Hi,
Sorry for the delay, there was a MassMessage bug (now fixed
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T221570>) preventing delivery of all
newsletters.
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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/2019/17> are
available.
*Recent changes*
- The advanced search
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/AdvancedSearch>
function URL <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:URL> now shows which
namespaces you search in. The namespace field is collapsed by default on
the search page. You can also add new fields
<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/mediawiki/extensions/AdvancedSearch/%2B/refs/heads/master/docs/adding_fields.md>
to the search interface through a hook
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Hooking>. [1]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T217445>[2]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T217443>[3]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T217446>
- The wikis now look slightly different in the mobile web version. [4]
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2019-April/091978.html>
*Changes later this week*
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
*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 23 April at 15:00 (UTC)
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20190423T15>.
See how to join
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting>.
*Future changes*
- Wikipedia articles will have the sameAs <https://schema.org/sameAs> meta
property <https://schema.org/Property>. It adds structured data. This
makes it easier for search engines to find Wikipedia articles. It also
makes it easier to reuse content. There will an A/B test
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:A/B_testing>. [5]
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Reading/Seach_Engine_Optimization/sameAs_test>
[6] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T209306>
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