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Latest *tech news
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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/2022/02> are
available.
*Recent changes*
- [image: Advanced item] A oauth_consumer variable has been added to the
AbuseFilter
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/AbuseFilter> to
enable identifying changes made by specific tools. [1]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T298281>
- [image: Advanced item] Gadgets are now able to directly include JSON
pages
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/ResourceLoader/Migration_guide_(users)#Package_Gadgets>.
This means some gadgets can now be configured by administrators without
needing the interface administrator permission, such as with the Geonotice
gadget. [2] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T198758>
- [image: Advanced item] Gadgets can now specify page actions
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Gadgets#Options> on which they
are available. For example, |actions=edit,history will load a gadget
only while editing and on history pages. [3]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T63007>
- [image: Advanced item] Gadgets can now be loaded on demand with the
withgadget URL parameter. This can be used to replace an earlier snippet
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Snippets/Load_JS_and_CSS_by_URL>
that typically looks like withJS or withCSS. [4]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T29766>
- [image: Advanced item] At wikis where the Mentorship system is
configured
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Communities/How_to_configure_the_mentors%27_list>,
you can now use the Action API to get a list of a mentor's
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Mentor_dashboard>
mentees. [5] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T291966>
- The heading on the main page can now be configured using
MediaWiki:Mainpage-title-loggedin
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Mainpage-title-loggedin> for
logged-in users and MediaWiki:Mainpage-title
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Mainpage-title> for
logged-out users. Any CSS that was previously used to hide the heading
should be removed. [6]
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Small_wiki_toolkits/Starter_kit/Main_page_customization#hide-heading>
[7] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T298715>
- Four special pages (and their API counterparts) now have a maximum
database query execution time of 30 seconds. These special pages are:
RecentChanges, Watchlist, Contributions, and Log. This change will help
with site performance and stability. You can read more details about
this change
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/IPJNO75HYAQWIGTHI5LJHTDVLVOC4LJP/>
including some possible solutions if this affects your workflows. [8]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T297708>
- The sticky header
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements/Features/Sticky_Header>
has been deployed for 50% of logged-in users on more than 10 wikis
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements/Frequently_asked_questions#pilot-wikis>.
This is part of the Desktop Improvements
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements>.
See how to take part in the project
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements/Participate>
.
*Changes later this week*
- [image: Recurrent item] The new version
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.38/wmf.17> of MediaWiki will
be on test wikis and
MediaWiki.org from 11 January. It will be on
non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 12 January. It will be on all
wikis from 13 January (calendar
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.38/Roadmap>).
*Events*
- Community Wishlist Survey 2022
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2022>
begins. All contributors to the Wikimedia projects can propose for tools
and platform improvements. The proposal phase takes place from 10 January
18:00 UTC to 23 January 18:00 UTC. Learn more
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Community_Wishlist_Survey/FAQ>
.
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