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Online meetup next Saturday
Hi, I've set up an online meetup on Microsoft Teams next Saturday: meta:Meetup/UK Teams/1. Let me know if you can come and feel free to spread the word. Rubbish computer Ping me or leave a message on my talk page 12:51, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
No worries, thanks anyway. Rubbish computer Ping me or leave a message on my talk page 16:24, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
DYK for Marthe Yankurije
On 2 August 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Marthe Yankurije, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Marthe Yankurije, who dropped out of school during her fourth year of secondary school, will compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Marthe Yankurije. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Marthe Yankurije), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Maile (talk) 00:02, 2 August 2021 (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
If your wiki uses markup like <div class="mw-content-ltr">or<div class="mw-content-rtl">without the requireddirattribute, then these will no longer work in 2 weeks. There is a short-term fix that can be added to your local wiki's Common.css page, which is explained at T287701. From now on, all usages should include the full attributes, for example:<div class="mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr" lang="en">or<div class="mw-content-rtl" dir="rtl" lang="he">. This also applies to some other HTML tags, such asspanorcode. You can find existing examples on your wiki that need to be updated, using the instructions at T287701.- Reminder: Wikimedia has migrated to the Libera Chat IRC network, from the old Freenode network. Local documentation should be updated.
Problems
- Last week, all wikis had slow access or no access for 30 minutes. There was a problem with generating dynamic lists of articles on the Russian Wikinews, due to the bulk import of 200,000+ new articles over 3 days, which led to database problems. The problematic feature has been disabled on that wiki and developers are discussing if it can be fixed properly. [1][2]
Changes later this week
- When adding links to a page using VisualEditor or the 2017 wikitext editor, disambiguation pages will now only appear at the bottom of search results. This is because users do not often want to link to disambiguation pages. [3]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 3 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 4 August. It will be on all wikis from 5 August (calendar).
Future changes
- The team of the Wikipedia app for Android is working on communication in the app. The developers are working on how to talk to other editors and get notifications. You can read more. They are looking for users who want to test the plans. Any editor who has an Android phone and is willing to download the app can do this.
- The Beta Feature for Discussion tools will be updated in the coming weeks. You will be able to subscribe to individual sections on a talk page at more wikis. You can test this now by adding
?dtenable=1to the end of the talk page's URL (example).
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20:45, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
DYK for Newbuildings Place
On 4 August 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Newbuildings Place, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that author, poet and Arabian horse breeder Wilfrid Scawen Blunt chose to be buried without a coffin at his house, Newbuildings Place? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Newbuildings Place. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Newbuildings Place), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Schwede66 12:03, 4 August 2021 (UTC)
DYK for Jo Muir
On 5 August 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jo Muir, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that British modern pentathlete Jo Muir qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics despite missing the last qualification event due to COVID-19–related travel restrictions? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jo Muir. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Jo Muir), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
Your help desk response
You linked to two different pages, where one seemed to have the same content as the other, though the second one was a red link. Could you look here to see if the redirect I created is what you intended to link to?— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 19:59, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
DYK for Alica Schmidt
On 5 August 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Alica Schmidt, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that German runner Alica Schmidt (pictured), who is running in the Women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics, has won multiple European junior relay medals? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Alica Schmidt. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Alica Schmidt), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
- 14k of views is good, the rest of the discussions about the article were not. Joseph2302 (talk) 07:14, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
Good pick
Sometimes, we all pick somebody who really has a stellar future. This bio that you started is one of those. Well done! Schwede66 20:04, 4 August 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks, one of 4 medallists (so far) that I created articles for. But that one definitely has the most views. Joseph2302 (talk) 07:59, 5 August 2021 (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.
Problems
- You can read but not edit 17 wikis for a few minutes on 10 August. This is planned at 05:00 UTC. This is because of work on the database. [4]
Changes later this week
- The Wikimania Hackathon will take place remotely on 13 August, starting at 5:00 UTC, for 24 hours. You can participate in many ways. You can still propose projects and sessions.
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 10 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 11 August. It will be on all wikis from 12 August (calendar).
- The old CSS
<div class="visualClear"></div>will not be supported after 12 August. Instead, templates and pages should use<div style="clear:both;"></div>. Please help to replace any existing uses on your wiki. There are global-search links available at T287962.
Future changes
- The Wikipedia Library is a place for Wikipedia editors to get access to sources. There is an extension which has a new function to tell users when they can take part in it. It will use notifications. It will start pinging the first users in September. It will ping more users later. [5]
- Vue.js will be the JavaScript framework for MediaWiki in the future. [6]
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16:18, 9 August 2021 (UTC)
ITN recognition for Olivia Podmore
On 11 August 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Olivia Podmore, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. PFHLai (talk) 10:58, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Bernd Jeffré
Hello! Your submission of Bernd Jeffré at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Drmies (talk) 18:51, 13 August 2021 (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 add language links in the sidebar in the new Vector skin again. You do this by connecting the page to a Wikidata item. The new Vector skin has moved the language links but the new language selector cannot add language links yet. [7]
Problems
- There was a problem on wikis which use the Translate extension. Translations were not updated or were replaced with the English text. The problems have been fixed. [8][9][10]
Changes later this week
- A revision tag will soon be added to edits that add links to disambiguation pages. This is because these links are usually added by accident. The tag will allow editors to easily find the broken links and fix them. If your wiki does not like this feature, it can be hidden. [11]
- Would you like to help improve the information about tools? Would you like to attend or help organize a small virtual meetup for your community to discuss the list of tools? Please get in touch on the Toolhub Quality Signal Sessions talk page. We are also looking for feedback from tool maintainers on some specific questions.
- In the past, edits to any page in your user talk space ignored your mute list, e.g. sub-pages. Starting this week, this is only true for edits to your talk page. [12]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 17 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 18 August. It will be on all wikis from 19 August (calendar).
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19:25, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
Precious anniversary
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--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:41, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
ITN recognition for Olav Akselsen
On 20 August 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Olav Akselsen, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. PFHLai (talk) 02:15, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
DYK nomination of 2021 New York City Marathon
Hello! Your submission of 2021 New York City Marathon at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! SecretName101 (talk) 18:44, 23 August 2021 (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
- The Score extension (
<score>notation) has been re-enabled on public wikis and upgraded to a newer version. Some musical score functionality may no longer work because the extension is only enabled in "safe mode". The security issue has been fixed and an advisory published.
Problems
- You will be able to read but not edit some wikis for a few minutes on 25 August. This will happen around 06:00 UTC. This is for database maintenance. During this time, operations on the CentralAuth will also not be possible.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 24 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 25 August. It will be on all wikis from 26 August (calendar).
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21:57, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
ITN recognition for Kyle Anderson (darts player)
On 24 August 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Kyle Anderson (darts player), which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. PFHLai (talk) 13:31, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
Read-only reminder
A maintenance operation will be performed on Wednesday August 25 06:00 UTC. It should only last for a few minutes.
Also during this time, operations on the CentralAuth will not be possible (GlobalRenames, changing/confirming e-mail addresses, logging into new wikis, password changes).
For more details about the operation and on all impacted services, please check on Phabricator.
A banner will be displayed 30 minutes before the operation.
Please help your community to be aware of this maintenance operation. Thank you!
20:33, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
September 2021 at Women in Red
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--Rosiestep (talk) 22:30, 26 August 2021 (UTC) via MassMessaging
DYK for Nathan Maguire
On 27 August 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Nathan Maguire, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that wheelchair racer Nathan Maguire, who is scheduled to compete at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, appeared on a British gameshow with his partner in 2020? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nathan Maguire. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Nathan Maguire), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 27 August 2021 (UTC)
The Signpost: 29 August 2021
- News and notes: Enough time left to vote! IP ban
- In the media: Vive la différence!
- Wikimedians of the year: Seven Wikimedians of the year
- Gallery: Our community in 20 graphs
- News from Wiki Education: Changing the face of Wikipedia
- Recent research: IP editors, inclusiveness and empathy, cyclones, and world heritage
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Days of the Year Interview
- Traffic report: Olympics, movies, and Afghanistan
- Community view: Making Olympic history on Wikipedia
DYK for Abbas Karimi (swimmer)
On 30 August 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Abbas Karimi (swimmer), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that refugee swimmer Abbas Karimi, who competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, has won national championships in Afghanistan, Turkey and the US? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Abbas Karimi (swimmer). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Abbas Karimi (swimmer)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 30 August 2021 (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
- Some musical score syntax no longer works and may needed to be updated, you can check Category:Pages with score rendering errors on your wiki for a list of pages with errors.
Problems
- Musical scores were unable to render lyrics in some languages because of missing fonts. This has been fixed now. If your language would prefer a different font, please file a request in Phabricator. [13]
Changes later this week
- The parameters for how you obtain tokens in the MediaWiki API were changed in 2014. The old way will no longer work from 1 September. Scripts, bots and tools that use the parameters from before the 2014 change need to be updated. You can read more about this.
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 31 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 September. It will be on all wikis from 2 September (calendar).
Future changes
- You will be able to read but not edit Commons for a few minutes on 6 September. This will happen around 05:00 UTC. This is for database maintenance.
- All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes in the week of 13 September. More information will be published in Tech News later. It will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks. [14]
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15:59, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
DYK for Bernd Jeffré
On 31 August 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Bernd Jeffré, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that German paracyclist Bernd Jeffré may have lost his 2010 Berlin Marathon race because he ignored his wife and did not wear enough clothes? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bernd Jeffré. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Bernd Jeffré), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.