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The Signpost: 09 July 2014
- Special report: Wikimania 2014—what will it cost?
- Wikimedia in education: Exploring the United States and Canada with LiAnna Davis
- Featured content: Three cheers for featured pictures!
- News and notes: Echoes of the past haunt new conflict over tech initiative
- Traffic report: World Cup, Tim Howard rule the week
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).
- It is now possible to globally rename global (SUL) users. Please go to the username changes page on Meta if you want to rename your account on all wikis. [1] [2]
- You can now read a summary of the Wikimedia technical report for June 2014.
- You can now read the latest issue of the Wikidata newsletter and translate it into your language.
VisualEditor news
- The tool to add templates and citations will now work for templates that include HTML comments or templates in their titles. [3] [4]
- The button to make images full size should now work correctly. [5] [6] [7]
- References will now be shown in the default font size again. [8]
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. [9]
- The Special:Version page will soon show the exact version of MediaWiki and all extensions installed on your wiki (example). [10] [11]
- 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. [12]
- Pages that use
{{DISPLAYTITLE:''title''}}more than once will soon show a warning. You can use{{DISPLAYTITLE:''title''|noerror}}to hide it. [13] [14] - Pages that have the list of references added automatically will soon be added to a tracking category. Administrators will be able to configure the name of the category on their wikis. [15] [16]
- Administrators will soon be able to easily merge histories of two pages using Special:MergeHistory. [17] [18]
- Administrators will soon see links to delete files on Special:ListFiles. [19]
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07:49, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
Hockley
Hi Methecooldude. You reverted some obvious vandalism on Hockley, but seem to have missed the previous edits. I reverted them manually, since my Dutch tools don't work over here. Could you perhaps see whether the contributor in question needs to be told (warned)? Thanks, Sander1453 (talk) 12:34, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
The Signpost: 16 July 2014
- Special report: $10 million lawsuit against Wikipedia editors withdrawn, but plaintiff intends to refile
- Traffic report: World Cup dominates for another week
- Wikimedia in education: Serbia takes the stage with Filip Maljkovic
- Featured content: The Island with the Golden Gun
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. [20] [21] [22]
- 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. [23]
- Translation memory for newly translatable pages should now offer more suggestions. [24] [25]
- A tool to convert MediaWiki pages to LaTeX is now available on Tool Labs. [26]
VisualEditor news
- 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. [27]
- 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. [28]
- You can now easily open links inside the link editor, for example to see their target. [29]
- Several bugs related to the positioning of the cursor around some items (like images and references) were fixed last week. [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35]
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. [36]
- You can give comments about the new version of Winter, a proposal to have a fixed toolbar at the top of wiki pages. [37]
- An IRC meeting to organize Pywikibot bugs will take place from July 24 to July 27 on the channel #pywikibot on freenode. [38]
- A request for comments on how to improve MediaWiki API was re-started on MediaWiki.org. Your feedback is welcome.
Problems
- Mailing lists were broken for about 16 hours between July 14 and July 15 due to a server problem. [39]
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07:42, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
Rename Request
This edit confirms that I wish to rename my account to User: Rich Smith - Rich(MTCD)T|C|E-Mail 12:26, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
The Signpost: 23 July 2014
- Wikimedia in education: Education program gaining momentum in Israel
- Traffic report: The World Cup hangs on, though tragedies seek to replace it
- News and notes: Institutional media uploads to Commons get a bit easier
- Featured content: Why, they're plum identical!
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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 (1.24wmf15) 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.
VisualEditor news
- You can now create, edit, and view HTML comments in VisualEditor. [40] [41]
- 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. [42]
- 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. [43] [44]
- You will no longer be able to edit a page if you can't create it, for example on pages protected against recreation. [45] [46]
Future software changes
- You will soon be able to filter Meta-Wiki's user rights log by wiki and user. [47] [48]
- 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. [49]
- It will soon be possible to directly create empty pages, for example in the user namespace. [50] [51]
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08:09, 28 July 2014 (UTC)