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Tech News: 2015-03

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 software changes

  • Rotated PDF files in landscape format used to show too small. They will now display correctly. You may need to purge older files. [1]
  • You can now use the {{!}} magic word instead of Template:!. Many wikis used the template to create a pipe (|) in tables and templates. You can delete the template. [2]

Software changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf14) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since January 7. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from January 13. It will be on all Wikipedias from January 14 (calendar).
  • A bug in VisualEditor sometimes added a ☀ (Sun) character. This is now fixed. [3]
  • The search and replace tool in VisualEditor is now much faster in long pages. [4]
  • The TemplateData editor now uses the same design as VisualEditor. [5] [6] [7]
  • The thumb option is now shown in your language in the help of the classic editor toolbar. [8]

Future changes

  • You can sign up to answer questions from designers. It will help them make editing easier. [9]

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17:47, 12. Jan. 2015 (CET)

Tech News: 2015-04

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 download the new version of the Wikipedia app for Android. The new version shows lead images, better galleries and content from Wikidata. It also has many other new features.[10] [11]
  • Programs and bots still can't read information about images on many wikis. You can see the list of wikis with the most files to fix. Wikipedia in Italian, Indonesian and Japanese language have the most files to fix. On the biggest wikis you should use bots. Bots can add information templates to groups of files. You can ask other tech users to help you.

Problems

  • All JavaScript on Commons was broken for a few minutes on Tuesday. It was because of old code in the HotCat tool. The same problem happened on some Wikipedias on Wednesday. It is now fixed. [12]

Software changes this week

  • There are no software changes this week and next week due to annual meetings. [13]

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19:12, 19. Jan. 2015 (CET)

Tech News: 2015-05

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 software changes

This week

  • There are no software changes this week due to annual meetings. [15]

Future changes

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17:08, 26. Jan. 2015 (CET)

Tech News: 2015-06

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 was a security issue on Wikimedia Labs. Many Labs tools were down after the issue was fixed. [18]

Software changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since January 14. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from February 3. It will be on all Wikipedias from February 4 (calendar).
  • The "Save page" button in the VisualEditor toolbar is now blue rather than green. This is the same as on the mobile site. [19]
  • You can now edit pages on the draft namespace with VisualEditor on the Russian Wikipedia and Hebrew Wikipedia. You can ask to get VisualEditor for a namespace on your wiki. When your community agrees, ask in Phabricator. [20] [21]

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17:31, 2. Feb. 2015 (CET)

Tech News: 2015-07

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 software changes

Problems

  • MediaWiki was reverted to the previous version on February 4. It was because of a performance issue. It was restored later. [23]
  • UploadWizard was broken on February 4 because of the revert of MediaWiki. [24]
  • All sites were broken for 30 minutes on February 5. It was due to a network problem. [25]

Software changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since February 5. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from February 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from February 11 (calendar).
  • You can have one user page for all wikis. Your Meta user page will show if you don't have a user page on a wiki. You can test this tool on test wikis. [26] [27] [28]
  • You can search for media files in VisualEditor more easily. Images are bigger and you see the size and license. [29] [30]
  • It is easier to review your changes when you save the page in VisualEditor. The window is wider. [31]
  • You can read the latest news about VisualEditor. You can now join weekly meetings with developers. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The first meeting is on February 11 at 20:00 (UTC).

Future changes

  • Administrators will soon be able to delete change tags used fewer than 5,000 times. [32]
  • In the future you will be able to have personal lists of articles on the mobile site. [33]

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17:26, 9. Feb. 2015 (CET)

Tech News: 2015-08

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

Software changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since February 11. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from February 17. It will be on all Wikipedias from February 18 (calendar).
  • On Wednesday your Meta user page will be shown if you don't have a user page on a wiki. [34] [35] [36]
  • You can now change the order of categories in VisualEditor using drag-and-drop. [37]
  • In VisualEditor, you now need to make a change before you can "Apply Changes" to citations and templates. [38]
  • The way the cursor moves in VisualEditor is changing. Your browser now handles the cursor directly. Most of you will see no change. In right-to-left text, the cursor now moves in a 'visible' rather than 'logical' way. This is like other sites but you may be surprised at first.​ [39]

Meetings

  • The VisualEditor Team had their first public bug triage meeting on February 11. They will post the results on the meeting page. [40]
  • You can join the second weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on February 18 at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join. [41]
  • You can join a meeting with the developers of the Content Translation tool. It will be on February 18 at 13:00 (UTC). [42]

Future changes

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18:57, 16. Feb. 2015 (CET)

Tech News: 2015-09

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 software changes

Software changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since February 18. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from February 25. It will be on all Wikipedias from February 26 (calendar).
  • It is now easier to see template fields in VisualEditor. The fields are bigger. [47]
  • It is now easier to see when a button is disabled in VisualEditor. [48]
  • Sometimes when you copy-pasted a template in VisualEditor, it was replaced by HTML. This problem is now fixed. [49]
  • Tools in Labs will stop working for a few hours on February 24. [50]

Meetings

  • You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
  • You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on February 26 at 00:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

  • At the moment you need to log in to edit Wikimedia wikis on mobile devices. You can say if anyone should be allowed to edit on the mobile sites. The discussion ends on March 15.
  • Images in the interface will soon work better in Opera 12. [51]

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17:28, 23. Feb. 2015 (CET)

Tech News: 2015-10

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 software changes

  • A Lua function to use Wikidata has changed. You need to update the pages that use it. [52]
  • You can use the Content Translation tool on Wikipedia in Uzbek and Minangkabau. You need to enable it in your Beta options.
  • You can now hide banners if you don't have an account. [53] [54]

Software changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since February 25. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 3. It will be on all Wikipedias from March 4 (calendar).
  • You can use the Content Translation tool on Wikipedia in Punjabi and Kyrgyz. You can ask for the tool in other languages.
  • Editing the fake blank line in VisualEditor is now simpler. This change also fixed a few bugs. [55] [56] [57] [58]
  • The TemplateData editor now warns you if a related page already has TemplateData. [59]
  • The TemplateData table now tells you if a template doesn't take any parameters. [60]

Meetings

  • You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
  • You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on March 4 at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
  • You can join technical meetings in France and Mexico this year. You will be able to ask for help if you can't pay yourself. [61]

Future changes

  • You will be able to get a direct link for a section of a page. [62]

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17:41, 2. Mär. 2015 (CET)

Tech News: 2015-11

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 create books on almost all wikis. It doesn't work yet on wikis using the language converter. [63] [64]
  • VisualEditor had problems with categories in Safari. It sometimes moved or removed the categories. The issue is now fixed. [65] [66] [67]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since March 4. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from March 11 (calendar).
  • In VisualEditor the "Edit beta" button is now called "Edit" on the English Wikipedia. [68] [69]
  • The feedback tool in VisualEditor now looks like the other tools. It also asks for information about your browser to help fix bugs. [70] [71]
  • You now see the VisualEditor toolbar even if the rest of the page is still loading. [72] [73]
  • You now see more information when you edit a link, a reference or other items in VisualEditor. You also see a clearer edit button in those tools. [74] [75]
  • If you use the ContentTranslation tool you now see red links in the list of articles in other languages. The link is red if the article doesn't exist in the language of your options or of your browser. You can translate the article by clicking on the red link.

Meetings

  • You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
  • You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on March 11 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
  • You can join a technical meeting in France in May. You can ask for help if you can't pay yourself. [76]

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16:18, 9. Mär. 2015 (CET)

Tech News: 2015-12

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 servers that resize images are using new software. You should report new problems that you notice with images. [79]
  • You can now see lists of bugs about Commons, Wikisource and Wiktionary. [80]
  • It is now easier to add special characters in VisualEditor. You can edit the list of characters for your wiki. [81] [82]

Problems

  • Wikis were broken for a few minutes on Thursday due to a code error.

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since March 11. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 17. It will be on all Wikipedias from March 18 (calendar).
  • A puzzle piece icon ( ) now shows hidden templates in VisualEditor. You can edit the template by clicking the icon. For example, you can now edit anchor templates. [83] [84]
  • You can now add examples, and details about old parameters, in TemplateData. [85] [86]

Meetings

  • You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
  • You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on March 18 at 23:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

  • The list of bad user names on your wiki will no longer work. The global list will replace it. You can ask to add rules for bad user names on Meta. [87] [88]
  • You can comment on how you want to see Wikidata edits in your watchlist on other wikis. [89]
  • The final steps of single user login (SUL) will happen in April. You can see the rules to rename accounts. [90]

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16:14, 16. Mär. 2015 (CET)

Tech News: 2015-13

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 has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since March 18. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 24. It will be on all Wikipedias from March 25 (calendar).
  • The text of a reference is now more visible when you click on it. It has a blue background. Many wikis already have the blue color. Those wikis can now remove it from their CSS page. [91]
  • VisualEditor is now much faster. For many users it is now at least as fast as the wikitext editor. [92] [93] [94]
  • When you add a list of references in VisualEditor, you now see it right away. You can still change its group by editing it. [95]

Meetings

  • You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
  • You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on March 25 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

  • Talk pages using "LiquidThreads" on mediawiki.org will soon use the new system. [96]

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16:09, 23. Mär. 2015 (CET)

Tech News: 2015-14

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 hide site banners even if you don't have an account. [97]
  • You can now add citations more easily with VisualEditor on the French and Italian Wikipedia. The tool adds the information when you add some types of links. In the future you will be able to add this tool to your wiki. [98] [99] [100]
  • All sites should now be faster if you have a recent browser. [101]
  • You could see a serious bug when editing some templates with VisualEditor. It was fixed quickly. [102]
  • VisualEditor could break when you edited an image. The issue was fixed quickly. [103]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since March 25. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 31. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 1 (calendar).
  • VisualEditor is now the main editing tool on 53 more Wikipedias. [104]
  • You can now edit the mobile site of all wikis without an account. [105]
  • You can test a new tool on the beta mobile site on the English Wikipedia. With the new tool, you can create lists of articles. [106]
  • You can now see that VisualEditor is opening even if you're not looking at the top of the page. [107]
  • VisualEditor doesn't leave empty titles with just nowiki tags any more. [108] [109] [110] [111]

Meetings

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17:18, 30. Mär. 2015 (CEST)

Tech News: 2015-15

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

  • The import tool was broken for a few days. Imports didn't add log entries. You can delete and import pages again if necessary. [118]
  • Labs was broken several times this week. [119] [120] [121] [122]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 1. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from April 7. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 8 (calendar).
  • You can now add the same special characters with VisualEditor as with the wikitext editor. [123]
  • Many bugs around copy-paste in VisualEditor are now fixed. [124] [125]
  • You can now use basic tools of VisualEditor in the new talk tool. You can add links, bold and italics. You can also mention people. [126]

Meetings

  • You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 8 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

  • You can again comment on how you want to see Wikidata edits in your watchlist on other wikis. [127]

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17:41, 6. Apr. 2015 (CEST)

Tech News: 2015-16

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

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 8. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from April 14. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 15 (calendar).
  • Developers will start to rename 1.5 million accounts on Wednesday. After that all accounts will be unique and will work on all wikis. [133] [134]
  • All users can now test link previews ("Hovercards") on several Wikipedias. [135]

Meetings

  • You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 15 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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18:40, 13. Apr. 2015 (CEST)

Tech News: 2015-17

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 was sometimes a problem when saving a page in VisualEditor. It is now fixed on all wikis. [136]
  • VisualEditor sometimes showed empty warnings for wikis using Flagged Revisions. This is now fixed on all wikis. [137]
  • You can get the new version of the Wikipedia app for iOS. With it you can share facts with your friends. [138]
  • If you write JavaScript, you should stop using importScript and importStylesheet. [139]

Problems

  • There was a problem with Labs on Monday. [140]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 15. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from April 21. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 22 (calendar).
  • Developers are renaming 1.5 million accounts. After that all accounts will be unique and will work on all wikis. [141] [142] [143]
  • If your wiki has the auto-fill tool for citations, you can now use it when you edit a reference. [144]
  • You can now give examples for template options in TemplateData. [145]

Meetings

  • You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 22 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

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17:30, 20. Apr. 2015 (CEST)

Tech News: 2015-18

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

  • All accounts are now unique and work on all wikis. [148] [149]
  • You can read a report from experts who tested the security of MediaWiki. [150]
  • There was a problem between VisualEditor and an antivirus software. It is now fixed. [151]
  • You can help test VisualEditor to see if it works in your language. [152]

Problems

  • Some Labs tools had problems due to a software bug. [153]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 22. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from April 28. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 29 (calendar).
  • It is now clearer that you can delete several rows and columns when you edit tables in VisualEditor. [154]
  • You now see more information when you search for a template in VisualEditor. [155]
  • You can now cancel when you add citations on desktop, or edit links on mobile, in VisualEditor. [156]
  • You can now see the list of other formats for videos only after they're ready. [157]

Meetings

  • You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 29 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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17:10, 27. Apr. 2015 (CEST)

Support request with team editing experiment project

Dear tech ambassadors, instead of spamming the Village Pump of each Wikipedia about my tiny project proposal for researching team editing (see here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Research_team_editing), I have decided to leave to your own discretion if the matter is relevant enough to inform a wider audience already. I would appreciate if you could appraise if the Wikipedia community you are more familiar with could have interest in testing group editing "on their own grounds" and with their own guidance. In a nutshell: it consists in editing pages as a group instead of as an individual. This social experiment might involve redefining some aspects of the workflow we are all used to, with the hope of creating a more friendly and collaborative environment since editing under a group umbrella creates less social exposure than traditional "individual editing". I send you this message also as a proof that the Inspire Campaign is already gearing up. As said I would appreciate of *you* just a comment on the talk page/endorsement of my project noting your general perception about the idea. Nothing else. Your contribution helps to shape the future! (which I hope it will be very bright, with colors, and Wikipedia everywhere) Regards from User:Micru on meta.

Tech News: 2015-19

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 chat with other users in Phabricator. [158]
  • There was a rare problem with VisualEditor. The text of another wiki could be added to your edit. The issue is now fixed. [159] [160]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 29. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 5. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 6 (calendar).
  • It is now easier to add a link in VisualEditor. You can see an image and a description about the page. [161]

Meetings

  • You can join a meeting with the Language team. The meeting will be on May 5 at 14:30 (UTC). [162]
  • 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 May 6 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
  • You can join an event in France on May 22−25. You need to sign up before May 8. [163]

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17:06, 4. Mai 2015 (CEST)

Tech News: 2015-20

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 make charts and maps on your wiki with the new "graph" tool. If you have an old browser, you will see images instead. It uses a tool called Vega; you can learn how to use it and write help pages for your wiki. You can use the Vega edit tool to make charts and copy the code to your wiki. Charts and maps use complex code and you should put them into templates. In the future, you will be able to create charts with VisualEditor. [164] [165] [166]
  • You can apply for technical jobs to develop tools for the community. [167]
  • The logos of all wikis are now in a new place. It will make pages load faster. You can still ask to change the logo. You can also use local CSS for brief changes. [168] [169]

Problems

  • There was a problem that caused slow editing. [170]
  • Pages were sometimes removed from your watchlist in VisualEditor. This problem is now fixed. [171]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 6. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 12. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 13 (calendar).
  • You can now use data from Wikidata on more pages. The page doesn't need to be linked to the Wikidata item. It works on a few wikis and more wikis will be added soon. [172] [173]
  • You should get fewer errors when you add files to Commons. [174]
  • When you use an external link to link to a wiki page, VisualEditor now converts it to a wiki link. [175]
  • When you add a link in VisualEditor, you see pages that match what you type. It is now easier to see where they match. [176]

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 May 13 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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17:38, 11. Mai 2015 (CEST)

Tech News: 2015-21

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

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 13. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 19. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 20 (calendar).
  • References are now always in the right order. Also, the reference list now only shows references used on the page. [177]
  • You can no longer create an account with a colon ':' in it. If you already have one, it still works. [178]
  • The toolbar in VisualEditor now looks different. It is easier to see the icons. [179]
  • You won't be able to use e-mail lists for a few hours on Tuesday. [180] [181]
  • UploadWizard now shows better matches when you add a category to your file. [182]
  • A test about VisualEditor will start on the English Wikipedia on Thursday. [183]

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 May 21 at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
  • You can join a technical meeting in France this week.

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17:21, 18. Mai 2015 (CEST)

Tech News: 2015-22

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

  • VisualEditor was broken for 30 minutes on Tuesday. The problem was due to a tool it uses. [184]
  • Some Labs tools had issues last week. [185] [186]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 20. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 26. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 27 (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 May 28 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

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18:15, 25. Mai 2015 (CEST)

Tech News: 2015-23

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

Problems

  • Many wikis were slow for a few hours on Wednesday due to a code error. Sometimes the pages did not load at all and showed an error. [188]
  • Some tools in Labs were broken on Wednesday and Thursday. [189]
  • Edit tags added by the software were broken on all wikis from May 23 to May 28. [190] [191]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 27. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 2. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 3 (calendar).
  • You won't be able to use e-mail lists for a few hours on Tuesday. [192]

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 3 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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17:30, 1. Jun. 2015 (CEST)

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). [193] [194]
  • If you use the Monobook skin, the buttons and other controls now look more the same in VisualEditor and other tools. [195]
  • When you edit links and other items in VisualEditor, you now need to apply your change before closing the tool. [196]
  • The title of dialogs is now easier to see when it is near long buttons. [197]

Meetings

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. [199]

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18:14, 8. Jun. 2015 (CEST)

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. [200]
  • Editing a page is now faster. This is because some statistics about edit filters were removed. [201]

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. [203]
  • If you use Pywikibot, soon you won't be able to use compat anymore. [204] [205] [206]

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17:04, 15. Jun. 2015 (CEST)

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. [207] [208]
  • You can't use HTTPS wikis with Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP. You need to use another browser. [209]

Problems

  • On June 15, search was broken on all wikis for several hours. [210] [211] [212]
  • On June 16, images were broken for several hours on wikis that use InstantCommons. [213] [214] [215]
  • 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. [216] [217] [218]

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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17:23, 22. Jun. 2015 (CEST)

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. [219]
  • You can now see graphs in VisualEditor. [220]
  • When you read a page on the mobile site, you can now see a link to go to its talk page. [221]
  • The code coloring tool has changed. You can now use many more languages. It now also works on mobile. [222] [223] [224]
  • You can look at a new site to learn how to reuse data from Wikimedia sites. [225]

Problems

  • JavaScript was broken on some wikis due to a code error. VisualEditor and other tools that use JavaScript were broken. [226]

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. [227]
  • 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. [228]
  • If you are an admin or have other special rights, you now need a strong password. [229]
  • Bot and JavaScript coders: The old continuation mode of the API for action=query doesn't work any more. [230]

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. [231]

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17:56, 29. Jun. 2015 (CEST)

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. [232]

Problems

  • The code of long pages is not colored any more. You may see this problem on the pages of long gadgets. [233]

Änderungen dieser Woche

  • Die neue Version von MediaWiki wird ab dem 07. Juli auf Test Wikis und MediaWiki.org sein. Auf nicht-Wikipedia Wikis wird sie ab dem 08. Juli sein. Ab dem 09. Juli wird sie auf allen Wikipedias sein (Kalender).
  • Das "Page information" Tool zeigt wie viele Benutzer die Seite ansehen. Sie können nun sehen, wie viele aktiv sind. [234] [235]
  • Sie können nun mit dem neuen Übersetzungstool Artikel ins Englische übersetzen. [236]

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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17:13, 6. Jul. 2015 (CEST)

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. [238]
  • There was a problem with images on Thursday. They were broken on all wikis for 15 minutes. [239]

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. [240]

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17:06, 13. Jul. 2015 (CEST)

Tech News: 2015-30

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 July 21. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 22. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 23 (calendar).
  • You now see more warnings in the image viewer. They tell you to be careful when using the image, for example if it shows a person. [241]

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on July 21 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

  • Soon you won't be able to use MathJax to display math. [242]

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05:05, 21. Jul. 2015 (CEST)

Tech News: 2015-31

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 some Lua modules on July 22 and 23. Some pages using them did not list them in "what links here". You can fix those pages with a null edit: edit and save the page without making any change.
  • There was a problem with the abuse filter page on big wikis on July 23. It was due to a code error. [248]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from July 28. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 29. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 30 (calendar).
  • JavaScript authors: You cannot use wgNoticeUserData to get edit counts anymore. [249]

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on July 28 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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17:05, 27. Jul. 2015 (CEST)

Tech News: 2015-32

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 ContentTranslation extension has been updated:
    • You can now type in list paragraphs on wikis with right-to-left scripts. [250]
    • Some user interface updates changed how details in the ContentTranslation extension look. [251] [252] [253] [254]
  • The error page you see when the sites are not working is now simpler and easier to read. It also shows the Wikimedia logo. [255]
  • MediaWiki now supports redirects for CSS pages. [256]
  • Bots can't guess captchas unlimited times anymore. [257]

Problems

  • There was a problem with thumbnails on wikis with local images on July 24 and 25. It was due to a code error. [258]
  • We can't search by file type on Wikimedia wikis now. [259]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from August 4. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from August 5. It will be on all Wikipedias from August 6 (calendar).

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on August 4 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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17:51, 3. Aug. 2015 (CEST)

Tech News: 2015-33

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

  • MediaWiki can now hide the signature button when you edit a content page. [260]
  • The "Your preferences have been saved" message has changed. You can now see more easily what was saved when you change preferences several times. [261]
  • You can now play Ogg video files in some browsers that don't support this format. This solution uses JavaScript and works on desktop browsers only for now. It will work on mobile later. [262]
  • You can now use the same tools to edit style in VisualEditor on mobile as in desktop browsers. [263]
  • It is now easier to see if there is a JavaScript error in a user or site script. [264]
  • JavaScript authors:
  • The content translation tool now works better. It is easier to use math, and useless tags are no longer added. [269]

Problems

  • More edits have been rejected due to loss of session data lately. This is now fixed. [270]
  • Importing a Lua module sometimes didn't work. This is now fixed. [271]
  • Text was sometimes lost in the content translation tool. One part of the problem is now fixed. [272]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from August 11. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from August 12. It will be on all Wikipedias from August 13 (calendar).
  • UploadWizard is getting a new look. The look of buttons and checkboxes has already changed. This week, UploadWizard gets a new date picker. The other text fields will change soon. [273]
  • You can now test VisualEditor on mobile devices of all sizes. [274]

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on August 11 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

  • Some things in the watchlist will get a new look. [275]

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16:57, 10. Aug. 2015 (CEST)

Tech News: 2015-34

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

  • Many Wikipedias can now use information from any Wikidata item in any Wikipedia article. Before they could only use the Wikidata item that matched the subject of the article. [276] [277] [278]
  • Some auto-saving problems and other issues in the Content Translation tool are now fixed. Please report to the Content Translation feedback page if you still have problems. [279]

Problems

  • Older gadgets that are not using ResourceLoader are not loading anymore. They need to be updated. [280] [281]
  • On August 12 the machine translation servers and the Content Translation tool didn't work. This was fixed on the same day. [282]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from August 18. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from August 19. It will be on all Wikipedias from August 20 (calendar).
  • You can soon watch when something is added to or removed from a category. [283]

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on August 18 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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18:17, 17. Aug. 2015 (CEST)

Tech News: 2015-35

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

  • Disambiguation pages are now excluded from the random page function. [284]

Problems

  • There was a problem with CAPTCHAs in VisualEditor. This has now been fixed. [285]

Changes this week

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

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on August 25 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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15:02, 24. Aug. 2015 (CEST)

Tech News: 2015-36

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

  • VisualEditor will now automatically create a link when you type in or paste an ISBN, PMID, or RFC. [286][287]
  • The link editor in VisualEditor is now a bit wider. It's now the same width as the automatic citation tool. [288]
  • VisualEditor gadget authors can no longer use the backwards-compatibility module ext.visualEditor.viewPageTarget.init. Use ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.init instead. [289]
  • Gadget writers can now use mediawiki.ForeignApi to communicate between different Wikimedia wikis. [290]

Changes this week

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

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on September 1 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

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23:36, 31. Aug. 2015 (CEST)

Tech News: 2015-37

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 mention up to 50 users in a post and they will get a notification. Previously you could notify up to 20 users. [292]
  • A new version of the Wikidata Toolkit has been released. It now has Wikibase API support. [293]
  • You can now use Wikidata to find all good or featured articles in a Wikipedia version. [294]

Problems

  • There was a problem with Tool Labs due to kernel issues. This has been fixed. [295]
  • The Content Translation tool published some pages with the same reference repeated several times. This has been fixed. [296][297]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from September 8. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from September 9. It will be on all Wikipedias from September 10 (calendar).
  • The maximum character length when you search for something on the Wikimedia wikis is now 300 characters. [298]
  • The notifications list has been split into two lists. As a first step, notifications about messages on your user talk page will be placed in the second list. Feedback is requested at the Echo talk page. [299][300]

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on September 8 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
  • You can join the Wikitech ambassadors mailing list. The list is for Wikimedians interested in spreading information about Wikimedia technology news. See how to join.

Future changes

  • The Wikimedia mailing lists will be moved to a new server and the software will be upgraded. This will happen on September 9 at 14:00 (UTC). The mailing lists will not be working during the move. It can take up to four hours. [301]
  • Wikidata will soon be able to store measurements, such as a mountain's height or the distance between two places. [302][303]

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19:29, 7. Sep. 2015 (CEST)

Tech News: 2015-38

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 use the Wikidata query service. [304]
  • Belarusian-Taraškievica Wikipedia was moved from be-x-old.wikipedia.org to be-tarask.wikipedia.org. This caused some issues, but most of them were resolved. [305]
  • Language preferences might not be changed immediately when you adjust them. Language selection might work slower. Please report any problems. [306][307]

Problems

  • There was a problem when editing International Standard Book Numbers in Visual Editor. This has now been fixed. [308]
  • The Wikimedia mailing lists should have been upgraded on September 9. It didn't work as planned and will now happen later. [309]

Changes this week

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

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on September 15 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

  • ContentTranslation will show more data on the Special:ContentTranslationStats page. For example, it will show translation trends and information about deleted translations. [310]
  • The first version of the translation suggestions feature will be deployed soon. [311]

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18:17, 14. Sep. 2015 (CEST)

Tech News: 2015-39

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 now an experimental Wikimedia maps service. You can give feedback here. [312][313]
  • Last week a few issues with UploadWizard were fixed. Before this was done, UploadWizard would stop you from uploading your files if something went wrong. [314][315][316][317]
  • More Wikipedias can now use information from any Wikidata item in any Wikipedia article. Previously they could only use the Wikidata item that matched the subject of the article. [318]
  • The VisualEditor welcome dialogue has been changed. The intention is to make it more helpful for new users. [319]

Problems

  • Wikimedia Labs' HTTPS certificate expired for most of Tuesday 15 September. To reach Wikimedia Labs and Tool Labs securely you had to ignore your browser's security error message. There was no risk to data security during this time. [320]
  • Last week the notification system was split into two parts. This was temporarily undone because of a bug and performance concerns. It will return to two parts this week. [321][322]
  • UploadWizard couldn't upload files larger than 5 MB when using chunked uploads. This has now been fixed. [323]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from September 22. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from September 23. It will be on all Wikipedias from September 24 (calendar).
  • The page move tool has been switched over to the new standard look for forms. [324]
  • You can now choose whether to extend a link or not when editing one in VisualEditor. This means it is easier to choose how much of what you type before and after the link is part of it. [325]
  • Wikibooks can now use data from Wikidata. [326]

Meetings

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20:29, 21. Sep. 2015 (CEST)

Tech News: 2015-40

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

  • In UploadWizard, the dialog to see an image preview has been removed. You already see the images in the thumbnails when you upload them. [327]
  • UploadWizard dialogs look a bit different now. They have been updated to the new OOUI look. [328]
  • You can now edit music scores in VisualEditor. You can add new sheet music scores and get live updates when you edit one. [329]
  • When you send an e-mail to another editor using Special:EmailUser, that user will now get a notification on the wiki as well. [330]
  • You can now see 500 images when you upload images from Flickr with UploadWizard. Before this change the limit was 50. [331]
  • The Wikimedia mailing lists have been upgraded. [332]
  • MediaWiki developers spent a day looking at proposed code changes in Gerrit. The goal was to clean up the backlog and give feedback to volunteer developers. [333]

Problems

  • Some visitors had problems reaching the Wikimedia sites for an hour on September 24. [334][335]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from September 29. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from September 30. It will be on all Wikipedias from October 1 (calendar).
  • There will be a new beta feature that allows editors to use Flow on their user talkpage if they want to. Each wiki can decide if they want to enable it. [336]
  • The Content Translation tool can give translation suggestions. This feature will now be available in more languages: English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Turkish, Japanese, Italian, and Catalan. [337]

Meetings

Future changes

  • The Wikimedia Foundation developers want the community to decide who can use OAuth in the future. You can discuss it on Meta.

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17:15, 28. Sep. 2015 (CEST)

Tech News: 2015-41

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 link editor in the visual editor now shows results below the search box. This improves the usability on desktop and mobile. [339]
  • The description at Special:ChangeEmail now clearly explains that the page can also be used to remove your email. [340]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from October 6. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from October 7. It will be on all Wikipedias from October 8 (calendar).
  • UploadWizard will remind users to add a category. [341]
  • UploadWizard's category selectors will be easier to use. [342]
  • A new Cite error will be shown if a named reference is defined more than once in the same article. [343]

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on 6 October at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

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20:32, 5. Okt. 2015 (CEST)

Tech News: 2015-42

Die letzten Technik-Neuigkeiten von der Technikgemeinschaft Wikimedias. Bitte erzähle anderen von diesen Änderungen. Nicht alle Änderungen betreffen dich. Übersetzungen sind verfügbar.

Letzte Änderungen

  • Die Listen der Datenbanken wurden auf den neusten Stand gebracht. Dies wurde seit Februar nicht mehr gemacht. [344]

Änderungen dieser Woche

  • Die neueste Version MediaWikis wird auf den test wikis und auf MediaWiki.org ab dem 13. Oktober verfügbar sein. Auf allen nicht-Wikipedias wird die ab dem 14. Oktober verfügbar sein. Auf allen Wikipedias wird sie am 15. Oktober verfügbar sein. (Kalender).
  • Du wirst dazu in der Lage sein, Bilder auf Wikimedia Commons über den Visuellen Editor hochzuladen. Wenn das Bild hochgeladen ist, wird es zu dem Artikel hinzugefügt, den du gerade bearbeitest. [345]
  • Seiten die einen Einzelnachweisfehler haben, werden automatisch in eienr versteckten Kategorie gesammelt. [346]

Treffen

  • Du kannst das nächste Treffen des Visuellen Editor Teams besuchen. Während des Treffens kannst du den Entwicklern erzählen, welche Fehler am wichtigsten zu beheben sind. Das Treffen wird am 13. Oktober um 19:00 UTC sein. Sie dir an, wie du teilnehmen kannst.

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18:28, 12. Okt. 2015 (CEST)

Tech News: 2015-43

Letzter Kommentar: vor 9 Jahren1 Kommentar1 Person ist an der Diskussion beteiligt

Die letzten Technik-Neuigkeiten von der Technikgemeinschaft Wikimedias. Bitte gib auch anderen diese Änderungen weiter. Nicht alle Änderungen betreffen Dich. Übersetzungen sind verfügbar.

Letzte Änderungen

  • Die Technik-Neuigkeiten versuchen, Dir das Lesen des Newsletters leichter zu machen. Das   Icon bedeutet, dass Du dieses Element jede Woche im Newsletter findest, aber mit neuen Daten. Das   Icon bedeutet, dass die Nachricht hauptsächlich für Leser mit technischem Wissen relevant ist. Du kannst uns eine Rückmeldung über diese Änderung geben.
  • Zeitstempel im Seitenschutz-Logbuch werden nun in der Zeitzone des Benutzers angezeigt. Vorher waren diese in der Koordinierten Weltzeit (UTC). [347]

Probleme

  • Ein Problem mit MediaWiki bewirkte, dass auf einigen Seiten kein Inhalt angezeigt wurde, dies war am 14. Oktober. Dies wurde nun behoben. [348]
  • Einige Vorlagen waren in der Flow-Beschreibungsleiste falsch platziert. Das konnte es unmöglich machen, auf Links zu klicken. Dies wird diese Woche behoben. [349]
  • Die Entwicklung an einer neuen MediaWiki-Version wurde am 14. Oktober gestoppt. Diese Woche wird also keine neue Version erscheinen, was bedeutet, das geplante Änderungen diese Woche nicht eintreten werden. [350]

Änderungen dieser Woche

  • Änderungen, die für die letzte Woche geplant waren, werden diese Woche durchgeführt. [351]
  • Wikispecies, Meta und MediaWiki.org können dann Links zu anderen Projekten von Wikidata beziehen. [352][353][354][355]

Treffen

  •   Du kannst das nächste Treffen des VisualEditor-Teams besuchen. Während des Treffens kannst Du den Entwicklern erklären, welche Fehler am wichtigsten zu beheben sind. Das Treffen wird am 20. Oktober um 19:00 (UTC) sein. Wie Du daran teilnimmst, kannst Du hier lesen.

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18:02, 19. Okt. 2015 (CEST)

Eine kleine Korrektion: die Entwicklung der neuen MediaWiki-Version wurde nicht gestoppt, nur die Verteilung. Den Rest der Woche ist daher keine neue Version erschienen, was bedeutet, das geplante Änderungen nicht vorgenommen wurden. /Johan (WMF) (Diskussion) 22:52, 20. Okt. 2015 (CEST)

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Die letzten Technik-Neuigkeiten von der Technikgemeinschaft Wikimedias. Bitte gib auch anderen diese Änderungen weiter. Nicht alle Änderungen betreffen Dich. Übersetzungen sind verfügbar.

Änderungen dieser Woche

  •   Die neue Version von MediaWiki wird auf den Testwikis und MediaWiki.org ab dem 27. Oktober verfügbar sein. Ab dem 28. Oktober wird sie auf nicht Wikipedia Wikis verfügbar sein, auf den Wikipedia-Wikis wird sie ab dem 29. Oktober verfügbar sein. (Kalender).
  • Wenn du das erste Mal den VisualEditor benutzt, wird dir ein Pop-up Fenster erklären, warum die warum, und wie du Zitate und Link Werkzeuge benutzen solltest. [356]
  • Du wirst in der Lage sein, Bilder nach Wikimedia Commons hochzuladen im Wikitexteditor hochzuladen, in dem du auf "Upload" im "Datei einfügen" klickst. Es wird ebenfalls möglich sein, sie per Drag and Drop in einem Artikel anzuordnen, sofern du den VisualEditor benutzt. [357][358]
  • Für den Fall, das du einen Block mit Code im VisualEditor bearbeitest, gibt es nun Syntaxhighlight. [359][360]
  •   Index- und Seitennamensräume auf Wikisource werden als Inhaltsnamensräume in $wgContentNamespaces definiert. [361]

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19:04, 26. Okt. 2015 (CET)

Tech News: 2015-45

Die letzten Technik-Neuigkeiten der Wikimedia Technik-Community. Erzähle diese Änderungen auch den anderen. Nicht alle Änderungen betreffen Dich selbst. Übersetzungen sind verfügbar.

Letzte Änderungen

  • Du kannst nun verfolgen, wie viele Benutzer ein Gadget in einem Wiki benutzen, auf der Spezialseite Special:GadgetUsage. [362]
  • Wenn Du die mobile Version der Wikipedia benutzt, kannst Du nun Wikidata Beschreibungen in den Suchergebnissen sehen. [363]
  • Bearbeitungskonflikte werden nun erkannt, wenn Du von einem Mobilgerät editierst. Vorher funktionierte dies nicht richtig auf Mobilgeräten. [364]

Probleme

  • Am 26. Oktober waren die Wikimedia-Seiten für zehn Minuten nicht erreichbar. [365]

Änderungen dieser Woche

  •   Die neue MediaWiki-Version wird ab dem 3. November auf den Testwikis und MediaWiki.org, ab dem 4. November auf Wikipedia-fremden Wikis und ab dem 5. November auf allen Wikipedias verfügbar sein. (Kalender)

Treffen

  •   Du kannst das nächste Treffen des VisualEditor-Teams besuchen. Während des Treffens kannst Du den Entwicklern erklären, welche Fehler am wichtigsten zu beheben sind. Das Treffen wird am 3. November um 19:00 Uhr (UTC) sein. Wie Du daran teilnimmst, erfährst Du hier. Du kannst auch die letzte Ausgabe des Newsletters lesen.

Künftige Änderungen

  •   Ein Link zu einer Hilfeseite wird auf der Spezialseite Special:Search ergänzt. Administratoren müssen eventuell MediaWiki:Search-summary aktualisieren, um zwei Hilfelinks zu vermeiden. [366]
  • Leere Listeneinträge könnten künftig erlaubt werden, was sich wiederum auf Vorlagen auswirken kann. [367]

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Tech News: 2015-46

Die letzten Technik-Neuigkeiten der Wikimedia Technik-Community. Erzähle diese Änderungen auch den anderen. Nicht alle Änderungen betreffen Dich selbst. Übersetzungen sind verfügbar.

Letzte Änderungen

  • Das Superprotect-Recht wurde entfernt. [368]
  • Du kannst jetzt zwischen Wikitext-Editor und Visual Editor ohne Zwischenzuspeichern wechseln. Deine Änderungen werden dabei nicht verloren gehen. [369]
  •   JSON Dumps der Production Search Indizes sind nun verfügbar. Sie können nach Elasticsearch importiert werden. [370]

Probleme

  • Einige Übersetzungen der Danksagungs- und Echo-Erweiterungen stehen noch aus. Übersetzer wurden gebeten, dabei zu helfen und in Kürze zu erledigen. [371]

Änderungen dieser Woche

  • Miniaturbilder von 16-bit-TIFF-Dateien werden sauber angezeigt. Vorher waren sie eher unscharf. [372]
  •   Die neue MediaWiki-Version wird ab dem 10. November auf den Testwikis und MediaWiki.org, ab dem 11. November auf Wikipedia-fremden Wikis und ab dem 12. November auf allen Wikipedias verfügbar sein (Kalender).

Treffen

  •   Du kannst das nächste Treffen des VisualEditor-Teams besuchen. Während des Treffens kannst Du den Entwicklern erklären, welche Fehler am wichtigsten zu beheben sind. Das Treffen wird am 10. November um 19:00 Uhr (UTC) sein. Wie Du daran teilnimmst, erfährst Du hier. Du kannst auch die letzte Ausgabe des Newsletters lesen.

Küftige Änderungen

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Tech News: 2015-47

Die letzten Technik-Neuigkeiten der Wikimedia Technik-Community. Erzähle diese Änderungen auch den anderen. Nicht alle Änderungen betreffen Dich selbst. Übersetzungen sind verfügbar.

Änderungen dieser Woche

Treffen

  •   Du kannst das nächste Treffen des VisualEditor-Teams besuchen. Während des Treffens kannst Du den Entwicklern erklären, welche Fehler am wichtigsten zu beheben sind. Das Treffen wird am 17. November um 19:00 Uhr (UTC) sein. Wie Du daran teilnimmst, erfährst Du hier.

Künftige Änderungen

  • Internet Explorer 8 wird nicht weiter JavaScript unterstützen. Er wird zwar weiter funktionieren, aber du wirst einige Funktionen nicht mehr benutzen können. Das kann gelöst werden, in dem du den Browser auf eine neuere Version umstellst. Diese Änderung wird im Januar 2016 stattfinden. [378][379]

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20:39, 16. Nov. 2015 (CET)

Tech News: 2015-48

Die letzten Technik-Neuigkeiten der Wikimedia Technik-Community. Teile diese Änderungen auch den anderen mit. Nicht alle Änderungen betreffen Dich selbst. Übersetzungen sind verfügbar.

Letzte Änderungen

  •   Eine neue Pageview API zum Einlesen von Seiten wurde angekündigt. Rückmeldungen sind gewünscht, um mitzuentscheiden, welche Daten demnächst hinzugefügt werden sollen.

Änderungen dieser Woche

  • In dieser Woche sind keine Softwareänderungen vorgesehen. (Kalendar).

Treffen

Künftige Änderungen

  •   Ab dem 1. Dezember wird die MediaWiki API nicht mehr länger die Formate dbg, txt und yaml als Ausgabe unterstützen. [380]

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21:26, 23. Nov. 2015 (CET)

Tech News: 2015-49

Die letzten Technik-Neuigkeiten der Wikimedia Technik-Community. Teile diese Änderungen auch den anderen mit. Nicht alle Änderungen betreffen Dich selbst. Übersetzungen sind verfügbar.

Das Symbol für Spezielle Meldungen wurde geändert, da sich die Symbole zu ähnlich sahen. Ist eine Meldung für spezielle technische Funktionen gedacht, sieht das Symbol jetzt so aus:  . Über diese Änderung kannst Du hier Feedback hinterlassen.

Probleme

  • Am 29. September wurden benutzerdefinierte Skin-Einstellungen wegen eines Darstellungsfehlers auf kleineren bis mittleren Screens auf Vector zurückgesetzt. Alles wiederherzustellen würde noch mehr Probleme verursachen. Betroffene Benutzer können ihre globalen Einstellungen mit einem Wiederherstellungswunsch im Phabricator task T119206 bis 21. Dezember 2015 beantragen. [381]
  • Einige geplante Tasks funktionierten seit September bis heute nicht wie gewünscht. Einige Spezialseiten waren davon betroffen. Dies wurde jetzt behoben. [382]

Änderungen dieser Woche

  • Wikinews, Wikispecies, MediaWiki.org und Meta können jetzt Informationen von Wikidata beziehen. [383][384]
  • In dieser Woche sind keine MediaWiki-Software-Änderungen vorgesehen. (Kalendar).

Treffen

Künftige Änderungen

  • Es gibt jetzt Beobachtungsseiten zu Kategorien auf Testwikis und MediaWiki.org. Geplant ist es, dies im Januar 2016 auf den meisten Wikis zu etablieren. [385]
  • Interwiki-Mitteilungen werden derzeit entwickelt. Wenn dies erledigt ist, brauchst Du nicht mehr zwischen den Wikis wechseln, um nach Deinen Mitteilungen zu sehen. [386]

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17:16, 30. Nov. 2015 (CET)

Tech News: 2015-51

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

Changes this week

  • Meta will be able to use information from Wikidata. [387]
  •   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 Wikipedias from 17 December. (calendar).

Meetings

Future changes

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18:42, 14. Dez. 2015 (CET)

Tech News: 2015-52

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 2016.
  • The writers of the technical newsletter are asking for your opinion. Did you get the information you wanted this year? Did we miss important technical news in 2015? What kind of information was too late? Please tell us! You can write in your language. Thank you!

Recent changes

  • CompletionSuggester is a new suggestions algorithm for Search. It is available as a Beta feature since 17 December. (more information)
  • The Multimedia team is running an A/B test for the cross-wiki upload tool. They are testing four different interfaces. The test is running from 16-23 December. (more information)

Changes this week

  • There is no deployment of MediaWiki scheduled until 12 January 2016 (calendar).

Meetings

  • Should administrators and other users with advanced tools need stronger passwords? You can discuss about it in a Request for Comments.
  • No meeting with the VisualEditor team on 22 and 29 December, and 5 January.

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19:29, 21. Dez. 2015 (CET)

Tech News: 2015-50

Die letzten Technik-Neuigkeiten der Wikimedia Technik-Community. Teile diese Änderungen auch den anderen mit. Nicht alle Änderungen betreffen Dich selbst. Übersetzungen sind verfügbar.

Letzte Änderungen

  • Die Versionsprüfung hilft Dir, automatisch gut und schlecht aussehende Bearbeitungen zu erkennen. Dies macht es leichter, Vandalen zu sperren oder Neulinge willkommen zu heißen. Derzeit wird sie auf Wikidata und 14 Wikipedias unterstützt. [390]

Probleme

  • Der Zugang von Meta zu Wikidata wurde letzte Woche nicht freigeschaltet. Dies wurde aufgeschoben und wird später geschehen. [391]

Änderungen dieser Woche

  • Du kannst jetzt auch Wikilinks in den Titeln einer Flow-Diskussion benutzen. [392]
  • IP-Benutzer haben nun ein Toolbar mit Links auf ihre Benutzerdiskussionsseite und auf ihre Benutzerbeiträge. Einige Wikipedias hatten diese Funktion bereits. [393]
  • Die Größe von Bildern kann jetzt auch mit dem VisualEditor geändert werden. Du kannst entweder eine genaue Größe angeben oder ziehst die Grafik in die gewünschte Größe. [394]
  • Es wird einfacher, Math im VisualEditor zu benutzen, falls Du Dich mit LaTeX nicht auskennen solltest. Du kannst stattdessen Buttons mit Symbolen benutzen. [395]
  • Du kannst demnächst Syntax Highlighting benutzen, wenn du mathematische Formeln mit LaTeX im VisualEditor schreibst. [396]
  • Das Design des UploadWizard wird leicht geändert werden. [397]
  •   Die neue MediaWiki-Version wird ab dem 8. Dezember auf den Testwikis und MediaWiki.org, ab dem 9. Dezember auf Wikipedia-fremden Wikis und einigen Wikipedias und ab dem 10. Dezember auf allen Wikipedias verfügbar sein (Kalender).
  • Die neuen MediaWiki-Versionen werden auf der katalanischen und der hebräischen Wikipedia jetzt mittwochs verfügbar sein, andere Wikipedias bekommen diese wie bisher donnerstags. [398]

Treffen

Künftige Änderungen

  • Eine neue Beta-Funktion zeigt Benutzern Links zu ähnlichen Artikeln am Ende eines Artikels. Es ist standardmäßig deaktiviert. [399]

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18:52, 7. Dez. 2015 (CET)

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