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Please comment on Talk:Economy of Argentina

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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. [1]

Problems

  • The code of long pages is not colored any more. You may see this problem on the pages of long gadgets. [2]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from July 7. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 8. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 9 (calendar).
  • The "Page information" tool shows how many users watch the page. You can now see how many are active. [3] [4]
  • You can now translate articles into English with the new translation tool. [5]

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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Please comment on Talk:Credit Union Deposit Insurance Corporation (Prince Edward Island)

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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. [7]
  • There was a problem with images on Thursday. They were broken on all wikis for 15 minutes. [8]

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. [9]

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15:06, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

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Please comment on Talk:Americans for Prosperity

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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. [10]

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. [11]

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03:05, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

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Please comment on Talk:United States

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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. [17]

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. [18]

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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15:05, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

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Please comment on Talk:Supply-side economics

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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. [19]
    • Some user interface updates changed how details in the ContentTranslation extension look. [20] [21] [22] [23]
  • The error page you see when the sites are not working is now simpler and easier to read. It also shows the Wikimedia logo. [24]
  • MediaWiki now supports redirects for CSS pages. [25]
  • Bots can't guess captchas unlimited times anymore. [26]

Problems

  • There was a problem with thumbnails on wikis with local images on July 24 and 25. It was due to a code error. [27]
  • We can't search by file type on Wikimedia wikis now. [28]

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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15:51, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

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Please comment on Talk:Corvette leaf spring

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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. [29]
  • The "Your preferences have been saved" message has changed. You can now see more easily what was saved when you change preferences several times. [30]
  • 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. [31]
  • You can now use the same tools to edit style in VisualEditor on mobile as in desktop browsers. [32]
  • It is now easier to see if there is a JavaScript error in a user or site script. [33]
  • JavaScript authors:
    • You can no longer use the Sajax library. You can see a list of pages to fix. [34] [35]
    • You can no longer use document.write on Wikimedia wikis. You can see a list of pages to fix. [36] [37]
  • The content translation tool now works better. It is easier to use math, and useless tags are no longer added. [38]

Problems

  • More edits have been rejected due to loss of session data lately. This is now fixed. [39]
  • Importing a Lua module sometimes didn't work. This is now fixed. [40]
  • Text was sometimes lost in the content translation tool. One part of the problem is now fixed. [41]

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. [42]
  • You can now test VisualEditor on mobile devices of all sizes. [43]

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. [44]

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14:57, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

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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. [45] [46] [47]
  • 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. [48]

Problems

  • Older gadgets that are not using ResourceLoader are not loading anymore. They need to be updated. [49] [50]
  • On August 12 the machine translation servers and the Content Translation tool didn't work. This was fixed on the same day. [51]

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. [52]

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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16:17, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Association for Progressive Communications

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Gender balance

In case you missed it on Jimbo's talk page. User_talk:Jimbo_Wales/Archive_185#Gender_balance All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 18:55, 20 August 2015 (UTC).[reply]

”Socialism never took root in America”

Probably not authentic [53] Peter Damian (talk) 13:20, 22 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Peter Damian: Thank you![54] EllenCT (talk) 14:11, 23 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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. [55]

Problems

  • There was a problem with CAPTCHAs in VisualEditor. This has now been fixed. [56]

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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13:02, 24 August 2015 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Google

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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. [57][58]
  • The link editor in VisualEditor is now a bit wider. It's now the same width as the automatic citation tool. [59]
  • VisualEditor gadget authors can no longer use the backwards-compatibility module ext.visualEditor.viewPageTarget.init. Use ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.init instead. [60]
  • Gadget writers can now use mediawiki.ForeignApi to communicate between different Wikimedia wikis. [61]

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

  • The Wikidata API will be updated with breaking changes. This will probably happen on September 9. [62]

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21:36, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

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Just checking in

You haven't edited in two days. Let me know if you still want to do this. Serendipodous 17:02, 6 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

are you planning to do the top 25? Serendipodous 15:03, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Serendipodous: I've been looking at the exclusion patterns, and I want to take some more time to study them. What can you tell me about articles like Overview effect which get almost entirely mobile views, according to the current WP:TOP5000? Because it was transient, [63] I think it should be ignored. I am not planning to comment on 11-15. EllenCT (talk) 16:02, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
We don't have a lot of info about the all-mobile views, but one in particular, Angelsberg,was due to a bot basically load-testing the mobile Wiki servers. Others are probably spyware botnets checking for internet traffic. Basically, if it gets almost all mobile views, or almost none, you can bet it ain't human doing it. Serendipodous 16:08, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
The Top 25 still hasn't been published. It's less than 48 hours until the raw data gets updated. If you're having problems or do not wish to publish the report, let me know so I can do it. Serendipodous 14:21, 11 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Serendipodous: I don't want to comment on items 11 through 25. I don't see how it serves the readers. I'm disappointed in the exclusion list properties I'm seeing and would prefer to comment on the most edited articles instead of the most popular articles, in general. EllenCT (talk) 14:25, 11 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I wish you'd been clearer earlier; you said "11-15" in your last post. As for exclusions, we've always made it clear that we exclude abnormally low or abnormally high mobile counts. We've been editing this report for years and are pretty solid on the patterns that indicate a false result. If you feel that our research isn't enough, you're free to conduct your own. As to whether it helps the readers or not, well the readers seem to think so; the 25 report gets thousands of views a month. Serendipodous 14:57, 11 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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. [64]
  • A new version of the Wikidata Toolkit has been released. It now has Wikibase API support. [65]
  • You can now use Wikidata to find all good or featured articles in a Wikipedia version. [66]

Problems

  • There was a problem with Tool Labs due to kernel issues. This has been fixed. [67]
  • The Content Translation tool published some pages with the same reference repeated several times. This has been fixed. [68][69]

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. [70]
  • 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. [71][72]

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. [73]
  • Wikidata will soon be able to store measurements, such as a mountain's height or the distance between two places. [74][75]

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17:29, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

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Please comment on Talk:Conduit (company)

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Edit warring on electronic cigarette talk page?

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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. [78]
  • 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. [79]
  • Language preferences might not be changed immediately when you adjust them. Language selection might work slower. Please report any problems. [80][81]

Problems

  • There was a problem when editing International Standard Book Numbers in Visual Editor. This has now been fixed. [82]
  • The Wikimedia mailing lists should have been upgraded on September 9. It didn't work as planned and will now happen later. [83]

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. [84]
  • The first version of the translation suggestions feature will be deployed soon. [85]

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16:17, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:United States

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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. [86][87]
  • 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. [88][89][90][91]
  • 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. [92]
  • The VisualEditor welcome dialogue has been changed. The intention is to make it more helpful for new users. [93]

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. [94]
  • 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. [95][96]
  • UploadWizard couldn't upload files larger than 5 MB when using chunked uploads. This has now been fixed. [97]

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. [98]
  • 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. [99]
  • Wikibooks can now use data from Wikidata. [100]

Meetings

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18:29, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

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