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Tech News: 2020-34

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Recent changes

  • If you revert an edit using the undo link your edit is marked with an undo tag. This will now only happen if you don't change anything in the edit window before publishing the undo. This is to keep users from marking edits as undos when they actually do something else. [1]
  • The new OOUI version will not work with Internet Explorer 8. This means the wikis will look strange and not work well in Internet Explorer 8. This was reported in Tech/News/2020/17. This is because keeping the wikis working with very old browsers creates other problems. [2]

Changes later this week

  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 18 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 19 August. It will be on all wikis from 20 August (calendar).

Future changes

  • All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on September 1. This is planned between 13:30 and 15:30 UTC. More information will be published in Tech News and will also be posted on individual wikis next week. This is a reminder. You can help by translating the announcement message. [3][4]

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20:41, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

Minor problem with InceptionBot's new article's listing

It's not major, but as a regular reviewer of User:AlexNewArtBot/PolandSearchResult I've noteded that the bot will do the following:

  • if an article is created from a redirect, it will list the original creator of a redirect as the author instead of the editor who expanded it. It will also use the redirect date as the article creation date. Ex. for Radivilias it listed the article as "created by Renate on 3 July".
  • it will also produce false positives (list stuff that is not new). It lists articles that were undeleted as new, I think. Or maybe it gets confused when some revisions are deleted? Also, I think it lists articles that were moved to draft and then moved back or such, when old names are delated as erroneous? I will try to report exact diff for that error later when I see those types of errors again. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 04:31, 21 July 2020 (UTC)
PS. Got some more of those specific errors. 1) Friedrich Nietzsche is listed as started on 2020-07-19 by ClueBot NG. 2) Shaft mining is listed as created on 2020-07-18 by Wiki13. Think we can teach the bot to spot them? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 05:46, 21 July 2020 (UTC)
@Piotrus: I have made 2 fixes to InceptionBot. 1) It will now use the newer user/date info when the redirect creation and the page expansion happen within 14 days of each other. 2) It will now check for a Rollback tag along with the Removed redirect tag and ignore it if the Rollback tag is present. --Bamyers99 (talk) 20:05, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

Thank you! Btw, I have suggestions for overall improvement:

  • can we color-code (like light beige/blue/green) non-article-spaces? As in, drafts could be beige, categories could be light blue, templates could be light green, etc. I also don't understand how the article 'score' is calculated (I find the new pages count much more useful). Maybe flag articles in the mainspace by users with new pages (1) count as light red? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 04:28, 22 July 2020 (UTC)
@Piotrus: Color coding for non-article-spaces is available by customizing your wikipedia skin, see User:AlexNewArtBot#List display personalization. Scoring is explained in User:AlexNewArtBot#Create the rules. The new pages count is only for the last 14 days. --Bamyers99 (talk) 13:40, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

Thanks. Note the bot is still reporting moves as new articles ex Bryan Reynolds (scholar). Anything we can do here? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 03:53, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

@Piotrus: This was another scenario that was unaccounted for: Old page moved followed by new page created over the redirect. This has been fixed. --Bamyers99 (talk) 18:00, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

Found another false positive, report for April Fools' Day being a new article... (Recent blanking in history?) Likely the same issue as with another false listing for LGBT-free zone --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 09:17, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

@Piotrus: It now also ignores if the Undo tag is found along with the Removed redirect. --Bamyers99 (talk) 14:40, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-35

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Changes later this week

  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 25 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 26 August. It will be on all wikis from 27 August (calendar).

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17:58, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2020-36

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Problems

  • This is a reminder. All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on September 1. This is planned between 14:00 and 15:00 UTC. Please check on the details on the announcement message. [5][6]

Changes later this week

  • There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

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20:08, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-37

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Changes later this week

  • Normally pages can be moved to a title that has no existing page yet or to a page that has only one revision, which is a redirect to the page to be moved. A new user right allows editors to move pages over one-revision pages that redirect to anywhere. [7]
  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 8 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 9 September. It will be on all wikis from 10 September (calendar).
  • Advanced item All MediaWiki API modules will now use watchlist instead of watch. This was inconsistent before. [8]

Future changes

  • The Wikipedia Android app team might work on patrolling tools in the future. You can let them know what tools would be useful for you or for less experienced patrollers. See the page on mediawiki.org.
  • OTRS will be updated to a new version. This will probably take around two days. OTRS agents will not have access to the system during these days. Emails that come in during the update will be delivered when the update is done. The plan is to start around 08:00 UTC on 14 September. This could change. [9]
  • The Wikipedia Android app will send push notifications if users want them. This could help you see for example when someone wrote on your talk page or your edit was reverted. This will need Google Play Services to work. It will also be possible to get the app without Google Play Services but push notifications will not work. Google Play Services is also used to make the app work for Android 4.4 users. [10][11]
  • Advanced item Wikimedia code review could move to GitLab. It would be hosted on Wikimedia servers. You can take part in the consultation.
  • Advanced item Dropdown menus in the Vector skin use a .menu class. This will not work in the future. Scripts can use nav ul instead. .vectorTabs and .vectorMenu will also not work. Some scripts need to be updated. You can read more in Phabricator.

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15:59, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Removing the Link

Hi, Bamyers99, Hope you are doing good and fine, Kindly I want to say that you removed my external link which i think is not spammy as it is totally related to the topic and is of good quality. I contributed to the content & got removed. I think this is not fair. I will wait for your reply. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by WaqasKhan33 (talk • contribs) 07:25, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

@WaqasKhan33: I see nothing on the electricaleyes website indicating that an authoritative institution or organization is responsible for the content. --Bamyers99 (talk) 14:38, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-38

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Problems

  • The Wikipedia apps briefly showed pages without CSS last week. This meant they looked wrong. It was quickly fixed but cached pages without CSS were shown for a few hours. [12][13]

Changes later this week

  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 15 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 16 September. It will be on all wikis from 17 September (calendar).

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16:18, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

"Template:Campaignbox assassinations Northern Ireland Troules" listed at Redirects for discussion

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Template:Campaignbox assassinations Northern Ireland Troules. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 September 14#Template:Campaignbox assassinations Northern Ireland Troules until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Bsherr (talk) 23:52, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-39

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Recent changes

  • There is a new tag for reverted edits. For example you can see it in the recent changes feed or in the article history. It is added to edits when they have been undone, rollbacked or manually reverted to an older version of the page. [14][15]

Changes later this week

  • The number of times you can do something in a period of time on wiki is limited. This could be the number of edits per minute or the number of users you email in a day. Some users are not affected by all limits because of their user rights. They could soon see the limit even if it does not affect them. [16]
  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 22 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 23 September. It will be on all wikis from 24 September (calendar).

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21:26, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

Cleanup worklist does not include incomplete citations?

Sweet potato mild mottle virus is listed here under the "citation needed" category, which is fine, but the citation needed is listed as the only issue present. The article also has some references tagged as "full citation needed", category here. Is this type of issue supposed to be included in the cleanup listing? Velayinosu (talk) 00:42, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

@Velayinosu: "incomplete citations" have been added to the bot. They will show up after the bot runs next Tuesday. --Bamyers99 (talk) 01:07, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
Another one I found that doesn't seem to be included is the citation overkill/excessive citations category. Velayinosu (talk) 01:27, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
@Velayinosu: I don't know if that category is needed given the small number of usages. --Bamyers99 (talk) 01:32, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
There's a category called "Accuracy disputes or self-published" that the bot currently includes but it does not seem to pick up these articles. The Sweet potato mild mottle virus article has one source tagged like that. Are these meant to be included or are they a separate category? Velayinosu (talk) 02:19, 23 September 2020 (UTC)
@Velayinosu: It looks like I knew about this category change to {{Self-published}} but only partially implemented a fix. I have fixed it for next Tuesdays run. --Bamyers99 (talk) 19:36, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2020-40

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Recent changes

  • Admins can now see links to diffs of deleted revisions on Special:AbuseLog. This uses the interface of Special:Undelete. [17]
  • Editors are automatically added to some user groups. For example editors are added to autoconfirmed users when they have edited enough times and long enough. Abuse filters can hinder users from automatically getting user rights for a period of time. They can also remove rights user have. Wikis can now ask to change how long this period of time is for their wiki in Phabricator. It is currently five days. [18]

Problems

  • Last year some abuse filters stopped working because of a new change. If they tried to use variables that were unavailable for that action they would fail. This has now been fixed. [19]

Changes later this week

  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 29 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 30 September. It will be on all wikis from 1 October (calendar).

Future changes

  • You can't see the language links to other language versions from the talk page or history page. They are also not shown when you edit an article. This could change. It is not decided if for example the history page should link to another history page or to the article. You can take part in the discussion in Phabricator.
  • The link colours could change. This is to make the difference between links and other text more clear. You can read more in Phabricator.
  • In your preferences you can choose to get different notifications on the web or by email. You will see Apps as one of the alternatives later this week. This is because the Android and iOS Wikipedia apps will use push notifications for those who want them. You can see the preferences on the test wiki. The goal is to have push notifications on Android in October and on iOS in early 2021. [20]
  • You can soon put pages on your watchlist for a limited time. This could be useful if you want to watch something for a shorter time but don't want it on your watchlist forever. It now works on mediawiki.org and will come to more wikis later. You can read more and see when it will come to other wikis.
  • You can see what Wikimedians think are the best new technical tools this year. You can also nominate them.

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21:23, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

A goat for you!

goat me all day

Specialtasker (talk) 23:19, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-41

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Recent changes

  • There is a new tool where you can see which home wiki users have in discussions on Meta. This can help show which communities are not part of the discussion on wikis where we make decisions that affect many other wikis.
  • You can now thank users for file uploads or for changing the language of a page. [21]

Problems

  • There were many errors with the new MediaWiki version last week. The new version was rolled back. Updates that should have happened last week are late. [22]
  • Everyone was logged out. This was because a user reported being logged in to someone else's account. The problem should be fixed now. [23]
  • Advanced item Many pages have JavaScript errors. You can read more and now see a list of user scripts with errors.

Changes later this week

  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 6 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 7 October. It will be on all wikis from 8 October (calendar).
  • Letters immediately after a link are shown as part of the link. For example the entire word in [[Child]]ren is linked. On Arabic wikis this works at both the start and end of a word. Previously on Arabic wikis numbers and other non-letter Unicode characters were shown as part of the link at the start of a word but not at the end. Now only Latin and Arabic letters will extend links on Arabic wikis. [24]

Future changes

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16:24, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-42

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Problems

  • Because of the problems with the MediaWiki version two weeks ago last week's updates are also late. [26][27][28]

Changes later this week

  • Live previews didn't show the templates used in the preview if you just edited a section. This has now been fixed. You can also test CSS and JavaScript pages even if you have the live preview enabled. Previously this didn't work well. [29][30]
  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 13 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 14 October. It will be on all wikis from 15 October (calendar).

Future changes

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15:23, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

User:AlexNewArtBot/LGBTSearchResult feedback

Hi. A number of footballer articles are showing up in the list. I presume because they mention Dykehead, Scotland. Could regex's or search rules be changed to keep that entire word out since it's a place and not an identity? Here's an example: John_Waugh_(footballer,_born_1889). Thanks for your consideration. Alison9 (talk) 23:13, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

@Alison9: Rules have been updated to exclude Dykehead. --Bamyers99 (talk) 23:23, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
@Bamyers99: Thank you! Alison9 (talk) 13:18, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-43

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  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 20 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 21 October. It will be on all wikis from 22 October (calendar).

Future changes

  • You will be able to read but not to edit the wikis for up to an hour on 27 October around 14:00 (UTC). It will probably be shorter than an hour. [32]
  • Advanced item In the AbuseFilter extension, the rmspecials() function will be updated soon so that it does not remove the "space" character. Wikis are advised to wrap all the uses of rmspecials() with rmwhitespace() wherever necessary to keep filters' behavior unchanged. You can use the search function on Special:AbuseFilter to locate its usage. [33]
  • Some gadgets and user-scripts use the HTML div with the ID #jump-to-nav. This div will be removed soon. Maintainers should replace these uses with either #siteSub or #mw-content-text. A list of affected scripts is at the top of phab:T265373.

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16:30, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-44

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Problems

  • You will be able to read but not to edit the wikis for up to an hour on October 27 around 14:00 (UTC). It will probably be shorter than an hour. [34]
  • Last week, links to "diffs" from mobile watchlists and recentchanges were linking to page-revisions instead of diffs. This has now been fixed. [35]

Changes later this week

  • There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

Future changes

  • Since the introduction of the interface administrators user group in 2018, administrators couldn’t view the deleted history of CSS/JS pages. Now they can. [36]
  • There was a problem with the Change Tags. The software would apply the "Reverted" tag to any page actions such as page-protection changes if they came directly after a reverted edit. This has now been fixed for new edits. [37]
  • The Reply tool will be offered as an opt-in Beta Feature on most Wikipedias in November. Another announcement will be made once the date is finalized. [38]

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17:37, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2020-45

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Recent changes

  • You can no longer read Wikimedia wikis if your browser uses very old TLS. This is because it is a security problem for everyone. It could lead to downgrade attacks. Since October 29, 2020, users who use old TLS versions will not be able to connect to Wikimedia projects. A list of browser recommendations is available. All modern operating systems and browsers are always able to reach Wikimedia projects. [39]
  • Advanced item There is a new automatic tracking category available: Pages with non-numeric formatnum arguments. It collects pages which use the {{formatnum}} parser function with invalid (non-numeric) input, e.g. {{formatnum:TECHNEWS}}. Note that {{formatnum:123,456}} is also invalid input: as described in the documentation, the argument should be unformatted so that it can be reliably and correctly localised. The tracking category will help identify problematic usage and double-formatting. The new tracking category's name can be translated at translatewiki. [40]

Changes later this week

  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from November 3. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from November 4. It will be on all wikis from November 5 (calendar).
  • Administrators and stewards will be able to use a special page (Special:CreateLocalAccount) to force local account creation for a global account. This is useful when account creation is blocked for that user (by a block or a filter). [41]
  • The Reply tool will be offered as an opt-in Beta Feature on most Wikipedias on November 4. This change excludes the English, Russian, and German-language Wikipedias, plus a few smaller Wikipedias with special circumstances. You can read the help page and the troubleshooting guide for more information. [42]

Future changes

  • A discussion has been restarted about using a Unicode minus sign (− U+2212) in the output of {{formatnum}} when it is given a negative argument. [43]
  • In the future IP addresses of unregistered users will not be shown for everyone. They will get an alias instead. There will be a new user right or an opt-in function for more vandal fighters to see the IPs of unregistered users. There would be some criteria for who gets the user right or opt-in. There will also be other new tools to help handle vandalism. This is early in the process and the developers are still collecting information from the communities before they suggest solutions.

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16:08, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-46

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Changes later this week

  • There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

Future changes

  • You can see reference previews. This shows a preview of the footnote when you hover over it. This has been a beta feature. It will move out of beta and be enabled by default. There will be an option not to use it. The developers are looking for small or medium-sized wikis to be the first ones. You can let them know if your wiki is interested. [44]
  • From November 16 the categories will not be sorted in order for a short time. This is because the developers are upgrading to a new version of the internationalisation library. They will use a script to fix the existing categories. This can take a few hours or a few days depending on how big the wiki is. You can read more. [45][46]

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15:49, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-47

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Recent changes

  • Listings on category pages are sorted on each wiki for that language using a library. For a brief period on 16 November, changes to categories will not be sorted correctly for most languages. This is because the developers are upgrading to a new version of the library. They will then use a script to fix the existing categories. This will take a few hours or a few days depending on how big the wiki is. You can read more. [47][48]

Changes later this week

  • If you merged two pages in a namespace where pages can't redirect this used to break the merge history. This will now be fixed. [49]
  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 17 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 18 November. It will be on all wikis from 19 November (calendar).

Future changes

  • The Community Wishlist Survey is now open for proposals. The survey decides what the Community Tech team will work on. You can post proposals from 16 to 30 November. You can vote on proposals from 8 December to 21 December.

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15:36, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Recovered Links, Mike Bianchi

Hi, Earlier this evening, I tagged a n external link, as being dead on the BLP of Mike Bianchi. It's on my watchlist, so I was alerted that you recovered data, that apparently, I caused to be deleted. I didn't intentionally do any deletions, but I see in the page history, I must have caused deletions, they were all highlighted in red. I wonder if you have any insight into how I caused it. I'm fairly new here and this is really confusing to me. FYI, I used the visual editor, because I don't know how to tag it in source editing, could that be the problem? I think I may have caused the same issue with other articles. =-O If I am causing issues, I want to learn how to stop doing this. Thanks, in advance, for any help you might be able to offer. Best-Mollifiednow (talk) 01:14, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

@Mollifiednow: Ya, it's probably a Visual Editor quirk/bug. There is no point in my reporting it to the Visual Editor developers as they will just mark it as unreproducible and ignore it. --Bamyers99 (talk) 01:23, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick response! Ok, I will try to be more careful. I appreciate your help :-) Mollifiednow (talk) 01:44, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

I just went to the article and looked at how to add in source mode. New addition to my cheat sheet :) Problem solved. Thanks again! Mollifiednow (talk) 01:49, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-48

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Recent changes

  • Timestamps in Special:Log are now links. They go to Special:Log for only that entry. This is how timestamps work on for example the history page. [50]

Changes later this week

  • There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

Future changes

  • Advanced item The Wikimedia Cloud VPS hosts technical projects for the Wikimedia movement. Developers need to claim projects they use. This is because old and unused projects are removed once a year. Unclaimed projects can be shut down from 1 December. Unclaimed projects can be deleted from 1 January. [51]

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17:17, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

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Changes later this week

  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 1 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 2 December. It will be on all wikis from 3 December (calendar).

Future changes

  • The iOS Wikipedia app will show readers more of the article history. They can see new updates and easier see how the article has changed over time. This is an experiment. It will first be shown only to some iOS app users as a test. [52][53]
  • Advanced item The Wiki Replicas can be used for SQL queries. You can use Quarry, PAWS or other ways to do this. To make the Wiki Replicas stable there will be two changes. Cross-database JOINS will no longer work. You can also only query a database if you connect to it directly. This will happen in February 2021. If you think this affects you and you need help you can post on Phabricator or on Wikitech. [54]

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17:43, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-50

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 put pages on your watchlist for a limited period of time. Some wikis already had this function. [55][56]

Changes later this week

  • Information from Wikidata that is used on a wiki page can be shown in recent changes and watchlists on a Wikimedia wiki. To see this you need to turn on showing Wikidata edits in your watchlist in the preferences. Changes to the Wikidata description in the language of a Wikimedia wiki will then be shown in recent changes and watchlists. This will not show edits to languages that are not relevant to your wiki. [57][58]
  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 8 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 9 December. It will be on all wikis from 10 December (calendar).

Future changes

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16:14, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-51

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 Wikipedia app for KaiOS phones. It was released in India in September. It can now be downloaded in other countries too. [59]

Changes later this week

  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 15 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 16 December. It will be on all wikis from 17 December (calendar).

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21:33, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

CleanupWorklistBot and BLPs

Hi,

Once again, thank you for creating and maintaining CleanupWorklistBot, it is the cleanup tool!

Would you consider indicating which articles in the listing are BLPs?

I'm writing this fresh from this finding, where a hoax statement in a BLP remained undetected for more than 13 years, during which time it was tagged with {{citation needed}} for more than 7 years. In all these years, I spent many hours going through the WikiProject Croatia cleanup list, and other editors certainly did so too, but apparently it went under the radar for all of us. Apart from the "Unreferenced BLPs" section, currently there is no way to indicate or prioritize BLP issues in the listing. I think I'll use Quarry specifically for the BLPs, so the above is just an idea that may or may not be useful to other editors. GregorB (talk) 13:52, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

@GregorB: BLPs are now marked with (BLP) after the title. They are also listed in a new section after the 'Changes since last update'. See Croatia.html#Biographies of living persons --Bamyers99 (talk) 15:00, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
A great solution, thanks! GregorB (talk) 15:05, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-52

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

Tech News

  • Because of the holidays the next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 11 January 2021.

Recent changes

  • The {{citation needed}} template shows when a statement in a Wikipedia article needs a source. If you click on it when you edit with the visual editor there is a popup that explains this. Now it can also show the reason and when it was added. [60]

Changes later this week

  • There is no new MediaWiki version this week or next week.

Future changes

  • You can propose and discuss what technical improvements should be done for geographic information. This could be coordinates, maps or other related things.
  • Some wikis use LanguageConverter to switch between writing systems or variants of a language. This can only be done for the entire page. There will be a <langconvert> tag that can convert a piece of text on a page. [61]
  • Oversighters and stewards can hide entries in Special:AbuseLog. They can soon hide multiple entries at once using checkboxes. This works like hiding normal edits. It will happen in early January. [62]

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20:52, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

The Signpost: 28 December 2020

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