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Latest *tech news
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News>* from the
Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes.
Not all changes will affect you. Translations
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/02> are
available.
*Recent changes*
- Wikimedia no longer uses visitor statistics from comScore
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:ComScore>. [1]
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ComScore/Announcement>
- You can make interactive graphs with the Graph extension
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Graph>. There is now a tutorial
for how to do this
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Graph/Interactive_Graph_Tutorial>
. [2]
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2015-December/084416.html>
*Problems*
- Some pages do not turn in up in categories where they should be. This
is because link tables are sometimes not populated. [3]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T117332>
*Changes this week*
- The Nuke extension <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Nuke> will
work with Flow <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Flow>. This will make it
easier to handle spam in Flow. [4]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T115695>
- New file uploads will now be patrollable. [5]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T11501>
- Internet Explorer 8 will no longer have JavaScript
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:JavaScript> support. You will still be
able to browse and edit Wikipedia
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Compatibility#Basic> if
you use Internet Explorer 8, but will not be able to use some features.
This can be solved by upgrading to a newer version or switching to a
different browser. [6] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T118303>[7]
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2015-November/001286.html>
*Meetings*
- [image: Octicons-sync.svg] You can join the next meeting with the
VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs
you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 12 January at
20:00 (UTC)
<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=20&min=00&sec=0&day=12&month=01&year=2016>.
See how to join
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/Weekly_triage_meetings>.
*Future changes*
- [image: Octicons-tools.svg] URLs in the recent changes IRC feed will
no longer be rewritten to unencrypted HTTP. This could be a breaking change
for bots dependent on the IRC feed. [8]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T122933>
- The edit tabs for the wikitext editor and the visual editor will be
combined to one single edit tab. You will be able to choose which one you
prefer. If you are not logged in, your choice will be saved as a cookie in
your browser. You can test the single edit tab
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/VisualEditor/Newsletter/2015/December>
. [9] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T102398>[10]
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/VisualEditor/Newsletter/2015/December>
- There is a beta feature that adds links to the subject on other
Wikimedia projects
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Beta_Features/Other_projects_sidebar>.
This works much like the links to for example Wikipedia articles in other
languages. It will go out of beta testing and be enabled for everyone in
January. Wikis that don't want this can decide to have it disabled. [11]
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2015-December/001305.html>
[12] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T103102>
- The difference between "alerts" and "messages" notifications is
unclear to some. The developers want feedback at the Phabricator task
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T123018> or on
MediaWiki.org
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic:Sw196pvf5vwt6pku> so they can make
this better. You can give feedback in your language if you can't write in
English.
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