Hi all,
as an update on the changes I flagged last month:
there are still several articles that need to be fixed, including some on
big wikis.
We put a lot of explanations and details at
mediawiki.org.
Among the most affected wikis:
*Arab, Russian, Ukrainian, Farsi, Serbo-Croatian Wikipedias...*
*What does "broken" look like?*
https://phab.wmfusercontent.org/file/data/qkhxzdqawssnkcanzfdp/PHID-
FILE-gtxssxmfuhlxo23xqcgo/Broken_article_after_preprocessor_change
(infobox exposing syntax in view mode; you may need to purge the cache to
actually be able to see the issue live in some articles.)
*How to check and fix:*
See the *latest list *at
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsoid/Language_
conversion/Preprocessor_fixups/20170620 , then head to
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsoid/Language_conversion/Preprocessor_
fixups#How_to_fix for *instructions*. When actually necessary, fixes are
fast and easy (speaking for personal experience). False positives are
possible. Tools-assisted fixing is also possible (AutoWikiBrowser has been
used to that effect); please ask if you need assistance with that.
*A note about communications:*
Throughout the year, the Parsing team will make several changes that will
require kind community assistance. So far, the preprocessor one looks quite
successful, with several volunteers coming to the rescue (thanks again!).
There have been multiple mentions and updates in Tech News, emails, Village
Pump announcements, talk pages at
mw.org, Phabricator... most fixes are
done, and the remaining fixes to be done do not justify additional
communication effort. As said before, other breaking changes will occur in
time (which may affect way more pages), and over-communicating risks to
distract and confuse helpful volunteers.
This means you are welcome to communicate with the team directly at
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Parsoid/Language_
conversion/Preprocessor_fixups , but shouldn't expect any more nudges on
this specific project, as we prepare to communicate about others (and the
current workflow is probably too heavy and time-consuming to be applied to
each and every of such changes). If you have feedback about current and
future communications strategy, we are looking forward to hearing from you
at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Technical_Collaboration.
Thank you!
Elitre (WMF)
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Technical_Collaboration