Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent software changes
- The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf16)
was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on February 27. It will be
added to non-Wikipedia wikis on March 4, and all Wikipedia wikis on
March 6 (calendar).
- When users enable web fonts by default, Universal Language Selector
will now log if they don't have fonts to display pages correctly. This
information will be used by developers to improve font support in the
future. Read more about missing fonts. [1]
- You can now use Guided tours on the Czech and Japanese Wikipedia. If you want this tool on your wiki, you need to translate it and ask in Bugzilla. [2] [3]
- You can now use information from Wikidata in all Wikisource wikis. [4]
- The multimedia team is now posting weekly updates on their mailing list. [5]
VisualEditor news
- You can now change image size to default for your wiki. If you add new images to pages, they will also be default size. [6] [7] [8]
- If you switch from VisualEditor to wikitext editing, your edit will now be tagged. [9]
- Template parameters now have a bigger, auto-sizing input box for easier editing. [10]
- VisualEditor now has Arabic, Finnish and Kölsch icons for text styling. If you want icons for your language, ask in Bugzilla. [11] [12] [13]
Future software changes
Problems
- For about an hour on February 23, there were problems with page loading due to a MediaWiki bug. [21]
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