Wikitech-ambassadors July 2019

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by Brennen Bearnes

The 1.34.0-wmf.16 version of MediaWiki is blocked[0], after a brief period of being unblocked. Thanks to Jdlrobson and everyone else who worked on unblocking the earlier issues. 1.34.0-wmf.16 cannot proceed to group1[1] until these issues are resolved: * PHP Warning: Wikibase\Lib\Store\Sql\WikiPageEntityRevisionLookup::getEntityRevision: Entity not loaded - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T229482 Once these issues are resolved, the train can resume. If these issues are resolved on a Friday the train will resume Monday. Thank you for your help resolving these issues! -- Your unassuming train minion [0]. <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T220741> [1]. <https://tools.wmflabs.org/versions/>

4 years, 1 month

[Train] 1.34.0-wmf.16 status update

by Brennen Bearnes

The 1.34.0-wmf.16 version of MediaWiki is blocked[0]. The new version can't proceed to group1[1] until these issues are resolved: * Disable grouped results on RecentChanges page on mobile - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T228280 * Inform AMC users that grouped results are not available on the recent changes page - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T228516 Once these issues are resolved, the train can resume. If these issues are resolved on a Friday the train will resume Monday. Thank you for your help resolving these issues! -- Your unassuming train minion [0]. <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T220741> [1]. <https://tools.wmflabs.org/versions/>

4 years, 1 month

[Train] 1.34.0-wmf.16 status update

by Brennen Bearnes

The 1.34.0-wmf.16 version of MediaWiki is no longer blocked[0]! Thanks to Krinkle, tstarling, and everyone else who worked on unblocking the train. We plan to deploy the new version to both group0 and group1[1] today. [0]. <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T220741> [1]. <https://tools.wmflabs.org/versions/> -- Your unassuming train minion Brennen Bearnes

4 years, 1 month

[Train] 1.34.0-wmf.16 status update

by Brennen Bearnes

The 1.34.0-wmf.16 version of MediaWiki is blocked[0]. The new version can't proceed to group0[1] until this issue is resolved: * serialize(): "" returned as member variable from __sleep() but does not exist - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T229366 Once this issue is resolved train can resume. If this issue is resolved on a Friday the train will resume Monday. Thank you for your help resolving these issues! -- Your unassuming train minion [0]. <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T220741> [1]. <https://tools.wmflabs.org/versions/>

4 years, 1 month

Tech News (2019, week 31)

by Nick Wilson (Quiddity)

Hi, The latest technical newsletter is now available at < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2019/31>. 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 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/31/de> • ‎English • ‎español <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/31/es> • ‎français <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/31/fr> • ‎polski <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/31/pl> • ‎português do Brasil <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/31/pt-br> • ‎suomi <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/31/fi> • ‎čeština <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/31/cs> • ‎русский <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/31/ru> • ‎українська <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/31/uk> • ‎עברית <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/31/he> • ‎العربية <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/31/ar> • ‎नेपाली <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/31/ne> • ‎中文 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/31/zh> • ‎日本語 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/31/ja> 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/2019/31> are available. *Problems* - Wikidata will be in read-only mode on 30 July from 05:00 to 05:30 UTC because of a server switch. [1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T227063> *Changes later this week* - [image: Recurrent item] The new version <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.34/wmf.16> of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 31 July. It will be on all wikis from 1 August (calendar <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.34/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 31 July at 15:00 (UTC) <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20190731T15>. 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/2019/31> • 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…>.*

4 years, 1 month

Tech News (2019, week 30)

by Benoît Evellin (Trizek)

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/2019/30> are available: Bahasa Indonesia <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/30/id> • ‎Deutsch <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/30/de> • ‎English • ‎español <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/30/es> • ‎ français <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/30/fr> • ‎polski <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/30/pl> • ‎português do Brasil <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/30/pt-br> • ‎suomi <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/30/fi> • ‎čeština <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/30/cs> • ‎русский <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/30/ru> • ‎українська <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/30/uk> • ‎עברית <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/30/he> • ‎العربية <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/30/ar> • ‎中文 <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/30/zh> • ‎日本語 <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/30/ja> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/30 *Recent changes* - Communities interested by easing newcomers' first steps can now benefit from the Growth team experiments on their wikis. Check the conditions and the request process <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Growth/Communities/How_to_get_the_Growth_exp…> . - The Coolest Tool Award 2019 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award> is looking for nominations. You can recommend tools by July 29. The awarded tools will be presented at Wikimania. [1] <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2019-July/092301.html> *Problems* - The release of the last version of MediaWiki (1.34.0-wmf.14) has been blocked for groups 1 and 2. [2] <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2019-July/002184…> *Changes later this week* - Phabricator database will be moved to a different server. Writes will be blocked on Thursday 25 July, between 05:30 and 06:00 AM UTC. Reads will remain unaffected. [3] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T228243> - [image: Recurrent item] The new version <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.34/wmf.15> of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 July. It will be on all wikis from 25 July (calendar <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.34/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 24 July at 15:00 (UTC) <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20190723T15>. See how to join <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting>. *Future changes* - Some items in the visual editor <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor_on_mobile/Edit_cards> will change later this week. This will make it easier to edit links, citations, and templates on both desktop and mobile. [4] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T225834>[5] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T221247> - With advanced search <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:AdvancedSe…> turned on you will be able to choose the sorting order of the search results when you do a search. [6] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T225479>[7] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T197525> - Users who edit from IP addresses whitelisted on a request for temporary lift of the IP cap for mass account creation <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Mass_account_creation#Re…> will bypass CAPTCHAs. This will happen in August. If you think this should not happen for some reason, please let us know <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T227487>. - [image: Advanced item] The variable user_wpzero will be removed from AbuseFilter. A list of filters needing a fix is provided <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T227843#5344413>. *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/2019/30> • 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…>.* -- Benoît Evellin - Trizek (he/him) Community Relations Specialist Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

4 years, 2 months

1.34.0-wmf.14 status update

by Lars Wirzenius

The 1.34.0-wmf.14 version of MediaWiki is blocked[0]. The new version is deployed to {group0}[1], but can proceed no further until these issues are resolved: * TopicListBlock.php sort order params - <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T228406> * RevisionFormatter.php: Unknown content format - <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T228417> Once these issues are resolved train can resume. If these issues are resolved on a Friday the train will resume Monday. Thank you for your help resolving these issues! -- Your humble train toiler [0]. <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T220739> [1]. <https://tools.wmflabs.org/versions/>

4 years, 2 months

Wednesday: Technical Advice IRC Meeting

by Raz Shuty

Sorry for cross-posting! Reminder: Technical Advice IRC meeting this week **Wednesday 3-4 pm UTC** on #wikimedia-tech. Questions can be asked in English and German! The Technical Advice IRC Meeting (TAIM) 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! -- Raz Shuty Engineering Manager Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Phone: +49 (0)30 219 158 26-0 https://wikimedia.de Imagine a world, in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That‘s our commitment. 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 27/029/42207.

4 years, 2 months

Tech News (2019, week 29)

by Johan Jönsson

Hi, The latest technical newsletter is now available at < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2019/29>. 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 • ‎français • ‎polski • ‎português do Brasil • ‎suomi • ‎svenska • ‎čeština • ‎русский • ‎українська • ‎עברית • ‎العربية • ‎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/2019/29> are available. *Recent changes* - The mobile web will get more advanced editing tools. Seven more Wikipedias can use them now. This works for Arabic, Indonesian, Italian, Persian, Japanese, Spanish and Thai Wikipedia. You can try the tools on the mobile web and give feedback. [1] <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:CKoerner_(WMF)/Advanced_mobile_contrib…> *Changes later this week* - [image: Advanced item] The abuse filter system user will soon do maintenance edits on broken abuse filters. This user is called Abuse filter and has administrator rights. This is meant to fix technical problems. It will not do any other changes. You can read more <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T209565>. - [image: Recurrent item] The new version <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.34/wmf.14> of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 July. It will be on all wikis from 18 July (calendar <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.34/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 17 July at 15:00 (UTC) <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20190717T15>. See how to join <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting>. *Future changes* - The Wikipedia app <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Apps> for Android will invite users to add image captions to images on Commons. It will only invite users who have added a number of edits in the app without being reverted. This is to avoid spam and bad edits. You can read more <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team/Android/AppEditorTasks> and leave feedback <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Apps/Team/Android/AppEditorTa…> . [2] <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump/Archive/2019/03#Edi…> *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/2019/29> • 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

4 years, 2 months

[Train] 1.34.0-wmf.13 status update

by Jeena Huneidi

The 1.34.0-wmf.13 version of MediaWiki is blocked[0]. The new version is deployed to group0[1], but can proceed no further until these issues are resolved: * PHP error from Special:OAuth: "Indirect modification of overloaded property User::$oAuthUserData" - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T227688 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T227656> *Fatal from CirrusSearch\Job\LinksUpdate: "Call to a member function getLogVariables() on null" - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T227691 *Fatal on some Special:MyLanguage urls: MWException "Can't determine talk page associated with interwiki link" - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T227700 Once these issues are resolved train can resume. If these issues are resolved on a Friday the train will resume Monday. Thank you for your help resolving these issues! -- Your humble train toiler [0]. <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T220738> [1]. <https://tools.wmflabs.org/versions/> -- Jeena Huneidi Software Engineer, Release Engineering Wikimedia Foundation

4 years, 2 months

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