Hi,
The latest tech newsletter is now available at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2013/49 .
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
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https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News#contribute . You can also contact
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The newsletter is now being delivered across wikis using the new
MassMessage system, which should be faster than the previous bot-powered
system. I've done several tests, but since it's the first time we're using
MassMessage for Tech news, please let me know if you notice any issues.
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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.
This newsletter is now posted using MediaWiki message
delivery<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/User:MediaWi…
.
*New features*
- The
CommonsMetadata<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CommonsMetadata…
was added to all wikis. It creates metadata information about
multimedia files (like their license) that can be read automatically by
computer programs. It not only works for Commons, but for all wikis, and
you can use it for files on your wiki by editing
templates<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/commons:Special:MyLanguage/Com…
to describe metadata.
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1]<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2013-Novemb…
- JavaScript <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/w:en:JavaScript> code used
on Wikimedia sites is now saved
locally<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/w:en:Web_storage>on your
computer to load faster.
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2]<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2013-December/073330.…
*VisualEditor
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/VisualEditor/Portal>*
- You can now paste formatted content copied from external sources (not
just as plain text) into VisualEditor; this includes copy/pasting from
other VisualEditor windows.
[
3]<https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?oldid=836802#2013-12-05_.28MW_1…
- You can now open VisualEditor by adding ?veaction=edit to the page
URL, regardless of your user preferences.
[
4]<https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?oldid=836802#2013-12-05_.28MW_1…
- Many bugs have been fixed, and VisualEditor should also look faster,
for example when you save a page.
[
5]<https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?oldid=836802#2013-12-05_.28MW_1…
*Problems*
- Due to issues, the new search tool
("CirrusSearch<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Search>")
was recently removed from wikis where it was enabled, then added again.
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6]<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2013-Decemb…
*Future*
- MediaWiki 1.23wmf6
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.23/wmf6>was added to test
wikis on December 5. It will arrive to non-Wikipedia
wikis on December 10 and all Wikipedia wikis on December 12
(
calendar<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.23/Roadmap>
).
- The old Etherpad tool (replaced by a new
version<http://etherpad.wikimedia.org>)
will be removed on December 30, 2013. You can still save old pads before
that date using the old address:
https://etherpad-old.wikimedia.org.
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7]<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2013-November/073249.…
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Guillaume Paumier
Technical Communications Manager — Wikimedia Foundation