Thank you Zppix for sharing that. Very useful
2018-01-08 19:58 GMT+01:00 zppix e <megadev44s.mail(a)gmail.com>om>:
Im not going to forward all these but for new members
i wanted to make
this known that Wikimedia does this :)
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Begin forwarded message:
*From:* Johan Jönsson <jjonsson(a)wikimedia.org>
*Date:* January 8, 2018 at 10:34:08 AM CST
*To:* Wikitech Ambassadors <wikitech-ambassadors(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
*Subject:* *[Wikitech-ambassadors] Tech News (2018, week 2)*
*Reply-To:* Coordination of technology deployments across
languages/projects <wikitech-ambassadors(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hi,
The latest technical newsletter is now available at <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2018/02>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>.
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.
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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/2018/02> are
available.
*Recent changes*
- On Wikidata, the "save" button when you edit is now called
"publish". This means all Wikimedia wikis have now changed from "Save
page"
to "Publish changes". This is to help new editors understand what it does.
[1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T161367>[2]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T131132>
- Some edits will get an automatic tag
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Tags> on all wikis. This will
happen when making a page a redirect, blanking a page, removing almost all
content, undoing an edit, or rolling back an edit. You can see the tags for
example in the recent changes feed, article history, user contributions or
on your watchlist. Some wikis had already marked edits like these in other
ways. [3] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T167656>
- Special:UnusedFiles
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:UnusedFiles> shows files that
have been uploaded but are not used. It will show a file that is not used
on the wiki it has been uploaded to, even if the file is used on another
wiki. The new Special:GloballyUnusedFiles page on Commons
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:GloballyUnusedFiles> only
shows files that are not used on any wiki. [4]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T183673>
- Structured discussions
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Structured_Discussions> now
uses the 2017 wikitext editor instead of its old custom one. This will work
with your preference for wikitext or visual editor. The documentation has
been updated
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Structured_Discussions/Quick_tour#basics>
. [5] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T155861>[6]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T178719>
*Problems*
- Older versions of the Chrome web browser on mobile devices may see
the PDF download button, but it does not work. The developers are looking
into the problem. [7] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T182059>
- With the new filters in the recent changes, "Exclude selected" in
"Namespaces" did not work for "Saved filters" between 13 December
and 2
January. When you loaded the saved filter all other namespaces were
excluded instead. This has now been fixed. If you made any changes to your
saved filters between 13 December and 2 January, you need to save your
filters with excluded namespaces again. [8]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T183910>
- The latest version of Google Chrome
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Google_Chrome> broke how section
links are shown in the address bar. You now see #R%C3%A9sum%C3%A9 instead
of #Résumé even if MediaWiki did not encode it that way. This happened
in early December. This problem has been solved. The fix will be in Chrome
64 (23 January) or Chrome 65 (6 March). [9]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T152540#3830013>
- [image: Octicons-tools.svg] Some POST requests to the API took
longer than usual in parts of December. This affected the Wikidata UI and
some gadgets the most. It has now been fixed. [10]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T182322>
*Changes later this week*
- Wikidata will be moved to its own database servers
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Server_(computing)>. This is because
it is growing and needs more resources. Because of this *you will be
able to read but not edit*Wikidata and the German Wikipedia between
06:00 and 06:30 UTC
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Coordinated_Universal_Time> on 9
January. You might lose edits if you try to save during this time. This
includes editing the language links on other wikis. [11]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T181645>
- The font size in the editing window will change slightly for some
users. It will now look the same on all browsers and operating systems.
[12] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T182320>[13]
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Editing/Projects/Font_size_in_the_editing_window>
- [image: Octicons-sync.svg] The new version
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.31/wmf.16> of MediaWiki
will be on test wikis and
MediaWiki.org from 9 January. It will be on
non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 January. It will be on all
wikis from 11 January (calendar
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.31/Roadmap>).
- [image: Octicons-tools.svg] WikiEditor's ResourceLoader modules have
been simplified to one: ext.wikiEditor. All the other modules are now
deprecated aliases and should be removed. [14]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T165112>
*Meetings*
- [image: Octicons-sync.svg] You can join the next meeting with the
Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you
think are the most important. The meeting will be on 9 January at
19:30 (UTC)
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=30&sec=0&year=2018&month=01&day=09>.
See how to join
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Editing_team/Weekly_triage_meetings>.
- [image: Octicons-tools.svg] You can join the technical advice
meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for
advice. The meeting will be on 10 January at 16:00 (UTC)
<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=16&min=00&sec=0&day=10&month=01&year=2018>.
See how to join
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting>.
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<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News> prepared
by Tech News writers
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