:Notifications page. [९०६]
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 August 9 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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१५:४१, ८ अगस्त २०१६ (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 Tech News announced you will get a notification when you mention yourself the same way as if someone else had mentioned you. This caused some problems and will happen later instead. [९०७]
- Creating and editing links to sections on other pages on the wiki now works again in the visual editor. [९०८]
- For some users, cross-wiki notifications haven't been working properly. The count has been wrong when only cross-wiki notifications were present. The cross-wiki bundle has been showing only the names of wikis and not the actual notifications. This will be fixed soon. [९०९][९१०]
Changes this week
- The login session when you choose "Keep me logged in" will now last a year. Previously it was 30 days. This will happen on August 16. [९११]
- Some abuse filters will have to be updated during the week. This is because a bug will be fixed. [९१२]
- In compact language links, two new kinds of languages will be shown in the shorter language list: Languages that are used in the article's text, and languages where the article has a badge like "featured article" or "good article". [९१३][९१४]
- The visual editor will be available by default for logged-out editors on Wikipedias that use the Arabic script. It is already default for logged-in editors. [९१५]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from August 16. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from August 17. It will be on all wikis from August 18 (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 August 16 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Starting the week of August 22 there will be three software deployment windows. They will be at 13:00, 18:00, and 23:00 UTC. This is to have more times when software of the wikis can be updated and make it easier for developers in different parts of the world. [९१६]
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१९:३६, १५ अगस्त २०१६ (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 ORES review tool is now available on Special:Contributions as a beta feature. It can make it easier to find contributions that are probably damaging the wikis. The ORES review tool is available on Wikidata and Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Dutch, Turkish and Russian Wikipedia. [९१७]
- The
normandccnormfunctions have been updated to make it easier to write abuse filters. This also affects the TitleBlacklist extension. You don't have to transform "I" and "L" to "1", "O" to "0" and "S" to "5" anymore. [९१८] - The old pageview data in the "pagecounts-raw" and "pagecounts-all-sites" files is no longer being updated. You can find the new pageview data here. This happened on August 5. [९१९]
Problems
- Some big image files could not be thumbnailed. This has now been fixed. [९२०]
- When you moved a page over a redirect it would delete the redirect without saving it in the logs. This has now been fixed. [९२१]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 August. It will be on all wikis from 25 August (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 23 August at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Sometimes when you mention another user they don't get a notification. You will be able to get a notification when you successfully sent out a mention to someone or be told if they did not get a notification. This will be opt-in. You can test this on the test wiki. [९२२][९२३]
- How you add text after an edit conflict might work in a different way in the future. You can test the prototype. [९२४]
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२१:१८, २२ अगस्त २०१६ (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
- Wikimedia mobile sites now don't load images if the user doesn't see them. This is to save mobile data and make the pages load faster. [९२५]
- When you edit a table with the visual editor, pressing
Tabin the last cell of a row will take you to the first cell in the next row. PressingShiftandTabin the first cell of a row will take you to the last cell in the previous row. [९२६]
Changes this week
- The name of the "पृष्ठ सहेजें" button will change. The button will say "पृष्ठ प्रकाशित करें" when you create a new page. It will say "बदलाव प्रकाशित करें" when you change an existing page. [९२७][९२८]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 31 August. It will be on all wikis from 1 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 30 August at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is "RfC: image and oldimage tables". The meeting will be on 31 August at 21:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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१५:५९, २९ अगस्त २०१६ (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. [९२९]
- 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. [९३०]
- 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. [९३१]
Changes this week
- You will be able to use
<maplink>on all Wikipedias. It creates a link to a full screen map. [९३२][९३३] - 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. [९३४][९३५]
- 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. [९३६]
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१७:१२, ५ सितम्बर २०१६ (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. [९३७]
<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. [९३८][९३९]
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. [९४०]
- A new user right will allow most users to change the content model of pages. [९४१][९४२]
- 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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१८:०४, १२ सितम्बर २०१६ (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. [९४३][९४४]
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. [९४५]
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२२:०८, १९ सितम्बर २०१६ (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. [९४६]
- When you edit text and mention a new username they are notified if you add your signature. Before this only happened under certain conditions. [९४७]
- 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. [९४८]
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. [९४९][९५०]
Changes this week
- There will be no new MediaWiki version this week. [९५१]
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. [९५२]
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१८:०७, २६ सितम्बर २०१६ (UTC)
विकिमीडिया टेक समुदाय से नवीनतम तकनीक की खबर! कृपया इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में अन्य सदस्यों को भी बतायें। सभी परिवर्तनों आप को प्रभावित नहीं करेंगे।यह खबर दूसरी भाषाओँ में भी उपलब्ध है।
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण टेस्ट विकिस और MediaWiki.org पर ४ अकटूबर से उपलब्ध होगा । यह कुछ विकिपीडियाओं पर पर ५ अकटूबर से उपलब्ध होगा। यह 6 अक्टूबर से सभी विकिस पर होगा। (कैलेंडर)
बैठक
- आप विसुअल एडिटर टीम के साथ अगली बैठक में शामिल हो सकते है। बैठक के दौरान, आप डेवलपर्स को अपने सुझाव दे सकते हैं । बैठक 4 अक्टूबर को १९:०० बजे (यूटीसी) होएगी । शामिल होने के लिए यहाँ देखें।
भविष्य में परिवर्तन
- “टाडई” की जगह अभ एच.टी.एम.एल ५ पार्सिंग एल्गोरिथ्म का प्रयोग किया जायेगा विकिटेक्सट में गलत एच.टी.एम.एल को ठीक करने के लिए। परंतु इससे कई समस्याएं उत्पन होंगी जिन्हें पहले ठीक करना ज़रूरी होगा। [९५३]
<slippymap>२४ अक्टूबर के बाद विकिवॉयेज पर काम नहीं करेगा। आप को उसकी जगह<mapframe>का प्रयोग करना होगा। अगर आप इसे २४ अकटूबर से पहले ठीक करना चाहते हैं तो आप को जितनी जल्दी हो सके उतनी जल्दी सहायता मांगनी चाहिए। [९५४]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीकी प्रचारक द्वारा और प्रकाशन बॉट • योगदान • अनुवाद • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
२१:३०, ३ अक्टूबर २०१६ (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}}. [९५५] - 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. [९५६]
- 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. [९५७]
Changes this week
- Hidden HTML comments will be more visible when you edit with the visual editor.
<!-- You write hidden HTML comments like this. -->[९५८] - 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. [९५९]
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२०:२९, १० अक्टूबर २०१६ (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. [९६०]
- Editors couldn't edit semi-protected pages in the Wikipedia app for Android. This has now been fixed in the beta version. [९६१]
Changes this week
- There will be no new MediaWiki version this week. [९६२]
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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१६:४२, १७ अक्टूबर २०१६ (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. [९६३]
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". [९६४]
- About a dozen wikis now have numerical sorting in categories. If your wiki wants numerical sorting in categories you can ask for it. [९६५]
- 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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१७:३९, २४ अक्टूबर २०१६ (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
- 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. [९६६]
- Search now has an updated preference tab to configure the search completion suggester. [९६७]
- The visual editor is now available on all wikis using only one language script. [९६८]
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 "पृष्ठ की झलक इस साँचे के साथ देखें" field when editing templates. [९६९]
- Special:NewPages can now be filtered by page size. [९७०]
Future changes
- New MediaWiki deployments will be now based on MediaWiki 1.29. [९७१]
Miscellaneous
- The Wikimedia Foundation's Technical Collaboration Guideline is available for community review. Any feedback welcome, in any language.
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१६:१८, ३१ अक्टूबर २०१६ (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. [९७२]
- First release candidate for MediaWiki 1.28 is now available. [९७३]
-
.gitreviewfor MediaWiki branches and extensions switched from targeting a specific branch to usingtrack=1. [९७४] - Section numbers in Table of Contents boxes will use grey to improve readability. [९७५]
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. [९७६]
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. [९७७][९७८][९७९]
- Upcoming holidays will impact deployments. The schedule has been published.
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२३:०१, ७ नवम्बर २०१६ (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. [९८०]
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. [९८१]
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. [९८२]
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१९:१७, १४ नवम्बर २०१६ (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. [९८३]
- 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. [९८४]
- 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. [९८५]
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. [९८६][९८७][९८८]
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. [९८९]
- 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. [९९०]
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१५:३३, २१ नवम्बर २०१६ (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. [९९१]
- 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. [९९२]
- 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]. [९९३][९९४]
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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२१:१६, २८ नवम्बर २०१६ (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. [९९५]
- Everyone can now see Special:UserRights. Previously only those who could change user rights could. Other users got an error message. [९९६]
- 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. [९९७]
Changes this week
- You will now see categories with 0 pages in Special:Categories. Previously you did not see empty categories there. [९९८]
- 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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१८:०७, ५ दिसम्बर २०१६ (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. [९९९]
- 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. [१,०००]
- 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. [१,००१]
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. [१,००२]
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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१९:२९, १२ दिसम्बर २०१६ (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. [१,००३]
- 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. [१,००४]
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. [१,००५]
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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२०:३३, १९ दिसम्बर २०१६ (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 datasets on Commons. You can see an example that is using this source. [१,००६]
- There is a new opt-in beta feature of a wikitext mode for the visual editor. You can try it out.
- When you update a page with translations on wikis with the Translate extension the existing translations will be marked as outdated instead of removed. [१,००७]
- The new version of MediaWiki was released to all wikis last week (calendar).
- MoodBar has been removed from the Wikimedia wikis. [१,००८]
- The
liveoption for the Tipsy notice tool has been removed. Gadgets and user scripts which use it need to be updated. [१,००९]
Problems
- Editors who use Firefox 50 might get logged out or fail to save their edits. This is because of a browser bug. Until this is fixed you can enter
about:configin the address bar and setnetwork.cookie.maxPerHostto 5000. Firefox 50 is the current version of the Firefox. [१,०१०]
Changes this week
- There is no new version of MediaWiki this week because of the Wikimedia Developer Summit.
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१९:१२, ९ जनवरी २०१७ (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 upload WebP files to Commons. [१,०११]
Problems
- video2commons was down for two weeks. This was because of a problem with Commons video transcoders. It is now back up. [१,०१२]
Changes this week
- There is a new magic word called
{{PAGELANGUAGE}}. It returns the language of the page you are at. This can be used on wikis with more than one language to make it easier for translators. [१,०१३] - When an admin blocks a user or deletes or protects a page they give a reason why. They can now get suggestions when they write. The suggestions will be based on the messages in the dropdown menu. [१,०१४]
- You will be able to use
<chem>to write chemical formulas. Before you could use<ce>.<ce>should be replaced by<chem>. [१,०१५] - You now can add exceptions for categories which shouldn't be shown on Special:UncategorizedCategories. The list is at MediaWiki:Uncategorized-categories-exceptionlist. [१,०१६]
- The "Columns" and "Rows" settings will be removed from the Editing tab in Preferences. If you wish to keep what the "Rows" setting did you can add this code to your personal CSS:
#wpTextbox1 { height: 50em; }You can change the number50to make it look like you want to. [१,०१७] - Sometimes edits in MediaWiki by mistake are shown coming from private IP addresses such as 127.0.0.1. Edits and other contributions logged to these IP addresses will be blocked and shown the reason from MediaWiki:Softblockrangesreason. This should not affect most users. Bots and other tools running on Wikimedia Labs, including Tool Labs will receive a "blocked" error if they try to edit without being logged in. [१,०१८]
- When you edit with the visual editor categories will be on the top of the page options menu. [१,०१९]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 17 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 18 January. It will be on all wikis from 19 January (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 January 17 at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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२३:२४, १६ जनवरी २०१७ (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 see a list of the templates on a page you edit with the visual editor. [१,०२०]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 24 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 25 January. It will be on all wikis from 26 January (calendar).
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२०:१४, २३ जनवरी २०१७ (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.
आधुनिक बदलाव
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- ElectronPdfService will be enabled by default on Meta and German Wikipedia. This is a new way to get articles as PDF files you can download. It will come to more wikis later. [१,०२२]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from ३१ जनवरी. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from १ फ़रवरी. It will be on all wikis from २ फ़रवरी (calendar).
Future changes
- The Community Tech team will develop more tools to handle harassment of Wikimedia editors. The goal is to give the communities better tools to find, report and evaluate harassment. They will also work on more effective blocking tools. [१,०२३][१,०२४]
- The Wikimedia technical community is doing a Developer Wishlist survey. Developers can propose ideas before 31 January 23:59 UTC. This is soon.
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१८:४५, ३० जनवरी २०१७ (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 block log sometimes showed blocks as being much longer than they were. This has now been fixed. [१,०२५]
Changes this week
- Wikimedia pages will now be better at showing pictures when you share them on social media. The descriptions will be different too. You can see an example of before and after. [१,०२६]
- There are some changes to the OOjs UI. Some old functions will not work anymore or not work as they used to. This could be a breaking change. [१,०२७]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 February. It will be on all wikis from 9 February (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 7 February at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Tidy will be replaced later this year. Instead, the HTML 5 parsing algorithm will be used to clean up bad HTML in wikitext. This will cause problems on a number of wikis. They need to be fixed first. You can see if your wiki still has something to fix here for one of the HTML problems. This list does not cover all problems. You can read about more problems. [१,०२८][१,०२९]
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१९:४५, ६ फ़रवरी २०१७ (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
- EventStreams is a new way to show activity on Wikimedia wikis. For now it works with the recent changes feed. It will do more things later. It will replace RCStream. Tools that use RCStream should move to EventStreams before 7 July. [१,०३०]
Problems
- The Firefox add-on Firefogg can cause problems with the Upload Wizard. This will not be fixed, because Firefox will not support Firefogg in the future. The Upload Wizard will no longer work with Firefogg. [१,०३१]
- Tool Labs and Wikimedia Labs databases will be under maintenance on 15 February. This will start at 17:00 (UTC) and last for about six hours. Some tools could have problems during or after this. [१,०३२]
Changes this week
- The TwoColConflict extension is a new way to solve edit conflicts. It makes it easier to copy and paste the relevant text to the text field. It will come to Meta and German Wikipedia this week. It is already available on MediaWiki.org. It will come to more wikis later. [१,०३३]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 February. It will be on all wikis from 16 February (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 14 February at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Page Previews will be turned on for logged-out users on the Catalan, Greek, Russian, and Italian Wikipedias in the middle of February. Page Previews shows readers a short part of a linked article when they rest their mouse pointer on the link. This is to help them understand what it is about without leaving the article they are reading. Page Previews used to be called Hovercards. It will come to more wikis later this spring. [१,०३४]
- The Developer Wishlist is a list where developers prioritize tools they need. The voting closes at 14 February 23:59 (UTC). This process is only for developers.
Review
- You can read the 2016 product summary from the Wikimedia Foundation Product group to see what they did with things they said they would work on in the annual plan.
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१८:०६, १३ फ़रवरी २०१७ (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 edit summary box is now a little bit bigger. This is to make it follow the Wikimedia design guide. [१,०३५]
Changes this week
- Page Previews will be updated on 23 February. This fixes many bugs. Page Previews can be turned on as the Beta Feature called Hovercards. [१,०३६]
- There has been a problem where the CSS of gadgets has been loading twice. The Gadgets extension has two new options:
typeandpeers. Thetypeoption solves this problem. You can usepeersto create gadgets with more than one style module. Read more about type and peers. [१,०३७] - OAuth will handle blocked users in a more consistent way. [१,०३८]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 February. It will be on all wikis from 23 February (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 21 February at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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१९:२५, २० फ़रवरी २०१७ (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
- On 22 February the wikipedia.org portal did not work for an hour. This was because of a problem with a JavaScript file. [१,०३९]
Changes this week
- You will be able to use
<chem>to write chemical formulas in the visual editor. Previously this only worked in the wikitext editor. [१,०४०] - The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 March. It will be on all wikis from 2 March (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 28 February at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- You can soon upload 3D files to Commons. The file formats are AMF and STL. The plan is for this to work later this week but it could be later. [१,०४१]
- The name "Wikipedia" will be more obvious at the top of the page when you read Wikipedia in the mobile view. This is because many readers don't realize they are on Wikipedia. [१,०४२][१,०४३]
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१९:५५, २७ फ़रवरी २०१७ (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 search on English, French, Hebrew and Greek wikis and find words even if you forget the diacritics. It also works if you use diacritics in your search but the wiki doesn't. [१,०४४]
- When you use the mobile view and click on a link to an article in another language you will see that article in the mobile view. Previously it changed to the desktop view. [१,०४५]
Problems
- Some watchlist gadgets didn't work for a period of time last week. This has now been fixed. [१,०४६]
- Admins who click on "mass delete" on a user's Special:Contributions will be taken directly to a list pages created by that user. It has worked like this before, but not lately. [१,०४७]
Changes this week
- The way you switch between wikitext and the visual editors in the desktop view has changed. It is now a drop-down menu. This is the same as in the mobile view. [१,०४८]
- The "flag the edit in the abuse log" checkbox will be removed from the abuse filter interface. This is because the edits are always flagged in the abuse log. [१,०४९]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 March. It will be on all wikis from 9 March (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 7 March at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Clarification
- The 2017/09 issue of Tech News mentioned 3D file formats you can soon upload to Commons. The AMF format will be available later.
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२३:२३, ६ मार्च २०१७ (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 will be able to show references from
<references />tags in more than one column on your wiki. This is the list of footnotes for the sources in the article. How many columns you see will depend on how big your screen is. On some wikis, some templates already do this. Templates that use<references />tags will need to be updated, and then later the change can happen for all reference lists. [१,०५०][१,०५१] - The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 March. It will be on all wikis from 16 March (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 14 March at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Some old web browsers will not be able to use JavaScript on Wikimedia wikis in the future. If you have an old web browser on your computer you can upgrade to a newer version. [१,०५२]
- CSS in templates will be stored in a separate page in the future. [१,०५३][१,०५४]
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१५:२५, १३ मार्च २०१७ (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
Save pagebutton now saysPublish pageorPublish changeson the Wikimedia wikis except for Wikipedias and Wikinewses. This change will come to Wikipedias later. The point is to make it more clear that the edit will change the page immediately.Publish pageis when you save a new page andPublish changeswhen you edit an existing page. [१,०५५] - DMOZ no longer works. Templates that use DMOZ can be redirected to archive.org or another mirror. DMOZ has been removed from the RelatedSites extension on Wikivoyage. [१,०५६]
- You can see monthly page views when you click on
Page informationin the sidebar. Developers can also get monthly page views through the API. [१,०५७] - The Linter extension is now on smaller Wikimedia wikis. It helps editors find some wikitext errors so they can be fixed. It will come to other Wikimedia wikis later. The extension will be able to find more errors later. [१,०५८]
- The MediaWiki-Vagrant portable development environment has been updated to use Debian Jessie. This means local development and testing will be more like on the majority of Wikimedia production servers. [१,०५९]
Problems
- On 15 March some interwiki links to other languages were not correctly sorted. This has been fixed. If you still see pages where the interwiki links are not sorted as they should be, they should be fixed automatically with time or you can edit the page and save it without changing anything. If this doesn't work, please report it. [१,०६०]
Changes this week
- When you edit with the visual editor, you will be able to switch the direction you write in from right-to-left to left-to-right as you are editing. This is especially important for editors who edit in languages that write from right to left. You can do this with a tool in the editing menu. You can also use the keyboard shortcut
Ctrl+Shift+Xon PCs orCmd+Shift+Xon Macs. [१,०६१] - The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 March. It will be on all wikis from 23 March (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 २१ मार्च at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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२२:०३, २० मार्च २०१७ (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 see a visual diff as well as a wikitext diff when you review your changes. [१,०६२]
Problems
- Special:AllPages was disabled for two days due to some performance issues. It is back, but the filter for redirects is gone as the cause of the performance problem. It still needs to be fixed. [१,०६३][१,०६४]
Changes this week
- New filters for Recent changes will be released on Portuguese and Polish Wikipedias and MediaWikiwiki on March 28. Other wikis will get it progressively. The new filters include filtering, highlighting and, on certain wikis, user intent prediction.
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from March 28. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from March 29. It will be on all wikis from March 30 (calendar).
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१४:४६, २७ मार्च २०१७ (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
पृष्ठ सहेजेंbutton now saysपृष्ठ प्रकाशित करेंorबदलाव प्रकाशित करेंon most Wikipedias. The point is to make it more clear that the edit will change the page immediately.पृष्ठ प्रकाशित करेंis when you save a new page andबदलाव प्रकाशित करेंwhen you edit an existing page. [१,०६५] - The tracking category श्रेणी:टेम्पलेट लूप वाले पेज is now added when a template loop is found. A template loop is for example when a template tries to use a second template that uses the first template. [१,०६६]
- English Wikipedia now has cookie blocks. It will come to more wikis in the future. This is an extension to the autoblock system so when a user is blocked, the next time they visit the wiki a cookie will be set. This means that even if the user switches accounts and to a new IP address the cookie will block them again. [१,०६७]
Problems
- Wikidata descriptions, aliases and labels that used some characters could not be saved. This has now been fixed. [१,०६८]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 4 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 5 April. It will be on all wikis from 6 April (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 April at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the next office hour with the Wikidata team. The meeting will be on 5 April at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- New filters for Recent changes will come to Wikidata and Persian, Dutch, Russian, Turkish, Czech and Hebrew Wikipedia on 11 April. The new filters include filtering, highlighting and user intent prediction. User intent prediction means the filter tries to help editors determine if the edit was made in good faith or not. Other wikis will get it later. [१,०६९]
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१७:५३, ३ अप्रैल २०१७ (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
- Tidy is going to be replaced with an HTML5 parsing algorithm. Bad HTML in wikitext would cause problems on a number of wikis. There is now a ParserMigration extension on all wikis that you can use to help clean this up. You can read more about how you can use it. [१,०७०]
Changes this week
- Some older web browsers will not be able to use JavaScript on Wikimedia wikis from this week. If you have an old web browser on your computer you can upgrade to a newer version. [१,०७१]
- New filters for Recent changes will come to Wikidata and Persian, Russian, Turkish and French Wikipedia on 11 April. The schedule has been changed to fix the user intent prediction filters for some wikis. User intent prediction means the filter tries to make it easier for editors to determine if the edit was made in good faith or not. Other wikis will get it later. [१,०७२]
- The list of special characters in the wikitext editor and the visual editor will now have a group of Canadian Aboriginal characters. [१,०७३]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 11 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 12 April. It will be on all wikis from 13 April (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 April at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Because of a data centre test you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for 20 to 30 minutes on 19 April and 3 May. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time. You can read more about this.
- RevisionSlider will change how you move between revisions. This will be available on the test wiki from 11 April. It will come to other wikis later if users like the change. You can test it and give feedback.
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१८:३४, १० अप्रैल २०१७ (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 add
?safemode=1to the end of the URL on Wikimedia wikis to disable your personal CSS and JavaScript. Example:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literature?safemode=1. This means you can test if a problem is because of your user scripts or gadgets without uninstalling them. [१,०७४] - You can now see a list of all autoblocks on Special:AutoblockList. [१,०७५]
- The Wikiversity and Wikinews logos are now shown directly from the configuration and not from
[[File:Wiki.png]]. If you want to change logo or have an anniversary logo, see how to request a configuration change. This is how it already works for other projects. They can request logo changes the same way. [१,०७६]
Problems
- Because of a data centre test you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for 20 to 30 minutes on 19 April. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time. You can read more about this. This will also happen on 3 May.
Changes this week
- There is no new Mediawiki version this week. This is because of the data centre 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 १८ अप्रैल at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- stats.wikimedia.org will be replaced. You can see the new prototype. You can leave feedback on this change.
- Page Previews will be turned on for logged-out users on a large number of wikis in May. It could be postponed and happen later. Page Previews shows readers a short part of a linked article when they rest their mouse pointer on the link. This is to help them understand what it is about without leaving the article they are reading. Page Previews used to be called Hovercards. Users who have tested the feature can give feedback. [१,०७७]
- From next week, user scripts using very old deprecated wikibits functions will show errors. These functions have not worked since 2013. You should fix or disable broken scripts. You can see examples of how to upgrade scripts. [१,०७८][१,०७९]
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१९:३२, १७ अप्रैल २०१७ (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
- New filters for recent changes are now available as a beta feature on most wikis. You can turn it on in your preferences. Remaining wikis will have the new filters on 9 May. [१,०८०]
- When administrators, bureaucrats and stewards make a user a member of a user group they can now set an expiry date. A user group is for example "administrators" or "bots". This means that they can give someone user rights for a limited time. This is similar to how blocks and page protections can be limited in time. Special:UserRights will have new options for this. You can read more about user groups. [१,०८१]
Problems
- Since the data centre test last week the content translation tool has been disabled. This is because of a database problem. It will be back as soon as the problem has been solved. [१,०८२]
Changes this week
- The GuidedTour extension will be enabled on all wikis. This is a tool to explain to new users how to edit. [१,०८३]
- Wiktionary will handle interlanguage links in a new way. The Cognate extension will automatically link pages with the same title between Wiktionaries. For this to work all old interlanguage links have to be removed. You can read more about this. [१,०८४]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 25 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 26 April. It will be on all wikis from 27 April (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 25 April at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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१६:४०, २४ अप्रैल २०१७ (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 content translation tool works again. It was turned off because of a database problem. [१,०८५]
- Scripts using very old deprecated wikibits functions show errors. These functions have not worked since 2013. You should fix or disable broken scripts. You can see examples of how to upgrade scripts. This is the same thing as Tech News wrote about in issue 2017/16. You need to add
mw.loader.using( 'mediawiki.util' )block for your scripts also, or addmediawiki.utildependency in gadget ResourceLoader section in MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition. [१,०८६][१,०८७]
Problems
- Because of a data centre test you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for 20 to 30 minutes on 3 May. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time. You can read more about this.
Changes this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week. This is because of the data centre 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 2 May at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- All Wikimedia wikis will have cookie blocks from May 8. This is an extension to the autoblock system so when a user is blocked, the next time they visit the wiki a cookie will be set. This means that even if the user switches accounts and to a new IP address the cookie will block them again. [१,०८८]
- The
बदलाव प्रकाशित करें,झलक दिखाएँandबदलाव दिखाएँbuttons will look slightly different. This is to fit with the OOUI look. Users can test scripts, gadgets and so on to see if they work with the new interface by adding&ooui=1to the URL. [१,०८९]
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१९:४९, १ मई २०१७ (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
- Some users have a problem with the watchlist. Some changes in categories make the watchlist a blank page. The developers are working on this. Until this is fixed you can try some things that have helped other editors if you have this problem. You can turn on
पृष्ठों का श्रेणीकरण छिपाएँin your watchlist preferences. You can turn offध्यानसूची को विस्तृत करके सिर्फ नवीनतम बदलावों की जगह सभी बदलाव दिखाएँin your watchlist preferences. You can remove problematic categories from Special:EditWatchlist/raw. [१,०९०] - There was a problem with the visual editor for several days. You could not save edits that triggered a CAPTCHA. This would for example be when a new user added external links in references. This was fixed on 2 May. [१,०९१]
Changes this week
- When you edit you can switch between the visual editor and the wikitext editor. This works if the wiki you edit has the visual editor. The menu will now say
Visual editingandSource editinginstead ofSwitch to visual editingandSwitch to code editing. This is because it was confusing when the menu said you could switch to the editor you were already using. [१,०९२] - The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 May. It will be on all wikis from 11 May (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 9 May at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- You will be able to get a notification when a page you created is connected to a Wikidata item. This will come to Wikivoyage on 9 May. If there are no problems it will come to most Wikipedias on 30 May. It will come to other projects and English, French and German Wikipedia later in the summer. It will be opt-in for existing users and opt-out for new users. [१,०९३][१,०९४]
- Markup that looks like code for language variants might need to be fixed. If
-{is used in transclusions or web addresses it has to be escaped appropriately. You can use-<nowiki/>{for transclusions and%2D{in web addresses. A transclusion could for example be when you use-{in a template:{{1x| sad :-{ face }}. This is because of some code fixes to the preprocessor and affects all wikis. [१,०९५][१,०९६]
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०२:२५, ९ मई २०१७ (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 ISBNs to automatically generate citations in the visual editor. This works on wikis that have enabled Citoid. [१,०९७]
- The Two Column Edit Conflict View is available as a beta feature on all wikis. It is a new interface for the edit conflict resolution page. [१,०९८]
Problems
- The
mediawiki.utillibrary does not load automatically any more. Your Special:MyPage/common.js may use it. If you have technical problems that started a couple of weeks ago you can try addingmw.loader.using( 'mediawiki.util' ).done(function(){as the first line in the file and});as a last one. Tech News wrote about this in the 2017/18 issue. [१,०९९]
Changes this week
- The RevisionSlider extension will be a default feature on all wikis. RevisionSlider is an easier way to move between changes in the page history. It has been a default feature on German, Arabic and Hebrew Wikipedia and a beta feature on all wikis. You will be able to turn it off in your preferences. [१,१००]
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
Future changes
- Administrators will soon be able to search through deleted pages. [१,१०१][१,१०२]
- Markup that looks like code for language variants might need to be fixed. Tech News wrote about this last week. If
-{is used in transclusions or web addresses it has to be escaped appropriately. You can use-<nowiki/>{for transclusions and%2D{in web addresses. This is because of some code fixes to the preprocessor and affects all wikis. You can now see the full list of wikis with this problem and help fix them to avoid that things break later this month. You might find false positives. You can read more about what to fix. [१,१०३][१,१०४]
Older unreported changes
- Your Meta user page is shown on all wikis where you don't have a local user page. You can now add the magic word
__NOGLOBAL__to your Meta user page to stop this. [१,१०५][१,१०६]
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२१:४८, १५ मई २०१७ (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 23 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 May. It will be on all wikis from 25 May (calendar).
- There will be a
<div>tag around HTML from the MediaWiki wikitext parser. Gadgets with code that does not follow recommendations could have problems with this. You can report new problems you think are related to this. [१,१०७]
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२२:०२, २२ मई २०१७ (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 version was rolled back from some wikis because of a problem. This means planned changes did not happen. [१,१०८]
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 30 May at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- You will be able to control who can notify you on the Wikimedia wikis. You will have a user blacklist. When you add a user to the blacklist you will not get a notification when they mention you. You can test this on Beta Wikipedia. You can read more and give feedback on Meta. [१,१०९]
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१२:१८, ३० मई २०१७ (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 see new files on Special:NewFiles. You can now pick which dates you want to see files from. [१,११०]
- When you read Wikipedia on a mobile device the first paragraph now comes before the infobox. [१,१११]
- You can now remove navigation elements from your results when you search. This could for example be part of an infobox that is only there to help you find the previous or next article. [१,११२]
- New users on Wikivoyages and Wikipedias (except French, English and German) now get a notification when a page they created is connected to Wikidata. Other wikis will get it 13 June. [१,११३]
Problems
- The MediaWiki version from two weeks ago was rolled back. It was fixed late last week. Changes that were planned to go out last week did not happen. [१,११४]
Changes this week
- Wikimedia wikis can show fewer links to articles in other languages. This is to make it easier to find the languages likely to be useful to the reader or editor. Everyone can still click to see the full list. Logged-in users who use the compact language links will see languages they have in their Babel box on their user page in the first, shorter list. You can turn the compact language list off or on in your preferences. [१,११५]
- You can choose what dates to look at when you look at a user's contributions. [१,११६]
- When you click on your watchlist in the mobile view you get a list of all pages in the watchlist instead of the latest changes to them. Logged-in users with at least ten edits will now get the latest changes instead. [१,११७]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 6 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 7 June. It will be on all wikis from 8 June (calendar).
- String comparisons in Scribunto modules are now always done case-insensitively by byte order. Before they were sometimes in a case-sensitive US-English collation order. This could break some modules. [१,११८]
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 June at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- The 2006 wikitext editor will be removed the week of 27 June. This is the old toolbar with small square blue buttons. You can see a picture of it. 0.03% of active Wikimedia editors use this old tool. They will not see a toolbar at all. [१,११९][१,१२०]
- Wikimedia wikis use OCG to create PDFs. The OCG code has a lot of problems and will stop working. It has to be replaced. An alternative is Electron. You can tell the developers what you need the PDF service to be able to do. Electron already works on German Wikipedia. It will be on English Wikipedia later this week so you can test it there too. [१,१२१]
- The Architecture Committee will change and get a new name. You can read and comment on the draft that describes the new committee.
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१९:०४, ५ जून २०१७ (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 have the larger and brighter OOjs UI edit page buttons. When you write an edit summary there you can now see how many bytes you have left before the summary is too long. [१,१२२]
- When you search on Wikipedia you can now find pages on other Wikimedia projects that could be relevant. You see them next to the search results. [१,१२३]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 13 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 14 June. It will be on all wikis from 15 June (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 13 June at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- You will soon be able to get a notification when someone tries to log in to your account. You can test this on the test wiki. This will only work if they fail to log in to your account. [१,१२४]
- Wikimedia wikis use OCG to create PDFs. The OCG code has a lot of problems and will stop working. It has to be replaced. An alternative is Electron. You can tell the developers what you need the PDF service to be able to do. Electron now works on all Wikimedia projects. [१,१२५]
- Administrators can soon search for deleted page titles and find results that are similar to what they searched for. Today the search only finds pages that are exactly the same as what you search for. This is to make it easier to find pages when you don't know the exact title. Administrators on Arabic, Catalan, English, Persian, German, Italian, Polish, and Russian Wikipedia and on mediawiki.org can test this by adding
&fuzzy=1to the end of the web address when looking at Special:Undelete. [१,१२६][१,१२७]
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१५:२९, १२ जून २०१७ (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
Changes this week
irc.wikimedia.orghas to be rebooted. This will probably happen on 21 June. It may be postponed. Some tools use this to get the recent changes feed. They will not work when it is down. [१,१२९]-
Special:PageDatawill be an entry point for machine-readable page data. [१,१३०] - The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 20 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 21 June. It will be on all wikis from 22 June (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 20 June at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- CSS in templates will be stored in a separate page in the future. You can now see how the TemplateStyles extension works on Beta Labs.
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१५:४४, १९ जून २०१७ (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 <inputbox> has a new
searchfilterparameter. You can add values likesearchfilter=insource:foo. It will add that to the user's search query. [१,१३१]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 27 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 28 June. It will be on all wikis from 29 June (calendar).
- Users will be able to choose whether they want to see Wikidata changes in enhanced watchlist/recent changes. Previously, this was disabled for everyone. [१,१३२]
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 27 June at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the next WMF Language team office hour, an open session to talk about Wikimedia Language projects. The meeting will be on 27 June at 13:00 UTC. [१,१३३]
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१५:३८, २६ जून २०१७ (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 a problem with maps on Wikimedia wikis that used <mapframe> when you clicked on the link to another map service. Open Street Map or Google Maps are examples of other map services. If you had marked a place on the map the marker would not be in the same place on the other map service. It was in the middle of the map. This has now been fixed. [१,१३४]
Changes this week
- Very old and inactive unpublished translations in the Content Translation database will be removed. This is because of technical maintenance. If you have not worked on a translation after 1 January 2016 you will lose it after 6 July. If you want to keep the unfinished translation you need to open it before 6 July with the Content Translation tool. You can continue working on it later. Translations that were started or have been worked on after 1 January 2016 will not be affected.
- There is no new Mediawiki version this week.
- EventStreams is a new way to show activity on Wikimedia wikis. It works with the recent changes feed. It will do more things later. It will replace RCStream. Tools that use RCStream should move to EventStreams before 7 July. Tech News wrote about this in the 2017/07 issue. [१,१३५]
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१५:३२, ३ जुलाई २०१७ (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 are sometimes links to pages about the same thing on other Wikimedia projects. A Wikipedia article about Berlin can link to the Wikivoyage guide or Wiktionary entry about Berlin. You can now see when that page has a badge. A badge could be the star that shows that an article is a featured article. [१,१३६]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from ११ जुलाई. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from १२ जुलाई. It will be on all wikis from १३ जुलाई (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on ११ जुलाई at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Mobile users will be able to edit Wikipedia without JavaScript. This will make it possible to edit the wikis from older mobile phones. This will probably happen on 18 July for most wikis. [१,१३७]
- We will not use Tidy on Wikimedia wikis in the future. It will be replaced by June 2018. It could be earlier. Editors will need to fix pages that could break. You can read the simplified instructions for editors.
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१५:०७, १० जुलाई २०१७ (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
- "Wikimedia Labs" is now called "Cloud VPS". "Wikimedia Tool Labs" is now called "Wikimedia Toolforge". This is to help clarify the purpose of these services. [१,१३८]
Problems
- On some pages, the Table of Contents is not being shown. It will normally appear if you edit the page again. Investigation is currently ongoing. [१,१३९]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 18 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 19 July. It will be on all wikis from 20 July (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 18 July at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is: Migrate to HTML5 section ids. [१,१४०] The meeting will be on 19 July at 21:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Page Previews, currently a Beta Feature, will be enabled for logged-out users for all remaining Wikipedias (with the exception of English and German) the week of 24 July. An A/B test will be run on English Wikipedia to collect data before approaching the community for further discussion. [१,१४१]
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२२:५८, १७ जुलाई २०१७ (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
- CSS in templates will be stored in a separate page in the future. This will make it easier to make templates look good on mobile devices. This now works on mediawiki.org and Wikitech. It will come to more wikis later. [१,१४२][१,१४३][१,१४४]
-
.mw-ui-constructivemodifier class is deprecated and has been removed. [१,१४५]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from २५ जुलाई. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from २६ जुलाई. It will be on all wikis from २७ जुलाई (calendar).
- It will be possible to restrict who can send you notifications on a wiki. This new feature will accessible in your preferences, in the Notifications tab, on Wednesday, July 26. Please see the documentation. [१,१४६]
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on २५ जुलाई at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the Wikimedia Foundation July 2017 Metrics & Activities Meeting. The meeting is about how Wikipedia and the Wikimedia movement are perceived and understood by the world. The meeting will be on २७ जुलाई at 19:00 (UTC). See the agenda and how to join.
Future changes
- New Filters for Edit Review, at the moment available as a Beta feature, will be released by default for the Recent Changes in September.
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१५:५७, २४ जुलाई २०१७ (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
- Some pages show the error
Lua error in mw.wikibase.entity.lua at line 34: The entity data must be a table obtained via mw.wikibase.getEntityObject. This problem happens on pages with a Lua module that uses Wikidata. The developers are working on fixing the problem. You can fix a page by opening it for editing and then saving without changing anything. [१,१४७] - Wikidata and German Wikipedia could not be edited for an hour on 28 July. You can read why and how we could avoid it in the future in the incident report.
Changes later this week
- Some wikis already have the larger and brighter OOjs UI edit page buttons. All remaining wikis except Commons will have these from 1 August. [१,१४८]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 1 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 2 August. It will be on all wikis from 3 August (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 1 August at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- The default font in the edit window will soon change for some users. Instead of using the browser default it will be monospace. Users can change this in their preferences. This should only change this for some users on Macs and iOS devices. [१,१४९]
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२१:४५, ३१ जुलाई २०१७ (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 which Wikipedia language versions are read in a specific country. This tool is called Wikipedia Views Visualized. [१,१५०]
- The Architecture Committee is now the Wikimedia Technical Committee. You can read the charter. [१,१५१]
Problems
- You can get an email when a page on your watchlist was edited. You can choose not to get emails for minor edits. There is a bug that means that you then don't get an email when someone does a normal edit after a minor edit. The developers are working on fixing this. Until it has been fixed you can activate "पृष्ठों और चित्रों में हुए छोटे संपादनों के लिए भी मुझे ईमेल भेजें" at the bottom of "सदस्य प्रोफ़ाइल" in your preferences if you want to. [१,१५२]
- The thanks button sometimes didn't work for mobile users. This was because of a new bug and has now been fixed. [१,१५३]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 8 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 9 August. It will be on all wikis from 10 August (calendar).
Future changes
- Editors and readers who still use Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP will not be able to use Wikipedia. Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP can't connect securely to the wikis. When we allow them to do so it means that we get less security for everyone else. If you use Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP you can install Firefox 52 ESR instead. Around 0.1% of the traffic to the Wikimedia wikis comes from Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP. [१,१५४]
- Links to sections on Wikipedia don't work well in languages that don't use the Latin script. The URL in the address bar in your browser shows Latin characters like
.D0.A1.D1.81.D1.8B.D0.BB.D0.BA.D0.B8instead of the section heading in the wiki's language. Links to sections in non-Latin scripts will be in the script of that wiki in the future. This will happen in the next few months. [१,१५५][१,१५६] - Wiki pages printed by the web browser "Print" function will have an updated style. This new style will be similar to the when you download a page as PDF. It will be better at showing tables, infoboxes and headings. [१,१५७][१,१५८]
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२१:४५, ७ अगस्त २०१७ (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
- Bureaucrats can now set users as confirmed. Previously only stewards could do this on most wikis. Nothing will change for wikis that have previously decided to let administrators set users as confirmed. [१,१५९]
Problems
- The symbols in the language list that show that an article is good or featured in that language doesn't work. Links to the Commons category in the sidebar doesn't work either. The developers are working on fixing it. [१,१६०][१,१६१]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 15 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 16 August. It will be on all wikis from 17 August (calendar).
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२३:२८, १४ अगस्त २०१७ (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 test the new Timeless skin on the test wiki and mediawiki.org. You can turn it on in your preferences. You can report bugs in Phabricator. It will come to more wikis soon. [१,१६२][१,१६३]
- Your watchlist can now have the option to unwatch pages. You have to turn this on in your preferences. [१,१६४]
- If a table has several columns you can often choose which column you want to use to sort the table. This has not worked for some columns for readers who have used Firefox or Safari. This has now been fixed. [१,१६५]
- The RelatedArticles extension has shown related pages on Wikivoyages. You will now see the related pages at the end of the article together with an image. Previously the links were in the sidebar. Wikis that want this extension can request it on Phabricator.
Changes later this week
- Videos will now be played in the WebM format in all browsers. Previously some browsers used Ogg Theora (.ogv). If you use Safari, Internet Explorer or Edge you may see slower playback speed at high resolutions. Instead we will get better quality and smaller file size. You can still upload video as Ogg files. They are automatically converted to WebM. This doesn't affect Ogg audio files. [१,१६६]
- The default font in the edit window will change for some users this week. Instead of using the browser default, it will be monospace. Users can change this in their preferences. This should only change this for some users on Macs and iOS devices. [१,१६७]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 22 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 23 August. It will be on all wikis from 24 August (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 23 August at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 22 August at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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१८:००, २१ अगस्त २०१७ (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
- Syntax highlighting is now a beta feature on Wikimedia wikis with text written from left to right. It will come to right-to-left wikis later. This beta feature is based on CodeMirror. [१,१६८][१,१६९]
- You will now get a notification when someone tries to log in to your account and fails. If they try from a device or IP address that have logged in to your account before you will be notified after five failed attempts. You can turn this off or choose to get an email notification in your preferences. You can also turn on to get an email when someone logs in to your account from a new device or IP address. [१,१७०]
Problems
- Some pages show the error
Lua error in mw.wikibase.entity.lua at line 34: The entity data must be a table obtained via mw.wikibase.getEntityObject. This problem happens on pages with a Lua module that use Wikidata. This has now been fixed and no new pages will get this problem. You still need to fix pages that were broken before and still show the error message. You can see how on this page. [१,१७१]
Changes later this week
- You can block users from sending you notifications. [१,१७२]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 29 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 30 August. It will be on all wikis from 31 August (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 29 August at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the next meeting with the Technical Committee. The topic this week is Migrate to HTML5 section ids. The meeting will be on 30 August at 21:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- In the future you will have global preferences. This means you could set something in your preferences to work in the same way on all wikis. You will not be forced to use global preferences. The developers are now asking if editors need exceptions. This is where you want to use global settings on almost all wikis, but have some wikis where you want it to work in a different way. If you want this you need to tell the developers now. You can do so on the talk page. [१,१७३]
- New filters for edit review is a beta feature to improve recent changes pages. It will work on watchlists from 5 September. [१,१७४]
- The jQuery library will be upgraded to version 3 in September 2017. Wikis can ask on Phabricator to get it early, so they can help find and solve problems now.
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२२:०९, २८ अगस्त २०१७ (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
- We are asking Tech News readers five questions to make the newsletter better. You can answer the questions here. We are grateful for every reply we get.
Recent changes
- The RevisionSlider user interface has changed. You can now select revisions by clicking on the bars. You can move the blue knob past the yellow one and the yellow one will move along, and the other way around. [१,१७५][१,१७६]
Problems
- Some users have problems loading very large watchlists. It is working better than earlier but the problem has not been solved. The developers are working on fixing it. Until it has been fixed you can turn on "ध्यानसूची को विस्तृत करके सिर्फ नवीनतम बदलावों की जगह सभी बदलाव दिखाएँ" in your preferences and see if it helps. [१,१७७]
Changes later this week
- New filters for edit review is a beta feature to improve recent changes pages. It will work on watchlists from 5 September. [१,१७८]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 September. It will be on all wikis from 7 September (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 5 September at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can see a presentation about and discuss the new Technical Committee on 5 September at 17:30 (UTC). There will be a presentation on YouTube and a discussion in
#wikimedia-officeon Freenode. You can use the web chat. [१,१७९]
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२२:१४, ४ सितम्बर २०१७ (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 get a notification when a page you created is connected to a Wikidata item. You can choose to get these notifications in your preferences. Some wikis already had this option. It is now available on all wikis. [१,१८०]
- The Newsletter extension is now on mediawiki.org. The newsletter extension is for newsletters where you can subscribe by getting a notification when a new issue has been published. It will come to more wikis later. [१,१८१]
- The Linter extension helps you find technical errors in articles. There is now a new high-priority category:
tidy-whitespace-bug. This usually affects templates with horizontal lists. You can read more about using Linter and the Tidy whitespace bug. [१,१८२]
Problems
- Tech News 2017/36 reported about new filters for edit review coming to watchlists. This was planned to happen last week. It will happen next week instead. [१,१८३]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 September. It will be on all wikis from 14 September (calendar).
- OOjs UI will be updated. This could affect some icons. You can read more about the changes.
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 13 September at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 12 September at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- You can't use OCG to create PDFs after 1 October. This is because of technical problems. You can use Electron instead. Most PDFs are already created with Electron. Electron will get missing features before 1 October. You can create books but they will not have all planned features until November or December. You can read more on mediawiki.org.
- New filters for edit review are available now on recent changes as a beta feature. Some of those filters and other features will be deployed as default features in the coming weeks. Users will be able to opt out in their preferences. [१,१८४]
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१९:१५, ११ सितम्बर २०१७ (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 contributions from an IP range at Special:Contributions. Before you could only see contributions from single IP addresses. Some older contributions from IP ranges could be missing at first because it will take some time to add them. [१,१८५][१,१८६]
- Flow has been re-scoped to become Structured Discussions and the development has restarted. Phabricator projects and repositories have been renamed. [१,१८७]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 September. It will be on all wikis from 21 September (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 19 September at 18:30 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 20 September at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- We are replacing Tidy on Wikimedia wikis. Editors need to fix pages that could break. You can read the simplified instructions for editors. Some wikis have already switched. If your wiki would like to switch to the new format now, you can file a task.
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१५:३१, १८ सितम्बर २०१७ (UTC)
नए तकनीकी समाचार विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को इस परिवर्तन के बारे में बताएं। सभी परिवर्तन आप पर प्रभाव नहीं डालेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- विकीटेक्स सिंटेक्स हाइलाइटिंग विकीमीडिया विकी पर एक बीटा सुविधा है १५:५९, २५ सितम्बर २०१७ (UTC)
नए तकनीकी समाचार विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को इस परिवर्तन के बारे में बताएं। सभी परिवर्तन आप पर प्रभाव नहीं डालेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- अब आप दृश्य संपादक में preload सुविधाओं का उपयोग कर सकते हैं। इसका मतलब है कि आप नए पृष्ठों को बनाने के लिए लिंक बना सकते हैं और कुछ पाठ संपादन विंडो में पहले से होगा, जब कोई उस पर क्लिक करेगा। [१,१८८]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- यदि आपने "सभी नई बीटा सुविधाओं को स्वचालित रूप से सक्षम करें" चालू कर दिया है तो आपको अब 2017 विकीटेक्स्ट एडिटर मिलेगा। इससे पहले आपको इसे मैन्युअल रूप से चालू करना पड़ा हालांकि यह बीटा सुविधा है। [१,१८९]
- स्पेशल: अनब्लॉक को OOUI लुक मिलेगा स्पेशल: ब्लॉक इसे शीघ्र ही मिलेगा [१,१९०]
- JQuery लाइब्रेरी 2 अक्टूबर से सभी विकीविक विकी पर संस्करण 3 में नवीनीकृत की जाएगी। यह 4 अक्टूबर से सभी गैर विकिपीडिया विकी पर होगा। यह 5 अक्टूबर से सभी विकीओं पर होगा [१,१९१]
- मिडियाविकी का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकी और MediaWiki.org पर ३ अक्टूबर होगा। यह गैर विकिपीडिया विकी और कुछ विकिपीडिया से ४ अक्टूबर पर होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर ५ अक्टूबर ( कैलेंडर से होगा)।
बैठकें
- आप विसुअल एडिटर टीम के साथ अगली बैठक में शामिल हो सकते है। बैठक के दौरान, आप डेवलपर्स को अपने सुझाव दे सकते हैं । बैठक ३ अक्टूबर at 19:00 (UTC) होएगी २३:२५, २ अक्टूबर २०१७ (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 number of active users listed by
{{NUMBEROFACTIVEUSERS}}and on Special:Statistics will now only include Wikidata edits as activity on Wikidata and not on other wikis too. [१,१९२] - Previously you could create wiki links starting with two colons. Now you need to use one colon. [[::File:X.jpg]] now has to be [[:File:X.jpg]]. There is now a new Linter category. You can see a list on Special:Linterrors/multi-colon-escape. The Linter extension helps you find technical errors in articles. You can read more about using Linter. [१,१९३]
Problems
- You will not be able to edit or upload files to Commons for around 30 minutes on 11 October. This will start at 06:00 UTC. This is because of work to let Commons show 3D models. [१,१९४]
Changes later this week
- The font in the edit window is monospace by default. Today you can change preferences to another font family or use "the browser default" instead of monospace. Switching to the browser default has only changed the font on Macs. The option to use browser default will be removed this week. [१,१९५]
- If you want to print a page or make a PDF of a page you can do so in the side menu. The way the pages look when you do this will change. You can read more on mediawiki.org.
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 10 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 11 October. It will be on all wikis from 12 October (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 10 October at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 11 October at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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Recent changes
- When you edit a template with the visual editor it follows the template's
formatconfiguration on how to save it. You can now change the format in more powerful ways if your wiki wants it. [१,१९६][१,१९७] - The TwoColConflict extension is a new way to solve edit conflicts. It makes it easier to copy and paste the relevant text to the text field. It has been a beta feature for the last five months. You can now try out the new interface on a page where you will actually get simulated edit conflicts. You can give feedback to the developers.
Problems
- There is a problem with recent changes pages and your watchlist that show a large number of pages. Until it is fixed, Wikidata edits will not be shown on recent changes or in your watchlist on Commons or Russian Wikipedia. If necessary, Wikidata edits will be removed from all wikis. [१,१९८]
- Notifications are not working for some actions. For example some users don't get a notification when they are mentioned. The developers are working on fixing this. [१,१९९]
- Users on some wikis could not change their preferences. This has now been fixed. [१,२००]
Changes later this week
- Editors and readers who still use Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP will not be able to use Wikipedia from 17 October. Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP can't connect securely to the wikis. When we allow them to do so it means that we get less security for everyone else. If you use Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP you can install Firefox 52 ESR instead. Around 0.1% of the traffic to the Wikimedia wikis comes from Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP. [१,२०१]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 17 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 18 October. It will be on all wikis from 19 October (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 17 October at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 18 October at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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Recent changes
- You can use
ccnorm_contains_anywhen you create an abuse filter. This can be used to look for multiple words or phrases within a string. It will find words where some characters have been replaced. You can read more in the documentation. [१,२०२]
Changes later this week
- When you search in some languages the search function could use specific other languages if the first language didn't work. This is called a fallback language. This didn't work properly and created bad searches. The search index is being fixed to work better. [१,२०३]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 24 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 25 October. It will be on all wikis from 26 October (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 24 October at 18:30 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 25 October at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- There is a Structured Commons community focus group for Commons and Wikidata contributors who want to give input on structured data on Wikimedia Commons. You can sign up to join it. [१,२०४]
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Recent changes
- You can now block users from emailing you through the Wikimedia wikis. [१,२०५]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 31 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 November. It will be on all wikis from 2 November (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 31 October at 18:30 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 1 November at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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Recent changes
- You will no longer see the patrol log on Special:Log unless you specifically select it. [१,२०६]
Changes later this week
- The 2017 Community Wishlist Survey begins on 6 November. You can post proposals from 19:00 UTC and until November 19.
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 November. It will be on all wikis from 9 November (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 8 November at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- URLs that link to sections on Wikimedia wikis with non-Latin scripts have looked like this:
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Википедия#.D0.98.D1.81.D1.82.D0.BE.D1.80.D0.B8.D1.8Finstead ofhttps://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Википедия#История. This will soon be fixed. Old links will still work. [१,२०७][१,२०८]
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नए तकनीकी समाचार विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को इस परिवर्तन के बारे में बताएं। सभी परिवर्तन आप पर प्रभाव नहीं डालेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
इस सप्ताह के बदलाव
- जब आप किसी पेज के दो अलग-अलग संस्करणों की तुलना करते हैं तो आप देख सकते हैं MediaWiki.org और परीक्षण विकी पर बदल गया है। यह एक स्थानांतरित अनुच्छेद में पाठ परिवर्तन को खोजने के लिए आसान बनाना है। उम्मीद है कि जल्द ही अधिक विकीओं पर आ जाएगा। आप फ़ैब्रिकेटर में त्रुटियों की रिपोर्ट कर सकते हैं। [१,२०९]
- कॉमन्स पर एक नया उपयोगकर्ता समूह MP3 फ़ाइलें अपलोड करने में सक्षम हो जाएगा। यह योजना के उपयोगकर्ता समूह 17 नवंबर से शुरु होना है। [१,२१०]
- Wikis using Flagged Revisions will get the New filters for Edit Review by default on the recent changes pages. It will be possible to opt-out in user preferences. [१,२११]
- मीडियाविकी का नया संस्करण १४ नवम्बर को टेस्ट विकी और MediaWiki.org पर होगा। यह १५ नवम्बर से गैर विकिपीडिया विकी और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर होगा यह १६ नवम्बर (calendar)(कैलेंडर) से सभी विकीओं पर होगा।
बैठकें
- आप
IRCपर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में शामिल हो सकते हैं। मीटिंग के दौरान, स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह मांग सकते हैं। बैठक १५ नवम्बर 16:00 बजे (UTC) पर होगी। कैसे जुड़ें देखें।
भविष्य के बदलाव
- 3डी(3D) मॉडल अपलोड करने और देखने के लिए समर्थन जल्द ही विकीमीडिया कॉमन्स के लिए आ रहा है। यह सुविधा .STL फ़ाइल प्रारूप का समर्थन करेगी। आप परीक्षण विकी पर एक उदाहरण देख सकते हैं। [१,२१२]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीकी प्रचारक द्वारा और प्रकाशन बॉट • योगदान • अनुवाद • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
नए तकनीकी समाचार विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को इस परिवर्तन के बारे में बताएं। सभी परिवर्तन आप पर प्रभाव नहीं डालेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
आधुनिक परिवर्तन
- If you use the Chrome web browser on Android you can see a download icon on the mobile website. You can download a formatted PDF. It will work in other mobile browsers in the future. [१,२१३]
- The abuse filter now has a function called
get_matches. You can use it to store matches from regular expressions – one of each capturing group. You can read more in Phabricator.
समस्यायें
- डेटाबेस दुर्घटना के कारण पिछले हफ्ते मिडियाविकी संस्करण सभी विकिपीडिया में नहीं आया था। यह २० नवंबर को सभी विकीओं पर होगा। [१,२१४][१,२१५][१,२१६]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- इस हफ्ते कोई नया मिडियाविकी संस्करण नहीं है।
बैठकें
- आप यथादृश्य संपादिका के दल से आगे होने वाले बैठक में मिल सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान आप डेवेलपर को बहुत महत्वपूर्ण त्रुटियों के बारे में बता सकते हैं। बैठक २१ नवम्बर को १९:३० बजे (UTC) होगा। देखें: कैसे जुड़ें
- आप IRC पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में शामिल हो सकते हैं। मीटिंग के दौरान, स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स से सलाह मांग सकते हैं। बैठक होगी २२ नवम्बर के १६:००(UTC) पर। देखें: कैसे जुड़ें।
भविष्य के बदलाव
- Language converter syntax will 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. This will happen next week. [१,२१७][१,२१८]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट प्रकाशित • योगदान • अनुवाद • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • सदस्यता ले या हटाएँ।
नए तकनीकी समाचार विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को इस परिवर्तन के बारे में बताएं। सभी परिवर्तन आप पर प्रभाव नहीं डालेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
आधुनिक बदलाव
- अब आप mediawiki.org पर नई उन्नत खोज के बीटा सुविधा का परीक्षण कर सकते हैं। यह कुछ विशेष खोज फ़ंक्शंस का उपयोग करना आसान बनाता है जो कि अधिकांश संपादक मौजूद नहीं जानते हैं। यह इस सप्ताह जर्मन और अरबी विकिपीडिया में आ जाएगा। यह बाद में अधिक विकीओं पर आ जाएगा। [१,२१९]
- अब आप इंटरनेट पुरालेख अपलोड टूल के साथ बड़ी फ़ाइलों को अपलोड कर सकते हैं पहले आप 100 एमबी से बड़े फाइल अपलोड नहीं कर सक्ते ते। [१,२२०]
- अब आप सभी विकीओं पर कालातीत त्वचा का उपयोग कर सकते हैं। आप इस्को Special:Preferences#Appearance में चुन सकते हैं। [१,२२१]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकी का नया संस्करण २८ नवम्बर को टेस्ट विकी और MediaWiki.org पर होगा। यह २९ नवम्बर से गैर विकिपीडिया विकी और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर होगा यह ३० नवम्बर (calendar)(कैलेंडर) से सभी विकीओं पर होगा।
बैठकें
- आप यथादृश्य संपादिका के दल से आगे होने वाले बैठक में मिल सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान आप डेवेलपर को बहुत महत्वपूर्ण त्रुटियों के बारे में बता सकते हैं। बैठक २८ नवम्बर को १९:३० बजे (UTC) होगा। देखें: कैसे जुड़ें।
- आप IRC पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में शामिल हो सकते हैं। मीटिंग के दौरान, स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स से सलाह मांग सकते हैं। बैठक होगी २९ नवम्बर के १६:००(UTC) पर। देखें: कैसे जुड़ें।
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीकी प्रचारक द्वारा और प्रकाशन बॉट • योगदान • अनुवाद • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
नए तकनीकी समाचार विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को इस परिवर्तन के बारे में बताएं। सभी परिवर्तन आप पर प्रभाव नहीं डालेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
आधुनिक बदलाव
- अब MP3 फ़ाइलें कॉमन्स में अपलोड करना संभव है। केवल एमपी 3 फ़ाइल अपलोड अधिकार वाले उपयोगकर्ता MP3 फ़ाइलें अपलोड कर सकते हैं। [१,२२२]
- यदि आप नए फ़िल्टर का उपयोग करते हैं तो आप अब हाल के परिवर्तनों के लिए लाइव अपडेट का उपयोग कर सकते हैं। जब आप इसे सक्रिय करते हैं यह सुविधा फ़िल्टर किए गए हाल के परिवर्तनों को प्रत्येक तीन सेकंड अपडेट करती है। [१,२२३]
- विकिमीडिया परियोजनाओं के लिए एक प्रयोगात्मक प्याज (आनियन) सेवा है। [१,२२४]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकी का नया संस्करण ५ दिसम्बर को टेस्ट विकी और MediaWiki.org पर होगा। यह ६ दिसम्बर से गैर विकिपीडिया विकी और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर होगा यह ७ दिसम्बर (calendar)(कैलेंडर) से सभी विकीओं पर होगा।
- ओपेरा वेब ब्राउज़र का बहुत पुराना संस्करण अब समर्थित नहीं है। इसका मतलब यह है कि तकनीकी विकास का परीक्षण नहीं किया जाएगा ताकि यह उन ओपेरा संस्करणों के साथ काम कर सके। यदि आपके पास समस्याएं हैं तो ओपेरा १५ या उससे ऊपर या किसी अन्य ब्राउज़र का उपयोग करें। [१,२२५]
- लिन्तर् श्रेणियों में कोई कम-प्राथमिकता त्रुटियों के साथ लगभग १७० विकियो पर् Remex parsing library का उपयोग करने के लिए स्विच हो जाएगा। यह व्यवस्थित बदलने के लिए है कुछ बड़े विकी जैसे जर्मन और इतालवी विकिपीडिया भी इस स्विच को बनाएंगे। यह ५ दिसंबर को होगा। अन्य विकीओं को जल्द ही स्विच करने की अनुशंसा की जाएगी, जब वे त्रुटियों को तय कर लेते हैं जिन्हें तय किया जाना चाहिए। व्यवस्थित २०१८ के मध्य में हटा दिया जाएगा। [१,२२६][१,२२७]
बैठकें
- आप यथादृश्य संपादिका के दल से आगे होने वाले बैठक में मिल सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान आप डेवेलपर को बहुत महत्वपूर्ण त्रुटियों के बारे में बता सकते हैं। बैठक ५ दिसम्बर को १९:३० बजे (UTC) होगा। देखें: कैसे जुड़ें।
- आप IRC पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में शामिल हो सकते हैं। मीटिंग के दौरान, स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स से सलाह मांग सकते हैं। बैठक होगी ६ दिसम्बर के १६:००(UTC) पर। देखें: कैसे जुड़ें।
भविष्य के बदलाव
- २०१७ सामुदायिक विशलिस्ट सर्वेक्षण का फैसला होगा कि सामुदायिक तकनीक टीम अगले साल क्या काम करेगी। आप सर्वेक्षण पृष्ठ पर १० दिसंबर तक इच्छाओं के लिए मतदान कर सकते हैं। आप देख सकते हैं कि २०१६ के परिणाम पृष्ठ पर पिछले साल की इच्छाओं के साथ क्या हुआ है।
- विकीमीडिया फाउंडेशन की सामुदायिक संबंध टीम सक्रिय तकनीकी राजदूतों की तलाश कर रही है। यह सुनिश्चित करना है कि विकिमीडिया समुदायों को नई सुविधाओं के बारे में उनकी सभी आवश्यक जानकारी मिलती है और तकनीकी विकास में शामिल किया जा सकता है। [१,२२८]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीकी प्रचारक द्वारा और प्रकाशन बॉट • योगदान • अनुवाद • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
Invitation to Blocking tools consultation
[सम्पादन]Hello all,
The Wikimedia Foundation's Anti-Harassment Tools team invites all Wikimedians to discuss new blocking tools and improvements to existing blocking tools in December 2017 for development work in early 2018.
How can you help?
- Share your ideas on the discussion page or send an email to the Anti-Harassment Tools team.
- Spread the word that the consultation is happening; this is an important discussion for making decisions about improving the blocking tools.
- Help with translation.
- If you know of previous discussions about blocking tools that happened on your wiki, share the links.
We are looking forward to learning your ideas.
For the Anti-Harassment Tools team SPoore (WMF), Community Advocate, Community health initiative (talk) २३:२३, ७ दिसम्बर २०१७ (UTC)
नए तकनीकी समाचार विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को इस परिवर्तन के बारे में बताएं। सभी परिवर्तन आप पर प्रभाव नहीं डालेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
आधुनिक बदलाव
- URLs that link to sections on Wikimedia wikis with non-Latin scripts have looked like this:
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Википедия#.D0.98.D1.81.D1.82.D0.BE.D1.80.D0.B8.D1.8Finstead ofhttps://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Википедия#История. This has now been fixed on all wikis. Old links will still work. [१,२२९] - एक नया टैग संपादन करता है जहां पुनर्निर्देशन बनाया गया था या हटाया गया था। यह तब भी काम करता है जब संपादक संपादन सारांश में कुछ और लिखता है हाल के परिवर्तन फीड, लेख इतिहास, उपयोगकर्ता योगदान या आपकी वॉचलिस्ट में आप उदाहरण के लिए टैग देख सकते हैं। [१,२३०]
- यदि आप एंड्रॉइड पर क्रोम का उपयोग करते हैं, तो अब आप एक लेख के पीडीएफ बनाने के लिए प्रिंट का उपयोग पीडीएफ बटन से कर सकते हैं। [१,२३१]
- अगर आप नए फ़िल्टर्स का उपयोग करते हैं, तो हाल के परिवर्तन पेज पर एक ही मेनू पर संपादकों की संख्या या फिल्टर के आधार पर फ़िल्टर करें। "नवीनतम बदलाव दिखाएँ" लिंक अब और अधिक प्रमुख है. [१,२३२]
- Some of the web fonts that were provided by the Universal Language Selector extension are being removed. This is to reduce the load time on pages. The web fonts were added many years ago to help users read text in scripts which did not have fonts or had broken fonts. This is not the case any more. You can check the status page for a list of all web fonts and whether they are currently being used and especially for special requirements. [१,२३३]
इस सप्ताह के बदलाव
- मीडियाविकी का नया संस्करण १२ दिसम्बर को टेस्ट विकी और MediaWiki.org पर होगा। यह १३ दिसम्बर से गैर विकिपीडिया विकी और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर होगा यह १४ दिसम्बर (calendar)(कैलेंडर) से सभी विकीओं पर होगा।
बैठकें
- आप यथादृश्य संपादिका के दल से आगे होने वाले बैठक में मिल सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान आप डेवेलपर को बहुत महत्वपूर्ण त्रुटियों के बारे में बता सकते हैं। बैठक १२ दिसम्बर को १९:३० बजे (UTC) होगा। देखें: कैसे जुड़ें।
- आप IRC पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में शामिल हो सकते हैं। मीटिंग के दौरान, स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स से सलाह मांग सकते हैं। बैठक होगी १३ दिसम्बर के १६:००(UTC) पर। देखें: कैसे जुड़ें।
भविष्य के बदलाव
- आप विकिमीडिया फाउंडेशन के एंटी-हैसलमेंट टूल्स टीम के साथ नए या बेहतर अवरोधक टूल पर चर्चा कर सकते हैं। वे बेहतर अवरुद्ध करने वाले टूल के निर्माण पर काम करेंगे। चर्चा पेज पर टिप्पणी छोड़ें।
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीकी प्रचारक द्वारा और प्रकाशन बॉट • योगदान • अनुवाद • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
नए तकनीकी समाचार विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को इस परिवर्तन के बारे में बताएं। सभी परिवर्तन आप पर प्रभाव नहीं डालेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
तकनीकी समाचार
- छुट्टियों के कारण टेक न्यूज़ का अगला अंक ८ जनवरी २०१८ को भेजा जाएगा।
समस्यायें
- When you import a page from another wiki the usernames of the users who edited the article on the wiki you imported it from are shown in the article history. This should link to the users on the original wiki. A script to fix this caused problems for Wikidata and German Wikipedia. It also created a large number of SUL accounts on wikis where editors had never edited. [१,२३४]
- Some bot owners got email about their bots logging in from a new computer. If this is from one or a couple of wikis, you can turn these messages off in your preferences on those wikis until the problem has been solved. If not, you can report more about the problem in Phabricator.
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- इस हफ्ते कोई नया मिडियाविकी संस्करण नहीं है। अगले हफ्ते भी कोई नया मिडियाविकि संस्करण नहीं होगा।
बैठकें
- आप यथादृश्य संपादिका के दल से आगे होने वाले बैठक में मिल सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान आप डेवेलपर को बहुत महत्वपूर्ण त्रुटियों के बारे में बता सकते हैं। बैठक १९ दिसम्बर को १९:३० बजे (UTC) होगा। देखें: कैसे जुड़ें।
भविष्य के बदलाव
- Files on Commons will have structured metadata in the future. The developers are now looking for examples of different kinds of metadata to make sure they are aware of them when they build prototypes for structured data on Commons. You can read more and help by giving examples of interesting media files.
- The Structured Commons team are making sure Commons work with structured data. If you regularly contribute to Commons and Wikidata you can answer a survey that helps the team prioritise the tools that are important for the Commons and Wikidata communities. The survey ends on 22 December. You can read more on Commons. You can also help the team decide on better names for "captions" and "descriptions". This ends on 3 January 2018.
- The 2017 Community Wishlist Survey has now ended. You can see the results. They decide what the Community Tech team will work on next year.
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीकी प्रचारक द्वारा और प्रकाशन बॉट • योगदान • अनुवाद • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
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 Wikidata, the "सहेजें" button when you edit is now called "प्रकाशित करें". This means all Wikimedia wikis have now changed from "पृष्ठ सहेजें" to "बदलाव प्रकाशित करें". This is to help new editors understand what it does. [१,२३५][१,२३६]
- Some edits will get an automatic tag on all wikis. This will happen when making a page a redirect, blanking a page, removing almost all content, undoing an edit, or rolling back an edit. You can see the tags for example in the recent changes feed, article history, user contributions or on your watchlist. Some wikis had already marked edits like these in other ways. [१,२३७]
- Special:UnusedFiles shows files that have been uploaded but are not used. It will show a file that is not used on the wiki it has been uploaded to, even if the file is used on another wiki. The new Special:GloballyUnusedFiles page on Commons only shows files that are not used on any wiki. [१,२३८]
- Structured discussions now uses the 2017 wikitext editor instead of its old custom one. This will work with your preference for wikitext or visual editor. The documentation has been updated. [१,२३९][१,२४०]
Problems
- Older versions of the Chrome web browser on mobile devices may see the PDF download button, but it does not work. The developers are looking into the problem. [१,२४१]
- With the new filters in the recent changes, "चयनित निकालें" in "नामस्थान" did not work for "सुरक्षित फ़िल्टर" between 13 December and 2 January. When you loaded the saved filter all other namespaces were excluded instead. This has now been fixed. If you made any changes to your saved filters between 13 December and 2 January, you need to save your filters with excluded namespaces again. [१,२४२]
- The latest version of Google Chrome broke how section links are shown in the address bar. You now see
#R%C3%A9sum%C3%A9instead of#Résuméeven if MediaWiki did not encode it that way. This happened in early December. This problem has been solved. The fix will be in Chrome 64 (23 January) or Chrome 65 (6 March). [१,२४३] - Some POST requests to the API took longer than usual in parts of December. This affected the Wikidata UI and some gadgets the most. It has now been fixed. [१,२४४]
Changes later this week
- Wikidata will be moved to its own database servers. This is because it is growing and needs more resources. Because of this you will be able to read but not edit Wikidata and the German Wikipedia between 06:00 and 06:30 UTC on 9 January. You might lose edits if you try to save during this time. This includes editing the language links on other wikis. [१,२४५]
- The font size in the editing window will change slightly for some users. It will now look the same on all browsers and operating systems. [१,२४६][१,२४७]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 January. It will be on all wikis from 11 January (calendar).
- WikiEditor's ResourceLoader modules have been simplified to one:
ext.wikiEditor. All the other modules are now deprecated aliases and should be removed. [१,२४८]
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 9 January at 19:30 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 10 January at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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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
- Bureaucrats on Wikimedia wikis where the Translate extension is installed can now add and remove the translation administrator permission by default. Administrators of wikis where this extension is enabled can add and remove this permission to or from themselves. Wikis that used a different configuration before have not changed. [१,२४९]
- There is a new Discourse test support channel for Wikimedia developers. You can ask questions or answer others questions about MediaWiki and Wikimedia software development. [१,२५०]
Problems
- Last week's MediaWiki update was rolled back. This was because of a bug that changed non-ASCII characters when a page was edited. [१,२५१][१,२५२]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 January. It will be on all wikis from 18 January (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 16 January at 19:30 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 17 January at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- A few hundred wikis with less than ten high-priority errors in Linter categories will switch to use the Remex parsing library. This is to replace Tidy. It will happen on 31 January. Other wikis will be recommended to switch soon when they have fixed the errors that must be fixed. Tidy will be removed in the middle of 2018. [१,२५३][१,२५४]
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नए तकनीकी समाचार विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को इस परिवर्तन के बारे में बताएं। सभी परिवर्तन आप पर प्रभाव नहीं डालेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल के बदलाव
- विशेष:हालिया चैनलों के लिंक्ड या Special:RecentChangesLinked पर फ़िल्टर हाल के परिवर्तन पेज जैसे समान रूप मिलेंग। पृष्ठ को कुछ नई सुविधाएं भी मिलेंगी। [१,२५५][१,२५६]
समस्यायें
- नए OOUI look के साथ मेनू और पॉपअप नीचे की बजाय ऊपर की ओर खोल सकते हैं इसका इस्तेमाल लंबे समय तक लटकती मेनू को आसान बनाने के लिए किया गया था। कभी-कभी ये मेनू अन्य बातों से अतिच्छादित हो जाते हैं। यह अब
सुधारना हो गया है। [१,२५७]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- इस हफ्ते कोई नया मिडियाविकी संस्करण नहीं है।
बैठकें
- आप IRC पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में शामिल हो सकते हैं। मीटिंग के दौरान, स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स से सलाह मांग सकते हैं। बैठक होगी २४ जनवरी के १६:००(UTC) पर। देखें: कैसे जुड़ें।
भविष्य के बदलाव
irc.wikimedia.org22 फरवरी को रिबूट किया जाएगा कुछ बॉट्स इसका इस्तेमाल हाल के परिवर्तन फीड को प्राप्त करने के लिए करते हैं। उन्हें स्वचालित रूप से फिर से कनेक्ट करने में सक्षम होने की आवश्यकता है या वे तब तक काम नहीं करेंगे जब तक उन्हें तय नहीं किया जाता। अधिकांश बॉट्स स्वचालित रूप से फिर से कनेक्ट हो सकते हैं। [१,२५८]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीकी प्रचारक द्वारा और प्रकाशन बॉट • योगदान • अनुवाद • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
नए तकनीकी समाचार विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को इस परिवर्तन के बारे में बताएं। सभी परिवर्तन आप पर प्रभाव नहीं डालेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- इस हफ्ते कोई नया मिडियाविकी संस्करण नहीं है।
बैठकें
- आप IRC पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में शामिल हो सकते हैं। मीटिंग के दौरान, स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स से सलाह मांग सकते हैं। बैठक होगी ३१ जनवरी के १६:००(UTC) पर। देखें: कैसे जुड़ें।
भविष्य में परिवर्तन
- The Wikimedia Foundation is working on how to get less unmaintained code on Wikimedia wikis. This could be by finding maintainers or removing unmaintained features. They are now looking for feedback on what do do with AbuseFilter, the IRC RecentChanges feed, the RelatedSites extension and TimedMediaHandler. You can leave feedback on the linked talk pages. [१,२५९]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीकी प्रचारक द्वारा और प्रकाशन बॉट • योगदान • अनुवाद • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
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
- Bureaucrats can now add and remove the accountcreator permission by default. This means the user can help create a large number of accounts, for example for an editathon. Wikis can change this if they want to. [१,२६०]
- The Wikidata vandalism dashboard is a new tool to monitor vandalism on Wikidata labels and descriptions. It is filtered by language. [१,२६१]
- Info pages for file pages now show the file's SHA1 hash value in the table of basic information. This is so users can see that the file is the same as the one they uploaded. [१,२६२]
Problems
- Special:Export has a higher error rate right now. This means that the export does not always work. You should check to make sure your page exports worked. The developers are working on fixing this. [१,२६३]
Changes later this week
- When you review an edit made with the visual editor you can check a visual diff of your changes besides the wikitext diff. If you pick one diff type it will remember and show you that in future. The visual diff will now be the type first shown to new users. [१,२६४]
- When you use a gallery to show images you can define the size, like
gallery widths="150px". You could useemor%instead ofpxbut it would make no difference. You can now only use150pxor nothing (150). If you write something else, instead of treating it likepx, it will not work. [१,२६५] - The wording when you send a thanks message will change. Instead of
हाँorनहींit will sayThankandCancel. It will also be easier to understand that all thanks are public. [१,२६६] - Redirects connected to Wikidata can create double Wikidata items. There will now be a tracking category for this. Wikis that don't want it can disable it. [१,२६७]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 6 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 7 February. It will be on all wikis from 8 February (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 6 February at 19:30 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 7 February at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- The Education Program extension will be removed on 30 June. It is replaced by the Programs and Events Dashboard. [१,२६८][१,२६९]
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Recent changes
- TemplateStyles has been deployed to the Swedish Wikipedia. TemplateStyles is a feature to make it easy to add CSS to templates without administrator privileges. This allows for better adaptability to screen sizes, especially on mobile where are half our total page views. If your community would like to be the next to have the feature, please submit a task on Phabricator. [१,२७०][१,२७१][१,२७२]
- Registration pages now collect keyboard/mouse usage information for research on identifying spambots.
Changes later this week
- You can opt in to a new beta feature that lets you use visual diffs on history pages. [१,२७३]
- The visual editor shows and lets you edit templates in one way, and reference lists in another. This meant that templates that only contain a fake reference list, like
{{reflist}}, would not get updated as you edited. Now they will update as you edit, but you will no longer be able to visually edit them as templates. [१,२७४] - The abuse filter extension has a new feature
contains_allthat you may use to check if one or more strings are all contained in another given string. [१,२७५] - The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 13 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 14 February. It will be on all wikis from 15 February (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 13 February at 18:30 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 14 February at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- The settings page and beta options for the mobile website are being improved. [१,२७६]
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नए तकनीकी समाचार विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को इस परिवर्तन के बारे में बताएं। सभी परिवर्तन आप पर प्रभाव नहीं डालेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल के बदलाव
- हाल के परिवर्तन पेज पर संक्षिप्ताक्षरों की व्याख्या परिवर्तनों की सूची के साथ अधिव्यापन हो सकती है। इसे हल किया गया है। [१,२७७][१,२७८]
- You can now see statistics for pageviews per wiki per country. You can see this on maps or in a table. [१,२७९]
समस्यायें
- Linter is reporting estimated counts instead of actual counts for some wikis. This is because of performance problems. You might notice a false higher number in linter counts for some categories. This will be fixed as soon as the performance problem has been fixed. [१,२८०]
- Last week the way that Visual Editor displays references lists was changed. As a result, the references generated by specific templates like
{{sfn}}are not visible in the references list whilst editing. [१,२८१][१,२८२]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from २० फ़रवरी. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from २१ फ़रवरी. It will be on all wikis from २२ फ़रवरी (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on २० फ़रवरी at 19:30 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on २१ फ़रवरी at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- The way edit summaries and log comments are stored in the database is being changed. In the future this will make longer comments possible. [१,२८३]
- Edit conflicts could be solved in a different way in the future. You can test a new prototype.
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Recent changes
- Checkusers and stewards can now view private data such as the IP address in the abuse log. This data is removed regularly. [१,२८४]
Problems
- Last week's MediaWiki version was rolled back because of a bug. [१,२८५][१,२८६]
- Since the deployment train last week until late evening on 20 February UTC, when you thanked someone for an edit, the thank went to the latest unthanked edit to that page. It didn't matter which edit you tried to give thanks for. This has been fixed. [१,२८७]
- Special:Statistics did not take newly created pages into account since 13 February 2018. Because of this the statistics are recreated. [१,२८८][१,२८९][१,२९०]
Changes later this week
- Users with version 10 of the Internet Explorer browser will no longer get JavaScript on Wikimedia wikis. If you use this browser on your computer, you can try upgrading to a newer version. [१,२९१]
- The Wikinews wikis will switch to use the Remex parsing library. This is to replace Tidy. It will happen on 27 February. Other wikis will be recommended to switch soon when they have fixed the errors that must be fixed. Tidy will be removed in the middle of 2018. [१,२९२][१,२९३]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 27 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 28 February. It will be on all wikis from 1 March (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 27 February at 19:30 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 28 February at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नया तकनीकी समाचार कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन बदलावों के बारे में बतायें। हर बदलाव आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल के बदलाव
- अब आप लम्बे संपादन सारांश लिख सकते हैं। [१,२९४]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- आप उपयोगकर्ताओं को संपादन सारांश में सूचित कर सकते हैं। वे एक पिंग प्राप्त करेंगे जैसे कि वे विकी पेज पर उल्लेख किए गए हों। [१,२९५]
- विशेष:AbuseLog पर आप केवल उन कार्यों की सूची चुन सकते हैं जिनसे वास्तव में संपादन होता हैं। अन्य क्रियाएं होती हैं जब फ़िल्टर ने संपादक को चेतावनी दी या संपादन को अवरुद्ध किया। अधिक खोज विकल्प भी हैं। [१,२९६][१,२९७]
- यथादृश्य संपादक और २०१७ विकीटेक्स्ट एडिटर में स्वत: संदर्भ खोज प्रदान करने के लिए विकि सीटोइड सक्षम कर सकते हैं, लेकिन यह जटिल है। यदि विन्यास सही नहीं है तो यह उपकरण अब जावास्क्रिप्ट कंसोल में चेतावनी देगा। विन्यास सही नहीं है, तो जल्द ही सीटोइड स्वयं को अक्षम कर देगा। जांचें कि आपका विकी सही ढंग से कॉन्फ़िगर किया गया है। अगर आपको इसकी ज़रूरत है तो आप मदद के लिए पूछ सकते हैं। [१,२९८]
- मिडियाविकी का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकी और MediaWiki.org पर ६ मार्च से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकी और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर ७ मार्च से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर ८ मार्च (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
बैठकें
- आप संपादक दल से आगे होने वाले बैठक में मिल सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान आप डेवेलपर को उन त्रुटियों के बारे में बता सकते हैं जो आपको बहुत महत्वपूर्ण लगती हैं। बैठक मार्च को १९:३० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें: कैसे जुड़ें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में शामिल हो सकते हैं। मीटिंग के दौरान, स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स से सलाह मांग सकते हैं। बैठक मार्च १६:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। कैसे शामिल हों देखें।
भविष्य के परिवर्तन
- भविष्य में आप वैश्विक प्राथमिकताओं का उपयोग कर सकेंगे। इसका मतलब है कि आप प्रत्येक विकी के लिए हर बार प्राथमिकता बदलने के बजाय सभी विकी के लिए इसे बदल सकते हैं। अब आप [https://en.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Special:GlobalPreferences १७:१२, ५ मार्च २०१८ (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
- 3D models can now be uploaded to Commons. [१,२९९]
- Page Previews has been updated to use HTML for previews. This has fixed many issues. An A/B test was done on English and German Wikipedia to measure how it is used. Other changes were also made. [१,३००]
- Some edits have to be checked against too many conditions before they can trigger an abuse filter. If that is the reason no filter is triggered the edit will be tagged for review. [१,३०१]
- Auto-saving has been added to the visual editor and the 2017 wikitext editor. Right now it is meant to help if your browser crashes or if you accidentally close a tab. [१,३०२]
Problems
- The abuse filter did not tag all edits that should have been tagged after last week's MediaWiki version had come to the wikis. It was fixed on 9 March (UTC). [१,३०३]
Changes later this week
- You can notify users in edit summaries. They will get a ping just as if they had been mentioned on a wiki page. This was originally planned to happen last week. [१,३०४]
- It is now possible to specify the block parameters for each filter in Special:AbuseFilter. The parameters include block duration and if the user should be blocked from editing their own talk page. The block duration is separate for anonymous and registered users. [१,३०५][१,३०६]
- A hundred Wikimedia wikis will switch to use the Remex parsing library. This is to replace Tidy. It will happen on 13 and 14 March. Other wikis will be recommended to switch soon when they have fixed the errors that must be fixed. Tidy will be removed in the middle of 2018. [१,३०७][१,३०८][१,३०९]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from १३ मार्च. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from १४ मार्च. It will be on all wikis from १५ मार्च (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on १३ मार्च at 19:30 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on १४ मार्च at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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Problems
- On March 12 early morning UTC, the number of 503 error messages increased due to an issue on esams datacenter. It has been fixed. [१,३१०]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from २० मार्च. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from २१ मार्च. It will be on all wikis from २२ मार्च (calendar).
Meetings
- There is no Editing team meeting this week.
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on २१ मार्च at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- From April 4, the autopatrol status of edits will only be accessible in the Recent Changes database table, so only for 30 days. [१,३११][१,३१२]
- In-Context Help and Onboarding is a new project, aiming to improve retention of new wiki editors. The goal is to give them short tutorials and other training experiences based on their activity. Collaboration team is expecting feedback and comments on the project talk page, especially from people working with newcomers.
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Changes later this week
- Some of the interface icons and text sizes will change slightly, as part of the updates for improved accessibility and consistency. These icons are used in many features, including Notifications, Recent Changes, Beta Features, Visual Editor, 2017 Wikitext Editor, Code Editor, and others. While editor toolbars, dialogs, and menus will appear slightly bigger; elements on special pages will be slightly smaller. Functionality will not change. [१,३१३] [१,३१४]
- The deprecated #toc and #toctitle CSS ids have been removed. If your wiki was still using these for fake Tables of Content (ToC) then these might lose their styling. They can be replaced with .toc and .toctitle classes where appropriate. [१,३१५]
- TemplateStyles will be deployed to the Wikivoyages on 28 March 2018. [१,३१६]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 27 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 28 March. It will be on all wikis from 29 March (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 27 March at 18:30 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be one hour earlier than usual on 28 March at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- From 9 April, the sort order of categories will be distorted for a short time. We are upgrading versions of an internationalisation library (ICU) and using a maintenance script to update existing database entries. This will last anywhere from a few hours to a few days, depending on wiki size. Read more details. [१,३१७]
- Changes are coming to search for Serbian projects. Cyrillic and Latin variants of a word and different grammatical forms of a word will be able to find each other. Read more on MediaWiki in Serbian or English.
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Recent changes
- Template Wizard script available for testing. It will show up as a puzzle-piece icon in the 2010 WikiEditor. You can click on the icon to insert a template.
- The Wikimedia Communities and Contributors survey is to be sent to participants around the world this week. If you are volunteer developer, and have contributed code to any pieces of MediaWiki, gadgets, or tools, please take 20 to 40 minutes to complete the survey.
Problems
- MediaWiki deployment train has been rolled back to version 1.31.0-wmf.26 on week 13, due to a multiplication of lost connections during MySQL queries. Some of the recent changes may have not been applied. They will be deployed next week. [१,३१८][१,३१९][१,३२०]
- The Notifications badge icons were overlapping other links. This has been fixed. [१,३२१]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 3 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 4 April. It will be on all wikis from 5 April (calendar).
- User subpages ending in
.jsonwill now be protected from other people editing them, like.jsand.csspages already are. If you have a tool that stores static configuration, you can now use a subpage likeUser:Example/mygadget.jsonto do this without concerns. [१,३२२] - Tidy will be replaced by RemexHtml on the next set of wikis. On April 4, we plan to turn off Tidy on all Wikiquotes (except frwikiquote) and Wikimedia chapters and user groups wikis. 23 wikis will have Tidy replaced this time. [१,३२३][१,३२४][१,३२५]
- AbuseFilter will transition to use OOUI starting April 4, and the rule editor will also be changed to a CodeEditor (ACE) similar to what is found on user JavaScript pages. The move to OOUI will continue over the next few weeks. [१,३२६] [१,३२७]
- In Special:Preferences, the preference "जब भी फ़िल्टर बदल जाए तो पृष्ठ को पुनः लोड करें (जावास्क्रिप्ट की ज़रूरत है)" is now only visible for users who have opt-out the New Filters for the Watchlist. [१,३२८]
- You can see names of individual abuse filters in Special:AbuseLog. Now if the name of an abuse filter contains some wikisyntax like links, it will not change to a link when displayed. [१,३२९]
- You can now search through filter patterns at Special:AbuseFilter. You may specify either a plain string or a regular expression and the matching filters will show a snippet of their pattern with the match highlighted. [१,३३०]
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 3 April at 18:30 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 4 April at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- If you're using, creating or improving Lua modules, you can give your feedback to help harmonizing the modules across wikis and add more useful functions.
- On April 11th, we plan to turn off Tidy on all wikis with less than 50 entries in all high priority linter categories. About 60 wikis will have Tidy replaced. Currently about 600 wikis have had Tidy replaced and we have another 300 wikis to go. We plan to finish this transition from Tidy to RemexHtml by end of June 2018. Please follow T175706 to monitor progress of Tidy replacement. [१,३३१][१,३३२]
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विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नया तकनीकी समाचार कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन बदलावों के बारे में बतायें। हर बदलाव आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल के बदलाव
- कुछ पृष्ठों में टेम्पलेट्स होते हैं जो उस लेख की समस्याओं का वर्णन करते हैं। अब मोबाइल पाठकों के लिए एवं लेख में क्या गलत है और वे इसे ठीक करने में कैसे मदद कर सकते हैं के बारे में और अधिक जानकारी है। [१,३३३]
- अब आप किसी पेज पर संपादनों के आलावा भी कई और कार्यों के लिए उपयोगकर्ताओं को धन्यवाद कर सकते हैं। यह पिछले साल की इच्छासूची सर्वेक्षण में शीर्ष दस अनुरोधों में से एक था। [१,३३४]
- श्रेणियों के क्रमबद्ध क्रम में सोमवार 9 अप्रैल (यूटीसी) से कुछ समय के लिए त्रुटियां होंगी। हम एक अंतर्राष्ट्रीयकरण पुस्तकालय (आईसीयू) के संस्करणों को नवीनीकृत कर रहे हैं और डेटाबेस को अपडेट करने के लिए एक स्क्रिप्ट का उपयोग कर रहे हैं। यह विकी आकार के आधार पर कुछ घंटों से कुछ दिनों के बीच का समय लेगा। आप अधिक विवरण पढ़ सकते हैं। [१,३३५]
- टैग फ़िल्टर शीर्षक अब उन विकी पर बेहतर काम करेंगे जहां टैग फ़िल्टर का शीर्षक उस भाषा में है जो उस विकी की भाषा की तुलना में किसी अन्य दिशा में लिखा गया है। उदाहरण के लिए हिब्रू या अरबी विकी (दाएं से बाएं लिखा हुआ) पर अंग्रेज़ी शीर्षक (बाएं से दाएं लिखा हुआ) हो। [१,३३६]
समस्याएँ
- नए आइकन परिवर्तनों के कारण हाल के परिवर्तन पेज पर सहेजे गए फ़िल्टर के लिए बुकमार्क चिह्न गायब हो गया था। अब यह सुधार दिया गया है। [१,३३७]
- मार्च में एक हफ्ते के लिए हाल ही में हुए परिवर्तन पेज और अन्य पृष्ठों पर जहां आप को टैग दिखते हैं वहां पर पुनरावर्तनों के लिए
पुनरावर्तनऔरपूर्ववतटैग दोनों दिख रहे थे। अब यह सुधार दिया गया है। [१,३३८]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मिडियाविकी का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकी और MediaWiki.org पर १० अप्रैल से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकी और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर ११ अप्रैल से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर १२ अप्रैल (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
- परीक्षित संपादनों में अब दो के बजाय तीन स्तर हैं। हाल के परिवर्तन फ़िल्टर का अपरीक्षित, स्वतः परीक्षित और मैन्युअल रूप से परीक्षित संपादन दिखाने के लिए अद्यतन किया गया है। [१,३३९]
बैठकें
- आप संपादक दल से आगे होने वाले बैठक में मिल सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान आप डेवेलपर को उन त्रुटियों के बारे में बता सकते हैं जो आपको बहुत महत्वपूर्ण लगती हैं। बैठक अप्रैल को १८:३० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें: कैसे जुड़ें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में शामिल हो सकते हैं। मीटिंग के दौरान, स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स से सलाह मांग सकते हैं। बैठक अप्रैल १५:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। कैसे शामिल हों देखें।
भविष्य के परिवर्तन
- आईओएस और एंड्रॉइड ऐप्स को समन्वयित पढ़ने वाली सूचियाँ अप्रैल में बाद में पहुँच जाएँगी।
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नया तकनीकी समाचार कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इस बदलाव के बारे में बतायें। हर बदलाव आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगी। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- Profiling statistics for an abuse filter tell how often edits match the filter. The statistics for the abuse filters were reset after 10000 actions. Wikis can now decide to reset it more or less often. They can file a phabricator task to do so. [१,३४०]
- Abuse filters will now treat integers and floats more precisely. For example, 5/2 was rounded down to 2 but will now be 2.5 and 2*4 will be the integer 8 and not the floating-point number 8.0. Division values are the only ones changed. For the rest only strict comparisons (
===and!==) will be affected leaving the values unchanged. [१,३४१][१,३४२] - The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from १७ अप्रैल. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from १८ अप्रैल. It will be on all wikis from १९ अप्रैल (calendar).
बैठकें
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on १७ अप्रैल at 18:30 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on १८ अप्रैल at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
भविष्य में परिवर्तन
- The new PDF renderer could not create PDFs from books. Books are in this case collections of pages on a Wikimedia wiki. PediaPress will take over development of the books-to-PDF function. [१,३४३]
- Pywikibot will no longer support Python 2.7.2 and 2.7.3. [१,३४४]
- Volunteer developers can fill out the Wikimedia Communities and Contributors survey. The last day is April 22 (UTC). This is a third-party service survey. See the privacy statement.
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विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नया तकनीकी समाचार कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इस बदलाव के बारे में बताएं। हर बदलाव आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगी। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल के बदलाव
- पृष्ठ पूर्वावलोकन अब सभी विकिपीडिया पर है।
- आईओएस और एंड्रॉइड ऐप्स में अब समन्वयित पढ़ने वाली सूचियाँ हैं। इसका अर्थ यह है कि यदि आप ऐप्स का उपयोग करते हैं तो आप अपने अन्य उपकरणों पर लेखों को एक निजी सूची में सहेज सकते हैं।
- २०१० विकिटेक्स्ट संपादक में आइकन बदल गए हैं। [१,३४५]
- यथादृश्य संपादिका और २०१७ विकीटेक्स्ट आपको
प्रकाशित करेंदबाए जाने के बाद एक संपादन सारांश लिखने के लिए कहता है। यह बटन अब एक अंडाकार भी दिखाता है। यह दिखाने के लिए है किप्रकाशित करेंदबाने वाला अंतिम चरण नहीं है। [१,३४६]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मिडियाविकी का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकी और MediaWiki.org पर २४ अप्रैल से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकी और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर २५ अप्रैल से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर २६ अप्रैल (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
बैठकें
- आप संपादक दल से आगे होने वाली अगली बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान आप डेवेलपर को उन त्रुटियों के बारे में बता सकते हैं जो आपको बहुत महत्वपूर्ण लगती हैं। बैठक अप्रैल को १८:३० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें: कैसे जुड़ें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में शामिल हो सकते हैं। मीटिंग के दौरान, स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह मांग सकते हैं। बैठक अप्रैल १५:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। कैसे शामिल हों देखें।
भविष्य के परिवर्तन
- <mapframe> मई में अधिकांश विकिपीडिया में आएगा। इसका मतलब है कि आप लेखों में संवादात्मक मानचित्र डाल सकते हैं। नौ विकिपीडिया जो ध्वजांकित संशोधनों के सख्त संस्करण का उपयोग करते हैं, उन्हें मई में यह सुविधा नहीं मिलेगी। [१,३४७]
- रोलबैक फ़ंक्शन बदल सकता है। यह एक जर्मन समुदाय अनुरोध था। प्रस्तावित समाधान पर रोलबैक अधिकार वाले सभी संपादक प्रतिक्रिया दे सकते हैं। प्रतिक्रिया देने का आखिरी दिन ४ मई (यूटीसी) है।
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नया तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इस बदलाव के बारे में बताएं। हर बदलाव आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगी। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल के बदलाव
- The parameter for unpatrolled edits in recent changes filters changed name. You might need to update saved filters and links. [१,३४८]
समस्याएँ
- We are migrating wikis from Tidy to Remex. Because of a bug the 250 wikis which do not yet use Remex were switched on 23 April. This is two months early. This meant that pages with broken wikitext showed wrongly to readers. The bug was undone the next day. You can help fix broken wikitext to avoid this problem when your wiki switches. Tidy will be removed on all wikis before July 2018. You can follow the process on Phabricator. [१,३४९]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- You will be able use CodeMirror in the 2017 wikitext editor on all wikis. CodeMirror helps with syntax highlighting. It has previously been a beta feature and only available on wikis with scripts that are written from left to right. [१,३५०]
- When an administrator blocks someone they will have a calendar they can use to choose when the block ends. This is to make it easier to pick a specific date. [१,३५१]
- You can soon turn on the Performance Inspector in the संपादन section in your preferences. It shows information about the performance of pages. This could be the size of modules in the page, how many CSS selectors are defined on the page and how many are used, or the size of the images on the page. This tool is intended to help editors fix pages that load slowly. [१,३५२]
- There is a new abuse filter function called
equals_to_any. You can use it to check if its first argument is equal (===) to any of the following ones. For example you can use it to check if the page's namespace is amongst a given set of values in a more compact way than you could earlier. You can read more on mediawiki.org. - मिडियाविकी का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकी और MediaWiki.org पर १ मई से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकी और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर २ मई से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर ३ मई (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
बैठकें
- आप संपादक दल से आगे होने वाली अगली बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान आप डेवेलपर को उन त्रुटियों के बारे में बता सकते हैं जो आपको बहुत महत्वपूर्ण लगती हैं। बैठक मई को १८:३० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें: कैसे भाग लें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। मीटिंग के दौरान, स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह मांग सकते हैं। बैठक मई १५:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। कैसे भाग लें देखें।
भविष्य के परिवर्तन
- The Wikimedia Cloud Services team is working on a new project called Toolhub. The goal is to make it easier for Wikimedians to discover software tools they can use. You can leave feedback on the talk page or email jhare
wikimedia.org to leave private feedback. - All wikis with fewer than 100 high-priority linter errors in all namespaces will switch to use the Remex parsing library. This is to replace Tidy. It will happen on 2 May. Other wikis will be recommended to switch soon when they have fixed the errors that must be fixed. Wikibooks wikis with fewer than 100 high-priority linter errors in the main namespace will switch on 9 May. Tidy will be removed on all wikis before July 2018. [१,३५३][१,३५४][१,३५५]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन बदलावों के बारे में बताएं। हर बदलाव आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल के बदलाव
- विकिमीडिया कॉमन्स मोबाइल ऐप का नया संस्करण आ गया है। चित्रों की आवश्यकता वाले आस-पास के स्थानों को ढूंढना अब आसान है। यह आपको सीधे अपलोड और शीर्षक और श्रेणी सुझावों में सहायता करती है। ऐप केवल एंड्रॉइड फोन पर काम करता है। [१,३५६]
समस्याएँ
- जिन अवरोधों में अवधि बदल दी जाती थी उनमें दुरुपयोग फ़िल्टर को समस्या आ रही थी। यह हर जगह डिफ़ॉल्ट अवधि का इस्तेमाल करता था। ऐसा अप्रैल के अंत में था। दुरुपयोग फ़िल्टर उपयोगकर्ताओं को यह सुनिश्चित करना चाहिए कि सही अवरोध अवधि का उपयोग किया जाए और आवश्यकता होने पर उन्हें बदलें। यह केवल उन फ़िल्टरों के लिए है जहां अवरोध अवधि बदल दी गयी थी। [१,३५७]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- उन्नत खोज कार्य बीटा सुविधा सभी विकिमीडिया विकियों पर होंगी। यह कुछ ऐसे विशेष खोज कार्यों का उपयोग करना आसान बनाता है जिनका अधिकांश संपादकों को पता नहीं है। [१,३५८]
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर ८ मई से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर ९ मई से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर १० मई (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
बैठकें
- आप संपादक दल से आगे होने वाली अगली बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान आप डेवेलपर को उन त्रुटियों के बारे में बता सकते हैं जो आपको बहुत महत्वपूर्ण लगती हैं। बैठक मई को १८:३० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें: कैसे भाग लें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान, स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह मांग सकते हैं। बैठक मई १५:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। कैसे भाग लें देखें।
भविष्य के परिवर्तन
- मुख्य नामस्थान में १०० से कम उच्च प्राथमिकता वाले लिंटर त्रुटियों वाले सभी विकि रीमेक्स पदच्छेद पुस्तकालय का उपयोग करने के लिए स्विच करेंगे। यह टाईडी को प्रतिस्थापित करने के लिए है। यह १६ मई को होगा। अन्य विकि जल्द ही स्विच हो जाएंगे जब उन्होंने आवश्यक त्रुटियों को ठीक किया होगा। जुलाई २०१८ से पहले सभी विकि पर से टाईडी हटा दिया जाएगा। [१,३५९][१,३६०]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन बदलावों के बारे में बताएं। हर बदलाव आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल के बदलाव
- Dynamic maps are now available on most Wikipedias. Labels on maps can also be in different languages.
- उन्नत खोज कार्य बीटा सुविधा सभी विकिमीडिया विकियों पर है। यह कुछ विशेष खोज कार्यों को सीखना और उनका उपयोग करना आसान बनाता है। [१,३६१]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर १५ मई से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर १६ मई से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर १७ मई (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
बैठकें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान, स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह मांग सकते हैं। बैठक मई १५:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। कैसे भाग लें देखें।
भविष्य के परिवर्तन
- In the mobile view, warnings for when something is wrong with a page are not as clear as they should be. The developers are working on this. You can give feedback and suggestions.
- The developers are working on making the Wikipedia Android app available in more languages. You can give feedback, suggestions and help test it. Read more on mediawiki.org [१,३६२]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन बदलावों के बारे में बताएं। हर बदलाव आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर २२ मई से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर २३ मई से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर २४ मई (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
बैठकें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान, स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह मांग सकते हैं। बैठक मई १५:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। कैसे भाग लें देखें।
भावी परिवर्तन
- किसी लेख में एक पुस्तक के विभिन्न पृष्ठों का संदर्भ देना आसान हो सकता है। आप प्रतिक्रिया दे सकते हैं। प्रतिक्रिया के लिए अंतिम दिन २७ मई है।
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन बदलावों के बारे में बताएं। हर बदलाव आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल के बदलाव
- अब आप अधिकतर विकियों पर वैश्विक वरीयताओं का उपयोग कर सकते हैं। इसका मतलब है कि आप एक ही समय में सभी विकियों के लिए प्राथमिकताएं सेट कर सकते हैं। इससे पहले आपको उन्हें प्रत्येक विकि पर अलग अलग बदलना पड़ा। वैश्विक वरीयताएँ इस सप्ताह के अंत में विकिपीडिया में आएँगी। [१,३६३][१,३६४]
- अवरुद्ध मोबाइल उपयोगकर्ताओं के लिए अब यह देखना आसान है कि उन्हें अवरुद्ध क्यों किया गया था। [१,३६५]
- विकिडाटा अब शब्दावली डेटा का समर्थन करता है। यह शब्दों का वर्णन करने में मदद करता है।
- अब विशेष:उपयोगकर्ता सूची पर एक चेकबॉक्स है जो आपको केवल अस्थायी उपयोगकर्ता समूहों में उपयोगकर्ताओं को देखने देता है। [१,३६६]
- हाल ही में कुछ दुर्लभ अदृश्य यूनिकोड वर्णों को पृष्ठ शीर्षक से प्रतिबंधित कर दिया गया है। इसमें सॉफ्ट हाइफ़न (U+00AD) और बाएं से दाएं (U+2066) और दाएं से बाएं (U+2067) मार्कर अलग हैं। इन पात्रों के साथ मौजूदा पेज जल्द ही एक स्क्रिप्ट द्वारा स्थानांतरित किया जाएगा। [१,३६७]
- विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदायों का समर्थन करने के लिए एक नया विकिमीडिया फाउंडेशन दल है। इसे तकनीकी कार्य दल कहा जाता है। टीम के अधिकांश सदस्यों ने इससे पहले अन्य दलों में भी इसी तरह का काम किया था। [१,३६८]
समस्याएं
- कुछ अनुवाद करने योग्य पृष्ठ नवीनतम अनुवादों के बजाय पुराने अनुवाद दिखा रहे हैं। इस मुद्दे का कारण ठीक कर दिया गया है। हम नवीनतम अनुवाद दिखाने के लिए स्वचालित रूप से सभी पृष्ठों का अद्यतन करेंगे। [१,३६९]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- पासवर्ड नीतियाँ नाम का एक नया विशेष पृष्ठ होगा। यह पृष्ठ उस विकि पर प्रत्येक उपयोगकर्ता समूह के लिए पासवर्ड नियमों के बारे में जानकारी देता है। [१,३७०]
- Diffs में स्थानांतरित अनुच्छेद देखने का एक नया तरीका अधिकांश विकियों में आ रहा है। यह स्थानांतरित अनुच्छेद और उनमें परिवर्तनों को ढूंढना आसान बनाता है। [१,३७१]
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर २९ मई से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर ३० मई से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर ३१ मई (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
- यथादृश्य संपादिका और २०१७ विकिटेक्स्ट संपादक में स्वचालित संदर्भ खोज प्रदान करने के लिए विकि सीटोइड सक्षम कर सकते हैं। यह जटिल है। कॉन्फ़िगरेशन सही नहीं है तो यह उपकरण अब स्वयं को अक्षम कर देगा। इसने फरवरी से जावास्क्रिप्ट कंसोल में इसके बारे में चेतावनी दी है। जांचें कि आपका विकि सही तरीके से कॉन्फ़िगर किया गया है। यदि आपको इसकी आवश्यकता है तो आप सहायता के लिए पूछ सकते हैं। [१,३७२]
बैठकें
- आप संपादक दल से आगे होने वाली अगली बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान आप डेवेलपर को उन त्रुटियों के बारे में बता सकते हैं जो आपको बहुत महत्वपूर्ण लगती हैं। बैठक मई को १८:३० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें: कैसे भाग लें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान, स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह मांग सकते हैं। बैठक मई १५:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। कैसे भाग लें देखें।
भावी परिवर्तन
- सामग्री अनुवाद ड्राफ्ट जिनका एक वर्ष से अधिक में अद्यतन नहीं किया गया है हटा दिए जाएंगे। इससे अन्य उपयोगकर्ता उन लेखों का अनुवाद कर पाएंगे। [१,३७३]
- एक सर्वेक्षण जानकारी एकत्र कर रहा है कि उपयोगकर्ता क्या सोचते हैं कि विकिमीडिया विकि पृष्ठ कैसे लोड किए जाते हैं। इस जानकारी का भावी विकास में उपयोग किया जा सकता है। [१,३७४]
- कुछ विकि रीमेक्स पदच्छेद पुस्तकालय का उपयोग करने के लिए स्विच करेंगे। यह टाईडी को प्रतिस्थापित करने के लिए है। यह ३० मई और १३ जून को होगा। सभी उच्च प्राथमिकता वाले लिंटर श्रेणियों में मुख्य नामस्थान में १०० से कम लिंटर त्रुटियों वाले विकि स्विच करेंगे। इसमें विकिडाटा शामिल है। टाईडी को जुलाई के पहले सप्ताह में सभी विकि पर से हटा दिया जाएगा। [१,३७५][१,३७६]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन बदलावों के बारे में बताएं। हर बदलाव आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- मोनोबुक स्किन को मोबाइल उपकरणों के लिए अनुकूलित किया गया है। यह अब अलग दिखता है। [१,३७७]
- प्लेनेट विकिमीडिया विकीमीडिया के बारे में ब्लॉग एकत्र करता है। अब यह प्लेनेट का उपयोग करने के बजाय रॉडोग फ़ीड एग्रीगेटर का उपयोग करेगा। [१,३७८][१,३७९]
- विशेष: यहाँ क्या जुड़ता है में पुनर्निर्देशन कड़ियाँ अब मूल पृष्ठ से जोड़ती हैं न कि लक्ष्य पृष्ठ से। ऐसा पहले किया गया था और कुछ पृष्ठों पर इस्तेमाल किए गए संदेश बदल गए थे। यह उन विकियों के लिए एक समस्या थी जिन्होंने संदेश को अनुकूलित किया था। एक नए बदलाव ने पुराने संदेशों का अनुकूलन के लिए एक और प्रचलित के साथ उपयोग करके इसे ठीक कर दिया है। जिन विकियों ने पहले से ही अपने अनुकूलित संदेशों को बदल दिया है उनको फिर से अनुकूलन को स्थानांतरित करना होगा। [१,३८०]
समस्याएँ
- आप १३ जून को ०६:०० और ०६:३० यूटीसी के बीच कुछ विकि संपादित नहीं कर पाएंगे। आप देख सकते हैं कि आपका विकि उनमें से एक है।
- MassMessage ने २४-२८ मई काम नहीं किया। यही कारण है कि पिछले हफ्ते तकनीकी समाचार देर से पहुँचा। [१,३८१]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर ५ जून से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर ६ जून से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर ७ जून (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
बैठकें
- आप संपादक दल से आगे होने वाली अगली बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान आप डेवेलपर को उन त्रुटियों के बारे में बता सकते हैं जो आपको बहुत महत्वपूर्ण लगती हैं। बैठक जून को १८:३० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें: कैसे भाग लें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान, स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह मांग सकते हैं। बैठक जून १५:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। कैसे भाग लें देखें।
भावी परिवर्तन
- ध्यानसूची के लिए संपादन समीक्षा के लिए नए फ़िल्टर टूल और इंटरफ़ेस बीटा छोड़ देंगे। यह जून या जुलाई की शुरुआत में होने की योजना है। [१,३८२][१,३८३]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन बदलावों के बारे में बताएँ। हर बदलाव आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- एंड्रॉइड या आईओएस की विकिपीडिया ऐप में प्रयोक्ता पढ़ने की सूचियाँ बना सकते हैं। अगर आप अपने खाते में लॉग इन हैं तो पढ़ने की सूचियों को विभिन्न उपकरणों पर देखा जा सकता है। आप वेब ब्राउजर से अपनी पढ़ने की सूची में पृष्ठ जोड़ सकें इसलिए अब ब्राउज़र एक्सटेंशन है। फिलहाल यह फ़ायरफ़ॉक्स और क्रोम के साथ काम करता है। [१,३८४]
- Pywikibot का एक नया संस्करण आया है। Pywikibot मीडियाविकि के विकियों पर कार्यों को स्वचालित करने के लिए एक उपकरण है। [१,३८५]
समस्याएँ
- मोनोबुक स्किन को मोबाइल उपयोगकर्ताओं के लिए बेहतर काम करने के लिए बदला गया था। इससे कुछ समस्याएँ हुईं। उन्हें ठीक करने के लिए इस परिवर्तन को वापस किया गया था। नया संस्करण अब विकियों पर वापस आ गया है। मोनोबुक उपयोगकर्ता नए अनुक्रियाशील डिजाइन का उपयोग न करने का विकल्प चुन सकते हैं। [१,३८६]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- संपादन समीक्षा के लिए नए फ़िल्टर ध्यानसूची के लिए टूल और इंटरफ़ेस बीटा से बाहर आ जाएंगे। ज्यादातर विकि के लिए यह १८ जून को होगा। बाकी के लिए यह २५ जून को होगा। [१,३८७][१,३८८]
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर १२ जून से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर १३ जून से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर १४ जून (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
बैठकें
- आप पाठक वेब टीम आईआरसी कार्यालय समय में शामिल हो सकते हैं। वहां आप मौजूदा मीडियाविकि स्किन के लिए मोबाइल वेब पर योगदान करने के लिए टूल पर चर्चा कर सकते हैं। बैठक १८ जून को १६:०० बजे (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
- आप संपादक दल से होने वाली अगली बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान आप डेवेलपर को उन त्रुटियों के बारे में बता सकते हैं जो आपको बहुत महत्वपूर्ण लगती हैं। बैठक जून को १८:३० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें: कैसे भाग लें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान, स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह मांग सकते हैं। बैठक जून १५:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। कैसे भाग लें देखें।
भावी परिवर्तन
- आप स्थानीय विकि फ़ाइलों को कॉमन्स पर ले जाने और उनके मूल डेटा को बरकरार रखने में सक्षम होंगे। पहले विकियों में यह जून में होने की योजना है।
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बताएँ। हर परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- सिंटेक्स हाइलाइटिंग बाएँ से दाएँ पाठ वाले विकिमीडिया विकियों पर बीटा फीचर रहा है। अब यह एक सामान्य फीचर है। यह कोडमिरर पर आधारित है। [१,३८९]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- इस सप्ताह मीडियाविकि का कोई नया संस्करण नहीं आएगा।
बैठकें
- आप संपादक दल से होने वाली अगली बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान आप डेवेलपर को उन त्रुटियों के बारे में बता सकते हैं जो आपको बहुत महत्वपूर्ण लगती हैं। बैठक जून को १८:३० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें: कैसे भाग लें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक जून १५:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। कैसे भाग लें देखें।
भावी परिवर्तन
- कुछ पुराने वेब ब्राउज़र विकिमीडिया विकियों पढ़ने में सक्षम नहीं रहेंगे। ऐसा इसलिए है क्योंकि वे उनसे जुड़ने के लिए एक असुरक्षित तरीके का उपयोग करते हैं। इसका मतलब है कि सभी की सुरक्षा कम हो जाती है। यह विकिमीडिया विकियों के सरे ट्रैफ़िक के लगभग ०.०८% को प्रभावित करेगा है। उदाहरण के लिए यह उन्हें प्रभावित करता है जो विकिपीडिया को प्लेस्टेशन ३ पर पढ़ते हैं। [१,३९०][१,३९१]
- ध्यानसूची के लिए संपादन समीक्षा के लिए नए फ़िल्टर टूल और इंटरफ़ेस बीटा से बाहर आ जाएंगे। क्योंकि इस सप्ताह मीडियाविकि का कोई नया संस्करण नहीं आएगा इसलिए ज्यादातर विकि के लिए यह २५ जून को होगा। बाकी के लिए यह जुलाई के आरम्भ में होगा। यह पहले बताए गए समय से बाद में होगा। [१,३९२][१,३९३]
- जिन विकियों ने रीमेक्स पदच्छेद पुस्तकालय का उपयोग करने के लिए अभी तक स्विच नहीं किया है वे ५ जुलाई को करेंगे। यह टाईडी को प्रतिस्थापित करने के लिए है। आप शेष त्रुटियों को ठीक करने में मदद कर सकते हैं। [१,३९४]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बताएँ। हर परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- हमारा जुपीटर हब सिस्टम PAWS का अपग्रेड हुआ है और लोगो बना है। इससे कई त्रुटियों का निवारण हो जाना चाहिए।
समस्याएँ
- जब एक कड़ी का पाठ इटालिक्स में होता था या अन्य प्रारूपण होता था तो आप कभी-कभी यथादृश्य संपादिका में इसे संपादित नहीं कर सकते थे। अब यह सुधार दिया गया है। [१,३९५][१,३९६]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- सामग्री अनुवाद उपयोगकर्ता जो अरबी, अंग्रेजी, फ्रेंच, जापानी और रूसी में से किन्ही दो के बीच अनुवाद करते हैं उन्हें एक शोध परियोजना का हिस्सा बनने के लिए कहा जाएगा। यह लेखों का अनुवाद करने के लिए बेहतर उपकरण बनाने के लिए है। [१,३९७]
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर २६ जून से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर २७ जून से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर २८ जून (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
बैठकें
- आप संपादक दल से होने वाली अगली बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान आप डेवेलपर को उन त्रुटियों के बारे में बता सकते हैं जो आपको बहुत महत्वपूर्ण लगती हैं। बैठक जून को १८:३० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें: कैसे भाग लें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक जून १५:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। कैसे भाग लें देखें।
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बतायें। हर परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- टैग्ज़ का डेटाबेस बदल दिया जायेगा। यह फ़्रेंच विकिपीडिया पर २ जुलाई और अन्य विकियों पर ९ जुलाई को होगा। यदि हाल में हुए परिवर्तन धीमे हो जायें या आप सम्पादन सहेज न पायें तो कृपया रिपोर्ट करें। यह विशेषकर उन सम्पादकों को प्रभावित कर सकता है जो डेटाबेस का टूलफ़ॉर्ज पर प्रयोग करते थे। [१,३९८]
समस्यायें
- पिछले सप्ताह का मीडियाविकि अध्यातन वापस ले लिया गया था। ऐसा डेटाबेस की समस्या की वजह से हुआ था। [१,३९९]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- इस सप्ताह मीडियाविकि का कोई नया संस्करण नहीं आयेगा।
बैठकें
- आप संपादक दल से होने वाली अगली बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान आप डेवेलपर को उन त्रुटियों के बारे में बता सकते हैं जो आपको बहुत महत्वपूर्ण लगती हैं। बैठक जुलाई को १८:३० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें: कैसे भाग लें।
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक जुलाई १५:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। कैसे भाग लें देखें।
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बतायें। हर परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- WebM वीडियो फ़ाइलें छोटे फ़ाइल आकार की होती हैं लेकिन फिर भी गुणवत्ता समान ही होती है। WebM फाइलों को बनाने में और लंबा समय लगेगा। [१,४००]
- ध्यानसूची के लिए संपादन समीक्षा के लिए नए फ़िल्टर टूल और इंटरफ़ेस बीटा से बाहर आ जाएंगे। यह कार्य अब तक हो जाना चाहिए था परन्तु इसमें देर हो गयी।ज्यादातर विकि के लिए यह ९ जुलाई को होगा। बाकी के लिए यह १६ जुलाई को होगा। [१,४०१]
- सभी विकि अब टाईडी के स्थान पर रीमेक्स पदच्छेद पुस्तकालय का उपयोग करते हैं। इससे त्रुटियाँ हो सकती हैं। आप त्रुटियों को ठीक करने में मदद कर सकते हैं। [१,४०२]
समस्याएँ
- जब आप कोई सम्पादन वापस लेते थे तो
रोलबैकऔरपूर्ववतदोनों टैग मिल सकते थे। यह ठीक कर दिया गया है। [१,४०३] - स्वतःपरीक्षित उपयोगकर्ताओं द्वारा किये रोलबैक परीक्षित चिह्नित नहीं होते थे। यह ठीक कर दिया गया है। [१,४०४]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- जब आप यथादृश्य संपादिका में कोई कड़ी संपादित करते हैं तो कड़ी किससे जोड़ती है (लक्ष्य) या उसका पाठ (नाम) को बदलने के लिए दो अलग-अलग बटन होंगे। [१,४०५][१,४०६]
- मोबाइल संस्करण पर आप अपने उपयोगकर्ता पेज से किसी संपादक के योगदान के लिए एक कड़ी होती है। अब यह तब भी काम करेगी जब कि उन्होंने कोई उपयोगकर्ता पृष्ठ ही नहीं बनाया हो। [१,४०७]
- जब आप मोबाइल पर चर्चा संपादित करते हैं तो कभी-कभी आपका हस्ताक्षर स्वचालित रूप से जुड़ जाता है। यदि आप मैन्युअल रूप से हस्ताक्षर जोड़ चुके हैं तब यह नहीं होगा। यह हस्ताक्षर के दोहराव से बचने के लिए है। [१,४०८]
- संरचित चर्चा टूलबार में अधिक स्टाइल विकल्प होंगे। [१,४०९]
- जब आप विकिमीडिया कोड को Gerrit में देखेंगे तो एक नया इंटरफ़ेस होगा। यह नए उपयोगकर्ताओं के लिए डिफ़ॉल्ट रूप से चलेगा। डेवलपर्स के लिए भी ऐसा ही है। ऐसा यह समझना आसान करने के लिए किया जा रहा है कि क्या हो रहा है। [१,४१०]
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर १० जुलाई से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर ११ जुलाई से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर १२ जुलाई (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
बैठकें
- आप संपादक दल से होने वाली अगली बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान आप डेवेलपर को उन त्रुटियों के बारे में बता सकते हैं जो आपको बहुत महत्वपूर्ण लगती हैं। बैठक जुलाई को १८:३० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें: कैसे भाग लें।
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक जुलाई १५:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। कैसे भाग लें देखें।
भावी परिवर्तन
- आज सभी प्रबंधक सभी विकि के लिए CSS और जावास्क्रिप्ट संपादित कर सकते हैं। इसके लिए एक नया उपयोगकर्ता समूह बनाया जायेगा। ऐसा इसलिए किया जा रहा है क्योंकि अगर सभी प्रबंधक खाते जावास्क्रिप्ट को संपादित कर सकते हैं, भले ही उनकी कभी भी ऐसा करने की योजना न हो या वे नहीं जानते कि यह कैसे काम करता है, तो यह एक सुरक्षा ख़तरा है। आप और पढ़ सकते हैं। [१,४११]
- पृष्ठ पूर्वावलोकन नए खातों के लिए डिफ़ॉल्ट रूप से चलेगा। [१,४१२]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बतायें। हर परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- अब आप विकिमीडिया विकियों पर वैश्विक वरीयताओं का उपयोग कर सकते हैं। आप उन्हें वैश्विक वरीयताएँ पृष्ठ पर सेट कर सकते हैं। [१,४१३]
- अब आप Special:log/create पर बनाए जा रहे पृष्ठों का एक नया लॉग देख सकते हैं। इसमें वे पृष्ठ शामिल हैं जिन्हें बाद में हटा दिया गया है। यह अब कॉमन्स और विकिडेटा को छोड़कर सभी विकिमीडिया विकियों पर उपलब्ध है। [१,४१४]
- आप देख सकते हैं कि विशिष्ट देशों से किसी विकि के कितने पेजव्यू थे। [https://stats.wikimedia.org/v2/#/hi.wikipedia.org/reading/page-views-by-country/normal%7Cmap%7C2-Year~2016060100~2018071100 १६:०१, १६ जुलाई २०१८ (UTC)
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बतायें। हर परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- जब आप अपने खाते में लॉग इन करते हैं तो आप लॉग इन रहने का चयन कर सकते हैं। यह चेकबॉक्स अब उन उपयोगकर्ताओं के मोबाइल संस्करण पर पहले से बेहतर काम करता है जिनके पास जावस्क्रिप्ट नहीं है। [१,४१५]
- Citoid का उपयोग करने वाले विकिज़ स्वचालित रूप से स्वीडिश समाचार साइटों के लिए उद्धरण उत्पन्न कर सकते हैं। यह केवल यथादृश्य संपादिका में काम करता है। यह अब स्वीडिश सार्वजनिक सेवा रेडियो के लिए काम करता है। भविष्य में और आएगा। भविष्य में अन्य भाषाओं में समाचार साइटों को जोड़ने के लिए इसका इस्तेमाल कर सकते हैं। [१,४१६]
- संपादक प्रति मिनट अधिकतम ९० संपादन कर सकते हैं। यह पिछले महीने से नया है। [१,४१७]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर २४ जुलाई से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर २५ जुलाई से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर २६ जुलाई (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
बैठकें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक जुलाई १५:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। कैसे भाग लें देखें।
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बतायें। हर परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- Special:Log पर डिजाइन बदल गया है। यह जल्द ही फिर से बदल जाएगा। डेवलपर्स समस्याओं को ठीक करने पर काम कर रहे हैं। [१,४१८]
समस्याएँ
- 1.32.0-wmf.13 के प्रविस्तारण में आंशिक रूप से देर हुई है। त्रुटि सुधर के बाद सभी प्रविस्तारण फिर से शुरू किये गए और सफलतापूर्वक संपन्न किये गए हैं। [१,४१९][१,४२०]
- 1.32.0-wmf.14 के प्रविस्तारण में आंशिक रूप से देर हुई है। [१,४२१][१,४२२]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर ३१ जुलाई से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर १ अगस्त से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर २ अगस्त (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
बैठकें
- आप संपादक दल से होने वाली अगली बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान आप डेवेलपर को उन त्रुटियों के बारे में बता सकते हैं जो आपको बहुत महत्वपूर्ण लगती हैं। बैठक ३१ जुलाई को १८:३० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक १ अगस्त १५:०० (यूटीसी) और २३:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
भावी परिवर्तन
- एक सामुदायिक चर्चा के बाद, उपयोगकर्ताओं के लिए एक नया समूह बनाया जाएगा। "इंटरफेस प्रबंधक" एकमात्र ऐसे उपयोगकर्ता होंगे जिन्हें MediaWiki:Common.css या MediaWiki:Common.js जैसे इंटरफ़ेस पृष्ठों को संपादित करने की अनुमति होगी। यह तकनीकी समस्याओं से बचने और सुरक्षा में सुधार के लिए किया जाता है। यह परिवर्तन अगस्त २०१८ के अंत तक प्रभावी होगा।
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बतायें। हर परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- विशेष:नएपृष्ठ का स्वरूप अब OOUI है। [१,४२३]
समस्याएँ
- दो हफ्ते पहले का मीडियाविकि संस्करण देर से आया था। ऐसा एक त्रुटि के कारण हुआ था। यह ३० जुलाई को सभी विकियों पर था। [१,४२४][१,४२५]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर ७ अगस्त से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर ८ अगस्त से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर ९ अगस्त (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
बैठकें
- आप संपादक दल से होने वाली अगली बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान आप डेवेलपर को उन त्रुटियों के बारे में बता सकते हैं जो आपको बहुत महत्वपूर्ण लगती हैं। बैठक ७ अगस्त को १८:३० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक ८ अगस्त १५:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बतायें। हर परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- टेम्पलेट्स में CSS अब सभी विकियों पर एक अलग पृष्ठ में संग्रहीत किया जा सकता है। इसे टेम्पलेट स्टाइल कहा जाता है। यह इसे संपादित करना आसान बनाता है कि टेम्पलेट्स कैसी दिखती हैं। [१,४२६]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- इस सप्ताह मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण नहीं आएगा।
बैठकें
- आप संपादक दल से होने वाली अगली बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान आप डेवेलपर को उन त्रुटियों के बारे में बता सकते हैं जो आपको बहुत महत्वपूर्ण लगती हैं। बैठक १४ अगस्त को १८:३० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक १५ अगस्त १५:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
भावी परिवर्तन
- डेवलपर्स उपयोगकर्ताओं को अवरुद्ध करने के अधिक तरीकों की योजना बना रहे हैं। यह किसी को किसी पृष्ठ या नामस्थान से अवरुद्ध करना हो सकता है। आप और पढ़ सकते हैं। आप वार्ता पृष्ठ पर प्रतिक्रिया छोड़ सकते हैं। [१,४२७]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बतायें। हर परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर २१ अगस्त से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर २२ अगस्त से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर २३ अगस्त (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
बैठकें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक २२ अगस्त १५:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
भावी परिवर्तन
- सामुदायिक इच्छा-सूची सर्वेक्षण २०१८, २९ अक्टूबर को शुरू होगा। सर्वेक्षण तय करता है कि सामुदायिक तकनीकी दल किस पर काम करेगा। आप २९ अक्टूबर से ११ नवंबर तक प्रस्ताव पोस्ट कर सकते हैं। आप १६ नवंबर से ३० नवंबर तक प्रस्तावों पर मतदान कर सकते हैं।
- लिगेसी जावास्क्रिप्ट वैश्विक चर को सात साल के लिए बहिष्कृत कर दिया गया है। उन्हें जल्द ही सभी विकियों से हटा दिया जाएगा। जो गैजेट्स और स्क्रिप्ट उनका उपयोग करते हैं, काम करना बंद कर देंगे। आप अपने समुदाय के गैजेट्स को "group0" विकियों पर देख सकते हैं। उदाहरण के लिए परीक्षण विकिपीडिया या mediawiki.org। वहाँ लिगेसी जावास्क्रिप्ट वैश्विक चर पहले से ही अक्षम कर दिए गए हैं। पुरानी स्क्रिप्ट को ठीक करने के लिए आप माइग्रेशन गाइड पढ़ सकते हैं। [१,४२८]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बतायें। हर परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- अब आप मोबाइल दृश्य में diffs में स्थानांतरित अनुच्छेद देख सकते हैं। यह सभी भाषाओं में डेस्कटॉप दृश्य पर भी काम करता है। [१,४२९]
- सभी विकिमीडिया विकियों पर प्रशासक अब इंटरफेस व्यवस्थापक के उपयोगकर्ता अधिकारों को हटा सकते हैं। [१,४३०]
समस्याएँ
- कुछ diffs पंक्तियों को गलत क्रम में दिखाते हैं। डेवलपर्स इसे ठीक करने पर काम कर रहे हैं। [१,४३१]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- जब आप किसी उपयोगकर्ता का धन्यवाद करते हैं तो जो संदेश दिखता है वो बदल जाएगा। यह इसे समझना आसान बनाने के लिए है। [१,४३२]
- AWB संपादन सारांश में
AWBका उपयोग करना बंद कर देगा। इसके बजाय यहAWBटैग जोड़ देगा। [१,४३३] - कुछ दुरुपयोग फ़िल्टर चर बदल गए हैं। अब गैर विशेषज्ञों के लिए इन्हें समझना आसान है। पुराने चर अभी भी काम करेंगे लेकिन फ़िल्टर संपादकों को उन्हें नए चरों के साथ बदलने के लिए प्रोत्साहित किया जाता है। आप बदले गए चरों की सूची mediawiki.org पर पा सकते हैं। उनमें एक टिप्पणी है कि
Deprecated। इसके बजायउपयोग करें। एक उदाहरणarticle_textहै जो अबpage_titleहै। [१,४३४] - दुरुपयोग फ़िल्टर अब इसका उपयोग कर सकते हैं कि पृष्ठ कितना पुराना है। चर
page_ageहै। [१,४३५] - मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर २८ अगस्त से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर २९ अगस्त से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर ३० अगस्त (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
बैठकें
- आप संपादक दल से होने वाली अगली बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान आप डेवेलपर को उन त्रुटियों के बारे में बता सकते हैं जो आपको बहुत महत्वपूर्ण लगती हैं। बैठक २८ अगस्त को १८:३० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक २९ अगस्त १५:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
भावी परिवर्तन
- डेटा सेंटर परीक्षण की वजह से आप १२ सितंबर और १० अक्टूबर को एक घंटे तक विकि संपादित नहीं कर पाएंगे। यह १४:०० (यूटीसी) से शुरू होगा। यदि आप इस समय के दौरान संपादन सहेजने का प्रयास करते हैं तो आप संपादन खो सकते हैं। जिस समय में आप संपादित नहीं कर सकते एक घंटे से भी कम हो सकता है। आप इसके बारे में और अधिक पढ़ सकते हैं।
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बतायें। हर परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- There is a new user right for users who can edit CSS and JavaScript for the entire wiki. Before this all admins could edit CSS and JavaScript. This was a security risk. This group is called interface administrators. Administrators can delete user CSS and JavaScript pages. [१,४३६][१,४३७]
- There will be an A/B test on the Wikipedia mobile website. It starts this week. It tests how we show templates that show information about an article. The test will last two weeks. [१,४३८][१,४३९]
- You can now use different CSS rules for different skins when you edit templates. This is because of TemplateStyles. [१,४४०]
wp10in ORES is now calledarticlequality. [१,४४१]- When you get a new message on your talk page you get a yellow message in the toolbar. The preference to show or not show this has been removed. [१,४४२]
समस्याएँ
- UploadWizard had problems with campaigns. Users could not upload files. This has now been fixed. [१,४४३]
- You can get a notification when a link is made to a page you created. This has not worked since June. It was fixed last week. [१,४४४]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर ४ सितम्बर से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर ५ सितम्बर से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर ६ सितम्बर (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
बैठकें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक ५ सितम्बर १५:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
भावी परिवर्तन
- The Wikimedia Foundation Readers department will work on advanced mobile editing. You can read more about this and other things they plan to work on over the next year. You can also see the presentation.
- The RelatedSites extension will be removed from Wikivoyage.
- Unused projects on the Wikimedia Cloud virtual private server will be removed. This will happen in October. Projects can be marked if they are being used. [१,४४५]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बतायें। हर परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- जब आप दृश्य संपादक के साथ टेम्पलेट को जोड़ते या संपादित करते हैं तो इनपुट बॉक्स बहुत बड़े होते थे। यह तय किया गया है। जब तक आप उन पर क्लिक नहीं करेंगे तब तक इनपुट बॉक्स छोटे होंगे। फिर वे पाठ को फिट करने के लिए आकार बदल देंगे। [१,४४६]
समस्याएँ
- कुछ diffs ने लाइनों को गलत क्रम में दिखाया था। यह पिछले हफ्ते ठीक कर दिया गया था। [१,४४७]
- पढ़ने के रूप में एक क्रॉस-विकी अधिसूचना चिह्नित करना हर बार काम नहीं करता था। अन्य विकी अद्यतन नहीं किया गया था। अब यह सुधर गया है। [१,४४८]
<maplink>कुछ दिनों तक काम नहीं किया। यह एक बग की वजह से था। अब यह सुधर गया है। [१,४४९]- कुछ टेम्पलेट्स द्वारा
{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}उपयोग किया जाता है। कुछ समय के लिए{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}के साथ सहेजे गए संपादन के लिए पिछले उपयोगकर्ता का नाम सहेज लेगा, न कि आपका उपयोगकर्ता नाम। यह अब ठीक हो गया है। त्रुटि से पहले किए गए संपादन अभी भी गलत हैं और उन्हें ठीक करने की आवश्यकता होगी। [१,४५०] - जब आप किसी पृष्ठ को ले जाते हैं तो शीर्षक अभी भी पुराना पृष्ठ नाम दिखाता है। डेवलपर्स इसे ठीक करने पर काम कर रहे हैं। [१,४५१]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- डेटा सेंटर टेस्ट की वजह से आप 12 सितंबर और 10 अक्टूबर को एक घंटे तक विकी संपादित नहीं कर पाएंगे। यह 14:00 (यूटीसी) से शुरू होगा। यदि आप इस समय के दौरान सहेजने का प्रयास करते हैं तो आप संपादन खो सकते हैं। वह समय जब आप संपादित नहीं कर सकते हैं तो एक घंटे से भी कम हो सकता है। आप इसके बारे में और अधिक पढ़ सकते हैं।
- डेटा सेंटर परीक्षण के कारण इस सप्ताह मीडियाविकि का कोई नया संस्करण नहीं होगा। इस सप्ताह के लिए परिवर्तन इसके बजाय अगले सप्ताह होंगे।
बैठकें
- आप संपादक दल से होने वाली अगली बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान आप डेवेलपर को उन त्रुटियों के बारे में बता सकते हैं जो आपको बहुत महत्वपूर्ण लगती हैं। बैठक ११ सितम्बर को १८:३० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक १२ सितम्बर १५:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
भविष्य में परिवर्तन
- डेवलपर्स मोबाइल फोन पर विकियों को बेहतर बनाने पर काम करते हैं। मोबाइल दृश्य में सामग्री को पढ़ने में आसान बनाते समय आने वाली सामान्य समस्याओं की एक सूची है। आप पृष्ठ पर चीजें जोड़ सकते हैं और दूसरों से मदद करने के लिए कह सकते हैं।
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बतायें। हर परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- विकिमीडिया कॉमन्स मोबाइल ऐप का एक नया संस्करण है। आस-पास का उपयोग करके अपलोड की गई छवियां अब स्वचालित रूप से संबंधित विकिडाटा आइटम में जोड़ दी गई हैं। आप कॉमन्स पर अन्य छवियां ब्राउज़ कर सकते हैं। आप अपनी उपलब्धियां और अपने अपलोड आंकड़े देख सकते हैं। इसने कुछ बग भी तय की हैं। [१,४५२]
- मीडियाविकि वेब अनुरोधों में अब जीईटी अनुरोधों के लिए 60 सेकंड की समय सीमा और POST अनुरोधों के लिए 200 सेकंड की समय सीमा है। [१,४५३]
समस्याएँ
- आप मोबाइल संस्करण पर अधिसूचना पृष्ठ पर मेनू नहीं देख सके। अब यह सुधर गया है। [१,४५४]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- विशेष:प्राचीन पन्ने असंबद्धता पृष्ठों को छुपा सकते हैं। [१,४५५]
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर १८ सितम्बर से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर १९ सितम्बर से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर २० सितम्बर (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
बैठकें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक १९ सितम्बर १५:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
भविष्य में परिवर्तन
- डेवलपर्स नए मोबाइल वेब नेविगेशन का परीक्षण कर रहे हैं। आप इसका उपयोग कर सकते हैं और प्रतिक्रिया दे सकते हैं।
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बतायें। हर परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- वरीयताएँ फ़ॉर्म बदल कर सामान्य रूप का प्रयोग करेगा। यदि आपको कोई समस्याएँ दिखाई देती हैं तो कृपया फैब्रिकटेर पर रिपोर्ट करें। [१,४५६]
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर २५ सितम्बर से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर २६ सितम्बर से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर २७ सितम्बर (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
बैठकें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक २६ सितम्बर १५:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बतायें। हर परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- सामान्य पृष्ठ अब जावास्क्रिप्ट के रूप में लोड नहीं किए जा सकते हैं। आप URL में
?action=raw&ctype=text/javascriptका उपयोग करके ऐसा कर सकते हैं। केवल MediaWiki: नामस्थान में पूरी तरह संरक्षित पृष्ठ: या उपयोगकर्ता जावास्क्रिप्ट उपपृष्ठ अब जावास्क्रिप्ट के रूप में लोड किए जा सकते हैं। यह बेहतर सुरक्षा के लिए है। [१,४५७][१,४५८]
समस्याएँ
- Translatewiki.net से नए और अद्यतन अनुवाद थोड़ी देर के लिए विकियों तक नहीं पहुंचेंगे। आप अभी भी translatewiki.net पर संदेशों का अनुवाद कर सकते हैं। विकिमीडिया विकियों का नए अनुवादों के साथ बाद में अध्यतन किया जाएगा। यह अनुवाद प्रणाली पर चल रहे काम की वजह से है। [१,४५९][१,४६०]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर २ अक्टूबर से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर ३ अक्टूबर से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर ४ अक्टूबर (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
बैठकें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक ३ अक्टूबर १५:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
- आप विकीमीडिया फाउंडेशन सर्च प्लेटफार्म टीम के साथ बैठक में शामिल हो सकते हैं। बैठक ३ अक्टूबर को १५:०० यूटीसी पर होगी। यदि आप जानना चाहते हैं कि खोज फ़ंक्शन कैसे काम करता है या आपके कोई प्रश्न हैं तो देखें कि कैसे जुड़ें।
भावी परिवर्तन
- डेटा सेंटर परीक्षण के कारण आप १० अक्टूबर को एक घंटे तक विकि पढ़ने में तो सक्षम होंगे लेकिन संपादित नहीं कर सकेंगे। यह १४:०० (यूटीसी) से शुरू होगा। यदि आप इस समय के दौरान सम्पादन सहेजने का प्रयास करते हैं तो आप सम्पादन खो सकते हैं। वह समय जब आप संपादित नहीं कर सकते हैं एक घंटे से भी कम हो सकता है। आप इसके बारे में और अधिक पढ़ सकते हैं।
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बतायें। हर परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- शिक्षा कार्यक्रम एक्सटेंशन को सभी विकीमीडिया परियोजनाओं से हटा दिया गया था। आप इसके बजाय कार्यक्रम और आयोजन डैशबोर्ड या फाउंटेन का उपयोग कर सकते हैं। [१,४६१]
समस्याएँ
- जब आप यथादृश्य संपादिका के साथ एक तालिका से कॉपी और पेस्ट करते थे तो एक समस्या थी। यह वहाँ
hrefजोड़ सकता है जहाँ यह नहीं होना चाहिए। अब यह सुधर गया है। [१,४६२]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- डेटा सेंटर परीक्षण के कारण आप १० अक्टूबर को एक घंटे तक विकि पढ़ने में तो सक्षम होंगे लेकिन संपादित नहीं कर सकेंगे। यह १४:०० (यूटीसी) से शुरू होगा। यदि आप इस समय के दौरान सम्पादन सहेजने का प्रयास करते हैं तो आप सम्पादन खो सकते हैं। वह समय जब आप संपादित नहीं कर सकते हैं एक घंटे से भी कम हो सकता है। आप इसके बारे में और अधिक पढ़ सकते हैं।
- डेटा सेंटर परीक्षण के कारण इस सप्ताह मीडियाविकि का कोई नया संस्करण नहीं होगा। इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन इसके बजाय अगले सप्ताह होंगे।
बैठकें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक १० अक्टूबर १५:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बतायें। हर परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
समस्याएँ
- सर्वर स्विच के बाद कुछ समय के लिए कुछ पृष्ठ, संपादन और उपयोगकर्ता गायब हो गए थे। गुम सामग्री और उपयोगकर्ताओं को एक दिन के भीतर ठीक कर दिया गया था। कुछ वरीयताओं और अन्य चीजों को ठीक करने में कुछ और दिन लग सकते हैं। [१,४६३]
- विकियों का translatewiki.net से नए और अद्यतन अनुवादों के साथ फिर से अद्यतन किया गया है। यह सप्ताह में एक बार होगा। डेवलपर्स समस्या को ठीक करने पर काम कर रहे हैं ताकि हम फिर से अक्सर अनुवाद अद्यतन कर सकें। [१,४६४]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- जब आप एक दुरुपयोग फ़िल्टर बनाते हैं जो संपादन को रोकता है तो आप इसके लिए एक विशिष्ट त्रुटि संदेश लिख सकते हैं। इससे पहले सभी दुरुपयोग फ़िल्टरों के संपादन को रोकने पर एक ही त्रुटि संदेश आता था। [१,४६५]
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर १६ अक्टूबर से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर १७ अक्टूबर से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर १८ अक्टूबर (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
बैठकें
- सम्पादक दल के साथ और कोई बैठक नहीं होगी। ऐसा इसलिए है क्योंकि पर्याप्त विकिमीडियन दिलचस्पी नहीं रखते थे। जो त्रुटियाँ आपको बहुत महत्वपूर्ण लगती हैं उनके बारे में डेवलपर्स को बताने के लिए आप सामान्य रूप से फैब्रीकेटर का उपयोग कर सकते हैं। [१,४६६]
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक १७ अक्टूबर १५:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बतायें। हर परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर २३ अक्टूबर से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर २४ अक्टूबर से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर २५ अक्टूबर (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
बैठकें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक २४ अक्टूबर १५:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
भावी परिवर्तन
- The Community Wishlist Survey begins on 29 October. The survey decides what the Community Tech team will work on. You can post proposals from 29 October to 11 November. You can vote on proposals from 16 November to 30 November.
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बतायें। हर परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- आप सामुदायिक इच्छासूची सर्वेक्षण में प्रस्ताव प्रस्तुत कर सकते हैं। सर्वेक्षण निर्धारित करता है कि सामुदायिक तकनीकी दल क्या काम करेगा। आप ११ नवंबर तक प्रस्ताव प्रस्तुत कर सकते हैं। आप १६ नवंबर से ३० नवंबर तक प्रस्तावों पर मतदान कर सकते हैं।
- The wikis now have a content security policy report. This means that you might get a warning in your javascript console when you load external resources in your user scripts. For security reasons it is recommended that you don't do this. It might not be possible to load external resources in your scripts in the future. [१,४६७]
समस्याएँ
- आपकी ध्यानसूची यह दिखा सकती कि आप कौनसे परिवर्तन देख लिए हैं। यह कुछ दिनों से काम नहीं कर रहा था। इसे ठीक कर दिया गया है। [१,४६८]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर ३० अक्टूबर से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर ३१ अक्टूबर से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर १ नवम्बर (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
- २००६ विकिपाठ सम्पादक अब उपलब्ध नहीं है। यह वरीयताओं से हटा दिया जाएगा। यह बहुत समय से सामान्य सम्पादक नहीं रहा है। इसे २०१० विकिपाठ सम्पादक द्वारा प्रतिस्थापित कर दिया गया था। [१,४६९][१,४७०]
बैठकें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक ३१ अक्टूबर १५:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बतायें। हर परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- अब आप साँचों को सम्पादित करने के लिए TemplateWizard का प्रयोग कर सकते हैं। यह केवल २०१० विकिपाठ सम्पादक में काम करता है यथादृश्य संपादिका या २०१७ विकिपाठ सम्पादक में नहीं। यदि आप
पर क्लिक करते हैं तो आप पॉप-अप में जानकारी भर सकते हैं। आप TemplateWizard को अपनी बीटा सुविधा वरीयताओं में चालू कर सकते हैं। [१,४७१]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- आप संपादन संघर्ष को दो कॉलम दृश्य में देखना चुन सकते हैं। यह एक बीटा सुविधा है। यह आपको अपनी वरीयताओं में मिलेगा। दो कॉलम संपादन संघर्ष के लिए इंटरफेस बदल जाएगा। आप और पढ़ सकते हैं।
- जब आप यथादृश्य संपादिका के साथ संपादित करते हैं तो आप "स्वचालित" उद्धरण टैब का उपयोग कर सकते हैं। यह आपको उद्धरण उत्पन्न करने में मदद करता है। अब आप इस टैब में सादा पाठ उद्धरण या जर्नल लेख या पुस्तक का शीर्षक लिखने में सक्षम होंगे। यह क्रॉसरेफ़ और वर्ल्डकैट डेटाबेस खोजेगा और शीर्ष परिणाम जोड़ देगा। [१,४७२]
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर ६ नवम्बर से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर ७ नवम्बर से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर ८ नवम्बर (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
बैठकें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक ७ नवम्बर १५:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बतायें। हर परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- कुछ पुराने मोबाइल ब्राउज़र फिर से इच्छासूची का उपयोग कर सकते हैं। यह थोड़े समय से काम नहीं कर रहा था। इन ब्राउज़रों को ग्रेड सी ब्राउज़र कहा जाता है। उदाहरण के लिए यह विंडोज एक्सप्लोरर वाले विंडोज फोन ८.१ और विंडोज १० वाले लुमिया ५३५ के लिए सहायक है। [१,४७३]
समस्याएँ
- आप दो कॉलम दृश्य में संपादन संघर्षों को देखना चुन सकते हैं। यह एक बीटा सुविधा है। आप इसे अपनी वरीयताओं में देख सकते हैं। इस दृश्य का उपयोग करने वाले उपयोगकर्ता जब कोई पूर्वावलोकन देखना चाहते थे तो संपादन संघर्ष समाधान पृष्ठ दिखाई देता था। यह ठीक कर दिया गया है। [१,४७४][१,४७५][१,४७६]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर १३ नवम्बर से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर १४ नवम्बर से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर १५ नवम्बर (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
बैठकें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक १४ नवम्बर १५:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
भावी परिवर्तन
- लेखों का अनुवाद करने के लिए आप सामग्री अनुवाद टूल का उपयोग कर सकते हैं। डेवलपर एक नये संस्करण पर काम कर रहे हैं। परिवर्तनों में से एक रखरखाव श्रेणी होगी। लेख जहाँ उपयोगकर्ता बिना किसी बदलाव के मशीन अनुवाद से बहुत अधिक पाठ जोड़ते हैं, उस श्रेणी में होंगे। ऐसा इसलिए है ताकि समुदाय उसकी समीक्षा कर सके। उपयोगकर्ताओं को इस आलेख को प्रकाशित करने से पहले चेतावनी दी जाएगी कि इसमें मशीन अनुवादों से बहुत अपरिवर्तित पाठ है। [१,४७७]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बतायें। हर परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- आप सामुदायिक इच्छासूची सर्वेक्षण में प्रस्ताव प्रस्तुत कर सकते हैं। सर्वेक्षण निर्धारित करता है कि सामुदायिक तकनीकी दल क्या काम करेगा। आप ११ नवंबर तक प्रस्ताव प्रस्तुत कर सकते हैं। आप १६ नवंबर से ३० नवंबर तक प्रस्तावों पर मतदान कर सकते हैं।
-
sameAsडेटा के लिए एक ए/बी परीक्षण हो रहा है। यह खोज इंजन के साथ सही जानकारी को ढूंढना आसान बनाता है। यह विकि पृष्ठ के मेटाडाटा को बदलता है। यह पृष्ठ के रूप को नहीं बदलता। [१,४७८]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- इस सप्ताह मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण नहीं आएगा।
बैठकें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक २१ नवम्बर १५:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
भावी परिवर्तन
- विकिमीडिया विकि पाठकों को पृष्ठों की सामग्री की समस्याएँ दिखाने के लिए साँचों का उपयोग करते हैं। उदाहरण के लिए यदि कोई स्रोत नहीं है या पृष्ठ को फिर से लिखना आवश्यक है। जल्द ही इन साँचों का उपयोग करने पर मोबाइल वेबसाइट अधिक जानकारी दिखाएगी। कुछ साँचों को अद्यतन करने की आवश्यकता हो सकती है। [१,४७९]
- शिक्षा कार्यक्रम एक्सटेंशन को सभी विकीमीडिया परियोजनाओं से हटा दिया गया था। एक्सटेंशन द्वारा उपयोग की गई डेटाबेस तालिका को संग्रहीत किया जाएगा। यह एक महीने में होगा। अगर आप अपने विकि पर जानकारी चाहते हैं तो आपको इसे सामान्य विकि पृष्ठ पर स्थानांतरित कर देना चाहिए। [१,४८०]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बतायें। हर परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- On wikis with translatable pages you could create a mess when you moved a page that had translatable subpages. A subpage is when you use
/to create a new page:/wiki/Page/Subpage. The subpages would be moved but not the translations. The subpages are no longer automatically be moved. This is to make it safer to move pages. [१,४८१]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- The advanced search interface will be available by default on all Wikimedia wikis. It makes it easier to use some of the special search functions that most editors don't know exist. It's already active on German, Farsi, Arabic and Hungarian Wikipedia. [१,४८२]
- Special:UnusedCategories show empty categories with no files or other categories. You can soon choose to not show soft redirect categories or some maintenance categories there. You can do this with the magic word
__EXPECTUNUSEDCATEGORY__. [१,४८३] - The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from २७ नवम्बर. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from २८ नवम्बर. It will be on all wikis from २९ नवम्बर (calendar).
बैठकें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक २८ नवम्बर १५:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
भावी परिवर्तन
- The
mw.util.jsMessage()function was deprecated in 2012. It will be removed next week. Look for the warningUse of "mw.util.jsMessage" is deprecatedin the JavaScript console to know if you use an affected script or gadget. If you are a gadget maintainer you should check if your JavaScript code containsmw.util.jsMessage. There is a migration guide. It explains how to usemw.notifyinstead. [१,४८४]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बतायें। हर परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- यदि वे स्वयं के अलावा किसी अन्य व्यक्ति द्वारा अवरोधित किए जाते हैं तो व्यवस्थापक स्वयं को अनवरोधित नहीं कर पाएंगे। ऐसा इसलिए है क्योंकि अगर कोई अन्य व्यक्ति व्यवस्थापक खाते लेता है और अन्य व्यवस्थापक उन्हें अवरोधित नहीं कर सकते हैं तो इससे नुकसान हो सकता है। यदि यह आपके समुदाय के लिए एक समस्या है तो आप इसे फैब्रिकेटर पर रिपोर्ट कर सकते हैं। आप मेटा पर भी सवाल पूछ सकते हैं। फ़ेब्रिकेटर पर इस बारे में एक चर्चा है कि इसे कैसे हल किया जाए यदि दो व्यवस्थापक एक दूसरे के साथ एक छोटी विकी पर वहस करते हैं। [१,४८५]
- जब आप उन्हें MediaViewer. में देखते हैं तो छोटी एसवीजी छवियां अब बड़ी होती हैं। [१,४८६]
- आप अनुभाग नाम पर क्लिक करके संपादन सारांश से एक अनुभाग में जा सकते हैं। इससे पहले आपको तीर पर क्लिक करना पड़ा। [१,४८७]
- जब आप एक फुटनोट पर कूद गए जिसे किसी लेख में कई बार संदर्भित किया गया था, तो यह देखना मुश्किल हो सकता है कि आप टेक्स्ट में कहां थे। अब आपके रास्ते वापस खोजने में मदद के लिए कूद अंक और हाइलाइट्स हैं। [१,४८८][१,४८९]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- इस सप्ताह मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण नहीं आएगा।
बैठकें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक ५ दिसम्बर १५:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बतायें। हर परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर ११ दिसम्बर से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर १२ दिसम्बर से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर १३ दिसम्बर (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
बैठकें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक १२ दिसम्बर १६:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
भावी परिवर्तन
- नए खातों के लिए अब कम से कम ८ वर्ण लंबे कूटशब्द की आवश्यकता होगी। प्रबंधक, इंटरफ़ेस प्रबंधक, प्रशासक, पर्यवेक्षकों, सेंट्रल नोटिस प्रबंधक, वैश्विक नामकरण, उपयोगकर्ता की जांच करने वाले, प्रबंधक और कुछ अन्य उपयोगकर्ता समूहों कम से कम 10 वर्ण लंबे कूटशब्द की आवश्यकता होगी। ऐसा इसलिए है क्योंकि यदि हमलावर इन खातों को लेते हैं तो वो विकि को नुकसान पहुंचा सकता है। [१,४९०][१,४९१]
- जब आप एक फुटनोट पर जाते हैं तो यह आपको पॉप-अप के रूप में संदर्भ दिखाएगा। ऐसा इसलिए है ताकि आपको संदर्भ देखने के लिए पृष्ठ के बिलकुल नीचे नहीं जाना पड़े। यह २०१९ में होगा। कुछ विकियों में पहले से ही गैजेट हैं जो ऐसा करते हैं। आप इसे बंद कर पाएंगे। [१,४९२]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बतायें। हर परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
तकनीकी समाचार
- Because of the holidays the next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 7 January 2019.
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- Some templates that show notices about the content of the page will now be shown on the mobile website. In many cases they were hidden before. [१,४९३][१,४९४]
- Admins can no longer unblock themselves, except for self-blocks. A blocked admin can block the user who blocked them but no one else. This is so no one can block all admins on a wiki without being stopped. [१,४९५]
- The ParserMigration extension has been removed. It compared the result of two versions of the MediaWiki wikitext parsing pipeline. It was used when we moved to the Remex parsing library instead of Tidy.
समस्याएँ
<ref>tags can use parameters such as "name" or "group". For example<ref name="adams" group="books">. If a<ref>tag has more than two parameters all parameters are ignored. You don't get a warning that they don't work. This will soon be fixed. [१,४९६]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर १८ दिसम्बर से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर १९ दिसम्बर से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर २० दिसम्बर (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
बैठकें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक १९ दिसम्बर १६:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
भावी परिवर्तन
- The Wikimedia Foundation Android app team are working on making it easier to edit on mobile phones. You can read more about these plans. If you have an Android phone and speak at least two languages you can help testing in English. Tell Dchen (WMF) you want to be part of the testing by writing on her talk page or email her.
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tiles.wmflabs.organdwma.wmflabs.orgwill stop working. They have no maintainers and run an old operating system. Tools which use it could stop working. This includes the mapnik gadget, hill shading, and hike and bike layers. New maintainers could help out and keep it going. [१,४९७]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
टेक न्यूज़ के लेखक, संपादक और अनुवादक आपको 2019 की शुभकामनाएँ देते हैं।
हाल के बदलाव
- RelatedSites extension has been undeployed. It was used to create interwiki links on Wikivoyage, now handled by Wikidata. [१,४९८]
- MediaWiki logstash logging is moving to a new infrastructure. This is an ongoing deployment. [१,४९९]
- codesearch.wmflabs.org has been updated, with new and updated repositories and a new search options for code. [१,५००]
- On several wikis, an account named "दुरुपयोग फ़िल्टर" has been created on December 17 to perform some technical maintenance on AbuseFilter. This account has sysop rights but it's a system user and no human can use it. The account already existed on wikis where AbuseFilter can perform blocks, which are issued using this account. See T212268 for more information and future plans.
समस्यायें
- In AbuseFilter, the "कार्यों की रेट सीमा पार होने पर कदम उठाएँ" action takes three parameters: count, period and groups. They must now strictly respect the requirements listed on mediawiki.org. A list of broken filters is on Phabricator. If you're familiar with AbuseFilter, please take a look and fix them. [१,५०१]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from ८ जनवरी. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from ९ जनवरी. It will be on all wikis from १० जनवरी (calendar).
बैठकें
- Search Platform Office Hours is rescheduled to January 9. Check the details for time and date.
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बतायें। हर परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- अब आप सामग्री अनुवाद टूल में गूगल अनुवाद का उपयोग कर सकते हैं। [१,५०२][१,५०३]
- अब आप कॉमन्स पर फ़ाइलों में कैप्शन जोड़ सकते हैं। कैप्शन फ़ाइल का संक्षिप्त विवरण हैं। हमारे द्वारा उपयोग की जाने वाली सभी भाषाओं में उनका अनुवाद किया जा सकता है। वे विकिटेक्स मार्कअप का उपयोग नहीं कर सकते
- इससे पहले एक उद्धृत एचटीएमएल विशेषता को एक स्थान का पालन करना पड़ता था। अब यह नहीं है। इसका मतलब है कि जब आप पाठ के उस हिस्से को संपादित नहीं करते थे, तब भी कुछ पृष्ठ अलग दिख सकते हैं। [१,५०४][१,५०५]
- Templates with <templatestyles> could not show the difference between the the live template and the sandbox version when they were tested. This has now been fixed. <templatestyles> has a new
wrapperparameter now. You can use it for selectors like.mw-parser-output <wrapper parameter value> <selector from CSS page>. [१,५०६]
समस्यायें
- जब आप हाल के बदलावों के फीड में या किसी पृष्ठ के इतिहास में कोई संपादन देखते हैं, तो उनमें से कुछ में |टैग] होता है। कुछ टैग अपने आप जुड़ जाते हैं। आप मैन्युअल रूप से टैग भी जोड़ सकते हैं। संपादन के लिए टैग जो मैन्युअल रूप से जोड़े गए हैं, संपादित किए जा सकते हैं। यह थोड़ी देर के लिए काम नहीं किया। अब यह सुधर गया है। [१,५०७]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- You can move files from your wiki to Wikimedia Commons and keep the file history with the new FileExporter. It will be a beta feature on all wikis from 16 January. If you want to test it you activate it and check your wiki's configuration file.
- यदि किसी ने अपना खाता संभाला है तो विकर्स को अधिक नुकसान हो सकता है। इसमें व्यवस्थापक और अन्य उपयोगकर्ता समूह शामिल हैं। वे उन पासवर्ड का उपयोग नहीं कर सकते हैं जो सामान्य पासवर्ड की सूची में हैं। कॉमन्स पासवर्ड वाले खातों को संभालना आसान है। आम पासवर्डों की सूची को कुछ हफ्ते पहले बनाया गया था और इसमें एक अलग त्रुटि संदेश है। कुछ उपयोगकर्ता समूहों को उन लोगों के लिए जोड़ा गया है जो कॉमन्स पासवर्ड का उपयोग नहीं कर सकते हैं। यह उपयोगकर्ता अधिकारों के साथ सभी खातों की सुरक्षा के लिए है जो नुकसान का कारण बन सकता है। [१,५०८]
- The AbuseFilter variable
minor_edithas been removed. It was deprecated in 2016. Now you can't use it. You can fix the filters using it. You can find them if you use the search bar on Special:AbuseFilter. - मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर १५ जनवरी से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर १६ जनवरी से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर १७ जनवरी (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
बैठकें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक १६ जनवरी १५:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
भविष्य में परिवर्तन
- भविष्य में उपयोगकर्ताओं को एक पृष्ठ या नाम स्थान के संपादन से अवरुद्ध किया जा सकता है। "ब्लॉक" का अर्थ क्या होगा। इसका मतलब है कि आपको उन उपकरणों को अपडेट करना पड़ सकता है जिन्हें आप संभालते हैं जो ब्लॉक को संभालते हैं। [१,५०९]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
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
- Some people did not get last week's issue of Tech News. This was because of a problem with MassMessage. If you did not get last week's issue, you can read it on Meta. [१,५१०]
Recent changes
- The content translation tool can now use version 2 as the default version for users who turned on the beta feature. For example it adds the tracking category
Pages with unreviewed translationsto translations that might have used machine translations without fixing the problems. This is so others can find them. You can find this category inSpecial:TrackingCategorieson Wikipedias. - https://mediawiki2latex-large.wmflabs.org can now convert collects of up to 800 pages to PDF, EPUB or ODT. Previously this was 200 pages.
Problems
- When a template was edited with the visual editor, it would sometimes put all information on one line. This makes it difficult to read for editors who use the wikitext editor. It also makes it more difficult to see what happened in a diff. This problem affected edits made between 8 and 17 January and is now fixed. [१,५११]
- MassMessage is used to post a message to many pages. It has not been working reliably. Some messages have not been posted to everyone. [१,५१२][१,५१३]
- Because of a database problem that had to be fixed immediately you could not edit most wikis for a couple of minutes on 17 January (UTC). This has now been fixed. [१,५१४]
Changes later this week
- You will be able to use template styles in the
Modulenamespace. [१,५१५] - The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 22 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 23 January. It will be on all wikis from 24 January (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 23 January at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बतायें। हर परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल के बदलाव
- विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय से नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में अन्य उपयोगकर्ताओं को बताएं। सभी परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेंगे। अनुवाद उपलब्ध हैं।
समस्यायें
- जब कोई पृष्ठ पर एक नाम ले जाता है जो पहले से ही मौजूद होता है, तो वह पृष्ठ जिसमें वह नाम होता है जिसे हटा दिया गया है। कुछ महीनों के लिए यह हमेशा काम नहीं करता था। कुछ उपयोगकर्ताओं ने इसके बजाय एक त्रुटि संदेश देखा। अब यह सुधर गया है। [१,५१६]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- इस सप्ताह मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण नहीं आएगा।
बैठकें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक ३० जनवरी १६:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय से नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार कृपया इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में अन्य उपयोगकर्ताओं को बताएं। सभी परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेंगे। अनुवाद उपलब्ध हैं।
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- विशेष:प्राथमिकता में दुर्भाग्य से एक बॉक्स को खोलना आसान था। अब यह तय हो जाएगा। [१,५१७]
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर ५ फ़रवरी से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर ६ फ़रवरी से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर ७ फ़रवरी (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
बैठकें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक ६ फ़रवरी १६:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बतायें। हर परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल के बदलाव
- आप मोबाइल पाठकों को पेज की समस्याएं दिखाने के लिए
एमबॉक्ससीएसएस क्लास का उपयोग कर सकते हैं। जब आप एक बॉक्स का उपयोग करते हैं तो ऐसी कक्षाएं होती हैं जिनका आप उपयोग कर सकते हैं।
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर १२ फ़रवरी से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर १३ फ़रवरी से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर १४ फ़रवरी (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
बैठकें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक १३ फ़रवरी १६:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बतायें। हर परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- जब आप मोबाइल वेब पर किसी को धन्यवाद करते हैं, तो धन्यवाद को रद्द करने के लिए अब आपके पास दो सेकंड का समय होगा। यह उस स्थिति में है जब आपने गलती से धन्यवाद बटन पर क्लिक किया था। [१,५१८]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर १९ फ़रवरी से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर २० फ़रवरी से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर २१ फ़रवरी (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
बैठकें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक २० फ़रवरी १६:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
भावी परिवर्तन
- यदि किसी नाम का कोई पृष्ठ नहीं है, तो उसके मोबाइल खोज परिणामों में एक लाल कड़ी जोड़ने का प्रस्ताव है। यह डेस्कटॉप पर ऐसे ही काम करता है। आप प्रतिक्रिया छोड़ सकते हैं। [१,५१९]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बतायें। हर परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- आईओएस विकिपीडिया ऐप का एक नया संस्करण है। उदाहरण के लिए यह सिंटैक्स हाइलाइटिंग और नए टूलबार के लिए विकेटेक्स्ट लिखना आसान है। इसमें रात मोड भी है, एक पन्न-इन-पेज फ़ंक्शन और अन्य चीजें हैं। आप प्रतिक्रिया और सुझाव दे सकते हैं [१,५२०]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- जब आप अपनी वॉचलिस्ट या हालिया परिवर्तन पृष्ठ को देखते हैं तो आप संपादन की समीक्षा के लिए नए फ़िल्टर का उपयोग कर सकते हैं। वहां आप विभिन्न संपादन को फ़िल्टर करने के लिए टैग चुन सकते हैं। खाली टैग अब नहीं दिखाए जाएंगे [१,५२१]
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर २६ फ़रवरी से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर २७ फ़रवरी से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर २८ फ़रवरी (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
बैठकें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक २७ फ़रवरी १६:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
भावी परिवर्तन
- एंड्रॉइड के लिए विकिपीडिया ऐप उपयोगकर्ताओं को विकीडिया विवरणों को विकीडिया का ऑब्जेक्ट्स को जोड़ने के लिए आमंत्रित करेगा, जिनके पास विकिपीडिया लेख हैं लेकिन कोई विकृत विवरण नहीं है। यह केवल उन उपयोगकर्ताओं को आमंत्रित करेगा जिन्होंने ऐप में वापस बिना विकृत विवरणों को पुनः प्राप्त नहीं किया है। यह स्पैम और खराब संपादन से बचने के लिए है आप अधिक पढ़ सकते हैं और प्रतिक्रियाछोड़ सकते हैं।
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बतायें। हर परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर ५ मार्च से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर ६ मार्च से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर ७ मार्च (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
बैठकें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक ६ मार्च १६:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
भावी परिवर्तन
- आप वार्ता पृष्ठों के भविष्य के बारे में प्रतिक्रिया दे सकते हैं।
- मोबाइल वेबसाइट आपके कंप्यूटर या फोन पर एक सामान्य फ़ॉन्ट के बजाय मानक फ़ॉन्ट्स का उपयोग करेगी। इससे कई स्क्रिप्ट में पाठ पढ़ने में आसानी होगी। [१,५२२][१,५२३]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बतायें। हर परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- Pages can use geocoordinates from Wikidata with the
mw.wikibase.entity:formatStatementsLua function or the#statementsparser function. If they do, they will now be shown using a Kartographer<maplink>if the wiki can use Kartographer. You can report bugs or ask questions on Phabricator. - अब विकिमीडिया विकियों पर लिंकस्ट्रीम लिंक देखने के लिए जब लिंक जोड़े या हटाए जाते हैं। आप चर्चा और योजना पढ़ सकते हैं।
समस्याएँ
- कुछ विकि 19 मार्च (UTC) को थोड़े समय के लिए संपादित नहीं कर पाएंगे। यह [15:00 UTC|15:00] यूटीसी पर शुरू होगा। यह 15 मिनट तक चलेगा लेकिन शायद कम होगा। आप प्रभावित विकियों की सूची देख सकते हैं। यह नेटवर्क रखरखाव के कारण है। आप अभी भी विकी पढ़ सकते हैं।
- संपादकों जो दृश्य संपादक के साथ संपादित करने के लिए फ़ायरफ़ॉक्स का उपयोग करते हैं उन्हें पाठ की प्रतिलिपि बनाने में समस्या थी। जब उन्होंने पाठ का चयन करने की कोशिश की जिसमें फ़ुटनोट्स, टेम्प्लेट या बीच में चित्र शामिल थे, तो वे अक्सर केवल पाठ का हिस्सा होते हैं। अब यह सुधर गया है। [१,५२४]
- 8 मार्च को कुछ मानचित्रों ने कुछ समय के लिए काम नहीं किया। यह तय हो गया है। [१,५२५][१,५२६]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर १२ मार्च से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर १३ मार्च से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर १४ मार्च (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
बैठकें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक १३ मार्च १६:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय से नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार कृपया इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में अन्य उपयोगकर्ताओं को बताएं। सभी परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेंगे। अनुवाद उपलब्ध हैं।
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- When you use rollback you will be able to get a confirmation prompt on most wikis. It asks you if you wanted to do the rollback. This is to avoid misclicks. You will have to opt in to get it. On German Wikipedia it will be an opt-out feature from 28 March. [१,५२७][१,५२८]
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर १९ मार्च से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर २० मार्च से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर २१ मार्च (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
बैठकें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक २० मार्च १६:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
भावी परिवर्तन
- Admins will be able to block someone from editing a page or a namespace. This already works on a few Wikimedia wikis. You can read more. If your wiki wants to be an early tester of this, you can tell the developers. [१,५२९]
- Toolforge will shut down the Ubuntu Trusty job grid. This will happen the week of 25 March. Tools that use this grid needs to be moved to the new Debian Stretch job grid. If they haven't, they will be taken offline. Maintainers can restart the tools later. Users may not be able to use them in the meanwhile. You can see a list of affected tools.
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय से नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार कृपया इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में अन्य उपयोगकर्ताओं को बताएं। सभी परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेंगे। अनुवाद उपलब्ध हैं।
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- सभी नए अनुवादों के लिए सामग्री अनुवाद टूल के नए संस्करण का उपयोग किया जाएगा। पुराने संस्करण का उपयोग अभी भी उन अनुवादों के लिए किया जाएगा जो इसके साथ शुरू किए गए थे। अधिकांश उपयोगकर्ता कोई भी परिवर्तन नहीं देखेंगे। प्रकाशित अनुवादों में से 80% से अधिक पहले से ही नए संस्करण का उपयोग कर रहे हैं। [१,५३०]
समस्याएँ
- iOS में सफ़ारी पर सम्पादन करने में समस्या आती थी। जबाप सम्पादन सारांश लिखते थे तो सम्पादन को सहेज नहीं पाते थे। यह अब ठीक कर दिया गया है। [१,५३१]
- The editing toolbar sometimes disappears when you scroll on iOS devices. This will be fixed soon. [१,५३२]
- Wikis can over-ride interface messages on-wiki. A problem meant that sometimes an old versions of any changed messages were shown instead. This included the sitenotice and other important parts of the interface. This was fixed at around 2019-03-22 16:00 (UTC). Logged-out users may still get the wrong message. Purging the page should fix it for them. [१,५३३]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर २६ मार्च से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर २७ मार्च से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर २८ मार्च (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
बैठकें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक २७ मार्च १६:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय से नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार कृपया इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में अन्य उपयोगकर्ताओं को बताएं। सभी परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेंगे। अनुवाद उपलब्ध हैं।
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- सूचनाएँ आपको विकि पर होने वाली चीजों के बारे में बताती हैं। आप अपने द्वारा बनाए गए पृष्ठों की नयी कड़ियों के बारे में सूचनाएँ चालू कर सकते हैं। प्रदर्शन कारणों से आप अब इस बारे में ई-मेल प्राप्त नहीं कर सकते। [१,५३४]
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर २ अप्रैल से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर ३ अप्रैल से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर ४ अप्रैल (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
बैठकें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक ३ अप्रैल १५:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय से नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार कृपया इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में अन्य उपयोगकर्ताओं को बताएं। सभी परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेंगे। अनुवाद उपलब्ध हैं।
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- More wikis are now testing visual editor section editing for mobile users. You can read more.
- Admins on French and Polish Wikipedia can block someone from editing a page or a namespace. If your wiki wants to get these blocks before they are available to all wikis, you can tell the developers. [१,५३५][१,५३६]
समस्याएँ
- You will be able read but not edit most wikis for 30 minutes on 11 April at 05:00 (UTC). This is because of a hardware problem. You can see a list of the affected wikis. [१,५३७]
- A map update caused some problems on 29 March and 30 March. It was rolled back. [१,५३८]
- Pages on some Wikivoyages had problems with the top headline. This has been fixed. [१,५३९]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- When you add an edit summary the VisualEditor will search your recent edit summaries in case you want to re-use one. This works in both the visual and wikitext modes on desktop. It also works on the mobile site. [१,५४०]
- The Wikimedia wikis will get a URL shortener. This will work from 11 April. You can read more. [१,५४१]
- The
{{REVISIONID}}magic word will no longer work. This is for performance reasons. When you preview a page it will return""(empty string). When you read a page it will return"-"(dash). For now this will only affect content namespaces. [१,५४२] - मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर ९ अप्रैल से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर १० अप्रैल से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर ११ अप्रैल (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
बैठकें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक १० अप्रैल १५:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
भावी परिवर्तन
- You will be able to preview references. This means that when you hover over the link you will get a popup that shows you a preview of the reference. It will work much like page previews. This is so you don't have to go to the bottom of the page to see a reference. This will now be available as a beta feature on German and Arabic Wikipedia. [१,५४३][१,५४४]
- The Wikidata JSON output will change. Empty containers will be serialised as empty objects. This is a breaking change that will affect tools that use JSON outputs and APIs. It will happen on 30 April. You can read more and see how to test your code.
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय से नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार कृपया इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में अन्य उपयोगकर्ताओं को बताएं। सभी परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेंगे। अनुवाद उपलब्ध हैं।
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- विकिपाठ संपादक के लिए अब सभी विकियों में टेम्पलेटविज़ार्ड हैं।
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर १६ अप्रैल से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर १७ अप्रैल से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर १८ अप्रैल (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
बैठकें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक १७ अप्रैल १५:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
भावी परिवर्तन
- विकिडेटा में
suggestionनाम की एक नई अवरोध स्थिति आएगी। इससेWikibaseQualityConstraintsअवरोध जाँच एपीआई के काम करने का तरीक़ा बदल जाएगा। [१,५४५][१,५४६] - आप कॉमन्स पर संरचित डेटा के लिए
depictsप्रॉपर्टी का परीक्षण कर सकते हैं।
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय से नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार कृपया इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में अन्य उपयोगकर्ताओं को बताएं। सभी परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेंगे। अनुवाद उपलब्ध हैं।
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- The advanced search function URL now shows which namespaces you search in. The namespace field is collapsed by default on the search page. You can also add new fields to the search interface through a hook. [१,५४७][१,५४८][१,५४९]
- The wikis now look slightly different in the mobile web version. [१,५५०]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- इस सप्ताह मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण नहीं आएगा।
बैठकें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक २३ अप्रैल १५:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
भावी परिवर्तन
- Wikipedia articles will have the
sameAsmeta property. It adds structured data. This makes it easier for search engines to find Wikipedia articles. It also makes it easier to reuse content. There will an A/B test. [१,५५१][१,५५२]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
हाल के बदलाव
- The Wikipedia app for Android now invites users to add Wikidata descriptions to Wikidata objects that have Wikipedia articles but no Wikidata descriptions. It will only invite users who have added a number of Wikidata descriptions in the app without being reverted. This is to avoid spam and bad edits. [१,५५३][१,५५४]
समस्यायें
- Tech News was late last week because of a MassMessage bug. Other newsletters had the same problem. [१,५५५]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- You will see when you last refreshed the recent changes page. This is so you can see how recent the changes are. [१,५५६]
- When you write a comment in Structured Discussions but have not posted it yet your web browser will save it in
local storageinstead ofsession storage. This means you do not lose them even if you close your web browser. Structured Discussions used to be called Flow. [१,५५७] - You will be able to turn off milestone notifications. Milestone notifications congratulate you when you have made certain numbers of edits. [१,५५८]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from ३० अप्रैल. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from १ मई. It will be on all wikis from २ मई (calendar).
बैठकें
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on १ मई at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
भावी परिवर्तन
- The Wikidata
wb_termstable will be dropped. This will affect some Wikidata tools. They need to be updated. The table has become too big which is causing problems. This will happen on 29 May. You can read more. You can ask for help if you need it. - Wikimedia wikis will soon use a token when you log out. This changes how the API works. Some tools might need to be updated. [१,५५९]
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विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार कृपया इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में अन्य उपयोगकर्ताओं को बताएँ। सभी परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेंगे। अनुवाद उपलब्ध हैं।
समस्याएँ
- Special:Watchlist can show the wrong information. It does not always show which edits are read and which are unread. The developers are working on solving the problem. [१,५६०]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर ७ मई से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर ८ मई से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर ९ मई (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
बैठकें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक ८ मई १५:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बतायें। हर परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर १४ मई से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर १५ मई से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर १६ मई (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
बैठकें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक १५ मई १५:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बतायें। हर परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल के बदलाव
- The report for phase 1 of the talk pages consultation 2019 has been published. Communities are invited to start phase 2 of the consultation on their wikis.
समस्यायें
- कुछ दिनों के लिए अन्य विकिमीडिया विकियों पर कॉमन्स से फ़ाइलों के लिए फ़ाइल विवरण ठीक से नहीं दिखाए गए थे। उदाहरण के लिए छवि विवरण और लाइसेंस जानकारी गायब थी। अब यह सुधर गया है। [१,५६१][१,५६२]
- जब आप उन्हें देखने का प्रयास करते हैं तो कुछ भिन्नताएं एक त्रुटि संदेश दिखाती हैं। डेवलपर्स इसे ठीक करने पर काम कर रहे हैं। यह कुछ संपादित टिप्पणियों के कारण हो सकता है। [१,५६३][१,५६४]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर २१ मई से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर २२ मई से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर २३ मई (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
बैठकें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक २२ मई १५:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
भावी परिवर्तन
- विकिपीडिया पर सामग्री अनुवाद उपकरण मशीन अनुवाद का उपयोग कर सकते हैं। ऐसे अनुवादों को रोकने के लिए एक प्रणाली है जहाँ संपादक मशीन अनुवाद की गलतियों को ठीक नहीं करते हैं। यह चेतावनी देता है या उन्हें रोक देता है अगर वे सिर्फ मशीन अनुवाद उन्हें कॉपी करते हैं। यदि यह प्रणाली बहुत सख्त है या पर्याप्त सख्त नहीं है तो आप भाषा टीम को बताएं। [१,५६५]
- Wikidata
wbeditentityAPI समापन बिंदु सभी उपनामों को हटा देगा यदि अनुरोध में कोई अन्य उपनाम शामिल हो। इस तरह काम करना चाहिए था। बग के कारण यह इस तरह से काम नहीं कर रहा है। यह 12 जून से शुरू होगा। [१,५६६]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
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 later this week
- Big changes to the replica database will happen on 3 June. Some tools on Cloud Services will stop working if the maintainers do not update them to use the new schema. This probably affects tools that query for revisions or log entries made by a user. [१,५६७][१,५६८]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 May. It will be on all wikis from 30 May (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 29 May at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- You can now write all special letters in all African Wikipedia languages. This works in the desktop version. [१,५६९]
- There is now a field called
depictson Commons. This is a way to show what is in a picture with the help of Wikidata. It is still in development. [१,५७०] - Some tools on Toolforge may break on or after 3 June because of database changes. Maintainers should update their tools to use the new schema. [१,५७१][१,५७२]
Problems
- You will be able to read but not to edit Wikimedia Commons for 30 minutes on 19 June at 05:00 (UTC). This is to fix a hardware problem. [१,५७३]
Changes later this week
- Some wikis have one tab for the visual editor and one tab for a wikitext editor. Others wikis just have one tab. If your wiki has two tabs, clicking a link to create a new page has always opened a wikitext editor. It will now open the editor you used the last time you edited. [१,५७४]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 4 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 5 May. It will be on all wikis from 6 May (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 5 May at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बताएँ। हर परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- जब आप विकि पर किसी पृष्ठ से एक पीडीएफ बनाते हैं तो यह अब प्रोटॉन द्वारा किया जाता है। इससे पहले हम इलेक्ट्रॉन का उपयोग करते थे। इसे वैसा ही दिखना चाहिए लेकिन बेहतर काम करना चाहिए। दोनों क्रोमियम का उपयोग करते हैं। यह प्रणाली जब आप कई लेखों को एक किताब में इकट्ठा करते हैं और उनसे पीडीएफ बनाते हैं उससे अलग है। [१,५७५][१,५७६]
- ध्वजांकित संशोधन एक्सटेंशन अब मानक OOUI आइकन का उपयोग करता है। स्थिति के लिए अतिरिक्त छोटे सुधार अगले परिनियोजन में होंगे। [१,५७७]
- बॉट्स और अन्य स्क्रिप्ट जो एक पहचानने योग्य उपयोगकर्ता-एजेंट सेट नहीं करते हैं, के अनुरोध सख्ती से सीमित किए गये हो सकते हैं, जब तक कि वे स्वयं की पहचान ठीक प्रकार से नहीं देते। [१,५७८]
समस्याएँ
- कृपया जाँच लें कि आपके विकि पर ध्वजांकित संशोधन विन्यास आपकी अपेक्षा के अनुरूप है (या कुछ सप्ताह पहले जैसे है) यदि नहीं, तो कृपया [$ fr इसकी सूचना दें]। [१,५७९]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- इस सप्ताह मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण नहीं आएगा।
बैठकें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक १२ जून १५:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बताएँ। हर परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
समस्याएँ
- आप 19 जून को ०५:०० (यू॰सी॰टी॰) पर ३० मिनट के लिए विकिमीडिया कॉमन्स को संपादित करने में सक्षम नहीं होंगे। यह एक हार्डवेयर समस्या को ठीक करने के लिए है। [१,५८०]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- MIDI फाइलें जल्द ही स्कोर एक्सटेंशन के बिना खेली जा सकेंगी। फिर आप उन्हें
[[File:Filename.midi]]के साथ जोड़ सकते हैं। बाद मेंoverride_midiऔरoverride_audioकाम करना बंद कर देंगे। इसके बजाय आपको MIDI फ़ाइल को संगीत स्कोर के नीचे जोड़ना होगा। [१,५८१] - एक नया वीडियो प्लेयर जल्द ही पुराने को बदल देगा। आप अपनी प्राथमिकताओं में इसे बीटा सुविधा के रूप में सक्षम कर सकेंगे। अगर कोई बड़ी समस्या नहीं होंगी तो यह सभी के लिए सक्षम होगा। [१,५८२]
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर १८ जून से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर १९ जून से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर २० जून (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
बैठकें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक १९ जून १५:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
भावी परिवर्तन
- कुछ गैजेट और उपयोगकर्ता स्क्रिप्ट अभी भी पुराने
wgEnableAPIऔरwgEnableWriteAPIमान का उपयोग करते हैं। ये मूल्य हमेशा सत्य होते हैं। जल्द ही उन्हें हटा दिया जाएगा। इससे गैजेट और स्क्रिप्ट टूट सकते हैं। आपको इन मूल्यों का उपयोग नहीं करने के लिए अपने गैजेट को ठीक करना चाहिए। [१,५८३]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय से नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार कृपया इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में अन्य उपयोगकर्ताओं को बताएँ। सभी परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेंगे। अनुवाद उपलब्ध हैं।
समस्याएँ
- पिछले हफ्ते मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण समस्याओं के कारण पूरी तरह से जारी नहीं किया गया था। इसे मंगलवार को अधिकांश विकियों से और गुरुवार को परीक्षण विकियों से हटा दिया गया था। [१,५८४]
- पिछले सप्ताह डेटाबेस सर्वरों में से किसी में समस्या के कारण अधिकांश विकि धीमे हो गये थे और फिर कुछ समय के लिए केवल पढ़े ही जा रहे थे। इसे अब बदल दिया गया है। [१,५८५]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर २५ जून से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर २६ जून से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर २७ जून (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
बैठकें
- आप अगले विकिमीडिया लैंग्वेज शोकेस को देख या उससे जुड़ सकते हैं। यह विकिमीडिया परियोजनाओं में मशीन अनुवाद के उपयोग के बारे में होगा। प्रदर्शन २६ जून १३:०० यू॰टी॰सी॰ पर होगा। बाद में देखने के लिए एक रिकॉर्डिंग रखी जाएगी।
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक २६ जून १५:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बताएँ। हर परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- The development of Wikidata Bridge has started. The goal is to allow Wikidata edits from Wikipedia. [१,५८६]
समस्याएँ
- Sometimes pages load slowly for users routed to the Amsterdam data center. Investigation is in progress. [१,५८७]
- Wikidata query service was overloaded between 11:50 UTC until 13:15 UTC on June 24. It has been fixed. [१,५८८]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- You will be able to read but not to edit all wikis for a short amount of time, on 3 July at 06:00 (UTC). This is to move a database. [१,५८९]
- इस सप्ताह (कलेंडर) विकियों पर मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण नहीं आएगा।
बैठकें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक ३ जुलाई १५:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बताएँ। हर परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- ईवेंट आयोजकों के लिए, यदि आप सामूहिक खाता निर्माण के लिए आईपी कैप को अस्थायी रूप से हटाने का अनुरोध करते हैं, तो इससे अब उन नए खातों के लिए सम्पादन दर की सीमा बढ़ जाएगी, जो एक और अड़चन को रोक देगा। [१,५९०]
- सभी विक्शनरी, विकियात्रा और विकिस्रोस विकियों के प्रबंधक अब नई आंशिक ब्लॉक सुविधा का उपयोग करने में सक्षम हैं। [१,५९१]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर ९ जुलाई से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर १० जुलाई से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर ११ जुलाई (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
- डेस्कटॉप उपयोगकर्ताओं के लिए मीडियाविकि की सॉफ़्टवेयर विंडो का प्रारूप बदल जाएगा। लेआउट सरल होगा, बटन गाढ़े और स्पष्ट होंगे, और हटाने के बटन सिर्फ आइकन होंगे। यह मोबाइल डिजाइन की तरह है। यह सामग्री अनुवाद, यथादृश्य संपदिका, टेम्पलेट विज़ार्ड और अन्य टूल को प्रभावित करेगा। [१,५९२]
बैठकें
- आप आईआरसी पर तकनीकी सलाह बैठक में भाग ले सकते हैं। बैठक के दौरान स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स सलाह माँग सकते हैं। बैठक १० जुलाई १५:०० (यूटीसी) पर होगी। देखें कि कैसे भाग लें।
भावी परिवर्तन
- विकिडेटा ३० जुलाई को ०५:०० बजे से ०५:३० यूटीसी पर सर्वर स्विच के कारण केवल पढ़ने के लिए मोड में होगा। [१,५९३]
- १५ जुलाई से नए विकिडेटा आरडीएफ डंप के नाम प्रारूप में परिवर्तन होगा। [१,५९४]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
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Recent changes
- The mobile web will get more advanced editing tools. Seven more Wikipedias can use them now. This works for Arabic, Indonesian, Italian, Persian, Japanese, Spanish and Thai Wikipedia. You can try the tools on the mobile web and give feedback. [१,५९५]
Changes later this week
- The abuse filter system user will soon do maintenance edits on broken abuse filters. This user is called
दुरुपयोग फ़िल्टरand has administrator rights. This is meant to fix technical problems. It will not do any other changes. You can read more. - The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 July. It will be on all wikis from 18 July (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 17 July at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- The Wikipedia app for Android will invite users to add image captions to images on Commons. It will only invite users who have added a number of edits in the app without being reverted. This is to avoid spam and bad edits. You can read more and leave feedback. [१,५९६]
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Recent changes
- Communities interested by easing newcomers' first steps can now benefit from the Growth team experiments on their wikis. Check the conditions and the request process.
- The Coolest Tool Award 2019 is looking for nominations. You can recommend tools by July 29. The awarded tools will be presented at Wikimania. [१,५९७]
Problems
- The release of the last version of MediaWiki (1.34.0-wmf.14) has been blocked for groups 1 and 2. [१,५९८]
Changes later this week
- Phabricator database will be moved to a different server. Writes will be blocked on Thursday 25 July, between 05:30 and 06:00 AM UTC. Reads will remain unaffected. [१,५९९]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 July. It will be on all wikis from 25 July (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 24 July at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Some items in the visual editor will change later this week. This will make it easier to edit links, citations, and templates on both desktop and mobile. [१,६००][१,६०१]
- With advanced search turned on you will be able to choose the sorting order of the search results when you do a search. [१,६०२][१,६०३]
- Users who edit from IP addresses whitelisted on a request for temporary lift of the IP cap for mass account creation will bypass CAPTCHAs. This will happen in August. If you think this should not happen for some reason, please let us know.
- The variable
user_wpzerowill be removed from AbuseFilter. A list of filters needing a fix is provided.
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Problems
- Wikidata will be in read-only mode on 30 July from 05:00 to 05:30 UTC because of a server switch. [१,६०४]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 31 July. It will be on all wikis from 1 August (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 31 July at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 6 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 7 August. It will be on all wikis from 8 August (calendar).
Problems
- A change in RelatedArticles extension accidentally enabled it for everyone, not just for mobile users. This has been fixed. [१,६०५][१,६०६]
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 7 August at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Today everyone can see IP addresses if someone edits without an account. In the future this could be more hidden. This is to protect unregistered editors so fewer can see their IP address. This would only happen after we make sure the tools for vandal fighting can still be effective. You can read more and comment.
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Recent changes
- Editors using the mobile website on Wikipedia can opt-in to new advanced features via your settings page. This will give access to more interface links, special pages, and tools. Feedback on the discussion page is appreciated. [१,६०७]
- Due to the absence of volunteer maintenance of Cologne Blue skin, the link to activate it will be hidden. The skin will still work, but editors using it are encouraged to switch to another skin. [१,६०८]
Changes later this week
- Due to Wikimania, there is no deployment this week. [१,६०९]
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 13 August at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- The "Wikidata item" link will be moved from "Tools" to "In other projects" section on all Wikimedia projects, starting on August 21. Full announcement, Phabricator task.
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Tech News
- There will be no Tech News issue next week. The next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 2 September 2019.
Problems
- Some abuse filters stopped working because of a code change. Only variables for the current action will work. Variables defined inside a branch may not work outside of that branch. You can read more to see how to fix the filters.
- Only six accounts can be created from one IP address per day. Between 12 August and August 15 this was two accounts per day. This was because of a security issue. It is now six accounts per day again. [१,६१०]
Changes later this week
- Only a limited number of accounts can be created from one IP address. An IP address can be whitelisted so that it can create as many accounts as needed. This is useful at events where many new persons learn to edit. IP addresses that are whitelisted for this reason will also not show CAPTCHAs when you create accounts. This will happen on Wednesday. [१,६११]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 20 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 21 August. It will be on all wikis from 22 August (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 21 August at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- There is an RFC about creating a new global user group with the right to edit abuse filters. This will be used to fix broken filters and make sure all filters will still work when software changes happen. You can read more and comment.
Special:Contributions/newbieswill no longer be working. This is because of performance reasons. It showed edits by new accounts. You can see this in the recent changes feed instead. [१,६१२]
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Recent changes
- You can use the new termbox interface if you edit Wikidata on a mobile device. This is to edit labels, descriptions and aliases easier on the mobile pages. [१,६१३]
- The new version of MediaWiki has been deployed during the last week.
- The previously announced change of positions of the "Wikidata item" link on all wikis has been rollbacked due to unexpected cache issues. [१,६१४]
- The limit for rollbacks has been increased from 10 to 100 rollbacks per minute. [१,६१५]
- The advanced version of the edit review pages (Recent Changes, Watchlist, and Related Changes) now include two new filters. These filters are for "All contents" and "All discussions". They will filter the view to just those namespaces. However the "All discussions" filter does not include pseudo talk pages, like discussions that are in the Project: or Wikipedia: namespaces. But it will include changes happening on Project talk: or the Wikipedia talk:. [१,६१६]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from ३ सितम्बर. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from ४ सितम्बर. It will be on all wikis from ५ सितम्बर (calendar).
- When you log in, the software checks your password to see if it follows the Password policy. From this week, it will also complain if your password is one of the most common passwords in the world. If your password is not strong enough, please consider to change your password for a stronger password. [१,६१७]
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on ४ सितम्बर at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- You will be able to read but not to edit Wikidata for up to 30 minutes on September 10 at 05:00 (UTC). [१,६१८]
- You will be able to read but not to edit some mid-sized wikis for up to 30 minutes September 17 at 05:00 (UTC). You can see which wikis. [१,६१९]
- You will be able to read but not to edit some mid-sized wikis for up to 30 minutes September 24 at 05:00 (UTC). You can see which wikis. [१,६२०]
- You will be able to read but not to edit Wikimedia Commons for up to 30 minutes on September 26 at 05:00 (UTC). [१,६२१]
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Problems
- Last week's Tech News had delivery problems. Some did not get the newsletter. Some got it more than one time. The problem where some pages got it three times should now be fixed. [१,६२२]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from १ अक्टूबर. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from २ अक्टूबर. It will be on all wikis from ३ अक्टूबर (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on २ अक्टूबर at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- The Wikimedia Foundation Community Tech team is working on a watchlist expiry feature. This means you can put things on your watchlist for a period of time instead of forever. They are looking for feedback on the questions they have.
- Special:Contributions will get the standard OOUI look. This makes it easier to use on mobile and makes it look like other
Special:pages. There is a script you can use to make the form smaller if you want to. [१,६२३]
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Recent changes
- The abuse filter function now has a faster parser. This is to shorten the waiting time when you save an edit. [१,६२४]
Problems
- There is a problem in the visual editor when you copy or delete text with footnotes. It will be fixed soon. [१,६२५]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 8 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 9 October. It will be on all wikis from 10 October (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 9 October at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- The Community Wishlist Survey has a new format. It will focus on wikis that typically get less support. It will probably go back to the normal format next year. It is not decided exactly how it will work this year. You can leave feedback.
- The URL of the Wikimedia wiki main pages could be changed. This is because the current URLs cause several problems. For example
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Main_Pagewould behttps://www.wikidata.org/instead. You can tell the developers if this would cause problems for your wiki. - There is a new technical community newsletter. You can read more about the work of Wikimedia's technical community. Subscribe to get the information in the future.
- Outreachy is an internship program for groups who are underrepresented in free and open-source software. There are seven Wikimedia projects about coding, documentation and quality assurance in the next round. Persons who fit the criteria can apply. The last day to apply is 5 November.
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Recent changes
- You can now use more advanced editing tools on the mobile web. You can turn them on and off in your preferences in the mobile version. [१,६२६]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 15 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 16 October. It will be on all wikis from 17 October (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 16 October at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Internet Explorer 6 and 7 are no longer supported. This means the browsers might start looking a bit weird. They will not get security support. You can't read Wikimedia wikis in Internet Explorer on Windows XP or Windows versions that are older than Windows XP. This is because almost no one uses the browsers anymore. Supporting them made the wikis less secure for everyone else. [१,६२७]
- In the future section headings might have a share link. This is to make it easier to link to the section. You can read more and discuss.
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Recent changes
- The API sandbox and help pages now show more clearly when API modules are marked as
internal. API modules marked as internal were probably internal before. It was easier to miss. You should look for non-internal alternatives. [१,६२८]
Problems
- There is a translation tool we use on wikis with more than one language. For a few days it did not create pages for new languages when someone translated a page. The languages did not show in the language bar. This has been fixed. [१,६२९]
- The history and diffs can show wrong content. This is because of a cache problem. It will soon be fixed. [१,६३०]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 22 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 23 October. It will be on all wikis from 24 October (calendar).
- Reference Previews will be a beta feature on all Wikipedias and some Wikivoyages. It shows you a preview of the footnote when you hover over or click on the number. It has been a beta feature on German and Arabic Wikipedia since April.
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 23 October. See how to join.
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Recent changes
- You can post proposals for the Community Wishlist Survey. The survey decides what the Community Tech team will work on. You can post proposals until 11 November. You can vote on proposals from 20 November to 2 December. This year the wishlist will focus on Wikibooks, Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikisource, Wikiversity, Wikispecies, Wikivoyage and Wikinews. You can read more about the format for this year.
- Mobile users now have a specific design for their Watchlist. [१,६३१][१,६३२]
- You can share feedback and ideas on the Desktop Improvements project. The goal is to make the interface easier to use for readers and editors without removing any functionality. The Foundation's Readers Web team will work on this over the next two years.
- OOUI now allows using
px(pixels) instead ofem(em) for some specific cases. [१,६३३][१,६३४]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from २९ अक्टूबर. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from ३० अक्टूबर. It will be on all wikis from ३१ अक्टूबर (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on ३० अक्टूबर at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- There will be no software changes from 19 December to 2 January. The first MediaWiki version next year will come the week of 6 January. [१,६३५]
- Gadgets and user scripts can access variables about the current page in JavaScript. In 2015, this information was moved from global variables named
wg*tomw.config. The old global variables will be removed later this year. You can know more about it and tell the developers if you want to try this out on your wiki first.
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Recent changes
- At Special:Contributions you could see up to 5000 edits at the same time if you edited the URL. This has been lowered to 500. This is to stop requests which break the sites. [१,६३६]
Changes later this week
MediaWiki:ipb-default-expirycan set the default length to block a user for your wiki. You will be able to useMediaWiki:ipb-default-expiry-ipto set a different default block length for IP editors. [१,६३७]- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 November. It will be on all wikis from 7 November (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 6 November at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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Recent changes
- MediaWiki2LaTeX can put different pages from a Wikimedia wiki into a PDF. It can now make a PDF with around 5000 pages. Previously this was 800 pages.
Changes later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 13 November at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Wikimedia will take part in Google Code-in. This is for young students who want to help with open source software. You can read more. Experienced technical Wikimedians can mentor students.
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Problems
- You will be able to read but not to edit some wikis for up to 30 minutes on 26 November at 06:00 (UTC). You can see which wikis. It will probably last much shorter than 30 minutes. This will also affect the
centralauthdatabase. This could for example affect changing passwords, logging in to new wikis, changing emails or global renames. [१,६३८]
Changes later this week
- You can soon vote on proposals for the Community Wishlist Survey. The survey decides what the Community Tech team will work on. You can vote on proposals from 20 November to 2 December. This year the wishlist will focus on Wikibooks, Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikisource, Wikiversity, Wikispecies, Wikivoyage and Wikinews. You can read more about the format for this year.
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 20 November at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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Changes later this week
- The mobile beta mode will be disabled to have less maintenance. The developers will focus on the desktop improvements project. You can turn on advanced mobile contributions mode if you want to see the categories. You could also jump back to the top. This can instead be done with a gadget or user script. [१,६३९]
- Parsoid is software we use for the visual editor, content translation, Flow and the Android app. This has been rewritten. It will come to the wikis gradually over the next two weeks. It has been tested, but there could be some diffs or previews that don't look right. If you see any you can report them. [१,६४०]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 26 November. It will be on the other wikis next week (calendar). This is because of holidays.
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 27 November at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- You will switch between the article and the talk page in a new way in the mobile view in the future. It will use tabs. This is more like in the desktop view. [१,६४१]
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Recent changes
- Mix'n'match is a tool to connect Wikidata items to information in other databases. It can be used to find subjects that are missing in a Wikipedia. It now has more than 3000 datasets. Before it was closer to 2000.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 3 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 4 December. It will be on all wikis from 5 December (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 4 December at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- There will be a new schema for XML dumps. Scripts and apps that use them will need to be updated. If they are not updated they will no longer work. [१,६४२]
- The
{{REVISIONID}}magic word will no longer work in the content namespaces. This is for performance reasons. When you preview a page it returns""(empty string). When you read a page it returns"-"(dash). In the future this will also affect other namespaces. The next ones are file and category namespaces. [१,६४३]
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Recent changes
- Wikimedia projects use Translatewiki to translate the wiki interface. You can now use WatchTranslations to watch projects there. You would get an email if there are missing translations to your language. [१,६४४]
- There is a new dataset you can use. It shows the number of editors per country per month for a number of countries. You can read the documentation and download the dataset.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 10 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 11 December. It will be on all wikis from 12 December (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 11 December at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- You can test a new reference tool. It makes it possible to reference different parts of a source without repeating all information. You can test it on the beta cluster. You can see an example article. [१,६४५]
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Problems
- The Linter extension helps you find technical errors in articles. It did not show new changes last week. This was because of an API problem. It is now working again. [१,६४६]
- Special:Watchlist can show the wrong information again. It does not always show which edits are read and which are unread. This is because of a database problem. The developers are working on solving the problem. [१,६४७]
Changes later this week
- You can get email notifications. You can get them immediately, a summary every day or a summary once every week. If you choose a summary you can soon choose not to get notifications you have already marked as read on the wiki. [१,६४८]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 17 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 18 December. It will be on all wikis from 19 December (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 18 December at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- The partial blocks feature is now stable. It will come to most wikis on 6 January. Your wiki can ask to wait. Contact NKohli (WMF) if you don't want it now. [१,६४९]
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Tech News
- Because of the holidays the next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 6 January 2020.
Recent changes
- All mobile site users now have new features. Features include: tabs for page/discussion; an expanded user-menu; direct access to history pages. These features were initially part of the "advanced mode".
Changes later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week or next week.
Future changes
- You can use
setlangin the URL to change the user interface language. This will no longer happen automatically. When you open the link you will be asked to confirm the language change. This will not happen if Javascript is not working in your browser. [१,६५०]
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Changes later this week
- When trying to move a page, if the target title already exists then a warning message is shown. The warning message will now include a link to the target title. [१,६५१]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 January. It will be on all wikis from 9 January (calendar).
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Recent changes
- You can no longer read Wikimedia wikis if your browser use very old TLS. This is because it is a security problem for everyone. It can lead to downgrade attacks. Since 9 December you just see a warning. Soon the browser will not connect to the wikis at all. Most are users on Android systems older than 4.4. You can read the browser recommendations. [१,६५२]
- Special:LinkSearch has been moved from the "विशेष पृष्ठ अनुप्रेषित कर रहें हैं" section on Special:SpecialPages to the "पन्नों की सूचियाँ" section. [१,६५३]
Changes later this week
- Wikis can protect pages so that only some users can edit them. The standard protection levels are सिर्फ स्वतः स्थापित सदस्यों को अनुमति है and Sysops only. If your wiki use more protection levels the technical name might be renamed for standardisation. This doesn't affect what users see. [१,६५४]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 January. It will be on all wikis from 16 January (calendar).
Future changes
- Deepcat and Catgraph will stop working. This will happen at the end of January. This is because you can now use the normal search function instead. [१,६५५]
- You can use
<ref follow="…">to merge footnotes that follow each other. It is meant to be used for digitised books on Wikisource. If the order of the footnotes is wrong no error was shown but the bad <ref> was shown outside the <references /> list. This will change and you will see an error message instead. [१,६५६]
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Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 January. It will be on all wikis from 23 January (calendar).
Future changes
- There is a new suggestion for what to show when someone edits without registering an account. This is to give unregistered editors better privacy and make some anti-vandalism work go faster. You can give feedback.
- Pywikibot is a Python library to automate work on wikis. It will no longer support Python 2. Use the
python2tag if you need to continue running Python 2 scripts. The Pywikibot team strongly recommends to migrate to Python 3. You can get help to do so. [१,६५७] - The weekly MediaWiki branch cut will soon become automated. The timing for this cut may change. You can discuss in Phabricator if this affects you. [१,६५८]
- You can read about coming technical events and mentoring interns.
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Problems
- Some mobile diffs have problems. A couple of buttons are not shown. Structured data diffs on Commons are confusing. The developers are working on fixing it. [१,६५९][१,६६०]
- Administrators on wikis that use Structured Discussions can't move discussion pages. This is a bug. The developers are working on fixing it. [१,६६१]
Changes later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
Future changes
- There is JavaScript code on Special:Undelete for administrators that makes it possible to automatically select multiple checkboxes by holding the "Shift" key and clicking. This code is also loaded by accident on other special pages and on articles. This makes pages slower to load. This will be fixed. If you know of other special pages where this is useful please tell the developers at phab:T232688.
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Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 4 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 5 February. It will be on all wikis from 6 February (calendar).
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Recent changes
- There is a new version of the Wikimedia Commons app for Android. It should fix the failed uploads problem. [१,६६२]
Problems
- There was a problem with the new MediaWiki version last week. It deleted some messages by accident. The new version was late because it was stopped to fix things. [१,६६३]
Changes later this week
- The MediaWiki action API is used by various tools like bots and gadgets. Some error codes will change. Some parameter values that do not follow the standard will no longer work. [१,६६४]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 11 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 12 February. It will be on all wikis from 13 February (calendar).
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Recent changes
- Pages on Wikidata and Commons now load faster. You can read more about page load performance. [१,६६५][१,६६६]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 18 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 19 February. It will be on all wikis from 20 February (calendar).
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Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 25 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 26 February. It will be on all wikis from 27 February (calendar).
Future changes
- There will be a reply button after each post on a talk page if you want one. This will soon be a beta feature on the Arabic, French, Dutch and Hungarian Wikipedias. You will have to turn it on if you want to use it. It will come to more wikis later. You can test the reply button. It was briefly shown earlier than planned by mistake on the four first wikis last week.
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Problems
- Readers who were not logged in briefly saw the interface in a language decided by their browser. It should normally be in the language of the wiki. This happened for a short period of time last week. This was because of a bug. [१,६६७]
Changes later this week
- If you forget your password you can ask for a new one to be sent to your email address. You need to know your email address or your username. You will now be able to choose that you need to enter both your email address and your username. This will be a preference. This is to get fewer password reset emails someone else asked for. [१,६६८]
- When you asked for a new password you could see if the username didn't exist on Special:PasswordReset. Now the page will show the username you entered and tell you an email has been sent if the username exists. This is for better security. [१,६६९]
- On Special:WhatLinksHere you can see what other pages link to a page. You can see if the link is from a redirect. You can now see which section the redirect links to. [१,६७०]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 3 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 4 March. It will be on all wikis from 5 March (calendar).
Future changes
- The developers are working on a new interface to solve edit conflicts on talk pages. You can give feedback. [१,६७१]
- There is a vote on the creation of a new user group called abuse filter manager. The vote runs from March 1 to March 31 on Meta.
-
wgMFSpecialCaseMainPagewas used for the mobile site. It was deprecated in 2017. It will stop working in April. Wikis should see if they use it. If they do they should fix it. You can read more and ask for help. This affects 183 wikis. There is a list. [१,६७२]
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Recent changes
- There is a new search word called
articletopic. You can use it to search for articles on a specific topic. It is available on the Arabic, Czech, English and Vietnamese Wikipedias. It will come to more Wikipedias soon. [१,६७३][१,६७४][१,६७५]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 10 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 11 March. It will be on all wikis from 12 March (calendar).
Future changes
- There is a plan for new requirements for user signatures. You can give feedback.
- The Wikipedia Android app will do push notifications if users want them. This could help you see for example when someone wrote on your talk page or your edit was reverted. This will come later this year. [१,६७६]
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Recent changes
- There is a new API module for changing the content model of existing pages. Use
action=changecontentmodelto specify the new model. You can read the documentation on mediawiki.org. [१,६७७]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 17 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 18 March. It will be on all wikis from 19 March (calendar).
Future changes
- If you edit a page at the same time as someone else you can get an edit conflict. There is a new two-column interface to make it easier to solve this. It will soon be active by default on the German, Arabic, and Farsi Wikipedias. It will be on by default on more wikis within the next months. You will be able to opt out of the new interface. [१,६७८][१,६७९]
- You can see a proposed design for replying to comments in an easier way.
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Problems
- Some development will be slower than planned. This is because of the current pandemic. You can see the new deployment guidelines. This is to avoid risks when some persons could be unavailable.
- There was a problem when adding interwiki links. The tool you use to add interwiki links could suggest the wrong project to link to. This has now been fixed. [१,६८०][१,६८१]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 24 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 25 March. It will be on all wikis from 26 March (calendar).
Future changes
- There is a project to make editing easier for newcomers. The developers are trying to understand what initiatives different Wikipedias have to welcome newcomers. They also want to know which templates are often used for maintenance activities. You can help this project by checking if your wiki's pages are listed on Wikidata.
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Recent changes
- The beta version of the Wikipedia app for Android can now help users add tags on Commons. These tags are called depicts. [१,६८२]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 31 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 April. It will be on all wikis from 2 April (calendar).
Future changes
- The video player will change to be simpler and more modern. The current beta feature will become the video player for everyone. The old player will be removed. [१,६८३]
- There is a project to make templates easier to use. The next few weeks the developers will present ideas on the project page. You can watch that page if you are interested in giving feedback. [१,६८४]
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Problems
- There was a problem with user pages not being shown properly on desktop. This was because of a bug. It will soon be fixed. [१,६८५]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 April. It will be on all wikis from 9 April (calendar).
Future changes
- MediaWiki will use a newer version of Unicode. Some characters that did not have an upper case equivalent before do now. Titles beginning with one of these characters will be moved. A list of these titles can be seen on Phabricator. The titles will be renamed by the user
Maintenance script. This will start on 13 April 2020. You can rename them before this if you wish and the new title can be different from the one the script would rename it to. [१,६८६]
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Recent changes
- You can now use the
articletopicsearch word on all Wikipedias. It searches articles by topic. [१,६८७] - You can see wiki tools in the new Tools Gallery. [१,६८८]
- You can see edits from the Wikimedia Cloud Services in a new dashboard.
- When you use filters on a history page you sometimes don't see any edits. There is a text explaining this now. Before it was just empty. [१,६८९]
- There is a new Wikimedia Technical Blog. [१,६९०]
Problems
- There was a problem with the Wikidata database last week. Some wikis went down for twenty minutes. Wikidata and other projects showed error messages. Interwiki links were not shown, some tools did not work and other problems. Some of this was fixed quickly. The developers are working on fixing the rest. [१,६९१][१,६९२][१,६९३]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from April 14. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from April 15. It will be on all wikis from April 16 (calendar).
Future changes
- Some graphs have not worked on mobile. This will soon be fixed. [१,६९४]
- The article tab on talk pages of redirects links to the target of the redirect. It could link to the redirect page itself instead. You can leave feedback on this.
- For pages using syntax highlighting, the use of the deprecated
<source>tag, as well as the use of the deprecatedencloseparameter, will add tracking categories.
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तकनीकी समाचार
- The next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 4 May 2020.
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- The small wiki toolkits is to help smaller wikis that need technical skills. They can learn and share technical skills. [१,६९५]
- Over-qualified CSS selectors in Wikimedia skins have been removed.
div#contentis now.mw-body.div.portalis now.portal.div#footeris now#footer. This is so the skins can use HTML5 elements. If your gadgets or user styles used them you will have to update them. [१,६९६]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- इस सप्ताह मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण नहीं आएगा।
भविष्य में परिवर्तन
- Some things on the wikis might look weird or not work in Internet Explorer 8 in the future. Internet Explorer 8 was replaced in 2011. [१,६९७]
- The font in the diffs will change. [१,६९८]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 April next week. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 April next week. It will be on all wikis from 30 April next week (calendar).
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Technical maintenance planned
[सम्पादन](Sorry for using English. कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें.)
A maintenance operation will be performed on Thursday 30th April at 05:00 AM UTC.
It impacts all wikis and is supposed to last a few minutes.
During this time, new translations may fail, and Notifications may not be delivered. For more details about the operation and on all impacted services, please check on Phabricator.
A banner will be displayed 30 minutes before the operation.
Please help making your community aware of this maintenance operation.
Trizek (WMF), १८:०१, २७ अप्रैल २०२० (UTC)
Reminder: Technical maintenance planed
[सम्पादन]Sorry to use English. कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें.
This is a reminder of the message sent on Monday 27th April.
A maintenance operation will be performed on Thursday 30th April at 05:00 AM UTC.
It impacts all wikis and is supposed to last a few minutes.
During this time, new translations may fail, and Notifications may not be delivered. For more details about the operation and on all impacted services, please check on Phabricator.
A banner will be displayed 30 minutes before the operation.
Please help making your community aware of this maintenance operation.
Trizek (WMF) १५:१३, २९ अप्रैल २०२० (UTC)
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Problems
- Some wikis will be on read-only for a few minutes on 5 May. This will happen around 05:00 UTC. This is for database maintenance. [१,६९९]
- Some wikis will be on read-only for a few minutes on 7 May. This will also affect CentralAuth. This can for example affect global renames, password changes, changing or confirming your email address and logging in to new wikis. This will happen around 05:00 UTC. This is for database maintenance. [१,७००]
Changes later this week
- You can get a notification when someone links to a page you created. You can soon turn these notifications off for individual pages. [१,७०१]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 May. It will be on all wikis from 7 May (calendar).
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Recent changes
- Everyone can now import photos from Flickr to Commons with the UploadWizard. Before this only autopatrollers on Commons could import photos from Flickr. [१,७०२]
Problems
- Commons will be on read-only for a few minutes on 12 May. This will happen around 05:00 UTC. This is for database maintenance. [१,७०३]
- Several wikis including Wikidata will be on read-only for a few minutes on 19 May. This will happen around 05:00 UTC. English Wikipedia will be on read-only for a few minutes on 21 May 05:00 UTC. This is for database maintenance. [१,७०४][१,७०५]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 May. It will be on all wikis from 14 May (calendar).
Future changes
- JavaScript scripts and gadgets can no longer check multiple keys at once via
mw.config.exists()ormw.user.tokens.exists(). You can useexists()orget()to check one at a time instead. [१,७०६]
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Recent changes
- If you forget your password you can ask for a new one to be sent to your email address. You need to know your email address or your username. You can choose that you need to enter both your email address and your username. This is a preference. This is to get fewer password reset emails someone else asked for. This is now available on all Wikimedia wikis. [१,७०७][१,७०८]
Problems
- There is a bug that creates problems for iPhone users with iOS 13 and Safari. If you use an iPhone to read or edit Wikipedia and see bugs on the mobile site you can report them. [१,७०९]
- Several wikis including Wikidata will be on read-only for a few minutes on 19 May. This will happen around 05:00 UTC. English Wikipedia will be on read-only for a few minutes on 21 May 05:00 UTC. This is for database maintenance. [१,७१०][१,७११]
Changes later this week
- The Wikipedia app for Android can let users add depicts on Commons. The beta version used computer-aided tagging. This was removed to get more specific depicts. [१,७१२]
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
Future changes
- Graphs will be rendered in the reader's browser. This will use Javascript. Graphs will hopefully work better for everyone who uses Javascript. It will not work for users who don't use Javascript. This will not affect diagrams in image files. [१,७१३]
- Some CSS for the skins has been simplified. This affects
div#p-personal,div#p-navigation,div#p-interaction,div#p-tb,div#p-lang,div#p-namespaces,div#p-variantsanddiv#footer. They will have to removediv. You will have to update your gadgets, scripts or user styles. This is so we can use HTML5. [१,७१४] - Some CSS for the Vector skin has been changed. This affects
#p-variants,#p-namespaces,#p-personal,#p-viewsand#p-cactions. They can no longer use> ul. You might need to update your gadgets, scripts or user styles. See how.
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Changes later this week
- The visual editor will now work in the Modern skin. The changes that needed to happen for this to work could cause problems for some scripts or gadgets. [१,७१५]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from May 26. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from May 27. It will be on all wikis from May 28 (calendar).
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Recent changes
- There is a new beta version of the Wikimedia Commons app for Android. It has a new zoom function when you look at images. It can also suggest places when you upload geotagged photos. [१,७१६]
Problems
- There was a problem with the Commons database on 27 May. Commons could not be edited for eight minutes. Because of this problem the database was moved. This caused another short read-only time on 29 May. [१,७१७][१,७१८][१,७१९]
- The Vector skin had a problem where you couldn't add links to the article in other languages. You couldn't see the section if there were no links to other languages already. It also removed content translation links and links to language settings. This has now been fixed. [१,७२०]
Changes later this week
- You can get a notification when someone links to a page you created. You can turn these notifications off for individual pages. You can soon turn them off also in the notifications you get. [१,७२१]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 2 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 3 June. It will be on all wikis from 4 June (calendar).
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Recent changes
- Some articles have tables that can be sorted in different ways. For example a list of countries can be sorted alphabetically but you can click on the size column to sort them by size. If you clicked on the column a second time it would sort the countries from the bottom to the top instead. A third click will now take you back to the original sorting. [१,७२२]
- Self-closed tags now work as in the HTML5 specifications. This means you should stop using some of them.
<b/>is an example of a self-closed tag that won't work.area, base, br, col, embed, hr, img, input, keygen, link, meta, param, source, track, wbrcan be self-closed. Pages with tags that should not be self-closed have been listed in a tracking category since 2016. They will be listed in Special:LintErrors/self-closed-tag. This doesn't affect<references />or<ref />. [१,७२३] - There is a banner called
WikidataPageBanner. It is for example used by the Wikivoyages, Wikimedia Russia and the Catalan, Basque, Galician and Turkish Wikipedias. It will now been seen by mobile visitors too. Before this it was only seen on desktop. The wikis should update instructions onMediaWiki:Sitenoticeso that editors know to test and style for mobile too. [१,७२४][१,७२५]
Changes later this week
- You can now edit MassMessage descriptions through the API. This is useful for tools and gadgets. [१,७२६]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 June. It will be on all wikis from 11 June (calendar).
Future changes
- A temporary fix helped wikis make their main pages more mobile friendly. This was in 2012. It has not been recommended since 2017. It will not work after 13 July. Wikis should use TemplateStyles instead. 118 wikis need to fix this. You can read more and see if your wiki is affected. [१,७२७]
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Recent changes
- Toolforge hosts several tools created by the Wikimedia community like edit counters or enhanced editors. It is changing the domain from tools.wmflabs.org to toolforge.org. The routing scheme is moving from tools.wmflabs.org/toolname to toolname.toolforge.org. You can read the details. Tools that use OAuth will have to be updated to keep working. You can ask for help.
Problems
- There is a Wikidata item link in the sidebar on many pages. This disappeared for a couple of days for users who have the Monobook skin. This was because of a bug. It has now been fixed. [१,७२८]
- Editing, logging in and logging out didn't work properly for a short period of time last week. It was soon fixed. [१,७२९]
Changes later 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 and some Wikipedias from 17 June. It will be on all wikis from 18 June (calendar).
Future changes
- Pywikibot is a Python library to automate work on wikis. It will not support Python 2 after the new version in July. Support for Python 3.4 and MediaWiki below 1.19 will also be dropped. You should migrate to Python 3. You can ask for help. [१,७३०]
- The selectors
.menuand.vectorMenuwill no longer work in the Vector skin. This can affect gadgets and user scripts..menushould be replaced byul..vectorMenushould be replaced by.vector-menu. [१,७३१]
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Problems
- There are some new tools to make it easier for newcomers to start editing. They are available on some wikis. These wikis had a problem with the visual editor for a short period of time last week. This was because of a bug in the new tools. It was soon fixed. [१,७३२]
- Some user scripts and gadgets stopped working because of a change to CSS selectors.
.vectorTabsshould be replaced with.vector-menu-tabsto fix this. [१,७३३]
Changes later this week
- The developers are working on a new interface to solve edit conflicts on talk pages. This will be released on 24 June. You can give feedback. [१,७३४]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 June. It will be on all wikis from 25 June (calendar).
Future changes
- A temporary fix helped wikis make their main pages more mobile friendly. This was in 2012. It has not been recommended since 2017. It will not work after 13 July. Wikis should use TemplateStyles instead. 91 wikis still need to fix this. You can read more and see if your wiki is affected. [१,७३५]
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Problems
- Everyone was logged out. This was because a few users saw the wikis as if they were logged in to someone else's account. The problem should be fixed now. [१,७३६]
- Some readers didn't see new edits to pages. If the page had been recently changed they saw an older version of the page instead. This only affected readers who were logged out. It lasted for ten days. It has been fixed. [१,७३७]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 July. It will be on all wikis from 1 July (calendar).
Future changes
- The Modern and Monobook skins use the ID
searchGoButtonfor the go button. This issearchButtonfor Vector. To have the same ID for all skins it will change tosearchButtonin Monobook and Modern too. This will affect gadgets and user scripts. It will happen on 23 July. They should be updated to usesearchButton. You can read more and see a list of affected scripts.
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Problems
- The Score extension has been disabled for now. This is because of a security issue. It will work again as soon as the security issue has been fixed. [१,७३८]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 July. It will be on all wikis from 9 July (calendar).
Future changes
- Abstract Wikipedia is a new Wikimedia project. It will collect language-independent information that can be easily read in different languages. It builds on Wikidata. The name is preliminary. You can read more. [१,७३९]
- The iOS Wikipedia app developers are thinking about new experimental tools. If you use an iPhone you can help them by answering the survey.
- Some rules for user signatures will soon be enforced. Lint errors and invalid HTML will no longer be allowed in user signatures. Nested substitution will not be allowed. A link to your user page, user talk page or user contributions will be required. You can check if your signature works with the new rules. This is because the signatures can cause problems for tools or other text on the page.
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Recent changes
- Users can thank others for their edits. Checkusers can now see user data related to that action. This can help identify sock puppets who harass others using thanks. [१,७४०]
Problems
- Everyone was logged out a couple of weeks ago to fix a security problem. The problem was not entirely fixed. Because of this everyone was logged out once again last week. [१,७४१][१,७४२]
Changes later this week
- Wikis that are not for one specific language can translate pages. Sometimes parts of translations are outdated or missing. Outdated translations are marked with a pink background. Missing translations will also be marked in the future. This markup can sometimes break things. It can soon be disabled by using
<translate nowrap></translate>on the source page. [१,७४३] - The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 July. It will be on all wikis from 16 July (calendar).
Future changes
- Wikimedia code review plans to use GitLab. It would be hosted on Wikimedia servers. [१,७४४][१,७४५][१,७४६][१,७४७]
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Recent changes
- A temporary fix helped wikis make their main pages more mobile friendly. This was in 2012. It has not been recommended since 2017. The mobile main page special casing stopped working 14 July. 60 wikis now have main pages that don't work well on mobile. You can see which ones, how to fix it and how to get help in Phabricator. This is the same problem that was reported in Tech News 2020/24 and 2020/26.
Problems
- There is a problem with the interlanguage links. The interlanguage links are the links that help you find a specific page in a different language. The sorting is broken. The developers are working on a solution. [१,७४८]
- Some users keep getting the notifications for the same event. Some of these are old events. [१,७४९]
- Some users have trouble logging in. This is probably a browser cookie problem. The developers are working on understanding the problem. If you have trouble logging in you can see the details on Phabricator. [१,७५०]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 July. It will be on all wikis from 23 July (calendar).
Future changes
- There is a
छापने योग्य संस्करणlink. This will disappear. That is because web browsers today can create a printable version or show how it will look in print anyway. [१,७५१]
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Recent changes
- The Starter kit is now available for wiki communities. This page lists technical resources, tools, and recommendations. These are essential to operate a wiki project. This is mostly useful for smaller wikis where the community has limited experience with this. [१,७५२]
- The first features of the Desktop Improvements project are available for logged-in users on all wikis. In order to use them, uncheck लिगेसी Vector का उपयोग करें in your local or global preferences in section स्किन की वरीयताएँ. More improvements are planned. Feedback is welcome.
- On multiple wikis, a UTCLiveClock gadget is available. For wikis that import the gadget directly from mediawiki.org, end users can now choose a different timezone to show instead of UTC.
Problems
- The deployment train for MediaWiki has been blocked this week. [१,७५३][१,७५४]
- Translation Notification Bot was sending the same message multiple times to every translator. This has been fixed. [१,७५५]
- Some users were receiving the same notification multiple times. This has been fixed. [१,७५६]
Changes later 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 and some Wikipedias from July 29. It will be on all wikis from JUly 30 (calendar).
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समस्याएँ
- 23 जुलाई को 17:50 से 17:59 UTC के बीच Wikidata Query Service से सभी प्रश्न विफल हो गये. कुछ प्रश्न लंबे समय के दौरान विफल hi गए. [१,७५७]
- पिछले कुछ हफ्तों से अन्तरभाषा कड़ियों का क्रम गलत था। यह समस्या दो सप्ताह पूर्व के तकनीकी समाचारों में भी उल्लिखीत की गयी थी। अब ये समस्या ठीक कर ली गयी है। [१,७५८]
- global preferences के "लिगेसी Vector का उपयोग करें" ऑप्शन के साथ कुछ समस्याएं हैं . डेवलपर्स इसको सही करने पर काम कर रहे हैं. [१,७५९]
- A bug in the Wikibase extension had disabled the "move" and "create" types of protection in the main (Gallery) namespace on Wikimedia Commons. New protections could not be added, and existing protections were not enforced, allowing some page moves and page creations that should not have been possible. This has now been fixed. [१,७६०]
इस सप्ताह के दौरान बदलाव
- video player अब सरल और आधुनिक बन जाएगा. इस हफ्ते, पर्याप्त का बीटा फीचर सभी के लिए, ज्यादातर नॉन-विकिपीडिया विकी'स पर नया वीडियो प्लेयर बन जाएगा. पुराना प्लेयर हटाया जाएगा . [१,७६१]
- सदस्यों के
global.jsऔरglobal.cssपृष्ठ अब मोबाइल साइट पर भी लोड होंगे। मोबाइल दृश्य में इस शैली को लागू करने से रोकने के लिए आप प्रलेखन पढ़ सकते हैं। [१,७६२] - मोनोबुक त्वचा में,
searchGoButtonपहचानकर्ता अबsearchButtonहै। यह सीएसएस और जावास्क्रिप्ट उपकरणों को प्रभावित कर सकता है। प्रव्रजन अनुदेश T255953 पर प्राप्त किये जा सकते हैं। यह पहले समस्या 27 पर उल्लिखित किया गया था। - बॉट संचालक पायविकिबॉट को नियमित पुरालेखन चर्चाओं के लिए काम में ले सकते हैं। जब बॉट
counterको काम में लेता है उस समय के व्यवहार को बड़े पुरालेखों के लिए परिवर्तित किया जा सकता है। [१,७६३] - मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण ४ अगस्त से टेस्ट विकियों और MediaWiki.org पर मिलेगा। यह ५ अगस्त से गैर-विकिपीडिया विकियों कुछ विकिपीडियाओं पर मिलेगा। यह ६ अगस्त से यह सभी विकियों पर होगा। (पंचांग)
तकनीकी समाचारों को तकनीकी समाचार लेखकों द्वारा लिखा गया और बॉट द्वारा भेजा गया • योगदान • अनुवाद • सहायता प्राप्त करें • प्रतिपुष्टि लिखें • हस्ताक्षर करें अथवा हटायें।
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Recent changes
- FileImporter and FileExporter became standard features on all Wikis during the first week of August. They help you transfer files from local wikis to Wikimedia Commons with the original file information and history intact. [१,७६४]
Problems
- The mobile skin displays a message at the bottom of the page about who edited last. This message showed raw wikitext. This has now been fixed. Some messages in Structured Discussions and content translation may still appear as raw wikitext. Developers are working on it. [१,७६५]
Changes later 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 and some Wikipedias from August 12. It will be on all wikis from August 13 (calendar).
Future changes
- All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on September 1. This is planned between 13:30 and 15:30 UTC. More information will be published in Tech News and will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks. [१,७६६][१,७६७]
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Recent changes
- If you revert an edit using the undo link your edit is marked with an
undotag. This will now only happen if you don't change anything in the edit window before publishing the undo. This is to keep users from marking edits as undos when they actually do something else. [१,७६८] - The new OOUI version will not work with Internet Explorer 8. This means the wikis will look strange and not work well in Internet Explorer 8. This was reported in Tech/News/2020/17. This is because keeping the wikis working with very old browsers creates other problems. [१,७६९]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 18 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 19 August. It will be on all wikis from 20 August (calendar).
Future changes
- All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on September 1. This is planned between 13:30 and 15:30 UTC. More information will be published in Tech News and will also be posted on individual wikis next week. This is a reminder. You can help by translating the announcement message. [१,७७०][१,७७१]
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इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर २५ अगस्त से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर २६ अगस्त से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर २७ अगस्त (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
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
- This is a reminder. All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on September 1. This is planned between 14:00 and 15:00 UTC. Please check on the details on the announcement message. [१,७७२][१,७७३]
Changes later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
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Changes later this week
- Normally pages can be moved to a title that has no existing page yet or to a page that has only one revision, which is a redirect to the page to be moved. A new user right allows editors to move pages over one-revision pages that redirect to anywhere. [१,७७४]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 8 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 9 September. It will be on all wikis from 10 September (calendar).
- All MediaWiki API modules will now use
watchlistinstead ofwatch. This was inconsistent before. [१,७७५]
Future changes
- The Wikipedia Android app team might work on patrolling tools in the future. You can let them know what tools would be useful for you or for less experienced patrollers. See the page on mediawiki.org.
- OTRS will be updated to a new version. This will probably take around two days. OTRS agents will not have access to the system during these days. Emails that come in during the update will be delivered when the update is done. The plan is to start around 08:00 UTC on 14 September. This could change. [१,७७६]
- The Wikipedia Android app will send push notifications if users want them. This could help you see for example when someone wrote on your talk page or your edit was reverted. This will need Google Play Services to work. It will also be possible to get the app without Google Play Services but push notifications will not work. Google Play Services is also used to make the app work for Android 4.4 users. [१,७७७][१,७७८]
- Wikimedia code review could move to GitLab. It would be hosted on Wikimedia servers. You can take part in the consultation.
- Dropdown menus in the Vector skin use a
.menuclass. This will not work in the future. Scripts can usenav ulinstead..vectorTabsand.vectorMenuwill also not work. Some scripts need to be updated. You can read more in Phabricator.
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Problems
- The Wikipedia apps briefly showed pages without CSS last week. This meant they looked wrong. It was quickly fixed but cached pages without CSS were shown for a few hours. [१,७७९][१,७८०]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 15 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 16 September. It will be on all wikis from 17 September (calendar).
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Recent changes
- There is a new tag for reverted edits. For example you can see it in the recent changes feed or in the article history. It is added to edits when they have been undone, rollbacked or manually reverted to an older version of the page. [१,७८१][१,७८२]
Changes later this week
- The number of times you can do something in a period of time on wiki is limited. This could be the number of edits per minute or the number of users you email in a day. Some users are not affected by all limits because of their user rights. They could soon see the limit even if it does not affect them. [१,७८३]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 22 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 23 September. It will be on all wikis from 24 September (calendar).
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Recent changes
- Admins can now see links to diffs of deleted revisions on Special:AbuseLog. This uses the interface of Special:Undelete. [१,७८४]
- Editors are automatically added to some user groups. For example editors are added to autoconfirmed users when they have edited enough times and long enough. Abuse filters can hinder users from automatically getting user rights for a period of time. They can also remove rights user have. Wikis can now ask to change how long this period of time is for their wiki in Phabricator. It is currently five days. [१,७८५]
Problems
- Last year some abuse filters stopped working because of a new change. If they tried to use variables that were unavailable for that action they would fail. This has now been fixed. [१,७८६]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 29 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 30 September. It will be on all wikis from 1 October (calendar).
Future changes
- You can't see the language links to other language versions from the talk page or history page. They are also not shown when you edit an article. This could change. It is not decided if for example the history page should link to another history page or to the article. You can take part in the discussion in Phabricator.
- The link colours could change. This is to make the difference between links and other text more clear. You can read more in Phabricator.
- In your preferences you can choose to get different notifications on the web or by email. You will see
Appsas one of the alternatives later this week. This is because the Android and iOS Wikipedia apps will use push notifications for those who want them. You can see the preferences on the test wiki. The goal is to have push notifications on Android in October and on iOS in early 2021. [१,७८७] - You can soon put pages on your watchlist for a limited time. This could be useful if you want to watch something for a shorter time but don't want it on your watchlist forever. It now works on mediawiki.org and will come to more wikis later. You can read more and see when it will come to other wikis.
- You can see what Wikimedians think are the best new technical tools this year. You can also nominate them.
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Recent changes
- There is a new tool where you can see which home wiki users have in discussions on Meta. This can help show which communities are not part of the discussion on wikis where we make decisions that affect many other wikis.
- You can now thank users for file uploads or for changing the language of a page. [१,७८८]
Problems
- There were many errors with the new MediaWiki version last week. The new version was rolled back. Updates that should have happened last week are late. [१,७८९]
- Everyone was logged out. This was because a user reported being logged in to someone else's account. The problem should be fixed now. [१,७९०]
- Many pages have JavaScript errors. You can read more and now see a list of user scripts with errors.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 6 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 7 October. It will be on all wikis from 8 October (calendar).
- Letters immediately after a link are shown as part of the link. For example the entire word in
[[Child]]renis linked. On Arabic wikis this works at both the start and end of a word. Previously on Arabic wikis numbers and other non-letter Unicode characters were shown as part of the link at the start of a word but not at the end. Now only Latin and Arabic letters will extend links on Arabic wikis. [१,७९१]
Future changes
- You will be able to read but not to edit the wikis for up to an hour on 27 October around 14:00 (UTC). It will probably be shorter than an hour. [१,७९२]
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Problems
- Because of the problems with the MediaWiki version two weeks ago last week's updates are also late. [१,७९३][१,७९४][१,७९५]
Changes later this week
- Live previews didn't show the templates used in the preview if you just edited a section. This has now been fixed. You can also test CSS and JavaScript pages even if you have the live preview enabled. Previously this didn't work well. [१,७९६][१,७९७]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 13 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 14 October. It will be on all wikis from 15 October (calendar).
Future changes
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Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 20 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 21 October. It will be on all wikis from 22 October (calendar).
Future changes
- You will be able to read but not to edit the wikis for up to an hour on 27 October around 14:00 (UTC). It will probably be shorter than an hour. [१,७९९]
- In the AbuseFilter extension, the
rmspecials()function will be updated soon so that it does not remove the "space" character. Wikis are advised to wrap all the uses ofrmspecials()withrmwhitespace()wherever necessary to keep filters' behavior unchanged. You can use the search function on Special:AbuseFilter to locate its usage. [१,८००] - Some gadgets and user-scripts use the HTML div with the ID
#jump-to-nav. This div will be removed soon. Maintainers should replace these uses with either#siteSubor#mw-content-text. A list of affected scripts is at the top of phab:T265373.
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Problems
- You will be able to read but not to edit the wikis for up to an hour on October 27 around 14:00 (UTC). It will probably be shorter than an hour. [१,८०१]
- Last week, links to "diffs" from mobile watchlists and recentchanges were linking to page-revisions instead of diffs. This has now been fixed. [१,८०२]
Changes later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
Future changes
- Since the introduction of the interface administrators user group in 2018, administrators couldn’t view the deleted history of CSS/JS pages. Now they can. [१,८०३]
- There was a problem with the Change Tags. The software would apply the "Reverted" tag to any page actions such as page-protection changes if they came directly after a reverted edit. This has now been fixed for new edits. [१,८०४]
- The Reply tool will be offered as an opt-in Beta Feature on most Wikipedias in November. Another announcement will be made once the date is finalized. [१,८०५]
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Recent changes
- You can no longer read Wikimedia wikis if your browser uses very old TLS. This is because it is a security problem for everyone. It could lead to downgrade attacks. Since October 29, 2020, users who use old TLS versions will not be able to connect to Wikimedia projects. A list of browser recommendations is available. All modern operating systems and browsers are always able to reach Wikimedia projects. [१,८०६]
- There is a new automatic tracking category available: Pages with non-numeric formatnum arguments. It collects pages which use the
{{formatnum}}parser function with invalid (non-numeric) input, e.g.{{formatnum:TECHNEWS}}. Note that{{formatnum:123,456}}is also invalid input: as described in the documentation, the argument should be unformatted so that it can be reliably and correctly localised. The tracking category will help identify problematic usage and double-formatting. The new tracking category's name can be translated at translatewiki. [१,८०७]
Changes later 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 and some Wikipedias from November 4. It will be on all wikis from November 5 (calendar).
- Administrators and stewards will be able to use a special page (Special:CreateLocalAccount) to force local account creation for a global account. This is useful when account creation is blocked for that user (by a block or a filter). [१,८०८]
- The Reply tool will be offered as an opt-in Beta Feature on most Wikipedias on November 4. This change excludes the English, Russian, and German-language Wikipedias, plus a few smaller Wikipedias with special circumstances. You can read the help page and the troubleshooting guide for more information. [१,८०९]
Future changes
- A discussion has been restarted about using a Unicode minus sign (− U+2212) in the output of
{{formatnum}}when it is given a negative argument. [१,८१०] - In the future IP addresses of unregistered users will not be shown for everyone. They will get an alias instead. There will be a new user right or an opt-in function for more vandal fighters to see the IPs of unregistered users. There would be some criteria for who gets the user right or opt-in. There will also be other new tools to help handle vandalism. This is early in the process and the developers are still collecting information from the communities before they suggest solutions.
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Changes later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
Future changes
- You can see reference previews. This shows a preview of the footnote when you hover over it. This has been a beta feature. It will move out of beta and be enabled by default. There will be an option not to use it. The developers are looking for small or medium-sized wikis to be the first ones. You can let them know if your wiki is interested. [१,८११]
- From November 16 the categories will not be sorted in order for a short time. This is because the developers are upgrading to a new version of the internationalisation library. They will use a script to fix the existing categories. This can take a few hours or a few days depending on how big the wiki is. You can read more. [१,८१२][१,८१३]
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Recent changes
- Listings on category pages are sorted on each wiki for that language using a library. For a brief period on 16 November, changes to categories will not be sorted correctly for most languages. This is because the developers are upgrading to a new version of the library. They will then use a script to fix the existing categories. This will take a few hours or a few days depending on how big the wiki is. You can read more. [१,८१४][१,८१५]
Changes later this week
- If you merged two pages in a namespace where pages can't redirect this used to break the merge history. This will now be fixed. [१,८१६]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 17 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 18 November. It will be on all wikis from 19 November (calendar).
Future changes
- The Community Wishlist Survey is now open for proposals. The survey decides what the Community Tech team will work on. You can post proposals from 16 to 30 November. You can vote on proposals from 8 December to 21 December.
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Recent changes
- Timestamps in Special:Log are now links. They go to Special:Log for only that entry. This is how timestamps work on for example the history page. [१,८१७]
Changes later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
Future changes
- The Wikimedia Cloud VPS hosts technical projects for the Wikimedia movement. Developers need to claim projects they use. This is because old and unused projects are removed once a year. Unclaimed projects can be shut down from 1 December. Unclaimed projects can be deleted from 1 January. [१,८१८]
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Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 1 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 2 December. It will be on all wikis from 3 December (calendar).
Future changes
- The iOS Wikipedia app will show readers more of the article history. They can see new updates and easier see how the article has changed over time. This is an experiment. It will first be shown only to some iOS app users as a test. [१,८१९][१,८२०]
- The Wiki Replicas can be used for SQL queries. You can use Quarry, PAWS or other ways to do this. To make the Wiki Replicas stable there will be two changes. Cross-database
JOINSwill no longer work. You can also only query a database if you connect to it directly. This will happen in February 2021. If you think this affects you and you need help you can post on Phabricator or on Wikitech. [१,८२१]
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Recent changes
- You can now put pages on your watchlist for a limited period of time. Some wikis already had this function. [१,८२२][१,८२३]
Changes later this week
- Information from Wikidata that is used on a wiki page can be shown in recent changes and watchlists on a Wikimedia wiki. To see this you need to turn on showing Wikidata edits in your watchlist in the preferences. Changes to the Wikidata description in the language of a Wikimedia wiki will then be shown in recent changes and watchlists. This will not show edits to languages that are not relevant to your wiki. [१,८२४][१,८२५]
- 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 wikis from 10 December (calendar).
Future changes
- You can vote on proposals in the Community Wishlist Survey between 8 December and 21 December. The survey decides what the Community Tech team will work on.
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Recent changes
- There is a Wikipedia app for KaiOS phones. It was released in India in September. It can now be downloaded in other countries too. [१,८२६]
Changes later this week
- 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 wikis from 17 December (calendar).
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Tech News
- Because of the holidays the next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 11 January 2021.
Recent changes
- The
{{citation needed}}template shows when a statement in a Wikipedia article needs a source. If you click on it when you edit with the visual editor there is a popup that explains this. Now it can also show the reason and when it was added. [१,८२७]
Changes later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week or next week.
Future changes
- You can propose and discuss what technical improvements should be done for geographic information. This could be coordinates, maps or other related things.
- Some wikis use LanguageConverter to switch between writing systems or variants of a language. This can only be done for the entire page. There will be a
<langconvert>tag that can convert a piece of text on a page. [१,८२८] - Oversighters and stewards can hide entries in Special:AbuseLog. They can soon hide multiple entries at once using checkboxes. This works like hiding normal edits. It will happen in early January. [१,८२९]
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Recent changes
- You can choose to be reminded when you have not added an edit summary. This can be done in your preferences. This could conflict with the CAPTCHA. This has now been fixed. [१,८३०]
- You can link to specific log entries. You can get these links for example by clicking the timestamps in the log. Until now, such links to private log entries showed no entry even if you had permission to view private log entries. The links now show the entry. [१,८३१]
- Admins can use the abuse filter tool to automatically prevent bad edits. Three changes happened last week:
- The filter editing interface now shows syntax errors while you type. This is similar to JavaScript pages. It also shows a warning for regular expressions that match the empty string. New warnings will be added later. [१,८३२]
- Oversighters can now hide multiple filter log entries at once using checkboxes on Special:AbuseLog. This is how the usual revision deletion works. [१,८३३]
- When a filter matches too many actions after it has been changed it is "throttled". The most powerful actions are disabled. This is to avoid many editors getting blocked when an administrator made a mistake. The administrator will now get a notification about this "throttle".
- There is a new tool to build new skins. You can also see existing skins. You can give feedback. [१,८३४]
- Bots using the API no longer watch pages automatically based on account preferences. Setting the
watchlisttowatchwill still work. This is to reduce the size of the watchlist data in the database. [१,८३५] - Scribunto's file metadata now includes length. [१,८३६]
- CSS and JavaScript code pages now have link anchors to line numbers. You can use wikilinks like w:en:MediaWiki:Common.js#L-50. [१,८३७]
- There was a new version of MediaWiki last week. You can read a detailed log of all 763 changes. Most of them are very small and will not affect you.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 January. It will be on all wikis from 14 January (calendar).
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Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 January. It will be on all wikis from 21 January (calendar).
Future changes
- The Growth team plans to add features to get more visitors to edit to more Wikipedias. You can help translating the interface.
- You will be able to read but not to edit Wikimedia Commons for a short time on 26 January at 07:00 (UTC). [१,८३८]
- MassMessage posts could be automatically timestamped in the future. This is because MassMessage senders can now send pages using MassMessage. Pages are more difficult to sign. If there are times when a MassMessage post should not be timestamped you can let the developers know.
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Problems
- You will be able to read but not to edit Wikimedia Commons for a short time on 26 January at 07:00 (UTC). You will not be able to read or edit Wikitech for a short time on 28 January at 09:00 (UTC). [१,८३९][१,८४०]
Changes later this week
- Bracket matching will be added to the CodeMirror syntax highlighter on the first wikis. The first wikis are German and Catalan Wikipedia and maybe other Wikimedia wikis. This will happen on 27 January. [१,८४१]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 26 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 27 January. It will be on all wikis from 28 January (calendar).
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Problems
- IPv6 addresses were written in lowercase letters in diffs. This caused dead links since Special:Contributions only accepted uppercase letters for the IPs. This has been fixed. [१,८४२]
Changes later this week
- You can soon use Wikidata to link to pages on the multilingual Wikisource. [१,८४३]
- Often editors use a "non-breaking space" to make a gap between two items when reading but still show them together. This can be used to avoid a line break. You will now be able to add new ones via the special character tool in the 2010, 2017, and visual editors. The character will be shown in the visual editor as a space with a grey background. [१,८४४][१,८४५]
- Wikis use abuse filters to stop bad edits being made. Filter maintainers can now use syntax like
1.2.3.4 - 1.2.3.55as well as the1.2.3.4/27syntax for IP ranges. [१,८४६] - The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 2 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 3 February. It will be on all wikis from 4 February (calendar).
Future changes
- Minerva is the skin Wikimedia wikis use for mobile traffic. When a page is protected and you can't edit it you can normally read the source wikicode. This doesn't work on Minerva on mobile devices. This is being fixed. Some text might overlap. This is because your community needs to update MediaWiki:Protectedpagetext to work on mobile. You can read more. [१,८४७][१,८४८]
- Cloud VPS and Toolforge will change the IP address they use to contact the wikis. The new IP address will be
185.15.56.1. This will happen on February 8. You can read more.
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Recent changes
- The Wikipedia app for Android now has watchlists and talk pages in the app. [१,८४९]
Changes later this week
- You can see edits to chosen pages on Special:Watchlist. You can add pages to your watchlist on every wiki you like. The GlobalWatchlist extension will come to Meta on 11 February. There you can see entries on watched pages on different wikis on the same page. The new watchlist will be found on Special:GlobalWatchlist on Meta. You can choose which wikis to watch and other preferences on Special:GlobalWatchlistSettings on Meta. You can watch up to five wikis. [१,८५०]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 February. It will be on all wikis from 11 February (calendar).
Future changes
- When admins protect pages the form will use the OOUI look. Special:Import will also get the new look. This will make them easier to use on mobile phones. [१,८५१][१,८५२]
- Some services will not work for a short period of time from 07:00 UTC on 17 February. There might be problems with new short links, new translations, new notifications, adding new items to your reading lists or recording email bounces. This is because of database maintenance. [१,८५३]
- Last week Tech News reported that the IP address Cloud VPS and Toolforge use to contact the wikis will change on 8 February. This is delayed. It will happen later instead. [१,८५४]
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Problems
- There were problems with recent versions of MediaWiki. Because the updates caused problems the developers rolled back to an earlier version. Some updates and new functions will come later than planned. [१,८५५][१,८५६]
- Some services will not work for a short period of time from 07:00 UTC on 17 February. There might be problems with new short links, new translations, new notifications, adding new items to your reading lists or recording email bounces. This is because of database maintenance. [१,८५७]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 February. It will be on all wikis from 18 February (calendar).
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Recent changes
- The visual editor will now use MediaSearch to find images. You can search for images on Commons in the visual editor when you are looking for illustrations. This is to help editors find better images. [१,८५८]
- The syntax highlighter now works with more languages: Futhark, Graphviz/DOT, CDDL and AMDGPU. [१,८५९]
Problems
- Editing a timeline might have removed all text from it. This was because of a bug and has been fixed. You might need to edit the timeline again for it to show properly. [१,८६०]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 February. It will be on all wikis from 25 February (calendar).
Future changes
- There is a user group for developers and users interested in working on Wikimedia wikis with the Rust programming language. You can join or tell others who want to make your wiki better in the future.
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Recent changes
- Wikis using the Growth team tools can now show the name of a newcomer's mentor anywhere through a magic word. This can be used for welcome messages or userboxes.
- A new version of the VideoCutTool is now available. It enables cropping, trimming, audio disabling, and rotating video content. It is being created as part of the developer outreach programs.
Problems
- There was a problem with the job queue. This meant some functions did not save changes and mass messages were delayed. This did not affect wiki edits. [१,८६१]
- Some editors may not be logged in to their accounts automatically in the latest versions of Firefox and Safari. [१,८६२]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 2 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 3 March. It will be on all wikis from 4 March (calendar).
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Recent changes
- Section translation now works on Bengali Wikipedia. It helps mobile editors translate sections of articles. It will come to more wikis later. The first focus is active wikis with a smaller number of articles. You can test it and leave feedback.
- Flagged revisions now give admins the review right. [१,८६३]
- When someone links to a Wikipedia article on Twitter this will now show a preview of the article. [१,८६४]
Problems
- Many graphs have JavaScript errors. Graph editors can check their graphs in their browser's developer console after editing. [१,८६५]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 March. It will be on all wikis from 11 March (calendar).
- The New Discussion tool will soon be a new discussion tools beta feature for on most Wikipedias. The goal is to make it easier to start new discussions. [१,८६६]
Future changes
- There will be a number of changes to make it easier to work with templates. Some will come to the first wikis in March. Other changes will come to the first wikis in June. This is both for those who use templates and those who create or maintain them. You can read more.
- Reference Previews will become a default feature on some wikis on 17 March. They will share a setting with Page Previews. If you prefer the Reference Tooltips or Navigation-Popups gadget you can keep using them. If so Reference Previews won't be shown. [१,८६७][१,८६८]
- New JavaScript-based functions will not work in Internet Explorer 11. This is because Internet Explorer is an old browser that doesn't work with how JavaScript is written today. Everything that works in Internet Explorer 11 today will continue working in Internet Explorer for now. You can read more.
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Recent changes
- Wikis that are part of the desktop improvements project can now use a new search function. The desktop improvements and the new search will come to more wikis later. You can also test it early.
- Editors who put up banners or change site-wide JavaScript code should use the client error graph to see that their changes has not caused problems. You can read more. [१,८६९]
Problems
- Due to database issues the Wikimedia Beta Cluster was read-only for over a day.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 March. It will be on all wikis from 18 March (calendar).
Future changes
- You can add a newline or carriage return character to a custom signature if you use a template. There is a proposal to not allow them in the future. This is because they can cause formatting problems. [१,८७०][१,८७१]
- You will be able to read but not edit 12 wikis for a short period of time on 23 March at 06:00 (UTC). This could take 30 minutes but will probably be much faster.
- You can use Quarry for SQL queries to the Wiki Replicas. Cross-database
JOINSwill no longer work from 23 March. There will be a new field to specify the database to connect to. If you think this affects you and you need help you can post on Phabricator or on Wikitech. PAWS and other ways to do SQL queries to the Wiki Replicas will be affected later. [१,८७२]
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Recent changes
- There is a Wikipedia app for KaiOS phones. They don't have a touch screen so readers navigate with the phone keys. There is now a simulator so you can see what it looks like.
- The reply tool and new discussion tool are now available as the "चर्चा उपकरण" beta feature in almost all wikis except German Wikipedia.
Problems
- You will be able to read but not edit twelve wikis for a short period of time on २३ मार्च at 06:00 (UTC). This can also affect password changes, logging in to new wikis, global renames and changing or confirming emails. This could take 30 minutes but will probably be much faster.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 March. It will be on all wikis from 25 March (calendar).
- Syntax highlighting colours will change to be easier to read. This will soon come to the first wikis. [१,८७३]
Future changes
- Flagged revisions will no longer have multiple tags like "tone" or "depth". It will also only have one tier. This was changed because very few wikis used these features and they make the tool difficult to maintain. [१,८७४][१,८७५]
- Gadgets and user scripts can access variables about the current page in JavaScript. In 2015 this was moved from
wg*tomw.config.wg*will soon no longer work. [१,८७६]
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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- Some very old web browsers don’t work well with the Wikimedia wikis. Some old code for browsers that used to be supported is being removed. This could cause issues in those browsers. [१,८७७]
- IRC recent changes feeds have been moved to a new server. Make sure all tools automatically reconnect to
irc.wikimedia.organd not to the name of any specific server. Users should also consider switching to the more modern EventStreams. [१,८७८]
Problems
- When you move a page that many editors have on their watchlist the history can be split. It might also not be possible to move it again for a while. This is because of a job queue problem. [१,८७९]
- Some translatable pages on Meta could not be edited. This was because of a bug in the translation tool. The new MediaWiki version was delayed because of problems like this. [१,८८०][१,८८१]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 31 March. It will be on all wikis from 1 April (calendar).
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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
- Editors can collapse part of an article so you have to click on it to see it. When you click a link to a section inside collapsed content it will now expand to show the section. The browser will scroll down to the section. Previously such links didn't work unless you manually expanded the content first. [१,८८२]
Changes later this week
- The citoid API will use for example
2010-12-XXinstead of2010-12for dates with a month but no days. This is because2010-12could be confused with2010-2012instead ofDecember 2010. This is called level 1 instead of level 0 in the Extended Date/Time Format. [१,८८३] - The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 6 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 7 April. It will be on all wikis from 8 April (calendar).
Future changes
- PAWS can now connect to the new Wiki Replicas. Cross-database
JOINSwill no longer work from 28 April. There is a new way to connect to the databases. Until 28 April both ways to connect to the databases will work. If you think this affects you and you need help you can post on Phabricator or on Wikitech.
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१९:४१, ५ अप्रैल २०२१ (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
- Email to the Wikimedia wikis are handled by groups of Wikimedia editors. These volunteer response teams now use Znuny instead of OTRS. The functions and interface remain the same. The volunteer administrators will give more details about the next steps soon. [१,८८४][१,८८५]
- If you use syntax highlighting, you can see line numbers in the 2010 and 2017 wikitext editors when editing templates. This is to make it easier to see line breaks or talk about specific lines. Line numbers will soon come to all namespaces. [१,८८६][१,८८७][१,८८८]
- Because of a technical change there could be problems with gadgets and scripts that have an edit summary area that looks similar to this one. If they look strange they should use
mw.loader.using('mediawiki.action.edit.styles')to go back to how they looked before. [१,८८९] - The latest version of MediaWiki came to the Wikimedia wikis last week. There was no Tech News issue last week.
Changes later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
Future changes
- The user group
oversightwill be renamedsuppress. This is for technical reasons. This is the technical name. It doesn't affect what you call the editors with this user right on your wiki. This is planned to happen in two weeks. You can comment in Phabricator if you have objections.
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१६:४८, १९ अप्रैल २०२१ (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
- Templates have parameters that can have specific values. It is possible to suggest values for editors with TemplateData. You can soon see them as a drop-down list in the visual editor. This is to help template users find the right values faster. [१,८९०][१,८९१][१,८९२]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 27 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 28 April. It will be on all wikis from 29 April (calendar).
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२१:२४, २६ अप्रैल २०२१ (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
- Twinkle is a gadget on English Wikipedia. It can help with maintenance and patrolling. It can now be used on other wikis. You can get Twinkle on your wiki using the twinkle-starter GitHub repository.
Problems
- The content translation tool did not work for many articles for a little while. This was because of a bug. [१,८९३]
- Some things will not work for about a minute on 5 May. This will happen around 06:00 UTC. This will affect the content translation tool and notifications among other things. This is because of an upgrade to avoid crashes. [१,८९४]
Changes later this week
- Reference Previews will become a default feature on a number of wikis on 5 May. This is later than planned because of some changes. You can use it without using Page Previews if you want to. The earlier plan was to have the preference to use both or none. [१,८९५][१,८९६]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 4 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 5 May. It will be on all wikis from 6 May (calendar).
Future changes
- The CSS classes
.error,.warningand.successdo not work for mobile readers if they have not been specifically defined on your wiki. From June they will not work for desktop readers. This can affect gadgets and templates. The classes can be defined in MediaWiki:Common.css or template styles instead. [१,८९७]
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१५:४३, ३ मई २०२१ (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 later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 11 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 12 May. It will be on all wikis from 13 May (calendar).
Future changes
- You can see what participants plan to work on at the online Wikimedia hackathon 22–23 May.
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१५:०९, १० मई २०२१ (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 toolbar in the Reply tool. It works in the wikitext source mode. You can enable it in your preferences. [१,८९८] [१,८९९] [१,९००]
- Wikimedia mailing lists are being moved to Mailman 3. This is a newer version. For the character encoding to work it will change from
UTF-8toutf8mb3. [१,९०१][१,९०२] - An earlier issue of Tech News said that the citoid API would handle dates with a month but no days in a new way. This has been reverted for now. There needs to be more discussion of how it affects different wikis first. [१,९०३]
Changes later this week
-
MediaWiki:Pageimages-blacklistwill be renamedMediaWiki:Pageimages-denylist. The list can be copied to the new name. It will happen on 19 May for some wikis and 20 May for some wikis. Most wikis don't use it. It lists images that should never be used as thumbnails for articles. [१,९०४] - The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 18 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 19 May. It will be on all wikis from 20 May (calendar).
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१३:४९, १७ मई २०२१ (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 movement has been using IRC on a network called Freenode. There have been changes around who is in control of the network. The Wikimedia IRC Group Contacts have decided to move to the new Libera Chat network instead. This is not a formal decision for the movement to move all channels but most Wikimedia IRC channels will probably leave Freenode. There is a migration guide and ongoing Wikimedia discussions about this.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 25 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 26 May. It will be on all wikis from 27 May (calendar).
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१७:०७, २४ मई २०२१ (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 an issue on the Vector skin with the text size of categories and notices under the page title. It was fixed last Monday. [१,९०५]
Changes later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
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१७:०५, ३१ मई २०२१ (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 later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 8 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 9 June. It will be on all wikis from 10 June (calendar).
Future changes
- The Wikimedia movement uses Phabricator for technical tasks. This is where we collect technical suggestions, bugs and what developers are working on. The company behind Phabricator will stop working on it. This will not change anything for the Wikimedia movement now. It could lead to changes in the future. [१,९०६][१,९०७][१,९०८]
- Searching on Wikipedia will find more results in some languages. This is mainly true for when those who search do not use the correct diacritics because they are not seen as necessary in that language. For example searching for
Beduszdoesn't findBęduszon German Wikipedia. The characteręisn't used in German so many would writeeinstead. This will work better in the future in some languages. [१,९०९] - The CSRF token parameters in the action API were changed in 2014. The old parameters from before 2014 will stop working soon. This can affect bots, gadgets and user scripts that still use the old parameters. [१,९१०][१,९११]
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२०:०२, ७ जून २०२१ (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
- Logged-in users on the mobile web can choose to use the advanced mobile mode. They now see categories in a similar way as users on desktop do. This means that some gadgets that have just been for desktop users could work for users of the mobile site too. If your wiki has such gadgets you could decide to turn them on for the mobile site too. Some gadgets probably need to be fixed to look good on mobile. [१,९१२]
- Language links on Wikidata now works for multilingual Wikisource. [१,९१३]
Changes later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
Future changes
- In the future we can't show the IP of unregistered editors to everyone. This is because privacy regulations and norms have changed. There is now a rough draft of how showing the IP to those who need to see it could work.
- German Wikipedia, English Wikivoyage and 29 smaller wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on 22 June. This is planned between 5:00 and 5:30 UTC. [१,९१४]
- All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes in the week of 28 June. More information will be published in Tech News later. It will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks. [१,९१५][१,९१६]
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२०:२६, १४ जून २०२१ (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
otrs-membergroup name is nowvrt-permissions. This could affect abuse filters. [१,९१७]
Problems
- You will be able to read but not edit German Wikipedia, English Wikivoyage and 29 smaller wikis for a few minutes on 22 June. This is planned between 5:00 and 5:30 UTC. [१,९१८]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 22 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 23 June. It will be on all wikis from 24 June (calendar).
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१५:४९, २१ जून २०२१ (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
- Wikis with the Growth features now can configure Growth features directly on their wiki. This uses the new special page
Special:EditGrowthConfig. [१,९१९] - Wikisources have a new OCR tool. If you don't want to see the "extract text" button on Wikisource you can add
.ext-wikisource-ExtractTextWidget { display: none; }to your common.css page. [१,९२०]
Problems
- You will be able to read but not edit the Wikimedia wikis for a few minutes on 29 June. This is planned at 14:00 UTC. [१,९२१][१,९२२]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 29 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 30 June. It will be on all wikis from 1 July (calendar).
Future changes
Threshold for stub link formatting,thumbnail sizeandauto-number headingscan be set in preferences. They are expensive to maintain and few editors use them. The developers are planning to remove them. Removing them will make pages load faster. You can read more and give feedback.- A toolbar will be added to the Reply tool's wikitext source mode. This will make it easier to link to pages and to ping other users. [१,९२३][१,९२४]
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१६:३२, २८ जून २०२१ (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
- The next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 19 July.
Recent changes
- AutoWikiBrowser is a tool to make repetitive tasks easier. It now uses JSON.
Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPagehas moved toWikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPageJSONandWikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Config.Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPage/Versionhas moved toWikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPage/VersionJSON. The tool will eventually be configured on the wiki so that you don't have to wait until the new version to add templates or regular expression fixes. [१,९२५]
Problems
- InternetArchiveBot helps saving online sources on some wikis. It adds them to Wayback Machine and links to them there. This is so they don't disappear if the page that was linked to is removed. It currently has a problem with linking to the wrong date when it moves pages from
archive.istoweb.archive.org. [१,९२६]
Changes later this week
- The tool to find, add and remove templates will be updated. This is to make it easier to find and use the right templates. It will come to the first wikis on 7 July. It will come to more wikis later this year. [१,९२७][१,९२८]
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
Future changes
- Some Wikimedia wikis use Flagged Revisions or pending changes. It hides edits from new and unregistered accounts for readers until they have been patrolled. The auto review action in Flagged Revisions will no longer be logged. All old logs of auto-review will be removed. This is because it creates a lot of logs that are not very useful. [१,९२९]
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१७:३३, ५ जुलाई २०२१ (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 tool to find, add and remove templates was updated. This is to make it easier to find and use the right templates. It was supposed to come to the first wikis on 7 July. It was delayed to 12 July instead. It will come to more wikis later this year. [१,९३०][१,९३१]
- Special:UnconnectedPages lists pages that are not connected to Wikidata. This helps you find pages that can be connected to Wikidata items. Some pages should not be connected to Wikidata. You can use the magic word
__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__on pages that should not be listed on the special page. [१,९३२]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 20 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 21 July. It will be on all wikis from 22 July (calendar).
Future changes
- How media is structured in the parser's HTML output will soon change. This can affect bots, gadgets, user scripts and extensions. You can read more. You can test it on Testwiki or Testwiki 2.
- The parameters for how you obtain tokens in the MediaWiki API were changed in 2014. The old way will no longer work from 1 September. Scripts, bots and tools that use the parameters from before the 2014 change need to be updated. You can read more.
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१५:३१, १९ जुलाई २०२१ (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 version of MediaWiki came to the Wikimedia wikis the week before last week. This was not in Tech News because there was no newsletter that week.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 27 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 28 July. It will be on all wikis from 29 July (calendar).
Future changes
- If you use the Monobook skin you can choose to switch off responsive design on mobile. This will now work for more skins. If
⧼monobook-responsive-label⧽is unticked you need to also untick the new preferenceउत्तरदायी मोड सक्षम करें. Otherwise it will stop working. Interface admins can automate this process on your wiki. You can read more.
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२१:११, २६ जुलाई २०२१ (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 uses markup like
<div class="mw-content-ltr">or<div class="mw-content-rtl">without the requireddirattribute, then these will no longer work in 2 weeks. There is a short-term fix that can be added to your local wiki's Common.css page, which is explained at T287701. From now on, all usages should include the full attributes, for example:<div class="mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr" lang="en">or<div class="mw-content-rtl" dir="rtl" lang="he">. This also applies to some other HTML tags, such asspanorcode. You can find existing examples on your wiki that need to be updated, using the instructions at T287701. - Reminder: Wikimedia has migrated to the Libera Chat IRC network, from the old Freenode network. Local documentation should be updated.
Problems
- Last week, all wikis had slow access or no access for 30 minutes. There was a problem with generating dynamic lists of articles on the Russian Wikinews, due to the bulk import of 200,000+ new articles over 3 days, which led to database problems. The problematic feature has been disabled on that wiki and developers are discussing if it can be fixed properly. [१,९३३][१,९३४]
Changes later this week
- When adding links to a page using VisualEditor or the 2017 wikitext editor, disambiguation pages will now only appear at the bottom of search results. This is because users do not often want to link to disambiguation pages. [१,९३५]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 3 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 4 August. It will be on all wikis from 5 August (calendar).
Future changes
- The team of the Wikipedia app for Android is working on communication in the app. The developers are working on how to talk to other editors and get notifications. You can read more. They are looking for users who want to test the plans. Any editor who has an Android phone and is willing to download the app can do this.
- The Beta Feature for चर्चा उपकरण will be updated in the coming weeks. You will be able to subscribe to individual sections on a talk page at more wikis. You can test this now by adding
?dtenable=1to the end of the talk page's URL (example).
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२०:४७, २ अगस्त २०२१ (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
- You can read but not edit 17 wikis for a few minutes on 10 August. This is planned at 05:00 UTC. This is because of work on the database. [१,९३६]
Changes later this week
- The Wikimania Hackathon will take place remotely on 13 August, starting at 5:00 UTC, for 24 hours. You can participate in many ways. You can still propose projects and sessions.
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 10 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 11 August. It will be on all wikis from 12 August (calendar).
- The old CSS
<div class="visualClear"></div>will not be supported after 12 August. Instead, templates and pages should use<div style="clear:both;"></div>. Please help to replace any existing uses on your wiki. There are global-search links available at T287962.
Future changes
- The Wikipedia Library is a place for Wikipedia editors to get access to sources. There is an extension which has a new function to tell users when they can take part in it. It will use notifications. It will start pinging the first users in September. It will ping more users later. [१,९३७]
- Vue.js will be the JavaScript framework for MediaWiki in the future. [१,९३८]
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१६:२१, ९ अगस्त २०२१ (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 add language links in the sidebar in the new Vector skin again. You do this by connecting the page to a Wikidata item. The new Vector skin has moved the language links but the new language selector cannot add language links yet. [१,९३९]
Problems
- There was a problem on wikis which use the Translate extension. Translations were not updated or were replaced with the English text. The problems have been fixed. [१,९४०][१,९४१][१,९४२]
Changes later this week
- A revision tag will soon be added to edits that add links to disambiguation pages. This is because these links are usually added by accident. The tag will allow editors to easily find the broken links and fix them. If your wiki does not like this feature, it can be hidden. [१,९४३]
- Would you like to help improve the information about tools? Would you like to attend or help organize a small virtual meetup for your community to discuss the list of tools? Please get in touch on the Toolhub Quality Signal Sessions talk page. We are also looking for feedback from tool maintainers on some specific questions.
- In the past, edits to any page in your user talk space ignored your mute list, e.g. sub-pages. Starting this week, this is only true for edits to your talk page. [१,९४४]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 17 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 18 August. It will be on all wikis from 19 August (calendar).
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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
- The Score extension (
<score>notation) has been re-enabled on public wikis and upgraded to a newer version. Some musical score functionality may no longer work because the extension is only enabled in "safe mode". The security issue has been fixed and an advisory published.
Problems
- You will be able to read but not edit some wikis for a few minutes on 25 August. This will happen around 06:00 UTC. This is for database maintenance. During this time, operations on the CentralAuth will also not be possible.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 24 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 25 August. It will be on all wikis from 26 August (calendar).
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२१:५८, २३ अगस्त २०२१ (UTC)
Read-only reminder
[सम्पादन]A maintenance operation will be performed on Wednesday August 25 06:00 UTC. It should only last for a few minutes.
This will affect your wiki as well as 11 other wikis. During this time, publishing edits will not be possible.
Also during this time, operations on the CentralAuth will not be possible (GlobalRenames, changing/confirming e-mail addresses, logging into new wikis, password changes).
For more details about the operation and on all impacted services, please check on Phabricator.
A banner will be displayed 30 minutes before the operation.
Please help your community to be aware of this maintenance operation. धन्यवाद!
२०:३५, २४ अगस्त २०२१ (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 musical score syntax no longer works and may needed to be updated, you can check Category:Pages with score rendering errors on your wiki for a list of pages with errors.
Problems
- Musical scores were unable to render lyrics in some languages because of missing fonts. This has been fixed now. If your language would prefer a different font, please file a request in Phabricator. [१,९४५]
Changes later this week
- The parameters for how you obtain tokens in the MediaWiki API were changed in 2014. The old way will no longer work from 1 September. Scripts, bots and tools that use the parameters from before the 2014 change need to be updated. You can read more about this.
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 31 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 September. It will be on all wikis from 2 September (calendar).
Future changes
- You will be able to read but not edit Commons for a few minutes on 6 September. This will happen around 05:00 UTC. This is for database maintenance.
- All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes in the week of 13 September. More information will be published in Tech News later. It will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks. [१,९४६]
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१६:०१, ३० अगस्त २०२१ (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 wikis that have Growth features deployed have been part of A/B testing since deployment, in which some newcomers did not receive the new features. Now, all of the newcomers on 21 of the smallest of those wikis will be receiving the features. [१,९४७]
Changes later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
Future changes
- In 2017, the provided jQuery library was upgraded from version 1 to 3, with a compatibility layer. The migration will soon finish, to make the site load faster for everyone. If you maintain a gadget or user script, check if you have any JQMIGRATE errors and fix them, or they will break. [१,९४८][१,९४९]
- Last year, the Portuguese Wikipedia community embarked on an experiment to make log-in compulsory for editing. The impact report of this trial is ready. Moving forward, the Anti-Harassment Tools team is looking for projects that are willing to experiment with restricting IP editing on their wiki for a short-term experiment. Learn more.
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१५:२०, ६ सितम्बर २०२१ (UTC)
नई tech news विकिपीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा. कृपया अन्य यूजरो को इन बदलावों के बारे मे बताएं . सभी बदलाव आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेंगे . Translations उपलब्ध है.
हाल के बदलाव
- 45 new Wikipedias now have access to the Growth features. [१,९५०]
- A majority of Wikipedias now have access to the Growth features. The Growth team has published an FAQ page about the features. This translatable FAQ covers the description of the features, how to use them, how to change the configuration, and more.
समस्याएँ
- All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on 14 September. This is planned at 14:00 UTC. [१,९५१]
इस सप्ताह के दौरान बदलाव
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर १४ सितम्बर से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर १५ सितम्बर से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर १६ सितम्बर (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
- Starting this week, Wikipedia in Italian will receive weekly software updates on Wednesdays. It used to receive the updates on Thursdays. Due to this change, bugs will be noticed and fixed sooner. [१,९५२]
- You can add language links in the sidebar in the new Vector skin again. You do this by connecting the page to a Wikidata item. The new Vector skin has moved the language links but the new language selector cannot add language links yet. [१,९५३]
- The syntax highlight tool marks up code with different colours. It now can highlight 23 new code languages. Additionally,
golangcan now be used as an alias for the Go programming language, and a specialoutputmode has been added to show a program's output. [१,९५४][१,९५५]
तकनीकी समाचारों को तकनीकी समाचार लेखकों द्वारा लिखा गया और बॉट द्वारा भेजा गया • योगदान • अनुवाद • सहायता प्राप्त करें • प्रतिपुष्टि लिखें • हस्ताक्षर करें अथवा हटायें।
१५:३५, १३ सितम्बर २०२१ (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
- Growth features are now deployed to almost all Wikipedias. For the majority of small Wikipedias, the features are only available for experienced users, to test the features and configure them. Features will be available for newcomers starting on 20 September 2021.
- MediaWiki had a feature that would highlight local links to short articles in a different style. Each user could pick the size at which "stubs" would be highlighted. This feature was very bad for performance, and following a consultation, has been removed. [१,९५६]
- A technical change was made to the MonoBook skin to allow for easier maintenance and upkeep. This has resulted in some minor changes to HTML that make MonoBook's HTML consistent with other skins. Efforts have been made to minimize the impact on editors, but please ping Jon (WMF) on wiki or in phabricator if any problems are reported.
Problems
- There was a problem with search last week. Many search requests did not work for 2 hours because of an accidental restart of the search servers. [१,९५७]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 September. It will be on all wikis from 23 September (calendar).
- The meta=proofreadpage API has changed. The
pipropparameter has been renamed toprpiprop. API users should update their code to avoid unrecognized parameter warnings. Pywikibot users should upgrade to 6.6.0. [१,९५८]
Future changes
- The Reply tool will be deployed to the remaining wikis in the coming weeks. It is currently part of "चर्चा उपकरण" in Beta features at most wikis. You will be able to turn it off in Editing Preferences. [१,९५९]
- The previously announced change to how you obtain tokens from the API has been delayed to September 21 because of an incompatibility with Pywikibot. Bot operators using Pywikibot can follow T291202 for progress on a fix, and should plan to upgrade to 6.6.1 when it is released.
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१८:३२, २० सितम्बर २०२१ (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
- iOS 15 has a new function called Private Relay (Apple website). This can hide the user's IP when they use Safari browser. This is like using a VPN in that we see another IP address instead. It is opt-in and only for those who pay extra for iCloud. It will come to Safari users on OSX later. There is a technical discussion about what this means for the Wikimedia wikis.
Problems
- Some gadgets and user-scripts add items to the portlets (article tools) part of the skin. A recent change to the HTML may have made those links a different font-size. This can be fixed by adding the CSS class
.vector-menu-dropdown-noicon. [१,९६०]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 September. It will be on all wikis from 30 September (calendar).
- The GettingStarted extension was built in 2013, and provides an onboarding process for new account holders in a few versions of Wikipedia. However, the recently developed Growth features provide a better onboarding experience. Since the vast majority of Wikipedias now have access to the Growth features, GettingStarted will be deactivated starting on 4 October. [१,९६१]
- A small number of users will not be able to connect to the Wikimedia wikis after 30 September. This is because an old root certificate will no longer work. They will also have problems with many other websites. Users who have updated their software in the last five years are unlikely to have problems. Users in Europe, Africa and Asia are less likely to have immediate problems even if their software is too old. You can read more.
- You can receive notifications when someone leaves a comment on user talk page or mentions you in a talk page comment. Clicking the notification link will now bring you to the comment and highlight it. Previously, doing so brought you to the top of the section that contained the comment. You can find more information in T282029.
Future changes
- The Reply tool will be deployed to the remaining wikis in the coming weeks. It is currently part of "चर्चा उपकरण" in Beta features at most wikis. You will be able to turn it off in Editing Preferences. See the list of wikis. [१,९६२]
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२२:२२, २७ सितम्बर २०२१ (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 more efficient way of sending changes from Wikidata to Wikimedia wikis that show them has been enabled for the following 10 wikis: mediawiki.org, the Italian, Catalan, Hebrew and Vietnamese Wikipedias, French Wikisource, and English Wikivoygage, Wikibooks, Wiktionary and Wikinews. If you notice anything strange about how changes from Wikidata appear in recent changes or your watchlist on those wikis you can let the developers know.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 October. It will be on all wikis from 7 October (calendar).
- Some gadgets and bots that use the API to read the AbuseFilter log might break. The
hiddenproperty will no longer say an entry isimplicitfor unsuppressed log entries about suppressed edits. If your bot needs to know this, do a separate revision query. Additionally, the property will have the valuefalsefor visible entries; previously, it wasn't included in the response. [१,९६३] - A more efficient way of sending changes from Wikidata to Wikimedia wikis that show them will be enabled for all production wikis. If you notice anything strange about how changes from Wikidata appear in recent changes or your watchlist you can let the developers know.
Future changes
- You can soon get cross-wiki notifications in the iOS Wikipedia app. You can also get notifications as push notifications. More notification updates will follow in later versions. [१,९६४]
- The JavaScript variables
wgExtraSignatureNamespaces,wgLegalTitleChars, andwgIllegalFileCharswill soon be removed frommw.config. These are not part of the "stable" variables available for use in wiki JavaScript. [१,९६५] - The JavaScript variables
wgCookiePrefix,wgCookieDomain,wgCookiePath, andwgCookieExpirationwill soon be removed from mw.config. Scripts should instead usemw.cookiefrom the "mediawiki.cookie" module. [१,९६६]
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१६:३१, ४ अक्टूबर २०२१ (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 later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 October. It will be on all wikis from 14 October (calendar).
- The "auto-number headings" preference is being removed. You can read phab:T284921 for the reasons and discussion. This change was previously announced. A JavaScript snippet is available which can be used to create a Gadget on wikis that still want to support auto-numbering.
Meetings
- You can join a meeting about the Desktop Improvements. A demonstration version of the newest feature will be shown. The event will take place on Tuesday, 12 October at 16:00 UTC. See how to join.
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१५:३०, ११ अक्टूबर २०२१ (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
- Toolhub is a catalogue to make it easier to find software tools that can be used for working on the Wikimedia projects. You can read more.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 October. It will be on all wikis from 21 October (calendar).
Future changes
- The developers of the Wikipedia Android app are working on communication in the app. You can now answer questions in survey to help the development.
- 3–5% of editors may be blocked in the next few months. This is because of a new service in Safari, which is similar to a proxy or a VPN. It is called iCloud Private Relay. There is a discussion about this on Meta. The goal is to learn what iCloud Private Relay could mean for the communities.
- Wikimedia Enterprise is a new API for those who use a lot of information from the Wikimedia projects on other sites. It is a way to get big commercial users to pay for the data. There will soon be a copy of the Wikimedia Enterprise dataset. You can read more. You can also ask the team questions on Zoom on 22 October 15:00 UTC.
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२०:५३, १८ अक्टूबर २०२१ (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 Coolest Tool Award 2021 is looking for nominations. You can recommend tools until 27 October.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 26 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 27 October. It will be on all wikis from 28 October (calendar).
Future changes
- Diff pages will have an improved copy and pasting experience. The changes will allow the text in the diff for before and after to be treated as separate columns and will remove any unwanted syntax. [१,९६७]
- The version of the Liberation fonts used in SVG files will be upgraded. Only new thumbnails will be affected. Liberation Sans Narrow will not change. [१,९६८]
Meetings
- You can join a meeting about the Community Wishlist Survey. News about the disambiguation and the real-time preview wishes will be shown. The event will take place on Wednesday, 27 October at 14:30 UTC. See how to join.
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२०:०८, २५ अक्टूबर २०२१ (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 limit on the amount of emails a user can send each day. This limit is now global instead of per-wiki. This change is to prevent abuse. [१,९६९]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 2 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 3 November. It will be on all wikis from 4 November (calendar).
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२०:२८, १ नवम्बर २०२१ (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.
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- Mobile IP editors are now able to receive warning notices indicating they have a talk page message on the mobile website (similar to the orange banners available on desktop). These notices will be displayed on every page outside of the main namespace and every time the user attempts to edit. The notice on desktop now has a slightly different colour. [१,९७०][१,९७१]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- Wikidata will be read-only for a few minutes on 11 November. This will happen around 06:00 UTC. This is for database maintenance. [१,९७२]
- इस सप्ताह मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण नहीं आएगा।
भविष्य में परिवर्तन
- In the future, unregistered editors will be given an identity that is not their IP address. This is for legal reasons. A new user right will let editors who need to know the IPs of unregistered accounts to fight vandalism, spam, and harassment, see the IP. You can read the suggestions for how that identity could work and discuss on the talk page.
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
२०:३६, ८ नवम्बर २०२१ (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
- Most large file uploads errors that had messages like "
stashfailed" or "DBQueryError" have now been fixed. An incident report is available.
Problems
- Sometimes, edits made on iOS using the visual editor save groups of numbers as telephone number links, because of a feature in the operating system. This problem is under investigation. [१,९७३]
- There was a problem with search last week. Many search requests did not work for 2 hours because of a configuration error. [१,९७४]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 November. It will be on all wikis from 18 November (calendar).
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२२:०६, १५ नवम्बर २०२१ (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 later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
- The template dialog in VisualEditor and in the new wikitext mode Beta feature will be heavily improved on a few wikis. Your feedback is welcome.
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२०:०२, २२ नवम्बर २०२१ (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 later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 December. It will be on all wikis from 2 December (calendar).
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२१:१५, २९ नवम्बर २०२१ (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
- MediaWiki 1.38-wmf.11 was scheduled to be deployed on some wikis last week. The deployment was delayed because of unexpected problems.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 December. It will be on all wikis from 9 December (calendar).
- At all Wikipedias, a Mentor Dashboard is now available at
Special:MentorDashboard. It allows registered mentors, who take care of newcomers' first steps, to monitor their assigned newcomers' activity. It is part of the Growth features. You can learn more about activating the mentor list on your wiki and about the mentor dashboard project. - The predecessor to the current MediaWiki Action API (which was created in 2008),
action=ajax, will be removed this week. Any scripts or bots using it will need to switch to the corresponding API module. [१,९७५] - An old ResourceLoader module,
jquery.jStorage, which was deprecated in 2016, will be removed this week. Any scripts or bots using it will need to switch tomediawiki.storageinstead. [१,९७६]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
२१:५९, ६ दिसम्बर २०२१ (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 are now default short aliases for the "Project:" namespace on most wikis. E.g. On Wikibooks wikis,
[[WB:]]will go to the local language default for the[[Project:]]namespace. This change is intended to help the smaller communities have easy access to this feature. Additional local aliases can still be requested via the usual process. [१,९७७]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 December. It will be on all wikis from 16 December (calendar).
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
२२:२७, १३ दिसम्बर २०२१ (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 10 January 2022.
Recent changes
- Queries made by the DynamicPageList extension (
<DynamicPageList>) are now only allowed to run for 10 seconds and error if they take longer. This is in response to multiple outages where long-running queries caused an outage on all wikis. [१,९७८]
Changes later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week or next week.
Future changes
- The developers of the Wikipedia iOS app are looking for testers who edit in multiple languages. You can read more and let them know if you are interested.
- The Wikimedia Cloud VPS hosts technical projects for the Wikimedia movement. Developers need to claim projects they use. This is because old and unused projects are removed once a year. Unclaimed projects can be shut down from February. [१,९७९]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
२२:०५, २० दिसम्बर २०२१ (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
oauth_consumervariable has been added to the AbuseFilter to enable identifying changes made by specific tools. [१,९८०] - Gadgets are now able to directly include JSON pages. This means some gadgets can now be configured by administrators without needing the interface administrator permission, such as with the Geonotice gadget. [१,९८१]
- Gadgets can now specify page actions on which they are available. For example,
|actions=edit,historywill load a gadget only while editing and on history pages. [१,९८२] - Gadgets can now be loaded on demand with the
withgadgetURL parameter. This can be used to replace an earlier snippet that typically looks likewithJSorwithCSS. [१,९८३] - At wikis where the Mentorship system is configured, you can now use the Action API to get a list of a mentor's mentees. [१,९८४]
- The heading on the main page can now be configured using MediaWiki:Mainpage-title-loggedin for logged-in users and MediaWiki:Mainpage-title for logged-out users. Any CSS that was previously used to hide the heading should be removed. [१,९८५] [१,९८६]
- Four special pages (and their API counterparts) now have a maximum database query execution time of 30 seconds. These special pages are: RecentChanges, Watchlist, Contributions, and Log. This change will help with site performance and stability. You can read more details about this change including some possible solutions if this affects your workflows. [१,९८७]
- The sticky header has been deployed for 50% of logged-in users on more than 10 wikis. This is part of the Desktop Improvements. See how to take part in the project.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 11 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 12 January. It will be on all wikis from 13 January (calendar).
Events
- Community Wishlist Survey 2022 begins. All contributors to the Wikimedia projects can propose for tools and platform improvements. The proposal phase takes place from 10 January 18:00 UTC to 23 January 18:00 UTC. Learn more.
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
०१:२३, ११ जनवरी २०२२ (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 using WikiEditor (also known as the 2010 wikitext editor), people will now see a warning if they link to disambiguation pages. If you click "Review link" in the warning, it will ask you to correct the link to a more specific term. You can read more information about this completed 2021 Community Wishlist item.
- You can automatically subscribe to all of the talk page discussions that you start or comment in using DiscussionTools. You will receive notifications when another editor replies. This is available at most wikis. Go to your Preferences and turn on "Automatically subscribe to topics". [१,९८८]
- When asked to create a new page or talk page section, input fields can be "preloaded" with some text. This feature is now limited to wikitext pages. This is so users can't be tricked into making malicious edits. There is a discussion about if this feature should be re-enabled for some content types.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 18 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 19 January. It will be on all wikis from 20 January (calendar).
Events
- Community Wishlist Survey 2022 continues. All contributors to the Wikimedia projects can propose for tools and platform improvements. The proposal phase takes place from 10 January 18:00 UTC to 23 January 18:00 UTC. Learn more.
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१९:५५, १७ जनवरी २०२२ (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 later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 25 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 26 January. It will be on all wikis from 27 January (calendar).
- The following languages can now be used with syntax highlighting: BDD, Elpi, LilyPond, Maxima, Rita, Savi, Sed, Sophia, Spice, .SRCINFO.
- You can now access your watchlist from outside of the user menu in the new Vector skin. The watchlist link appears next to the notification icons if you are at the top of the page. [१,९८९]
Events
- You can see the results of the Coolest Tool Award 2021 and learn more about 14 tools which were selected this year.
- You can translate, promote, or comment on the proposals in the Community Wishlist Survey. Voting will begin on 28 January.
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२१:३८, २४ जनवरी २०२२ (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 a gadget should support the new
?withgadgetURL parameter that was announced 3 weeks ago, then it must now also specifysupportsUrlLoadin the gadget definition (documentation). [१,९९०]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 1 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 2 February. It will be on all wikis from 3 February (calendar).
Future changes
- A change that was announced last year was delayed. It is now ready to move ahead:
- The user group
oversightwill be renamedsuppress. This is for technical reasons. This is the technical name. It doesn't affect what you call the editors with this user right on your wiki. This is planned to happen in three weeks. You can comment in Phabricator if you have objections. As usual, these labels can be translated on translatewiki (direct links are available) or by administrators on your wiki.
- The user group
Events
- You can vote on proposals in the Community Wishlist Survey between 28 January and 11 February. The survey decides what the Community Tech team will work on.
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१७:४२, ३१ जनवरी २०२२ (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
- English Wikipedia recently set up a gadget for dark mode. You can enable it there, or request help from an interface administrator to set it up on your wiki (instructions and screenshot).
- Category counts are sometimes wrong. They will now be completely recounted at the beginning of every month. [१,९९१]
Problems
- A code-change last week to fix a bug with Live Preview may have caused problems with some local gadgets and user-scripts. Any code with skin-specific behaviour for
vectorshould be updated to also check forvector-2022. A code-snippet, global search, and example are available.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 8 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 9 February. It will be on all wikis from 10 February (calendar).
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२१:१५, ७ फ़रवरी २०२२ (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
- Purging a category page with fewer than 5,000 members will now recount it completely. This will allow editors to fix incorrect counts when it is wrong. [१,९९२]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 15 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 16 February. It will be on all wikis from 17 February (calendar).
- In the AbuseFilter extension, the
rmspecials()function has been updated so that it does not remove the "space" character. Wikis are advised to wrap all the uses ofrmspecials()withrmwhitespace()wherever necessary to keep filters' behavior unchanged. You can use the search function on Special:AbuseFilter to locate its usage. [१,९९३]
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१९:१८, १४ फ़रवरी २०२२ (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
- Special:Nuke will now provide the standard deletion reasons (editable at MediaWiki:Deletereason-dropdown) to use when mass-deleting pages. This was a request in the 2022 Community Wishlist Survey. [१,९९४]
- At Wikipedias, all new accounts now get the Growth features by default when creating an account. Communities are encouraged to update their help resources. Previously, only 80% of new accounts would get the Growth features. A few Wikipedias remain unaffected by this change. [१,९९५]
- You can now prevent specific images that are used in a page from appearing in other locations, such as within PagePreviews or Search results. This is done with the markup
class=notpageimage. For example,[[File:Example.png|class=notpageimage]]. [१,९९६] - There has been a change to the HTML of Special:Contributions, Special:MergeHistory, and History pages, to support the grouping of changes by date in the mobile skin. While unlikely, this may affect gadgets and user scripts. A list of all the HTML changes is on Phabricator.
Events
- Community Wishlist Survey results have been published. The ranking of prioritized proposals is also available.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 22 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 23 February. It will be on all wikis from 24 February (calendar).
Future changes
- The software to play videos and audio files on pages will change soon on all wikis. The old player will be removed. Some audio players will become wider after this change. The new player has been a beta feature for over four years. [१,९९७][१,९९८]
- Toolforge's underlying operating system is being updated. If you maintain any tools there, there are two options for migrating your tools into the new system. There are details, deadlines, and instructions on Wikitech. [१,९९९]
- Administrators will soon have the option to delete/undelete the associated "talk" page when they are deleting a given page. An API endpoint with this option will also be available. This was a request from the 2021 Wishlist Survey.
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१९:१२, २१ फ़रवरी २०२२ (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 searching for edits by change tags, e.g. in page history or user contributions, there is now a dropdown list of possible tags. This was a request in the 2022 Community Wishlist Survey. [२,०००]
- Mentors using the Growth Mentor dashboard will now see newcomers assigned to them who have made at least one edit, up to 200 edits. Previously, all newcomers assigned to the mentor were visible on the dashboard, even ones without any edit or ones who made hundred of edits. Mentors can still change these values using the filters on their dashboard. Also, the last choice of filters will now be saved. [२,००१][२,००२]
- The user group
oversightwas renamedsuppress. This is for technical reasons. You may need to update any local references to the old name, e.g. gadgets, links to Special:Listusers, or uses of NUMBERINGROUP.
Problems
- The recent change to the HTML of tracking changes pages caused some problems for screenreaders. This is being fixed. [२,००३]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 1 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 2 March. It will be on all wikis from 3 March (calendar).
Future changes
- Working with templates will become easier. Several improvements are planned for March 9 on most wikis and on March 16 on English Wikipedia. The improvements include: Bracket matching, syntax highlighting colors, finding and inserting templates, and related visual editor features.
- If you are a template developer or an interface administrator, and you are intentionally overriding or using the default CSS styles of user feedback boxes (the classes:
successbox, messagebox, errorbox, warningbox), please note that these classes and associated CSS will soon be removed from MediaWiki core. This is to prevent problems when the same class-names are also used on a wiki. Please let us know by commenting at phab:T300314 if you think you might be affected.
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२२:५९, २८ फ़रवरी २०२२ (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
- There was a problem with some interface labels last week. It will be fixed this week. This change was part of ongoing work to simplify the support for skins which do not have active maintainers. [२,००४]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 8 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 9 March. It will be on all wikis from 10 March (calendar).
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२१:१६, ७ मार्च २०२२ (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- In the Wikipedia Android app it is now possible to change the toolbar at the bottom so the tools you use more often are easier to click on. The app now also has a focused reading mode. [२,००५][२,००६]
Problems
- There was a problem with the collection of some page-view data from June 2021 to January 2022 on all wikis. This means the statistics are incomplete. To help calculate which projects and regions were most affected, relevant datasets are being retained for 30 extra days. You can read more on Meta-wiki.
- There was a problem with the databases on March 10. All wikis were unreachable for logged-in users for 12 minutes. Logged-out users could read pages but could not edit or access uncached content then. [२,००७]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 15 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 16 March. It will be on all wikis from 17 March (calendar).
- When using
uselang=qqxto find localisation messages, it will now show all possible message keys for navigation tabs such as "इतिहास देखें". [२,००८] - Access to विशेष:RevisionDelete has been expanded to include users who have
deletelogentryanddeletedhistoryrights through their group memberships. Before, only those with thedeleterevisionright could access this special page. [२,००९] - On the विशेष:पुनर्स्थापन pages for diffs and revisions, there will be a link back to the main Undelete page with the list of revisions. [२,०१०]
Future changes
- The Wikimedia Foundation has announced the IP Masking implementation strategy and next steps. The announcement can be read here.
- The Wikipedia Android app developers are working on new functions for user talk pages and article talk pages. [२,०११]
Events
- The Wikimedia Hackathon 2022 will take place as a hybrid event on 20-22 May 2022. The Hackathon will be held online and there are grants available to support local in-person meetups around the world. Grants can be requested until 20 March.
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२२:०७, १४ मार्च २०२२ (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
New code release schedule for this week
- There will be four MediaWiki releases this week, instead of just one. This is an experiment which should lead to fewer problems and to faster feature updates. The releases will be on all wikis, at different times, on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. You can read more about this project.
Recent changes
- You can now set how many search results to show by default in your Preferences. This was the 12th most popular wish in the Community Wishlist Survey 2022. [२,०१२]
- The Jupyter notebooks tool PAWS has been updated to a new interface. [२,०१३]
Future changes
- Interactive maps via Kartographer will soon work on wikis using the FlaggedRevisions extension. Please tell us which improvements you want to see in Kartographer. You can take this survey in simple English. [२,०१४]
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१६:०१, २१ मार्च २०२२ (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 simple new Wikimedia Commons upload tool available for macOS users, Sunflower.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 29 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 30 March. It will be on all wikis from 31 March (calendar).
- Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of regular database maintenance. It will be performed on 29 March at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 31 March at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis). [२,०१५][२,०१६]
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१९:५४, २८ मार्च २०२२ (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
- For a few days last week, edits that were suggested to newcomers were not tagged in the विशेष:RecentChanges feed. This bug has been fixed. [२,०१७]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 April. It will be on all wikis from 7 April (calendar).
- Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 7 April at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
Future changes
- Starting next week, Tech News' title will be translatable. When the newsletter is distributed, its title may not be
Tech News: 2022-14anymore. It may affect some filters that have been set up by some communities. [२,०१८] - Over the next few months, the "Add a link" Growth feature will become available to more Wikipedias. Each week, a few wikis will get the feature. You can test this tool at a few wikis where "Link recommendation" is already available.
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२१:०१, ४ अप्रैल २०२२ (UTC)
Tech News: 2022-15
[सम्पादन]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 public status page at www.wikimediastatus.net. This site shows five automated high-level metrics where you can see the overall health and performance of our wikis' technical environment. It also contains manually-written updates for widespread incidents, which are written as quickly as the engineers are able to do so while also fixing the actual problem. The site is separated from our production infrastructure and hosted by an external service, so that it can be accessed even if the wikis are briefly unavailable. You can read more about this project.
- On Wiktionary wikis, the software to play videos and audio files on pages has now changed. The old player has been removed. Some audio players will become wider after this change. The new player has been a beta feature for over four years. [२,०१९][२,०२०]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 April. It will be on all wikis from 14 April (calendar).
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१९:४४, ११ अप्रैल २०२२ (UTC)
Tech News: 2022-16
[सम्पादन]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 later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 April. It will be on all wikis from 21 April (calendar).
- Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 19 April at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 21 April at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
- Administrators will now have the option to delete/undelete the associated "Talk" page when they are deleting a given page. An API endpoint with this option is also available. This concludes the 11th wish of the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey.
- On selected wikis, 50% of logged-in users will see the new table of contents. When scrolling up and down the page, the table of contents will stay in the same place on the screen. This is part of the Desktop Improvements project. [२,०२१]
- Message boxes produced by MediaWiki code will no longer have these CSS classes:
successbox,errorbox,warningbox. The styles for those classes andmessageboxwill be removed from MediaWiki core. This only affects wikis that use these classes in wikitext, or change their appearance within site-wide CSS. Please review any local usage and definitions for these classes you may have. This was previously announced in the 28 February issue of Tech News.
Future changes
- Kartographer will become compatible with FlaggedRevisions page stabilization. Kartographer maps will also work on pages with pending changes. [२,०२२] The Kartographer documentation has been thoroughly updated. [२,०२३] [२,०२४] [२,०२५]
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२३:११, १८ अप्रैल २०२२ (UTC)
Tech News: 2022-17
[सम्पादन]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 many wikis (group 1), the software to play videos and audio files on pages has now changed. The old player has been removed. Some audio players will become wider after this change. The new player has been a beta feature for over four years. [२,०२६][२,०२७]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 26 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 27 April. It will be on all wikis from 28 April (calendar).
- Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 26 April at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
- Some very old browsers and operating systems are no longer supported. Some things on the wikis might look weird or not work in very old browsers like Internet Explorer 9 or 10, Android 4, or Firefox 38 or older. [२,०२८]
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२२:५६, २५ अप्रैल २०२२ (UTC)
Tech News: 2022-18
[सम्पादन]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 all remaining wikis (group 2), the software to play videos and audio files on pages has now changed. The old player has been removed. Some audio players will become wider after this change. The new player has been a beta feature for over four years. [२,०२९][२,०३०]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 3 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 4 May. It will be on all wikis from 5 May (calendar).
Future changes
- The developers are working on talk pages in the Wikipedia app for iOS. You can give feedback. You can take the survey in English, German, Hebrew or Chinese.
- Most wikis will receive an improved template dialog in VisualEditor and New Wikitext mode. [२,०३१] [२,०३२]
- If you use syntax highlighting while editing wikitext, you can soon activate a colorblind-friendly color scheme. [२,०३३]
- Several CSS IDs related to MediaWiki interface messages will be removed. Technical editors should please review the list of IDs and links to their existing uses. These include
#mw-anon-edit-warning,#mw-undelete-revisionand 3 others.
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१९:३३, २ मई २०२२ (UTC)
Tech News: 2022-19
[सम्पादन]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 categories in the Wikipedia app for Android. [२,०३४]
Problems
- Last week, there was a problem with Wikidata's search autocomplete. This has now been fixed. [२,०३५]
- Last week, all wikis had slow access or no access for 20 minutes, for logged-in users and non-cached pages. This was caused by a problem with a database change. [२,०३६]
Changes later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week. [२,०३७]
- Incompatibility issues with Kartographer and the FlaggedRevs extension will be fixed: Deployment is planned for May 10 on all wikis. Kartographer will then be enabled on the five wikis which have not yet enabled the extension on May 24.
- The Vector (2022) skin will be set as the default on several more wikis, including Arabic and Catalan Wikipedias. Logged-in users will be able to switch back to the old Vector (2010). See the latest update about Vector (2022).
Future meetings
- The next open meeting with the Web team about Vector (2022) will take place on 17 May. The following meetings are currently planned for: 7 June, 21 June, 5 July, 19 July.
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१५:२२, ९ मई २०२२ (UTC)
Tech News: 2022-20
[सम्पादन]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 later this week
- Some wikis can soon use the add a link feature. This will start on Wednesday. The wikis are Catalan Wikipedia, Hebrew Wikipedia, Hindi Wikipedia, Korean Wikipedia, Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia, Portuguese Wikipedia, Simple English Wikipedia, Swedish Wikipedia, Ukrainian Wikipedia. This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally. [२,०३८]
- The Wikimedia Hackathon 2022 will take place online on May 20–22. It will be in English. There are also local hackathon meetups in Germany, Ghana, Greece, India, Nigeria and the United States. Technically interested Wikimedians can work on software projects and learn new skills. You can also host a session or post a project you want to work on.
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 17 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 18 May. It will be on all wikis from 19 May (calendar).
Future changes
- You can soon edit translatable pages in the visual editor. Translatable pages exist on for examples Meta and Commons. [२,०३९]
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१८:५८, १६ मई २०२२ (UTC)
Tech News: 2022-21
[सम्पादन]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 using the mobile web interface can now access Special:Block directly from user pages. [२,०४०]
- The www.wiktionary.org portal page now uses an automated update system. Other project portals will be updated over the next few months. [२,०४१]
Problems
- The Growth team maintains a mentorship program for newcomers. Previously, newcomers weren't able to opt out from the program. Starting May 19, 2022, newcomers are able to fully opt out from Growth mentorship, in case they do not wish to have any mentor at all. [२,०४२]
- Some editors cannot access the content translation tool if they load it by clicking from the contributions menu. This problem is being worked on. It should still work properly if accessed directly via Special:ContentTranslation. [२,०४३]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 24 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 25 May. It will be on all wikis from 26 May (calendar).
Future changes
- Gadget and user scripts developers are invited to give feedback on a proposed technical policy aiming to improve support from MediaWiki developers. [२,०४४]
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००:२१, २४ मई २०२२ (UTC)
Tech News: 2022-22
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- In the AbuseFilter extension, an
ip_in_ranges()function has been introduced to check if an IP is in any of the ranges. Wikis are advised to combine multipleip_in_range()expressions joined by|into a single expression for better performance. You can use the search function on Special:AbuseFilter to locate its usage. [२,०४५] - The IP Info feature which helps abuse fighters access information about IPs, has been deployed to all wikis as a beta feature. This comes after weeks of beta testing on test.wikipedia.org.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 31 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 June. It will be on all wikis from 2 June (calendar).
- Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 31 May at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
- The New Topic Tool will be deployed for all editors at most wikis soon. You will be able to opt out from within the tool and in Preferences. [२,०४६][२,०४७]
- The list=usercontribs API will support fetching contributions from an IP range soon. API users can set the
uciprangeparameter to get contributions from any IP range within the limit. [२,०४८] - A new parser function will be introduced:
{{=}}. It will replace existing templates named "=". It will insert an equal sign. This can be used to escape the equal sign in the parameter values of templates. [२,०४९]
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२०:२८, ३० मई २०२२ (UTC)
Tech News: 2022-23
[सम्पादन]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 later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 June. It will be on all wikis from 9 June (calendar).
- A new
str_replace_regexp()function can be used in abuse filters to replace parts of text using a regular expression. [२,०५०]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
०२:४६, ७ जून २०२२ (UTC)
Tech News: 2022-24
[सम्पादन]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 wikis can now use Kartographer maps. Kartographer maps now also work on pages with pending changes. [२,०५१][२,०५२]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 June. It will be on all wikis from 16 June (calendar).
- Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 14 June at 06:00 UTC (targeted wikis). [२,०५३]
- Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" (Abkhazian Wikipedia, Achinese Wikipedia, Adyghe Wikipedia, Afrikaans Wikipedia, Akan Wikipedia, Alemannisch Wikipedia, Amharic Wikipedia, Aragonese Wikipedia, Old English Wikipedia, Syriac Wikipedia, Egyptian Arabic Wikipedia, Asturian Wikipedia, Atikamekw Wikipedia, Avaric Wikipedia, Aymara Wikipedia, Azerbaijani Wikipedia, South Azerbaijani Wikipedia). This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally. [२,०५४]
- The New Topic Tool will be deployed for all editors at Commons, Wikidata, and some other wikis soon. You will be able to opt out from within the tool and in Preferences. [२,०५५][२,०५६]
Future meetings
- The next open meeting with the Web team about Vector (2022) will take place today (13 June). The following meetings will take place on: 28 June, 12 July, 26 July.
Future changes
- By the end of July, the Vector 2022 skin should be ready to become the default across all wikis. Discussions on how to adjust it to the communities' needs will begin in the next weeks. It will always be possible to revert to the previous version on an individual basis. Learn more.
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१६:५८, १३ जून २०२२ (UTC)
Tech News: 2022-25
[सम्पादन]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 Wikipedia App for Android now has an option for editing the whole page at once, located in the overflow menu (three-dots menu
). [२,०५७] - Some recent database changes may affect queries using the Quarry tool. Queries for
site_statsat English Wikipedia, Commons, and Wikidata will need to be updated. Read more. - A new
user_global_editcountvariable can be used in abuse filters to avoid affecting globally active users. [२,०५८]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 June. It will be on all wikis from 23 June (calendar).
- Users of non-responsive skins (e.g. MonoBook or Vector) on mobile devices may notice a slight change in the default zoom level. This is intended to optimize zooming and ensure all interface elements are present on the page (for example the table of contents on Vector 2022). In the unlikely event this causes any problems with how you use the site, we'd love to understand better, please ping Jon (WMF) to any on-wiki conversations. [२,०५९]
Future changes
- The Beta Feature for DiscussionTools will be updated throughout July. Discussions will look different. You can see some of the proposed changes.
- Parsoid's HTML output will soon stop annotating file links with different
typeofattribute values, and instead usemw:Filefor all types. Tool authors should adjust any code that expects:mw:Image,mw:Audio, ormw:Video. [२,०६०]
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२०:१८, २० जून २०२२ (UTC)
Tech News: 2022-26
[सम्पादन]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
- Wikimedia Enterprise API service now has self-service accounts with free on-demand requests and monthly snapshots (API documentation). Community access via database dumps & Wikimedia Cloud Services continues.
- All Wikimedia wikis can now use Wikidata Lexemes in Lua after creating local modules and templates. Discussions are welcome on the project talk page.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 June. It will be on all wikis from 30 June (calendar).
- Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 28 June at 06:00 UTC (targeted wikis). [२,०६१]
- Some global and cross-wiki services will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 30 June at 06:00 UTC. This will impact ContentTranslation, Echo, StructuredDiscussions, Growth experiments and a few more services. [२,०६२]
- Users will be able to sort columns within sortable tables in the mobile skin. [२,०६३]
Future meetings
- The next open meeting with the Web team about Vector (2022) will take place tomorrow (28 June). The following meetings will take place on 12 July and 26 July.
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२०:०२, २७ जून २०२२ (UTC)
Tech News: 2022-27
[सम्पादन]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 later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 July. It will be on all wikis from 7 July (calendar).
- Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 5 July at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 7 July at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
- The Beta Feature for DiscussionTools will be updated throughout July. Discussions will look different. You can see some of the proposed changes.
- This change only affects pages in the main namespace in Wikisource. The Javascript config variable
proofreadpage_source_hrefwill be removed frommw.configand be replaced with the variableprpSourceIndexPage. [२,०६४]
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१९:३२, ४ जुलाई २०२२ (UTC)
Tech News: 2022-28
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- In the Vector 2022 skin, the page title is now displayed above the tabs such as Discussion, Read, Edit, View history, or More. Learn more. [२,०६५]
- It is now possible to easily view most of the configuration settings that apply to just one wiki, and to compare settings between two wikis if those settings are different. For example: Japanese Wiktionary settings, or settings that are different between the Spanish and Esperanto Wikipedias. Local communities may want to discuss and propose changes to their local settings. Details about each of the named settings can be found by searching MediaWiki.org. [२,०६६]
- The Anti-Harassment Tools team recently deployed the IP Info Feature as a Beta Feature at all wikis. This feature allows abuse fighters to access information about IP addresses. Please check our update on how to find and use the tool. Please share your feedback using a link you will be given within the tool itself.
Changes later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
- Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 12 July at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
Future changes
- The Beta Feature for DiscussionTools will be updated throughout July. Discussions will look different. You can see some of the proposed changes.
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१९:२४, ११ जुलाई २०२२ (UTC)
Tech News: 2022-29
[सम्पादन]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 feature on mobile web for Nearby Pages was missing last week. It will be fixed this week. [२,०६७]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 July. It will be on all wikis from 21 July (calendar).
Future changes
- The Technical Decision Forum is seeking community representatives. You can apply on wiki or by emailing TDFSupport@wikimedia.org before 12 August.
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२२:५९, १८ जुलाई २०२२ (UTC)
Tech News: 2022-30
[सम्पादन]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 www.wikibooks.org and www.wikiquote.org portal pages now use an automated update system. Other project portals will be updated over the next few months. [२,०६८]
Problems
- Last week, some wikis were in read-only mode for a few minutes because of an emergency switch of their main database (targeted wikis). [२,०६९]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 26 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 27 July. It will be on all wikis from 28 July (calendar).
- The external link icon will change slightly in the skins Vector legacy and Vector 2022. The new icon uses simpler shapes to be more recognizable on low-fidelity screens. [२,०७०]
- Administrators will now see buttons on user pages for "Change block" and "सदस्य को अनब्लॉक करें" instead of just "सदस्य अवरोधित करें" if the user is already blocked. [२,०७१]
Future meetings
- The next open meeting with the Web team about Vector (2022) will take place tomorrow (26 July).
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१९:२७, २५ जुलाई २०२२ (UTC)
Tech News: 2022-31
[सम्पादन]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
- Improved LaTeX capabilities for math rendering are now available in the wikis thanks to supporting
Phantomtags. This completes part of the #59 wish of the 2022 Community Wishlist Survey.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 2 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 3 August. It will be on all wikis from 4 August (calendar).
- The Realtime Preview will be available as a Beta Feature on wikis in Group 0. This feature was built in order to fulfill one of the Community Wishlist Survey proposals.
Future changes
- The Beta Feature for DiscussionTools will be updated throughout August. Discussions will look different. You can see some of the proposed changes.
Future meetings
- This week, three meetings about Vector (2022) with live interpretation will take place. On Tuesday, interpretation in Russian will be provided. On Thursday, meetings for Arabic and Spanish speakers will take place. See how to join.
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२१:२१, १ अगस्त २०२२ (UTC)
Tech News: 2022-32
[सम्पादन]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
- GUS2Wiki copies the information from विशेष:GadgetUsage to an on-wiki page so you can review its history. If your project isn't already listed on the Wikidata entry for Project:GUS2Wiki you can either run GUS2Wiki yourself or make a request to receive updates. [२,०७२]
Changes later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
- Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 9 August at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 11 August at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
Future meetings
- The Wikimania Hackathon will take place online from August 12–14. Don't miss the pre-hacking showcase to learn about projects and find collaborators. Anyone can propose a project or host a session. Newcomers are welcome!
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१९:४९, ८ अगस्त २०२२ (UTC)
Tech News: 2022-33
[सम्पादन]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 Persian (Farsi) Wikipedia community decided to block IP editing from October 2021 to April 2022. The Wikimedia Foundation's Product Analytics team tracked the impact of this change. An impact report is now available.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 August. It will be on all wikis from 18 August (calendar).
- Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 16 August at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 18 August at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
- The Realtime Preview will be available as a Beta Feature on wikis in Group 1. This feature was built in order to fulfill one of the Community Wishlist Survey proposals.
Future changes
- The Beta Feature for DiscussionTools will be updated throughout August. Discussions will look different. You can see some of the proposed changes. [२,०७३][२,०७४][२,०७५]
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२१:०८, १५ अगस्त २०२२ (UTC)
Tech News: 2022-34
[सम्पादन]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
- Two problems with Kartographer maps have been fixed. Maps are no longer shown as empty when a geoline was created via VisualEditor. Geolines consisting of points with QIDs (e.g., subway lines) are no longer shown with pushpins. [२,०७६][२,०७७]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 August. It will be on all wikis from 25 August (calendar).
- Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 25 August at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
- The colours of links and visited links will change. This is to make the difference between links and other text more clear. [२,०७८]
Future changes
- The new [सदस्यता लें] button helps newcomers get answers. The Editing team is enabling this tool everywhere. You can turn it off in your preferences. [२,०७९]
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००:१२, २३ अगस्त २०२२ (UTC)
Tech News: 2022-35
[सम्पादन]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 Realtime Preview is available as a Beta Feature on wikis in Group 2. This feature was built in order to fulfill one of the Community Wishlist Survey proposals. Please note that when this Beta feature is enabled, it may cause conflicts with some wiki-specific Gadgets.
Problems
- In recent months, there have been inaccurate numbers shown for various विशेष:Statistics at Commons, Wikidata, and English Wikipedia. This has now been fixed. [२,०८०]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 31 August. It will be on all wikis from 1 September (calendar).
- Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 30 August at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 1 September at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
Future changes
- The Wikimedia Foundation wants to improve how Wikimedia communities report harmful incidents by building the Private Incident Reporting System (PIRS) to make it easy and safe for users to make reports. You can leave comments on the talk page, by answering the questions provided. If you have ever faced a harmful situation that you wanted to report/reported, join a PIRS interview to share your experience. To sign up please email Madalina Ana.
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२३:०५, २९ अगस्त २०२२ (UTC)
Tech News: 2022-36
[सम्पादन]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 later this week
- 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).
- Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 6 September at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 8 September at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
- On Special pages that only have one tab, the tab-bar's row will be hidden in the Vector-2022 skin to save space. The row will still show if Gadgets use it. Gadgets that currently append directly to the CSS id of
#p-namespacesshould be updated to use themw.util.addPortletLinkfunction instead. Gadgets that style this id should consider also targeting#p-associated-pages, the new id for this row. Examples are available. [२,०८१][२,०८२]
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२३:२१, ५ सितम्बर २०२२ (UTC)
Tech News: 2022-37
[सम्पादन]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 search servers have been upgraded to a new major version. If you notice any issues with searching, please report them on Phabricator. [२,०८३]
Changes later this week
- 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).
- Syntax highlighting is now tracked as an expensive parser function. Only 500 expensive function calls can be used on a single page. Pages that exceed the limit are added to a tracking category. [२,०८४]
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०१:४९, १३ सितम्बर २०२२ (UTC)
Tech News: 2022-38
[सम्पादन]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
- Two database fields in the
templatelinkstable are now being dropped:tl_namespaceandtl_title. Any queries that rely on these fields need to be changed to use the new normalization field calledtl_target_id. See T299417 for more information. This is part of normalization of links tables. [२,०८५][२,०८६]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will 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).
- In Kartographer maps, you can use icons on markers for common points of interest. On Tuesday, the previous icon set will be updated to version maki 7.2. That means, around 100 new icons will be available. Additionally, all existing icons were updated for clarity and to make them work better in international contexts. [२,०८७][२,०८८]
Future changes
- In a group discussion at Wikimania, more than 30 people talked about how to make content partnership software in the Wikimedia movement more sustainable. What kind of support is acceptable for volunteer developers? Read the summary and leave your feedback.
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MediaWiki message delivery २२:१६, १९ सितम्बर २०२२ (UTC)
तकनीकी समाचार: 2022-39
[सम्पादन]विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय द्वारा नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य सदस्यों को भी इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बतायें। हर परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेगा। अनुवाद उपलब्ध है।
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- पार्सोएड ग्राहकोंको अद्यतन करना चाहिये ताकि
relलिंकों के अट्रिब्युट में स्पेस द्वारा अलग किया हुआ वहु–मान प्रयोग की जाए। अधिक जानकारी T315209 में।
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर २७ सितम्बर से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर २८ सितम्बर से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर २९ सितम्बर (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
- दृश्य अन्तरें सब सदस्यों को उपलब्ध होगा, विक्शनरीयाँ और विकिपीडिया के अलावा। [२,०८९]
- अरबी, बांग्ला, चीनी, फ्रेंच, हाईटियन क्रियोल, हिब्रू, कोरियाई और वियतनामी विकिपीडिया में मोबाइल साइट पर वार्ता पृष्ठ बदल जाएगा। उनका उपयोग करना आसान होना चाहिए और अधिक जानकारी प्रदान करनी चाहिए। [२,०९०] [२,०९१]
- In the मॉड्यूल namespace, pages ending with
.jsonwill be treated as JSON, just like they already are in the सदस्य and मीडियाविकि namespaces. [२,०९२]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
MediaWiki message delivery ००:३०, २७ सितम्बर २०२२ (UTC)
Tech News: 2022-40
[सम्पादन]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
- Kartographer maps can now show geopoints from Wikidata, via QID or SPARQL query. Previously, this was only possible for geoshapes and geolines. [२,०९३] [२,०९४]
- The Coolest Tool Award 2022 is looking for nominations. You can recommend tools until 12 October.
Changes later 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).
- Talk pages on the mobile site will change at the Arabic, Bangla, Chinese, French, Haitian Creole, Hebrew, Korean, and Vietnamese Wikipedias. They should be easier to use and provide more information. (Last week's release was delayed) [२,०९५] [२,०९६]
- The
scribunto-consoleAPI module will require a CSRF token. This module is documented as internal and use of it is not supported. [5] - The Vector 2022 skin will become the default across the smallest Wikimedia projects. Learn more.
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MediaWiki message delivery ००:२३, ४ अक्टूबर २०२२ (UTC)
Tech News: 2022-41
[सम्पादन]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 later this week
- 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).
- On some wikis, Kartographer maps in full size view will be able to display nearby articles. After a feedback period, more wikis will follow. [२,०९७][२,०९८]
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१४:०८, १० अक्टूबर २०२२ (UTC)
Tech News: 2022-42
[सम्पादन]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 recently implemented feature of article thumbnails in Special:Search will be limited to Wikipedia projects only. Further details are in T320510. [२,०९९]
- A bug that caused problems in loading article thumbnails in Special:Search has been fixed. Further details are in T320406.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 18 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 19 October. It will be on all wikis from 20 October (calendar).
- Lua module authors can use
mw.loadJsonData()to load data from JSON pages. [२,१००] - Lua module authors can enable
require( "strict" )to add errors for some possible code problems. This replaces "Module:No globals" on most wikis. [२,१०१]
Future changes
- The Beta Feature for DiscussionTools will be updated at most wikis. The "उत्तर दें" button will look different after this change. [२,१०२]
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तकनीकी समाचार: 2022-43
[सम्पादन]विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय से नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया दूसरे सदस्यों को इन बदलावों के बारे में बताएँ। सभी बदलावों से आप प्रभावित नहीं होंगे। अनुवादक उपलब्ध हैं।
हाल में हुए बदलाव
- Special:Search में ऑडियो प्लेयर के संरेखण और चित्र के प्लेसहोल्डर की ऊँचाई से संबंधित कुछ छोटे यथादृश्य सुधार किए गए हैं। अधिक जानकारी T319230 पर है।
- विकिपीडियाओं पर एक नई वरीयता जोड़ी गई है जिससे Special:Search में लेखों के अंगूठाकारों को छिपाया जा सकता है। पूरी जानकारी T320337 पर है।
समस्याएँ
- पिछले हफ़्ते तीन विकियों (फ़्रांसीसी विकिपीडिया, जापानी विकिपीडिया, रूसी विकिपीडिया) पर 25 मिनट के लिए पठन पहुँच थी। यह हार्डवेयर में एक समस्या के चलते हुआ था। [२,१०३]
इस हफ़्ते के बदलाव
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकियों और MediaWiki.org पर २५ अक्टूबर से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडियाओं पर २६ अक्टूबर से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर २७ अक्टूबर (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
- कुछ विकियों के मुख्य डेटाबेस में बदलावों के कारण ये कुछ मिनटों के लिए पठन मोड में होंगे। यह काम २५ अक्टूबर को 07:00 UTC (12:30 IST) (लक्षित विकियाँ) और २७ अक्टूबर को 7:00 UTC (12:30 IST) (लक्षित विकियाँ) पर किया जाएगा।
- बुधवार से कुछ विकिपीडियाओं के एक समूह पर "एक कड़ी जोड़ें" उपलब्ध होगी (असमिया विकिपीडिया, बश्किर विकिपीडिया, बाली विकिपीडिया, बवेरियाई विकिपीडिया, सामोगितियाई विकिपीडिया, मध्य बिकोल विकिपीडिया, बेलारूसी विकिपीडिया, बेलारूसी (ताराश्केविका) विकिपीडिया, बेलारूसी विकिपीडिया, भोजपुरी विकिपीडिया, बिस्लामा विकिपीडिया, बिस्लामा विकिपीडिया, बाम्बारा विकिपीडिया, बिष्णुप्रिया विकिपीडिया, ब्रेटन विकिपीडिया, बोस्नियाई विकिपीडिया, बुगिनी विकिपीडिया, बुर्यात विकिपीडिया, इंडोनेशियाई विकिपीडिया)। यह अधिक विकिपीडियाओं पर इस उपकरण के प्रगतिशील तैनात-कार्य का हिस्सा है। समुदाय कॉन्फ़िगर कर सकते हैं कि यह सुविधा लोकल रूप से कैसे काम करेगी। [२,१०४]
- बुधवार 26 अक्टूबर 2022 से मेंटर्स की सूची उन विकियों पर अपग्रेड कर दी जाएगी जहाँ पर मेंटरशिप उपलब्ध है। मेंटरशिप प्रणाली वर्तमान मॉडल पर काम करती जाएगी। साइन-अप की प्रक्रिया को बदल दिया जाएगा, और प्रबंधन के एक नए विकल्प को उपलब्ध कराया जाएगा। और यह बदलाव विकिपीडियाओं पर मेंटरशिप की प्रणाली के निर्माण को आसान बना देगा। [२,१०५][२,१०६][२,१०७]
- यूनिकोड 11 के अनुसार छोटे अक्षरों से शुरू होने वाले नामों के पृष्ठों को स्थानांतरित कर दिया जाएगा या फिर हटा दिया जाएगा। प्रभावित पृष्ठों की सूची m:Unicode 11 case map migration पर उपलब्ध है। अधिक जानकारी T292552 पर पाई जा सकती है।
- Vector 2022 स्किन छोटे विकिपीडियाओं पर डिफ़ॉल्ट स्किन बन जाएगा। अधिक जानें।
भविष्य के बदलाव
- उत्तर उपकरण और नया विषय उपकरण, दोनों को जल्द एक विशेष अक्षर मेन्यू प्राप्त होगा। [२,१०८]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • सदस्यता लें या छोड़ें।
MediaWiki message delivery २१:२२, २४ अक्टूबर २०२२ (UTC)
तकनीकी समाचार: 2022-44
[सम्पादन]विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय से नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया दूसरे सदस्यों को इन बदलावों के बारे में बताएँ। सभी बदलावों से आप प्रभावित नहीं होंगे। अनुवाद उपलब्ध हैं।
हाल में हुए बदलाव
- एक Kartographer नक्शे पर कीबोर्ड नेविगेशन का इस्तेमाल करते समय फ़ोकस ठीक से नज़र आएगा। [२,१०९]
- विशेष:RecentChanges में अब आप "⧼rcfilters-filter-newuserlogactions-label⧽" के फ़िल्टर के साथ नए सदस्यों के निर्माण की लॉग एंट्रियाँ छिपा सकते हैं। [२,११०]
इस हफ़्ते के बदलाव
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकियों और MediaWiki.org पर १ नवम्बर से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडियाओं पर २ नवम्बर से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर ३ नवम्बर (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
- यथादृश्य सम्पादिका के नक्शा डायलॉग में अब कुछ सहायता टेक्स्ट है। [२,१११]
- अब यथादृश्य सम्पादिका में एक ड्रॉपडाउन मेन्यू की मदद से Kartographer नक्शे की भाषा चुनी जा सकती है। [२,११२]
- अब यथादृश्य सम्पादिका के ज़रिए Kartographer नक्शे में कैप्शन जोड़ा जा सकता है। [२,११३]
- अब यथादृश्य सम्पादिका के ज़रिए Kartographer नक्शे का बॉर्डर छिपाया जा सकता है। [२,११४]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीकी समाचार लेखकों द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • सदस्यता लें या छोड़ें।
MediaWiki message delivery २१:१५, ३१ अक्टूबर २०२२ (UTC)
तकनीकी समाचार: 2022-45
[सम्पादन]विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय से नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया दूसरे सदस्यों को इन बदलावों के बारे में बताएँ। सभी बदलावों से आप प्रभावित नहीं होंगे। अनुवाद उपलब्ध हैं।
हाल में हुए बदलाव
- Event Registration उपकरण का एक अद्यत संस्करण testwiki और test2wiki पर परीक्षण के लिए उपलब्ध है। यह उपकरण कार्यक्रम के आयोजकों और भागीदारों को सुविधाएँ प्रदान करता है। हमारे परियोजना वार्ता पृष्ठ पर आपकी प्रतिक्रिया का स्वागत है। परियोजना के बारे में अधिक जानकारी उपलब्ध है। [२,११५]
समस्याएँ
- पिछले हफ़्ते दो बार, 45 मिनटों के लिए, कुछ फ़ाइलें और अंगूठाकार लोड न हो पाए, और ज़्यादातर लॉग-इन किए हुए सदस्यों के लिए। इसके कारण की जाँच-पड़ताल चल रही है और घटना रिपोर्ट जल्द उपलब्ध होगी।
इस हफ़्ते के बदलाव
- इस हफ़्ते मीडियाविकि का कोई नया संस्करण नहीं आया।
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीकी समाचार लेखकों द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • सदस्यता लें या छोड़ें।
MediaWiki message delivery ००:३२, ८ नवम्बर २०२२ (UTC)
Tech News: 2022-46
[सम्पादन]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
- At Wikidata, an interwiki link can now point to a redirect page if certain conditions are met. This new feature is called sitelinks to redirects. It is needed when one wiki uses one page to cover multiple concepts but another wiki uses more pages to cover the same concepts. Your feedback on the talkpage of the new proposed guideline is welcome. [२,११६]
- The www.wikinews.org, www.wikiversity.org, and www.wikivoyage.org portal pages now use an automated update system. [२,११७]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 15 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 16 November. It will be on all wikis from 17 November (calendar).
- There will be a new link to directly "Edit template data" on Template pages. [२,११८]
Future changes
- Wikis where mobile DiscussionTools are enabled (these ones) will soon use full CSS styling to display any templates that are placed at the top of talk pages. To adapt these “talk page boxes” for narrow mobile devices you can use media queries, such as in this example. [२,११९]
- Starting in January 2023, Community Tech will be running the Community Wishlist Survey (CWS) every two years. This means that in 2024, there will be no new proposals or voting.
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MediaWiki message delivery २१:५४, १४ नवम्बर २०२२ (UTC)
Tech News: 2022-47
[सम्पादन]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 display of non-free media in the search bar and for article thumbnails in Special:Search has been deactivated. Further details are in T320661.
Changes later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
- Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 22 November at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 24 November at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
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MediaWiki message delivery २३:२१, २१ नवम्बर २०२२ (UTC)
तकनीकी समाचार: 2022-48
[सम्पादन]नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय से। कृपया अन्य उपयोगकर्ताओं को इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बताएं। सभी बदलाव आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेंगे। अनुवाद उपलब्ध हैं।
हाल में हुए बदलाव
- Vector 2022 skin में एक नई प्राथमिकता, "सीमित चौड़ाई मोड सक्षम करें" जोड़ा गया है। यदि आपका मॉनिटर 1600 पिक्सेल या चौड़ा है तो वरीयता प्रत्येक पृष्ठ पर टॉगल के रूप में भी उपलब्ध है। यह लॉग-आउट और लॉग-इन उपयोगकर्ताओं के लिए पेज की चौड़ाई बढ़ाने की अनुमति देता है। [२,१२०]
इस सप्ताह के अंत में परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर २९ नवम्बर होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकियों और ३० नवम्बर के कुछ विकिपीडिया पर होगा। यह १ दिसम्बर (कैलेंडर) से सभी विकियों पर होगा।
- कुछ विकीज़ अपने मुख्य डेटाबेस में बदलाव के कारण कुछ मिनटों के लिए केवल-पढ़ने के लिए होंगे। यह २९ नवम्बर को किया जाएगा 07:00 UTC पर (लक्षित विकी) और १ दिसम्बर को 7:00 UTC पर (लक्षित विकीज़)।
- SVG छवि प्रारूप में दिखाए गए गणितीय फ़ार्मुलों में अब उन ब्राउज़रों के लिए PNG फ़ॉल-बैक नहीं होंगे जो उनका समर्थन नहीं करते हैं। यह जनरेशन सिस्टम को आधुनिक बनाने के काम का हिस्सा है। फरवरी 2018 तक केवल पीएनजी संस्करण दिखाना डिफ़ॉल्ट विकल्प था। [२,१२१][२,१२२][२,१२३]
- कुछ विकियों पर जो फ़्लैग किए गए संशोधनों का उपयोग करते हैं, एक नया चेकबॉक्स जोड़ा जाएगा to Special:ऐसे योगदान जो आपको उपयोगकर्ता द्वारा केवल लंबित परिवर्तन देखने में सक्षम बनाते हैं। [२,१२४]
भविष्य परिवर्तन
- पार्सर के HTML आउटपुट में मीडिया को कैसे संरचित किया जाता है, यह अगले सप्ताह की शुरुआत में group1 wikis पर बदल जाएगा (लेकिन विकिमीडिया कॉमन्स या मेटा-विकी नहीं)। यह परिवर्तन सामग्री की पहुंच में सुधार करता है, और संबंधित CSS को लिखना आसान बनाता है। आपको अपनी साइट-सीएसएस, या उपयोगकर्ता स्क्रिप्ट और गैजेट को अपडेट करने की आवश्यकता हो सकती है। यहां किस कोड की जांच करनी है, कोड को कैसे अपडेट करना है, और किसी संबंधित समस्या की रिपोर्ट कहां करनी है के विवरण हैं। [२,१२५]
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MediaWiki message delivery २०:०३, २८ नवम्बर २०२२ (UTC)
तकनीकी समाचार: 2022-49
[सम्पादन]विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय से नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया दूसरे सदस्यों को इन बदलावों के बारे में बताएँ। सभी बदलावों से आप प्रभावित नहीं होंगे। अनुवाद उपलब्ध हैं।
हाल में हुए बदलाव
- विकिस्रोत पर ProofreadPage नामक एक उपकरण का इस्तेमाल किया जाता है। ProofreadPage OpenSeadragon का इस्तेमाल करता है जो एक मुक्त-स्रोत उपकरण है। OpenSeadragon जावास्क्रिप्ट API को चित्रों को डायनामिक रूप से लोड करने के लिए दोबारा लिखा गया है। API के पुराने संस्करण द्वारा प्रदत्त कार्यक्षमता अब भी काम करेगी मगर वह अब समर्थित नहीं। सदस्य-स्क्रिप्टों और गैजेट्स को अब API के नए संस्करण पर माइग्रेट करना होगा। API के नए संस्करण द्वारा प्रदत्त कार्यक्षमता को MediaWiki पर प्रलेखित किया गया है। [२,१२६][२,१२७]
इस हफ़्ते के बदलाव
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण ६ दिसम्बर से परीक्षण विकियों और MediaWiki.org पर होगा। यह ७ दिसम्बर से गैर-विकिपीडिया विकियों और कुछ विकिपीडियाओं पर होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर ८ दिसम्बर से होगा (पंचाँग)।
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीकी समाचार लेखकों द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • सदस्यता लें या छोड़ें।
MediaWiki message delivery ००:४१, ६ दिसम्बर २०२२ (UTC)
Tech News: 2022-50
[सम्पादन]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
- An A/B test has begun at 15 Wikipedias for DiscussionTools on mobile. Half of the editors on the mobile web site will have access to the उत्तर दें tool and other features. [२,१२८]
- The character
=cannot be used in new usernames, to make usernames work better with templates. Existing usernames are not affected. [२,१२९]
Changes later 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).
- The HTML markup used by DiscussionTools to show discussion metadata below section headings will be inserted after these headings, not inside of them. This change improves the accessibility of discussion pages for screen reader software. [२,१३०]
Events
- The fourth edition of the Coolest Tool Award will happen online on Friday 16 December 2022 at 17:00 UTC! The event will be live-streamed on YouTube in the MediaWiki channel and added to Commons afterwards.
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MediaWiki message delivery २३:३४, १२ दिसम्बर २०२२ (UTC)
Tech News: 2022-51
[सम्पादन]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 2023.
Recent changes
- On a user's contributions page, you can filter it for edits with a tag like 'reverted'. Now, you can also filter for all edits that are not tagged like that. This was part of a Community Wishlist 2022 request. [२,१३१]
- A new function has been used for gadget developers to add content underneath the title on article pages. This is considered a stable API that should work across all skins. Documentation is available. [२,१३२]
- One of our test wikis is now being served from a new infrastructure powered by Kubernetes (read more). More Wikis will switch to this new infrastructure in early 2023. Please test and let us know of any issues. [२,१३३]
Problems
- Last week, all wikis had no edit access for 9 minutes. This was caused by a database problem. [२,१३४]
Changes later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week or next week.
- The word "उत्तर दें" is very short in some languages, such as Arabic ("ردّ"). This makes the चर्चा उपकरण button on talk pages difficult to use. An arrow icon will be added to those languages. This will only be visible to editors who have the Beta Feature turned on. [२,१३५] [२,१३६]
Future changes
- Edits can be automatically "tagged" by the system software or the दुरुपयोग फ़िल्टर प्रबंधन system. Those tags link to a help page about the tags. Soon they will also link to Recent Changes to let you see other edits tagged this way. This was a Community Wishlist 2022 request. [२,१३७]
- The Trust & Safety tools team have shared new plans for building the Private Incident Reporting System. The system will make it easier for editors to ask for help if they are harassed or abused.
- Realtime Preview for Wikitext is coming out of beta as an enabled feature for every user of the 2010 Wikitext editor in the week of January 9, 2023. It will be available to use via the toolbar in the 2010 Wikitext editor. The feature was the 4th most popular wish of the Community Wishlist Survey 2021.
Events
- You can now register for the Wikimedia Hackathon 2023, taking place on May 19–21 in Athens, Greece. You can also apply for a scholarship until January 14th.
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MediaWiki message delivery ००:००, २० दिसम्बर २०२२ (UTC)
तकनीकी समाचार:2023-02
[सम्पादन]नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय से। कृपया अन्य उपयोगकर्ताओं को इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बताएं। सभी बदलाव आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेंगे। अनुवाद उपलब्ध हैं।
हाल में हुए बदलाव
- आप हाल के परिवर्तन फ़ीड या अपनी ध्यानसूची पर संपादन फ़िल्टर करने के लिए टैग का उपयोग कर सकते हैं। अब आप उन संपादनों को फ़िल्टर करने के लिए टैग का उपयोग कर सकते हैं जिन्हें आप देखना नहीं चाहते हैं। पहले आप केवल उन टैग्स के साथ संपादन पर ध्यान केंद्रित करने के लिए टैग का उपयोग कर सकते थे। [२,१३८]
- विशेष:व्हाटलिंक्स हियर उन सभी पेजों को दिखाता है जो किसी खास पेज से लिंक होते हैं। उन पृष्ठों को वर्णानुक्रम में कैसे क्रमबद्ध किया जाए, इसके लिए अब एक प्रोटोटाइप है। आप चर्चा फैब्रिकेटर टिकट में देख सकते हैं।
- अब आप धन्यवाद फ़ंक्शन का उपयोग अपनी ध्यानसूची और उपयोगकर्ता योगदान पृष्ठ पर कर सकते हैं। [२,१३९]
- इसे नया नाम देने के लिए विकी पृष्ठ को स्थानांतरित किया जा सकता है। जब आप किसी पृष्ठ को स्थानांतरित करते हैं तो अब आप सामान्य कारणों के साथ ड्रॉपडाउन मेनू प्राप्त कर सकते हैं। ऐसा इसलिए है ताकि आपको हर बार स्पष्टीकरण लिखने की आवश्यकता न पड़े। [२,१४०]
- मैट्रिक्स एक चैट टूल है। अब आप उपयोग कर सकते हैं
matrix:विकि पृष्ठों पर मैट्रिक्स लिंक बनाने के लिए। [२,१४१] - जब आप बहुभाषी विकियों पर हाल के परिवर्तनों को देखते हैं तो आप अनुवादों को फ़िल्टर कर सकते हैं। इसने सभी अनुवादों को नहीं छुपाया। अब आप उपपृष्ठों का अनुवाद भी छिपा सकते हैं। [२,१४२]
इस सप्ताह के अंत में परिवर्तन
- विकीटेक्स्ट के लिए रीयलटाइम पूर्वावलोकन एक उपकरण है जो संपादकों को विकिटेक्स्ट संपादित करते समय पृष्ठ का पूर्वावलोकन करने देता है। यह २०१० विकिपाठ संपादक के सभी उपयोगकर्ताओं के लिए सक्षम होगा। यह आपको एडिटर टूलबार में मिल जाएगा।
- कुछ विकीज़ अपने मुख्य डेटाबेस में बदलाव के कारण कुछ मिनटों के लिए केवल-पढ़ने के लिए होंगे। पर किया जाएगा १० जनवरी ०७:०० यूटीसी पर (लक्ष्य विकी) और इसपर १२ जनवरी ०७:०० यूटीसी पर (लक्ष्य विकी).
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर होगा १० जनवरी. यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकियों और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर होगा ११ जनवरी. यह से सभी विकियों पर होगा १२ जनवरी (पंचांग).
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MediaWiki message delivery ०१:०७, १० जनवरी २०२३ (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-03
[सम्पादन]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 URLs in "पिछला" links on page history now contain
diff=prev&oldid=[revision ID]in place ofdiff=[revision ID]&oldid=[revision ID]. This is to fix a problem with links pointing to incorrect diffs when history was filtered by a tag. Some user scripts may break as a result of this change. [२,१४३]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 17 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 18 January. It will be on all wikis from 19 January (calendar).
- Some changes to the appearance of talk pages have only been available on
वार्ता:andसदस्य वार्ता:namespaces. These will be extended to other talk namespaces, such asविकिपुस्तक वार्ता:. They will continue to be unavailable in non-talk namespaces, includingविकिपुस्तक:pages (e.g., at the Village Pump). You can change your preferences (beta feature). [२,१४४] - On Wikisources, when an image is zoomed or panned in the Page: namespace, the same zoom and pan settings will be remembered for all Page: namespace pages that are linked to a particular Index: namespace page. [२,१४५]
- The Vector 2022 skin will become the default for the English Wikipedia desktop users. The change will take place on January 18 at 15:00 UTC. Learn more.
Future changes
- The 2023 edition of the Community Wishlist Survey, which invites contributors to make technical proposals and vote for tools and improvements, starts next week on 23 January 2023 at 18:00 UTC. You can start drafting your proposals in the CWS sandbox.
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MediaWiki message delivery ०१:१०, १७ जनवरी २०२३ (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-04
[सम्पादन]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, for ~15 minutes, all wikis were unreachable for logged-in users and non-cached pages. This was caused by a timing issue. [२,१४६]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 24 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 25 January. It will be on all wikis from 26 January (calendar).
- If you have the Beta Feature for DiscussionTools enabled, the appearance of talk pages will add more information about discussion activity. [२,१४७][२,१४८]
- The 2023 edition of the Community Wishlist Survey (CWS), which invites contributors to make technical proposals and vote for tools and improvements, starts on Monday 23 January 2023 at 18:00 UTC.
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MediaWiki message delivery २३:४५, २३ जनवरी २०२३ (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-05
[सम्पादन]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, for ~15 minutes, some users were unable to log in or edit pages. This was caused by a problem with session storage. [२,१४९]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 31 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 February. It will be on all wikis from 2 February (calendar).
Future changes
- Wikis that use localized numbering schemes for references need to add new CSS. This will help to show citation numbers the same way in all reading and editing modes. If your wiki would prefer to do it yourselves, please see the details and example CSS to copy from, and also add your wiki to the list. Otherwise, the developers will directly help out starting the week of February 5.
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MediaWiki message delivery ००:०५, ३१ जनवरी २०२३ (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-06
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- In the Vector 2022 skin, logged-out users using the full-width toggle will be able to see the setting of their choice even after refreshing pages or opening new ones. This only applies to wikis where Vector 2022 is the default. [२,१५०]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 February. It will be on all wikis from 9 February (calendar).
- Previously, we announced when some wikis would be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. These switches will not be announced any more, as the read-only time has become non-significant. Switches will continue to happen at 7AM UTC on Tuesdays and Thursdays. [२,१५१]
- Across all the wikis, in the Vector 2022 skin, logged-in users will see the page-related links such as "What links here" in a new side menu. It will be displayed on the other side of the screen. This change had previously been made on Czech, English, and Vietnamese Wikipedias. [२,१५२]
- Community Wishlist Survey 2023 will stop receiving new proposals on Monday, 6 February 2023, at 18:00 UTC. Proposers should complete any edits by then, to give time for translations and review. Voting will begin on Friday, 10 February.
Future changes
- Gadgets and user scripts will be changing to load on desktop and mobile sites. Previously they would only load on the desktop site. It is recommended that wiki administrators audit the gadget definitions prior to this change, and add
skins=…for any gadgets which should not load on mobile. More details are available.
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MediaWiki message delivery १०:२१, ६ फ़रवरी २०२३ (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-07
[सम्पादन]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
- On wikis where patrolled edits are enabled, changes made to the mentor list by autopatrolled mentors are not correctly marked as patrolled. It will be fixed later this week. [२,१५३]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 February. It will be on all wikis from 16 February (calendar).
- The Reply tool and other parts of DiscussionTools will be deployed for all editors using the mobile site. You can read more about this decision. [२,१५४]
Future changes
- All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on March 1. This is planned for 14:00 UTC. More information will be published in Tech News and will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks. [२,१५५][२,१५६][२,१५७]
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MediaWiki message delivery ०१:४८, १४ फ़रवरी २०२३ (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-08
[सम्पादन]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, during planned maintenance of Cloud Services, unforeseen complications forced the team to turn off all tools for 2–3 hours to prevent data corruption. Work is ongoing to prevent similar problems in the future. [२,१५८]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 February. It will be on all wikis from 23 February (calendar).
- The voting phase for the Community Wishlist Survey 2023 ends on 24 February at 18:00 UTC. The results of the survey will be announced on 28 February.
Future changes
- All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on March 1. This is planned for 14:00 UTC. More information will be published in Tech News and will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks. [२,१५९][२,१६०][२,१६१]
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MediaWiki message delivery ०१:५७, २१ फ़रवरी २०२३ (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-09
[सम्पादन]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, in some areas of the world, there were problems with loading pages for 20 minutes and saving edits for 55 minutes. These issues were caused by a problem with our caching servers due to unforseen events during a routine maintenance task. [२,१६२][२,१६३]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 March. It will be on all wikis from 2 March (calendar).
- All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on March 1. This is planned for 14:00 UTC. [२,१६४]
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MediaWiki message delivery २३:४७, २७ फ़रवरी २०२३ (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-10
[सम्पादन]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 Community Wishlist Survey 2023 edition has been concluded. Community Tech has published the results of the survey and will provide an update on what is next in April 2023.
- On wikis which use LanguageConverter to handle multiple writing systems, articles which used custom conversion rules in the wikitext (primarily on Chinese Wikipedia) would have these rules applied inconsistently in the table of contents, especially in the Vector 2022 skin. This has now been fixed. [२,१६५]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 March. It will be on all wikis from 9 March (calendar).
- A search system has been added to the Preferences screen. This will let you find different options more easily. Making it work on mobile devices will happen soon. [२,१६६]
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MediaWiki message delivery २३:४९, ६ मार्च २०२३ (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-11
[सम्पादन]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 later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 March. It will be on all wikis from 16 March (calendar).
- Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" (Chavacano de Zamboanga Wikipedia, Min Dong Chinese Wikipedia, Chechen Wikipedia, Cebuano Wikipedia, Chamorro Wikipedia, Cherokee Wikipedia, Cheyenne Wikipedia, Central Kurdish Wikipedia, Corsican Wikipedia, Kashubian Wikipedia, Church Slavic Wikipedia, Chuvash Wikipedia, Welsh Wikipedia, Italian Wikipedia). This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally. [२,१६७][२,१६८]
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MediaWiki message delivery २३:२०, १३ मार्च २०२३ (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-12
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
समस्याएँ
- Last week, some users experienced issues loading image thumbnails. This was due to incorrectly cached images. [२,१६९]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर २१ मार्च से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर २२ मार्च से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर २३ मार्च (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
A link to the user's विशेष:CentralAuth page will appear on विशेष:योगदान — some user scripts which previously added this link may cause conflicts. This feature request was voted #17 in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey.- The विशेष:दुरुपयोग फ़िल्टर edit window will be resizable and larger by default. This feature request was voted #80 in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey.
- There will be a new option for Administrators when they are unblocking a user, to add the unblocked user’s user page to their watchlist. This will work both via विशेष:अवरोध हटाएँ and via the API. [२,१७०]
बैठकें
- You can join the next meeting with the Wikipedia mobile apps teams. During the meeting, we will discuss the current features and future roadmap. The meeting will be on 24 March at 17:00 (UTC). See details and how to join.
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
MediaWiki message delivery ०१:२५, २१ मार्च २०२३ (UTC)
तकनीकी समाचार: 2023-13
[सम्पादन]नवीनतम तकनीकी समाचार विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय से द्वारा लिखित हैं। कृपया अन्य उपयोगकर्ताओं को इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बताएं। सभी बदलाव आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेंगे। अनुवाद उपलब्ध हैं।
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- दुर्व्यवहार फ़िल्टर स्थिति सीमा को १००० से बढ़ाकर २००० कर दिया गया था। [२,१७१]
- कुछ वैश्विक दुर्व्यवहार फ़िल्टर क्रियाएं अब स्थानीय परियोजनाओं पर लागू नहीं होंगी। [२,१७२]
- डेस्कटॉप उपयोगकर्ता अब उपकरण मेनू में सदस्यता लें लिंक पर क्लिक करके टॉक पेजों की सदस्यता लेने में सक्षम हैं। यदि आप किसी वार्ता पृष्ठ की सदस्यता लेते हैं, तो उस वार्ता पृष्ठ पर नए विषय शुरू होने पर आप सूचना प्राप्त करते हैं। यह पृष्ठ को आपकी ध्यानसूची में डालने या किसी एक चर्चा की सदस्यता लेने से अलग है। [२,१७३]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर २८ मार्च से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर २९ मार्च से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर ३० मार्च (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
भविष्य के परिवर्तन
- आप विक्षनरी और विकिपीडिया पर सभी इतिहास पृष्ठ पर विज़ुअल अंतर चुन सकेंगे। [२,१७४]
- लीगेसी मोबाइल सामग्री सेवा जुलाई २०२३ में जा रही है। सेवा निरंतरता सुनिश्चित करने के लिए डेवलपर्स को इससे पहले Parsoid या किसी अन्य API पर स्विच करने के लिए प्रोत्साहित किया जाता है। [२,१७५]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
MediaWiki message delivery ०१:१३, २८ मार्च २०२३ (UTC)
तकनीकी समाचार: 2023-14
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- The system for automatically creating categories for the Babel extension has had several important changes and fixes. One of them allows you to insert templates for automatic category descriptions on creation, allowing you to categorize the new categories. [२,१७६][२,१७७][२,१७८][२,१७९][२,१८०]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 4 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 5 April. It will be on all wikis from 6 April (calendar).
- Some older Web browsers will stop being able to use JavaScript on Wikimedia wikis from this week. This mainly affects users of Internet Explorer 11. If you have an old web browser on your computer you can try to upgrade to a newer version. [२,१८१]
The deprecated jquery.hoverIntentmodule has been removed. This module could be used by gadgets and user scripts, to create an artificial delay in how JavaScript responds to a hover event. Gadgets and user scripts should now use jQueryhover()oron()instead. Examples can be found in the migration guide. [२,१८२]- Some of the links in विशेष:विशेष पृष्ठ will be re-arranged. There will be a clearer separation between links that relate to all users, and links related to your own user account. [२,१८३]
- You will be able to hide the Reply button in archived discussion pages with a new
__ARCHIVEDTALK__magic word. There will also be a new.mw-archivedtalkCSS class for hiding the Reply button in individual sections on a page. [२,१८४][२,१८५][२,१८६]
भावी परिवर्तन
- The Vega software that creates data visualizations in pages, such as graphs, will be upgraded to the newest version in the future. Graphs that still use the very old version 1.5 syntax may stop working properly. Most existing uses have been found and updated, but you can help to check, and to update any local documentation. Examples of how to find and fix these graphs are available.
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
MediaWiki message delivery २३:३९, ३ अप्रैल २०२३ (UTC)
तकनीकी समाचार: 2023-15
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- In the visual editor, it is now possible to edit captions of images in galleries without opening the gallery dialog. This feature request was voted #61 in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey. [२,१८७]
- You can now receive notifications when another user edits your user page. See the "Edit to my user page" option in your Preferences. This feature request was voted #3 in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey. [२,१८८]
समस्याएँ
- There was a problem with all types of CentralNotice banners still being shown to logged-in users even if they had turned off specific banner types. This has now been fixed. [२,१८९]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर ११ अप्रैल से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर १२ अप्रैल से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर १३ अप्रैल (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
- बुधवार से कुछ विकिपीडियाओं के एक समूह पर "एक कड़ी जोड़ें" उपलब्ध होगी (मोरक्कन अरबी विकिपीडिया, डेनिश विकिपीडिया, डिंका विकिपीडिया, नीची सर्बियाई विकिपीडिया, एवे विकिपीडिया, यूनानी विकिपीडिया, एमिलियानो-रोमाग्नोलो विकिपीडिया, एस्पेरांतो विकिपीडिया, एस्टोनियाई विकिपीडिया, बास्क विकिपीडिया, एक्सट्रेमाडुरान विकिपीडिया, तुम्बुका विकिपीडिया, फ़ुलाह विकिपीडिया, फ़िनिश विकिपीडिया, वोरो विकिपीडिया, फ़िजी विकिपीडिया, फ़रोई विकिपीडिया, अर्पितान विकिपीडिया, उत्तरी फ़्रिसियाई विकिपीडिया, फ़्रियुलियाई विकिपीडिया, आयरिश विकिपीडिया, गयानी क्रियोल विकिपीडिया, स्कॉटिश गेलिक विकिपीडिया, गैलिशियाई विकिपीडिया, गिलाकी विकिपीडिया, गुआरानी विकिपीडिया, गोवा कोंकणी विकिपीडिया, गोथिक विकिपीडिया, गुजराती विकिपीडिया, मैंक्स विकिपीडिया)। यह अधिक विकिपीडियाओं पर इस उपकरण के प्रगतिशील तैनात-कार्य का हिस्सा है। समुदाय कॉन्फ़िगर कर सकते हैं कि यह सुविधा लोकल रूप से कैसे काम करेगी। [२,१९०][२,१९१]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
MediaWiki message delivery २०:०५, १० अप्रैल २०२३ (UTC)
तकनीकी समाचार: 2023-16
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- You can now see nearby articles on a Kartographer map with the button for the new feature "Show nearby articles". Six wikis have been testing this feature since October. [२,१९२][२,१९३]
- The Special:GlobalWatchlist page now has links for "mark page as read" for each entry. This feature request was voted #161 in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey. [२,१९४]
समस्याएँ
- At Wikimedia Commons, some thumbnails have not been getting replaced correctly after a new version of the image is uploaded. This should be fixed later this week. [२,१९५][२,१९६]
- For the last few weeks, some external tools had inconsistent problems with logging-in with OAuth. This has now been fixed. [२,१९७]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर १८ अप्रैल से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर १९ अप्रैल से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर २० अप्रैल (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
MediaWiki message delivery ०१:५४, १८ अप्रैल २०२३ (UTC)
तकनीकी समाचार: 2023-17
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- The date-selection menu on pages such as विशेष:योगदान will now show year-ranges that are in the current and past decade, instead of the current and future decade. This feature request was voted #145 in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey. [२,१९८]
समस्याएँ
- Due to security issues with the Graph extension, graphs have been disabled in all Wikimedia projects. Wikimedia Foundation teams are working to respond to these vulnerabilities. [२,१९९]
- For a few days, it was not possible to save some kinds of edits on the mobile version of a wiki. This has been fixed. [२,२००][२,२०१][२,२०२]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on April 26. This is planned for 14:00 UTC. [२,२०३]
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर २५ अप्रैल से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर २६ अप्रैल से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर २७ अप्रैल (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
भावी परिवर्तन
- The Editing team plans an A/B test for a usability analysis of the Talk page project. The planned measurements are available. Your wiki may be invited to participate. Please suggest improvements to the measurement plan at the discussion page.
- The Wikimedia Foundation annual plan 2023-2024 draft is open for comment and input until May 19. The final plan will be published in July 2023 on Meta-wiki.
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
MediaWiki message delivery २२:०३, २४ अप्रैल २०२३ (UTC)
तकनीकी समाचार: 2023-18
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- The content attribution tools Who Wrote That?, XTools Authorship, and XTools Blame now support the French and Italian Wikipedias. More languages will be added in the near future. This is part of the #7 wish in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey. [२,२०४][२,२०५][२,२०६]
- The Video2commons tool has been updated. This fixed several bugs related to YouTube uploads. [२,२०७]
- The विशेष:वरीयताएँ page has been redesigned on mobile web. The new design makes it easier to browse the different categories and settings at low screen widths. You can also now access the page via a link in the Settings menu in the mobile web sidebar. [२,२०८]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर २ मई से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर ३ मई से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर ४ मई (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
MediaWiki message delivery ०१:४५, २ मई २०२३ (UTC)
तकनीकी समाचार: 2023-19
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- When you close an image that is displayed via MediaViewer, it will now return to the wiki page instead of going back in your browser history. This feature request was voted #65 in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey. [२,२०९]
- The SyntaxHighlight extension now supports
wikitextas a selected language. Old alternatives that were used to highlight wikitext, such ashtml5,moin, andhtml+handlebars, can now be replaced. [२,२१०] - Preloading text to new pages/sections now supports preloading from localized MediaWiki interface messages. Here is an example at the Czech Wikipedia that uses
preload=MediaWiki:July. [२,२११]
समस्याएँ
- Graph Extension update: Foundation developers have completed upgrading the visualization software to Vega5. Existing community graphs based on Vega2 are no longer compatible. Communities need to update local graphs and templates, and shared lua modules like de:Modul:Graph. The Vega Porting guide provides the most comprehensive detail on migration from Vega2 and here is an example migration. Vega5 has currently just been enabled on mediawiki.org to provide a test environment for communities. [२,२१२]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर ९ मई से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर १० मई से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर ११ मई (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
- Until now, all new OAuth apps went through manual review. Starting this week, apps using identification-only or basic authorizations will not require review. [२,२१३]
भावी परिवर्तन
- During the next year, MediaWiki will stop using IP addresses to identify logged-out users, and will start automatically assigning unique temporary usernames. Read more at IP Editing: Privacy Enhancement and Abuse Mitigation/Updates. You can join the discussion about the format of the temporary usernames. [२,२१४]
- There will be an A/B test on 10 Wikipedias where the Vector 2022 skin is the default skin. Half of logged-in desktop users will see an interface where the different parts of the page are more clearly separated. You can read more. [२,२१५][२,२१६]
-
jquery.tipsywill be removed from the MediaWiki core. This will affect some user scripts. Many lines with.tipsy(can be commented out.OO.ui.PopupWidgetcan be used to keep things working like they are now. You can read more and read about how to find broken scripts. [२,२१७]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
MediaWiki message delivery ००:३६, ९ मई २०२३ (UTC)
तकनीकी समाचार: 2023-20
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
समस्याएँ
- Citations that are automatically generated based on ISBN are currently broken. This affects citations made with the VisualEditor Automatic tab, and the use of the citoid API in gadgets and user scripts. Work is ongoing to restore this feature. [२,२१८]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर १६ मई से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर १७ मई से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर १८ मई (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
- बुधवार से कुछ विकिपीडियाओं के एक समूह पर "एक कड़ी जोड़ें" उपलब्ध होगी (गोरोंटालो विकिपीडिया, हौसा विकिपीडिया, हक्का चीनी विकिपीडिया, हवाई विकिपीडिया, फ़िजी हिन्दी विकिपीडिया, क्रोएशियाई विकिपीडिया, ऊपरी सोरबियाई विकिपीडिया, हैती क्रियोल विकिपीडिया, इंटरलिंगुआ विकिपीडिया, इंटरलिंगुए विकिपीडिया, इग्बो विकिपीडिया, इलोको विकिपीडिया, इंगुश विकिपीडिया, इडो विकिपीडिया, आइसलैंडिक विकिपीडिया, इनुक्तितुत विकिपीडिया, जमैकन पतोय विकिपीडिया, जावानी विकिपीडिया)। यह अधिक विकिपीडियाओं पर इस उपकरण के प्रगतिशील तैनात-कार्य का हिस्सा है। समुदाय कॉन्फ़िगर कर सकते हैं कि यह सुविधा लोकल रूप से कैसे काम करेगी। [२,२१९]
भावी परिवर्तन
- There is a recently formed team at the Wikimedia Foundation which will be focusing on experimenting with new tools. Currently they are building a prototype ChatGPT plugin that allows information generated by ChatGPT to be properly attributed to the Wikimedia projects.
- Gadget and userscript developers should replace
jquery.cookiewithmediawiki.cookie. Thejquery.cookielibrary will be removed in ~1 month, and staff developers will run a script to replace any remaining uses at that time. [२,२२०]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
MediaWiki message delivery २१:४५, १५ मई २०२३ (UTC)
तकनीकी समाचार: 2023-21
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- The "recent edits" time period for page watchers is now 30 days. It used to be 180 days. This was a Community Wishlist Survey proposal. [२,२२१]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- An improved impact module will be available at Wikipedias. The impact module is a feature available to newcomers at their personal homepage. It will show their number of edits, how many readers their edited pages have, how many thanks they have received and similar things. It is also accessible by accessing Special:Impact. [२,२२२]
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर २३ मई से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर २४ मई से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर २५ मई (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
१६:५४, २२ मई २०२३ (UTC)
तकनीकी समाचार: 2023-22
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- Citations can once again be added automatically from ISBNs, thanks to Zotero's ISBN searches. The current data sources are the Library of Congress (United States), the Bibliothèque nationale de France (French National Library), and K10plus ISBN (German repository). Additional data source searches can be proposed to Zotero. The ISBN labels in the VisualEditor Automatic tab will reappear later this week. [२,२२३]
- The page विशेष:ध्यानसूची सम्पादन now has "Check all" options to select all the pages within a namespace. This feature request was voted #161 in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey. [२,२२४]
समस्याएँ
- For a few days earlier this month, the "Add interlanguage link" item in the Tools menu did not work properly. This has now been fixed. [२,२२५]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 31 May. It will be on all wikis from 1 June (calendar).
- VisualEditor will be switched to a new backend on small and medium wikis this week. Large wikis will follow in the coming weeks. This is part of the effort to move Parsoid into MediaWiki core. The change should have no noticeable effect on users, but if you experience any slow loading or other strangeness when using VisualEditor, please report it on the phabricator ticket linked here. [२,२२६]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
MediaWiki message delivery २२:०३, २९ मई २०२३ (UTC)
तकनीकी समाचार: 2023-23
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- The RealMe extension allows you to mark URLs on your user page as verified for Mastodon and similar software.
- Citation and footnote editing can now be started from the reference list when using the visual editor. This feature request was voted #2 in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey. [२,२२७]
- Previously, clicking on someone else's link to Recent Changes with filters applied within the URL could unintentionally change your preference for "पेज द्वारा समूह परिणाम". This has now been fixed. [२,२२८]
समस्याएँ
- For a few days last week, some tools and bots returned outdated information due to database replication problems, and may have been down entirely while it was being fixed. These issues have now been fixed. [२,२२९]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर ६ जून से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर ७ जून से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर ८ जून (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
- Bots will no longer be prevented from making edits because of URLs that match the spam blacklist. [२,२३०]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
MediaWiki message delivery २२:५१, ५ जून २०२३ (UTC)
तकनीकी समाचार: 2023-24
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- The content attribution tools Who Wrote That?, XTools Authorship, and XTools Blame now support the Dutch, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Japanese, Polish and Portuguese Wikipedias. This was the #7 wish in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey. [२,२३१]
- The Search Preview panel has been deployed on four Wikipedias (Catalan, Dutch, Hungarian and Norwegian). The panel will show an image related to the article (if existing), the top sections of the article, related images (coming from MediaSearch on Commons), and eventually the sister projects associated with the article. [२,२३२]
- The RealMe extension now allows administrators to verify URLs for any page, for Mastodon and similar software. [२,२३३]
- The default project license has been officially upgraded to CC BY-SA 4.0. The software interface messages have been updated. Communities should feel free to start updating any mentions of the old CC BY-SA 3.0 licensing within policies and related documentation pages. [२,२३४]
समस्याएँ
- For three days last month, some Wikipedia pages edited with VisualEditor or DiscussionTools had an unintended
__TOC__(or its localized form) added during an edit. There is a listing of affected pages sorted by wiki, that may still need to be fixed. [२,२३५] - Currently, the "इस पृष्ठ को डिफ़ॉल्ट से इस शीर्षक से छाँटें" feature in VisualEditor is broken. Existing
{{DEFAULTSORT:...}}keywords incorrectly appear as missing templates in VisualEditor. Developers are exploring how to fix this. In the meantime, those wishing to edit the default sortkey of a page are advised to switch to source editing. [२,२३६] - Last week, an update to the delete form may have broken some gadgets or user scripts. If you need to manipulate (empty) the reason field, replace
#wpReasonwith#wpReason > input. See an example fix. [२,२३७]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर १३ जून से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर १४ जून से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर १५ जून (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
- VisualEditor will be switched to a new backend on English Wikipedia on Monday, and all other large wikis on Thursday. The change should have no noticeable effect on users, but if you experience any slow loading or other strangeness when using VisualEditor, please report it on the phabricator ticket linked here. [२,२३८]
भावी परिवर्तन
- From 5 June to 17 July, the Foundation's Security team is holding a consultation with contributors regarding a draft policy to govern the use of third-party resources in volunteer-developed gadgets and scripts. Feedback and suggestions are warmly welcome at Third-party resources policy on meta-wiki.
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
MediaWiki message delivery १४:५१, १२ जून २०२३ (UTC)
तकनीकी समाचार: 2023-25
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- इस सप्ताह मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण नहीं आएगा।
- There is now a toolbar search popup in the visual editor. You can trigger it by typing
\or pressingctrl + shift + p. It can help you quickly access most tools in the editor. [२,२४१][२,२४२]
![[२,२४१]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Visual_editor_toolbar_search_feature.png){kind=link}
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
MediaWiki message delivery २०:०८, १९ जून २०२३ (UTC)
तकनीकी समाचार: 2023-26
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- The Action API modules and Special:LinkSearch will now add a trailing
/to allprop=extlinksresponses for bare domains. This is part of the work to remove duplication in theexternallinksdatabase table. [२,२४३]
समस्याएँ
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर २७ जून से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर २८ जून से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर २९ जून (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
- The Minerva skin now applies more predefined styles to the
.mbox-textCSS class. This enables support for mbox templates that use divs instead of tables. Please make sure that the new styles won't affect other templates in your wiki. [२,२४६][२,२४७] - Gadgets will now load on both desktop and mobile by default. Previously, gadgets loaded only on desktop by default. Changing this default using the
|targets=parameter is also deprecated and should not be used. You should make gadgets work on mobile or disable them based on the skin (with the|skins=parameter in MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition) rather than whether the user uses the mobile or the desktop website. Popular gadgets that create errors on mobile will be disabled by developers on the Minerva skin as a temporary solution. [२,२४८] - All namespace tabs now have the same browser access key by default. Previously, custom and extension-defined namespaces would have to have their access keys set manually on-wiki, but that is no longer necessary. [२,२४९]
- The review form of the Flagged Revisions extension now uses the standardized user interface components. [२,२५०]
भावी परिवर्तन
- How media is structured in the parser's HTML output will change in the coming weeks at group2 wikis. This change improves the accessibility of content. You may need to update your site-CSS, or userscripts and gadgets. There are details on what code to check, how to update the code, and where to report any related problems. [२,२५१]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
MediaWiki message delivery १६:१८, २६ जून २०२३ (UTC)
तकनीकी समाचार: 2023-27
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- As part of the rolling out of the audio links that play on click wishlist proposal, small wikis will now be able to use the inline audio player that is implemented by the Phonos extension. [२,२५२]
- From this week all gadgets automatically load on mobile and desktop sites. If you see any problems with gadgets on your wikis, please adjust the gadget options in your gadget definitions file. [२,२५३]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 4 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 5 July. It will be on all wikis from 6 July (calendar).
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
MediaWiki message delivery २२:५१, ३ जुलाई २०२३ (UTC)
तकनीकी समाचार: 2023-28
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- The Section-level Image Suggestions feature has been deployed on seven Wikipedias (Portuguese, Russian, Indonesian, Catalan, Hungarian, Finnish and Norwegian Bokmål). The feature recommends images for articles on contributors' watchlists that are a good match for individual sections of those articles.
- Global abuse filters have been enabled on all Wikimedia projects, except English and Japanese Wikipedias (who opted out). This change was made following a global request for comments. [२,२५४]
- विशेष:BlockedExternalDomains is a new tool for administrators to help fight spam. It provides a clearer interface for blocking plain domains (and their subdomains), is more easily searchable, and is faster for the software to process for each edit on the wiki. It does not support regex (for complex cases), nor URL path-matching, nor the MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist, but otherwise it replaces most of the functionalities of the existing MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. There is a Python script to help migrate all simple domains into this tool, and more feature details, within the tool's documentation. It is available at all wikis except for Meta-wiki, Commons, and Wikidata. [२,२५५]
- The WikiEditor extension was updated. It includes some of the most frequently used features of wikitext editing. In the past, many of its messages could only be translated by administrators, but now all regular translators on translatewiki can translate them. Please check the state of WikiEditor localization into your language, and if the "Completion" for your language shows anything less than 100%, please complete the translation. See a more detailed explanation.
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 11 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 12 July. It will be on all wikis from 13 July (calendar).
- The default protocol of विशेष:बाहरी कड़ी खोज and API counterparts has changed from http to both http and https. [२,२५६]
- विशेष:बाहरी कड़ी खोज and its API counterparts will now search for all of the URL provided in the query. It used to be only the first 60 characters. This feature was requested fifteen years ago. [२,२५७]
भावी परिवर्तन
- There is an experiment with a ChatGPT plugin. This is to show users where the information is coming from when they read information from Wikipedia. It has been tested by Wikimedia Foundation staff and other Wikimedians. Soon all ChatGPT plugin users can use the Wikipedia plugin. This is the same plugin which was mentioned in Tech News 2023/20. [२,२५८]
- There is an ongoing discussion on a proposed Third-party resources policy. The proposal will impact the use of third-party resources in gadgets and userscripts. Based on the ideas received so far, policy includes some of the risks related to user scripts and gadgets loading third-party resources, some best practices and exemption requirements such as code transparency and inspectability. Your feedback and suggestions are warmly welcome until July 17, 2023 on on the policy talk page.
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
MediaWiki message delivery १९:५३, १० जुलाई २०२३ (UTC)
तकनीकी समाचार: 2023-29
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- We are now serving 1% of all global user traffic from Kubernetes (you can read more technical details). We are planning to increment this percentage regularly. You can follow the progress of this work.
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 18 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 19 July. It will be on all wikis from 20 July (calendar).
- MediaWiki system messages will now look for available local fallbacks, instead of always using the default fallback defined by software. This means wikis no longer need to override each language on the fallback chain separately. For example, English Wikipedia doesn't have to create
en-caanden-gbsubpages with a transclusion of the base pages anymore. This makes it easier to maintain local overrides. [२,२५९] - The
action=growthsetmentorstatusAPI will be deprecated with the new MediaWiki version. Bots or scripts calling that API should use theaction=growthmanagementorlistAPI now. [२,२६०]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
MediaWiki message delivery २३:०८, १७ जुलाई २०२३ (UTC)
तकनीकी समाचार: 2023-30
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- On July 18, the Wikimedia Foundation launched a survey about the technical decision making process for people who do technical work that relies on software that is maintained by the Foundation or affiliates. If this applies to you, please take part in the survey. The survey will be open for three weeks, until August 7. You can find more information in the announcement e-mail on wikitech-l.
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर २५ जुलाई से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर २६ जुलाई से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर २७ जुलाई (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
MediaWiki message delivery ०२:२०, २५ जुलाई २०२३ (UTC)
तकनीकी समाचार: 2023-31
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- The Synchronizer tool is now available to keep Lua modules synced across Wikimedia wikis, along with updated documentation to develop global Lua modules and templates.
- The tag filter on विशेष:नए पृष्ठ and revision history pages can now be inverted. For example, you can hide edits that were made using an automated tool. [२,२६१][२,२६२]
- The Wikipedia ChatGPT plugin experiment can now be used by ChatGPT users who can use plugins. You can participate in a video call if you want to talk about this experiment or similar work. [२,२६३]
समस्याएँ
- It was not possible to generate a PDF for pages with non-Latin characters in the title, for the last two weeks. This has now been fixed. [२,२६४]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर १ अगस्त से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर २ अगस्त से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर ३ अगस्त (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
- बुधवार से कुछ विकिपीडियाओं के एक समूह पर "एक कड़ी जोड़ें" उपलब्ध होगी (जॉर्जियाई विकिपीडिया, करकल्पक विकिपीडिया, कबाइल विकिपीडिया, काबार्डियाई विकिपीडिया, कबीय विकिपीडिया, किकुयु विकिपीडिया, कज़ाख़ विकिपीडिया, ख़्मेर विकिपीडिया, कन्नड़ विकिपीडिया, कश्मीरी विकिपीडिया, कोलोनियाई विकिपीडिया, कुर्दी विकिपीडिया, कोर्निश विकिपीडिया)। यह अधिक विकिपीडियाओं पर इस उपकरण के प्रगतिशील तैनात-कार्य का हिस्सा है। समुदाय कॉन्फ़िगर कर सकते हैं कि यह सुविधा लोकल रूप से कैसे काम करेगी। [२,२६५]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
MediaWiki message delivery २३:५४, ३१ जुलाई २०२३ (UTC)
तकनीकी समाचार: 2023-32
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- Mobile Web editors can now edit a whole page at once. To use this feature, turn on "⧼Mobile-frontend-mobile-option-amc⧽" in your settings and use the "Edit full page" button in the "अधिक" menu. [२,२६६]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- इस सप्ताह मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण नहीं आएगा।
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
MediaWiki message delivery २१:२०, ७ अगस्त २०२३ (UTC)
तकनीकी समाचार: 2023-33
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- The Content translation system is no longer using Youdao's machine translation service. The service was in place for several years, but due to no usage, and availability of alternatives, it was deprecated to reduce maintenance overheads. Other services which cover the same languages are still available. [२,२६७]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर १५ अगस्त से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर १६ अगस्त से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर १७ अगस्त (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
- बुधवार से कुछ विकिपीडियाओं के एक समूह पर "एक कड़ी जोड़ें" उपलब्ध होगी (लातिन विकिपीडिया, लाडिनो विकिपीडिया, लक्समबर्गी विकिपीडिया, लाक विकिपीडिया, लेज़गिन विकिपीडिया, लिंगुआ फ़्रांका नोवा विकिपीडिया, गांडा विकिपीडिया, लिम्बर्गिश विकिपीडिया, लिगुरियाई विकिपीडिया, लोम्बार्ड विकिपीडिया, लिंगाला विकिपीडिया, लातगालियाई विकिपीडिया, लातवियाई विकिपीडिया, मैथिली विकिपीडिया, बान्युमासान विकिपीडिया, मोक्शा विकिपीडिया, मालागासी विकिपीडिया, आर्मीनियाई विकिपीडिया, किरगिज़ विकिपीडिया)। यह अधिक विकिपीडियाओं पर इस उपकरण के प्रगतिशील तैनात-कार्य का हिस्सा है। समुदाय कॉन्फ़िगर कर सकते हैं कि यह सुविधा लोकल रूप से कैसे काम करेगी। [२,२६८]
भावी परिवर्तन
- A few gadgets/user scripts which add icons to the Minerva skin need to have their CSS updated. There are more details available including a search for all existing instances and how to update them.
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
MediaWiki message delivery ०५:५९, १५ अगस्त २०२३ (UTC)
तकनीकी समाचार: 2023-34
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- The GDrive to Commons Uploader tool is now available. It enables securely selecting and uploading files from your Google Drive directly to Wikimedia Commons. [२,२६९]
- From now on, we will announce new Wikimedia wikis in Tech News, so you can update any tools or pages.
- Since the last edition, two new wikis have been created:
- To catch up, the next most recent six wikis are:
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर २२ अगस्त से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर २३ अगस्त से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर २४ अगस्त (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
भावी परिवर्तन
- There is an existing stable interface policy for MediaWiki backend code. There is a proposed stable interface policy for frontend code. This is relevant for anyone who works on gadgets or Wikimedia frontend code. You can read it, discuss it, and let the proposer know if there are any problems. [२,२७८]
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१५:२५, २१ अगस्त २०२३ (UTC)
तकनीकी समाचार: 2023-35
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- As part of the changes for the better diff handling of paragraph splits, improved detection of splits is being rolled out. Over the last two weeks, we deployed this support to group0 and group1 wikis. This week it will be deployed to group2 wikis. [२,२७९]
- All विशेष:योगदान pages now show the user's local edit count and the account's creation date. [२,२८०]
- Wikisource users can now use the
prpbengalicurrencylabel to denote Bengali currency characters as page numbers inside the<pagelist>tag. [२,२८१] - Two preferences have been relocated. The preference "Enable the visual editor" is now shown on the "संपादन" tab at all wikis. Previously it was shown on the "बीटा सुविधाएँ" tab at some wikis. The preference "अलग विकिटेक्स्ट एडिटर की जगह यथादृश्य संपादिका के अंदर ही विकिटेक्स्ट मोड का इस्तेमाल करें।" is now also shown on the "संपादन" tab at all wikis, instead of the "बीटा सुविधाएँ" tab. [२,२८२][२,२८३]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर २९ अगस्त से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर ३० अगस्त से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर ३१ अगस्त (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
- New signups for a Wikimedia developer account will start being pushed towards idm.wikimedia.org, rather than going via Wikitech. Further information about the new system is available.
- All right-to-left language wikis, plus Korean, Armenian, Ukrainian, Russian, and Bulgarian Wikipedias, will have a link in the sidebar that provides a short URL of that page, using the Wikimedia URL Shortener. This feature will come to more wikis in future weeks. [२,२८४]
भावी परिवर्तन
- The removal of the DoubleWiki extension is being discussed. This extension currently allows Wikisource users to view articles from multiple language versions side by side when the
<=>symbol next to a specific language edition is selected. Comments on this are welcomed at the phabricator task. - A proposal has been made to merge the second hidden-categories list (which appears below the wikitext editing form) with the main list of categories (which is further down the page). More information is available on Phabricator; feedback is welcome!
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
MediaWiki message delivery १४:००, २८ अगस्त २०२३ (UTC)
तकनीकी समाचार: 2023-36
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- EditInSequence, a feature that allows users to edit pages faster on Wikisource has been moved to a Beta Feature based on community feedback. To enable it, you can navigate to the beta features tab in Preferences. [२,२८५]
- As part of the changes for the Generate Audio for IPA and Audio links that play on click wishlist proposals, the inline audio player mode of Phonos has been deployed to all projects. [२,२८६]
- There is a new option for Administrators when they are changing the usergroups for a user, to add the user’s user page to their watchlist. This works both via विशेष:सदस्य अधिकार and via the API. [२,२८७]
- One new wiki has been created:
समस्याएँ
- The LoginNotify extension was not sending notifications since January. It has now been fixed, so going forward, you may see notifications for failed login attempts, and successful login attempts from a new device. [२,२८९]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर ५ सितम्बर से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर ६ सितम्बर से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर ७ सितम्बर (कैलेंडर) से होगा।
- बुधवार से कुछ विकिपीडियाओं के एक समूह पर "एक कड़ी जोड़ें" उपलब्ध होगी (पूर्वी मारी विकिपीडिया, माओरी विकिपीडिया, मिनांगकाबाउ विकिपीडिया, मैसिडोनियाई विकिपीडिया, मलयालम विकिपीडिया, मंगोलियाई विकिपीडिया, मराठी विकिपीडिया, पश्चिमी मारी विकिपीडिया, मलय विकिपीडिया, माल्टाई विकिपीडिया, मिरांडी विकिपीडिया, एर्ज़्या विकिपीडिया, माज़ंदरानी विकिपीडिया, नाहुआत्ल विकिपीडिया, नीपोलिटन विकिपीडिया, निम्न जर्मन विकिपीडिया, निम्न सैक्सन विकिपीडिया, नेपाली विकिपीडिया, नेवारी विकिपीडिया, नॉर्वेजियाई निनोर्स्क विकिपीडिया, नोवियाल विकिपीडिया, न्को विकिपीडिया, नॉर्मन विकिपीडिया, उत्तरी सोथो विकिपीडिया, नावहो विकिपीडिया, न्यांजा विकिपीडिया, ऑक्सिटन विकिपीडिया, लिव्वी-करेलियाई विकिपीडिया, ओरोमो विकिपीडिया, ओड़िया विकिपीडिया, ओसेटिक विकिपीडिया, पंजाबी विकिपीडिया, पांगासीनान विकिपीडिया, पाम्पांगा विकिपीडिया, पापियामेंतो विकिपीडिया, पिकार्ड विकिपीडिया, पेनसिलवेनिया जर्मन विकिपीडिया, पैलेटीन जर्मन विकिपीडिया, नॉर्फ़ोक / पिटकेर्न विकिपीडिया, पीडमंटी विकिपीडिया, पश्चिमी पंजाबी विकिपीडिया, पोंटिक विकिपीडिया, पश्तो विकिपीडिया)। यह अधिक विकिपीडियाओं पर इस उपकरण के प्रगतिशील तैनात-कार्य का हिस्सा है। समुदाय कॉन्फ़िगर कर सकते हैं कि यह सुविधा लोकल रूप से कैसे काम करेगी। [२,२९०][२,२९१]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
MediaWiki message delivery २३:३३, ४ सितम्बर २०२३ (UTC)
तकनीकी समाचार: 2023-37
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- ORES, the revision evaluation service, is now using a new open-source infrastructure on all wikis except for English Wikipedia and Wikidata. These two will follow this week. If you notice any unusual results from the Recent Changes filters that are related to ORES (for example, "Contribution quality predictions" and "User intent predictions"), please report them. [२,२९२]
- When you are logged in on one Wikimedia wiki and visit a different Wikimedia wiki, the system tries to log you in there automatically. This has been unreliable for a long time. You can now visit the login page to make the system try extra hard. If you feel that made logging in better or worse than it used to be, your feedback is appreciated. [२,२९३]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 September. It will be on all wikis from 14 September (calendar).
- The Technical Decision-Making Forum Retrospective team invites anyone involved in the technical field of Wikimedia projects to signup to and join one of their listening sessions on 13 September. Another date will be scheduled later. The goal is to improve the technical decision-making processes.
- As part of the changes for the Better diff handling of paragraph splits wishlist proposal, the inline switch widget in diff pages is being rolled out this week to all wikis. The inline switch will allow viewers to toggle between a unified inline or two-column diff wikitext format. [२,२९४]
भावी परिवर्तन
- All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on 20 September. This is planned at 14:00 UTC. More information will be published in Tech News and will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks. [२,२९५]
- The Enterprise API is launching a new feature called "breaking news". Currently in BETA, this attempts to identify likely "newsworthy" topics as they are currently being written about in any Wikipedia. Your help is requested to improve the accuracy of its detection model, especially on smaller language editions, by recommending templates or identifiable editing patterns. See more information at the documentation page on MediaWiki or the FAQ on Meta.
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
MediaWiki message delivery २१:०७, ११ सितम्बर २०२३ (UTC)
तकनीकी समाचार: 2023-38
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- MediaWiki now has a stable interface policy for frontend code that more clearly defines how we deprecate MediaWiki code and wiki-based code (e.g. gadgets and user scripts). Thank you to everyone who contributed to the content and discussions. [२,२९६][२,२९७]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 September. It will be on all wikis from 21 September (calendar).
- All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on September 20. This is planned at 14:00 UTC. [२,२९८]
- All wikis will have a link in the sidebar that provides a short URL of that page, using the Wikimedia URL Shortener. [२,२९९]
भावी परिवर्तन
- The team investigating the Graph Extension posted a proposal for reenabling it and they need your input.
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
MediaWiki message delivery १९:१९, १८ सितम्बर २०२३ (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-39
[सम्पादन]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 Vector 2022 skin will now remember the pinned/unpinned status for the Table of Contents for all logged-out users. [२,३००]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 26 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 27 September. It will be on all wikis from 28 September (calendar).
- The ResourceLoader
mediawiki.uimodules are now deprecated as part of the move to Vue.js and Codex. There is a guide for migrating from MediaWiki UI to Codex for any tools that use it. More details are available in the task and your questions are welcome there. - Gadget definitions will have a new "namespaces" option. The option takes a list of namespace IDs. Gadgets that use this option will only load on pages in the given namespaces.
Future changes
- New variables will be added to AbuseFilter:
global_account_groupsandglobal_account_editcount. They are available only when an account is being created. You can use them to prevent blocking automatic creation of accounts when users with many edits elsewhere visit your wiki for the first time. [२,३०१][२,३०२]
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Wikipedia mobile apps teams. During the meeting, we will discuss the current features and future roadmap. The meeting will be on 27 October at 17:00 (UTC). See details and how to join.
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MediaWiki message delivery १६:५१, २६ सितम्बर २०२३ (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-40
[सम्पादन]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 user preference for "Always enable safe mode". This setting will make pages load without including any on-wiki JavaScript or on-wiki stylesheet pages. It can be useful for debugging broken JavaScript gadgets. [२,३०३]
- Gadget definitions now have a new "contentModels" option. The option takes a list of page content models, like
wikitextorcss. Gadgets that use this option will only load on pages with the given content models.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 3 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 4 October. It will be on all wikis from 5 October (calendar).
Future changes
- The Vector 2022 skin will no longer use the custom styles and scripts of Vector legacy (2010). The change will be made later this year or in early 2024. See how to adjust the CSS and JS pages on your wiki. [२,३०४]
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MediaWiki message delivery ०१:२६, ३ अक्टूबर २०२३ (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-41
[सम्पादन]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
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 10 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 11 October. It will be on all wikis from 12 October (calendar).
- Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" (Swahili Wikipedia, Walloon Wikipedia, Waray Wikipedia, Wolof Wikipedia, Kalmyk Wikipedia, Xhosa Wikipedia, Mingrelian Wikipedia, Yiddish Wikipedia, Yoruba Wikipedia, Zhuang Wikipedia, Zeelandic Wikipedia, Min Nan Wikipedia, Zulu Wikipedia). This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally. [२,३०६]
- At some wikis, newcomers are suggested images from Commons to add to articles without any images. Starting on Tuesday, newcomers at these wikis will be able to add images to unillustrated article sections. The specific wikis are listed under "Images recommendations" at the Growth team deployment table. You can learn more about this feature. [२,३०७]
- In the mobile web skin (Minerva) the CSS ID
#page-actionswill be replaced with#p-views. This change is to make it consistent with other skins and to improve support for gadgets and extensions in the mobile skin. A few gadgets may need to be updated; there are details and search-links in the task.
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MediaWiki message delivery १४:३९, ९ अक्टूबर २०२३ (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-42
[सम्पादन]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 Unified login system's edge login should now be fixed for some browsers (Chrome, Edge, Opera). This means that if you visit a new sister project wiki, you should be logged in automatically without the need to click "Log in" or reload the page. Feedback on whether it's working for you is welcome. [२,३०८]
- Edit notices are now available within the MobileFrontend/Minerva skin. This feature was inspired by the gadget on English Wikipedia. See more details in T316178.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 17 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 18 October. It will be on all wikis from 19 October (calendar).
Future changes
- In 3 weeks, in the Vector 2022 skin, code related to
addPortletLinkand#p-namespacesthat was deprecated one year ago will be removed. If you notice tools that should appear next to the "Discussion" tab are then missing, please tell the gadget's maintainers to see instructions in the Phabricator task.
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MediaWiki message delivery २३:४७, १६ अक्टूबर २०२३ (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-43
[सम्पादन]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 Language and internationalization newsletter, written quarterly. It contains updates on new feature development, improvements in various language-related technical projects, and related support work.
- Source map support has been enabled on all wikis. When you open the debugger in your browser's developer tools, you should be able to see the unminified JavaScript source code. [२,३०९]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 24 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 25 October. It will be on all wikis from 26 October (calendar).
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MediaWiki message delivery २३:१६, २३ अक्टूबर २०२३ (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-44
[सम्पादन]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 Structured Content team, as part of its project of improving UploadWizard on Commons, made some UX improvements to the upload step of choosing own vs not own work (T347590), as well as to the licensing step for own work (T347756).
- The Design Systems team has released version 1.0.0 of Codex, the new design system for Wikimedia. See the full announcement about the release of Codex 1.0.0.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 31 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 November. It will be on all wikis from 2 November (calendar).
- Listings on category pages are sorted on each wiki for that language using a library. For a brief period on 2 November, changes to categories will not be sorted correctly for many languages. This is because the developers are upgrading to a new version of the library. They will then use a script to fix the existing categories. This will take a few hours or a few days depending on how big the wiki is. You can read more. [२,३१०][२,३११]
- Starting November 1, the impact module (Special:Impact) will be upgraded by the Growth team. The new impact module shows newcomers more data regarding their impact on the wiki. It was tested by a few wikis during the last few months. [२,३१२]
Future changes
- There is a proposed plan for re-enabling the Graph Extension. You can help by reviewing this proposal and sharing what you think about it.
- The WMF is working on making it possible for administrators to edit MediaWiki configuration directly. This is similar to previous work on Special:EditGrowthConfig. A technical RfC is running until November 08, where you can provide feedback.
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MediaWiki message delivery २३:२१, ३० अक्टूबर २०२३ (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-45
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- In the Vector 2022 skin, the default font-size of a number of navigational elements (tagline, tools menu, navigational links, and more) has been increased slightly to match the font size used in page content. [२,३१३]
Problems
- Last week, there was a problem displaying some recent edits on a few wikis, for 1-6 hours. The edits were saved but not immediately shown. This was due to a database problem. [२,३१४]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 November. It will be on all wikis from 9 November (calendar).
- The Growth team will reassign newcomers from former mentors to the currently active mentors. They have also changed the notification language to be more user-friendly. [२,३१५][२,३१६]
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MediaWiki message delivery २१:०५, ६ नवम्बर २०२३ (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-46
[सम्पादन]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
- Four new wikis have been created:
Problems
- Last week, users who previously visited Meta-Wiki or Wikimedia Commons and then became logged out on those wikis could not log in again. The problem is now resolved. [२,३२१]
- Last week, some pop-up dialogs and menus were shown with the wrong font size. The problem is now resolved. [२,३२२]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 November. It will be on all wikis from 16 November (calendar).
Future changes
- Reference Previews are coming to many wikis as a default feature. They are popups for references, similar to the PagePreviews feature. You can opt out of seeing them. If you are using the gadgets Reference Tooltips or Navigation Popups, you won’t see Reference Previews. Deployment is planned for November 22, 2023.
- Canary (also known as heartbeat) events will be produced into Wikimedia event streams from December 11. Streams users are advised to filter out these events, by discarding all events where
meta.domain == "canary". Updates to Pywikibot or wikimedia-streams will discard these events by default. [२,३२३]
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MediaWiki message delivery २३:५२, १३ नवम्बर २०२३ (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-47
[सम्पादन]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 later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week. [२,३२४][२,३२५]
- Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" (Quechua Wikipedia, Romansh Wikipedia, Romani Wikipedia, Rundi Wikipedia, Aromanian Wikipedia, Tarandíne Wikipedia, Rusyn Wikipedia, Kinyarwanda Wikipedia, Sanskrit Wikipedia, Sakha Wikipedia, Santali Wikipedia, Sardinian Wikipedia, Sicilian Wikipedia, Scots Wikipedia, Sindhi Wikipedia, Northern Sami Wikipedia, Sango Wikipedia, Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia, Sinhala Wikipedia, Slovak Wikipedia, Slovenian Wikipedia, Samoan Wikipedia, Somali Wikipedia, Albanian Wikipedia, Serbian Wikipedia, Sranan Tongo Wikipedia, Swati Wikipedia, Southern Sotho Wikipedia, Saterland Frisian Wikipedia, Sundanese Wikipedia, Silesian Wikipedia, Tamil Wikipedia, Tulu Wikipedia, Telugu Wikipedia, Tetum Wikipedia, Tajik Wikipedia, Thai Wikipedia, Turkmen Wikipedia, Tagalog Wikipedia, Tswana Wikipedia, Tongan Wikipedia, Tok Pisin Wikipedia, Turkish Wikipedia, Tsonga Wikipedia, Tatar Wikipedia, Twi Wikipedia, Tahitian Wikipedia, Tuvinian Wikipedia, Udmurt Wikipedia, Uyghur Wikipedia, Uzbek Wikipedia, Venda Wikipedia, Venetian Wikipedia, Veps Wikipedia, West Flemish Wikipedia, Volapük Wikipedia). This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally. [२,३२६][२,३२७][२,३२८]
- The Vector 2022 skin will have some minor visual changes to drop-down menus, column widths, and more. These changes were added to four Wikipedias last week. If no issues are found, these changes will proceed to all wikis this week. These changes will make it possible to add new menus for readability and dark mode. Learn more. [२,३२९]
Future changes
- There is an update on re-enabling the Graph Extension. To speed up the process, Vega 2 will not be supported and only some protocols will be available at launch. You can help by sharing what you think about the plan.
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MediaWiki message delivery ००:५५, २१ नवम्बर २०२३ (UTC)
तकनीकी समाचार: 2023-48
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 November. It will be on all wikis from 30 November (calendar). There is no new MediaWiki version next week. [२,३३०][२,३३१]
- मीडियाविकी की जावास्क्रिप्ट प्रणाली अब गैजेट्स और उपयोगकर्ता स्क्रिप्ट में $async - await वाक्यविन्यास की अनुमति देगी। गैजेट लेखकों को याद रखना चाहिए कि उपयोगकर्ताओं के ब्राउज़र इसका समर्थन नहीं कर सकते हैं इसलिए इसका उचित उपयोग किया जाना चाहिए। [२,३३२]
- The deployment of "Add a link" announced last week was postponed. It will resume this week.
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MediaWiki message delivery २३:०८, २७ नवम्बर २०२३ (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-49
[सम्पादन]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 spacing between paragraphs on Vector 2022 has been changed from 7px to 14px to match the size of the text. This will make it easier to distinguish paragraphs from sentences. [२,३३३]
- The "इस पृष्ठ को डिफ़ॉल्ट से इस शीर्षक से छाँटें" feature in VisualEditor is working again. You no longer need to switch to source editing to edit
{{DEFAULTSORT:...}}keywords. [२,३३४]
Changes later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week. [२,३३५][२,३३६]
- On 6 December, people who have the enabled the preference for "Show discussion activity" will notice the talk page usability improvements appear on pages that include the
__NEWSECTIONLINK__magic word. If you notice any issues, please share them with the team on Phabricator.
Future changes
- The Toolforge Grid Engine shutdown process will start on December 14. Maintainers of tools that still use this old system should plan to migrate to Kubernetes, or tell the team your plans on Phabricator in the task about your tool, before that date. [२,३३७]
- Communities using Structured Discussions are being contacted regarding the upcoming deprecation of Structured Discussions. You can read more about this project, and share your comments, on the project's page.
Events
- Registration & Scholarship applications are now open for the Wikimedia Hackathon 2024 that will take place from 3–5 May in Tallinn, Estonia. Scholarship applications are open until 5 January 2024.
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MediaWiki message delivery २३:५०, ४ दिसम्बर २०२३ (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-50
[सम्पादन]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 Wikimedia Commons, there are some minor user-interface improvements for the "choosing own vs not own work" step in the UploadWizard. This is part of the Structured Content team's project of improving UploadWizard on Commons. [२,३३८][२,३३९]
Problems
- There was a problem showing the Newcomer homepage feature with the "impact module" and their page-view graphs, for a few days in early December. This has now been fixed. [२,३४०][२,३४१]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 December. It will be on all wikis from 14 December (calendar). [२,३४२][२,३४३]
Future changes
- The 2023 Developer Satisfaction Survey is seeking the opinions of the Wikimedia developer community. Please take the survey if you have any role in developing software for the Wikimedia ecosystem. The survey is open until 5 January 2024, and has an associated privacy statement.
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MediaWiki message delivery ०२:१२, १२ दिसम्बर २०२३ (UTC)
तकनीकी समाचार: 2023-51
[सम्पादन]विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय से नवीनतम "तकनीकी समाचार"। कृपया अन्य उपयोगकर्ताओं को इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बताएं। सभी परिवर्तन आपको प्रभावित नहीं करेंगे। अनुवाद उपलब्ध हैं।
तकनीकी समाचार
- तकनीकी समाचार का अगला अंक 8 जनवरी 2024 को छुट्टियों के कारण भेजा जाएगा।
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 December. It will be on all wikis from 21 December (calendar). अगला सप्ताह मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण नहीं आएगा। [२,३४४][२,३४५]
- Starting December 18, it won't be possible to activate Structured Discussions on a user's own talk page using the Beta feature. The Beta feature option remains available for users who want to deactivate Structured Discussions. This is part of Structured Discussions' deprecation work. [२,३४६]
- There will be full support for redirects in the Module namespace. The "Move Page" feature will leave an appropriate redirect behind, and such redirects will be appropriately recognized by the software (e.g. hidden from विशेष:UnconnectedPages). There will also be support for manual redirects. [२,३४७]
भविष्य के बदलाव
- The MediaWiki JavaScript documentation is moving to a new format. During the move, you can read the old docs using version 1.41. Feedback about the new site is welcome on the project talk page.
- The Wishathon is a new initiative that encourages collaboration across the Wikimedia community to develop solutions for wishes collected through the Community Wishlist Survey. The first community Wishathon will take place from 15–17 March. If you are interested in a project proposal as a user, developer, designer, or product lead, you can register for the event and read more.
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
MediaWiki message delivery १६:१७, १८ दिसम्बर २०२३ (UTC)
तकनीकी समाचार: 2024-02
[सम्पादन]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
- mediawiki2latex is a tool that converts wiki content into the formats of LaTeX, PDF, ODT, and EPUB. The code now runs many times faster due to recent improvements. There is also an optional Docker container you can install on your local machine.
- The way that Random pages are selected has been updated. This will slowly reduce the problem of some pages having a lower chance of appearing. [२,३४८]
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 January. It will be on all wikis from 11 January (calendar). [२,३४९][२,३५०]
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MediaWiki message delivery ०१:१९, ९ जनवरी २०२४ (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-03
[सम्पादन]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
- Pages that use the JSON contentmodel will now use tabs instead of spaces for auto-indentation. This will significantly reduce the page size. [२,३५१]
- Gadgets and personal user scripts may now use JavaScript syntax introduced in ES6 (also known as "ES2015") and ES7 ("ES2016"). MediaWiki validates the source code to protect other site functionality from syntax errors, and to ensure scripts are valid in all supported browsers. Previously, Gadgets could use the
requiresES6option. This option is no longer needed and will be removed in the future. [२,३५२] - Bot passwords and owner-only OAuth consumers can now be restricted to allow editing only specific pages. [२,३५३]
- You can now thank edits made by bots. [२,३५४]
- An update on the status of the Community Wishlist Survey for 2024 has been published. Please read and give your feedback.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 January. It will be on all wikis from 18 January (calendar). [२,३५५][२,३५६]
- Starting on January 17, it will not be possible to login to Wikimedia wikis from some specific old versions of the Chrome browser (versions 51–66, released between 2016 and 2018). Additionally, users of iOS 12, or Safari on Mac OS 10.14, may need to login to each wiki separately. [२,३५७]
- The
jquery.cookiemodule was deprecated and replaced with themediawiki.cookiemodule last year. A script has now been run to replace any remaining uses, and this week the temporary alias will be removed. [२,३५८]
Future changes
- Wikimedia Deutschland is working to make reusing references easier. They are looking for people who are interested in participating in individual video calls for user research in January and February.
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MediaWiki message delivery ००:१२, १६ जनवरी २०२४ (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-04
[सम्पादन]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
- A bug in UploadWizard prevented linking to the userpage of the uploader when uploading. It has now been fixed. [२,३५९]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 January. It will be on all wikis from 25 January (calendar). [२,३६०][२,३६१]
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MediaWiki message delivery ०१:०३, २३ जनवरी २०२४ (UTC)
तकनीकी समाचार: 2024-05
[सम्पादन]विकिमीडिया तकनीकी समुदाय से नया तकनीकी समाचार। कृपया अन्य उपयोगकर्ताओं को इन परिवर्तनों के बारे में बताएं। सभी परिवर्तन आप पर प्रभाव नहीं लगेंगे। अनुवाद उपलब्ध हैं।
हाल में हुए परिवर्तन
- Starting Monday January 29, all talk pages messages' timestamps will become a link. This link is a permanent link to the comment. It allows users to find the comment they are looking for, even if this comment was moved elsewhere. This will affect all wikis except for the English Wikipedia. You can read more about this change on Diff or on Mediawiki.org. [२,३६२]
- There are some improvements to the CAPTCHA to make it harder for spam bots and scripts to bypass it. If you have feedback on this change, please comment on the task. Staff are monitoring metrics related to the CAPTCHA, as well as secondary metrics such as account creations and edit counts.
इस सप्ताह के परिवर्तन
- मीडियाविकि का नया संस्करण परीक्षण विकि और MediaWiki.org पर ३० जनवरी से होगा। यह गैर-विकिपीडिया विकि और कुछ विकिपीडिया पर ३१ जनवरी से होगा। यह सभी विकियों पर १ फ़रवरी (कैलेंडर) से होगा। [२,३६३][२,३६४]
- On February 1, a link will be added to the "Tools" menu to download a QR code that links to the page you are viewing. There will also be a new विशेष:QrKodu page to create QR codes for any Wikimedia URL. This addresses the #19 most-voted wish from the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey. [२,३६५]
- Gadgets which only work in some skins have sometimes used the
targetsoption to limit where you can use them. This will stop working this week. You should use theskinsoption instead. [२,३६६]
तकनीकी समाचार तकनीक राजदूत द्वारा तैयार हुआ और बॉट द्वारा प्रकाशित • योगदान करें • अनुवाद करें • सहायता लें • प्रतिक्रिया दें • अनुसरण करें या हटाएँ।
MediaWiki message delivery १९:३१, २९ जनवरी २०२४ (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-06
[सम्पादन]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 mobile site history pages now use the same HTML as the desktop history pages. If you hear of any problems relating to mobile history usage please point them to the phabricator task.
- On most wikis, admins can now block users from making specific actions. These actions are: uploading files, creating new pages, moving (renaming) pages, and sending thanks. The goal of this feature is to allow admins to apply blocks that are adequate to the blocked users' activity. Learn more about "action blocks". [२,३६७][२,३६८]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 6 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 7 February. It will be on all wikis from 8 February (calendar). [२,३६९][२,३७०]
- Talk pages permalinks that included diacritics and non-Latin script were malfunctioning. This issue is fixed. [२,३७१]
Future changes
- 24 Wikipedias with Reference Tooltips as a default gadget are encouraged to remove that default flag. This would make Reference Previews the new default for reference popups, leading to a more consistent experience across wikis. For 46 Wikipedias with less than 4 interface admins, the change is already scheduled for mid-February, unless there are concerns. The older Reference Tooltips gadget will still remain usable and will override this feature, if it is available on your wiki and you have enabled it in your settings. [२,३७२][२,३७३]
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MediaWiki message delivery १९:२२, ५ फ़रवरी २०२४ (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-07
[सम्पादन]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 WDQS Graph Split experiment is working and loaded onto 3 test servers. The team in charge is testing the split's impact and requires feedback from WDQS users through the UI or programmatically in different channels. [२,३७४][२,३७५][२,३७६] Users' feedback will validate the impact of various use cases and workflows around the Wikidata Query service. [२,३७७][२,३७८]
Problems
- There was a bug that affected the appearance of visited links when using mobile device to access wiki sites. It made the links appear black; this issue is fixed.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 13 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 14 February. It will be on all wikis from 15 February (calendar). [२,३७९][२,३८०]
- As work continues on the grid engine deprecation,[२,३८१] tools on the grid engine will be stopped starting on February 14th, 2024. If you have tools actively migrating you can ask for an extension so they are not stopped. [२,३८२]
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MediaWiki message delivery ०५:४८, १३ फ़रवरी २०२४ (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-08
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- If you have the "मेरी ध्यानसूची में दर्ज किसी भी पृष्ठ अथवा किसी भी चित्र में बदलाव आने पर मुझे ईमेल भेजें" option enabled, edits by bot accounts no longer trigger notification emails. Previously, only minor edits would not trigger the notification emails. [२,३८३]
- There are changes to how user and site scripts load for Vector 2022 on specific wikis. The changes impacted the following Wikis: all projects with Vector legacy as the default skin, Wikivoyage, and Wikibooks. Other wikis will be affected over the course of the next three months. Gadgets are not impacted. If you have been affected or want to minimize the impact on your project, see this ticket. Please coordinate and take action proactively.
- Newly auto-created accounts (the accounts you get when you visit a new wiki) now have the same local notification preferences as users who freshly register on that wiki. It is effected in four notification types listed in the task's description.
- The maximum file size when using Upload Wizard is now 5 GiB. [२,३८४]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 20 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 21 February. It will be on all wikis from 22 February (calendar). [२,३८५][२,३८६]
- Selected tools on the grid engine have been stopped as we prepare to shut down the grid on March 14th, 2024. The tool's code and data have not been deleted. If you are a maintainer and you want your tool re-enabled reach out to the team. Only tools that have asked for extension are still running on the grid.
- The CSS
filterproperty can now be used in HTMLstyleattributes in wikitext. [२,३८७]
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MediaWiki message delivery १५:३६, १९ फ़रवरी २०२४ (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-09
[सम्पादन]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 mobile visual editor is now the default editor for users who never edited before, at a small group of wikis. Research shows that users using this editor are slightly more successful publishing the edits they started, and slightly less successful publishing non-reverted edits. Users who defined the wikitext editor as their default on desktop will get the wikitext editor on mobile for their first edit on mobile as well. [२,३८८]
- The mw.config value
wgGlobalGroupsnow only contains groups that are active in the wiki. Scripts no longer have to check whether the group is active on the wiki via an API request. A code example of the above is:if (/globalgroupname/.test(mw.config.get("wgGlobalGroups"))). [२,३८९]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 27 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 28 February. It will be on all wikis from 29 February (calendar). [२,३९०][२,३९१]
Future changes
- The right to change edit tags (
changetags) will be removed from users in Wikimedia sites, keeping it by default for admins and bots only. Your community can ask to retain the old configuration on your wiki before this change happens. Please indicate in this ticket to keep it for your community before the end of March 2024.
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MediaWiki message delivery १९:२३, २६ फ़रवरी २०२४ (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-10
[सम्पादन]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
Special:Bookpage (as well as the associated "Create a book" functionality) provided by the old Collection extension has been removed from all Wikisource wikis, as it was broken. This does not affect the ability to download normal books, which is provided by the Wikisource extension. [२,३९२] - Wikitech now uses the next-generation Parsoid wikitext parser by default to generate all pages in the Talk namespace. Report any problems on the Known Issues discussion page. You can use the ParserMigration extension to control the use of Parsoid; see the ParserMigration help documentation for more details.
- Maintenance on etherpad is completed. If you encounter any issues, please indicate in this ticket.
- Gadgets allow interface admins to create custom features with CSS and JavaScript. The
GadgetandGadget_definitionnamespaces andgadgets-definition-edituser right were reserved for an experiment in 2015, but were never used. These were visible on Special:Search and Special:ListGroupRights. The unused namespaces and user rights are now removed. No pages are moved, and no changes need to be made. [२,३९३] - A usability improvement to the "Add a citation" in Wikipedia workflow has been made, the insert button was moved to the popup header. [२,३९४]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 March. It will be on all wikis from 7 March (calendar). [२,३९५][२,३९६]
Future changes
- All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on March 20. This is planned at 14:00 UTC. More information will be published in Tech News and will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks. [२,३९७]
- The HTML markup of headings and section edit links will be changed later this year to improve accessibility. See Heading HTML changes for details. The new markup will be the same as in the new Parsoid wikitext parser. You can test your gadget or stylesheet with the new markup if you add
?useparsoid=1to your URL (more info) or turn on Parsoid read views in your user options (more info).
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MediaWiki message delivery १९:४७, ४ मार्च २०२४ (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-11
[सम्पादन]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 later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 March. It will be on all wikis from 14 March (calendar). [२,३९८][२,३९९]
- After consulting with various communities, the line height of the text on the Minerva skin will be increased to its previous value of 1.65. Different options for typography can also be set using the options in the menu, as needed. [२,४००]
- The active link color in Minerva will be changed to provide more consistency with our other platforms and best practices. [२,४०१]
- Structured data on Commons will no longer ask whether you want to leave the page without saving. This will prevent the “information you’ve entered may not be saved” popups from appearing when no information have been entered. It will also make file pages on Commons load faster in certain cases. However, the popups will be hidden even if information has indeed been entered. If you accidentally close the page before saving the structured data you entered, that data will be lost. [२,४०२]
Future changes
- All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on March 20. This is planned at 14:00 UTC. More information will be published in Tech News and will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks. [२,४०३][२,४०४]
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MediaWiki message delivery २३:०४, ११ मार्च २०२४ (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-12
[सम्पादन]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 notice "Language links are at the top of the page" that appears in the Vector 2022 skin main menu has been removed now that users have learned the new location of the Language switcher. [२,४०५]
- IP info feature displays data from Spur, an IP addresses database. Previously, the only data source for this feature was MaxMind. Now, IP info is more useful for patrollers. [२,४०६]
- The Toolforge Grid Engine services have been shut down after the final migration process from Grid Engine to Kubernetes. [२,४०७][२,४०८][२,४०९]
- Communities can now customize the default reasons for undeleting a page by creating MediaWiki:Undelete-comment-dropdown. [२,४१०]
Problems
- RevisionSlider is an interface to interactively browse a page's history. Users in right-to-left languages reported RevisionSlider reacting wrong to mouse clicks. This should be fixed now. [२,४११]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 March. It will be on all wikis from 21 March (calendar). [२,४१२][२,४१३]
- All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on March 20. This is planned at 14:00 UTC. [२,४१४][२,४१५]
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MediaWiki message delivery १७:३९, १८ मार्च २०२४ (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-13
[सम्पादन]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
- An update was made on March 18th 2024 to how various projects load site, user JavaScript and CSS in Vector 2022 skin. A checklist is provided for site admins to follow.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 26 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 27 March. It will be on all wikis from 28 March (calendar). [२,४१६][२,४१७]
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MediaWiki message delivery १८:५६, २५ मार्च २०२४ (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-14
[सम्पादन]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 of the reading accessibility beta feature will notice that the default line height for the standard and large text options has changed. [२,४१८]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 2 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 3 April. It will be on all wikis from 4 April (calendar). [२,४१९][२,४२०]
Future changes
- The Wikimedia Foundation has an annual plan. The annual plan decides what the Wikimedia Foundation will work on. You can now read the draft key results for the Product and Technology department. They are suggestions for what results the Foundation wants from big technical changes from July 2024 to June 2025. You can comment on the talk page.
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MediaWiki message delivery ०३:३५, २ अप्रैल २०२४ (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-15
[सम्पादन]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
- Web browsers can use tools called extensions. There is now a Chrome extension called Citation Needed which you can use to see if an online statement is supported by a Wikipedia article. This is a small experiment to see if Wikipedia can be used this way. Because it is a small experiment, it can only be used in Chrome in English.
- A new Edit Recovery feature has been added to all wikis, available as a user preference. Once you enable it, your in-progress edits will be stored in your web browser, and if you accidentally close an editing window or your browser or computer crashes, you will be prompted to recover the unpublished text. Please leave any feedback on the project talk page. This was the #8 wish in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey.
- Initial results of Edit check experiments have been published. Edit Check is now deployed as a default feature at the wikis that tested it. Let us know if you want your wiki to be part of the next deployment of Edit check. [२,४२१][२,४२२]
- Readers using the Minerva skin on mobile will notice there has been an improvement in the line height across all typography settings. [२,४२३]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 April. It will be on all wikis from 11 April (calendar). [२,४२४][२,४२५]
- New accounts and logged-out users will get the visual editor as their default editor on mobile. This deployment is made at all wikis except for the English Wikipedia. [२,४२६]
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Tech News: 2024-16
[सम्पादन]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
- Between 2 April and 8 April, on wikis using Flagged Revisions, the "Reverted" tag was not applied to undone edits. In addition, page moves, protections and imports were not autoreviewed. This problem is now fixed. [२,४२७][२,४२८]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 April. It will be on all wikis from 18 April (calendar). [२,४२९][२,४३०]
- Default category sort keys will now affect categories added by templates placed in footnotes. Previously footnotes used the page title as the default sort key even if a different default sort key was specified (category-specific sort keys already worked). [२,४३१]
- A new variable
page_last_edit_agewill be added to abuse filters. It tells how many seconds ago the last edit to a page was made. [२,४३२]
Future changes
- Volunteer developers are kindly asked to update the code of their tools and features to handle temporary accounts. Learn more.
- Four database fields will be removed from database replicas (including Quarry). This affects only the
abuse_filterandabuse_filter_historytables. Some queries might need to be updated. [२,४३३]
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Tech News: 2024-17
[सम्पादन]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
- Starting this week, newcomers editing Wikipedia will be encouraged to try structured tasks. Structured tasks have been shown to improve newcomer activation and retention. [२,४३४]
- You can nominate your favorite tools for the fifth edition of the Coolest Tool Award. Nominations will be open until May 10.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 April. It will be on all wikis from 25 April (calendar). [२,४३५][२,४३६]
Future changes
- This is the last warning that by the end of May 2024 the Vector 2022 skin will no longer share site and user scripts/styles with old Vector. For user-scripts that you want to keep using on Vector 2022, copy the contents of विशेष:मेरा पृष्ठ/vector.js to विशेष:मेरा पृष्ठ/vector-2022.js. There are more technical details available. Interface administrators who foresee this leading to lots of technical support questions may wish to send a mass message to your community, as was done on French Wikipedia. [२,४३७]
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Tech News: 2024-18
[सम्पादन]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
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- The appearance of talk pages changed for the following wikis: Azerbaijani Wikipedia, Bengali Wikipedia, German Wikipedia, Persian Wikipedia, Hebrew Wikipedia, Hindi Wikipedia, Indonesian Wikipedia, Korean Wikipedia, Dutch Wikipedia, Portuguese Wikipedia, Romanian Wikipedia, Thai Wikipedia, Turkish Wikipedia, Ukrainian Wikipedia, Vietnamese Wikipedia. These wikis participated to a test, where 50% of users got the new design, for one year. As this test gave positive results, the new design is deployed on these wikis as the default design. It is possible to opt-out these changes in user preferences ("Show discussion activity"). The deployment will happen at all wikis in the coming weeks. [२,४३८]
- Seven new wikis have been created:
- You can now watch message groups/projects on Translatewiki.net. Initially, this feature will notify you of added or deleted messages in these groups. [२,४४६]
- Dark mode is now available on all wikis, on mobile web for logged-in users who opt into the advanced mode. This is the early release of the feature. Technical editors are invited to check for accessibility issues on wikis. See more detailed guidelines.
Problems
- Kartographer maps can use an alternative visual style without labels, by using
mapstyle="osm". This wasn't working in previews, creating the wrong impression that it wasn't supported. This has now been fixed. [२,४४७]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 May. It will be on all wikis from 2 May (calendar). [२,४४८][२,४४९]
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Tech News: 2024-19
[सम्पादन]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 appearance of talk pages changed for all wikis, except for Commons, Wikidata and most Wikipedias (a few have already received this design change). You can read the detail of the changes on Diff. It is possible to opt-out these changes in user preferences ("Show discussion activity"). The deployment will happen at remaining wikis in the coming weeks. [२,४५०][२,४५१]
- Interface admins now have greater control over the styling of article components on mobile with the introduction of the
SiteAdminHelper. More information on how styles can be disabled can be found at the extension's page. [२,४५२] - Wikimedia Enterprise has added article body sections in JSON format and a curated short description field to the existing parsed Infobox. This expansion to the API is also available via Wikimedia Cloud Services. [२,४५३]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 May. It will be on all wikis from 9 May (calendar). [२,४५४][२,४५५]
- When you look at the Special:Log page, the first view is labelled "All public logs", but it only shows some logs. This label will now say "Main public logs". [२,४५६]
Future changes
- A new service will be built to replace Extension:Graph. Details can be found in the latest update regarding this extension.
- Starting May 21, English Wikipedia and German Wikipedia will get the possibility to activate "Add a link". This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to all Wikipedias. These communities can activate and configure the feature locally. [२,४५७]
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Tech News: 2024-20
[सम्पादन]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 Wikisource there is a special page listing pages of works without corresponding scan images. Now you can use the new magic word
__EXPECTWITHOUTSCANS__to exclude certain pages (list of editions or translations of works) from that list. [२,४५८] - If you use the user-preference "पृष्ठ पुनः लोड किए बिना पूर्वावलोकन दिखाएँ", then the template-page feature "पृष्ठ की झलक इस साँचे के साथ देखें" will now also work without reloading the page. [२,४५९]
- Kartographer maps can now specify an alternative text via the
alt=attribute. This is identical in usage to thealt=attribute in the image and gallery syntax. An exception for this feature is wikis like Wikivoyage where the miniature maps are interactive. [२,४६०] - The old Guided Tour for the "New Filters for Edit Review" feature has been removed. It was created in 2017 to show people with older accounts how the interface had changed, and has now been seen by most of the intended people. [२,४६१]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 May. It will be on all wikis from 16 May (calendar). [२,४६२][२,४६३]
- The विशेष:खोज results page will now use CSS flex attributes, for better accessibility, instead of a table. If you have a gadget or script that adjusts search results, you should update your script to the new HTML structure. [२,४६४]
Future changes
- In the Vector 2022 skin, main pages will be displayed at full width (like special pages). The goal is to keep the number of characters per line large enough. This is related to the coming changes to typography in Vector 2022. Learn more. [२,४६५]
- Two columns of the
pagelinksdatabase table (pl_namespaceandpl_title) are being dropped soon. Users must use two columns of the newlinktargettable instead (lt_namespaceandlt_title). In your existing SQL queries:- Replace
JOIN pagelinkswithJOIN linktargetandpl_withlt_in theONstatement - Below that add
JOIN pagelinks ON lt_id = pl_target_id
- See phab:T222224 for technical reasoning. [२,४६६][२,४६७]
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Tech News: 2024-21
[सम्पादन]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 Nuke feature, which enables administrators to mass delete pages, will now correctly delete pages which were moved to another title. [२,४६८]
- New changes have been made to the UploadWizard in Wikimedia Commons: the overall layout has been improved, by following new styling and spacing for the form and its fields; the headers and helper text for each of the fields was changed; the Caption field is now a required field, and there is an option for users to copy their caption into the media description. [२,४६९][२,४७०]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 May. It will be on all wikis from 23 May (calendar). [२,४७१][२,४७२]
- The HTML used to render all headings is being changed to improve accessibility. It will change on 22 May in some skins (Timeless, Modern, CologneBlue, Nostalgia, and Monobook). Please test gadgets on your wiki on these skins and report any related problems so that they can be resolved before this change is made in all other skins. The developers are also considering the introduction of a Gadget API for adding buttons to section titles if that would be helpful to tool creators, and would appreciate any input you have on that.
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Tech News: 2024-22
[सम्पादन]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
- Several bugs related to the latest updates to the UploadWizard on Wikimedia Commons have been fixed. For more information, see T365107 and T365119.
- In March 2024 a new addPortlet API was added to allow gadgets to create new portlets (menus) in the skin. In certain skins this can be used to create dropdowns. Gadget developers are invited to try it and give feedback.
- Some CSS in the Minerva skin has been removed to enable easier community configuration. Interface editors should check the rendering on mobile devices for aspects related to the classes:
.collapsible,.multicol,.reflist,.coordinates,.topicon. Further details are available on replacement CSS if it is needed.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 May. It will be on all wikis from 30 May (calendar). [२,४७३][२,४७४]
- When you visit a wiki where you don't yet have a local account, local rules such as edit filters can sometimes prevent your account from being created. Starting this week, MediaWiki takes your global rights into account when evaluating whether you can override such local rules. [२,४७५]
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Tech News: 2024-23
[सम्पादन]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
- It is now possible for local administrators to add new links to the bottom of the site Tools menu without JavaScript. Documentation is available. [२,४७६]
- The message name for the definition of the tracking category of WikiHiero has changed from "
MediaWiki:Wikhiero-usage-tracking-category" to "MediaWiki:Wikihiero-usage-tracking-category". [२,४७७] - One new wiki has been created: a विकिपीडिया in Kadazandusun (
w:dtp:) [२,४७८]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 4 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 5 June. It will be on all wikis from 6 June (calendar). [२,४७९][२,४८०]
Future changes
- Next week, on wikis with the Vector 2022 skin as the default, logged-out desktop users will be able to choose between different font sizes. The default font size will also be increased for them. This is to make Wikimedia projects easier to read. Learn more.
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Tech News: 2024-24
[सम्पादन]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 software used to render SVG files has been updated to a new version, fixing many longstanding bugs in SVG rendering. [२,४८१]
- The HTML used to render all headings is being changed to improve accessibility. It was changed last week in some skins (Vector legacy and Minerva). Please test gadgets on your wiki on these skins and report any related problems so that they can be resolved before this change is made in Vector-2022. The developers are still considering the introduction of a Gadget API for adding buttons to section titles if that would be helpful to tool creators, and would appreciate any input you have on that.
- The HTML markup used for citations by Parsoid changed last week. In places where Parsoid previously added the
mw-reference-textclass, Parsoid now also adds thereference-textclass for better compatibility with the legacy parser. More details are available. [२,४८२]
Problems
- There was a bug with the Content Translation interface that caused the tools menus to appear in the wrong location. This has now been fixed. [२,४८३]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 11 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 12 June. It will be on all wikis from 13 June (calendar). [२,४८४][२,४८५]
- The new version of MediaWiki includes another change to the HTML markup used for citations: Parsoid will now generate a
<span class="mw-cite-backlink">wrapper for both named and unnamed references for better compatibility with the legacy parser. Interface administrators should verify that gadgets that interact with citations are compatible with the new markup. More details are available. [२,४८६] - On multilingual wikis that use the
<translate>system, there is a feature that shows potentially-outdated translations with a pink background until they are updated or confirmed. From this week, confirming translations will be logged, and there is a new user-right that can be required for confirming translations if the community requests it. [२,४८७]
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Tech News: 2024-25
[सम्पादन]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
- People who attempt to add an external link in the visual editor will now receive immediate feedback if they attempt to link to a domain that a project has decided to block. Please see Edit check for more details. [२,४८८]
- The new Community Configuration extension is available on Test Wikipedia. This extension allows communities to customize specific features to meet their local needs. Currently only Growth features are configurable, but the extension will support other Community Configuration use cases in the future. [२,४८९][२,४९०]
- The dark mode beta feature is now available on category and help pages, as well as more special pages. There may be contrast issues. Please report bugs on the project talk page. [२,४९१]
Problems
- Cloud Services tools were not available for 25 minutes last week. This was caused by a faulty hardware cable in the data center. [२,४९२]
- Last week, styling updates were made to the Vector 2022 skin. This caused unforeseen issues with templates, hatnotes, and images. Changes to templates and hatnotes were reverted. Most issues with images were fixed. If you still see any, report them here. [२,४९३]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 18 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 19 June. It will be on all wikis from 20 June (calendar). [२,४९४][२,४९५]
- Starting June 18, the Reference Edit Check will be deployed to a new set of Wikipedias. This feature is intended to help newcomers and to assist edit-patrollers by inviting people who are adding new content to a Wikipedia article to add a citation when they do not do so themselves. During a test at 11 wikis, the number of citations added more than doubled when Reference Check was shown to people. Reference Check is community configurable. [२,४९६]
- Mailing lists will be unavailable for roughly two hours on Tuesday 10:00–12:00 UTC. This is to enable migration to a new server and upgrade its software. [२,४९७]
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Tech News: 2024-26
[सम्पादन]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
- Editors will notice that there have been some changes to the background color of text in the diff view, and the color of the byte-change numbers, last week. These changes are intended to make text more readable in both light mode and dark mode, and are part of a larger effort to increase accessibility. You can share your comments or questions on the project talkpage. [२,४९८]
- The text colors that are used for visited-links, hovered-links, and active-links, were also slightly changed last week to improve their accessibility in both light mode and dark mode. [२,४९९]
Problems
- You can copy permanent links to talk page comments by clicking on a comment's timestamp. This feature did not always work when the topic title was very long and the link was used as a wikitext link. This has been fixed. Thanks to Lofhi for submitting the bug. [२,५००]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 25 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 26 June. It will be on all wikis from 27 June (calendar). [२,५०१][२,५०२]
- Starting 26 June, all talk pages messages' timestamps will become a link at English Wikipedia, making this feature available for you to use at all wikis. This link is a permanent link to the comment. It allows users to find the comment they were linked to, even if this comment has since been moved elsewhere. You can read more about this feature on Diff or on Mediawiki.org. [२,५०३]
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Tech News: 2024-27
[सम्पादन]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
- Over the next three weeks, dark mode will become available for all users, both logged-in and logged-out, starting with the mobile web version. This fulfils one of the top-requested community wishes, and improves low-contrast reading and usage in low-light settings. As part of these changes, dark mode will also work on User-pages and Portals. There is more information in the latest Web team update. [२,५०४]
- Logged-in users can now set global preferences for the text-size and dark-mode, thanks to a combined effort across Foundation teams. This allows Wikimedians using multiple wikis to set up a consistent reading experience easily, for example by switching between light and dark mode only once for all wikis. [२,५०५]
- If you use a very old web browser some features might not work on the Wikimedia wikis. This affects Internet Explorer 11 and versions of Chrome, Firefox and Safari older than 2016. This change makes it possible to use new CSS features and to send less code to all readers. [२,५०६][२,५०७]
- Wikipedia Admins can customize local wiki configuration options easily using Community Configuration. Community Configuration was created to allow communities to customize how some features work, because each language wiki has unique needs. At the moment, admins can configure Growth features on their home wikis, in order to better recruit and retain new editors. More options will be provided in the coming months. [२,५०८]
- Editors interested in language issues that are related to Unicode standards, can now discuss those topics at a new conversation space in MediaWiki.org. The Wikimedia Foundation is now a member of the Unicode Consortium, and the coordination group can collaboratively review the issues discussed and, where appropriate, bring them to the attention of the Unicode Consortium.
- One new wiki has been created: a विकिपीडिया in Mandailing (
w:btm:) [२,५०९]
Problems
- Editors can once again click on links within the visual editor's citation-preview, thanks to a bug fix by the Editing Team. [२,५१०]
Future changes
- Please help us to improve Tech News by taking this short survey. The goal is to better meet the needs of the various types of people who read Tech News. The survey will be open for 2 weeks. The survey is covered by this privacy statement. Some translations are available.
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Tech News: 2024-28
[सम्पादन]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
- At the Wikimedia Foundation a new task force was formed to replace the disabled Graph with more secure, easy to use, and extensible Chart. You can subscribe to the newsletter to get notified about new project updates and other news about Chart.
- The CampaignEvents extension is now available on Meta-wiki, Igbo Wikipedia, and Swahili Wikipedia, and can be requested on your wiki. This extension helps in managing and making events more visible, giving Event organizers the ability to use tools like the Event registration tool. To learn more about the deployment status and how to request this extension for your wiki, visit the CampaignEvents page on Meta-wiki.
- Editors using the iOS Wikipedia app who have more than 50 edits can now use the Add an Image feature. This feature presents opportunities for small but useful contributions to Wikipedia.
- Thank you to all of the authors who have contributed to MediaWiki Core. As a result of these contributions, the percentage of authors contributing more than 5 patches has increased by 25% since last year, which helps ensure the sustainability of the platform for the Wikimedia projects.
Problems
- A problem with the color of the talkpage tabs always showing as blue, even for non-existent pages which should have been red, affecting the Vector 2022 skin, has been fixed.
Future changes
- The Trust and Safety Product team wants to introduce temporary accounts with as little disruption to tools and workflows as possible. Volunteer developers, including gadget and user-script maintainers, are kindly asked to update the code of their tools and features to handle temporary accounts. The team has created documentation explaining how to do the update. Learn more.
Tech News survey
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Tech News: 2024-29
[सम्पादन]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 survey
- Please help us to improve Tech News by taking this short survey. The goal is to better meet the needs of the various types of people who read Tech News. The survey will be open for 3 more days. The survey is covered by this privacy statement. Some translations are available.
Recent changes
- Wikimedia developers can now officially continue to use both Gerrit and GitLab, due to a June 24 decision by the Wikimedia Foundation to support software development on both platforms. Gerrit and GitLab are both code repositories used by developers to write, review, and deploy the software code that supports the MediaWiki software that the wiki projects are built on, as well as the tools used by editors to create and improve content. This decision will safeguard the productivity of our developers and prevent problems in code review from affecting our users. More details are available in the Migration status page.
- The Wikimedia Foundation seeks applicants for the Product and Technology Advisory Council (PTAC). This group will bring technical contributors and Wikimedia Foundation together to co-define a more resilient, future-proof technological platform. Council members will evaluate and consult on the movement's product and technical activities, so that we develop multi-generational projects. We are looking for a range of technical contributors across the globe, from a variety of Wikimedia projects. Please apply here by August 10.
- Editors with rollback user-rights who use the Wikipedia App for Android can use the new Edit Patrol features. These features include a new feed of Recent Changes, related links such as Undo and Rollback, and the ability to create and save a personal library of user talk messages to use while patrolling. If your wiki wants to make these features available to users who do not have rollback rights but have reached a certain edit threshold, you can contact the team. You can read more about this project on Diff blog.
- Editors who have access to The Wikipedia Library can once again use non-open access content in SpringerLinks, after the Foundation contacted them to restore access. You can read more about this and 21 other community-submitted tasks that were completed last week.
Changes later this week
- This week, dark mode will be available on a number of Wikipedias, both desktop and mobile, for logged-in and logged-out users. Interface admins and user script maintainers are encouraged to check gadgets and user scripts in the dark mode, to find any hard-coded colors and fix them. There are some recommendations for dark mode compatibility to help.
Future changes
- Next week, functionaries, volunteers maintaining tools, and software development teams are invited to test the temporary accounts feature on testwiki. Temporary accounts is a feature that will help improve privacy on the wikis. No further temporary account deployments are scheduled yet. Please share your opinions and questions on the project talk page. [२,५११]
- Editors who upload files cross-wiki, or teach other people how to do so, may wish to join a Wikimedia Commons discussion. The Commons community is discussing limiting who can upload files through the cross-wiki upload/Upload dialog feature to users auto-confirmed on Wikimedia Commons. This is due to the large amount of copyright violations uploaded this way. There is a short summary at Commons:Cross-wiki upload and discussion at Commons:Village Pump.
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Tech News: 2024-30
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Feature News
- Stewards can now globally block accounts. Before the change only IP addresses and IP ranges could be blocked globally. Global account blocks are useful when the blocked user should not be logged out. Global locks (a similar tool logging the user out of their account) are unaffected by this change. The new global account block feature is related to the Temporary Accounts project, which is a new type of user account that replaces IP addresses of unregistered editors that are no longer made public.
- Later this week, Wikimedia site users will notice that the Interface of FlaggedRevs (also known as "Pending Changes") is improved and consistent with the rest of the MediaWiki interface and Wikimedia's design system. The FlaggedRevs interface experience on mobile and Minerva skin was inconsistent before it was fixed and ported to Codex by the WMF Growth team and some volunteers. [२,५१२]
- Wikimedia site users can now submit account vanishing requests via GlobalVanishRequest. This feature is used when a contributor wishes to stop editing forever. It helps you hide your past association and edit to protect your privacy. Once processed, the account will be locked and renamed. [२,५१३]
- Have you tried monitoring and addressing vandalism in Wikipedia using your phone? A Diff blog post on Patrolling features in the Mobile App highlights some of the new capabilities of the feature, including swiping through a feed of recent changes and a personal library of user talk messages for use when patrolling from your phone.
- Wikimedia contributors and GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums) organisations can now learn and measure the impact Wikimedia Commons is having towards creating quality encyclopedic content using the Commons Impact Metrics analytics dashboard. The dashboard offers organizations analytics on things like monthly edits in a category, the most viewed files, and which Wikimedia articles are using Commons images. As a result of these new data dumps, GLAM organisation can more reliably measure their return on investment for programs bringing content into the digital Commons. [२,५१४]
Project Updates
- Come share your ideas for improving the wikis on the newly reopened Community Wishlist. The Community Wishlist is Wikimedia’s forum for volunteers to share ideas (called wishes) to improve how the wikis work. The new version of the wishlist is always open, works with both wikitext and Visual Editor, and allows wishes in any language.
Learn more
- Have you ever wondered how Wikimedia software works across over 300 languages? This is 253 languages more than the Google Chrome interface, and it's no accident. The Language and Product Localization Team at the Wikimedia Foundation supports your work by adapting all the tools and interfaces in the MediaWiki software so that contributors in our movement who translate pages and strings can translate them and have the sites in all languages. Read more about the team and their upcoming work on Diff.
- How can Wikimedia build innovative and experimental products while maintaining such heavily used websites? A recent blog post by WMF staff Johan Jönsson highlights the work of the WMF Future Audience initiative, where the goal is not to build polished products but test out new ideas, such as a ChatGPT plugin and Add a Fact, to help take Wikimedia into the future.
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MediaWiki message delivery ००:०४, २३ जुलाई २०२४ (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-31
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Feature news
- Editors using the Visual Editor in languages that use non-Latin characters for numbers, such as Hindi, Manipuri and Eastern Arabic, may notice some changes in the formatting of reference numbers. This is a side effect of preparing a new sub-referencing feature, and will also allow fixing some general numbering issues in Visual Editor. If you notice any related problems on your wiki, please share details at the project talkpage.
Bugs status
- Some logged-in editors were briefly unable to edit or load pages last week. These errors were mainly due to the addition of new linter rules which led to caching problems. Fixes have been applied and investigations are continuing.
- Editors can use the IP Information tool to get information about IP addresses. This tool is available as a Beta Feature in your preferences. The tool was not available for a few days last week, but is now working again. Thank you to Shizhao for filing the bug report. You can read about that, and 28 other community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.
Project updates
- There are new features and improvements to Phabricator from the Release Engineering and Collaboration Services teams, and some volunteers, including: the search systems, the new task creation system, the login systems, the translation setup which has resulted in support for more languages (thanks to Pppery), and fixes for many edge-case errors. You can read details about these and other improvements in this summary.
- There is an update on the Charts project. The team has decided which visualization library to use, which chart types to start focusing on, and where to store chart definitions.
- One new wiki has been created: a विकियात्रा in Czech (
voy:cs:) [२,५१५]
Learn more
- There is a new Wikimedia Foundation data center in São Paulo, Brazil which helps to reduce load times.
- There is new user research on problems with the process of uploading images.
- Commons Impact Metrics are now available via data dumps and API.
- The latest quarterly Technical Community Newsletter is now available.
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MediaWiki message delivery २३:१०, २९ जुलाई २०२४ (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-32
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Feature news
- Two new parser functions will be available this week:
{{#dir}}and{{#bcp47}}. These will reduce the need forTemplate:DirandTemplate:BCP47on Commons and allow us to drop 100 million rows from the "what links here" database. Editors at any wiki that use these templates, can help by replacing the templates with these new functions. The templates at Commons will be updated during the Hackathon at Wikimania. [२,५१६][२,५१७] - Communities can request the activation of the visual editor on entire namespaces where discussions sometimes happen (for instance Wikipedia: or Wikisource: namespaces) if they understand the known limitations. For discussions, users can already use DiscussionTools in these namespaces.
- The tracking category "Pages using Timeline" has been renamed to "Pages using the EasyTimeline extension" in TranslateWiki. Wikis that have created the category locally should rename their local creation to match.
Project updates
- Editors who help to organize WikiProjects and similar on-wiki collaborations, are invited to share ideas and examples of successful collaborations with the Campaigns and Programs teams. You can fill out a brief survey or share your thoughts on the talkpage. The teams are particularly looking for details about successful collaborations on non-English wikis.
- The new parser is being rolled out on विकियात्रा wikis over the next few months. The अंग्रेज़ी विकियात्रा and हीब्रू विकियात्रा were switched to Parsoid last week. For more information, see Parsoid/Parser Unification.
Learn more
- There will be more than 200 sessions at Wikimania this week. Here is a summary of some of the key sessions related to the product and technology area.
- The latest Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin is available.
- The latest quarterly Language and Internationalization newsletter is available. It includes: New design previews for Translatable pages; Updates about MinT for Wiki Readers; the release of Translation dumps; and more.
- The latest quarterly Growth newsletter is available.
- The latest monthly MediaWiki Product Insights newsletter is available.
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Tech News: 2024-33
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Feature news
- AbuseFilter editors and maintainers can now make a CAPTCHA show if a filter matches an edit. This allows communities to quickly respond to spamming by automated bots. [२,५१८]
- Stewards can now specify if global blocks should prevent account creation. Before this change by the Trust and Safety Product Team, all global blocks would prevent account creation. This will allow stewards to reduce the unintended side-effects of global blocks on IP addresses.
Project updates
- Nominations are open on Wikitech for new members to refresh the Toolforge standards committee. The committee oversees the Toolforge Right to fork policy and Abandoned tool policy among other duties. Nominations will remain open until at least 2024-08-26.
- One new wiki has been created: a विकिपीडिया in West Coast Bajau (
w:bdr:) [२,५१९]
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MediaWiki message delivery २३:२१, १२ अगस्त २०२४ (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-34
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Feature news
- Editors who want to re-use references but with different details such as page numbers, will be able to do so by the end of 2024, using a new sub-referencing feature. You can read more about the project and how to test the prototype.
- Editors using tracking categories to identify which pages use specific extensions may notice that six of the categories have been renamed to make them more easily understood and consistent. These categories are automatically added to pages that use specialized MediaWiki extensions. The affected names are for: DynamicPageList, Kartographer, Phonos, RSS, Score, WikiHiero. Wikis that have created the category locally should rename their local creation to match. Thanks to Pppery for these improvements. [२,५२०]
- Technical volunteers who edit modules and want to get a list of the categories used on a page, can now do so using the
categoriesproperty ofmw.title objects. This enables wikis to configure workflows such as category-specific edit notices. Thanks to SD001 for these improvements. [२,५२१][२,५२२]
Bugs status
- Your help is needed to check if any pages need to be moved or deleted. A maintenance script was run to clean up unreachable pages (due to Unicode issues or introduction of new namespaces/namespace aliases). The script tried to find appropriate names for the pages (e.g. by following the Unicode changes or by moving pages whose titles on Wikipedia start with
Talk:WP:so that their titles start withWikipedia talk:), but it may have failed for some pages, and moved them to Special:PrefixIndex/T195546/ instead. Your community should check if any pages are listed there, and move them to the correct titles, or delete them if they are no longer needed. A full log (including pages for which appropriate names could be found) is available in phab:P67388. - Editors who volunteer as mentors to newcomers on their wiki are once again able to access lists of potential mentees who they can connect with to offer help and guidance. This functionality was restored thanks to a bug fix. Thank you to Mbch331 for filing the bug report. You can read about that, and 18 other community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.
Project updates
- The application deadline for the Product & Technology Advisory Council (PTAC) has been extended to September 16. Members will help by providing advice to Foundation Product and Technology leadership on short and long term plans, on complex strategic problems, and help to get feedback from more contributors and technical communities. Selected members should expect to spend roughly 5 hours per month for the Council, during the one year pilot. Please consider applying, and spread the word to volunteers you think would make a positive contribution to the committee.
Learn more
- The 2024 Coolest Tool Awards were awarded at Wikimania, in seven categories. For example, one award went to the ISA Tool, used for adding structured data to files on Commons, which was recently improved during the Wiki Mentor Africa Hackathon. You can see video demonstrations of each tool at the awards page. Congratulations to this year's recipients, and thank you to all tool creators and maintainers.
- The latest Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin is available, and includes some highlights from Wikimania, an upcoming Language community meeting, and other news from the movement.
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MediaWiki message delivery ००:५३, २० अगस्त २०२४ (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-35
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Feature news
- Administrators can now test the temporary accounts feature on test2wiki. This was done to allow cross-wiki testing of temporary accounts, for when temporary accounts switch between projects. The feature was enabled on testwiki a few weeks ago. No further temporary account deployments are scheduled yet. Temporary Accounts is a project to create a new type of user account that replaces IP addresses of unregistered editors which are no longer made public. Please share your opinions and questions on the project talk page.
- Later this week, editors at wikis that use FlaggedRevs (also known as "Pending Changes") may notice that the indicators at the top of articles have changed. This change makes the system more consistent with the rest of the MediaWiki interface. [२,५२३]
Bugs status
- Editors who use the 2010 wikitext editor, and use the Character Insert buttons, will no longer experience problems with the buttons adding content into the edit-summary instead of the edit-window. You can read more about that, and 26 other community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.
Project updates
- Please review and vote on Focus Areas, which are groups of wishes that share a problem. Focus Areas were created for the newly reopened Community Wishlist, which is now open year-round for submissions. The first batch of focus areas are specific to moderator workflows, around welcoming newcomers, minimizing repetitive tasks, and prioritizing tasks. Once volunteers have reviewed and voted on focus areas, the Foundation will then review and select focus areas for prioritization.
- Do you have a project and are willing to provide a three (3) month mentorship for an intern? Outreachy is a twice a year program for people to participate in a paid internship that will start in December 2024 and end in early March 2025, and they need mentors and projects to work on. Projects can be focused on coding or non-coding (design, documentation, translation, research). See the Outreachy page for more details, and a list of past projects since 2013.
Learn more
- If you're curious about the product and technology improvements made by the Wikimedia Foundation last year, read this recent highlights summary on Diff.
- To learn more about the technology behind the Wikimedia projects, you can now watch sessions from the technology track at Wikimania 2024 on Commons. This week, check out:
- Community Configuration - Shaping On-Wiki Functionality Together (55 mins) - about the Community Configuration project.
- Future of MediaWiki. A sustainable platform to support a collaborative user base and billions of page views (30 mins) - an overview for both technical and non technical audiences, covering some of the challenges and open questions, related to the platform evolution, stewardship and developer experiences research.
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MediaWiki message delivery २०:३३, २६ अगस्त २०२४ (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-36
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Weekly highlight
- Editors and volunteer developers interested in data visualisation can now test the new software for charts. Its early version is available on beta Commons and beta Wikipedia. This is an important milestone before making charts available on regular wikis. You can read more about this project update and help to test the charts.
Feature news
- Editors who use the विशेष:अप्रयुक्त साँचे page can now filter out pages which are expected to be there permanently, such as sandboxes, test-cases, and templates that are always substituted. Editors can add the new magic word
__EXPECTUNUSEDTEMPLATE__to a template page to hide it from the listing. Thanks to Sophivorus and DannyS712 for these improvements. [२,५२४] - Editors who use the New Topic tool on discussion pages, will now be reminded to add a section header, which should help reduce the quantity of newcomers who add sections without a header. You can read more about that, and २८ other community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.
- Last week, some Toolforge tools had occasional connection problems. The cause is still being investigated, but the problems have been resolved for now. [२,५२५]
- Translation administrators at multilingual wikis, when editing multiple translation units, can now easily mark which changes require updates to the translation. This is possible with the new dropdown menu.
Project updates
- A new draft text of a policy discussing the use of Wikimedia's APIs has been published on Meta-Wiki. The draft text does not reflect a change in policy around the APIs; instead, it is an attempt to codify existing API rules. Comments, questions, and suggestions are welcome on the proposed update’s talk page until September 13 or until those discussions have concluded.
Learn more
- To learn more about the technology behind the Wikimedia projects, you can now watch sessions from the technology track at Wikimania 2024 on Commons. This week, check out:
- Charts, the successor of Graphs - A secure and extensible tool for data visualization (25 mins) – about the above-mentioned Charts project.
- State of Language Technology and Onboarding at Wikimedia (90 mins) – about some of the language tools that support Wikimedia sites, such as Content/Section Translation, MinT, and LanguageConverter; also the current state and future of languages onboarding. [२,५२६]
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MediaWiki message delivery ०१:०७, ३ सितम्बर २०२४ (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-37
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Feature news
- Starting this week, the standard syntax highlighter will receive new colors that make them compatible in dark mode. This is the first of many changes to come as part of a major upgrade to syntax highlighting. You can learn more about what's to come on the help page. [२,५२७][२,५२८]
- Editors of wikis using Wikidata will now be notified of only relevant Wikidata changes in their watchlist. This is because the Lua functions
entity:getSitelink()andmw.wikibase.getSitelink(qid)will have their logic unified for tracking different aspects of sitelinks to reduce junk notifications from inconsistent sitelinks tracking. [२,५२९]
Project updates
- Users of all Wikis will have access to Wikimedia sites as read-only for a few minutes on September 25, starting at 15:00 UTC. This is a planned datacenter switchover for maintenance purposes. More information will be published in Tech News and will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks. [२,५३०]
- Contributors of 11 Wikipedias, including English will have a new
MOSnamespace added to their Wikipedias. This improvement ensures that links beginning withMOS:(usually shortcuts to the Manual of Style) are not broken by Mooré Wikipedia (language codemos). [२,५३१]
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MediaWiki message delivery १८:५२, ९ सितम्बर २०२४ (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-38
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Improvements and Maintenance
- Editors interested in templates can help by reading the latest Wishlist focus area, Template recall and discovery, and share your feedback on the talkpage. This input helps the Community Tech team to decide the right technical approach to build. Everyone is also encouraged to continue adding new wishes.
- The new automated विशेष:NamespaceInfo page helps editors understand which namespaces exist on each wiki, and some details about how they are configured. Thanks to DannyS712 for these improvements. [२,५३२]
- References Check is a feature that encourages editors to add a citation when they add a new paragraph to a Wikipedia article. For a short time, the corresponding tag "Edit Check (references) activated" was erroneously being applied to some edits outside of the main namespace. This has been fixed. [२,५३३]
- It is now possible for a wiki community to change the order in which a page’s categories are displayed on their wiki. By default, categories are displayed in the order they appear in the wikitext. Now, wikis with a consensus to do so can request a configuration change to display them in alphabetical order. [२,५३४]
- Tool authors can now access ToolsDB's public databases from both Quarry and Superset. Those databases have always been accessible to every Toolforge user, but they are now more broadly accessible, as Quarry can be accessed by anyone with a Wikimedia account. In addition, Quarry's internal database can now be queried from Quarry itself. This database contains information about all queries that are being run and starred by users in Quarry. This information was already public through the web interface, but you can now query it using SQL. You can read more about that, and २० other community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.
- Any pages or tools that still use the very old CSS classes
mw-message-boxneed to be updated. These old classes will be removed next week or soon afterwards. Editors can use a global-search to determine what needs to be changed. It is possible to use the newercdx-messagegroup of classes as a replacement (see the relevant Codex documentation, and an example update), but using locally defined onwiki classes would be best. [२,५३५]
Technical project updates
- Next week, all Wikimedia wikis will be read-only for a few minutes. This will start on September 25 at 15:00 UTC. This is a planned datacenter switchover for maintenance purposes. This maintenance process also targets other services. The previous switchover took 3 minutes, and the Site Reliability Engineering teams use many tools to make sure that this essential maintenance work happens as quickly as possible. [२,५३६]
Tech in depth
- The latest monthly MediaWiki Product Insights newsletter is available. This edition includes details about: research about hook handlers to help simplify development, research about performance improvements, work to improve the REST API for end-users, and more.
- To learn more about the technology behind the Wikimedia projects, you can now watch sessions from the technology track at Wikimania 2024 on Commons. This week, check out:
- Hackathon Showcase (45 mins) - 19 short presentations by some of the Hackathon participants, describing some of the projects they worked on, such as automated testing of maintenance scripts, a video-cutting command line tool, and interface improvements for various tools. There are more details and links available in the Phabricator task.
- Co-Creating a Sustainable Future for the Toolforge Ecosystem (40 mins) - a roundtable discussion for tool-maintainers, users, and supporters of Toolforge about how to make the platform sustainable and how to evaluate the tools available there.
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MediaWiki message delivery ००:०२, १७ सितम्बर २०२४ (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-39
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Weekly highlight
- All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on Wednesday September 25 at 15:00 UTC. Reading the wikis will not be interrupted, but editing will be paused. These twice-yearly processes allow WMF's site reliability engineering teams to remain prepared to keep the wikis functioning even in the event of a major interruption to one of our data centers.
Updates for editors
- Editors who use the iOS Wikipedia app in Spanish, Portuguese, French, or Chinese, may see the Alt Text suggested-edit experiment after editing an article, or completing a suggested edit using "Add an image". Alt-text helps people with visual impairments to read Wikipedia articles. The team aims to learn if adding alt-text to images is a task that editors can be successful with. Please share any feedback on the discussion page.
- The Codex color palette has been updated with new and revised colors for the MediaWiki user interfaces. The most noticeable changes for editors include updates for: dark mode colors for Links and for quiet Buttons (progressive and destructive), visited Link colors for both light and dark modes, and background colors for system-messages in both light and dark modes.
- It is now possible to include clickable wikilinks and external links inside code blocks. This includes links that are used within
<syntaxhighlight>tags and on code pages (JavaScript, CSS, Scribunto and Sanitized CSS). Uses of template syntax{{…}}are also linked to the template page. Thanks to SD0001 for these improvements. [२,५३७] - Two bugs were fixed in the GlobalVanishRequest system by improving the logging and by removing an incorrect placeholder message. [२,५३८][२,५३९]
- View all २५ community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.
Updates for technical contributors
- From Wikimedia Enterprise:
- The API now enables 5,000 on-demand API requests per month and twice-monthly HTML snapshots freely (gratis and libre). More information on the updates and also improvements to the software development kits (SDK) are explained on the project's blog post. While Wikimedia Enterprise APIs are designed for high-volume commercial reusers, this change enables many more community use-cases to be built on the service too.
- The Snapshot API (html dumps) have added beta Structured Contents endpoints (blog post on that) as well as released two beta datasets (English and French Wikipedia) from that endpoint to Hugging Face for public use and feedback (blog post on that). These pre-parsed data sets enable new options for researchers, developers, and data scientists to use and study the content.
In depth
- The Wikidata Query Service (WDQS) is used to get answers to questions using the Wikidata data set. As Wikidata grows, we had to make a major architectural change so that WDQS could remain performant. As part of the WDQS Graph Split project, we have new SPARQL endpoints available for serving the "scholarly" and "main" subgraphs of Wikidata. The query.wikidata.org endpoint will continue to serve the full Wikidata graph until March 2025. After this date, it will only serve the main graph. For more information, please see the announcement on Wikidata.
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MediaWiki message delivery २३:३६, २३ सितम्बर २०२४ (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-40
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Updates for editors
- Readers of 42 more wikis can now use Dark Mode. If the option is not yet available for logged-out users of your wiki, this is likely because many templates do not yet display well in Dark Mode. Please use the night-mode-checker tool if you are interested in helping to reduce the number of issues. The recommendations page provides guidance on this. Dark Mode is enabled on additional wikis once per month.
- Editors using the 2010 wikitext editor as their default can access features from the 2017 wikitext editor by adding
?veaction=editsourceto the URL. If you would like to enable the 2017 wikitext editor as your default, it can be set in your preferences. [२,५४०] - For logged-out readers using the Vector 2022 skin, the "donate" link has been moved from a collapsible menu next to the content area into a more prominent top menu, next to "Create an account". This restores the link to the level of prominence it had in the Vector 2010 skin. Learn more about the changes related to donor experiences. [२,५४१]
- The CampaignEvents extension provides tools for organizers to more easily manage events, communicate with participants, and promote their events on the wikis. The extension has been enabled on Arabic Wikipedia, Igbo Wikipedia, Swahili Wikipedia, and Meta-Wiki. Chinese Wikipedia has decided to enable the extension, and discussions on the extension are in progress on Spanish Wikipedia and on Wikidata. To learn how to enable the extension on your wiki, you can visit the CampaignEvents page on Meta-Wiki.
- View all २२ community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.
Updates for technical contributors
- Developers with an account on Wikitech-wiki should check if any action is required for their accounts. The wiki is being changed to use the single-user-login (SUL) system, and other configuration changes. This change will help reduce the overall complexity for the weekly software updates across all our wikis.
In depth
- The server switch was completed successfully last week with a read-only time of only 2 minutes 46 seconds. This periodic process makes sure that engineers can switch data centers and keep all of the wikis available for readers, even if there are major technical issues. It also gives engineers a chance to do maintenance and upgrades on systems that normally run 24 hours a day, and often helps to reveal weaknesses in the infrastructure. The process involves dozens of software services and hundreds of hardware servers, and requires multiple teams working together. Work over the past few years has reduced the time from 17 minutes down to 2–3 minutes. [२,५४२]
Meetings and events
- October 4–6: WikiIndaba Conference's Hackathon in Johannesburg, South Africa
- November 4–6: MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference Fall 2024 in Vienna, Austria
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Tech News: 2024-41
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Weekly highlight
- Communities can now request installation of Automoderator on their wiki. Automoderator is an automated anti-vandalism tool that reverts bad edits based on scores from the new "Revert Risk" machine learning model. You can read details about the necessary steps for installation and configuration. [२,५४३]
Updates for editors
- Translators in wikis where the mobile experience of Content Translation is available, can now customize their articles suggestion list from 41 filtering options when using the tool. This topic-based article suggestion feature makes it easy for translators to self-discover relevant articles based on their area of interest and translate them. You can try it with your mobile device. [२,५४४]
- View all १२ community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.
Updates for technical contributors
- It is now possible for
<syntaxhighlight>code blocks to offer readers a "Copy" button if thecopy=1attribute is set on the tag. Thanks to SD0001 for these improvements. [२,५४५] - Customized copyright footer messages on all wikis will be updated. The new versions will use wikitext markup instead of requiring editing raw HTML. [२,५४६]
- Later this month, temporary accounts will be rolled out on several pilot wikis. The final list of the wikis will be published in the second half of the month. If you maintain any tools, bots, or gadgets on these 11 wikis, and your software is using data about IP addresses or is available for logged-out users, please check if it needs to be updated to work with temporary accounts. Guidance on how to update the code is available.
- Rate limiting has been enabled for the code review tools Gerrit and GitLab to address ongoing issues caused by malicious traffic and scraping. Clients that open too many concurrent connections will be restricted for a few minutes. This rate limiting is managed through nftables firewall rules. For more details, see Wikitech's pages on Firewall, GitLab limits and Gerrit operations.
- Five new wikis have been created:
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Tech News: 2024-42
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Updates for editors
- The Structured Discussion extension (also known as Flow) is starting to be removed. This extension is unmaintained and causes issues. It will be replaced by DiscussionTools, which is used on any regular talk page. A first set of wikis are being contacted. These wikis are invited to stop using Flow, and to move all Flow boards to sub-pages, as archives. At these wikis, a script will move all Flow pages that aren't a sub-page to a sub-page automatically, starting on 22 October 2024. On 28 October 2024, all Flow boards at these wikis will be set in read-only mode. [२,५५२][२,५५३]
- WMF's Search Platform team is working on making it easier for readers to perform text searches in their language. A change last week on over 30 languages makes it easier to find words with accents and other diacritics. This applies to both full-text search and to types of advanced search such as the hastemplate and incategory keywords. More technical details (including a few other minor search upgrades) are available. [२,५५४]
- View all २० community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, EditCheck was installed at Russian Wikipedia, and fixes were made for some missing user interface styles.
Updates for technical contributors
- Editors who use the Toolforge tool Earwig's Copyright Violation Detector will now be required to log in with their Wikimedia account before running checks using the "search engine" option. This change is needed to help prevent external bots from misusing the system. Thanks to Chlod for these improvements. [२,५५५]
- Phabricator users can create tickets and add comments on existing tickets via Email again. Sending email to Phabricator has been fixed. [२,५५६]
- Some HTML elements in the interface are now wrapped with a
<bdi>element, to make our HTML output more aligned with Web standards. More changes like this will be coming in future weeks. This change might break some tools that rely on the previous HTML structure of the interface. Note that relying on the HTML structure of the interface is not recommended and might break at any time. [२,५५७]
In depth
- The latest monthly MediaWiki Product Insights newsletter is available. This edition includes: updates on Wikimedia's authentication system, research to simplify feature development in the MediaWiki platform, updates on Parser Unification and MathML rollout, and more.
- The latest quarterly Technical Community Newsletter is now available. This edition include: research about improving topic suggestions related to countries, improvements to PHPUnit tests, and more.
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Tech News: 2024-43
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Weekly highlight
- The Mobile Apps team has released an update to the iOS app's navigation, and it is now available in the latest App store version. The team added a new Profile menu that allows for easy access to editor features like Notifications and Watchlist from the Article view, and brings the "Donate" button into a more accessible place for users who are reading an article. This is the first phase of a larger planned navigation refresh to help the iOS app transition from a primarily reader-focused app, to an app that fully supports reading and editing. The Wikimedia Foundation has added more editing features and support for on-wiki communication based on volunteer requests in recent years.
Updates for editors
- Wikipedia readers can now download a browser extension to experiment with some early ideas on potential features that recommend articles for further reading, automatically summarize articles, and improve search functionality. For more details and to stay updated, check out the Web team's Content Discovery Experiments page and subscribe to their newsletter.
- Later this month, logged-out editors of these 12 wikis will start to have temporary accounts created. The list may slightly change - some wikis may be removed but none will be added. Temporary account is a new type of user account. It enhances the logged-out editors' privacy and makes it easier for community members to communicate with them. If you maintain any tools, bots, or gadgets on these 12 wikis, and your software is using data about IP addresses or is available for logged-out users, please check if it needs to be updated to work with temporary accounts. Guidance on how to update the code is available. Read more about the deployment plan across all wikis.
- View all ३३ community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, the South Ndebele, Pannonian Rusyn, Obolo, Iban and Tai Nüa Wikipedia languages were created last week. [२,५५८][२,५५९][२,५६०][२,५६१][२,५६२]
- It is now possible to create functions on Wikifunctions using Wikidata lexemes, through the new Wikidata lexeme type launched last week. When you go to one of these functions, the user interface provides a lexeme selector that helps you pick a lexeme from Wikidata that matches the word you type. After hitting run, your selected lexeme is retrieved from Wikidata, transformed into a Wikidata lexeme type, and passed into the selected function. Read more about this in the latest Wikifunctions newsletter.
Updates for technical contributors
- Users of the Wikimedia sites can now format dates more easily in different languages with the new
{{#timef:…}}parser function. For example,{{#timef:now|date|en}}will show as "19 December 2024". Previously,{{#time:…}}could be used to format dates, but this required knowledge of the order of the time and date components and their intervening punctuation.#timef(or#timeflfor local time) provides access to the standard date formats that MediaWiki uses in its user interface. This may help to simplify some templates on multi-lingual wikis like Commons and Meta. [२,५६३][२,५६४] - Commons and Meta users can now efficiently retrieve the user's language using
{{USERLANGUAGE}}instead of using{{int:lang}}. [२,५६५] - The Product and Tech Advisory Council (PTAC) now has its pilot members with representation across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America. They will work to address the Movement Strategy's Technology Council initiative of having a co-defined and more resilient technological platform. [२,५६६]
In depth
- The latest quarterly Growth newsletter is available. It includes: an upcoming Newcomer Homepage Community Updates module, new Community Configuration options, and details on new projects.
- The Wikimedia Foundation is now an official partner of the CVE program, which is an international effort to catalog publicly disclosed cybersecurity vulnerabilities. This partnership will allow the Security Team to instantly publish common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVE) records that are affecting MediaWiki core, extensions, and skins, along with any other code the Foundation is a steward of.
- The Community Wishlist is now testing machine translations for Wishlist content. Volunteers can now read machine-translated versions of wishes and dive into discussions even before translators arrive to translate content.
Meetings and events
- 24 October - Wiki Education Speaker Series Webinar - Open Source Tech: Building the Wiki Education Dashboard, featuring Wikimedia interns and a Web developer in the panel.
- 20–22 December 2024 - Indic Wikimedia Hackathon Bhubaneswar 2024 in Odisha, India. A hackathon for community members, including developers, designers and content editors, to build technical solutions that improve contributors' experiences.
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Tech News: 2024-44
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Updates for editors
- Later in November, the Charts extension will be deployed to the test wikis in order to help identify and fix any issue. A security review is underway to then enable deployment to pilot wikis for broader testing. You can read the October project update and see the latest documentation and examples on Beta Wikipedia.
- View all ३२ community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, Pediapress.com, an external service that creates books from Wikipedia, can now use Wikimedia Maps to include existing pre-rendered infobox map images in their printed books on Wikipedia. [२,५६७]
Updates for technical contributors
- Wikis can use the Guided Tour extension to help newcomers understand how to edit. The Guided Tours extension now works with dark mode. Guided Tour maintainers can check their tours to see that nothing looks odd. They can also set
emitTransitionOnSteptotrueto fix an old bug. They can use the new flagallowAutomaticBackto avoid back-buttons they don't want. [२,५६८] - Administrators in the Wikimedia projects who use the Nuke Extension will notice that mass deletions done with this tool have the "Nuke" tag. This change will make reviewing and analyzing deletions performed with the tool easier. [२,५६९]
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MediaWiki message delivery २०:५६, २८ अक्टूबर २०२४ (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-45
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Updates for editors
- Stewards can now make global account blocks cause global autoblocks. This will assist stewards in preventing abuse from users who have been globally blocked. This includes preventing globally blocked temporary accounts from exiting their session or switching browsers to make subsequent edits for 24 hours. Previously, temporary accounts could exit their current session or switch browsers to continue editing. This is an anti-abuse tool improvement for the Temporary Accounts project. You can read more about the progress on key features for temporary accounts. [२,५७०]
- Wikis that have the CampaignEvents extension enabled can now use the Collaboration List feature. This list provides a new, easy way for contributors to learn about WikiProjects on their wikis. Thanks to the Campaign team for this work that is part of the 2024/25 annual plan. If you are interested in bringing the CampaignEvents extension to your wiki, you can follow these steps or you can reach out to User:Udehb-WMF for help.
- The text color for red links will be slightly changed later this week to improve their contrast in light mode. [२,५७१]
- View all ३२ community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, on multilingual wikis, users can now hide translations from the WhatLinksHere special page.
Updates for technical contributors
- XML data dumps have been temporarily paused whilst a bug is investigated. [२,५७२]
In depth
- Temporary Accounts have been deployed to six wikis; thanks to the Trust and Safety Product team for this work, you can read about the deployment plans. Beginning next week, Temporary Accounts will also be enabled on seven other projects. If you are active on these wikis and need help migrating your tools, please reach out to User:Udehb-WMF for assistance.
- The latest quarterly Language and Internationalization newsletter is available. It includes: New languages supported in translatewiki or in MediaWiki; New keyboard input methods for some languages; details about recent and upcoming meetings, and more.
Meetings and events
- MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference Fall 2024 is happening in Vienna, Austria and online from 4 to 6 November 2024. The conference will feature discussions around the usage of MediaWiki software by and within companies in different industries and will inspire and onboard new users.
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Tech News: 2024-46
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Updates for editors
- On wikis with the Translate extension enabled, users will notice that the FuzzyBot will now automatically create translated versions of categories used on translated pages. [२,५७३]
- View all २९ community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, the submitted task to use the SecurePoll extension for English Wikipedia's special administrator election was resolved on time. [२,५७४]
Updates for technical contributors
- In
1.44.0-wmf-2, the logic of Wikibase functiongetAllStatementschanged to behave likegetBestStatements. Invoking the function now returns a copy of values which are immutable. [२,५७५] - Wikimedia REST API users, such as bot operators and tool maintainers, may be affected by ongoing upgrades. The API will be rerouting some page content endpoints from RESTbase to the newer MediaWiki REST API endpoints. The impacted endpoints include getting page/revision metadata and rendered HTML content. These changes will be available on testwiki later this week, with other projects to follow. This change should not affect existing functionality, but active users of the impacted endpoints should verify behavior on testwiki, and raise any concerns on the related Phabricator ticket.
In depth
- Admins and users of the Wikimedia projects where Automoderator is enabled can now monitor and evaluate important metrics related to Automoderator's actions. This Superset dashboard calculates and aggregates metrics about Automoderator's behaviour on the projects in which it is deployed. Thanks to the Moderator Tools team for this Dashboard; you can visit the documentation page for more information about this work. [२,५७६]
Meetings and events
- 21 November 2024 (8:00 UTC & 16:00 UTC) - Community call with Wikimedia Commons volunteers and stakeholders to help prioritize support efforts for 2025-2026 Fiscal Year. The theme of this call is how content should be organised on Wikimedia Commons.
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MediaWiki message delivery ००:०७, १२ नवम्बर २०२४ (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-47
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Updates for editors
- Users of Wikimedia sites will now be warned when they create a redirect to a page that doesn't exist. This will reduce the number of broken redirects to red links in our projects. [२,५७७]
- View all ४२ community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, Pywikibot, which automates work on MediaWiki sites, was upgraded to 9.5.0 on Toolforge. [२,५७८]
Updates for technical contributors
- On wikis that use the FlaggedRevs extension, pages created or moved by users with the appropriate permissions are marked as flagged automatically. This feature has not been working recently, and changes fixing it should be deployed this week. Thanks to Daniel and Wargo for working on this. [२,५७९][२,५८०]
In depth
- There is a new Diff post about Temporary Accounts, available in more than 15 languages. Read it to learn about what Temporary Accounts are, their impact on different groups of users, and the plan to introduce the change on all wikis.
Meetings and events
- Technical volunteers can now register for the 2025 Wikimedia Hackathon, which will take place in Istanbul, Turkey. Application for travel and accommodation scholarships is open from November 12 to December 10 2024. The registration for the event will close in mid-April 2025. The Wikimedia Hackathon is an annual gathering that unites the global technical community to collaborate on existing projects and explore new ideas.
- Join the Wikimedia Commons community calls this week to help prioritize support for Commons which will be planned for 2025–2026. The theme will be how content should be organised on Wikimedia Commons. This is an opportunity for volunteers who work on different things to come together and talk about what matters for the future of the project. The calls will take place November 21, 2024, 8:00 UTC and 16:00 UTC.
- A Language community meeting will take place November 29, 16:00 UTC to discuss updates and technical problem-solving.
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Tech News: 2024-48
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Updates for editors
- A new version of the standard wikitext editor-mode syntax highlighter will be available as a beta feature later this week. This brings many new features and bug fixes, including right-to-left support, template folding, autocompletion, and an improved search panel. You can learn more on the help page.
- The 2010 wikitext editor now supports common keyboard shortcuts such
Ctrl+Bfor bold andCtrl+Ifor italics. A full list of all six shortcuts is available. Thanks to SD0001 for this improvement. [२,५८१] - Starting November 28, Flow/Structured Discussions pages will be automatically archived and set to read-only at the following wikis: bswiki, elwiki, euwiki, fawiki, fiwiki, frwikiquote, frwikisource, frwikiversity, frwikivoyage, idwiki, lvwiki, plwiki, ptwiki, urwiki, viwikisource, zhwikisource. This is done as part of StructuredDiscussions deprecation work. If you need any assistance to archive your page in advance, please contact Trizek (WMF).
- View all २५ community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, a user creating a new AbuseFilter can now only set the filter to "protected" if it includes a protected variable.
Updates for technical contributors
- The CodeEditor, which can be used in JavaScript, CSS, JSON, and Lua pages, now offers live autocompletion. Thanks to SD0001 for this improvement. The feature can be temporarily disabled on a page by pressing
Ctrl+,and un-selecting "Live Autocompletion". - Tool-maintainers who use the Graphite system for tracking metrics, need to migrate to the newer Prometheus system. They can check this dashboard and the list in the Description of the task T350592 to see if their tools are listed, and they should claim metrics and dashboards connected to their tools. They can then disable or migrate all existing metrics by following the instructions in the task. The Graphite service will become read-only in April. [२,५८२]
- The New PreProcessor parser performance report has been fixed to give an accurate count for the number of Wikibase entities accessed. It had previously been resetting after 400 entities. [२,५८३]
Meetings and events
- A Language community meeting will take place November 29 at 16:00 UTC. There will be presentations on topics like developing language keyboards, the creation of the Mooré Wikipedia, the language support track at Wiki Indaba, and a report from the Wayuunaiki community on their experiences with the Incubator and as a new community over the last 3 years. This meeting will be in English and will also have Spanish interpretation.
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Tech News: 2024-49
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Updates for editors
- Two new parser functions were added this week. The
{{#interwikilink}}function adds an interwiki link and the{{#interlanguagelink}}function adds an interlanguage link. These parser functions are useful on wikis where namespaces conflict with interwiki prefixes. For example, links beginning withMOS:on English Wikipedia conflict with themoslanguage code prefix of Mooré Wikipedia. - Starting this week, Wikimedia wikis no longer support connections using old RSA-based HTTPS certificates, specifically rsa-2048. This change is to improve security for all users. Some older, unsupported browser or smartphone devices will be unable to connect; Instead, they will display a connectivity error. See the HTTPS Browser Recommendations page for more-detailed information. All modern operating systems and browsers are always able to reach Wikimedia projects. [२,५८४]
- Starting December 16, Flow/Structured Discussions pages will be automatically archived and set to read-only at the following wikis: arwiki, cawiki, frwiki, mediawikiwiki, orwiki, wawiki, wawiktionary, wikidatawiki, zhwiki. This is done as part of StructuredDiscussions deprecation work. If you need any assistance to archive your page in advance, please contact Trizek (WMF). [२,५८५]
- This month the Chart extension was deployed to production and is now available on Commons and Testwiki. With the security review complete, pilot wiki deployment is expected to start in the first week of December. You can see a working version on Testwiki and read the November project update for more details.
- View all २३ community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, a bug with the "Download as PDF" system was fixed. [२,५८६]
Updates for technical contributors
- In late February, temporary accounts will be rolled out on at least 10 large wikis. This deployment will have a significant effect on the community-maintained code. This is about Toolforge tools, bots, gadgets, and user scripts that use IP address data or that are available for logged-out users. The Trust and Safety Product team wants to identify this code, monitor it, and assist in updating it ahead of the deployment to minimize disruption to workflows. The team asks technical editors and volunteer developers to help identify such tools by adding them to this list. In addition, review the updated documentation to learn how to adjust the tools. Join the discussions on the project talk page or in the dedicated thread on the Wikimedia Community Discord server (in English) for support and to share feedback.
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Tech News: 2024-50
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Weekly highlight
- Technical documentation contributors can find updated resources, and new ways to connect with each other and the Wikimedia Technical Documentation Team, at the Documentation hub on MediaWiki.org. This page links to: resources for writing and improving documentation, a new #wikimedia-techdocs IRC channel on libera.chat, a listing of past and upcoming documentation events, and ways to request a documentation consultation or review. If you have any feedback or ideas for improvements to the documentation ecosystem, please contact the Technical Documentation Team.
Updates for editors
- Later this week, Edit Check will be relocated to a sidebar on desktop. Edit check is the feature for new editors to help them follow policies and guidelines. This layout change creates space to present people with new Checks that appear while they are typing. The initial results show newcomers encountering Edit Check are 2.2 times more likely to publish a new content edit that includes a reference and is not reverted.
- The Chart extension, which enables editors to create data visualizations, was successfully made available on MediaWiki.org and three pilot wikis (Italian, Swedish, and Hebrew Wikipedias). You can see a working examples on Testwiki and read the November project update for more details.
- Translators in wikis where the mobile experience of Content Translation is available, can now discover articles in Wikiproject campaigns of their interest from the "All collection" category in the articles suggestion feature. Wikiproject Campaign organizers can use this feature, to help translators to discover articles of interest, by adding the
<page-collection> </page-collection>tag to their campaign article list page on Meta-wiki. This will make those articles discoverable in the Content Translation tool. For more detailed information on how to use the tool and tag, please refer to the step-by-step guide. [२,५८७] - The Nuke feature, which enables administrators to mass delete pages, now has a multiselect filter for namespace selection. This enables users to select multiple specific namespaces, instead of only one or all, when fetching pages for deletion.
- The Nuke feature also now provides links to the userpage of the user whose pages were deleted, and to the pages which were not selected for deletion, after page deletions are queued. This enables easier follow-up admin-actions. Thanks to Chlod and the Moderator Tools team for both of these improvements. [२,५८८]
- The Editing Team is working on making it easier to populate citations from archive.org using the Citoid tool, the auto-filled citation generator. They are asking communities to add two parameters preemptively,
archiveUrlandarchiveDate, within the TemplateData for each citation template using Citoid. You can see an example of a change in a template, and a list of all relevant templates. [२,५८९] - One new wiki has been created: a विकियात्रा in Indonesian (
voy:id:) [२,५९०] - Last week, all wikis had problems serving pages to logged-in users and some logged-out users for 30–45 minutes. This was caused by a database problem, and investigation is ongoing. [२,५९१]
- View all १९ community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, a bug in the Add Link feature has been fixed. Previously, the list of sections which are excluded from Add Link was partially ignored in certain cases. [२,५९२][२,५९३]
Updates for technical contributors
- Codex, the design system for Wikimedia, now has an early-stage implementation in PHP. It is available for general use in MediaWiki extensions and Toolforge apps through Composer, with use in MediaWiki core coming soon. More information is available in the documentation. Thanks to Doğu for the inspiration and many contributions to the library. [२,५९४]
- Wikimedia REST API users, such as bot operators and tool maintainers, may be affected by ongoing upgrades. On December 4, the MediaWiki Interfaces team began rerouting page/revision metadata and rendered HTML content endpoints on testwiki from RESTbase to comparable MediaWiki REST API endpoints. The team encourages active users of these endpoints to verify their tool's behavior on testwiki and raise any concerns on the related Phabricator ticket before the end of the year, as they intend to roll out the same change across all Wikimedia projects in early January. These changes are part of the work to replace the outdated RESTBase system.
- The 2024 Developer Satisfaction Survey is seeking the opinions of the Wikimedia developer community. Please take the survey if you have any role in developing software for the Wikimedia ecosystem. The survey is open until 3 January 2025, and has an associated privacy statement.
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week. [२,५९५]
Meetings and events
- The next meeting in the series of Wikimedia Foundation discussions with the Wikimedia Commons community will take place on December 12 at 8:00 UTC and at 16:00 UTC. The topic of this call is new media and new contributors. Contributors from all wikis are welcome to attend.
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Tech News: 2024-51
[सम्पादन]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Weekly highlight
- Interested in improving event management on your home wiki? The CampaignEvents extension offers organizers features like event registration management, event/wikiproject promotion, finding potential participants, and more - all directly on-wiki. If you are an organizer or think your community would benefit from this extension, start a discussion to enable it on your wiki today. To learn more about how to enable this extension on your wiki, visit the deployment status page.
Updates for editors
- Users of the iOS Wikipedia App in Italy and Mexico on the Italian, Spanish, and English Wikipedias, can see a personalized Year in Review with insights based on their reading and editing history.
- Users of the Android Wikipedia App in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia can see the new Rabbit Holes feature. This feature shows a suggested search term in the Search bar based on the current article being viewed, and a suggested reading list generated from the user’s last two visited articles.
- The global reminder bot is now active and running on nearly 800 wikis. This service reminds most users holding temporary rights when they are about to expire, so that they can renew should they want to. See the technical details page for more information.
- The next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 13 January 2025 because of the end of year holidays. Thank you to all of the translators, and people who submitted content or feedback, this year.
- View all २७ community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, a bug was fixed in the Android Wikipedia App which had caused translatable SVG images to show the wrong language when they were tapped.
Updates for technical contributors
- There is no new MediaWiki version next week. The next deployments will start on 14 January. [२,५९६]
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