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Wiki Loves Folklore is back!
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You are humbly invited to participate in the
Wiki Loves Folklore 2022
an international photography contest organized on Wikimedia Commons to document folklore and intangible cultural heritage from different regions, including, folk creative activities and many more. It is held every year from the
1st till the 28th
of February.
You can help in enriching the folklore documentation on Commons from your region by taking photos, audios, videos, and
submitting
them in this commons contest.
You can also
organize a local contest
in your country and support us in translating the
project pages
to help us spread the word in your native language.
Feel free to contact us on our
project Talk page
if you need any assistance.
Kind regards,
Wiki loves Folklore International Team
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21:58, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
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Community Wishlist Survey 2022
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The
Community Wishlist Survey 2022
is now open!
This survey is the process where communities decide what the
Community Tech
team should work on over the next year. We encourage everyone to submit proposals until the deadline on
23 January
, or comment on other proposals to help make them better.
The communities will vote on the proposals between 28 January and 11 February.
The Community Tech team is focused on tools for experienced Wikimedia editors. You can write proposals in any language, and we will translate them for you. Thank you, and we look forward to seeing your proposals!
SGrabarczuk (WMF)
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18:10, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
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Tech News: 2022-02
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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.
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Recent changes
oauth_consumer
variable has been added to the
AbuseFilter
to enable identifying changes made by specific tools.
[1]
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.
[2]
Gadgets
can now specify page actions
on which they are available. For example,
|actions=edit,history
will load a gadget only while editing and on history pages.
[3]
Gadgets can now be loaded on demand with the
withgadget
URL parameter. This can be used to replace
an earlier snippet
that typically looks like
withJS
or
withCSS
[4]
At wikis where
the Mentorship system is configured
, you can now use the Action API to get a list of a
mentor's
mentees.
[5]
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.
[6]
[7]
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.
[8]
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.
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01:23, 11 January 2022 (UTC)
Not sure if this is the right place
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I'm working on a volume of
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A
, and there's a part on
page 956
that I just have no idea how to work with, namely those braces around the text.
TheTechnician27
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21:19, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
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TheTechnician27
: A better place would be
s:en:Wikisoruce:Scriptorium
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01:39, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
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Call for Feedback about the Board of Trustees elections is now open
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The Call for Feedback: Board of Trustees elections is now open and will close on
16 February 2022.
With this Call for Feedback, the Movement Strategy and Governance team is taking a different approach. This approach incorporates community feedback from 2021. Instead of leading with proposals, the Call is framed around key questions from the Board of Trustees. The key questions came from the feedback about the 2021 Board of Trustees election. The intention is to inspire collective conversation and collaborative proposal development about these key questions.
Join the conversation.
Best regards,
Movement Strategy and Governance
Xeno (WMF)
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01:51, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
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Please note an additional question has now been added. There are also
several proposals
from participants to review and discuss.
Xeno (WMF)
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00:37, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
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Question about the Affiliates' role for the Call for Feedback: Board of Trustees elections
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Hi All,
Thank you to everyone who participated in the
Call for Feedback: Board of Trustees elections
so far. The Movement Strategy and Governance team has announced the last key question:
How should affiliates participate in elections?
Affiliates are an important part of the Wikimedia movement. Two seats of the Board of Trustees due to be filled this year were filled in 2019 through the Affiliate-selected Board seats process. A change in the
Bylaws removed the distinction between community and affiliate seats
. This leaves the important question: How should affiliates be involved in the selection of new seats?
The question is broad in the sense that the answers may refer not just to the two seats mentioned, but also to other, Community- and Affiliate-selected seats. The Board is hoping to find an approach that will both engage the affiliates and give them actual agency, and also optimize the outcomes in terms of selecting people with top skills, experience, diversity, and wide community’s support.
The Board of Trustees is seeking feedback about this question especially, although not solely, from the affiliate community. Everyone is invited to share proposals and join the conversation in the Call for Feedback channels. In addition to collecting online feedback, the Movement Strategy and Governance team will organize several video calls with affiliate members to collect feedback. These calls will be at different times and include Trustees.
Due to the late addition of this third question, the Call will be extended until 16 February.
Join the conversation.
Best regards,
Movement Strategy and Governance
Xeno (WMF)
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00:37, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
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Tech News: 2022-03
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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.
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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".
[9]
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.
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19:55, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
Talk to the Community Tech
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Hello
We, the team working on the
Community Wishlist Survey
, would like to invite you to an online meeting with us. It will take place on
19 January (Wednesday), 18:00 UTC
on Zoom, and will last an hour. This external system is not subject to the
WMF Privacy Policy
Click here to join
Agenda
Bring drafts of your proposals and talk to to a member of the Community Tech Team about your questions on how to improve the proposal
Format
The meeting will not be recorded or streamed. Notes without attribution will be taken and published on Meta-Wiki. The presentation (all points in the agenda except for the questions and answers) will be given in English.
We can answer questions asked in English, French, Polish, Spanish, and German. If you would like to ask questions in advance, add them
on the Community Wishlist Survey talk page
or send to sgrabarczuk@wikimedia.org.
Natalia Rodriguez
(the
Community Tech
manager) will be hosting this meeting.
Invitation link
Join online
Meeting ID:
85804347114
Dial by your location
We hope to see you!
SGrabarczuk (WMF)
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00:21, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
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Tech News: 2022-04
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Latest
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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.
[10]
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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21:38, 24 January 2022 (UTC)
Desktop Improvements update and Office Hours invitation
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Hello. I wanted to give you an update about the
Desktop Improvements
project, which the Wikimedia Foundation Web team has been working on for the past few years.
The goals of the project are to make the interface more welcoming and comfortable for readers and useful for advanced users. The project consists of a series of feature improvements which make it easier to read and learn, navigate within the page, search, switch between languages, use article tabs and the user menu, and more.
The improvements are already visible by default for readers and editors on 24 wikis, including Wikipedias in
French
Portuguese
, and
Persian
The changes apply to the
Vector
skin only.
Monobook
or
Timeless
users are not affected.
Features deployed since our last update
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User menu
- focused on making the navigation more intuitive by visually highlighting the structure of user links and their purpose.
Sticky header
- focused on allowing access to important functionality (logging in/out, history, talk pages, etc.) without requiring people to scroll to the top of the page.
For a full list of the features the project includes, please visit our
project page
. We also invite you to our
Updates page
The features deployed already and the table of contents that's currently under development
How to enable the improvements
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Global preferences
It is possible to opt-in individually
in the appearance tab within the preferences
by unchecking the "Use Legacy Vector" box. (It has to be empty.) Also, it is possible to opt-in on all wikis using the
global preferences
If you think this would be good as a default for all readers and editors of this wiki, feel free to start a conversation with the community and contact me.
On wikis where the changes are visible by default for all, logged-in users can always opt-out to the Legacy Vector. There is an easily accessible link in the sidebar of the new Vector.
Learn more and join our events
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If you would like to follow the progress of our project, you can
subscribe to our newsletter
You can read the
pages of the project
, check
our FAQ
, write on the
project talk page
, and join an online meeting with us (
27 January (Thursday), 15:00 UTC
).
How to join our online meeting
Join online
Meeting ID:
89205402895
Dial by your location
Thank you!!
On behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Web team,
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22:11, 24 January 2022 (UTC)
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Tech News: 2022-05
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Recent changes
If a gadget should support the new
?withgadget
URL parameter that was
announced
3 weeks ago, then it must now also specify
supportsUrlLoad
in the gadget definition (
documentation
).
[11]
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
oversight
will be renamed
suppress
. 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.
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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17:42, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
Movement Strategy and Governance News – Issue 5
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Hi all! I'm a facilitator with the Movement Strategy and Governance.
In front of you is the latest and redesigned issue of Movement Strategy and Governance News, formerly known as Universal Code of Conduct News. The shortened version below has some direct links, which those of you who prefer skipping straight to the content may find convenient.
The MSG team is inviting feedback about the newsletter's past, present, and future at
m:Talk:Movement_Strategy_and_Governance/Newsletter
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Movement Strategy and Governance News
Issue 5, January 2022
Read the full newsletter
Welcome to the fifth issue of Movement Strategy and Governance News (formerly known as Universal Code of Conduct News)! This revamped newsletter distributes relevant news and events about the Movement Charter, Universal Code of Conduct, Movement Strategy Implementation grants, Board elections and other relevant MSG topics.
This Newsletter will be distributed quarterly, while more frequent Updates will also be delivered weekly or bi-weekly to subscribers. Please remember to subscribe
here
if you would like to receive these updates.
Call for Feedback about the Board elections
- We invite you to give your feedback on the upcoming WMF Board of Trustees election. This call for feedback went live on 10th January 2022 and will be concluded on 16th February 2022. (
continue reading
Universal Code of Conduct Ratification
- In 2021, the WMF asked communities about how to enforce the Universal Code of Conduct policy text. The revised draft of the enforcement guidelines should be ready for community vote in March. (
continue reading
Movement Strategy Implementation Grants
- As we continue to review several interesting proposals, we encourage and welcome more proposals and ideas that target a specific initiative from the Movement Strategy recommendations. (
continue reading
The New Direction for the Newsletter
- As the UCoC Newsletter transitions into MSG Newsletter, join the facilitation team in envisioning and deciding on the new directions for this newsletter. (
continue reading
Diff Blogs
- Check out the most recent publications about MSG on Wikimedia Diff. (
continue reading
password
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Hi, I am
User:Surprizi
. I normally work with my user name from one to another wiki projects, but here wikisource asking me to login. When I use my usual password it cant work. "There seems to be a problem with your login session; this action has been canceled as a precaution against session hijacking. Please resubmit the form." Can you help me solve this problem?--
188.169.167.135
02:24, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
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The kind of typical issues that you may imagine should work: refresh (
Ctrl+Shift+R
), close your browser, clear your cache, and if necessary, reset your password. —
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03:00, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
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Thank YOU very much!--
Surprizi
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10:34, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
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Tech News: 2022-06
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Latest
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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.
[12]
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
vector
should be updated to also check for
vector-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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21:15, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
Leadership Development Task Force: Call for Feedback Announcement
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Hi all.
The Community Development team at the Wikimedia Foundation is supporting the creation of a global, community-driven Leadership Development Task Force. The purpose of the task force is to advise leadership development work.
The team is looking for feedback about the responsibilities of the Leadership Development Task Force.
This Meta page shares the proposal for a
Leadership Development Task Force
and how
you can help.
Feedback on the proposal will be collected from 7 to 25 February 2022.
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18:11, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
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Movement Strategy and Governance
Tech News: 2022-07
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tech news
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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.
[13]
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 of
rmspecials()
with
rmwhitespace()
wherever necessary to keep filters' behavior unchanged. You can use the search function on
Special:AbuseFilter
to locate its usage.
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19:18, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
Remember to Participate in the UCoC Conversations and Ratification Vote!
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Hello everyone,
vote in SecurePoll from 7 to 21 March 2022
is scheduled as part of the ratification process for the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) Enforcement guidelines. Eligible voters are invited to answer a poll question and share comments.
Read voter information and eligibility details.
During the poll, voters will be asked if they support the enforcement of the Universal Code of Conduct based on the proposed guidelines.
The
Universal Code of Conduct
(UCoC) provides a baseline of acceptable behavior for the entire movement. The
revised enforcement guidelines
were published 24 January 2022 as a proposed way to apply the policy across the movement. A
Wikimedia Foundation Board statement
calls for a
ratification process
where eligible voters will have an opportunity to support or oppose the adoption of the UCoC Enforcement guidelines in a vote. Wikimedians are invited to
translate and share important information
. For more information about the UCoC, please see the
project page
and
frequently asked questions
on Meta-wiki.
There are events scheduled to learn more and discuss:
community panel
on 18 February 2022 at 15:00 UTC shares perspectives from small- and medium-sized community participants.
The
Movement Strategy and Governance
(MSG) team is hosting Conversation Hours on 25 February 2022 at 12:00 UTC and 4 March 2022 at 15:00 UTC. Please
sign-up for these conversation hours
to interact with the project team and the drafting committee about the updated enforcement guidelines and the ratification process. See the
Conversation Hour summaries
for notes from 4 February 2022.
You can comment on Meta-wiki talk pages in any language. You may also contact either team by email: msg
wikimedia.org or ucocproject
wikimedia.org
Sincerely,
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12:34, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
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Tech News: 2022-08
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Latest
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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
[15]
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.
[16]
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]]
[17]
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.
[18]
[19]
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.
[20]
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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Wiki Loves Folklore is extended till 15th March
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Greetings from Wiki Loves Folklore International Team,
We are pleased to inform you that
Wiki Loves Folklore
an international photographic contest on Wikimedia Commons has been extended till the
15th of March 2022
. The scope of the contest is focused on folk culture of different regions on categories, such as, but not limited to, folk festivals, folk dances, folk music, folk activities, etc.
We would like to have your immense participation in the photographic contest to document your local Folk culture on Wikipedia. You can also help with the
translation
of project pages and share a word in your local language.
Best wishes,
International Team
Wiki Loves Folklore
MediaWiki message delivery
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04:50, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
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Coming soon
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Several improvements around templates
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Hello, from March 9, several improvements around templates will become available on your wiki:
Fundamental improvements of the
VisualEditor template dialog
),
Improvements to make it easier to put a template on a page (
) (for the template dialogs in
VisualEditor
2010 Wikitext
and
New Wikitext Mode
),
and improvements in the syntax highlighting extension
CodeMirror
) (which is available on wikis with writing direction left-to-right).
All these changes are part of the “
Templates
” project by
WMDE Technical Wishes
. We hope they will help you in your work, and we would love to hear your feedback on the talk pages of these projects.
Johanna Strodt (WMDE)
12:39, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
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Tech News: 2022-09
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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
[21]
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.
[22]
[23]
The user group
oversight
was renamed
suppress
. 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.
[24]
Changes later this week
The
new version
of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 1 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 2 March. It will be on all wikis from 3 March (
calendar
).
Future changes
Working with templates will become easier.
Several improvements
are planned for March 9 on most wikis and on March 16 on English Wikipedia. The improvements include: Bracket matching, syntax highlighting colors, finding and inserting templates, and related visual editor features.
If you are a template developer or an interface administrator, and you are intentionally overriding or using the default CSS styles of user feedback boxes (the classes:
successbox, messagebox, errorbox, warningbox
), please note that these classes and associated CSS will soon be removed from MediaWiki core. This is to prevent problems when the same class-names are also used on a wiki. Please let us know by commenting at
phab:T300314
if you think you might be affected.
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22:59, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
The Call for Feedback: Board of Trustees elections is now closed
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Hello - as a follow-up to
#Call for Feedback about the Board of Trustees elections is now open
above: the call is now closed and
reports are available for review
. Feel free to let me know if you have any questions.
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03:52, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
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The
Call for Feedback: Board of Trustees elections
is now closed. This Call ran from 10 January and closed on 16 February 2022. The Call focused on
three key questions
and received broad discussion
on Meta-wiki
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reports
are on Meta-wiki.
This information will be shared with the Board of Trustees and Elections Committee so they can make informed decisions about the upcoming Board of Trustees election. The Board of Trustees will then follow with an announcement after they have discussed the information.
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Voting has begun! UCoC Enforcement guidelines ratification voting open from 7 to 21 March 2022
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Hello everyone,
The ratification voting process for the
revised enforcement guidelines
of the
Universal Code of Conduct
(UCoC) is now open!
Voting commenced on SecurePoll
on 7 March 2022 and will conclude on 21 March 2022. Please
read more on the voter information and eligibility details
The Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) provides a baseline of acceptable behavior for the entire movement. The revised enforcement guidelines were published 24 January 2022 as a proposed way to apply the policy across the movement. You can
read more about the UCoC project
You can also comment on Meta-wiki talk pages in any language. You may also contact the team by email: ucocproject
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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.
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The
new version
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Galician-Portuguese
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I just found out that the
Categoria:Obras em galaico-português
Galician-Portuguese
) have 944 pages. Wouldn't it be the case of moving these texts into the Multilingual Wikisource and then, maybe, developing a skeleton of a Galician-Portuguese Wikisource? Thanks,
Erick Soares3
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13:22, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
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I just saw that Wikisources on ancient languages already suffered issues in the
past
, but I still wonder...
Erick Soares3
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14:28, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
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It seems reasonable that pt.ws would want to host them. Do you know if there's some reason why they don't? Did they discuss it and reject it somehow? —
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Wiki Loves Folklore 2022 ends tomorrow
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International photographic contest
Wiki Loves Folklore 2022
ends on 15th March 2022 23:59:59 UTC. This is the last chance of the year to upload images about local folk culture, festival, cuisine, costume, folklore etc on Wikimedia Commons. Watch out our social media handles for regular updates and declaration of Winners.
The writing competition Feminism and Folklore will run till 31st of March 2022 23:59:59 UTC. Write about your local folk tradition, women, folk festivals, folk dances, folk music, folk activities, folk games, folk cuisine, folk wear, folklore, and tradition, including ballads, folktales, fairy tales, legends, traditional song and dance, folk plays, games, seasonal events, calendar customs, folk arts, folk religion, mythology etc. on your local Wikipedia. Check if your
local Wikipedia is participating
A special competition called
Wiki Loves Falles
is organised in Spain and the world during 15th March 2022 till 15th April 2022 to document local folk culture and
Falles
in Valencia, Spain. Learn more about it on
Catalan Wikipedia project page
We look forward for your immense co-operation.
Thanks
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In the Wikipedia Android app
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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.
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Special:RevisionDelete
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deletelogentry
and
deletedhistory
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deleterevision
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On the
Special:Undelete
pages for diffs and revisions, there will be a link back to the main Undelete page with the list of revisions.
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The Wikimedia Foundation has announced the IP Masking implementation strategy and next steps. The
announcement can be read here
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Wikipedia Android app
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new functions
for user talk pages and article talk pages.
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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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Update on Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines ratification vote
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Hi all,
With about 2 days left in the poll, I can share that there are 1600 voters as of 18 March 23:20 UTC.
Being aware that homewiki isn't always indicative of where an editor is active, I would still like to remind everyone that diversity matters and that local opinions are sought in this global decision. It would be beneficial to see the comments about the Enforcement Guidelines given from the perspective of this project, even if wikisource is not your your homewiki.
You can access the voting page locally on
You can look at the votership numbers on
this page
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
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Template:nop
does not work as expected
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Template:nop
is the template that forces a new paragraph for pages transcluded from the
Page:
namespace, but as seen in
Template:Nop/testcases#How it works right now
, the template does not work as of writing this (
Template:Nop/testcases#How it should work
). I think it needs some fixing but I do not want to break it for other works so I would like someone more experienced in here to look into and fix it. --
Bebiezaza
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11:42, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
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I just checked the template's source, apparently it's an empty template . . . also fully protected --
Bebiezaza
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11:50, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
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Bebiezaza
: Try now. —
Justin (
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15:13, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
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{{done}} It works now, thanks! --
Bebiezaza
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15:18, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
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It seems like messageboxes are now broken instead. --
Bebiezaza
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15:23, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
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Bebiezaza
: Please give me a link to what you see is broken. —
Justin (
ko
vf
15:36, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
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Header ambox in
สฺยามรฏฺฐสฺส เตปิฏกํ/Volume 1/Chapter 1
, and maybe
Template:nop/doc
too? --
Bebiezaza
talk
16:09, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
reply
Bebiezaza
: So it's just that it's a white background now, correct? —
Justin (
ko
vf
16:16, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
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For ambox in
สฺยามรฏฺฐสฺส เตปิฏกํ/Volume 1/Chapter 1
, it should be shown in the same style as
w:Template:Ambox
type=content (and no need to ping me in every reply) --
Bebiezaza
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16:47, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
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It's not really working. You'll have to deal with different styles or propose an edit to the template. —
Justin (
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vf
23:19, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
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Koavf
: I checked the source of {{
nop
}} in other wikisource languages (en, fr, es, id, pt, zh, th) and apparently the only change needed for this one was to add

to the template and nothing else. Maybe we should revert import of other pages except {{
nop
}}. --
Bebiezaza
talk
12:02, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
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Reverting import is virtually impossible, as you have to find all the specific revisions imported and then delete those specific ones (sometimes, they are all the newest ones, sometimes not). Just rollbacking the template isn't enough. —
Justin (
ko
vf
15:24, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
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Tech News: 2022-12
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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
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The Jupyter notebooks tool
PAWS
has been updated to a new interface.
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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.
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Leadership Development Working Group: Apply to join! (to 10 April 2022)
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Thank you to everyone who participated in the feedback period for the
Leadership Development Working Group
initiative. A
summary of the feedback
can be found on Meta-wiki. This feedback will be shared with the working group to inform their work. The application period to join the Working Group is now open and will close on April 10, 2022. Please
review the information about the working group
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apply if you are interested
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There is a simple new Wikimedia Commons upload tool available for macOS users,
Sunflower
Changes later this week
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new version
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targeted wikis
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w:en:Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Projects
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This LTA (also known as the George Reeves Person, and GRP) is currently active at
Talk:Main Page/Interlingua/Parolas IED con accentos
. Please delete the page as a vandal creation by this banned LTA. Thank you!
JavaHurricane
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14:35, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
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Koavf
: GRP recreated the page after you deleted it. Could you nuke the page and salt it? Thank you!
JavaHurricane
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06:23, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
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Ugh. Thanks. —
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For a few days last week, edits that were suggested to newcomers were not tagged in the
Special:RecentChanges
feed. This bug has been fixed.
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new version
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Add a link
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UCoC Enforcement Guidelines - Voting results
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Hi all!
I want to inform you that the majority of Wikimedians have voted in favour of the proposed Guidelines for implementing the Universal Code of Conduct.
A total of 2348 community members took part in the vote.
Of that number, 1338 voted Yes and 945 No. There were 65 undecided votes.
What does this result mean?
It means that there is enough support for the WMF Board of Trustees to review the Guidelines. It does not mean that the ratification process is complete.
What happens next?
1. The UCoC project team will collate and summarise the comments provided in the voting process and publish them on Meta-wiki;
2. The Board of Trustees will review the text of the Guidelines and comments given during the vote to determine if any aspects need to be revised.
What are the possible outcomes?
1. If the Board of Trustees concludes that there are aspects of the Guidelines that need further refinement, these comments, as well as suggestions from the community discussions, will provide a good starting point for the revision.
2. If the Board of Trustees decides to proceed with ratification, the UCoC project team will begin supporting specific proposals in the Guidelines.
You can find more details about the results and the accompanying statistics
on this page
. A summary of the voters' comments will be available on the same page.
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Tech News: 2022-15
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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.
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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 (
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Movement Strategy and Governance News – Issue 6
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Movement Strategy and Governance News
Issue 6, April 2022
Read the full newsletter
Welcome to the sixth issue of Movement Strategy and Governance News! This revamped newsletter distributes relevant news and events about the Movement Charter, Universal Code of Conduct, Movement Strategy Implementation grants, Board of trustees elections and other relevant MSG topics.
This Newsletter will be distributed quarterly, while the more frequent Updates will also be delivered weekly. Please remember to subscribe
here
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Leadership Development -
A Working Group is Forming! - The application to join the Leadership Development Working Group closed on April 10th, 2022, and up to 12 community members will be selected to participate in the working group. (
continue reading
Universal Code of Conduct Ratification Results are out! -
The global decision process on the enforcement of the UCoC via SecurePoll was held from 7 to 21 March. Over 2,300 eligible voters from at least 128 different home projects submitted their opinions and comments. (
continue reading
Movement Discussions on Hubs -
The Global Conversation event on Regional and Thematic Hubs was held on Saturday, March 12, and was attended by 84 diverse Wikimedians from across the movement. (
continue reading
Movement Strategy Grants Remain Open! -
Since the start of the year, six proposals with a total value of about $80,000 USD have been approved. Do you have a movement strategy project idea? Reach out to us! (
continue reading
The Movement Charter Drafting Committee is All Set! -
The Committee of fifteen members which was elected in October 2021, has agreed on the essential values and methods for its work, and has started to create the outline of the Movement Charter draft. (
continue reading
Introducing Movement Strategy Weekly -
Contribute and Subscribe! - The MSG team have just launched the updates portal, which is connected to the various Movement Strategy pages on Meta-wiki. Subscriber to get up-to-date news about the various ongoing projects. (
continue reading
Diff Blogs -
Check out the most recent publications about Movement Strategy on Wikimedia Diff. (
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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
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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.
[42]
Message boxes produced by MediaWiki code will no longer have these CSS classes:
successbox
errorbox
warningbox
. The styles for those classes and
messagebox
will 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
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The Kartographer documentation has been thoroughly updated.
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Tech News: 2022-17
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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.
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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
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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.
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Let's talk about the Desktop Improvements
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Hello!
Have you noticed that some wikis have a different desktop interface? Are you curious about the next steps? Maybe you have questions or ideas regarding the design or technical matters?
Join an online meeting with the team working on the
Desktop Improvements
! It will take place on
29 April 2022 at
13:00 UTC
and
18:00 UTC
on Zoom.
Click here to join
. Meeting ID: 88045453898.
Dial by your location
Agenda
Update on the recent developments
Questions and answers, discussion
Format
The meeting will not be recorded or streamed. Notes will be taken in a
Google Docs file
Olga Vasileva
(the Product Manager) will be hosting this meeting. The presentation part will be given in English.
We can answer questions asked in English, French, Italian, and Polish. If you would like to ask questions in advance, add them on the
talk page
or send them to sgrabarczuk@wikimedia.org.
At this meeting, both
Friendly space policy
and the
Code of Conduct
for Wikimedia technical spaces apply. Zoom is not subject to the
WMF Privacy Policy
We hope to see you!
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Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election 2022 Call for Candidates
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It's the election season again!
This year, the Wikimedia community has the opportunity to vote for two community-and-affiliate selected seats in the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees, which oversees the Foundation's operations. Community-and-affiliate selected trustees and Board-appointed trustees make up the Board of Trustees. Each trustee serves a three-year term. This is an opportunity to improve the representation, diversity, and expertise of the Board as a team.
Please consider
submitting your candidacy
to join the Board of Trustees.
(Read the full announcement of the Elections Committee and the Board of Trustees)
The seats to be filled this year were previously selected by affiliates in the
2019 affiliate-selected Board seats process
This year, a different method will be used:
Candidates submit their applications (by May 9; this deadline may be slightly extended);
Any community member can become a candidate if they meet the
general and special conditions outlined here
Affiliates vote to shortlist six (6) names from the candidates' pool.
Each affiliate carries one vote. The affiliate vote is scheduled to take place in early July.
The Community votes to elect two of the six shortlisted candidates.
Community Voting is scheduled to begin on August 15 and end on August 29.
The Board will appoint the two newly-elected candidates as the new Trustees.
This final step, which will conclude the election process, is expected to take place in early October 2022.
Election Volunteers:
Do you want to take part in the process as an election volunteer? Just add your name
on this Meta page
If you have any questions, please post them here, on Meta-wiki, or reach out to me directly.
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m:Requests for comment/Global de-adminship for Jusjih
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A user is requesting to "global de-admin" (sorry I really don't know how likely if this could be happened) @
Jusjih
: which in requestor's claim, has many disruptive and abusive behaviors in several Chinese-language projects and Meta-Wiki, the requestor is also mentioned mul.wikisource here where Jusjih is also an administrator, but didn't say anything else on their mul.wikisource's behaviors. Do any of our adminships that may or may not familiar Jusjih's works know how to resolve it? --
Liuxinyu970226
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05:32, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
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btw @
Liuxinyu970226
: thx for your message!
-jkb-
talk
08:33, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
reply
My first comment: I cannot believe it.
-jkb-
talk
08:04, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
reply
Strange bussiness over there :-(
-jkb-
talk
17:37, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
reply
I am very surprised too. --
Zyephyrus
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15:56, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
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Coming soon: Improvements for templates
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Fundamental changes in the template dialog.
Hello, more changes around templates are coming to your wiki soon:
The
template dialog
in VisualEditor
and in the
2017 Wikitext Editor
(beta) will be
improved fundamentally
This should help users understand better what the template expects, how to navigate the template, and how to add parameters.
project page
talk page
In
syntax highlighting
CodeMirror
extension), you can activate a
colorblind-friendly
color scheme with a user setting.
project page
talk page
Deployment is planned for May 10. This is the last set of improvements from
WMDE Technical Wishes'
focus area “
Templates
”.
We would love to hear your feedback on our talk pages!
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Tech News: 2022-18
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Latest
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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.
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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.
[52]
[53]
If you use syntax highlighting while editing wikitext, you can soon activate a
colorblind-friendly color scheme
[54]
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-revision
and 3 others.
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Tech News: 2022-19
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Recent changes
You can now see categories in the
Wikipedia app for Android
[55]
Problems
Last week, there was a problem with Wikidata's search autocomplete. This has now been fixed.
[56]
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.
[57]
Changes later this week
There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
[58]
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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How to start a Santali language test Wikisource project
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Hi, Myself Prasanta. I mostly remain active in
Santali Wikipedia
. Many of my friends have collected some Santali books written in Ol Chiki script
Ashwani collection
, which they have dedicated to various cc licenses. I was thinking of adding them to Wikisource. Because these books are in different language I cannot add it to other languages. Can anyone guide me how to start a test Wikisource for Santali language. Thanks
Rocky 734
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07:35, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
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Rocky 734
: Unlike all of the other sister projects, there is no language committee approval to start an edition of Wikisource: you can begin adding texts here immediately as long as they fit our scope and are appropriately licensed. It's great if you have more editors and make a main page in that language, etc. as well. —
Justin (
ko
vf
07:48, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
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Thanks @
Koavf
for quick reply. I'm going to create a Main page for Santali language, many more will join me soon.
Rocky 734
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09:26, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
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Let's talk about the Desktop Improvements
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Hello!
Have you noticed that some wikis have a
different desktop interface
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Join an online meeting with the team working on the Desktop Improvements! It will take place on
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19:00 UTC
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Dial by your location
Agenda
Update on the recent developments
Questions and answers, discussion
Format
The meeting will not be recorded or streamed. Notes will be taken in a
Google Docs file
Olga Vasileva
(the Product Manager) will be hosting this meeting. The presentation part will be given in English.
We can answer questions asked in English, Italian, Polish; also, only at the first meeting: Farsi, Vietnamese; only at the second meeting: Portuguese, Spanish, Russian. If you would like to ask questions in advance, add them on the
talk page
or send them to sgrabarczuk@wikimedia.org.
At this meeting, both
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Code of Conduct
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A problem with Japanese - English compilation
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See fro this the question of the (user:Eyagi]] on the user page
User:Eyagi
, the text is at
Wikisource:Sandbox
(version of today). My opinion is at the user page as well - out of scope. If possible I would need some help there. Thx,
-jkb-
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10:32, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
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Tech News: 2022-20
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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
[59]
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.
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Invitation défense publique thèse de doctorat sur le mouvement Wikimédia
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Bonjour à tous.
La défense de ma thèse de doctorat portant sur le mouvement Wikimédia est fixée au vendredi 17 juin à 17 h 30 à Louvain-la-Neuve.
Tous les membres de la communauté Wikimédia sont les bienvenus.
Voici le lien vers la page d'information et d'inscription :
Belle fin de journée
Lionel Scheepmans
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08:53, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
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Tech News: 2022-21
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Recent changes
Administrators using the mobile web interface can now access Special:Block directly from user pages.
[61]
The
www.wiktionary.org
portal page now uses an automated update system. Other
project portals
will be updated over the next few months.
[62]
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.
[63]
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.
[64]
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.
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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 multiple
ip_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.
[66]
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
[67]
[68]
The
list=usercontribs API
will support fetching contributions from an
IP range
soon. API users can set the
uciprange
parameter to get contributions from any IP range within
the limit
[69]
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.
[70]
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Sonic Bible Copyright Status
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Is the Sonic Bible copyrighted by sega?
Sonic Bible information:
Blahhmosh
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19:47, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
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I would assume it copyright-restricted.--
Jusjih
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04:13, 22 June 2022 (UTC)
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Tech News: 2022-23
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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
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Tech News: 2022-24
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Recent changes
All wikis can now use
Kartographer
maps. Kartographer maps now also work on pages with
pending changes
[72]
[73]
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
).
[74]
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
[75]
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
[76]
[77]
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.
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Tech News: 2022-25
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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
).
[78]
Some recent database changes may affect queries using the
Quarry tool
. Queries for
site_stats
at English Wikipedia, Commons, and Wikidata will need to be updated.
A new
user_global_editcount
variable can be used in
abuse filters
to avoid affecting globally active users.
[79]
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.
[80]
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
typeof
attribute values, and instead use
mw:File
for all types. Tool authors should adjust any code that expects:
mw:Image
mw:Audio
, or
mw:Video
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redirect to language Wikisource
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Can anyone please explain how I can create a redirect to a language Wikisource here?
I want to make a redirect from:
The Sundering Flood
to English Wikisource. I need this page because in
Open Library
I can only make a link to this (old) Wikisource. Or do I make a mistake somewhere? --
Dick Bos
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07:25, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
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So Open Library does not directly allow linking to English Wikisource? It looks strange.--
Jusjih
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03:42, 29 June 2022 (UTC)
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Dick Bos
: Just put the language prefix in front of the page name. OL will link here to mulWS, which will then redirect to enWS, without needing an on-wiki redirect page. But note that OL is badly neglected by the IA, and their interest is more with getting us to link to them than the other way around.
Xover
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12:21, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
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Xover
: Thank you for that. I think I did something wrong, but now it works! --
Dick Bos
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13:20, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
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Desktop Improvements update
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Making this the new default
Hello. I wanted to give you an update about the
Desktop Improvements
project, which the Wikimedia Foundation Web team has been working on for the past few years. Our work is almost finished! 🎉
We would love to see these improvements become the default for readers and editors across all wikis.
In the coming weeks, we will begin conversations on more wikis, including yours. 🗓️
We will gladly read your suggestions!
The goals of the project are to make the interface more welcoming and comfortable for readers and useful for advanced users. The project consists of a series of feature improvements which make it easier to read and learn, navigate within the page, search, switch between languages, use article tabs and the user menu, and more. The improvements are already visible by default for readers and editors on more than 30 wikis, including Wikipedias in
French
Portuguese
, and
Persian
The changes apply to the
Vector
skin only, although it will always be possible to revert to the previous version on an individual basis.
Monobook
or
Timeless
users will not notice any changes.
The newest features
Table of contents
- our version is easier to reach, gain context of the page, and navigate throughout the page without needing to scroll. It is currently tested across our pilot wikis. It is also available for editors who have opted into the Vector 2022 skin.
Page tools
- now, there are two types of links in the sidebar. There are actions and tools for individual pages (like
Related changes
) and links of the wiki-wide nature (like
Recent changes
). We are going to separate these into two intuitive menus.
How to enable/disable the improvements
Global preferences
It is possible to opt-in individually
in the appearance tab within the preferences
by selecting "Vector (2022)". Also, it is possible to opt-in on all wikis using the
global preferences
On wikis where the changes are visible by default for all, logged-in users can always opt-out to the Legacy Vector. There is an easily accessible link in the sidebar of the new Vector.
Learn more and join our events
If you would like to follow the progress of our project, you can
subscribe to our newsletter
. You can read the
pages of the project
, check
our FAQ
, write on the
project talk page
, and
join an online meeting with us
Thank you!
SGrabarczuk (WMF)
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16:59, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
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Join us on Tuesday
Join an online meeting with the team working on the Desktop Improvements! It will take place on
28 June 2022 at
12:00 UTC
and
19:00 UTC
on Zoom.
Click here to join
. Meeting ID: 5304280674.
Dial by your location
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The meeting will not be recorded or streamed. Notes will be taken in a
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Etherpad
Olga Vasileva
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and the
Code of Conduct
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WMF Privacy Policy
We can answer questions asked in English and
a number of other languages
. If you would like to ask questions in advance, add them on the
talk page
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21:48, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
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Is
Wikisource:Shared Scripts
Still in Use?
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Some scripts on
Wikisource:Shared Scripts
are outdated and unusable, and the list of deployments seem to be outdated too. Most of the scripts are not required for many Wikisource languages. --
Bebiezaza
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09:17, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
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Tech News: 2022-26
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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
).
[82]
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.
[83]
Users will be able to sort columns within sortable tables in the mobile skin.
[84]
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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Results of Wiki Loves Folklore 2022 is out!
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Please help translate to your language
Hi, Greetings
The winners for
Wiki Loves Folklore 2022
is announced!
We are happy to share with you winning images for this year's edition. This year saw over 8,584 images represented on commons in over 92 countries. Kindly see images
here
Our profound gratitude to all the people who participated and organized local contests and photo walks for this project.
We hope to have you contribute to the campaign next year.
Thank you,
Wiki Loves Folklore International Team
--
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Tech News: 2022-27
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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_href
will be removed from
mw.config
and be replaced with the variable
prpSourceIndexPage
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Tech News: 2022-28
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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.
[86]
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
[87]
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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Board of Trustees election 2022 -- Election Compass
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Hi all,
The 2022
Board of Trustees elections
are from 16 August 2022 to 30 August 2022.
Members of the Wikimedia community have the opportunity to elect two candidates to a three-year term.
To make the election process more straightforward and to help the community members make informed decisions about candidates they want to support, we have prepared a tool called
Election Compass
How does the Election Compass work?
The Election Compass is a tool to help voters select the candidates that best align with their beliefs and views. The community members will
propose statements
for the candidates to answer using a Lickert scale (agree/neutral/disagree). The candidates’ answers to the statements will be loaded into the Election Compass tool. Voters will use the tool by entering their answers to the statements (agree/neutral/disagree). The results will show the candidates that best align with the voter’s beliefs and views.
Here is the timeline for the Election Compass:
July 8 - 20: Community members propose statements for the Election Compass
July 21 - 22: Elections Committee reviews statements for clarity and removes off-topic statements
July 25 - August 3: Volunteers vote on the statements
August 4: Elections Committee selects the top 15 statements
August 5 - 12: candidates align themselves with the statements
August 16: The Election Compass opens for voters to use to help guide their voting decision
Thank you!
Tech News: 2022-29
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Problems
The feature on mobile web for
Nearby Pages
was missing last week. It will be fixed this week.
[88]
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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Texts containing multiple languages
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How does this website deal with ancient texts containing multiple languages such as the "三譯總解", which contains Chinese, Korean, and (presumably) Manchu?
Blahhmosh
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01:29, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
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Manchu
does not have its own subdomain, so I consider the text belonging here.--
Jusjih
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01:36, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
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Let's talk about the Desktop Improvements
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26 July 2022 at
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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.
[89]
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
).
[90]
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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.
[91]
Administrators will now see buttons on user pages for "Change block" and "Unblock user" instead of just "Block user" if the user is already blocked.
[92]
Future meetings
The next
open meeting with the Web team
about Vector (2022) will take place tomorrow (26 July).
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Improved
LaTeX capabilities for math rendering
are now available in the wikis thanks to supporting
Phantom
tags. This completes part of
the #59 wish
of the 2022 Community Wishlist Survey.
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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
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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.
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Board of Trustees election 2022 -- Candidates
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Hi all,
Affiliate representatives have finished voting.
The following six candidates were selected to continue to the community voting stage of the election:
Tobechukwu Precious Friday (
Tochiprecious
Farah Jack Mustaklem (
Fjmustak
Shani Evenstein Sigalov (
Esh77
Kunal Mehta (
Legoktm
Michał Buczyński (
Aegis Maelstrom
Mike Peel (
Mike Peel
For more information, see the
statistics
and the
results
Thanks to the community members who participated. The candidacy for the Board of Directors is not a small decision. The time and diligence that the candidates have shown so far speak of their commitment to the movement. Congratulations to the candidates who have been selected. We also express great respect and gratitude to those candidates who were not selected.
From these six candidates, the community will elect two who will become the new Trustees.
Community voting begins on August 16 and runs until August 30.
Next steps:
Before voting, plase take a moment to learn more about the candidates' positions. You can do this in one of the following ways:
Read the candidate's
answers
to questions from affiliate representatives;
Use the
Election Compass
The Election Compass will be available from August 16.
You can
vote for the statements
that will become part of the Election Compass until August 3.
Watch the video messages of the candidates
Video messages will be available when community voting begins.
Participate and read conversations on the
Movement Strategy Forum
If you have any questions, please feel free to
reach out to me
Thank you!
--
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GUS2Wiki
copies the information from
Special: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
[93]
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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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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.
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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
[94]
[95]
[96]
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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.
[97]
[98]
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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.
[99]
Future changes
The new [subscribe] button
helps newcomers get answers
. The Editing team is enabling this tool everywhere. You can turn it off in
your preferences
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Voting has begun in the Board of Trustees elections!
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Hi all!
The community voting period for the
Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees elections
is now open.
Before you go on to vote you can:
Try the
Election Compass
to see which candidates align best with your views;
The Election Compass is available in 18 languages.
Read
candidates' statements
and watch
their campaign videos
Verify your voting eligibility
on this page
or using the
account verification tool
Votes are accepted until September 6, 2022 at 23:59 UTC time (CET = UTC+2)
Vote now on the SecurePoll page
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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
Special:Statistics
at Commons, Wikidata, and English Wikipedia. This has now been fixed.
[101]
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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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-namespaces
should be updated to use the
mw.util.addPortletLink
function instead. Gadgets that style this id should consider also targeting
#p-associated-pages
, the new id for this row.
Examples are available
[102]
[103]
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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
[104]
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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
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Recent changes
Two database fields in the
templatelinks
table are now being dropped:
tl_namespace
and
tl_title
. Any queries that rely on these fields need to be changed to use the new normalization field called
tl_target_id
. See
T299417
for more information. This is part of
normalization
of links tables.
[106]
[107]
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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.
[108]
[109]
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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Recent changes
Parsoid clients should be updated to allow for space-separated multi-values in the
rel
attribute of links. Further details are in
T315209
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The
new version
of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 27 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 28 September. It will be on all wikis from 29 September (
calendar
).
Visual diffs
will become available to all users, except at the Wiktionaries and Wikipedias.
[110]
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.
[111]
[112]
In the
Module
namespace, pages ending with
.json
will be treated as JSON, just like they already are in the User and MediaWiki namespaces.
[113]
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Kartographer
maps can now show geopoints from Wikidata, via QID or SPARQL query. Previously, this was only possible for geoshapes and geolines.
[114]
[115]
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)
[116]
[117]
The
scribunto-console
API 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.
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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.
[118]
[119]
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m:Requests for comment/Make all new wikis global bot wikis
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I have opened the above RFC on Meta, which would affect every Wikisource wiki that got its own domain.
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Recent changes
The recently implemented feature of
article thumbnails in Special:Search
will be limited to Wikipedia projects only. Further details are in
T320510
[120]
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.
[121]
Lua module authors can enable
require( "strict" )
to add errors for some possible code problems. This replaces "
Module:No globals
" on most wikis.
[122]
Future changes
The
Beta Feature
for
DiscussionTools
will be updated at most wikis. The "reply" button will look different after this change.
[123]
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There have been some minor visual fixes in Special:Search, regarding audio player alignment and image placeholder height. Further details are in
T319230
On Wikipedias, a new
preference
has been added to hide article thumbnails in Special:Search. Full details are in
T320337
Problems
Last week, three wikis (French Wikipedia, Japanese Wikipedia, Russian Wikipedia) had read-only access for 25 minutes. This was caused by a hardware problem.
[124]
Changes later this week
The
new version
of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 25 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 26 October. It will be on all wikis from 27 October (
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 October at 07:00 UTC (
targeted wikis
) and on 27 October at 7:00 UTC (
targeted wikis
).
Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "
Add a link
" (Assamese Wikipedia, Bashkir Wikipedia, Balinese Wikipedia, Bavarian Wikipedia, Samogitian Wikipedia, Bikol Central Wikipedia, Belarusian Wikipedia, Belarusian (Taraškievica) Wikipedia, Bulgarian Wikipedia, Bhojpuri Wikipedia, Bislama Wikipedia, Banjar Wikipedia, Bambara Wikipedia, Bishnupriya Wikipedia, Breton Wikipedia, Bosnian Wikipedia, Buginese Wikipedia, Buryat Wikipedia, Indonesian Wikipedia). This is part of the
progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias
. The communities can
configure how this feature works locally
[125]
Starting on Wednesday October 26, 2022, the list of mentors will be upgraded
at wikis where Growth mentorship is available
. The mentorship system will continue to work as it does now. The signup process
will be replaced
, and a new management option will be provided. Also, this change simplifies
the creation of mentorship systems at Wikipedias
[126]
[127]
[128]
Pages with titles that start with a lower-case letter according to Unicode 11 will be renamed or deleted. There is a list of affected pages at
m:Unicode 11 case map migration
. More information can be found at
T292552
The Vector 2022 skin will become the default across the smallest Wikipedias.
Future changes
The
Reply tool
and
New Topic tool
will soon get a
special characters menu
[129]
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Recent changes
When using keyboard navigation on a
Kartographer
map, the focus will become more visible.
[130]
In Special:RecentChanges, you can now hide the log entries for new user creations with the filter for "⧼rcfilters-filter-newuserlogactions-label⧽".
[131]
Changes later this week
The
new version
of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 1 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 2 November. It will be on all wikis from 3 November (
calendar
).
The
maps dialog
in VisualEditor now has some help texts.
[132]
It is now possible to select the language of a
Kartographer
map in VisualEditor via a dropdown menu.
[133]
It is now possible to add a caption to a
Kartographer
map in VisualEditor.
[134]
It is now possible to hide the frame of a
Kartographer
map in VisualEditor.
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Recent changes
An updated version of the
Event Registration
tool is now available for testing at
testwiki
and
test2wiki
. The tool provides features for event organizers and participants. Your feedback is welcome at our
project talkpage
. More information about
the project
is available.
[136]
Problems
Twice last week, for about 45 minutes, some files and thumbnails failed to load and uploads failed, mostly for logged-in users. The cause is being investigated and an incident report will be available soon.
Changes later this week
There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
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Requesting import from Thai Wikisource
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Requesting import of these pages from Thai Wikisource to here as part of
Pali Wikisource
because according to
Thai Wikisource's What is Wikisource#Language
policy, "works in other languages, regardless of its usage of Thai script, are not acceptable at Thai Wikisource". The pages are listed below as they are currently listed for deletion over there.
th:คำอาราธนาพระสีวลี
th:อิติปิโส 8 ทิศ 8 ด้าน
th:อิติปิโสแก้นะวะหอระคุณ
th:อิติปิโสตรึงไตรภพ
th:อิติปิโสธงชัย
th:อิติปิโสนะวะหอระคุณ
th:อิติปิโสแปลงรูป
th:อิติปิโสเรือนเตี้ย (มงกุฎพระพุทธเจ้า)
Bebiezaza
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16:59, 11 November 2022 (UTC)
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pinging importers @
Ooswesthoesbes
Jusjih
DeirdreAnne
: --
Bebiezaza
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16:37, 15 November 2022 (UTC)
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Done
. Please make sure the broken templates and incorrect categorization is fixed. --
Ooswesthoesbes
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08:12, 16 November 2022 (UTC)
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Done
broken template and categorization fixed. --
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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.
[137]
The
www.wikinews.org
www.wikiversity.org
, and
www.wikivoyage.org
portal pages now use an automated update system.
[138]
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.
[139]
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
[140]
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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Transwiki import fra enWS:
De Indis De Jure Belli
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Recently the subject of
a copyright discussion
at enWS that concluded it is PD both at home and abroad. But the work is out of scope on enWS due to long swathes of non-English text (Latin and French at least). As best I can tell it should be in scope for mulWS, so… Anybody up for importing it here?
Xover
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13:32, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
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Done
Justin (
ko
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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
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A new preference, “Enable limited width mode”, has been added to the
Vector 2022 skin
. The preference is also available as a toggle on every page if your monitor is 1600 pixels or wider. It allows for increasing the width of the page for logged-out and logged-in users.
[141]
Changes later this week
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
).
Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 29 November at 07:00 UTC (
targeted wikis
) and on 1 December at 07:00 UTC (
targeted wikis
).
Mathematical formulas shown in SVG image format will no longer have PNG fall-backs for browsers that don't support them. This is part of work to modernise the generation system. Showing only PNG versions was the default option until in February 2018.
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[144]
On
some wikis
that use flagged revisions,
a new checkbox will be added
to Special:Contributions that enables you to see only the
pending changes
by a user.
[145]
Future changes
How media is structured in the parser's HTML output will change early next week at
group1 wikis
(but not Wikimedia Commons or Meta-Wiki). This change improves the accessibility of content, and makes it easier to write related CSS. 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
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The Wikisources use a tool called ProofreadPage. ProofreadPage uses OpenSeadragon which is an open source tool. The OpenSeadragon JavaScript API has been significantly re-written to support dynamically loading images. The functionality provided by the older version of the API should still work but it is no longer supported. User scripts and gadgets should migrate over to the newer version of the API. The functionality provided by the newer version of the API is
documented on MediaWiki
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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 (
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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 Reply tool and other features.
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The character
cannot be used in new usernames, to make usernames work better with templates. Existing usernames are not affected.
[150]
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
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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.
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Events
The fourth edition of the
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Friday 16 December 2022 at 17:00 UTC
! The event will be live-streamed on YouTube in the
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Community Wishlist Survey 2023 opens in January
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(There is
a translatable version of this message on MetaWiki
Hello
The
Community Wishlist Survey (CWS) 2023
, which lets contributors propose and vote for tools and improvements, starts next month on Monday,
23 January 2023, at 18:00 UTC
and will continue annually.
We are inviting you to share your ideas for technical improvements to our tools and platforms. Long experience in editing or technical skills is not required. If you have ever used our software and thought of an idea to improve it, this is the place to come share those ideas!
The dates for the phases of the Survey will be as follows:
Phase 1: Submit, discuss, and revise proposals – Monday, Jan 23, 2023 to Sunday, Feb 6, 2023
Phase 2: WMF/Community Tech reviews and organizes proposals – Monday, Jan 30, 2023 to Friday, Feb 10, 2023
Phase 3: Vote on proposals – Friday, Feb 10, 2023 to Friday, Feb 24, 2023
Phase 4: Results posted – Tuesday, Feb 28, 2023
If you want to start writing out your ideas ahead of the Survey, you can start thinking about your proposals and draft them in
the CWS sandbox
We are grateful to all who participated last year. See you in January 2023!
Thank you!
Community Tech,
STei (WMF)
16:43, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
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w:en:Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Projects
(GRP)
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This WMF-banned pest is now active at
Talk:State Anthem of the Soviet Union
, which needs deletion, and probably salting in the future, given GRP's past editing trends.
JavaHurricane
talk
14:16, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
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Also please delete
User talk:Xania
and
Talk:Dap Prampi Mesa Chokchey
as vandalism. Thanks.
Quangdat201
talk
14:29, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
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Done
Justin (
ko
vf
14:52, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
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Done
Justin (
ko
vf
14:52, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
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Koavf
: he's back at
Talk:Anthem of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
JavaHurricane
talk
16:08, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
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And
User talk: Xania
too.
JavaHurricane
talk
16:14, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
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Done
:/ —
Justin (
ko
vf
16:58, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
reply
Talk:Anthem of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
now. -_-.
JavaHurricane
talk
06:11, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
reply
Talk:Советскяй Социалистическяй Республикань Союзть Конституцияц (1936)/1938.01.15
too.
JavaHurricane
talk
06:41, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
reply
And
Talk:Njet, Molotoff
. GRP seems to be particularly active today.
JavaHurricane
talk
06:51, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
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Done
:/ —
Justin (
ko
vf
14:15, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
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Talk:Советскяй Социалистическяй Республикань Союзть Конституцияц (1936)/1938.01.15
was created again. I would propose to admins to delete it and set protection on creation: allowed only to confirmed users. --
Nigmont
talk
15:51, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
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Done
Justin (
ko
vf
15:55, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
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Today's target:
Talk:Вельхозяйственнай артельть примернай уставоц
JavaHurricane
talk
03:36, 6 January 2023 (UTC)
reply
Done
Justin (
ko
vf
04:52, 6 January 2023 (UTC)
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Talk:Советскяй Социалистическяй Республикань Союзть Конституцияц (1936)
JavaHurricane
talk
04:43, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
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Done
Justin (
ko
vf
04:48, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
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I'm guessing this is the right place - but this WMF-banned obsessive pest is back on
Template:Table style/parse
- could someone please protect the page (blocking the IPs is useful, but not essential, as they are always throwaway P2P proxies), and please revdel the absurd libels. Thank you in advance -
Antandrus
talk
17:53, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
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Done
Justin (
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vf
20:21, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
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Ah, it goes here. Anyway, now at
Talk:Main Page/Русский
. Nonsense creation.
Styyx
talk
21:26, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
reply
Done
Justin (
ko
vf
21:43, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
reply
Talk:Njet, Molotoff
JavaHurricane
talk
16:05, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
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Done
Justin (
ko
vf
16:24, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
reply
Talk:Anthem of Kirghiz SSR
(see history).
JavaHurricane
talk
12:12, 31 January 2023 (UTC)
reply
Done
Justin (
ko
vf
12:16, 31 January 2023 (UTC)
reply
Talk:Ensemle u Thıngayisê Ferati
now. :/
JavaHurricane
talk
16:28, 31 January 2023 (UTC)
reply
Done
Justin (
ko
vf
20:08, 31 January 2023 (UTC)
reply
Talk:Ensemle u Thıngayisê Ferati
again.
JavaHurricane
talk
16:10, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
reply
Done
Justin (
ko
vf
18:12, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
reply
Talk:Anthem of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
today.
JavaHurricane
talk
13:56, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
reply
Done
Justin (
ko
vf
13:04, 5 February 2023 (UTC)
reply
Talk:Anthem of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
has been recreated...
JavaHurricane
talk
13:26, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
reply
Done
Justin (
ko
vf
23:21, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
reply
Talk:Колхозонь эряф/1936/06/ССРСть Конституцияц
User talk:Tuvalkin
(see history) and
User talk:Jan.Kamenicek
. GRP is not having a good day evidently.
JavaHurricane
talk
12:24, 8 February 2023 (UTC)
reply
Done
Justin (
ko
vf
20:50, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
reply
Talk:Anthem of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
JavaHurricane
talk
07:12, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
reply
Done
Justin (
ko
vf
08:15, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
reply
Talk:Tavisupleba
Talk:Велень хозяйствань артелень примерной устав
--
Quangdat201
talk
04:34, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
reply
Done
Justin (
ko
vf
14:39, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
reply
Talk:Велень хозяйствань артелень примерной устав
again --
Quangdat201
talk
16:15, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
reply
Done
Justin (
ko
vf
19:52, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
reply
Index talk:Велень хозяйствань артелень примерной устав (1939).pdf
User talk:XXBlackburnXx
. --
Quangdat201
talk
10:45, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
reply
Done
Justin (
ko
vf
10:46, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
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Vote for your favourite Wikimedia sound logo
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Please help translate to your language
Voting in the Wikimedia sound logo contest
has started
. From December 6 to 19, 2022, please play a part and help chose the sound that will identify Wikimedia content on audio devices.
Learn more on Diff
The sound logo team is grateful to everyone who participated in this global contest. We received 3,235 submissions from 2,094 participants in 135 countries. We are incredibly grateful to the team of
volunteer screeners
and the
selection committee
who, among others, helped bring us to where we are today. It is now up to Wikimedia to choose the Sound Of All Human Knowledge.
Best wishes,
Arupako-WMF
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15:43, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
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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.
[152]
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
[153]
One of our test wikis
is now being served from a new infrastructure powered by
Kubernetes
). More Wikis will switch to this new infrastructure in early 2023. Please test and let us know of any issues.
[154]
Problems
Last week, all wikis had no edit access for 9 minutes. This was caused by a database problem.
[155]
Changes later this week
There is no new MediaWiki version this week or next week.
The word "Reply" is very short in some languages, such as Arabic ("
ردّ
"). This makes the Discussion tools 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.
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Future changes
Edits can be automatically "tagged" by the system software or the Abuse filter management 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.
[158]
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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