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Recent software changes
The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf12) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on July 3. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on July 8, and to all Wikipedias on July 10 (calendar).
CirrusSearch was enabled on July 1 as the primary search method on 36 new wikis, including the Norwegian (no), Portuguese (pt) and Ukrainian (uk) Wikipedias. [1]
It is now possible to create Atom or RSS feeds for Word of the Day, Word of the Week and similar entries on Wiktionary wikis. [2][3]
Saving an edit with VisualEditor will now be much faster. [6][7]
You can now add a caption when you add a file to a page with VisualEditor. You can also change the file to a different one and keep the existing caption. [8][9][10]
When you switch to the Edit source tab, you are now asked to keep your changes. You no longer need to find the option in the menus. [11][12][13]
The reference tool that adds empty <ref></ref> tags is now at the bottom of the Cite menu, below references that use templates like {{Cite web}}. [14]
Context menus will no longer be shown over items that you can edit directly, for example formulæ. [15][16][17]
Future software changes
Starting on July 9, it will be possible to globally rename global (SUL) users. The feature was first scheduled for July 1, but was delayed due to bugs.
A plan to enable CirrusSearch as the primary search method on the 11 largest Wikimedia wikis has now been prepared. [18]
If you use references on a page, you will soon always see them at the bottom of the page, even if you forget to add the <references /> tag (or a template). [19][20]
Black-and-white XCF images will soon display correctly. [21][22]
Description pages of SVG files will soon always show download links for multiple resolutions (example). The links were previously shown only for SVG files in large original resolutions. [23][24]
Problems
Between July 2-3, there were problems with loading pages on multiple wikis due to a configuration issue. [25][26]
For a few hours on July 1, there were problems with uploading new files on Wikimedia Commons due to a configuration error. [27][28]
Khasais of Amir Al Momenin and Oyoun Akhbar Al-Ridha are being done by the same user. I've reverted whatever on Oyoun Akhbar Al-Ridha. It was copied from [29] and looked like it was run thru Google translate.
Khasais of Amir Al Momenin is not nearly as bad, but it needs help. English is definitely not the editor's first language, so they need some help. Can you help out? Bgwhite (talk) 02:26, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
As a bureaucrat on frwiki, I was checking the activity of the bots, and noticed that yours had been inactive for at least 6 months. Morover, the interwikis are now centralized on Wikidata. It is not reasonable that an unmonitored account keeps a bot flag, as it may be more easily hacked. Do you wish to keep the bot flag? If this is the case, please tell me so (preferably on my talk page on frwiki, otherwise on my talk page on this project). Without any answer from you, the bot flag will be removed in one month.
Hi. You may remove the bot flag if you wish. Interwikis are now handled on Wikidta. I will reapply for flag if I ever needed to run another task on the French Wikipedia. However, I would like to note I may use the bot to update the interwikis on the bot's userpage. I believe this won't be a problem since it will be one edit every few months and the bot will only edit in its userpage. Best wishes. --Meno25 (discuter) 10 juillet 2014 à 18:14 (CEST)
Thank you for your quick answer, I've removed the bot flag. And of course, the account may still be used to update its own userpage, as well as other pages, as long as this does not imply any huge number of edits which would appear in our RC... Litlok (talk) 16:19, 10 July 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 (1.24wmf13) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on July 10. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on July 15, and to all Wikipedias on July 17 (calendar).
The tool to add templates and citations will now work for templates that include HTML comments or templates in their titles. [32][33]
The button to make images full size should now work correctly. [34][35][36]
References will now be shown in the default font size again. [37]
Future software changes
CirrusSearch will be enabled as the primary search method on the Dutch (nl) and Japanese (ja) Wikipedias on July 14, and on the Polish (pl) and Russian (ru) Wikipedias on July 16. [38]
The Special:Version page will soon show the exact version of MediaWiki and all extensions installed on your wiki (example). [39][40]
It will soon no longer be possible to order printed books of wiki articles via PediaPress. You will still be able to create PDF files. [41]
Pages that use {{DISPLAYTITLE:''title''}} more than once will soon show a warning. You can use {{DISPLAYTITLE:''title''|noerror}} to hide it. [42][43]
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 (1.24wmf14) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on July 17. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on July 22, and to all Wikipedias on July 24 (calendar).
CirrusSearch was removed as the primary search method from Wikimedia Commons and the Spanish (es) Wikipedia due to a high server load. The plan to enable it on the Dutch (nl), Japanese (ja), Polish (pl) and Russian (ru) Wikipedias was also postponed to a later date. [49][50][51]
The tool that stores information about languages (CLDR) was updated to its latest version. You can still help translate language names into your own language so they can be used in the sidebar and other places. [52]
Tablet users visiting the mobile version of Wikimedia wikis will be able to use a special version of VisualEditor starting on July 31. You can test the new tool by choosing the beta version of the mobile view in the Settings menu. Feedback is welcome. [56]
All windows in VisualEditor have now a new design. Main action buttons will always be located in the top bar and will use simple words rather than icons. [57]
You can now easily open links inside the link editor, for example to see their target. [58]
Several bugs related to the positioning of the cursor around some items (like images and references) were fixed last week. [59][60][61][62][63][64]
Future software changes
It will soon be possible to watch individual discussions in the Topic namespace rather than whole pages for talk pages using Flow. [65]
You can give comments about the new version of Winter, a proposal to have a fixed toolbar at the top of wiki pages. [66]
An IRC meeting to organize Pywikibot bugs will take place from July 24 to July 27 on the channel #pywikibot on freenode. [67]
No, Philips Angel isn't a stub. It's a disambiguation page, and doesn't need to be categorised. The words "can refer to" are a clue. Please go a bit more carefully when tagging new articles with AWB. Thanks. PamD13:06, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
@PamD: I see your point. The main problem is that you can't see the whole content of articles when editing using AWB but only the diff which may give you an incorrect idea about whether the page is a disambiguation page or not. --Meno25 (talk) 13:29, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
All edits you do using AWB are your responsibility. If you can't see enough of the article to see that it's a dab page, then there's clearly something wrong with the way AWB is showing you the article - I can see the whole article in the display window when I use AWB. What "diff" are you talking about, I wonder? You shouldn't be editing blindly without seeing the article you're tagging. PamD13:35, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
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Recent software changes
The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf15) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on July 24. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on July 29, and to all Wikipedias on July 31 (calendar).
You can now download the latest version of the anti-vandalism tool Huggle.
The cancel button in VisualEditor toolbar has been removed. You can still use the Read tab and the Back button in your browser to cancel your edit. [71]
If you try to use a template which has no suggested or required parameters in TemplateData, you will now be asked to add the parameters. [72][73]
You will no longer be able to edit a page if you can't create it, for example on pages protected against recreation. [74][75]
Wikidata will soon be able to store data about article status, for example "good article" or "featured article". If your wiki has highlighted content, please make sure it is on Wikidata's list. [78]
It will soon be possible to directly create empty pages, for example in the user namespace. [79][80]
Thank you for the well-meaning recreation of pages in my user space. I am, however, trying to clean up these pages as I am "semi-retired" and don't want to leave behind a tangle of stale pages when I fully retire from WIkipedia. — Robert Greer (talk) 01:32, 25 July 2014 (UTC)
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