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Tech News: 2022-49[change source]
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 Wikisources use a tool called ProofreadPage. ProofreadPage uses OpenSeadragon which is an open source tool. The OpenSeadragon JavaScript API has been significantly re-written to support dynamically loading images. The functionality provided by the older version of the API should still work but it is no longer supported. User scripts and gadgets should migrate over to the newer version of the API. The functionality provided by the newer version of the API is documented on MediaWiki. [1][2]
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 6 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 7 December. It will be on all wikis from 8 December (calendar).
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MediaWiki message delivery 00:41, 6 December 2022 (UTC)
Please forgive us[change source]
My little brother just got a phone and I don’t even use Wikipedia and he started vandalizing so please don’t make your bot ban us 2001:16A2:CF8B:400:3D17:F98:EEBB:E8D2 (talk) 18:27, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
Well well well[change source]
I’m not gonna listen to my older brother so I dare you to ban me 2001:16A2:CF8B:400:3D17:F98:EEBB:E8D2 (talk) 18:38, 9 December 2022 (UTC) NO NO NO PLEASE DO NOT LISTEN TO HIM MY YOUNGER BOTHER IS GOING TO META-WIKI SO PLEASE I CANNOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT I GOT INTO A FIGHT WITH HIM AND NOW I AM GROUNDED THIS MY LAST EDIT!!
Tech News: 2022-50[change source]
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
- An A/B test has begun at 15 Wikipedias for DiscussionTools on mobile. Half of the editors on the mobile web site will have access to the Reply tool and other features. [3]
- The character
=cannot be used in new usernames, to make usernames work better with templates. Existing usernames are not affected. [4]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 13 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 14 December. It will be on all wikis from 15 December (calendar).
- The HTML markup used by DiscussionTools to show discussion metadata below section headings will be inserted after these headings, not inside of them. This change improves the accessibility of discussion pages for screen reader software. [5]
Events
- The fourth edition of the Coolest Tool Award will happen online on Friday 16 December 2022 at 17:00 UTC! The event will be live-streamed on YouTube in the MediaWiki channel and added to Commons afterwards.
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MediaWiki message delivery 23:35, 12 December 2022 (UTC)
Please delete my account and articles.[change source]
Hi.
I would like to delete my Wikipedia article and my Wikipedia account, or atleast make it private so nobody can see them.
I am doing this due to security issues, please delete my article and my account, or atleast make them all private so nobody can see them.
Please delete them, Thanks. MakingPagesSimple (talk) 02:14, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
Tech News: 2022-51[change source]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Tech News
- Because of the holidays the next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 9 January 2023.
Recent changes
- On a user's contributions page, you can filter it for edits with a tag like 'reverted'. Now, you can also filter for all edits that are not tagged like that. This was part of a Community Wishlist 2022 request. [6]
- A new function has been used for gadget developers to add content underneath the title on article pages. This is considered a stable API that should work across all skins. Documentation is available. [7]
- One of our test wikis is now being served from a new infrastructure powered by Kubernetes (read more). More Wikis will switch to this new infrastructure in early 2023. Please test and let us know of any issues. [8]
Problems
- Last week, all wikis had no edit access for 9 minutes. This was caused by a database problem. [9]
Changes later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week or next week.
- The word "Reply" is very short in some languages, such as Arabic ("ردّ"). This makes the Discussion tools button on talk pages difficult to use. An arrow icon will be added to those languages. This will only be visible to editors who have the Beta Feature turned on. [10] [11]
Future changes
- Edits can be automatically "tagged" by the system software or the Abuse filter management system. Those tags link to a help page about the tags. Soon they will also link to Recent Changes to let you see other edits tagged this way. This was a Community Wishlist 2022 request. [12]
- The Trust & Safety tools team have shared new plans for building the Private Incident Reporting System. The system will make it easier for editors to ask for help if they are harassed or abused.
- Realtime Preview for Wikitext is coming out of beta as an enabled feature for every user of the 2010 Wikitext editor in the week of January 9, 2023. It will be available to use via the toolbar in the 2010 Wikitext editor. The feature was the 4th most popular wish of the Community Wishlist Survey 2021.
Events
- You can now register for the Wikimedia Hackathon 2023, taking place on May 19–21 in Athens, Greece. You can also apply for a scholarship until January 14th.
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