Tech News (2016, week 41) - Wikitech-ambassadors

10 Oct 2016


      Hi,
The latest technical newsletter is now available at <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/41%3E.
Below is the English version.
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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/2016/41 are
available.
*Recent changes*
- You can show Special:RecentChanges
   https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges on a page by
   using {{Special:RecentChanges}}. You can now use tag filters by using
   {{Special:RecentChanges/tagfilter=tagname}}. [1]
   https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T142878
   - The notification badge is coloured if you have notifications. When you
   check the notification the badge will now turn grey on all wikis instead of
   just the local one. [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T134855
   - Colours used in the Wikimedia wikis' main interface changed slightly.
   This is to make them easier to see
   http://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/visual-audio-contrast-contrast.html
for
   readers and editors with reduced eyesight. [3]
   https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T109915
*Changes this week*
- Hidden HTML comments will be more visible when you edit with the
   visual editor. <!-- You write hidden HTML comments like this. --> [4]
   https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T147089
   - [image: Octicons-sync.svg] The new version
   https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.28/wmf.22 of MediaWiki will
   be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 11 October. It will be on
   non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 12 October. It will be on all
   wikis from 13 October (calendar
   https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.28/Roadmap).
*Meetings*
- [image: Octicons-sync.svg] You can join the next meeting with the
   VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs
   you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 11 October at
   19:00 (UTC)
   http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=11&month=10&year=2016.
   See how to join
   https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/Weekly_triage_meetings.
   - [image: Octicons-tools.svg] You can join the next meeting with the
   Architecture committee. The topics this week is CREDITS files
   https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T139300. The meeting will be on 12
   October at 21:00 (UTC)
   http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=21&min=00&sec=0&day=12&month=10&year=2016.
   See how to join https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Architecture_meetings.
*Future changes*
- Language converter syntax will soon no longer work inside external
   links. Wikitext like http://-%7Bzh-cn:foo.com; zh-hk:bar.com; zh-tw:baz.com
   }- must be replaced. You will have to write -{zh-cn: http://foo.com ;
   zh-hk: http://bar.com ; zh-tw:http://baz.com }- instead. This only
   affects languages with Language Converter enabled. Examples of such
   languages are Chinese and Serbian. [5]
   https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons_talk%3AWikiProject_Templates&type=revision&diff=208221135&oldid=168939481
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//Johan Jönsson