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Administrators' newsletter – June 2020

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2020).

Administrator changes

CaptainEek • Creffett • Cwmhiraeth

Anna Frodesiak • Buckshot06 • Ronhjones • SQL

CheckUser changes

SQL

Guideline and policy news

• A request for comment asks whether the Unblock Ticket Request System (UTRS) should allowed any unblock request or just private appeals.
• The Wikimedia Foundation announced that they will develop a universal code of conduct for all WMF projects. There is an open local discussion regarding the same.

Arbitration

• A motion was passed to enact a 500/30 restriction on articles related to the history of Jews and antisemitism in Poland during World War II (1933–45), including the Holocaust in Poland. Article talk pages where disruption occurs may also be managed with the stated restriction.

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Tech News: 2020-23

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

Recent changes

• There is a new beta version of the Wikimedia Commons app for Android. It has a new zoom function when you look at images. It can also suggest places when you upload geotagged photos. [1]

Problems

• There was a problem with the Commons database on 27 May. Commons could not be edited for eight minutes. Because of this problem the database was moved. This caused another short read-only time on 29 May. [2][3][4]
• The Vector skin had a problem where you couldn't add links to the article in other languages. You couldn't see the section if there were no links to other languages already. It also removed content translation links and links to language settings. This has now been fixed. [5]

Changes later this week

• You can get a notification when someone links to a page you created. You can turn these notifications off for individual pages. You can soon turn them off also in the notifications you get. [6]
• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 2 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 3 June. It will be on all wikis from 4 June (calendar).

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22:31, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-24

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

Recent changes

• Some articles have tables that can be sorted in different ways. For example a list of countries can be sorted alphabetically but you can click on the size column to sort them by size. If you clicked on the column a second time it would sort the countries from the bottom to the top instead. A third click will now take you back to the original sorting. [7]
• Self-closed tags now work as in the HTML5 specifications. This means you should stop using some of them. <b/> is an example of a self-closed tag that won't work. area, base, br, col, embed, hr, img, input, keygen, link, meta, param, source, track, wbr can be self-closed. Pages with tags that should not be self-closed have been listed in a tracking category since 2016. They will be listed in Special:LintErrors/self-closed-tag. This doesn't affect <references /> or <ref />. [8]
• There is a banner called WikidataPageBanner. It is for example used by the Wikivoyages, Wikimedia Russia and the Catalan, Basque, Galician and Turkish Wikipedias. It will now been seen by mobile visitors too. Before this it was only seen on desktop. The wikis should update instructions on MediaWiki:Sitenotice so that editors know to test and style for mobile too. [9][10]

Changes later this week

• You can now edit MassMessage descriptions through the API. This is useful for tools and gadgets. [11]
• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 June. It will be on all wikis from 11 June (calendar).

Future changes

• A temporary fix helped wikis make their main pages more mobile friendly. This was in 2012. It has not been recommended since 2017. It will not work after 13 July. Wikis should use TemplateStyles instead. 118 wikis need to fix this. You can read more and see if your wiki is affected. [12]

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21:12, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-25

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

• Toolforge hosts several tools created by the Wikimedia community like edit counters or enhanced editors. It is changing the domain from tools.wmflabs.org to toolforge.org. The routing scheme is moving from tools.wmflabs.org/toolname to toolname.toolforge.org. You can read the details. Tools that use OAuth will have to be updated to keep working. You can ask for help.

Problems

• There is a Wikidata item link in the sidebar on many pages. This disappeared for a couple of days for users who have the Monobook skin. This was because of a bug. It has now been fixed. [13]
• Editing, logging in and logging out didn't work properly for a short period of time last week. It was soon fixed. [14]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 June. It will be on all wikis from 18 June (calendar).

Future changes

• Pywikibot is a Python library to automate work on wikis. It will not support Python 2 after the new version in July. Support for Python 3.4 and MediaWiki below 1.19 will also be dropped. You should migrate to Python 3. You can ask for help. [15]
• The selectors .menu and .vectorMenu will no longer work in the Vector skin. This can affect gadgets and user scripts. .menu should be replaced by ul. .vectorMenu should be replaced by .vector-menu. [16]

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21:38, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-26

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

Problems

• There are some new tools to make it easier for newcomers to start editing. They are available on some wikis. These wikis had a problem with the visual editor for a short period of time last week. This was because of a bug in the new tools. It was soon fixed. [17]
• Some user scripts and gadgets stopped working because of a change to CSS selectors. .vectorTabs should be replaced with .vector-menu-tabs to fix this. [18]

Changes later this week

• The developers are working on a new interface to solve edit conflicts on talk pages. This will be released on 24 June. You can give feedback. [19]
• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 June. It will be on all wikis from 25 June (calendar).

Future changes

• A temporary fix helped wikis make their main pages more mobile friendly. This was in 2012. It has not been recommended since 2017. It will not work after 13 July. Wikis should use TemplateStyles instead. 91 wikis still need to fix this. You can read more and see if your wiki is affected. [20]

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18:48, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

Talk:NowMedical

Your edit of 21:36, 22 June 2020 of Talk:NowMedical introduced {{OTRS talk}}'s issue parameter wrapping multiple blocks. This parameter is not supposed to wrap multiple blocks, and doing so has resulted in two Missing end tag lint errors. I encourage you to find another way. —Anomalocaris (talk) 00:38, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

Without rewriting the template, I'm not sure how to do so. I simply wanted to format the message in order to introduce the footnotes and display paragraphs properly (which was not nice before). Jonatan Svensson Glad (talk) 16:14, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

The Signpost: 28 June 2020

• News and notes: Progress at Wikipedia Library and Wikijournal of Medicine

• Community view: Community open letter on renaming

• Gallery: After the killing of George Floyd

• In the media: Part collaboration and part combat

• Discussion report: Community reacts to WMF rebranding proposals

• Featured content: Sports are returning, with a rainbow

• Arbitration report: Anti-harassment RfC and a checkuser revocation

• Traffic report: The pandemic, alleged murder, a massacre, and other deaths

• News from the WMF: We stand for racial justice

• Recent research: Wikipedia and COVID-19; automated Wikipedia-based fact-checking

• Interview: What is wrong with rebranding to "Wikipedia Foundation"?

• Humour: Cherchez une femme

• Opinion: Trying to find COI or paid editors? Just read the news

• On the bright side: For what are you grateful this month?

• In focus: Edit Loud, Edit Proud: LGBTIQ+ Wikimedians and Global Information Activism

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Black Lives Matter

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As you have shown an interest in article related to Kenya, I thought you might like to take an interest in this WikiProject. Thank you for your contributions.
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Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : 10 over 10, 2007 Kenyan local elections, Bogi Benda, Coast United F.C., Comply F.C., Courts Martial (Kenya), Gatundu Stars F.C., Green Berets F.C., H.B.C. Milimani, Juha Kalulu, Kenya African People's Union, Kibera Celtic F.C., Land reform in Kenya, Longonot Horticulture F.C., Karungu F.C., Kisumu Municipal F.C., Magistrates Courts (Kenya), Magongo Rangers F.C., NRG radio, Nutrition Therapy by Lucy, Outgrowers F.C., Pambazuko Alliance, Rush F.C., SOIN Fluorspar, Sparki Youth F.C., Subordinate courts of Kenya, Switch TV, Timsales Limited, Tribunals (Kenya), Kenya Transport Workers Union, Apostle Grounds Kenya County Representative elections 2013: Kakamega, Kilifi, Kirinyaga, Kisii, Kisumu, Kitui, Kwale, Lamu, Machakos, Makueni, Mandera, Marsabit, Meru, Migori, Mombasa, Murang'a, Nakuru, Nandi, Narok, Nyamira, Nyeri, Samburu, Siaya, Taita Taveta, Tana River, Tharaka-Nithi, Trans Nzoia, Turkana, Uasin Gishu, Vihiga, Wajir, West Pokot Assess : Kariobangi Cleanup : Civil unrest in Kenya (2007–present), Kisumu, Ministers of Kenya (Past and Present), Mursik,Changach, Nairobi Copyedit : Elijah Masinde, Jeremiah Nyagah Expand : Ateso language, Busia town, Charles Karuga Koinange, Koinange Wa Mbiyu, Mount Elgon National Park, Mbiyu Koinange, Nairobi Agreement, 1999,Kenya African National Union, Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission,Chalbi Desert, Changaa,Changach,Yusuf Chanzu,Chemelil,Abu Chiaba,Chogoria,Dipak Chudasama,Chuka, Kenya,Chepkongony,Chepkoya,Cheptigit,Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi,Lancaster House Conferences (Kenya),Kenyan legislative election, 1961, Madaraka Day,Kenya at the 1964 Summer Olympics,Jamhuri Day,Kenya at the 1968 Summer Olympics, Kenyan general election, 1969,Arusha Agreement,Bomas of Kenya,Kenya at the 1972 Summer Olympics,Kenyan general election, 1974,1982 in Kenya,1982 Kenyan coup d'état attempt, Kenyan general election, 1979, Carnivore (restaurant), Kenyan general election, 1983, Credit Bank, Nairobi Province Cricket Association, Coast Cricket Association, United Republican Party (Kenya), Restore and Build Kenya, Party of Action (Kenya), United Democratic Forum (Kenya),Esther Murugi Mathenge Merge : Lembus people and Tugen people Photo : 2011 Nairobi pipeline fire, Josephat Ababu, Africa Nazarene University, Conjestina Achieng,Naushad Merali,Kamoya Kimeu, Fred Gumo, Mohamed Yusuf Haji, Peter Edick Omondi Anyanga, Mohamed Hussein Ali, Embakasi,Karatina, Japhet Kareke Mbiuki, Karen, Kenya, Kariobangi, Kendu Bay, Ragheb Aga, Daniel Agina, Ahero,Ahmed Shakeel Shabbir Ahmed, Omar Ahmed, Joseph Akhasamba, Evans Akula,Abdul Ali Bahari, Aziz Ali, Rajab Ali, Zulfiqar Ali (Kenyan cricketer), John Olago Aluoch, Evans Ashira,Carrier Corps,Francis Chachu Ganya,Chalbi Desert,Changaa,Changach,Yusuf Chanzu,Chemelil, Charles Cheruiyot Keter, Peris Chepchumba,Abu Chiaba,Chogoria,Dipak Chudasama,Chuka, Kenya,Chepkongony, Chepkoya, Cheptigit Stubs : Malaba, Mau Escarpment, Philip Euen Mitchell, Paul Muite,Yusuf Chanzu Update : East African Community,University of Eastern Africa, Baraton, Local authorities of Kenya, Constituencies of Kenya, Template:First and second-level administrative divisions of Kenya Verify : 1998 United States embassy bombings, 9th Kenyan Parliament, British Uganda Program, Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya, Lake Kamnarok, Lake Nakuru, Mount Elgon, Swahili language, List of schools in Kenya, List of political parties in Kenya,Zulfiqar Ali (Kenyan cricketer),Changach,Lancaster House Conferences (Kenya),Lufthansa Flight 540,Subdivisions of Kenya Wikify : Health in Kenya,Hola massacre,Bangladeshi cricket team in Kenya in 1983–84 Joseph Hellon

Megan Barris (Lets talk📧) 23:47, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-27

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

• Everyone was logged out. This was because a few users saw the wikis as if they were logged in to someone else's account. The problem should be fixed now. [21]
• Some readers didn't see new edits to pages. If the page had been recently changed they saw an older version of the page instead. This only affected readers who were logged out. It lasted for ten days. It has been fixed. [22]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 July. It will be on all wikis from 1 July (calendar).

Future changes

• The Modern and Monobook skins use the ID searchGoButton for the go button. This is searchButton for Vector. To have the same ID for all skins it will change to searchButton in Monobook and Modern too. This will affect gadgets and user scripts. It will happen on 23 July. They should be updated to use searchButton. You can read more and see a list of affected scripts.

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16:30, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

WikiLoop Battlefield new name vote

Dear Josve05a,

Thank you for your interest and contributions to WikiLoop Battlefield. We are holding a voting for proposed new name. We would like to invite you to this voting. The voting is held at m:WikiProject_WikiLoop/New_name_vote and ends on July 13th 00:00 UTC.

xinbenlv ^{Talk, Remember to "ping" me} 05:10, 30 June 2020 (UTC)