آخر الأخبار من مجتمع ويكيميديا التقني. الرجاء إعلام المساهمين الآخرين عن هذه التغييرات. لن تتأثر كمساهم بكل التغييرات. تتوافر المزيد من الترجمات هنا.
تحديثات في دورية أخبار التقنية
سيتم تقديم دورية الأخبار التقنية في مؤتمر ويكيمانيا لعام 2014 في لندن! نتمنى أن تنضم إلينا في قاعة المحاضرات رقم 2 الساعة 14:30 بالتوقيت المحلي يوم الأحد 10 أغسطس/آب إذا كنت ستحضر المؤتمر.
التغييرات الحديثة في برنامج ميدياويكي
أضيفت آخر إصدارات الميدياويكي (1.24wmf16) إلى جميع الويكيات التجريبية وموقع ميدياويكي (MediaWiki.org) يوم 31 يوليو/تموز. وبسبب مؤتمر ويكيمانيا 2014 سيتم إضافة الإصدار إلى جميع الويكيات غير الويكيبيدية يوم 12 أغسطس/آب وجميع الويكيات الويكيبيدية يوم 14 أغسطس/آب (تقويم). [1]
يمكنك الآن تجربة أداة جديدة لتصيير صفحات الويكي كملفات ذات امتداد نسق المستندات المنقولة (PDF). [2][3][4]
يمكنك الآن تحميل تحديث لأرشيف يتكون من ملفات ويكيميديا كومنز (المحملة حتى يوم 31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول). الرجاء المساعدة في الحفاظ على هذه الملفات إذا كان لديك مساحة على جهاز الحاسوب الخاص بك. [5]
سيضطر المستخدمون الجدد الذين يتصفحون نسخة المحمول من ويكيميديا كومنز إلى إجراء 75 تعديل قبل التمكن من رفع ملفات. [6][7]
أخبار المحرر المرئي
لن ترى رسالة تأكيد بعد اليوم عند حفظك لتعديلٍ فارغ باستخدام المحرر المرئي. [8][9]
كما تم إصلاح العديد من الأخطاء البرمجية المتعلقة بالمراجع الأسبوع الماضي. [15][16][17][18]
تغييرات مستقبلية في البرامج
سيكون لديك خيار في المستقبل القريب يمكنك من متابعة الصفحات التي تقوم باسترجاع تعديلات بها. [19][20]
سيتم محو كل بيانات تولسيرفر في شهر سبتمبر/أيلول. الرجاء التواصل مع مسئولي النظام لتولسيرفر قبل 31 أغسطس/آب في حال رغبتك في النسخ الاحتياطي للبيانات الخاصة بك. [21]
لن تقوم محركات البحث بفهرسة الصفحات التي تتواجد في نطاق Translations: المستخدمة في الامتداد Translate. [22]
مشاكل
تعطلت ويكيات ويكي رحلات لما يقارب 45 دقيقة يوم 29 يوليو/تموز نتيجةً لمشكلة في التهيئة (configuration problem). [23]
لم يتمكن بعض المستخدمين من الولوج إلى ويكيات التجارب (test wikis) وموقع ميدياويكي (MediaWiki.org) بين 31 يوليو/تموز و1 أغسطس/آب. تم إصلاح هذه المشكلة الآن. [24]
آخر الأخبار من مجتمع ويكيميديا التقني. الرجاء إعلام المساهمين الآخرين عن هذه التغييرات. لن تتأثر كمساهم بكل التغييرات. تتوافر المزيد من الترجمات هنا.
التغييرات الحديثة في برنامج ميدياويكي
لن يكون هناك تغييرات في برنامج ميدياويكي بسبب انعقاد مؤتمر ويكيمانيا لعام 2014. سيتم إضافة آخر إصدار لميدياويكي إلى جميع الويكيات غير الويكيبيدية يوم 12 أغسطس/آب وجميع الويكيات الويكيبيدية يوم 14 أغسطس/آب (تقويم). [25]
لن يكون بإمكان البيروقراطيين دمج حسابين كحساب واحد على جميع نسخ ويكي رحلات بعد الآن. [26]
أخبار المحرر المرئي
سيتمكن المستخدمون الذين يزورون نسخة المحمول الخاصة بالويكيات غير الويكيبيدية عبر حاسباتهم اللوحية من استخدام المحرر المرئي ابتداءً من 12 أغسطس/آب. كما سيتم تفعيل الخاصية على كل الويكيبيديات يوم 14 أغسطس/آب. [27]
تغييرات مستقبلية في البرامج
سيرى مستخدمي إنترنت إكسبلورر في المستقبل القريب نسخة من كل ويكيات ويكيميديا خالية من كود جافا سكريبت حيث أن الأدوات والشفرات المصدرية الخاصة بهذه اللغة لن تعمل على هذا المتصفح. الرجاء التحديث إلى متصفح أجدد إذا كنت ما زلت تستخدم إنترنت إكسبلورر 6! [28][29][30]
إذا قمت بزيارة صفحة خاصة تتطلب منك تسجيل الدخول سيتم تحويلك إلى صفحة تسجيل الدخول عوضاً عن إظهار تحذير لك في الصفحة التي قمت بزيارتها. [31][32]
سيكون هناك إجتماع آي أر سي لمناقشة المحرر المرئي يوم 14 أغسطس/آب الساعة 09:00 حسب التوقيت العالمي المنسق على قناة #wikimedia-office (فرق التوقيت). [35]
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 (1.24wmf17) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since August 14. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on August 19, and on all Wikipedias on August 21 (calendar).
There is a new protection level called superprotection. At the moment, only some Wikimedia Foundation employees have access to it. Administrators can't edit "superprotected" pages. [36][37][38]
You can now create empty pages directly. A message asks you to confirm that you want to create an empty page. [39][40]
You can watch the first videos from Wikimania 2014. Some of them are about technical topics. More videos will come later.
Wikidata
After August 19, you can use Wikidata for inter language links on Wikinews. [42]
After August 19, you can use Wikidata for badges like "good" or "featured" articles. Next week, you will be able to show the badges in the article sidebar on Wikipedia, Wikisource and Wikiquote. [43]
Problems
There was an issue with ProofreadPage and WikiEditor on Wikisource wikis. It is now fixed. [44][45]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
VisualEditor news
There was a error when you put your cursor directly after a reference list. It is now fixed. [46]
You can now add colors to links in the editor using gadgets. You can do this to see links to redirects or disambiguation pages. [47]
If you use Internet Explorer, you will soon be able to use VisualEditor. [48][49][50]
Future software changes
The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf18) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since August 21. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on August 26, and on all Wikipedias on August 28 (calendar).
After August 26, you will have a central JavaScript and CSS page. They will be on Meta-Wiki and will work on all wikis. Read more on the help page. [51]
يا مراحب يا شبيب. لقد كانت رحلة واشنطن موفقة. كنت الكندي والعربي الوحيد المشارك بالفعاليات وسلموني مهمة الإرشاد الويكيبيدي لكندا ولم يشجعوني كثيرا لنشر النشاط في المنطقة العربية لكني سأجاهد لنشرها هناك إن شاء الله. بالنسبة لعناوين المالتين، أعتقد إقتراحك بتغيير العنوانين إلى نهر إبراهيم (قضاء جبيل) و نهر إبراهيم (نهر) هو الأصح. --أبولؤيتواصل معي 04:45، 2 سبتمبر 2014 (ت ع م)
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
You can now test a new Beta Feature to see links to other wikis in the sidebar. The links come from Wikidata. [52][53]
You can now search pages that link to a page. Use the linksto: keyword in your search. [54][55]
A redirect to a section now changes the URL in the address bar of your browser. If "Dog" redirects to "Animals#Dog", you now see "Animals#Dog" instead of "Dog#Dog". [56][57]
If you are testing Flow, you now have a Flow tab in your Notifications. It is called "Messages". [58]
VisualEditor news
You can no longer delete required fields in templates. [59]
We fixed many Internet Explorer bugs. If you use Internet Explorer 11, you will get VisualEditor next week. Support for earlier versions is coming next. [60][61][62]
We fixed a bug where some of your typing could be undone when you used "cut" (Ctrl+X). [64]
You will no longer see empty or deleted categories among the suggestions when you add a category. [65]
Future software changes
The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf19) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since August 28. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on September 2, and on all Wikipedias on September 4 (calendar).
There is a proposal to build a database on Commons for file data. It will make it easier to see the author, license and topics. You can give feedback on this idea. You can also come to the IRC chat on September 3 at 18:00 (UTC) in #wikimedia-office at freenode. [66]
You can give feedback on Media Viewer until September 7. You can say what needs to be improved and ask other people to give feedback too. [67]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
VisualEditor news
From Thursday, Internet Explorer 11 users will get VisualEditor. Support for earlier versions is coming next. [69][70][71]
Future software changes
The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf20) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since September 4. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on September 9, and on all Wikipedias on September 11 (calendar).
You will soon confirm a "Thanks" inline instead of in a dialog. [72]
You can read more about the plan to move to Phabricator, a tool that will help people develop the MediaWiki software and report bugs. [73]
Problems
There were problems with JavaScript and CSS on Friday, September 5 because of a code error.
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
You can now change the style of links to disambiguation pages. This is done with the mw-disambigCSS class. [74][75]
There was a problem on right-to-left wikis with Wikidata log entries. The text was messy in watchlists and recent changes. The problem is now fixed. The same problem will be fixed soon for user names. [76][77][78]
New users are randomly chosen for a test on 12 Wikipedias. They get messages with ideas of articles to edit. The ideas come from what they have already edited. [79]
Problems
There was a problem with loading images on September 10. [80]
VisualEditor news
If you don't select text when you add a link, the link now shows a number. [81]
The citation tool no longer offers to reuse a citation if there are none on the page yet. [82][83]
You can now use help buttons in the "إعدادات الصفحة" menu to see what the options are for. [84]
Future software changes
The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf21) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since September 11. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on September 16, and on all Wikipedias on September 18 (calendar).
These changes are coming with the new version:
If you use Internet Explorer 7, JavaScript will no longer work. JavaScript tools and scripts will no longer work in that browser. You should update to a newer browser. [85][86][87]
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
You can test a new Beta Feature called HHVM. It should make editing faster. Please report bugs if you see them. [88]
Problems
There was a problem on the English Wikipedia on September 19. It was due to edits on a template used on many pages.
Sites were down for users in the Pacific area around 7:00 UTC on September 20. It was due to a problem in the San Francisco data center.
There were two bad bugs messing up articles in some browsers in VisualEditor. We fixed the bugs and updated the sites. [89][90]
Software changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf22) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since September 18. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on September 23, and on all Wikipedias on September 25 (calendar).
If you have more than 2000 notifications, the oldest ones will be removed.[91][92]
In the "Vector" skin, the icon used for users will show a neutral gender. [93][94]
The VisualEditor template tool now tells you if a required field is missing. [95]
The "Cancel" button of the VisualEditor save window is now called "Resume editing". This shows that you can still edit and you won't lose your changes. [96]
There are new keyboard shortcuts in VisualEditor. Use Ctrl+Shift+6 for code and Ctrl+Shift+5 for strikethrough. [97][98]
In VisualEditor, you can now see that you are switching to the source editing mode. Before, it was not clear it was happening. [99]
Future site changes
You can see a plan for the move to Phabricator. It's the new tool to track bugs. A guided tour will be done via video on September 24. [100]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
There are now many more translations for language names. [103]
Software changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf1) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since September 25. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on September 30, and on all Wikipedias on October 2 (calendar).
Errors from Scribunto (Lua) are now shown on the page. Before, you had to click on "Script error" to see them. [104][105]
You can add an "autovalue" for a field in TemplateData. When users add the template to a page, the value will be added automatically. An example is when a clean-up template shows the date it was added. [106]
If you change a user preference but don't save it, it now asks if you want to save it. [107][108]
The PDF export tool has changed. The new one has better language support but it doesn't offer ZIM and EPUB formats. [109]
JavaScript authors: Many old methods will be removed soon. Please check your scripts and gadgets and replace the old methods by the new ones if needed. [110]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Some wikis have a template to track bugs in Bugzilla. You should update it to work with Phabricator. You can look at the one on mediawiki.org to see how. [113][114]
A new tool can now create thumbnails of large TIFF images. This concerns files larger than 50 megapixels. These thumbnails are also sharpened. You can comment on Commons. [116]
The Media Viewer tool has a clearer link to the file page. It also has buttons to download, share and embed the file. You can enlarge images by clicking on them. [117]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf2) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since 2 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from 7 October, and on all Wikipedias from 9 October (calendar).
If you make a code mistake when editing a Lua script, you won't be able to save your edit. [118][119]
We fixed some more Internet Explorer bugs. If you use Internet Explorer 10, you will be able to use VisualEditor next week. Support for earlier versions is coming next. [120]
On Thursday, the tool to edit TemplateData will come to 30 more wikis. [121][122]
You can help sort bugs in the Book and PDF export tool on October 8. [123]
1% of logged-out readers are getting pages from servers that run the HHVM tool. HHVM should make pages load faster. [124]
Future changes
You can look at the plan of the Mobile team for their future work. [125]
More changes to Media Viewer are coming. It will be easier to disable it, and you will see the caption below the image. [126][127]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf3) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since 9 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from 14 October, and on all Wikipedias from 16 October (calendar).
5% of logged-out readers are getting pages from servers that run the HHVM tool. HHVM should make pages load faster. You can also test it as a Beta Feature. [132]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. You can read translations.
Recent changes
You can test a new system to see math using MathML. Go to your display options and choose "⧼mw math mathml⧽".
You can add badges in Wikidata for quality articles and featured lists. [136][137]
File information cleanup
You can join a wiki project to help tools read file information. It will help people reuse files.
See how to fix metadata. You can fix it by adding markers to templates and adding templates to files.
You can see a list of files missing machine-readable information on your wiki.
Developers fixed a security problem. If you use Internet Explorer 6, you won't be able to log in any more. You should use a newer browser. [139]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf4) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since October 16. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from October 21, and on all Wikipedias from October 23 (calendar).
10% of logged-out readers are getting pages from servers that run the HHVM tool. HHVM should make pages load faster. You can also test it as a Beta Feature. [140]
If you add the same parameter twice in a template, it now puts the page in a tracking category. [141][142]
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 an issue with files from Commons on October 21. You could only see those with names between 140 and 159 characters by visiting Commons itself. [143]
There was a problem with cut and paste in VisualEditor in Firefox. It was fixed quickly. [144]
There was a problem with editing math in VisualEditor. It was fixed quickly. [145]
Software changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will now come to Wikipedia sites every Wednesday, instead of every Thursday. [146]
The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf5) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since October 23. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from October 28, and on all Wikipedias from October 29 (calendar).
VisualEditor's menu items now show their shortcuts beside them. [150]
VisualEditor now opens faster when you click "edit". [151]
The rules for plurals in translations changed in some languages. Interface translations are currently not being updated from translatewiki.net; this process will start again on November 6. [152]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
There was a bug in VisualEditor with Internet Explorer. It hid tools like the link editor when you opened them. The bug was fixed on Monday. [156]
Issues with the new search tool caused geo data code to show up on pages on Monday and Friday. The mobile "nearby" tool was also broken. The problem is now fixed. [157][158][159]
HHVM caused server issues on Thursday. They are now fixed.
Software changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf5) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since October 29. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from November 4, and on all Wikipedias from November 5 (calendar).
Some wikis have icons at the top of a page to show if it is protected or featured. Icons show up using CSS. You can now use the <indicator> tag in these templates instead to add the icons. [160][161]
VisualEditor now tells you if you're editing a re-used reference. This helps you avoid changing it if you just want to add a new one. [162]
The icons in VisualEditor's template editor tool for adding more fields are back, along with other fixes. [163][164][165][166][167]
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
You may see a new tool on the mobile site of the English Wikipedia. It asks simple questions to make the article better. In the future, your answers will go to Wikidata. [172][173]
You can join two IRC chats this week to learn more about the file cleanup project. One will be on Wednesday at 18:00 (UTC) and the other on Thursday at 04:00 (UTC). You can ask questions during the chat if you need help to fix files on your wiki.
You can see a list of files to fix on the Labs tool. You can report bugs and ask questions on the talk page.
Problems
Wikimedia Labs was broken for a few hours on Thursday. It was due to a hardware problem. [175]
Software changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf7) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since November 5. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from November 11, and on all Wikipedias from November 12 (calendar).
You can now use more editing tools for tables in VisualEditor. You can add rows and columns, merge cells, and edit table captions. [176][177]
The style and insert menus in the toolbar of VisualEditor now show fewer tools. This helps you see the most common tasks. You can see all items by clicking "More". [178]
The way windows inside VisualEditor work has changed. VisualEditor should be faster and have fewer bugs. [179]
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 (1.25wmf8) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since November 12. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from November 18, and on all Wikipedias from November 19 (calendar).
The new search tool ("CirrusSearch") will be on the English Wikipedia from November 19. [180]
Move from Bugzilla to Phabricator
The tool to track bugs will change on November 21.
You won't be able to add or edit bugs between November 21 and November 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.
Recent changes
The move from Bugzilla to Phabricator is done. You can now report bugs in Phabricator. [182]
Problems
There was a problem when editing tables in VisualEditor. VisualEditor was trying to fix bad values for the colspan or rowspan option. VisualEditor now leaves the bad values to avoid making things worse. This was fixed on November 17. [183]
Software changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf9) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since November 19. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from November 25, and on all Wikipedias from November 26 (calendar).
You will be able to try VisualEditor on many new wikis for the first time. After November 26, VisualEditor will become available on Wikidata, Wikiquote, Wikibooks, Wikiversity, Wikivoyage, and Wikinews wikis. You can find it in your Beta options. [184]
VisualEditor now tells you if your edit needs to be approved. [185]
You can now use VisualEditor's tools directly when you resume editing after closing the save window. [186]
VisualEditor's table editing tools now work better in right-to-left languages. [187][188]
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
All users are now getting pages from servers that run the HHVM tool. HHVM should make pages load faster. [189]
You can join a video chat about Phabricator on December 11 at 18:00 (UTC). Phabricator is the new tool to report issues. [190]
Problems
There was a problem with Phabricator on November 29. It was due to a network issue. [191]
Software changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf11) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since December 3. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from December 9. It will be on all Wikipedias from December 10 (calendar). [192]
You can now exit VisualEditor by pressing the "Esc" key. [193]
It is now easier to use VisualEditor with IMEs. Typing in Malayalam now works better. [194][195]
The new version of OOjs UI fixed many issues with the size and layout of buttons in dialogs. [196][197][198]
التعليق الأخير: قبل 10 سنواتتعليق واحدشخص واحد في النقاش
مرحبا، اطلعت على ترجمتك خاصة لمقالة فضاء خارجي ومن قراءة أولية أعجبني العمل. فقط وددت لفت انتباهك إلى أن هذا العمل يبقى منقوصا إذا لم تنقل المراجع من المقالة الأصلية. إذ أنه لا فائدة من وجود إشارات لها (من قبيل [1] و[2] ..) وهي غير موجود. لذا أدعوك بأن تتفضل بتصحيح الأمر مع ثنائي على عملك الجيد.--- مع تحياتي ---(أدلي برأيك)-- وهراني16:06، 12 ديسمبر 2014 (ت ع م)ردّ
نشاط في ويكي الرحلات
التعليق الأخير: قبل 10 سنواتتعليق واحدشخص واحد في النقاش
مرحبا Aboluay! نحتاج تنشيط في ويكي الرحلات لمساهمات بقدر أربعين إلى خمسين تعديلاً منك. استمرار هذا النشاط لمدة شهر سيضمن تنشيط مشروع ويكي الرحلات باللغة العربية.
مرحبا Aboluay/نقاش صفحة9WikiArabiaشعار ويكيميديا تونس
تعلم لجنة تنظيم مؤتمر ويكي عربية الذي سيعقد في تونس أواخر شهر مارس القادم أن باب تقديم المداخلات مفتوح إلى غاية يوم الخميس 18 ديسمبر 2014.
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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
You may see a new tool tested on the mobile site of the English Wikipedia. It asks simple questions to make the article better. In the future, your answers will go to Wikidata. [202]
You can watch a video to learn how to use Phabricator to manage projects. [203]
You can test a new version of the Content Translation tool.
Software changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf12) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since December 10. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from December 16. It will be on all Wikipedias from December 17 (calendar). [204]
You can now find and replace text in VisualEditor. You can open the tool via the menu, Ctrl+F or Cmd+F. [205]
VisualEditor now doesn't change the space at the end of a text that you make bold. [206]
The "Apply changes" button in the reference window of VisualEditor is now disabled until you make a change. [207]
Future changes
The star image of the watchlist may change soon. [208][209]
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
The Technical Operations team is now using Phabricator to track their tasks. The Operations team manages the Wikimedia servers. In the future you will be able to see the tasks that are not private. [212]
Software changes this week
There will be no software changes this week and next week. This is because of the end-of-year holidays. The next update of MediaWiki will be on January 6. [213]
Future changes
The system that displays citations will change in the future. The new system will not change the style of citations. [214]
A new design for VisualEditor will come in January. You can try it now on test wikis. [215]
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
There are no technical changes this week.
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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. [216]
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. [217]
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. [218]
The search and replace tool in VisualEditor is now much faster in long pages. [219]
The TemplateData editor now uses the same design as VisualEditor. [220][221][222]
The thumb option is now shown in your language in the help of the classic editor toolbar. [223]
Future changes
You can sign up to answer questions from designers. It will help them make editing easier. [224]
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.[225][226]
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. [227]
Software changes this week
There are no software changes this week and next week due to annual meetings. [228]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
تعلن لجنة تنظيم مؤتمر ويكي عربية الذي سينعقد في اليوم الثالث، الرابع، والخامس من أبريل 2015 بمدينة المنستيرالتونسية، أن باب الترشح مفتوح لطلب منحة تشمل تكاليف السفر ذهابا وإيابا من بلدكم إلى تونس ومصاريف التنقل والإقامة والأكل لمدة أيّام المؤتمر.
تقبل الترشحات إلى غاية يوم الأحد 8 فبراير 2015 على الساعة 23:59 بالتوقيت العالمي.
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. [233]
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. [234]
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. [235][236]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
MediaWiki was reverted to the previous version on February 4. It was because of a performance issue. It was restored later. [238]
UploadWizard was broken on February 4 because of the revert of MediaWiki. [239]
All sites were broken for 30 minutes on February 5. It was due to a network problem. [240]
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. [241][242][243]
You can search for media files in VisualEditor more easily. Images are bigger and you see the size and license. [244][245]
It is easier to review your changes when you save the page in VisualEditor. The window is wider. [246]
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. [247]
In the future you will be able to have personal lists of articles on the mobile site. [248]
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).
You can now change the order of categories in VisualEditor using drag-and-drop. [252]
In VisualEditor, you now need to make a change before you can "Apply Changes" to citations and templates. [253]
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. [254]
Meetings
The VisualEditor Team had their first public bug triage meeting on February 11. They will post the results on the meeting page. [255]
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. [256]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
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. [262]
It is now easier to see when a button is disabled in VisualEditor. [263]
Sometimes when you copy-pasted a template in VisualEditor, it was replaced by HTML. This problem is now fixed. [264]
Tools in Labs will stop working for a few hours on February 24. [265]
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. [266]
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. [267]
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. [268][269]
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. [270][271][272][273]
The TemplateData editor now warns you if a related page already has TemplateData. [274]
The TemplateData table now tells you if a template doesn't take any parameters. [275]
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. [276]
Future changes
You will be able to get a direct link for a section of a page. [277]
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. [278][279]
VisualEditor had problems with categories in Safari. It sometimes moved or removed the categories. The issue is now fixed. [280][281][282]
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. [283][284]
The feedback tool in VisualEditor now looks like the other tools. It also asks for information about your browser to help fix bugs. [285][286]
You now see the VisualEditor toolbar even if the rest of the page is still loading. [287][288]
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. [289][290]
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. [291]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
أحدث التغييرات
The servers that resize images are using new software. You should report new problems that you notice with images. [294]
It is now easier to add special characters in VisualEditor. You can edit the list of characters for your wiki. [296][297]
مشاكل
Wikis were broken for a few minutes on Thursday due to a code error.
التغييرات هذا الأسبوع
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. [298][299]
You can now add examples, and details about old parameters, in TemplateData. [300][301]
لقاءات
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.
تغييرات مستقبلية
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. [302][303]
You can comment on how you want to see Wikidata edits in your watchlist on other wikis. [304]
التعليق الأخير: قبل 9 سنواتتعليق واحدشخص واحد في النقاش
Thank you for using VisualEditor and sharing your ideas with the developers.
Hello, Aboluay,
The Editing team is asking very experienced editors like you for your help with VisualEditor. The team has a list of top-priority problems, but they also want to hear about small problems. These problems may make editing less fun, take too much of your time, or be as annoying as a paper cut. The Editing team wants to hear about and try to fix these small things, too.
You can share your thoughts by clicking this link. You may respond to this quick, simple, anonymous survey in your own language. If you take the survey, then you agree your responses may be used in accordance with these terms. This survey is powered by Qualtrics and their use of your information is governed by their privacy policy.
More information (including a translateable list of the questions) is posted on wiki at mw:VisualEditor/Survey 2015. If you have questions, or prefer to respond on-wiki, then please leave a message on the survey's talk page.
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. [306]
VisualEditor is now much faster. For many users it is now at least as fast as the wikitext editor. [307][308][309]
When you add a list of references in VisualEditor, you now see it right away. You can still change its group by editing it. [310]
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. [311]
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. [312]
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. [313][314][315]
All sites should now be faster if you have a recent browser. [316]
You could see a serious bug when editing some templates with VisualEditor. It was fixed quickly. [317]
VisualEditor could break when you edited an image. The issue was fixed quickly. [318]
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. [319]
You can now edit the mobile site of all wikis without an account. [320]
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. [321]
You can now see that VisualEditor is opening even if you're not looking at the top of the page. [322]
VisualEditor doesn't leave empty titles with just nowiki tags any more. [323][324][325][326]
You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
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 1 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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 join a new email list for important news about Wikimedia Labs. [328]
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. [338]
Many bugs around copy-paste in VisualEditor are now fixed. [339][340]
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. [341]
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. [342]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
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. [348][349]
All users can now test link previews ("Hovercards") on several Wikipedias. [350]
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.
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. [351]
VisualEditor sometimes showed empty warnings for wikis using Flagged Revisions. This is now fixed on all wikis. [352]
You can get the new version of the Wikipedia app for iOS. With it you can share facts with your friends. [353]
If you write JavaScript, you should stop using importScript and importStylesheet. [354]
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. [356][357][358]
If your wiki has the auto-fill tool for citations, you can now use it when you edit a reference. [359]
You can now give examples for template options in TemplateData. [360]
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
You will soon be able to add and remove tags on edits. [361][362]
مرحبًا Aboluay. صفحة النقاش الخاصة بك حجمها كبير (أكبر من 80 كيلو بايت)؛ وهذا يُصعب من عملية تواصل المستخدمين الآخرين معك. من فضلك قم بأرشفة صفحة نقاشك. للمزيد انظر هذه الصفحة. شكرًا.
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