Hi,
The latest technical newsletter is available since Monday at <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2019/43>gt;.
Below is the English version.
You can help write the next newsletter: whenever you see information about
Wikimedia technology that you think should be distributed more broadly, you
can add it to the next newsletter at <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/Next>gt;.
More information on how to contribute is available at <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News#contribute>gt;. You can also contact
me directly.
As always, feedback (on- or off-list) is appreciated and encouraged.
-------------
Other languages: Bahasa Indonesia
<https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/43/id> • Deutsch
<https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/43/de> • English • dansk
<https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/43/da> • français
<https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/43/fr> • lietuvių
<https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/43/lt> • magyar
<https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/43/hu> • polski
<https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/43/pl> • português do
Brasil <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/43/pt-br> • suomi
<https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/43/fi> • svenska
<https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/43/sv> • čeština
<https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/43/cs> • Ελληνικά
<https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/43/el> • русский
<https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/43/ru> • українська
<https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/43/uk> • עברית
<https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/43/he> • العربية
<https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/43/ar> • ไทย
<https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/43/th> • 中文
<https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/43/zh> • 日本語
<https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/43/ja> • ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ
<https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/43/mni>
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/2019/43> are
available.
*Recent changes*
- [image: Advanced item] The API
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Application_programming_interface> sandbox
and help pages now show more clearly when API modules are marked as
internal. API modules marked as internal were probably internal before.
It was easier to miss. You should look for non-internal alternatives. [1]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T185508>
*Problems*
- There is a translation tool
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Translate> we
use on wikis with more than one language. For a few days it did not create
pages for new languages when someone translated a page. The languages did
not show in the language bar. This has been fixed. [2]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T235027>
- The history and diffs can show wrong content. This is because of a
cache problem. It will soon be fixed. [3]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T235188>
*Changes later this week*
- [image: Recurrent item] The new version
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.35/wmf.3> of MediaWiki will
be on test wikis and
MediaWiki.org from 22 October. It will be on
non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 23 October. It will be on all
wikis from 24 October (calendar
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.34/Roadmap>).
- Reference Previews
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/ReferencePreviews>
will
be a beta feature on all Wikipedias and some Wikivoyages
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T235083>. It shows you a preview of
the footnote when you hover over or click on the number. It has been a beta
feature on German and Arabic Wikipedia since April.
*Meetings*
- [image: Recurrent item] [image: Advanced item] You can join the
technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers
can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 23 October at 15:00 (UTC)
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20191023T15>.
See how to join
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting>.
*Tech news
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News> prepared
by Tech News writers
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/Writers> and
posted by bot
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/User:MediaWiki_message_delivery>
• Contribute
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News#contribute>
• Translate
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2019/43> • Get
help <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech> • Give feedback
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Tech/News> • Subscribe or unsubscribe
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery/Targets/Tech_ambassadors>.*
--
Benoît Evellin - Trizek (he/him)
Community Relations Specialist
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>