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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent software changes
- The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf2) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on April 24. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on April 29, and all Wikipedias on May 1 (calendar).
- You can now use interwiki prefix
c:to link to pages on Wikimedia Commons. [1]
VisualEditor news
- You will soon be able to set content language and direction with VisualEditor. [2]
- VisualEditor now works on all Wikipedias after broken
MediaWiki:Common.jspages (and similar) were fixed last week. [3] - VisualEditor dialogs now use an animation of moving lines rather than animated GIF images.
Future software changes
- CirrusSearch will be enabled as a beta feature on 41 new wikis, including Meta-Wiki and the Swedish (sv), Russian (ru), Polish (pl), Japanese (ja) and Chinese (zh) Wikipedias next week. This change means that CirrusSearch will now be enabled on all Wikimedia wikis.
- MediaViewer will be enabled for all users on the French (fr) and Dutch (nl) Wikipedias on May 1. Feedback is welcome. [4]
- The mobile version of Wikimedia wikis will soon include filters to limit the number of uploaded files that are copyright violations. [5]
- CodeEditor will soon have a status bar about errors and warnings. [6] [7]
- You can test a new version of Winter, a proposal to have a fixed toolbar at the top of wiki pages. Comments are welcome. [8]
Problems
- For about 30 minutes on April 21, there were problems with image scaling due to a high server load. [9] [10]
- On April 22, it was not possible to use the Collection extension for about 90 minutes due to a server move. [11] [12]
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07:22, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
Catalan Culture Challenge 5th position Winner
FELICITACIONS!!!! Hi, we congrat to inform you that you are the 5th position Winner of the Catalan Culture challenge, with 801 points. In order to proceed to send you the awards, it would be great if you can send us an email to glam®wikimedia.cat so we can proceed. Yours. Kippelboy. Amical Wikimedia.--Kippelboy (talk) 14:11, 29 April 2014 (UTC)
The Signpost: 30 April 2014
- News and notes: WMF's draft annual plan turns indigestible as an FDC proposal
- Traffic report: Going to the Doggs
- Breaking: The Foundation's new executive director
- WikiProject report: Genetics
- Interview: Wikipedia in the Peabody Essex Museum
- Featured content: Browsing behaviours
- Recent research: Wikipedia predicts flu more accurately than Google
WikiCup 2014 April newsletter
Round 3 of the 2014 WikiCup has just begun; 32 competitors remain. Pool G's 
Adam Cuerden (submissions) was Round 2's highest scorer, with a large number of featured picture credits. In March/April, he restored star charts from Urania's Mirror, lithographs of various warships (such as SMS Gefion) and assorted other historical media. Second overall was Pool E's 
Godot13 (submissions), whose featured list Silver certificate (United States) contains dozens of scans of banknotes recently promoted to featured picture status. Third was Pool G's 
ChrisGualtieri (submissions) who has produced a large number of good articles, many, including Falkner Island, on Connecticut-related topics. Other successful participants included 
Cliftonian (submissions), who saw three articles (including the top-importance Ian Smith) through featured article candidacies, and 
Caponer (submissions), who saw three lists (including the beautifully-illustrated list of plantations in West Virginia) through featured list candidacies. High-importance good articles promoted this round include narwhal from 
Reid,iain james (submissions), tiger from 
Cwmhiraeth (submissions) and The Lion King from 
Igordebraga (submissions). We also saw our first featured topic points of the competition, awarded to 
Czar (submissions) and 
Red Phoenix (submissions) for their work on the Sega Genesis topic. No points have been claimed so far for good topics or featured portals.
192 was our lowest qualifying score, again showing that this WikiCup is the most competitive ever. In previous years, 123 (2013), 65 (2012), 41 (2011) or 100 (2010) secured a place in Round 3. Pool H was the strongest performer, with all but one of its members advancing, while only the two highest scorers in Pools G and F advanced. At the end of June, 16 users will advance into the semi-finals. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 17:56, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent software changes
- The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf3) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on May 1. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on May 6, and all Wikipedias on May 8 (calendar).
- The Compact Personal Bar was added as a beta feature to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on May 1. It will be added as a beta feature to non-Wikipedia wikis on May 6, and to all Wikipedias on May 8. To test it, you can enable it now in your preferences on MediaWiki.org. [13]
- It is now easier to disable the CodeEditor tool. [14]
VisualEditor news
- External links in VisualEditor are now in the same light blue color as in MediaWiki. [15]
- The template tool now tells you if a parameter is obsolete. [16]
- You can now add "suggested" parameters in TemplateData; VisualEditor will add them like required ones. [17]
- There is a new type for TemplateData parameters:
wiki-file-namefor file names. [18][19] - Editing formulae in VisualEditor will soon be enabled for all users. [20] [21]
- You will soon be able to try a new beta feature to edit text in another language. [22] [23]
Future software changes
- MediaViewer will be enabled for all users on the Japanese (ja), Portuguese (pt), Spanish (es), Swedish (sv) and Telugu (te) Wikipedias on May 8. Feedback is welcome. [24]
- You can help translate about 100 new language names that have been added to our data source. They are used, for example, as hover text for interwiki links. Send an e-mail to Nemo if you want to help.
- If you click on a redirect page in your watchlist, you will soon access the redirect itself. [25] [26]
Problems
- For about 40 minutes around 00:20 UTC on April 29, there were problems with page loading due to high server load.
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07:29, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
Join the Umepedia Challenge!
Hi there,
I noticed your fantastic contributions to the Catalan Culture Challenge and wanted to invite you to a similar contest!
This month (1st-31st May) you are invited to take part in a writing contest about the northern city of Umeå, which currently is the European Capital of Culture. These 40 important articles are needed in your language as we hope to place QRpedia signs next to these landmarks in Umeå during 2014, making it easier for tourists and immigrants to enjoy the city's history and culture. This will make Umeå the first Wikipedia city in the Nordic countries! :-)
I hope that you will join the fun and take part in translating or improving these 40 articles and win great prizes!
Kind regards, John Andersson (WMSE) (talk) 15:30, 5 May 2014 (UTC) (project manager for Umepedia)
The Signpost: 07 May 2014
- Traffic report: TMZedia
- WikiCup: 2014 WikiCup enters round three
- In the media: Google and the flu; Adrianne
- WikiProject report: Singing with Eurovision
- Featured content: Wikipedia at the Rijksmuseum
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent software changes
- The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf4) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on May 8. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on May 13, and all Wikipedias on May 15 (calendar).
VisualEditor news
- A new citation system in VisualEditor was enabled on the English Wikipedia. It will soon be enabled on more wikis. [27]
- Templates that were previously broken in VisualEditor should now appear correctly. [28]
Future software changes
- It will soon be possible to move category description pages. Pages in changed categories will still have to be moved independently. [29] [30]
- You will soon be able to clear your watchlist with one click or through the API. [31] [32] [33] [34]
- You will soon be able to link to Flow posts and workflows with
Special:Flow. [35] [36] - The jQuery JavaScript library will soon be updated. Please check that your gadgets and scripts will still work. [37]
- The Vector skin will work faster, as the sidebar will no longer collapse partly after being loaded. [38] [39] [40]
- MediaViewer will be enabled for all users on Wikimedia Commons on May 15. Feedback is welcome.
- An IRC discussion about Phabricator will take place on May 14 at 18:00 UTC on the channel #wikimedia-office on freenode (time conversion). [41]
- Toolserver tools will be stopped on June 30. Please make sure to change gadgets that link to the Toolserver to point to Tool Labs instead. [42]
Problems
- There were problems with generating file thumbnails for all wikis between May 3 and May 6 due to a configuration error. [43] [44]
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06:00, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
Orphaned non-free image File:Asian Tennis Fedration's official logo.png
Thanks for uploading File:Asian Tennis Fedration's official logo.png. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).
Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 19:28, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
The Signpost: 14 May 2014
- Investigative report: Hong Kong's Wikimania 2013—failure to produce financial statement raises questions of probity
- WikiProject report: Relaxing in Puerto Rico
- Featured content: On the rocks
- Traffic report: Eurovision, Google Doodles, Mothers, and 5 May
- Technology report: Technology report needs editor, Media Viewer offers a new look
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Tech News updates
- Tech News is one year old this week; thank you for being with us!
Recent software changes
- The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf5) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on May 15. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on May 20, and all Wikipedias on May 22 (calendar).
- The jQuery JavaScript library was updated on May 16. Please check that your gadgets and scripts still work. [45] [46] [47]
- MediaViewer was enabled for all users on the Kannada (kn) and Telugu (te) Wikipedias on May 13. It will be enabled on the German (de), English (en), Italian (it) and Russian (ru) Wikipedias and on all Wikisource wikis on May 22. Feedback is welcome. [48] [49]
- VisualEditor was added as a beta feature to Wikimedia Commons on May 15. You can enable it in your preferences. [50] [51]
- You can read a summary of the Wikimedia technical report for April 2014.
VisualEditor news
- VisualEditor's buttons and icons can now be accessed using keyboard keys. [52] [53]
- VisualEditor's new citation tool now matches templates like
{{cite_web}}and not just{{Cite web}}. [54] [55] - VisualEditor's welcome message will no longer be shown to users who have already seen it. [56] [57]
- VisualEditor now shows a clearer message when you cancel an edit. [58]
- The toolbar of the PageTriage extension will no longer be visible inside VisualEditor. [59] [60]
Future software changes
- User ID number will no longer be visible in preferences. [61] [62]
Problems
- For several hours on May 16, there were problems with loading gadgets on some wikis due to a server problem. [63]
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07:18, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
Joan Miró Global Challenge — thank you!
Dear Bill william compton,
Thank you very much for your participation at Joan Miró Global Challenge last 10th May (and sorry for the delay in getting back in touch). With your help we achieved the goal to get the 10 key articles translated into at least 10 different languages and, as promised, we will send you a plush keyring as a reward. Please send me an email with the pysical address where you want the reward to be sent. Best regards! --ESM (talk) 21:01, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
The Signpost: 21 May 2014
- News and notes: "Crisis" over Wikimedia Germany's palace revolution
- Featured content: Staggering number of featured articles
- Traffic report: Doodles' dawn
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent software changes
- The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf6) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on May 22. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on May 27, and all Wikipedias on May 29 (calendar).
- MediaViewer will be enabled on all Wikisource wikis on May 29, and on the German (de) and English (en) Wikipedias on June 3. Feedback is welcome.
VisualEditor news
- VisualEditor's welcome message and wikitext warning now say that you can switch to source mode editing and keep your edits without saving them. [64] [65] [66] [67]
- A bug that caused files not to appear after saving edits in the
File:namespace was fixed last week. [68] [69] - VisualEditor tabs will no longer appear in namespaces where VisualEditor is disabled. [70] [71]
- It is now possible to edit inline images with VisualEditor; many minor bugs related to images have also been fixed. [72]
- VisualEditor will no longer convert spaces to underscores inside links to pages in namespaces that include spaces in their names. [73]
Future software changes
- Wikimedia Labs will stop working for about 10 minutes around 18:00 UTC on May 30 due to a server upgrade. [74]
- It will soon no longer be possible to upload different files under the same name at the same time using the UploadWizard tool. [75] [76]
- Links to TIFF, DjVu or PDF files created with the syntax
[[File:Name.ext|thumb|page 15 is my favourite]]will now show an image caption if there is any text after page number; previously they caused the given page to appear. [77] [78] [79] - You will soon see information about global blocks for IP addresses on their contributions page on your local wiki. [80] [81]
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08:29, 26 May 2014 (UTC)
The Signpost: 28 May 2014
- News and notes: The English Wikipedia's second featured-article centurion; wiki inventor interviewed on video
- Featured content: Zombie fight in the saloon
- Traffic report: Get fitted for flipflops and floppy hats
- Recent research: Predicting which article you will edit next
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent software changes
- The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf7) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on May 29. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on June 3, and to all Wikipedias on June 5 (calendar).
- CirrusSearch was enabled as the primary search method on all Wikipedias with less than 100,000 pages on May 30. [82]
VisualEditor news
- Templates that redirect to other templates now get the TemplateData of their target. [83]
- The toolbar of the PageTriage extension will no longer be visible after you save an edit with VisualEditor. [84] [85]
- VisualEditor now checks if your browser supports SVG files to avoid displaying broken icons. [86]
- There is now a new type for TemplateData parameters:
datefor dates and times in the ISO 8601 format. [87]
Future software changes
- MediaViewer will be enabled on the German (de) and English (en) Wikipedias on June 3. Feedback is welcome.
- You will soon see a warning if you visit a contributions page for a user that does not exist. [88] [89]
- The search tab will soon be removed from user preferences. You will be able to set your search preferences on Special:Search. [90] [91]
- You will soon see a label next to the little triangle arrow for the Actions menu in the Vector skin (screenshot). [92] [93]
Problems
- For about 20 minutes on May 29, all wikis were broken due to a configuration error. [94]
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08:07, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
Books & Bytes, Issue 6
The Wikipedia Library
- New donations from Oxford University Press and Royal Society (UK)
- TWL does Vegas: American Library Association Annual plans
- TWL welcomes a new coordinator, resources for library students and interns
- New portal on Meta, resources for starting TWL branches, donor call blitzes, Wikipedia Visiting Scholar news, and more
The Signpost: 04 June 2014
- News and notes: Two new affiliate-selected trustees
- Featured content: Ye stately homes of England
- In the media: Reliable or not, doctors use Wikipedia
- Traffic report: Autumn in summer
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent software changes
- The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf8) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on June 5. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on June 10, and to all Wikipedias on June 12 (calendar).
- You can now use guided tours on the Arabic (ar), Bengali (bn) and Norwegian (no) Wikipedias. If you want this tool on your wiki, you need to translate it and ask in Bugzilla. [95] [96]
VisualEditor news
- You should no longer be able to add empty references with VisualEditor. [97] [98]
- The "use an existing reference" button in the reference tool is now shown as disabled, rather than hidden, when the reference has content. [99] [100] [101]
- You will now see category contents again after saving an edit to a category page with VisualEditor. [102] [103]
Future software changes
- MediaViewer will be enabled by default on all wikis on June 12. Feedback is welcome. [104]
- You will be able to use information from Wikidata directly in Wikiquote pages starting on June 10. [105]
- On wikis with the Translate extension enabled, translation administrators will soon be able to use the page migration tool to import existing translations to the new system. [106] [107]
- You will soon see metadata on file description pages for Ogg files (example video, example audio). Some metadata with non-English characters may need to be purged or transcoded to UTF-8 before they show correctly. [108] [109]
- Templates containing
<ref>or<references>tags will no longer need dummy parameters to prevent caching. [110] [111] [112] - You will no longer be able to use Special:Thanks directly. The page will soon show an error message when you visit it. [113] [114]
- Hovercards will no longer flicker. [115]
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07:39, 9 June 2014 (UTC)
The Signpost: 11 June 2014
- News and notes: PR agencies commit to ethical interactions with Wikipedia
- Traffic report: The week the wired went weird
- Paid editing: Does Wikipedia Pay? The Moderator: William Beutler
- Special report: Questions raised over secret voting for WMF trustees
- Featured content: Politics, ships, art, and cyclones
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Reminder
- You can subscribe to the wikitech-ambassadors mailing list to get news more quickly and to send feedback or report problems.
Recent software changes
- The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf9) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on June 12. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on June 17, and to all Wikipedias on June 19 (calendar).
- You can now read a summary of the Wikimedia technical report for May 2014.
VisualEditor news
- You can now easily see the target of a link or other information using the context menu. [116]
- When you edit a reference, you can now empty it and click the "use an existing reference" button to switch it to re-use another reference. [117] [118]
- You can now add and edit
{{DISPLAYTITLE}}and__DISAMBIG__in the page settings menu. [119] [120] [121] [122] - The tool to insert special characters is now wider and simpler; the order of mathematical symbols is now correct. [123] [124] [125]
Future software changes
- Media Viewer will be enabled by default on all wikis on June 19. Feedback is welcome. [126]
- You will no longer be able to use navigation popups and Hovercards at the same time. [127]
- You will no longer see image thumbnails on search results pages on Wikibooks and Wikisource wikis. [128] [129]
- It will soon be possible to globally rename global (SUL) users. [130] [131]
- Tablet users will be redirected to the mobile view of Wikimedia wikis starting on June 17. [132]
- The special page that lists most linked-to templates will soon include pages from all namespaces; it will also be renamed to
Special:MostTranscludedPages. [133] - An IRC discussion about Phabricator will take place on June 17 at 17:30 UTC on the channel #wikimedia-office on freenode (time conversion). You can also read a blog post about the upcoming switch to Phabricator.
- You can now comment on the draft 2014-15 goals of the Wikimedia Foundation engineering department. [134]
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07:13, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
The Wikipedia Library: New Account Coordinators Needed
Hi Books & Bytes recipients: The Wikipedia Library has been expanding rapidly and we need some help! We currently have 10 signups for free account access open and several more in the works... In order to help with those signups, distribute access codes, and manage accounts we'll need 2-3 more Account Coordinators.
It takes about an hour to get up and running and then only takes a couple hours per week, flexible depending upon your schedule and routine. If you're interested in helping out, please drop a note in the next week at my talk page or shoot me an email at: jorlowitz
gmail.com. Thanks and cheers, Jake Ocaasi via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:41, 20 June 2014 (UTC)
The Signpost: 18 June 2014
- News and notes: With paid advocacy in its sights, the Wikimedia Foundation amends their terms of use
- Featured content: Worming our way to featured picture
- Special report: Wikimedia Bangladesh: a chapter's five-year journey
- Traffic report: You can't dethrone Thrones
- WikiProject report: Visiting the city