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Tech News week #40, 2025
by Sandister Tei 29 Sep '25

29 Sep '25

Hello everyone, The latest tech newsletter is ready for early translation: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2025/40 Direct translation link: https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ATranslate&group=page… We plan to send the newsletter on Monday afternoon (UTC). The existing translations will be posted on the wikis in that language. Deadlines: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/For_contributors#The_deadlines There might be more edits by Friday afternoon UTC but the existing content should generally remain fairly stable. I will let you know on Friday in any case. See https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Tech_news_text for translating the recurring strings. Let us know if you have any questions, comments or concerns. As always, we appreciate your help and feedback. Best regards, Sandister Tei <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:STei_(WMF)> (she/her) Movement Communications Specialist (Product & Technology) Wikimedia Foundation

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Tech News 2025, week 39
by Uzoma Ozurumba 23 Sep '25

23 Sep '25

*Weekly highlight* - On September 24th at 15:00 UTC <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1758726000>, all Wikimedia sites users will experience a brief read-only period due to a scheduled datacenter server switchover <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/Server_switch>. The Wikimedia Foundation's Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team will redirect all traffic from one primary server to its backup. You can listen to the switchover using the "Listen to Wikipedia" <http://listen.hatnote.com/> tool, where you will hear edits stop for a few minutes during the read-only phase, then resume. This twice-yearly datacenter server switchover ensures reliability by testing the backup datacenter, so that our sites can stay online even if the primary datacenter fails. You can read more about the process on the Diff blog <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/03/12/hear-that-the-wikis-go-silent-twice-a…> . *Updates for editors* - Editors of 60 more Wiktionaries <https://www.wikifunctions.org/wiki/Special:Mylanguage/Wikifunctions:Status_…> will soon be able to call functions from Wikifunctions <https://www.wikifunctions.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikifunctions:Introdu…> and integrate them into their pages. A function takes one or more inputs and transforms them into a desired output, like adding numbers, converting miles to meters, calculating elapsed time, or declining a word into a case. They will join the other 65 Wiktionary language editions <https://www.wikifunctions.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikifunctions:Status_…>, which already have access to embedded Wikifunctions calls. Later this year, plans are in place to expand to more Wiktionaries and the Incubator. - A new parser function <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Magic_words#Technica…> has been added: {{#contentmodel}}. Template editors and admins can use it to get the localized or canonical name of the content model <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:ChangeContentModel> of a specific page. The function makes it easier to create and edit system messages, such as *MediaWiki:editinginterface*, even when you switch types of pages, like wiki, JavaScript, CSS or JSON page. [1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T328254> - Adding or editing a DISPLAYTITLE for an article using VisualEditor will no longer be broken. Editors who use VisualEditor mode to modify the {{DISPLAYTITLE}} would no longer have the literal text "DISPLAYTITLE" or its localized variant added to their articles. A list of pages that may have been affected and might need cleanup is documented in this ticket <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/P83438>. - Beta users of the Wikipedia Android app can now try the redesigned Activity tab <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Apps/Team/Andro…>, which replaces the Edits tab. The new tab offers personalized insights into reading, editing, and donation activity, while simplifying navigation and making app use more engaging. - [image: Recurrent item] View all 12 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/Recently_resol…> . *Updates for technical contributors* - [image: Recurrent item] Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.45/wmf.20> *In depth* - Wikifunctions users can now import many essential facts involving geo-coordinates <https://www.wikifunctions.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Z6011>, quantities <https://www.wikifunctions.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Z6010> and time <https://www.wikifunctions.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Z6064> values from Wikidata. This is made possible by the creation of Wikifunctions types for these values, which makes them available for use by functions in Wikifunctions. Learn more about how this works in this video <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ImportingWikidataDatatypesIntoWikif…> and Wikifunctions' August 1 newsletter <https://www.wikifunctions.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikifunctions:Status_…> (for quantities) and August 22 newsletter <https://www.wikifunctions.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikifunctions:Status_…> (for geo-coordinates). *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_d…> • Contribute <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News#contribute> • Translate <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2025/39> • 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_ambass…>.* -- Uzoma Ozurumba (She/her) Movement Communications Specialist (Product and Tech) meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:UOzurumba_(WMF)

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Tech News week #39, 2025
by Uzoma Ozurumba 23 Sep '25

23 Sep '25

The latest tech newsletter is ready for *final* translation: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2025/39 Direct translation link: https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Translate&group=page-T… We plan to send the newsletter on Monday afternoon (UTC). The existing translations will be posted on the wikis in that language. Deadlines: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/For_contributors#The_deadlines See https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Tech_news_text for translating the recurring strings. Let us know if you have any questions, comments or concerns. As always, we appreciate your help and feedback. -- Uzoma Ozurumba (She/her) Movement Communications Specialist (Product and Tech) meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:UOzurumba_(WMF)

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Hungarian translation needed for LiquidThreads announcement
by Sandister Tei 22 Sep '25

22 Sep '25

Hello everyone, I’d like to ask for your help translating an announcement about the deprecation of LiquidThreads from English into Hungarian. The announcement is already posted on Wikipédia:Kocsmafal (műszaki) <https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Kocsmafal_(m%C5%B1szaki)#Liqui…> . Thank you so much for your time and support! Best regards, Sandister Tei <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:STei_(WMF)> (she/her) Movement Communications Specialist (Product & Technology) Wikimedia Foundation

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Request for translation: Wikifunctions deployment
by Luca Martinelli [Sannita＠WMF] 16 Sep '25

16 Sep '25

Hi all, I'm here to ask for help with the translation of the following page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Wikifunctions_deployment We are aiming at getting as many translations as possible, since this message will be sent to all Wiktionaries in two separate occasions (Sept 17 and Oct 1). Please complete the translation of the message *by September 9, 9 PM UTC* (https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1757451600). Of course, if there are questions, feel free to contact me here or in private. Thank you in advance from the Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia team! -- Luca Martinelli [Sannita] (he/him) Movement Communications Specialist

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Server switch and read-only time on Wednesday, 24 September
by Eliza Blackorby 16 Sep '25

16 Sep '25

Hello, Equinox is soon: a new server switch will happen on Wednesday, 24 September, at 15:00 UTC. All wikis will be read-only for a short period of time. The default message we use https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/Server_switch needs a check for date formats: https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Translate&group=pag... <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ATranslate&group=page…>. Some sentences are still untranslated for several languages. A banner will be displayed on all wikis 30 minutes before the read-only. You can translate it at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Translations?message=Translations%3… Thank you for your help! Eliza -- Eliza Blackorby Movement Communications Specialist (Product & Tech) Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> GMT-4

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Tech News week #38, 2025
by Nick Wilson (Quiddity) 15 Sep '25

15 Sep '25

The latest tech newsletter is ready for *final* translation: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2025/38 Direct translation link: https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Translate&group=page-T… This is a long edition! Extra thanks for your efforts here! We plan to send the newsletter on Monday afternoon (UTC). The existing translations will be posted on the wikis in that language. Deadlines: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/For_contributors#The_deadlines See https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Tech_news_text for translating the recurring strings. Let us know if you have any questions, comments or concerns. As always, we appreciate your help and feedback. -- Nick "Quiddity" Wilson (he/him) Movement Communications Specialist Wikimedia Foundation

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Tech News week #37, 2025
by Nick Wilson (Quiddity) 09 Sep '25

09 Sep '25

The latest tech newsletter is ready for final translation: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2025/37 Direct translation link: https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Translate&group=page-T… We plan to send the newsletter on Monday afternoon (UTC). The existing translations will be posted on the wikis in that language. Deadlines: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/For_contributors#The_deadlines See https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Tech_news_text for translating the recurring strings. Let us know if you have any questions, comments or concerns. As always, we appreciate your help and feedback.

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Ready for translation: Education Newsletter August 2025
by ZI Jony 02 Sep '25

02 Sep '25

Hi everyone, August 2025 education newsletter released for translation. Please help our readers to read the education newsletter in their native language. The latest education newsletter is ready for translation: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Newsletter/August_2025 Newsletter headlines link for translation: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Newsletter/August_2025/Headlines (please translate by September 04, 2025) To read individual articles, check out: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Education/Newsletter/August_2025 Your support in making this newsletter multilingual means a lot. Thanks for helping share knowledge across borders! Regards, User:ZI Jony

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Tech News week #36, 2025
by Uzoma Ozurumba 01 Sep '25

01 Sep '25

The latest tech newsletter is ready for *final* translation: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2025/36 Direct translation link: https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Translate&group=page-T… We plan to send the newsletter on Monday afternoon (UTC). The existing translations will be posted on the wikis in that language. Deadlines: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/For_contributors#The_deadlines See https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Tech_news_text for translating the recurring strings. Let us know if you have any questions, comments or concerns. As always, we appreciate your help and feedback. -- Uzoma Ozurumba (She/her) Movement Communications Specialist (Product and Tech) meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:UOzurumba_(WMF)

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