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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/2015/27 are available.
*Recent changes*
- Long lines in code blocks now look better. [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T2260 - You can now see graphs in VisualEditor. [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T99936 - When you read a page on the mobile site, you can now see a link to go to its talk page. [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T54165 - The code coloring tool has changed. You can now use many more languages. It now also works on mobile. [4] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2015-June/001187.html [5] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T85794 [6] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T100563 - You can look at a new site http://devhub.wmflabs.org/ to learn how to reuse data from Wikimedia sites. [7] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2015-June/082215.html
*Problems*
- JavaScript was broken on some wikis due to a code error. VisualEditor and other tools that use JavaScript were broken. [8] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T103498
*Changes this week*
- The new version https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.26/wmf12 of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 30. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 1. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 2 (calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.26/Roadmap). - You can now use a tool in VisualEditor to add and edit code in color. [9] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T45126 - When you edit a sentence in the Translate tool, it can show you older translations. They help you save time if they look alike. The older translations should now work better. If you see problems, you should report them. [10] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T101236 - If you are an admin or have other special rights, you now need a strong password. [11] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T94774 - Bot and JavaScript coders: The old continuation mode of the API for action=query doesn't work any more. [12] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-api-announce/2015-June/000084.html
*Meetings*
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 30 at 19:00 (UTC) http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=30&month=06&year=2015. See how to join https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:VisualEditor/Portal .
*Future*
- When you create a new account, it will also create one on Meta-Wiki and mediawiki.org. [13] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T74469
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On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 8:58 AM, Guillaume Paumier gpaumier@wikimedia.org wrote:
- If you are an admin or have other special rights, you now need a
strong password. [11] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T94774
Doesn't seem so, from the linked task. The last commit https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/217412/ there says "Temporarily set the password policies for privileged groups back to the previous values (minimum password length of 1), until we have time to communicate the change to all communities."
Hello,
Le lundi 29 juin 2015, 23:42:13 Tisza Gergő a écrit :
On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 8:58 AM, Guillaume Paumier gpaumier@wikimedia.org
wrote:
- If you are an admin or have other special rights, you now need a
strong password. [11] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T94774
Doesn't seem so, from the linked task. The last commit https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/217412/ there says "Temporarily set the password policies for privileged groups back to the previous values (minimum password length of 1), until we have time to communicate the change to all communities."
Yes, sorry about that. It was pointed out to me yesterday that the change will be enabled for different groups gradually. I've asked if the schedule can be shared publicly, and I'll follow up here if it is.
I raise you "correct horse battery staple" and all his friends. https://xkcd.com/936/
Quote:
Through 20 years of effort, we've successfully trained everyone to use passwords that are hard for humans to remember, but easy for computers to guess.
I'm afraid all the proposed rules on T94774 fall into the same mould. The approach of mandating a certain number of characters in each set, rather than an entropy-based approach, forces users to create passwords that they can't remember but isn't much harder for a machine to crack by brute-force. And how are the rules gonna be implemented if someone uses non-ASCII characters? I worry that this switch actually forces some users to switch to *less* secure passwords because their current passwords are high-entropy but don't contain the requisite set of characters.
Deryck
[T94774]: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T94774
On 29 June 2015 at 16:58, Guillaume Paumier gpaumier@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi,
The latest technical newsletter is now available at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2015/27 . 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 can add it to the next newsletter at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/Next.
More information on how to contribute is available at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News#contribute . You can also contact me directly.
As always, feedback (on- or off-list) is appreciated and encouraged.
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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/2015/27 are available.
*Recent changes*
- Long lines in code blocks now look better. [1]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T2260
- You can now see graphs in VisualEditor. [2]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T99936
- When you read a page on the mobile site, you can now see a link to
go to its talk page. [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T54165
- The code coloring tool has changed. You can now use many more
languages. It now also works on mobile. [4] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2015-June/001187.html [5] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T85794 [6] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T100563
- You can look at a new site http://devhub.wmflabs.org/ to learn how
to reuse data from Wikimedia sites. [7] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2015-June/082215.html
*Problems*
- JavaScript was broken on some wikis due to a code error.
VisualEditor and other tools that use JavaScript were broken. [8] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T103498
*Changes this week*
- The new version https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.26/wmf12 of
MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 30. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 1. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 2 (calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.26/Roadmap).
- You can now use a tool in VisualEditor to add and edit code in
color. [9] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T45126
- When you edit a sentence in the Translate tool, it can show you
older translations. They help you save time if they look alike. The older translations should now work better. If you see problems, you should report them. [10] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T101236
- If you are an admin or have other special rights, you now need a
strong password. [11] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T94774
- Bot and JavaScript coders: The old continuation mode of the API for
action=query doesn't work any more. [12] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-api-announce/2015-June/000084.html
*Meetings*
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the
meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 30 at 19:00 (UTC) http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=30&month=06&year=2015. See how to join https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:VisualEditor/Portal.
*Future*
- When you create a new account, it will also create one on Meta-Wiki
and mediawiki.org. [13] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T74469
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