Wikitech-ambassadors June 2024

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Tech News 2024, week 26
by Nick Wilson (Quiddity) 24 Jun '24

24 Jun '24

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/2024/26> are available. *Recent changes* - Editors will notice that there have been some changes to the background color of text in the diff view, and the color of the byte-change numbers, last week. These changes are intended to make text more readable in both light mode and dark mode, and are part of a larger effort to increase accessibility. You can share your comments or questions on the project talkpage <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Reading/Web/Accessibility_for_reading>. [1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T361717> - The text colors that are used for visited-links, hovered-links, and active-links, were also slightly changed last week to improve their accessibility in both light mode and dark mode. [2] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T366515> *Problems* - You can copy permanent links to talk page comments <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:DiscussionTools#Talk…> by clicking on a comment's timestamp. This feature <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk_pages_project/Permalinks> did not always work when the topic title was very long and the link was used as a wikitext link. This has been fixed. Thanks to Lofhi for submitting the bug. [3] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T356196> *Changes later this week* - The new version <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.43/wmf.11> of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 25 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 26 June. It will be on all wikis from 27 June (calendar <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.43/Roadmap>). [4] <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments/Train>[5] <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments/Yearly_calendar> - Starting 26 June, all talk pages messages' timestamps will become a link at English Wikipedia, making this feature available for you to use at all wikis. This link is a permanent link to the comment. It allows users to find the comment they were linked to, even if this comment has since been moved elsewhere. You can read more about this feature on Diff <https://diff.wikimedia.org//2024/01/29/talk-page-permalinks-dont-lose-your-…> or on Mediawiki.org <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:DiscussionTools#Talk…>. [6] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T365974> *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/2024/26> • 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…>.* -- Nick "Quiddity" Wilson (he/him) Movement Communications Specialist Wikimedia Foundation

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Heads-up: Diff colour
by Johan Jönsson 19 Jun '24

19 Jun '24

Hey everyone, Something which didn't make it into this week's Tech News: As you might know, the Wikimedia Foundation Web team is working on a night mode <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Reading/Web/Accessibility_for_reading>, which is currently available on mobile but continues to be developed. As part of the accessability work around this, the developers made some slight changes to the colour in the diff text, which will be visible on the wikis this week but didn't make it into Tech News until next week. You can read more in phab:T361717 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T361717>. Best, *Johan Jönsson*Manager, Movement Communications Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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Tech News 2024, week 25
by Nick Wilson (Quiddity) 17 Jun '24

17 Jun '24

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/2024/25> are available. *Recent changes* - People who attempt to add an external link in the visual editor will now receive immediate feedback if they attempt to link to a domain that a project has decided to block. Please see Edit check <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Edit_check#11_June_2024> for more details. [1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T366751> - The new Community Configuration extension <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:CommunityConfig…> is available on Test Wikipedia <https://test.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CommunityConfiguration>. This extension allows communities to customize specific features to meet their local needs. Currently only Growth features are configurable, but the extension will support other Community Configuration use cases <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Community_configuration#U…> in the future. [2] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T323811>[3] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T360954> - The dark mode beta feature <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeat…> is now available on category and help pages, as well as more special pages. There may be contrast issues. Please report bugs on the project talk page <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Reading/Web/Accessibility_for_reading>. [4] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T366370> *Problems* - Cloud Services tools were not available for 25 minutes last week. This was caused by a faulty hardware cable in the data center. [5] <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Incidents/2024-06-11_WMCS_Ceph> - Last week, styling updates were made to the Vector 2022 skin. This caused unforeseen issues with templates, hatnotes, and images. Changes to templates and hatnotes were reverted. Most issues with images were fixed. If you still see any, report them here <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T367463>. [6] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T367480> *Changes later this week* - The new version <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.43/wmf.10> of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 18 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 19 June. It will be on all wikis from 20 June (calendar <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.43/Roadmap>). [7] <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments/Train>[8] <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments/Yearly_calendar> - Starting June 18, the Reference Edit Check <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Edit_check#ref> will be deployed to a new set of Wikipedias <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T361843>. This feature is intended to help newcomers and to assist edit-patrollers by inviting people who are adding new content to a Wikipedia article to add a citation when they do not do so themselves. During a test at 11 wikis <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Edit_check#Reference_Chec…>, the number of citations added more than doubled <https://diff.wikimedia.org/?p=127553> when Reference Check was shown to people. Reference Check is community configurable <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Edit_check/Configuration>. [9] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T361843> - Mailing lists <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Mailing_lists> will be unavailable for roughly two hours on Tuesday 10:00–12:00 UTC. This is to enable migration to a new server and upgrade its software. [10] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T367521> *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/2024/25> • 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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Tech News 2024, week 24
by Nick Wilson (Quiddity) 10 Jun '24

10 Jun '24

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/2024/24> are available. *Recent changes* - The software used to render SVG files has been updated to a new version, fixing many longstanding bugs in SVG rendering. [1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T265549> - The HTML used to render all headings is being changed to improve accessibility <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Heading_HTML_changes>. It was changed last week in some skins (Vector legacy and Minerva). Please test gadgets on your wiki on these skins and report any related problems <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T13555> so that they can be resolved before this change is made in Vector-2022. The developers are still considering the introduction of a Gadget API for adding buttons to section titles <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T337286> if that would be helpful to tool creators, and would appreciate any input you have on that. - The HTML markup used for citations by Parsoid <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Parsoid> changed last week. In places where Parsoid previously added the mw-reference-text class, Parsoid now also adds the reference-text class for better compatibility with the legacy parser. More details are available <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Specs/HTML/2.8.0/Extensions/Cite/Announcement>. [2] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1036705> *Problems* - There was a bug with the Content Translation interface that caused the tools menus to appear in the wrong location. This has now been fixed. [3] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T366374> *Changes later this week* - The new version <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.43/wmf.9> of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 11 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 12 June. It will be on all wikis from 13 June (calendar <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.43/Roadmap>). [4] <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments/Train>[5] <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments/Yearly_calendar> - The new version of MediaWiki includes another change to the HTML markup used for citations: Parsoid <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Parsoid> will now generate a <span class="mw-cite-backlink"> wrapper for both named and unnamed references for better compatibility with the legacy parser. Interface administrators should verify that gadgets that interact with citations are compatible with the new markup. More details are available <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Specs/HTML/2.8.0/Extensions/Cite/Announcement>. [6] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1035809> - On multilingual wikis that use the <translate> system, there is a feature that shows potentially-outdated translations with a pink background until they are updated or confirmed. From this week, confirming translations will be logged, and there is a new user-right that can be required for confirming translations if the community requests it <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Requesting_wiki_configur…>. [7] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T49177> *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/2024/24> • 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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Tech News 2024, week 23
by Nick Wilson (Quiddity) 03 Jun '24

03 Jun '24

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