[Wikitech-ambassadors] Tech newsletter (2013, week 50)

Hi, The latest tech newsletter is now available at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2013/50 . 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Latest *tech news <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News>* from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/New… available. *New features* - You can now see a legend on Special:RecentChanges<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChan… Special:Watchlist <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Watchlist>that explains the symbols used. [1] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52005> - If your wiki is testing the new search tool ("CirrusSearch<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Search>"), you can now test it by adding "New search" in your Beta features preferences<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefs…es>. [2]<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2013-Decemb… *VisualEditor <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/VisualEditor/Portal>* - The toolbar is now simpler; all text styles (bold, italics, underline, subscript, etc.) are in the same menu, and the "More" menu is called "Insert". [3]<https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?oldid=842405#2013-12-12_.28MW_1… - You can now use a basic tool to add special characters to your text. You can add more characters (useful in your language) by editing the MediaWiki interface on translatewiki.net<https://translatewiki.net/wiki/MediaWiki:Visualeditor-… . - The tool to add and edit mathematical text is now called "formula". [4]<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53251> *Problems* - There was a problem with the "Create a book" tool (Collection<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Collection>)n>); books could only be exported to PDF format. The change has been undone. [5]<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2013-Decemb… - The log-in system for external tools ("OAuth") was broken on wikis that tested the new search tool. It was fixed last week. [6]<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2013-December/073610.… [7]<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2013-December/073622.… - Because of a bug, this newsletter is delivered to users using the new MediaWiki message delivery<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/User:MediaWi…ry>, and to community pages using the old EdwardsBot<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:EdwardsBot>ot>. [8] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57464> *Future* - MediaWiki 1.23wmf7 <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.23/wmf7>was added to test wikis on December 12. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on December 17 and all Wikipedia wikis on December 19 (calendar<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.23/Roadmap> ). - You will soon be able to select the language of SVG images that have translations using a drop-down menu on the image page. (see example<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/testwiki:File:Gerrit_patchset_25…) [9] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/95746/> - GLAMToolset<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/commons:Commons:GLAMToolset_…ct>, a tool to help GLAM<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/GLAM>groups (like museums) upload many pictures to Commons, will be added to Commons on December 17. [10]<https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/w/oldid=91999#Week_of_December_16> - A Draft namespace <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Draft_namespace>will be added to the English Wikipedia to make it easier to create new pages. You will be able to use VisualEditor for drafts if you have enabled it. [11] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57569> [12]<https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=585884239#Draft_namespace… *Other* - You can read the summary of the technical report<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_engin… November 2013 to learn more about VisualEditor, Mobile and other features. [13]<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2013-Decem… *Tech news <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News> prepared by tech ambassadors <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/Ambassadors> and posted by MediaWiki message delivery <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/2013/50> • 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>.* -- Guillaume Paumier Technical Communications Manager — Wikimedia Foundation https://donate.wikimedia.org