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Tech News: 2023-35
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
As part of the changes for the better diff handling of paragraph splits, improved detection of splits is being rolled out. Over the last two weeks, we deployed this support to group0 and group1 wikis. This week it will be deployed to group2 wikis. [1]- All Special:Contributions pages now show the user's local edit count and the account's creation date. [2]
- Wikisource users can now use the
prpbengalicurrencylabel to denote Bengali currency characters as page numbers inside the<pagelist>tag. [3] - Two preferences have been relocated. The preference "Enable the visual editor" is now shown on the "Editing" tab at all wikis. Previously it was shown on the "Beta features" tab at some wikis. The preference "Use the wikitext mode inside the visual editor, instead of a different wikitext editor" is now also shown on the "Editing" tab at all wikis, instead of the "Beta features" tab. [4][5]
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 29 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 30 August. It will be on all wikis from 31 August (calendar).
New signups for a Wikimedia developer account will start being pushed towards idm.wikimedia.org, rather than going via Wikitech. Further information about the new system is available.- All right-to-left language wikis, plus Korean, Armenian, Ukrainian, Russian, and Bulgarian Wikipedias, will have a link in the sidebar that provides a short URL of that page, using the Wikimedia URL Shortener. This feature will come to more wikis in future weeks. [6]
Future changes
- The removal of the DoubleWiki extension is being discussed. This extension currently allows Wikisource users to view articles from multiple language versions side by side when the
<=>symbol next to a specific language edition is selected. Comments on this are welcomed at the phabricator task. - A proposal has been made to merge the second hidden-categories list (which appears below the wikitext editing form) with the main list of categories (which is further down the page). More information is available on Phabricator; feedback is welcome!
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The Signpost: 31 August 2023
- From the editor: Beta version of signpost.news now online
- News and notes: You like RecentChanges?
- In the media: Taking it sleazy
- Recent research: The five barriers that impede "stitching" collaboration between Commons and Wikipedia
- Draftspace: Bad Jokes and Other Draftspace Novelties
- Humour: The Dehumourification Plan
- Traffic report: Raise your drinking glass, here's to yesterday
Administrators' newsletter – September 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2023).
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Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, TFAs will be automatically semi-protected the day before it is on the main page and through the day after.
- A discussion at WP:VPP about revision deletion and oversight for dead names found that
[s]ysops can choose to use revdel if, in their view, it's the right tool for this situation, and they need not default to oversight. But oversight could well be right where there's a particularly high risk to the person. Use your judgment
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Technical news
- Special:Contributions now shows the user's local edit count and the account's creation date. (T324166)
Arbitration
- The SmallCat dispute case has closed. As part of the final decision, editors participating in XfD have been reminded to be careful about forming
local consensus which may or may not reflect the broader community consensus
. Regular closers of XfD forums were also encouraged tonote when broader community discussion, or changes to policies and guidelines, would be helpful
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Miscellaneous
- Tech tip: The "Browse history interactively" banner shown at the top of Special:Diff can be used to easily look through a history, assemble composite diffs, or find out what archive something wound up in.
Tech News: 2023-36
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
- EditInSequence, a feature that allows users to edit pages faster on Wikisource has been moved to a Beta Feature based on community feedback. To enable it, you can navigate to the beta features tab in Preferences. [7]
- As part of the changes for the Generate Audio for IPA and Audio links that play on click wishlist proposals, the inline audio player mode of Phonos has been deployed to all projects. [8]
- There is a new option for Administrators when they are changing the usergroups for a user, to add the user’s user page to their watchlist. This works both via Special:UserRights and via the API. [9]
- One new wiki has been created:
Problems
- The LoginNotify extension was not sending notifications since January. It has now been fixed, so going forward, you may see notifications for failed login attempts, and successful login attempts from a new device. [11]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 September. It will be on all wikis from 7 September (calendar).
- Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" (Eastern Mari Wikipedia, Maori Wikipedia, Minangkabau Wikipedia, Macedonian Wikipedia, Malayalam Wikipedia, Mongolian Wikipedia, Marathi Wikipedia, Western Mari Wikipedia, Malay Wikipedia, Maltese Wikipedia, Mirandese Wikipedia, Erzya Wikipedia, Mazanderani Wikipedia, Nāhuatl Wikipedia, Neapolitan Wikipedia, Low German Wikipedia, Low Saxon Wikipedia, Nepali Wikipedia, Newari Wikipedia, Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia, Novial Wikipedia, N'Ko Wikipedia, Nouormand Wikipedia, Northern Sotho Wikipedia, Navajo Wikipedia, Nyanja Wikipedia, Occitan Wikipedia, Livvi-Karelian Wikipedia, Oromo Wikipedia, Oriya Wikipedia, Ossetic Wikipedia, Punjabi Wikipedia, Pangasinan Wikipedia, Pampanga Wikipedia, Papiamento Wikipedia, Picard Wikipedia, Pennsylvania German Wikipedia, Palatine German Wikipedia, Norfuk / Pitkern Wikipedia, Piedmontese Wikipedia, Western Punjabi Wikipedia, Pontic Wikipedia, Pashto Wikipedia). This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally. [12][13]
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Fleetwood Park Racetrack/map
Hello. Since WP:Subpages are disabled in mainspace, perhaps this should become a template. Thanks, Wikishovel (talk) 04:04, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
- @Wikishovel, thanks for your note. What does it mean that they're disabled? It seems to work fine for me, even in an incognito window. Am I missing something? RoySmith (talk) 15:14, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) If you navigate to Fleetwood Park Racetrack/map, you'll notice that unlike, say, User:RoySmith/sandbox, there's no backlink to go to Fleetwood Park Racetrack. That's because for this instance of MediaWiki, slashes in page titles are obviously allowed, but they're not considered real subpages. They're just pages with slashes in 'em. Best practice is probably to move this to Template:Fleetwood Park Racetrack map :) theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 15:18, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
- It'd be pretty silly otherwise – input/output would have a backlink to input. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 15:19, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
- Funny, I'm sure I can remember subpages in mainspace, many years back. How they managed names like Face/Off back then is beyond me: must have been some awkward PHP trickery. Or maybe I'm dreaming the whole thing. Wikishovel (talk) 15:24, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
- Ah, I did wonder why it didn't have the backlinks :-). I'll move it, thanks. RoySmith (talk) 15:26, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
- FWIW, Template:Fleetwood Park Racetrack/map doesn't have the backlinks either, but whatever :-) RoySmith (talk) 15:55, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
- well sure, because Template:Fleetwood Park Racetrack doesn't exist :) theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 15:57, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
- FWIW, Template:Fleetwood Park Racetrack/map doesn't have the backlinks either, but whatever :-) RoySmith (talk) 15:55, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
Sep 20: Wikimedia NYC Annual Election Meeting
| September 20: Annual Election & Members Meeting | |
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Meeting info:
All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. In addition, to participate in person, you should be vaccinated and also be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate. | |
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Tech News: 2023-37
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
- ORES, the revision evaluation service, is now using a new open-source infrastructure on all wikis except for English Wikipedia and Wikidata. These two will follow this week. If you notice any unusual results from the Recent Changes filters that are related to ORES (for example, "Contribution quality predictions" and "User intent predictions"), please report them. [14]
- When you are logged in on one Wikimedia wiki and visit a different Wikimedia wiki, the system tries to log you in there automatically. This has been unreliable for a long time. You can now visit the login page to make the system try extra hard. If you feel that made logging in better or worse than it used to be, your feedback is appreciated. [15]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 September. It will be on all wikis from 14 September (calendar).
- The Technical Decision-Making Forum Retrospective team invites anyone involved in the technical field of Wikimedia projects to signup to and join one of their listening sessions on 13 September. Another date will be scheduled later. The goal is to improve the technical decision-making processes.
- As part of the changes for the Better diff handling of paragraph splits wishlist proposal, the inline switch widget in diff pages is being rolled out this week to all wikis. The inline switch will allow viewers to toggle between a unified inline or two-column diff wikitext format. [16]
Future changes
- All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on 20 September. This is planned at 14:00 UTC. More information will be published in Tech News and will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks. [17]
- The Enterprise API is launching a new feature called "breaking news". Currently in BETA, this attempts to identify likely "newsworthy" topics as they are currently being written about in any Wikipedia. Your help is requested to improve the accuracy of its detection model, especially on smaller language editions, by recommending templates or identifiable editing patterns. See more information at the documentation page on MediaWiki or the FAQ on Meta.
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The Signpost: 16 September 2023
- In the media: "Just flirting", going Dutch and Shapps for the defence?
- Obituary: Nosebagbear
- Featured content: Catching up
- Traffic report: Some of it's magic, some of it's tragic
Tech News: 2023-38
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
- MediaWiki now has a stable interface policy for frontend code that more clearly defines how we deprecate MediaWiki code and wiki-based code (e.g. gadgets and user scripts). Thank you to everyone who contributed to the content and discussions. [18][19]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 September. It will be on all wikis from 21 September (calendar).
- All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on September 20. This is planned at 14:00 UTC. [20]
- All wikis will have a link in the sidebar that provides a short URL of that page, using the Wikimedia URL Shortener. [21]
Future changes
- The team investigating the Graph Extension posted a proposal for reenabling it and they need your input.
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Thanks
Thanks for the amusing and insightful RFC close! Andre🚐 23:40, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
- For extra credit, name all the voices. RoySmith (talk) 00:26, 21 September 2023 (UTC)
- Oof, I'll have to look at it again, I know Marvin the Paranoid Android was in there though. Andre🚐 01:39, 21 September 2023 (UTC)
- That's a good start :-) RoySmith (talk) 01:40, 21 September 2023 (UTC)
- Oof, I'll have to look at it again, I know Marvin the Paranoid Android was in there though. Andre🚐 01:39, 21 September 2023 (UTC)
In appreciation
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| By the authority vested in me by myself it gives me great pleasure to present you with this award in recognition of your dipping your toe into the dubious waters of FAC with a thoughtful, detailed and actionable review. This work is much appreciated. Gog the Mild (talk) 16:01, 21 September 2023 (UTC) |
Sun Oct 1: NYC Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month 2023
| October 1: Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month 2023: Edit-a-thon! | |
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 You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month 2023: Edit-a-thon!, with in-person at Prime Produce Guild Hall in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. It is being held in the middle of National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep 15–Oct 15). Some past local edit-a-thons touching on this area have included the two editions of Wikipedia:Meetup/WikiArte at MoMA in 2015-16, and the CUNY LaGuardia translat-a-thons held annually since 2018. Meeting info:
All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. In addition, to participate in person, you should be vaccinated and also be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate. | |
(You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future notifications for NYC-area events by adding or removing your name from this list.)
--Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:00, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-39
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
- The Vector 2022 skin will now remember the pinned/unpinned status for the Table of Contents for all logged-out users. [22]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 26 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 27 September. It will be on all wikis from 28 September (calendar).
- The ResourceLoader
mediawiki.uimodules are now deprecated as part of the move to Vue.js and Codex. There is a guide for migrating from MediaWiki UI to Codex for any tools that use it. More details are available in the task and your questions are welcome there. - Gadget definitions will have a new "namespaces" option. The option takes a list of namespace IDs. Gadgets that use this option will only load on pages in the given namespaces.
Future changes
- New variables will be added to AbuseFilter:
global_account_groupsandglobal_account_editcount. They are available only when an account is being created. You can use them to prevent blocking automatic creation of accounts when users with many edits elsewhere visit your wiki for the first time. [23][24]
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Wikipedia mobile apps teams. During the meeting, we will discuss the current features and future roadmap. The meeting will be on 27 October at 17:00 (UTC). See details and how to join.
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Arbitration elections notice
The following is just a friendly unsolicited suggestion, so please feel free to ignore it. Regarding this edit: could you consider rewording it not to use the term "winning"? I do appreciate it's a natural term to use for those who are selected by election, so no worries if you'd rather keep your phrasing. Sure, technically those who pass the community's standard for being elected but don't finish in the top N places lost the election, but I think by running they've helped make the overall process a better one, and so personally I would like to focus on this. isaacl (talk) 23:38, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
- I'd be interested to hear (no promises) what phrasing you think would be better. RoySmith (talk) 23:44, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
- I suggest something like "has a good shot of becoming an arbitrator." isaacl (talk) 00:01, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
Please post the following to Wikipedia talk:Blocking policy#Blocking IPs per request of school administration?
When the school administration, having demonstrated that it is actively monitoring vandalism from its network and removes all of it within minutes if not seconds, requests that it NOT be blocked for years on end so that students can familiarise themselves with the Wikipedia experience and learn to edit the site constructively please accede to the request. This is not happening at the moment Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive302#5.150.96.0/19. 213.123.216.179 (talk) 08:23, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
- Anybody can edit that page; you can post it yourself. RoySmith (talk) 13:19, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
- You may not see this, but the page is semiprotected. 213.123.216.179 (talk) 14:26, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
- Hmmm, no I hadn't noticed. I've unprotected the page so you can go ahead and post to it now. @Valereee: that was your protection I stepped on; I hope that's OK with you. I've added the page to my watchlist and will re-protect if need be. RoySmith (talk) 14:33, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
- It's totally fine, I just thought it seemed like it was wasting enough time that it was worth protecting, but I certainly see it as a bit of a close call. Valereee (talk) 15:19, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
- Well, I see I got suckered. I guess that's what I deserve for a AGF :-( RoySmith (talk) 16:49, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
- We've all done it. :D I have a tendency to be very kind and trusting to anyone who looks "new". I probably get suckered/trolled more often than I actually encourage a sincere new editor. Valereee (talk) 16:57, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
- Well, I see I got suckered. I guess that's what I deserve for a AGF :-( RoySmith (talk) 16:49, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
- It's totally fine, I just thought it seemed like it was wasting enough time that it was worth protecting, but I certainly see it as a bit of a close call. Valereee (talk) 15:19, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
- Hmmm, no I hadn't noticed. I've unprotected the page so you can go ahead and post to it now. @Valereee: that was your protection I stepped on; I hope that's OK with you. I've added the page to my watchlist and will re-protect if need be. RoySmith (talk) 14:33, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
- You may not see this, but the page is semiprotected. 213.123.216.179 (talk) 14:26, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-40
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 a new user preference for "Always enable safe mode". This setting will make pages load without including any on-wiki JavaScript or on-wiki stylesheet pages. It can be useful for debugging broken JavaScript gadgets. [25]
- Gadget definitions now have a new "contentModels" option. The option takes a list of page content models, like
wikitextorcss. Gadgets that use this option will only load on pages with the given content models.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 3 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 4 October. It will be on all wikis from 5 October (calendar).
Future changes
- The Vector 2022 skin will no longer use the custom styles and scripts of Vector legacy (2010). The change will be made later this year or in early 2024. See how to adjust the CSS and JS pages on your wiki. [26]
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The Signpost: 3 October 2023
- News and notes: Wikimedia Endowment financial statement published
- Recent research: Readers prefer ChatGPT over Wikipedia; concerns about limiting "anyone can edit" principle "may be overstated"
- Featured content: By your logic,
- Poetry: "The Sight"
Administrators' newsletter – September 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2023).
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Guideline and policy news
- An RfC is open regarding amending the paid-contribution disclosure policy to add the following text:
Any administrator soliciting clients for paid Wikipedia-related consulting or advising services not covered by other paid-contribution rules must disclose all clients on their userpage.
Technical news
- Administrators can now choose to add the user's user page to their watchlist when changing the usergroups for a user. This works both via Special:UserRights and via the API. (T272294)
Arbitration
Miscellaneous
- The 2023 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process has concluded with the appointment of one new CheckUser.
- Self-nominations for the electoral commission for the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections opens on 2 October and closes on 8 October.
FAC review
Hi RoySmith, I have completed my responses to your review comments for FAC Adamson Tannehill. I know the article hasn't been the easiest to review. Is there more to come, or has the article been rejected? Thanks very much for your very helpful comments! Tfhentz (talk) 14:54, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
Review of revisions
Roy, I've addressed the revisions based on your second reading of Adamson Tannehill. My responses are on the FAC page. Thank you for the follow-ups. Let me know what you think. Tfhentz (talk) 19:15, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
Roy, I have added the ALT= text to the three remaining figure captions and slightly modified the one you wrote (thanks!). I left you a note on the FAC page. Let me know if all is good now. Thanks. Tfhentz (talk) 14:27, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-41
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
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 10 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 11 October. It will be on all wikis from 12 October (calendar).
- Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" (Swahili Wikipedia, Walloon Wikipedia, Waray Wikipedia, Wolof Wikipedia, Kalmyk Wikipedia, Xhosa Wikipedia, Mingrelian Wikipedia, Yiddish Wikipedia, Yoruba Wikipedia, Zhuang Wikipedia, Zeelandic Wikipedia, Min Nan Wikipedia, Zulu Wikipedia). This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally. [28]
- At some wikis, newcomers are suggested images from Commons to add to articles without any images. Starting on Tuesday, newcomers at these wikis will be able to add images to unillustrated article sections. The specific wikis are listed under "Images recommendations" at the Growth team deployment table. You can learn more about this feature. [29]
- In the mobile web skin (Minerva) the CSS ID
#page-actionswill be replaced with#p-views. This change is to make it consistent with other skins and to improve support for gadgets and extensions in the mobile skin. A few gadgets may need to be updated; there are details and search-links in the task.
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Wiki.NYC Pavilion for Open House New York (Oct 21–22) and Wikidata Day (Oct 29)
| October 21–22: Wiki.NYC Pavilion for Open House New York @ Prime Produce | |
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 You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our Wiki.NYC Pavilion for Open House New York at Prime Produce in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. The event will feature several interactive exhibits highlighting the "wiki way" for New York City
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| October 29: Wikidata Day in New York City | |
 Additionally, you are invited to Wikidata Day in New York City at Butler Library, Columbia University, in celebration of Wikidata's 11th birthday. This coincides with the online/global WikidataCon 2023 and is a sequel to Wikidata Day 2022. The event will feature a Harlem Arts & Culture edit-a-thon, spotlight sessions, lightning talks, and cake!
At both events, all attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. In addition, to participate in person, you should be vaccinated and also be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate. | |
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--Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:55, 14 October 2023 (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-42
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 Unified login system's edge login should now be fixed for some browsers (Chrome, Edge, Opera). This means that if you visit a new sister project wiki, you should be logged in automatically without the need to click "Log in" or reload the page. Feedback on whether it's working for you is welcome. [30]
- Edit notices are now available within the MobileFrontend/Minerva skin. This feature was inspired by the gadget on English Wikipedia. See more details in T316178.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 17 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 18 October. It will be on all wikis from 19 October (calendar).
Future changes
- In 3 weeks, in the Vector 2022 skin, code related to
addPortletLinkand#p-namespacesthat was deprecated one year ago will be removed. If you notice tools that should appear next to the "Discussion" tab are then missing, please tell the gadget's maintainers to see instructions in the Phabricator task.
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Halloween award
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The Halloween prep set award | |
| For your work related to the Halloween prep set at DYK. Your contributions are appreciated! Lightburst (talk) 17:47, 20 October 2023 (UTC) |
Checkuser request
Hi RoySmith. Could you please take a look at Funster78? I think it may be AndresHerutJaim based on EC permission gaming, the username pattern, and the interest in massacres related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. In addition to ensuring the account is never unblocked, I'm looking to do a CSD G5 of an article draft. Thanks. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 21:12, 22 October 2023 (UTC)
- @Daniel Quinlan I ran some checks. It's
Possible, but it's a low-confidence match. I'll ping another CU who has had more experience with this case to see if they can add anything. RoySmith (talk) 23:34, 22 October 2023 (UTC)
- RoySmith asked me to take a look. I took only a brief glance but I'd say
Unlikely. Best, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 01:35, 23 October 2023 (UTC)
- RoySmith asked me to take a look. I took only a brief glance but I'd say
The Signpost: 23 October 2023
- News and notes: Where have all the administrators gone?
- In the media: Thirst traps, the fastest loading sites on the web, and the original collaborative writing
- Gallery: Before and After: Why you don't need to know how to restore images to make massive improvements
- Featured content: Yo, ho! Blow the man down!
- Traffic report: The calm and the storm
- News from Diff: Sawtpedia: Giving a Voice to Wikipedia Using QR Codes
SPI
New sockpuppet of blocked user Farzanfa007 aka Akevsharma. I don't know how could he rename a blocked account and edit without block. Akevsharma got renamed to Akshithmanya. Please check this SPI Gama999 (talk) 10:44, 23 October 2023 (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-43
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 a new Language and internationalization newsletter, written quarterly. It contains updates on new feature development, improvements in various language-related technical projects, and related support work.
- Source map support has been enabled on all wikis. When you open the debugger in your browser's developer tools, you should be able to see the unminified JavaScript source code. [31]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 24 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 25 October. It will be on all wikis from 26 October (calendar).
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Thanks
Hi Roy, Thanks for bearing with my delayed work and responding so promptly to the spotcheck. You've done nice work on the article! Best, Eddie891 Talk Work 23:32, 25 October 2023 (UTC)
- Much appreciated. To be honest, I found your review (while certainly painful to endure) the most valuable of the bunch. The citation mistakes you found were actual mistakes which needed to be corrected, and once I've read something 100 times, I'm just not seeing any new problems, so having a second set of eyes is essential. RoySmith (talk) 23:37, 25 October 2023 (UTC)
- That's often been my experience, as well. And in my experience, a number of scholars are actually *worse* about keeping all the sourcing together than Wikipedia editors who write FACs! Eddie891 Talk Work 15:25, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
Please revert yourself
Perhaps you don't like what I said or you think I'm incorrect, or impolitic. Your feelings don't make my comment uncivil. I am well aware of how disliked I am by your ilk. And yet, I'm not wrong in what I said. I encourage you to find the requisite humility to revert yourself. Chris Troutman (talk) 16:31, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
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Promotion of Fleetwood Park Racetrack
Tech News: 2023-44
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 Structured Content team, as part of its project of improving UploadWizard on Commons, made some UX improvements to the upload step of choosing own vs not own work (T347590), as well as to the licensing step for own work (T347756).
- The Design Systems team has released version 1.0.0 of Codex, the new design system for Wikimedia. See the full announcement about the release of Codex 1.0.0.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 31 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 November. It will be on all wikis from 2 November (calendar).
- Listings on category pages are sorted on each wiki for that language using a library. For a brief period on 2 November, changes to categories will not be sorted correctly for many languages. This is because the developers are upgrading to a new version of the library. They will then use a script to fix the existing categories. This will take a few hours or a few days depending on how big the wiki is. You can read more. [32][33]
- Starting November 1, the impact module (Special:Impact) will be upgraded by the Growth team. The new impact module shows newcomers more data regarding their impact on the wiki. It was tested by a few wikis during the last few months. [34]
Future changes
- There is a proposed plan for re-enabling the Graph Extension. You can help by reviewing this proposal and sharing what you think about it.
- The WMF is working on making it possible for administrators to edit MediaWiki configuration directly. This is similar to previous work on Special:EditGrowthConfig. A technical RfC is running until November 08, where you can provide feedback.
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