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Wikitech-ambassadors May 2022

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Opinions about talk pages?
by Johan Jönsson 02 May '22

02 May '22

Hey folks, If you, are any group in your community, has opinion on iOS talk pages, you're very welcome to take this survey: https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9GBcHczQGLbQWTY Feel free to spread the word in your communities, if communication with app editors has been something people have had opinions on, or if you care about talk pages in general.

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Tech News (2022, week 18)
by Nick Wilson (Quiddity) 02 May '22

02 May '22

The latest technical newsletter is now available at < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2022/18>. 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: Bahasa Indonesia <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2022/18/id>, Deutsch <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2022/18/de>, English, español <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2022/18/es>, français <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2022/18/fr>, italiano <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2022/18/it>, polski <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2022/18/pl>, português <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2022/18/pt>, português do Brasil <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2022/18/pt-br>, svenska <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2022/18/sv>, čeština <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2022/18/cs>, русский <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2022/18/ru>, українська <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2022/18/uk>, עברית <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2022/18/he>, العربية <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2022/18/ar>, فارسی <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2022/18/fa>, 中文 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2022/18/zh>, 日本語 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2022/18/ja>, ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2022/18/mni>, 한국어 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2022/18/ko> 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/2022/18> are available. *Recent changes* - On all remaining wikis <https://noc.wikimedia.org/conf/dblists/group2.dblist> (group 2), the software to play videos and audio files on pages has now changed. The old player has been removed. Some audio players will become wider after this change. The new player <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:TimedMediaHandl…> has been a beta feature for over four years. [1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T100106>[2] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T248418> *Changes later this week* - The new version <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.39/wmf.10> of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 3 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 4 May. It will be on all wikis from 5 May (calendar <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.39/Roadmap>). *Future changes* - The developers are working on talk pages in the Wikipedia app for iOS <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team/iOS>. You can give feedback <https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9GBcHczQGLbQWTY>. You can take the survey in English, German, Hebrew or Chinese. - Most wikis <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/VisualEditor_template…> will receive an improved template dialog <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/VisualEditor_template…> in VisualEditor and New Wikitext mode. [3] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T296759> [4] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T306967> - If you use syntax highlighting while editing wikitext, you can soon activate a colorblind-friendly color scheme <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/Improved_Color_Scheme…>. [5] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T306867> - Several CSS IDs related to MediaWiki interface messages will be removed. Technical editors should please review the list of IDs and links to their existing uses <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T304363>. These include #mw-anon-edit-warning, #mw-undelete-revision and 3 others. *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/2022/18> • 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…>.*

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