Wikitech-l February 2025

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Tech News 2025, week 09
by Nick Wilson (Quiddity) 24 Feb '25

24 Feb '25

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Tech News 2025, week 08
by Nick Wilson (Quiddity) 17 Feb '25

17 Feb '25

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/2025/08> are available. *Weekly highlight* - Communities using growth tools can now showcase one event on the Special:Homepage for newcomers. This feature will help newcomers to be informed about editing activities they can participate in. Administrators can create a new event to showcase at Special:CommunityConfiguration. To learn more about this feature, please read the Diff post <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/02/12/community-updates-module-connecting-n…>, have a look at the documentation <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Growth/Tools/Communi…>, or contact the Growth team <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Growth>. *Updates for editors* - Starting next week, talk pages at these wikis – Spanish Wikipedia, French Wikipedia, Italian Wikipedia, Japanese Wikipedia – will get a new design <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2024/05/02/making-talk-pages-better-for-everyone/>. This change was extensively tested as a Beta feature and is the last step of talk pages improvements <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Talk_pages_project/Featur…>. [1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T379102> - You can now navigate to view a redirect page directly from its action pages, such as the history page. Previously, you were forced to first go to the redirect target. This change should help editors who work with redirects a lot. Thanks to user stjn for this improvement. [2] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T5324> - When a Cite reference is reused many times, wikis currently show either numbers like "1.23" or localized alphabetic markers like "a b c" in the reference list. Previously, if there were so many reuses that the alphabetic markers were all used, an error message <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Cite_error_references_no_backlink…> was displayed. As part of the work to modernize Cite customization <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T383036>, these errors will no longer be shown and instead the backlinks will fall back to showing numeric markers like "1.23" once the alphabetic markers are all used. - The log entries for each change to an editor's user-groups are now clearer by specifying exactly what has changed, instead of the plain before and after listings. Translators can help to update the localized versions <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T369466>. Thanks to user Msz2001 for these improvements. - A new filter has been added to the Special:Nuke <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Nuke> tool, which allows administrators to mass delete pages, to enable users to filter for pages in a range of page sizes (in bytes). This allows, for example, deleting pages only of a certain size or below. [3] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T378488> - Non-administrators can now check which pages are able to be deleted using the Special:Nuke <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Nuke> tool. Thanks to user MolecularPilot for this and the previous improvements. [4] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T376378> - [image: Recurrent item] View all 25 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/Recently_resol…>. For example, a bug was fixed in the configuration for the AV1 video file format, which enables these files to play again. [5] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T382193> *Updates for technical contributors* - Parsoid Read Views is going to be rolling out to most Wiktionaries over the next few weeks, following the successful transition of Wikivoyage to Parsoid Read Views last year. For more information, see the Parsoid/Parser Unification <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Parsoid/Parser_Unification> project page. [6] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T385923>[7] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T371640> - Developers of tools that run on-wiki should note that mw.Uri is deprecated. Tools requiring mw.Uri must explicitly declare mediawiki.Uri as a ResourceLoader dependency, and should migrate to the browser native URL API soon. [8] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T384515> *Tech news <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News> prepared by Tech News writers <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/Writers> and posted by bot <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/User:MediaWiki_message_d…> • Contribute <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News#contribute> • Translate <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2025/08> • 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/Targets/Tech_ambass…>.*

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by consultancyservices393＠gmail.com 15 Feb '25

15 Feb '25

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Call for Projects and Mentors for Outreachy Round 30 is open!
by Lani Goto 15 Feb '25

15 Feb '25

Hi all - Wikimedia is participating in Round 30 of the Outreachy program <https://www.outreachy.org/> [1] that runs from June 2025 through August 2025! The deadline to submit projects on the Outreachy website is March 4, 2025 at 4pm UTC and the project list will be finalized by March 14, 2025. We are currently gathering a list of interesting project ideas. If you have some ideas for coding or non-coding (design, documentation, translation, outreach, research) projects, please share them on this task: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T386245 [2]. (Note that tasks will be hidden until the application period begins.) About the Outreachy Program Outreachy is a paid, remote three-month internship program. Outreachy's goal is to support people from groups underrepresented in tech. We help newcomers to free software and open source make their first contributions in Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), coding, and non-coding projects with experienced mentors. Interns are paid a stipend of USD 7000 for the three months of work. Outreachy internship projects may include programming, user experience, documentation, illustration, graphical design, or data science. Interns often find employment after their internship with Outreachy sponsors or in jobs that use the skills they learned during their internship. Outreachy expressly invites the following people to apply: - women (both cis and trans), trans men, and genderqueer people to apply. - residents and nationals of the United States of any gender who are Black/African American, Hispanic/Latin@, Native American/American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander - anyone who faces under-representation, systematic bias, or discrimination in the technology industry of their country More details and eligibility criteria can be found here: https://www.outreachy.org/apply/eligibility/ [3] Tips for mentors for proposing projects As a mentor, you will engage with potential candidates in the application period from February to March and help them make small contributions to your project. You will work more closely with the accepted candidates during the internship period from June through August. Each mentor will need to submit an intern project proposal: https://www.outreachy.org/communities/cfp/wikimedia/ [4] The project proposal will then be reviewed and approved by the FOSS community coordinators. Additional co-mentors for the intern project will be able to sign up for the project after it has been approved by the community coordinator. Guidelines for Crafting Project Proposals - A proposal should include: - Brief summary - Skills required - Learning outcomes - Possible mentor(s) - Microtasks - Each project should have at least two mentors, with one of them holding a technical background. - Ideally, the project has no tight deadlines, a moderate learning curve, and fewer dependencies on Wikimedia's core infrastructure. Projects addressing the needs of a language community are most welcome. - Project should require an experienced developer ~15 days and a newcomer ~3 months to complete. - To learn more about the roles and responsibilities of mentors, visit the resources: - https://www.outreachy.org/mentor/mentor-faq/ [5] - https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreachy/Mentors [6] Thanks! - Developer Outreach team [1] https://www.outreachy.org/ [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T386245 [3] https://www.outreachy.org/apply/eligibility/ [4] https://www.outreachy.org/communities/cfp/wikimedia/ [5] https://www.outreachy.org/mentor/mentor-faq/ [6] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreachy/Mentors -- Lani Goto (they/them) Senior Technical Program Manager

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rev_timestamp
by Martin Domdey 12 Feb '25

12 Feb '25

Hi, with this I only get the actual timestamp of just this daytime second but not the timestamp of the revision. What's wrong? using dewiki_p SELECT DISTINCT page_title, rev_timestamp, comment_text FROM page JOIN revision ON rev_page = page_id JOIN comment ON comment_id = rev_comment_id WHERE !page_namespace AND !page_is_redirect; Thank you Martin ...

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Talk to the Search Platform / Query Service Team - February 12
by Guillaume Lederrey 12 Feb '25

12 Feb '25

Hello all! The Search Platform Team usually holds an open meeting on the first Wednesday of each month. This month is an exception, the team is at an offsite on February 5th, our office hours are moved to February 12. Come talk to us about anything related to Wikimedia search, Wikidata Query Service (WDQS), Wikimedia Commons Query Service (WCQS), etc.! Feel free to add your items to the Etherpad Agenda for the next meeting. Details for our next meeting: Date: Wednesday, February 12, 2025 Time: 16:00-17:00 UTC / 08:00 PST / 11:00 EST / 17:00 CET Etherpad: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Search_Platform_Office_Hours Google Meet link: https://meet.google.com/vgj-bbeb-uyi Join by phone: https://tel.meet/vgj-bbeb-uyi?pin=8118110806927 Have fun and see you soon! -- *Guillaume Lederrey* (he/him) Engineering Manager Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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1.44.0-wmf.16 train blocked; Editing issues on dewiktionary due to bad blobs
by Andre Klapper 12 Feb '25

12 Feb '25

Hi everyone, The 1.44.0-wmf.16 version of MediaWiki is blocked at group0. The new version cannot proceed further until this issue is resolved: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T386171#10543568 DBQueryError: Error 1146: Table 'centralauth.logging' doesn't exist Furthermore, there are (unrelated) editing issues on dewiktionary due to https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T386162 (MCR schema migration; might just require someone to run the findBadBlobs.php maint script?) Thanks to anyone who can help bring these issues closer to resolution! andre -- Andre Klapper (he/him) | Bugwrangler https://blogs.gnome.org/aklapper/

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Guidance on Contributing to GSoC 2025
by Pooja Sharma 12 Feb '25

12 Feb '25

Dear Community. I hope you’re doing well. I’m Pooja Sharma, aspiring to contribute to Wikimedia Foundation GSoC 2025. I have been exploring the project ideas and would love your guidance on how to get started and contribute effectively. Any advice on key skills, first steps, or recommended resources would be greatly appreciated. Looking forward to your insights. Best regards, Pooja Sharma Email- thesharmapooja1444(a)gmail.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/the-pooja-sharma/

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Last call for claiming a SUL name for your Wikitech account before 2025-02-24
by Bryan Davis 10 Feb '25

10 Feb '25

As announced on 2025-02-04 [0] there is a new timeline for the Wikitech SUL finalization. Today I completed the planned step of renaming and attaching all legacy local accounts that had been linked to a Wikimedia SUL account via idm.wikimedia.org or toolsadmin.wikimedia.org. Anyone who has missed, or ignored, the mailing list notifications and site notice on wikitech.wikimedia.org now has until 17:00 UTC on 2025-02-24 to use https://idm.wikimedia.org/login/mediawiki/ to claim the association of their Developer account and SUL account. At that time I will be making the final run of the scripts to rename claimed accounts. Soon after Amir or I will begin the work to rename all unclaimed accounts with a `~labswiki` suffix and attach them to SUL to complete the SUL migration. [0]: https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/… Bryan, on behalf of the Wikitech admins and everyone helping with the migration -- Bryan Davis Wikimedia Foundation Principal Software Engineer Boise, ID USA [[m:User:BDavis_(WMF)]] irc: bd808

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Tech News 2025, week 07
by Nick Wilson (Quiddity) 10 Feb '25

10 Feb '25

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/2025/07> are available. *Weekly highlight* - The Product and Technology Advisory Council (PTAC) has published a draft of their recommendations <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Product_and_Technology_A…> for the Wikimedia Foundation's Product and Technology department. They have recommended focusing on mobile experiences <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Product_and_Technology_A…>, particularly contributions. They request community feedback at the talk page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Product_and_Technology_Advisory_Counci…> by 21 February. *Updates for editors* - The "Special pages" portlet link will be moved from the "Toolbox" into the "Navigation" section of the main menu's sidebar by default. This change is because the Toolbox is intended for tools relating to the current page, not tools relating to the site, so the link will be more logically and consistently located. To modify this behavior and update CSS styling, administrators can follow the instructions at T385346 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T385346>. [1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T333211> - As part of this year's work around improving the ways readers discover content on the wikis, the Web team will be running an experiment with a small number of readers that displays some suggestions for related or interesting articles within the search bar. Please check out the project page <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Content_Disco…> for more information. - [image: Advanced item] Template editors who use TemplateStyles can now customize output for users with specific accessibility needs by using accessibility related media queries (prefers-reduced-motion <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@media/prefers-reduced-mot…>, prefers-reduced-transparency <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@media/prefers-reduced-tra…>, prefers-contrast <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@media/prefers-contrast>, and forced-colors <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@media/forced-colors>). Thanks to user Bawolff for these improvements. [2] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T384175> - [image: Recurrent item] View all 22 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/Recently_resol…>. For example, the global blocks log will now be shown directly on the Special:CentralAuth page, similarly to global locks, to simplify the workflows for stewards. [3] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T377024> *Updates for technical contributors* - Wikidata now supports a special language as a "default for all languages" <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Default_values_for_la…> for labels and aliases. This is to avoid excessive duplication of the same information across many languages. If your Wikidata queries use labels, you may need to update them as some existing labels are getting removed. [4] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T312511> - The function getDescription was invoked on every Wiki page read and accounts for ~2.5% of a page's total load time. The calculated value will now be cached, reducing load on Wikimedia servers. [5] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T383660> - As part of the RESTBase deprecation effort <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/RESTBase/deprecation>, the /page/related endpoint has been blocked as of February 6, 2025, and will be removed soon. This timeline was chosen to align with the deprecation schedules for older Android and iOS versions. The stable alternative is the "morelike" action API in MediaWiki, and a migration example <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/services/mobileapps/%2B/982154/1…> is available. The MediaWiki Interfaces team can be contacted <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T376297> for any questions. [6] <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/…> *In depth* - The latest quarterly Language and Internationalization newsletter <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Language_and_Pr…> is available. It includes: Updates about the "Contribute" menu; details on some of the newest language editions of Wikipedia; details on new languages supported by the MediaWiki interface; updates on the Community-defined lists feature; and more. - The latest Chart Project newsletter <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Chart/Project/Updates#January_2025…> is available. It includes updates on the progress towards bringing better visibility into global charts usage and support for categorizing pages in the Data namespace on Commons. *Tech news <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News> prepared by Tech News writers <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/Writers> and posted by bot <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/User:MediaWiki_message_d…> • Contribute <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News#contribute> • Translate <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2025/07> • 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/Targets/Tech_ambass…>.*

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