Hi,
The latest technical newsletter is now available at < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2019/13%3E. 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%3E.
More information on how to contribute is available at < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News#contribute%3E. You can also contact me directly.
As always, feedback (on- or off-list) is appreciated and encouraged.
———————————————————————————
Other languages: Bahasa Indonesia • Deutsch • English • français • polski • português do Brasil • suomi • svenska • čeština • русский • українська • עברית • العربية • فارسی • हिन्दी • 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/2019/13 are available.
*Recent changes*
- The new version of the content translation tool https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Content_translation/V2 will be used for all new translations. The older version will still be used for translations that were started with it. Most users won’t see any change. More than 80% of the published translations are already using the new version. [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T212646
*Problems*
- There was a problem with editing with Safari https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Safari_(web_browser) on iOS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:IOS. When you wrote an edit summary you couldn't save the edit. This has now been fixed. [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218352 - The editing toolbar sometimes disappears when you scroll on iOS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:IOS devices. This will be fixed soon. [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218414 - Wikis can over-ride interface messages https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:System_message on-wiki. A problem meant that sometimes an old versions of any changed messages were shown instead. This included the sitenotice and other important parts of the interface. This was fixed at around 2019-03-22 16:00 (UTC). Logged-out users may still get the wrong message. Purging the page should fix it for them. [4] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218918
*Changes later this week*
- [image: Recurrent item] The new version https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.33/wmf.23 of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 26 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 27 March. It will be on all wikis from 28 March (calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.33/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 27 March at 16:00 (UTC) https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20190327T16. 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_delivery • Contribute https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News#contribute • Translate https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2019/13 • 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_ambassadors.*
//Johan Jönsson