Greetings,
The latest tech newsletter is now available at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2013/43 .
Below is the English version.
You can help write the next newsletter, and we welcome volunteers. 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.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.
*New features*
- The "Toolbox" section in the site sidebar is now called "Tools"
in
English. You can do the same in your language by editing the interface
text<https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/MediaWiki:Toolbox…
translatewiki.net. Someone else may have already done it.
[
1]<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54910>
*VisualEditor<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/VisualEditor/Portal>news
*
- On wikis with VisualEditor, you can now use it on pages in the File,
Help and Category spaces.
[
2]<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55968>
*Problems*
- On October 22 (UTC), an error in the site settings caused *.
wikimedia.org sites (like Meta-Wiki and Commons) to redirect to
wikimediafoundation.org for a few hours.
[
3]<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56006>
*Future*
- MediaWiki 1.23wmf1
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.23/wmf1>was added to test
wikis on October 24. It will arrive to non-Wikipedia
wikis on October 28 and all Wikipedia wikis on October 31
(
calendar<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.23/Roadmap>
).
- In the next days, servers in San Francisco will start providing
(cached) content to users located in Oceania. If you are in that area and
notice problems, please tell us.
[
4]<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2013-Octobe…
- You will soon be able to test new features easily using the "Beta
Features <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Beta_Features>" view.
VisualEditor will be in the list on sites where it works and isn't
automatically enabled. Another example is a set of changes in the article
text style.
*Tech news <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News>prepared
by tech
ambassadors<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/Amba…
posted by Global
message delivery <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery> •
Contribute<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News#…
•
Translate<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2…
•
Get help <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech> • Give
feedback<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Tech/News> •
Subscribe or
unsubscribe<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery/Targ…
.*
--
Guillaume Paumier
Technical Communications Manager — Wikimedia Foundation
https://donate.wikimedia.org