Wikitech-l December 2019

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Adding a Citation on VE surface using SurfaceModel
by Egbe Eugene 19 Dec '19

19 Dec '19

Hi All, What is the best way to add a citation text on the VE surface? I have wikitext of the form <ref name=mediawiki>{{sample mediawiki |Path= http://localhost/myweb/otherprojects/mw/core/index.php/Main_Page#Getting |Title= Medaiwiki|Publisher = [[Wikimedia]] |Date= 17 June 2019|Arrival date= 12 May 2017 | Archive Path = mediawiki.org| Archive date = 4 September 2019 }} </ref> which when I paste, VE renders automatically. But when I write it as a string, it does not render on the surface. Thanks -- Eugene233

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Security pre-release announcement: 1.30.6 / 1.32.6 / 1.33.2 / 1.34.0
by Sam Reed 18 Dec '19

18 Dec '19

Hi all, Tomorrow we will be issuing a security and maintenance release to all supported branches of MediaWiki. It will also coincide with the with formal release of 1.34.0, which has been a little bit delayed due to the US holidays and the Wikimedia Technical Conference whilst the last few couple of outstanding issues could be fixed. It also meant that a followup release to the REL1_34 branch wouldn't be needed only a couple of weeks after the 1.34.0 release was cut. The new releases will be: 1.34.0 1.33.2 1.32.6 1.31.6 This will resolve 1 issue in MediaWiki core (when running on older PHP versions), and also includes some fixes previously committed to git, such as minor security and hardening patches. Fixes will be available in these respective release branches, and also master. Tarballs will be available for the above mentioned point releases as well. 1.32.6 will also be the final release for 1.32 (barring any unforeseen issues), which is scheduled to become end of life in January 2020 [1]. If you're using 1.32, it is recommended that you upgrade to the latest point release of the 1.33 branch (1.33.2, to be released tomorrow) or 1.34.0 to carry on using a maintained and supported release. This security release includes fixes for MediaWiki core. A summary of some of the security fixes that have gone into non bundled MediaWiki extensions will also follow. [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Version_lifecycle Thanks! Sam

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Javascript Parse error on MW while using spread syntax
by Egbe Eugene 18 Dec '19

18 Dec '19

Hi All, I am using spread syntax on a array in javascript and it works fine on command line but when I paste the code in a MW js file, I get the error *'JavaScript parse error: Parse error: Missing ) in parenthetical' *on the line where I used the where I used the spread syntax. Please I need some help on this because I don't know how to go about it. Thanks, -- Eugene

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WikimediaDebug v2 is here! – Staging, perf profiling, verbose log
by Krinkle 17 Dec '19

17 Dec '19

WikimediaDebug is a browser extension to help debug WMF wikis in production. [1] TL;DR: * The popup has been redesigned (including dark mode support). * Support for Beta Cluster (including XHGui). * A new "Inline profile" option. For more details and a general overview of how WikimediaDebug works: See https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/phame/live/7/post/183/ <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/phame/live/7/post/183/wikimediadebug_v2_i…> -- Timo [1] Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/wikimedia-debug-header/ Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wikimediadebug/binmakecefompkjggi…

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[FYI] Data and statistics about Wikimedia's technical contributors (in Gerrit)
by Andre Klapper 16 Dec '19

16 Dec '19

Were you ever curious and wanted to know * the number of Gerrit patches written by volunteer authors in a year? * who are the most active patch authors in a Gerrit repository? * who are the latest new patch contributors across Gerrit? * who are the most active reviewers per Gerrit repository? * how long it takes on average until Gerrit patches get a first review? We have https://wikimedia.biterg.io/ for that (which is mostly about Gerrit), which recently received some new features, hence I felt that I should share this on wikitech-l@ as a heads-up for anyone interested. Its documentation at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Community_metrics now covers how you could gather the data in the examples listed above. Any questions? Or do you miss something specific? Feel free to bring up your thoughts on the talk page: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Community_metrics Thanks a lot! andre -- Andre Klapper (he/him) | Bugwrangler / Developer Advocate https://blogs.gnome.org/aklapper/

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by Egbe Eugene 16 Dec '19

16 Dec '19

Hi All, After writing to the VE surface from a Gadget, the page saves with just empty '<br></br>' tags with no text. I could be missing something in my config for VE or use of the model. Please can I get a solution for this? The sample data and the segment which writes to the model is found here[1]. -- Eugene233 [1] https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/sample_VE_model

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TechCom Radar 2019-12-11
by Kate Chapman 16 Dec '19

16 Dec '19

Hi All, Here are the minutes from this week's TechCom meeting: * On Last Call ending 2019-12-18: MediaWiki database policy and/or guidelines (2019): <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T220056> * Last Call ended, TechCom will decide on approval in 2019-12-18 meeting RFC: Where to implement Desktop Improvements project <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T234907> * Began discussing proposal: Hook container with strong types and DI <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T240307> * Determined does not need to be a RFC: Should npm packages maintained by Wikimedia be scoped or unscoped? <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T239742> You can also find our meeting minutes at <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Committee/Minutes> See also the TechCom RFC board <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/mediawiki-rfcs/>. If you prefer you can subscribe to our newsletter here <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Newsletter:TechCom_Radar> Thanks, Kate -- Kate Chapman Senior Program Manager, Core Platform Wikimedia Foundation kchapman(a)wikimedia.org

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Technical Advice IRC Meetings will not continue in 2020
by Johanna Strodt 16 Dec '19

16 Dec '19

Hello, apologies for cross-posting! I am writing to inform you that at Wikimedia Deutschland we have decided to stop having weekly Technical Advice IRC Meetings (TAIM)[1] at #wikimedia-tech after the final meeting on December 18th. In other words, Technical Advice IRC Meetings will not continue in 2020. We realized that the regular IRC meeting format has achieved the limits of its reach, and it is time for us to think about other means to better support as many volunteer developers as possible contributing to Wikimedia software. At WMDE we’ll be dedicating our efforts in 2020 to constantly improve documentation of our products, including Wikidata and Wikibase, to allow easier usage and contribution. Our engineering teams are also exploring new possibilities to support volunteer developers in a more asynchronous way than regular IRC meetings. If you have any suggestions for this, please let us know on our talk page.[2] On this point we would like to send the warmest thank you to all the people who hosted TAIM meetings, all participants asking and answering questions, and all supporters of TAIM over the years. Have a great seasonal break and see you around in 2020! On behalf of TAIM crew at WMDE Johanna [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting -- Johanna Strodt Project Manager for Community Communication / Technical Wishes Project Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 https://wikimedia.de

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Changing the action button labels of a OO.ui.confirm dialog
by Egbe Eugene 16 Dec '19

16 Dec '19

Hi All, while going through OO.ui.confirm dialog documentation I got curious about how to change the labels of the action buttons 'Ok' and 'Cancel' to show different texts. -- Eugene

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OOUI v0.36.0 & v0.36.1 released – PHP 7.2.9+ required & Design Style Guide components amendments
by Volker E. 15 Dec '19

15 Dec '19

Hello, last couple of days we've released v0.36.0 & minor follow-up v0.36.1 to ensure backwards compatibility. We caught the issue before rolling release out. Version v0.36.1 will roll out on normal train next Tuesday. Highlights in this release were - Breaking change: Requiring PHP 7.2.9+, up from 5.6.99/HHVM in alignment with recent MediaWiki core changes - Deprecating change: Rename LookupElement's onLookupMenuItemChoose to onLookupMenuChoose to follow naming scheme listeners – {Emitter}{Event}. Thanks to Bartosz Dziewoński and Ed Sanders for quickly identifying and fixing the backwards compatibility issue - Amending and updating TextInput- and DropdownWidgets paddings minimally to fully align with Design Style Guide's components templates[0]. You can find details on additional new features, code-level, styling and interaction design amendments, and all improvements since v0.35.0 in the full changelog[1]. If you have any further queries or need help dealing with breaking changes, please let me know. As always, interactive demos[2] and library documentation is available on mediawiki.org[3], there is comprehensive generated code-level documentation and interactive demos and tutorials hosted on doc.wikimedia.org[4]. OOUI version: 0.36.1 MediaWiki version: 1.35.0-wmf.11 Date of deployment to production: Regular train, starting Tuesday 17 December [0]- https://design.wikimedia.org/style-guide/components/ [1]- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/GOJU/browse/master/History.md <https://doc.wikimedia.org/oojs-ui/master/demos/#widgets-mediawiki-vector-ltr> [2]- https://doc.wikimedia.org/oojs-ui/master/demos/#widgets-mediawiki-vector-ltr [3] - https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/OOUI [4] - https://doc.wikimedia.org/oojs-ui/master/ Best, Volker

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