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The Signpost: 03 June 2015

Tech News: 2015-24

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

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 9. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 11 (calendar). [1] [2]
  • If you use the Monobook skin, the buttons and other controls now look more the same in VisualEditor and other tools. [3]
  • When you edit links and other items in VisualEditor, you now need to apply your change before closing the tool. [4]
  • The title of dialogs is now easier to see when it is near long buttons. [5]

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 9 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
  • You can join a meeting with the Language team. The meeting will be on June 10 at 14:30 (UTC). [6]

Future changes

  • If you have a bot, you may need to fix it. The default continuation mode of the API for action=query will change at the end of June. [7]

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17:03, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

The Wikipedia Library needs you!

The Wikipedia Library

Call for Volunteers

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  • Account coordinators help distribute research accounts to editors.
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Delivered on behalf of The Wikipedia Library by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:18, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

Any possibility

Hiiiiiii,

Is there any possibility to transfer photos uploaded in one user name to another of the same person ? DreamSparrow talk 19:08, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 10 June 2015

Tech News: 2015-25

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

  • Users have created more than 5000 articles with the new translation tool. [8]
  • Editing a page is now faster. This is because some statistics about edit filters were removed. [9]

Changes 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 from 17 June. It will be on all Wikipedias from 18 June (calendar).

Meetings

Future changes

  • Developers are working on a new tool to get and send newsletters. If you read or write a newsletter, share your ideas about it. [11]
  • If you use Pywikibot, soon you won't be able to use compat anymore. [12] [13] [14]

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15:04, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 17 June 2015

Tech News: 2015-26

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

Recent changes

  • Some wikis can now be used only with HTTPS. This includes the English, Russian and Chinese Wikipedias, among others. Soon all wikis will use only HTTPS for all users. [15] [16]
  • You can't use HTTPS wikis with Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP. You need to use another browser. [17]

Problems

  • On June 15, search was broken on all wikis for several hours. [18] [19] [20]
  • On June 16, images were broken for several hours on wikis that use InstantCommons. [21] [22] [23]
  • Many Labs tools were broken for several days. Almost all of them are back now. They may be missing some data for the last 10 days. [24] [25] [26]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 23. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 24. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 25 (calendar).

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 23 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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15:24, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 June 2015

Tech News: 2015-27

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

Recent changes

  • Long lines in code blocks now look better. [27]
  • You can now see graphs in VisualEditor. [28]
  • When you read a page on the mobile site, you can now see a link to go to its talk page. [29]
  • The code coloring tool has changed. You can now use many more languages. It now also works on mobile. [30] [31] [32]
  • You can look at a new site to learn how to reuse data from Wikimedia sites. [33]

Problems

  • JavaScript was broken on some wikis due to a code error. VisualEditor and other tools that use JavaScript were broken. [34]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 30. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 1. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 2 (calendar).
  • You can now use a tool in VisualEditor to add and edit code in color. [35]
  • When you edit a sentence in the Translate tool, it can show you older translations. They help you save time if they look alike. The older translations should now work better. If you see problems, you should report them. [36]
  • If you are an admin or have other special rights, you now need a strong password. [37]
  • Bot and JavaScript coders: The old continuation mode of the API for action=query doesn't work any more. [38]

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 30 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future

  • When you create a new account, it will also create one on Meta-Wiki and mediawiki.org. [39]

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15:56, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 01 July 2015

DYK for Voyager 1

Gatoclass (talk) 13:06, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-28

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

  • On the mobile site, you now see more information when you search for a page. It now shows the description from Wikidata. [40]

Problems

  • The code of long pages is not colored any more. You may see this problem on the pages of long gadgets. [41]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from July 7. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 8. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 9 (calendar).
  • The "Page information" tool shows how many users watch the page. You can now see how many are active. [42] [43]
  • You can now translate articles into English with the new translation tool. [44]

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on July 7 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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15:13, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

The Wikipedia Library needs you!

We hope The Wikipedia Library has been a useful resource for your work. TWL is expanding rapidly and we need your help!

With only a couple hours per week, you can make a big difference for sharing knowledge. Please sign up and help us in one of these ways:

  • Account coordinators: help distribute free research access
  • Partner coordinators: seek new donations from partners
  • Communications coordinators: share updates in blogs, social media, newsletters and notices
  • Technical coordinators: advise on building tools to support the library's work
  • Outreach coordinators: connect to university libraries, archives, and other GLAMs
  • Research coordinators: run reference services



Send on behalf of The Wikipedia Library using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:31, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

POTD notification

POTD

Hi Benison,

Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:Coiled Galaxy.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on July 27, 2015. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2015-07-27. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:45, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 08 July 2015

Tech News: 2015-29

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

Problems

  • There was a problem with editing on Thursday. Some tools like bots and VisualEditor were broken on all wikis for 10 minutes. [46]
  • There was a problem with images on Thursday. They were broken on all wikis for 15 minutes. [47]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from July 14. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 15. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 16 (calendar).

Meetings

  • You can join a technical meeting at Wikimania in Mexico City this week. [48]

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15:06, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Books and Bytes - Issue 12

The Wikipedia Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 12, May-June 2015
by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), Sadads (talk · contribs), Nikkimaria (talk · contribs)

  • New donations - Taylor & Francis, Science, and three new French-language resources
  • Expansion into new languages, including French, Finnish, Turkish, and Farsi
  • Spotlight: New partners for the Visiting Scholar program
  • American Library Association Annual meeting in San Francisco

Read the full newsletter

The Interior 15:23, 16 July 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 15 July 2015

WikiBREAK!!

@Atsme, Crisco 1492, Miyagawa, and Casliber:

Hi all..I am with a not so a good news. From 10th, I'm going for an (unexpected) expedition to (a place) and will be back by March 20, 2016!! I had my docs ready and luggage packed. Now, its a time to bade good bye to my friends here in wiki. Atsme, keep editing with your good zeal. Chris, can you please remove my other user rights so that in any case, I/any other may use it?? Miyagawa, I may not be able to compete in the WikiCup this year to. So please withdraw me. Cas, can you please continue the Cygni FAC in my memory?? I'd like to see a FA topicon on that.... please....

That's all for now.. But if you spot me editing in the mean time, it mean that I just have a holiday and am still alive. Thanks....


NB: If I have not pinged any other, it doesn't mean that I have left you out. It mean that the notifications are dead. ;) -The Herald (Benison) • the joy of the LORDmy strength 16:14, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

  • "Am still alive"... that doesn't sound good. But yeah, I can remove the user rights. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 16:17, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
  • My most extreme stunt recently was climbing the ladder up to the top of the menara at the Great Mosque of Central Java. Shame none of the images were actually useful. Well, have fun, and be safe. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:01, 4 June 2015 (UTC)
I'll withdraw you now - hope to see you in the 2017 cup! :) Miyagawa (talk) 16:23, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
Will miss our collaboration!! Hope it is all good for you. Best wishes! --Atsme📞📧 16:47, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

Good luck

Good luck
I hope you are well! Thanks for all of your contributions here. Pine✉ 00:12, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

A cup of tea for you!

Best of luck! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 08:01, 4 June 2015 (UTC)
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