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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 changes
The visual editor now works when you use Internet Explorer 9. [1]
Problems
There was a security problem with the MobileFrontend extension. It showed information that had been oversighted. This has now been fixed. [2]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from May 3. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from May 4. It will be on all wikis from May 5 (calendar).
Pages could be added to new users' watchlists by default when they edit them. New users could also by default get email notifications when pages they watch are edited. This is discussed on Meta. [4]
Thanks for updating my username. I'm new to editing and the protocols surrounding Wikipedia. I appreciate your speed in dealing with it. SSN Stead (talk) 21:43, 4 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
WikiCup 2016 May newsletter
FP of Christ Church Cathedral, Falkland Islands by Godot13
Round 2 is over and 35 competitors have moved on to Round 3.
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
Wikiversities now have better access to Wikidata. They can use data from any page on Wikidata on any page on Wikiversity. This happened on May 3. [5]
Users are invited to try Cross-wiki Notifications on all wikis. This is the last test session before the release by default, scheduled for May 12th at 23:00 UTC. [7][8]
You can use keyboard shortcuts to open the visual editor (meta+V) or the wikitext editor (meta+E) (on certain wikis, even if you have chosen a favorite editor). [9]
Uploading files bigger than 100 megabytes on Wikimedia Commons required to opt-in in your preferences. This is not necessary anymore. [10]
The UploadsLink extension is now available on Wikimedia Commons. [11]
Deleting a translation unit page didn't remove the corresponding content from the translation page. This is now solved. [12]
Translation suggestions based on Apertium are now available on Mediawiki.org. [13]
Problems
MediaWiki 1.27.0-wmf.23 has been rolled back from Wikimedia wikis, due to a performance issue. [14]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from May 10. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from May 11. It will be on all wikis from May 12 (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on May 10 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Today, in categories, a page titled "11" comes before "2". We plan to reorder that: "2" will come before "11". Please tell the developers if the change will cause problems. [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
Some image thumbnails now load faster on mobile. They also take up less bandwidth. [16]
Problems
Last week's MediaWiki version was late on some wikis. [17]
Changes this week
Special:Notifications will have "mark as read" buttons for each day. The non-JavaScript version will get it this week. A JavaScript version will come later. [18]
Wikis can now locally decide what wikitext they want the signature button to produce. [19]
A one-time welcome message for users will now be shown in the wikitext editor. This will include existing users. [20]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from May 17. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from May 18. It will be on all wikis from May 19 (calendar).
Using self-closing tags like <div/> and <span/> to mean <div></div> and <span></span> will not work in the future. Templates and pages that use these tags should be fixed. When Phabricator ticket T134423 is fixed these tags will parse as <div> and <span> instead. This is normal in HTML5. [21]
Hi K6ka. I edited the Vandalism template at 15:08 UTC on 22 May, because at that point of time, I already had been doing about 3 hours of solid huggle work, and it was within the last hour I faced an RPM of over 6-7. The first editor of the series of edits, I dream of horses was right in editing the template at that point of time, suddenly Defconbot updated with a level 0, which is not only unrepresentative of the situation at that time, it was clearly indicating it was unable to provide information, as good as malfunctioning. My last edit was at 15:45 UTC, which was 12:45 AM where I live, and I was going to sleep, therefore I did not make the revert back to Defconbot.
It was interesting to note that Defconbot then came back to normal shortly after (16:30 UTC), but I was certainly not there to see it. But even then, at the point of time I was active, I had grounds to make sure that the template reflected up-to-date information representative of the situation, which Defconbot was clearly not doing. At the end of the day, it's not about whether Defconbot is right or I am right or you are right; we just need patrollers to be on the beat whenever it is most required.
I would like to give a friendly suggestion that instead of going passive-aggressive in reminding other editors on your point, maybe you should engage in discussion with the editors in question. RCP and counter-vandalism is a collaborative effort, and the sum total of our actions is the defence of Wikipedia from disruption, not the defence of our point. Best regards, Optakeover(U)(T)(C)02:09, 23 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Optakeover: I understand your concern, and thank you for bringing it up to my attention. I wasn't exactly in the best of moods when I made that edit (I'm still pretty salty right now, having an entire weekend wasted doing something I hate and that leaves me tired doesn't leave me much room to be cheerful; I swear I'm not normally like this), but I was in fact frustrated because it has happened before, where people have edited the template despite the fact that DefconBot was working fine. (I'm also still cheesed at the fact that people leave level 2 headings on WP:CHU/S, so I feel like I have a lot to get ticked off about lately!) I did not notice DefconBot's edit at 15:00 UTC being it setting the template to level 0, only that there was an edit at 15:00 UTC, which led me to believe someone didn't check properly. In any case, I do apologize if I came in a bit too harsh, and I will be going to bed shortly anyhow so I can clear my mind. —k6ka🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 02:25, 23 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you k6ka for your reply. Your message in the template is appropriate, and I understand why you do give reminders like this, because editors do make mistakes. Hopefully next time someone makes a repeated error, that you'd be sure to drop him a note instead. Have fun, and thank you for your involvement! Optakeover(U)(T)(C)11:49, 23 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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 now see a warning message on pages that try to use {{DISPLAYTITLE}} but it doesn't work because it doesn't match the page's actual title. [22]
Problems
Commons had problems with server lag. This meant that it took longer time for files to turn up in categories. [23]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 24 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 25 May. It will be on all wikis from 26 May (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on May 24 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
All HTTP access to Wikimedia sites and APIs will stop working. Some bots still use HTTP. They will need to use HTTPS instead. This will happen on June 12. [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
There is now a standard way to get the target of a redirect page from a Lua module. [25]
Problems
A new way to handle rollback was introduced. It broke some tools and scripts and was reverted. This will be re-planned after review. [26][27]
CentralNotice didn't work in some older browsers. This has now been fixed. [28]
Changes this week
When you edit a file or category page with the visual editor the rest of the page will be shown in its normal place. [29]
A change to the <charinsert> feature could break some user scripts. Contact Bawolff if the "click to insert special characters" links in the edit window break on your wiki. [31][32]
Elasticsearch will be upgraded on Wikimedia wikis this week. This should not affect you, but if you have problems with the search function this is probably the reason. [33]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 31 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 June. It will be on all wikis from 2 June (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 31 May at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
I think what you have recommend in the Wikipedia:Changing username/Simple is a good idea. I have made it just now. Could you close the request? I will be very thankful :D
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