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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
Some pages show the error Lua error in mw.wikibase.entity.lua at line 34: The entity data must be a table obtained via mw.wikibase.getEntityObject. This problem happens on pages with a Lua module that uses Wikidata. The developers are working on fixing the problem. You can fix a page by opening it for editing and then saving without changing anything. [1]
Wikidata and German Wikipedia could not be edited for an hour on 28 July. You can read why and how we could avoid it in the future in the incident report.
Changes later this week
Some wikis already have the larger and brighter OOjs UI edit page buttons. All remaining wikis except Commons will have these from 1 August. [2]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 1 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 2 August. It will be on all wikis from 3 August (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 1 August at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
The default font in the edit window will soon change for some users. Instead of using the browser default it will be monospace. Users can change this in their preferences. This should only change this for some users on Macs and iOS devices. [3]
LoginNotify should soon be deployed to the English Wikipedia. This will notify users when there are suspicious login attempts on their account.
The new version of XTools is nearing an official release. This suite of tools includes administrator statistics, an improved edit counter, among other tools that may benefit administrators. You can report issues on Phabricator and provide general feedback at mw:Talk:XTools.
Thanks for your ongoing work to perform deletion sorting at AfD, a task that may not always be noticed by other users, but remains of significant importance. North America1000 20:30, 1 August 2017 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Delaney presidential campaign, 2020
How could you look at this AfD and think that there was a policy-based consensus to "keep"? Can you yourself state a policy-based "Keep" argument? Unscintillating (talk) 13:05, 6 August 2017 (UTC)
Thank You
Dear Captain Raju
Thanks you for your edits to Powai_Bengali_Welfare_Association
Can you pl help guide on how to remove the page from being deleted by Wikipedia Administrators - looking forward to your inputs
Sneharika23
Sneharika23 (talk) 16:20, 6 August 2017 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
You can now see which Wikipedia language versions are read in a specific country. This tool is called Wikipedia Views Visualized. [4]
You can get an email when a page on your watchlist was edited. You can choose not to get emails for minor edits. There is a bug that means that you then don't get an email when someone does a normal edit after a minor edit. The developers are working on fixing this. Until it has been fixed you can activate "Email me also for minor edits of pages and files" at the bottom of "User profile" in your preferences if you want to. [6]
The thanks button sometimes didn't work for mobile users. This was because of a new bug and has now been fixed. [7]
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 8 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 9 August. It will be on all wikis from 10 August (calendar).
Future changes
Editors and readers who still use Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP will not be able to use Wikipedia. Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP can't connect securely to the wikis. When we allow them to do so it means that we get less security for everyone else. If you use Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP you can install Firefox 52 ESR instead. Around 0.1% of the traffic to the Wikimedia wikis comes from Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP. [8]
Links to sections on Wikipedia don't work well in languages that don't use the Latin script. The URL in the address bar in your browser shows Latin characters like .D0.A1.D1.81.D1.8B.D0.BB.D0.BA.D0.B8 instead of the section heading in the wiki's language. Links to sections in non-Latin scripts will be in the script of that wiki in the future. This will happen in the next few months. [9][10]
Wiki pages printed by the web browser "Print" function will have an updated style. This new style will be similar to the when you download a page as PDF. It will be better at showing tables, infoboxes and headings. [11][12]
I am Ridhi Mehra and just published an article about my label "Ridhi Mehra". I have been in this space for a long time and have added all my information.
Captain Raju, I've replied here, up to you if you want to add anything to that, cheers Jimfbleak - talk to me? 12:31, 9 August 2017 (UTC)
Difference between speedy keep and snow keep
Hi. I'm not sure you should have closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2017 North Korea crisis as a "speedy keep." As WP:SK#NOT specifically cautions against, you seem to have confused WP:SNOW with a speedy keep rationale. The nomination met none of criteria in WP:SKCRIT. I'm pinging the nominator @Shirt58: in case he wishes to weigh in, but as someone else who also attempts non-admin closes, I wanted to flag this, as we need to make sure we don't misuse our ability as non-admins to close Afds early. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 15:25, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
Thanks @Shirt58: in case he wishes to weigh in, but as someone else who also attempts non-admin closes, I wanted to flag this, as we need to make sure we don't misuse our ability as non-admins to close Afds early. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 15:25, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
Thanks @Shawn in Montreal:. I said my piece at the AFD. Vox populi, vox dei: it was clear that I took a far too narrow view about the article title. I have no problems with the close, and I think the nominator - ie: me - should be censured for their lack of clear thinking. Pete AU aka --Shirt58 (talk) 12:46, 14 August 2017 (UTC)
New stub types
Hello! While I appreciate your efforts in creating stub-class articles about films, before creating new stub categories and templates, please follow the procedures at WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals. Stub categories should not be created, unless there are at least 60 articles for a particular template, and new templates are usually unnecessary, if one already exists in the same genre. So instead of creating new ones for just one or two articles, please check the List of stub types, or under Category:Stub categories, to make sure that your proposed new stub does not already exist. Thanks! Fortdj33 (talk) 19:07, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
Bureaucrats can now set users as confirmed. Previously only stewards could do this on most wikis. Nothing will change for wikis that have previously decided to let administrators set users as confirmed. [13]
Problems
The symbols in the language list that show that an article is good or featured in that language doesn't work. Links to the Commons category in the sidebar doesn't work either. The developers are working on fixing it. [14][15]
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 15 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 16 August. It will be on all wikis from 17 August (calendar).
I've seen you editing for a while, and I've just realised you have the same username as a real person (Captain Raju). You might want to read WP:REALNAME. StAnselm (talk) 07:11, 20 August 2017 (UTC)
Working on making constraints work on qualifiers and references (phabricator:T168532)
Working on making it easier to see when input in property or value fields is not recognized/wrong (phabricator:T170531)
Added new language codes (eya, fuf, ood, pjt, yap, zun) for use in monolingual text values
Fixed an issue with badges not being shown next to interwiki links on Wikipedia and co (phabricator:T172592)
Worked on showing labels when linking to a redirect (phabricator:T96553)
Worked on making change dispatching to Wikipedia and co work better so changes made on Wikidata show up there in a reasonable time. There were issues because of significantly increased edit activity on Wikidata.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Your watchlist can now have the option to unwatch pages. You have to turn this on in your preferences. [18]
If a table has several columns you can often choose which column you want to use to sort the table. This has not worked for some columns for readers who have used Firefox or Safari. This has now been fixed. [19]
The RelatedArticles extension has shown related pages on Wikivoyages. You will now see the related pages at the end of the article together with an image. Previously the links were in the sidebar. Wikis that want this extension can request it on Phabricator.
Changes later this week
Videos will now be played in the WebM format in all browsers. Previously some browsers used Ogg Theora (.ogv). If you use Safari, Internet Explorer or Edge you may see slower playback speed at high resolutions. Instead we will get better quality and smaller file size. You can still upload video as Ogg files. They are automatically converted to WebM. This doesn't affect Ogg audio files. [20]
The default font in the edit window will change for some users this week. Instead of using the browser default, it will be monospace. Users can change this in their preferences. This should only change this for some users on Macs and iOS devices. [21]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 22 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 23 August. It will be on all wikis from 24 August (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 23 August at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 22 August at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Evolution Tour. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Jax 0677 (talk) 19:03, 21 August 2017 (UTC)
I saw more of the number of redirect to Evolution (Sabrina Carpenter album) in afd votes.That's why I've redirected.CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 22:07, 21 August 2017 (UTC)
Hi CAPTAIN RAJU! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission. I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.
Hi CAPTAIN RAJU! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission. I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.
Hi,
I created this profile for making Wikipedia pages of some underground musicans of Pakistan who are famous in small audience and doing good work under less resources and exposure. Please help me in making their pages and please remove your deletion request on Talha Nadeem's page as this is my first page. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talha_Nadeem) Please give me some guidance as well on this, I'll be very thankful to you.
Regards, Waleed Amin. — Preceding unsigned comment added by PakistaniMusic1 (talk • contribs) 18:28, 23 August 2017 (UTC)
You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.
We will include a look at the organization and planning for our chapter, and expanding volunteer roles for both regular Wikipedia editors and new participants.
We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming edit-a-thons, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities.
We welcome the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from all educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects.
After the main meeting, pizza/chicken/vegetables and refreshments and video games in the gallery!
7:00pm - 9:00 pm at Babycastles gallery, 145 West 14th Street
(note the new address, a couple of doors down from the former Babycastles location)
We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 12:03, 24 August 2017 (UTC)
(You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future notifications for NYC-area events by adding or removing your name from this list.)
