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
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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
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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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
Reminder: Technical Advice IRC meeting again **Wednesday 3-4 pm UTC** on
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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.
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.