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<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.
*Recent software changes*
- The latest version of MediaWiki
(
1.23wmf16<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.23/wmf16>)
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 <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.23/Roadmap>).
- When users enable web fonts by default, Universal Language
Selector<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Lan…
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<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Universal_Language_Selector/WebFont…on>.
[1] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/113876/>
- You can now use Guided
tours<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Guided_tours>on the Czech and
Japanese Wikipedia. If you want this tool on your wiki,
you need to translate
it<https://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special:Translate&group=e…
ask in
Bugzilla <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org>.
[
2]<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2014-Februa…
[3] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/115824/>
- You can now use information from
Wikidata<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/>in all Wikisource wikis.
[4] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/115393/>
- The multimedia team is now posting weekly updates on their
mailing
list<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/multimedia>ia>.
[
5]<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/multimedia/2014-February/000071.…
*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]<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47804>
[7] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50379>
[
8]<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/114420/>
- If you switch from VisualEditor to wikitext editing, your edit will
now be tagged. [9] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56465>
- Template parameters now have a bigger, auto-sizing input box for
easier editing. [
10]<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61289>
- VisualEditor now has Arabic, Finnish and Kölsch icons for text
styling. If you want icons for your language, ask in Bugzilla.
[
11]<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/115636/>
[12] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/115512/>
[
13]<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/115424/>
*Future software changes*
- The new tool for viewing media
files<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MultimediaViewer>will
soon show a progress bar and a thumbnail while loading full images.
[14] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/113963/>
[
15]<https://wikimedia.mingle.thoughtworks.com/projects/multimedia/cards/…
- You will soon be able to make user
contributions<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions>s…
only page creations.
[16] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42026>
[
17]<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/115189/>
- Article Feedback
Tool<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Article_feedback/Version_5>will be
removed from the English and French Wikipedias on March 3. It will
also no longer be possible to add this tool to any Wikimedia wiki.
[
18]<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2014-Febru…
[19] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61163>
- Wikis using the new search tool
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Search>will come back to the old tool
for a few hours starting at 00:00 UTC on
March 6. [20] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61879>
*Problems*
- For about an hour on February 23, there were problems with page
loading due to a MediaWiki bug.
[
21]<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/114994/>
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