Wikitech-ambassadors September 2018

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Translations on hold until further notice
by Greg Grossmeier 10 Oct '18

10 Oct '18

tl;dr: Please refrain from adding new strings that require translations to MediaWiki and deployed extensions until further notice. Due to changes we are making in the way our translation systems process data we will be temporarily disabling the auto deployment of newly translated content until further notice. The goal of these changes will be to improve the evaluation of content submitted to our translation services. This means developers should not merge new translatable strings into MediaWiki Core nor Wikimedia deployed extensions until we re-enable the system. This is to prevent longer term issues where local wiki admins overwrite a string and thus prevent updates from new and improved translations. We apologize for any inconvenience this delay in service may cause and will alert you as soon as this maintenance is completed. Greg Grossmeier -- | Greg Grossmeier GPG: B2FA 27B1 F7EB D327 6B8E | | Release Team Manager A18D 1138 8E47 FAC8 1C7D |

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Re: [Wikitech-ambassadors] Translations on hold until further notice
by John Bennett 04 Oct '18

04 Oct '18

Hello, This update is to add some additional information we are now able to share in regard to why translation updates are on hold. The Security team and others at the Wikimedia Foundation are engaged in a security event involving our translation services. No Wikimedia users or their data are currently affected. We made the decision to temporarily disable translation updates until suitable countermeasures can be applied and at this point reinstatement of translation updates is to be determined. At the resolution of this event the Security team will publish a summary blog post (https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/phame/blog/view/13/) including additional details as appropriate. Thank you for your patience and understanding while we work to better protect the community. John Bennett Director of Security, Wikimedia Foundation

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Server switch 2018: No editing for a short while on September 10 and October 12
by Johan Jönsson 04 Oct '18

04 Oct '18

Hi, We'll be testing our secondary data centre. This will make sure that the wikis can stay online even after a disaster. On September 10 and October 12, from 14:00 UTC and for up to an hour (but probably not that long), you won't be able to edit the wikis. This has been in Tech News, and there'll be more announcements, but please help spread this in your communities, especially with regards to editathons etc. You'll find more information here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/Server_switch_2018 //Johan Jönsson --

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Special:Preferences layout
by Federico Leva (Nemo) 01 Oct '18

01 Oct '18

What happened to Special:Preferences? https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences Stuff now feels scattered around the whole place as in the bedroom of a 6 years old boy. Compare what I see to what I'm used to: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/F26242100 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/F26242112 Federico

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No longer allowed to load normal pages (not protected, NS_MEDIAWIKI or user js subpage) as javascript
by Brian Wolff 27 Sep '18

27 Sep '18

Hi everyone, In order to improve site security, we are no longer allowing ordinary pages to be loaded as javascript (That is, ?action=raw&ctype=text/javascript ). Only pages that are (fully) protected, in the MediaWiki: namespace, or is a user JS subpage can be loaded with the ctype=text/javascript We made this change because there was a large number of users accidentally loading unprotected page in their JS, often as a result of copying scripts between languages. Thank you for your understanding, Brian Wolff Wikimedia Security Team

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Wednesday: Technical Advice IRC Meeting
by Michael Schönitzer 25 Sep '18

25 Sep '18

Reminder: Technical Advice IRC meeting again **Wednesday 3-4 pm UTC** on #wikimedia-tech. Question can be asked in English, Persian & German. The Technical Advice IRC Meeting is a weekly support event for volunteer developers. Every Wednesday, two full-time developers are available to help you with all your questions about Mediawiki, gadgets, tools and more! This can be anything from "how to get started" over "who would be the best contact for X" to specific questions on your project. If you know already what you would like to discuss or ask, please add your topic to the next meeting: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting Hope to see you there! Michi (for the Technical Advice IRC Meeting crew) -- Michael F. Schönitzer Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 http://wikimedia.de Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei! http://spenden.wikimedia.de/ Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985.

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Tech News (2018, week 39)
by Johan Jönsson 24 Sep '18

24 Sep '18

Hi, The latest technical newsletter is now available at < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2018/39>. 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>. You can also contact me directly. As always, feedback (on- or off-list) is appreciated and encouraged. ——————————————————————————— Other languages: Deutsch • ‎English • ‎dansk • ‎français • ‎italiano • ‎polski • ‎suomi • ‎svenska • ‎čeština • ‎русский • ‎українська • ‎עברית • ‎العربية • ‎فارسی • ‎हिन्दी • ‎中文 • ‎日本語 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/2018/39> are available. *Changes later this week* - The preferences form <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences> will change to use the standard look. If you see any problems please report them on Phabricator <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/edit/form/3/?projects=ui-s…> . [1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T117781> - [image: Recurrent item] The new version <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.32/wmf.23> of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 25 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 26 September. It will be on all wikis from 27 September (calendar <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.32/Roadmap>). *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 26 September at 15:00 (UTC) <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20180926T15>. 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_d…> • Contribute <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News#contribute> • Translate <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2018/39> • 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…>.* //Johan Jönsson

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Wednesday: Technical Advice IRC Meeting
by Michael Schönitzer 18 Sep '18

18 Sep '18

Reminder: Technical Advice IRC meeting again **Wednesday 3-4 pm UTC** on #wikimedia-tech. Question can be asked in English & German. The Technical Advice IRC Meeting is a weekly support event for volunteer developers. Every Wednesday, two full-time developers are available to help you with all your questions about Mediawiki, gadgets, tools and more! This can be anything from "how to get started" over "who would be the best contact for X" to specific questions on your project. If you know already what you would like to discuss or ask, please add your topic to the next meeting: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting Hope to see you there! Michi (for the Technical Advice IRC Meeting crew) -- Michael F. Schönitzer Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 http://wikimedia.de Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei! http://spenden.wikimedia.de/ Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985.

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Tech News (2018, week 38)
by Johan Jönsson 17 Sep '18

17 Sep '18

Hi, The latest technical newsletter is now available at < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2018/38>. 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>. You can also contact me directly. As always, feedback (on- or off-list) is appreciated and encouraged. ——————————————————————————— Other languages: العربية • ‎čeština • ‎dansk • ‎English • ‎فارسی • ‎suomi • ‎français • ‎עברית • ‎हिन्दी • ‎日本語 • ‎한국어 • ‎মেইতেই লোন্ • ‎polski • ‎русский • ‎svenska • ‎українська • ‎中文 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/2018/38> are available. *Recent changes* - The Wikimedia Commons mobile app <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Commons:Mobile_app> has a new version. Images uploaded using Nearby are now automatically added to the associated Wikidata item. You can browse other images on Commons. You can see your achievements and your upload statistics. It has also fixed some bugs. [1] <https://cookiesandcodeblog.wordpress.com/2018/08/10/commons-app-version-2-8…> - [image: Advanced item] MediaWiki web requests now have a time limit of 60 seconds for GET requests and 200 seconds for POST requests. [2] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T97192> *Problems* - You could not see the menu on the notifications page on the mobile version. This has now been fixed. [3] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T192475> *Changes later this week* - Special:AncientPages <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:AncientPages> can hide disambiguation pages. [4] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T76287> - [image: Recurrent item] The new version <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.32/wmf.18> of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 18 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 19 September. It will be on all wikis from 20 September (calendar <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.32/Roadmap>). *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 19 September at 15:00 (UTC) <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20180919T15>. See how to join <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting>. *Future changes* - The developers <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Team> are testing new mobile web navigation. You can use it and give feedback <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Reading/Web/Advanced_mobile_contributions/Na…> . *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/2018/38> • 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…>.* //Johan Jönsson

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Wednesday: Technical Advice IRC Meeting
by Michael Schönitzer 11 Sep '18

11 Sep '18

Reminder: Technical Advice IRC meeting again **Wednesday 3-4 pm UTC** on #wikimedia-tech. Question can be asked in English, German & Persian. The Technical Advice IRC Meeting is a weekly support event for volunteer developers. Every Wednesday, two full-time developers are available to help you with all your questions about Mediawiki, gadgets, tools and more! This can be anything from "how to get started" over "who would be the best contact for X" to specific questions on your project. If you know already what you would like to discuss or ask, please add your topic to the next meeting: https://www.mediawiki.org/ wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting Hope to see you there! Michi (for the Technical Advice IRC Meeting crew) -- Michael F. Schönitzer Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 http://wikimedia.de Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei! http://spenden.wikimedia.de/ Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985.

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