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Tech News: 2014-02

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

  • The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf9) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on January 2. It will be enabled on non-Wikipedia wikis on January 7 and on all Wikipedia wikis on January 9 (calendar).
  • The old note-taking site (Etherpad) was removed on December 30, 2013. You can see most of the documents on the new site. [1]

Problems

  • On January 2, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata and all Wikivoyage projects were broken for 2 hours due to language cache update issues.
  • On the same day, it was not possible to edit most wikis for about 30 minutes, due to a database replication problem.

Future software changes

  • The new search tool (CirrusSearch) will be added as the default search method for Italian Wikipedia, French Wikisource, Wikidata and all Wikivoyage sites, and as a second search method for the German Wikipedia and all Wikibooks sites on January 6. [2]
  • Spanish, French, Portuguese and Russian Wikipedia users will also be able to enable CirrusSearch in their Beta Features options. [3]
  • Plural form rules for some languages will be changed. Many translations of the user interface for Belarusian, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian and other languages will need to be changed. [4] [5] [6]
  • You will see a warning when you try to delete a page linked to from other pages. [7] [8]
  • You will be able to hide redirect pages on the list of protected pages. [9] [10]
  • You will be able to use keyboard shortcuts in the Translate tool, by pressing Alt+1 and similar key groups. [11] [12]
  • E-mails sent by MediaWiki will include the name of the site in their From: line. You will be able to change this name on your wiki by editing the MediaWiki:Emailsender page. [13] [14]
  • Images viewed in the Beta Features media viewer will load faster. [15] [16]

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08:35, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2014-03

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

You can read a recent blog post about how Tech News is put together, translated and sent to you across wikis each week.

Recent software changes

  • The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf10) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on January 9. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on January 14, and all Wikipedia wikis on January 16 (calendar).
  • Searching in the File: namespace on Wikimedia Commons may be slow due to a search engine issue. [17]

VisualEditor news

  • VisualEditor will be added for all users on several Wikipedias on January 13. [18]
  • You can now add and remove __NOTOC__, __FORCETOC__ and __NOEDITSECTION__ in the page metadata menu. [19] [20] [21]

Problems

  • For a few hours on January 6, it was not possible to edit pages using the Translate tool on Wikimedia Commons and the Wikimania 2013 wiki, due to a settings error. [22] [23]
  • For about 20 minutes on January 9, there were problems with CSS and JavaScript due to high server load.

Future software changes

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09:33, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2014-04

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

VisualEditor news

  • In the toolbar, the menu to edit the styles (like bold, italic, etc.) now has a down arrow (). The order of the Insert menu has also changed a little.
  • You can now edit <gallery /> tags with a very basic tool. [34]
  • You can now see a help page about keyboard shortcuts in the page menu. [35]
  • When you change categories, you will now see them when you save the page. [36]
  • When you edit templates, you will now see the parameters in the right order. The ones that you must add have a star (*). [37] [38]
  • The page will now be saved faster, thanks to a new way of coding the text that sends 40% less text to the servers. [39]
  • Your wiki can ask to test a new tool to edit TemplateData. [40]

Problems

  • There was a problem with search on the English and German Wikipedias between January 6 and January 14. You could not see new pages and changes in search results. [41]
  • There were "pool timeouts" errors on several wikis on January 13; it was caused by a code change that was made to fix another problem. [42]
  • On January 17, Bugzilla and Wikimedia Labs were broken for about 20 minutes due to network problems. IRC channels with recent changes (irc.wikimedia.org) were broken for about two hours. [43]

Future software changes

Orange bar with new messages
  • If you have removed JavaScript in your web browser, you will soon be able to see the orange bar saying that you have new messages. If you have changed how the bar looks with a gadget, you may need to change the gadget again. [44] [45]
  • You will soon be able to add a given Flickr user to a blacklist so that their files can't be uploaded using UploadWizard on Wikimedia Commons and other wikis. [46]
  • You will see a warning when you try to delete a page included in at least one other page. [47]
  • You will so longer see disambiguation pages in Special:LonelyPages. [48] [49]

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10:21, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2014-05

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

  • Pages from Wikimedia sites now load faster in your browser thanks to "module storage", a way for your browser to save data like JavaScript and CSS on your computer to avoid downloading them again. See video. [50]
  • The code used to show videos has changed. You should be able to play the video on the page, with the play button on top of the video. If you see the play button on the right of the video, or if clicking on the video leads you to the original file, please file a bug or tell User:Bawolff. [51]
  • The Special:ActiveUsers page will be removed because it's too slow. [52]
  • The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf11) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on January 16. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on January 28, and all Wikipedia wikis on January 30 (calendar).

Problems

Future software changes

  • You can give comments about the new version of "Winter", a proposal to have a fixed toolbar at the top of wiki pages. [54]

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09:46, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2014-06

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

  • The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf12) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on January 30. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on February 4, and all Wikipedia wikis on February 6 (calendar).
  • Global AbuseFilter rules are now active on all small wikis. [55] [56]
  • The buttons used in pages like log-in, account creation and search are now using the same colors and styles. [57] [58]
  • You can now link to diffs using [[Special:Diff/12345]] and similar links. [59]
  • There is no longer an option to hide tables of contents on all pages. [60]
  • Searching in the File: namespace on Wikimedia Commons is now faster, after a bug was fixed on January 29. [61]
  • All Wikimedia wikis now have high-resolution favicons. [62]

VisualEditor news

  • You can now see a list of keyboard shortcuts by pressing Ctrl+/ inside VisualEditor. [63]

Future software changes

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08:30, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2014-07

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

  • The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf13) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on February 6. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on February 11, and all Wikipedia wikis on February 13 (calendar).
  • The Vector search box was changed to fix old display and accessibility issues; for example, you can now use full-text search even if you have disabled JavaScript. Please report any problems you see. The option to disable the "simplified search bar" on Vector will also be removed. [74] [75] [76] [77] [78]
  • You are now notified when someone adds a link to your user page on wikis where it didn't work before (wikis with dates in the year-month-day order, including Hungarian, Japanese, Korean and some variants of Chinese). [79]

VisualEditor news

  • You can now set media items' alt text and position, and directly set their size, in the media tool. [80] [81]
  • The gallery tool was improved and several issues were fixed. [82] [83] [84]

Problems

  • On February 3, all wikis were broken for about an hour due to a traffic balancing issue. [85]
  • On February 6, some wikis were broken for about half an hour in total due to a problem with the Math extension.

Future software changes

  • Some methods from Scribunto's mw.message library will be removed after February 18. If you use them in your templates or modules, please check to make sure that things will not break. [86] [87]
  • You will soon be able to use GettingStarted on 23 new Wikipedias. It helps new users by listing possible tasks and giving help. The new version was also added to the English Wikipedia on February 7th. [88]
  • You will soon see results from other wikis when you use the new search tool (CirrusSearch). [89] [90]
  • The WikiLove tool was redesigned and should also load faster. [91]
  • Edits made with WikiLove or after a GettingStarted suggestion will be tagged. [92] [93]
  • It will soon no longer be possible to hide section editing links in your preferences. [94]
  • You will soon be able to use the revision deletion feature via the API. [95]
  • You will soon be able to choose mobile view on non-mobile devices using a Beta Feature option. [96] [97]
  • If you have questions about Universal Language Selector, you can join an IRC meeting on February 12 at 17:00 UTC, in the #wikimedia-office channel on Freenode. [98]
  • Developers are preparing for Google Summer of Code 2014. You can propose ideas. [99]
  • bugzilla.wikimedia.org will be updated this week. You won't be able to access it from 22:00 UTC on February 12 until 01:00 UTC on February 13 at the latest. [100]
  • The <poem> tag will be renamed to <lines>. The old tag will still work. [101]

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09:30, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2014-08

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

  • The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf14) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on February 13. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on February 18, and all Wikipedia wikis on February 20 (calendar).
  • You can now use the list of active users again. [102] [103]
  • The new search tool (CirrusSearch) now gives more importance to content namespaces if you search in several namespaces. [104]
  • You can now directly link to files viewed with MultimediaViewer, the new tool for viewing media files. [105]
  • You can read the summary of the Wikimedia technical report for January 2014. [106]

Problems

  • On February 9, Wikimedia Labs was broken for about 2 hours due to an XFS file system problem. [107]
  • On February 11, there were problems with VisualEditor for about 20 minutes due to a server logging issue. [108]
  • On the same day, for about 20 minutes there were issues with page loading due to database problems.
  • There were issues with page loading between 21:00 UTC on February 13 and 11:00 UTC on February 14 for users in Europe. It was due to a cache server problem.
  • On February 14, all sites were broken for about 15 minutes for users in Southeast Asia, Oceania and the western part of North America. It was due to problems with cache servers.

VisualEditor news

  • The link tool now tells you when you're linking to a disambiguation or redirect page. [109]
  • You can now change image display (like thumbnail, frame and frameless) with VisualEditor. [110]
  • Wikitext warnings will now hide when you remove wikitext from paragraphs you are editing. [111]
  • You will soon be able to create and edit redirect pages with VisualEditor. [112] [113] [114]
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08:38, 17 February 2014 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2014-09

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

VisualEditor news

  • You will soon be able to add and edit __STATICREDIRECT__, __[NO]INDEX__ and __[NO]NEWEDITSECTION__ in the page settings menu. [117] [118] [119]
  • You will soon be able to use the Ctrl+Alt+S or ⌘+Opt+S shortcuts to open the save window in VisualEditor. [120] [121]
  • You will soon be able to preview your edit summary when checking your changes in the save window. [122] [123]

Future software changes

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10:18, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2014-10

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

  • The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf16) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on February 27. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on March 4, and all Wikipedia wikis on March 6 (calendar).
  • When users enable web fonts by default, Universal Language Selector will now log if they don't have fonts to display pages correctly. This information will be used by developers to improve font support in the future. Read more about missing fonts. [130]
  • You can now use Guided tours on the Czech and Japanese Wikipedia. If you want this tool on your wiki, you need to translate it and ask in Bugzilla. [131] [132]
  • You can now use information from Wikidata in all Wikisource wikis. [133]
  • The multimedia team is now posting weekly updates on their mailing list. [134]

VisualEditor news

  • You can now change image size to default for your wiki. If you add new images to pages, they will also be default size. [135] [136] [137]
  • If you switch from VisualEditor to wikitext editing, your edit will now be tagged. [138]
  • Template parameters now have a bigger, auto-sizing input box for easier editing. [139]
  • VisualEditor now has Arabic, Finnish and Kölsch icons for text styling. If you want icons for your language, ask in Bugzilla. [140] [141] [142]

Future software changes

Problems

  • For about an hour on February 23, there were problems with page loading due to a MediaWiki bug. [150]

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09:30, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2014-11

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

  • The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf17) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on March 6. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on March 11, and all Wikipedia wikis on March 13 (calendar).
  • You can now use the new search tool (CirrusSearch) on all Wikiquote projects. You can now enable it in your Beta options. [151] [152]

VisualEditor news

  • It is now easier to edit templates. Complex tools are now in the "advanced" mode. [153] [154]
  • It is also easier to edit images. You now have more options and they are explained better. [155]
  • VisualEditor adds fake blank lines so you can put your cursor there. They are now smaller and animated to be different from actual blank lines. [156]
  • We have improved the tool to add special characters. The buttons are now larger. More changes are coming. [157]
  • You can now use new keyboard shortcuts to undo the last action, clear formatting, and show the shortcut help window. [158] [159] [160]

Future software changes

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09:10, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2014-12

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

  • The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf18) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on March 13. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on March 18, and all Wikipedia wikis on March 20 (calendar).
  • You can now view smaller versions of PNG images bigger than 20 megapixels. [166]
  • You can now use the new search tool (CirrusSearch) on all small wikis. You can now enable it in your Beta options. [167] [168]
  • You can read a summary of the Wikimedia technical report for February 2014. [169]

VisualEditor news

  • Searching for template parameters in now case-insensitive. [170] [171]
  • Required template parameters now have an asterisk (*) next to their edit boxes. [172]
  • Several template dialogs are now smaller, and their insert buttons have changed wording. [173]

Future software changes

Problems

  • VisualEditor was slow to load on March 13 because of an API issue. [177]

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07:14, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2014-13

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

  • The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf19) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on March 20. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on March 25, and all Wikipedia wikis on March 27 (calendar).

VisualEditor news

  • You can now double-click or press the ↲ Enter key on an image or template to change its settings. [178] [179]
  • Pages that don't exist will now show as red links in the edit mode. [180]
  • You will no longer be able to try to use VisualEditor on pages translated using the Translate extension, and you will see a warning if you try to edit pages marked for translation. [181]
  • You will now see a full warning, including the most recent log entry, when you try to edit protected pages with VisualEditor. [182]

Future software changes

  • Typography Refresh will be enabled for test wiki and MediaWiki.org users who use the Vector skin on March 27. For users on non-Wikipedia wikis, it will be enabled on April 1, and for Wikipedia users on April 3. If you don't use Vector as your skin, you will not be affected.
  • You will be able to use the Hovercards tool as a beta feature on all wikis from March 26.
  • You will soon be able to include the Whatlinkshere special page in other pages. [183] [184]

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18:56, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2014-14

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

  • The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf20) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on March 27. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on April 1, and all Wikipedia wikis on April 3 (calendar).
  • Typography Refresh was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on March 27. You'll only see it if you use the Vector skin. For users on non-Wikipedia wikis, it will be enabled on April 1, and for Wikipedia users on April 3.
  • CirrusSearch, the new search tool, was enabled as a beta feature on over 30 new wikis on March 27. [185] [186]

VisualEditor news

  • Blocked users now see the same messages in VisualEditor as in the wikitext editor. [187] [188]
  • The search box for re-using a reference in VisualEditor is now cleared after each use. [189]
  • New links on sub-pages no longer point to the wrong location in VisualEditor. [190]
  • VisualEditor's media dialog no longer breaks when opening some types of images. [191]

Future software changes

  • You will not be able to use the Wikitech wiki for a short period around 16:00 UTC on April 1 due to a server change. [192]
  • CirrusSearch will become the main search engine for all non-Wikipedia wikis except Commons, Meta and Incubator on April 2.
  • You will soon be able to use a new special page listing duplicate files. [193]
  • Deleting a version of a file or a version of its description page will soon be shown differently in the logs. [194]

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09:20, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2014-15

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

  • The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf21) was scheduled to be deployed to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on April 3, however it was temporarily put on hold due to localization issues. (calendar).
  • Typography Refresh was enabled on non-Wikipedia wikis on April 1, and on all Wikipedias on April 3. You'll only see it if you use the Vector skin.
  • CirrusSearch was enabled as the primary search method on over 400 non-Wikipedia wikis on April 2. [195]

Future software changes

  • A new special page (Special:TrackingCategories) will soon list all the tracking categories on a wiki. [196] [197]
  • All Wikiquote projects will start using language links from Wikidata on April 8. [198]
  • The Hovercards feature will soon work with right-to-left languages. [199] [200]
  • You will soon be able to download files directly from MediaViewer, the new multimedia tool. [201]
  • MediaViewer will be enabled for all users on MediaWiki.org on April 10. Comments are welcome.
  • You can help check that users can read CAPTCHAs in your language. [202]

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08:00, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2014-16

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

We are looking for contributors to help write new issues every week. If you would like to help, please contact us.

Recent software changes

  • The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf22) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on April 10. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on April 15, and all Wikipedias on April 17 (calendar).
  • MediaViewer was enabled for all users on MediaWiki.org on April 10. It will be enabled for all users on the Catalan (ca), Hungarian (hu) and Korean (ko) Wikipedias and English Wikivoyage on April 17. Comments are welcome. [203] [204] [205]
  • Font issues caused by Typography refresh for Windows users were fixed on April 7. [206] [207]

VisualEditor news

  • You will now see only three options when you try to add a template parameter in VisualEditor; you will see other options after a click. [208]
  • The size changing controls in VisualEditor media editing dialog were simplified further.
  • The wikitext editor tab will now fold into a drop-down menu in the Vector skin if there is not enough space on your screen. [209] [210]

Future software changes

  • The font used for body text on Wikimedia wikis will change to your system default sans-serif font. This temporary change will be enabled on all non-Wikipedia wikis on April 15, and on all Wikipedias on April 17. [211] [212]
  • Files from Commons seen on another wiki will soon have a tab saying "View on Wikimedia Commons". The create tab will change to "Add local description" (see screenshot). [213]
  • You will soon be able to hide Notification and Hovercards pop-ups by pressing the Esc key. [214] [215] [216] [217]
  • Shorter lists of language links will soon work in right-to-left languages. Languages that you have used before will be shown in the list. [218]
  • You will soon be able to send messages with the MassMessage tool to all pages in a given category. [219] [220]
  • The date format user preference will soon be moved to the appearance tab. [221] [222]
  • An IRC discussion with the Wikimedia Foundation Multimedia team will take place on April 16 at 18:00 UTC on the channel #wikimedia-office on Freenode (time conversion). [223]

Problems

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07:18, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

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