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Dark theme gray color
by Igal Khitron 02 Jul '24

02 Jul '24

Hello. Is there a chance anybody knows a codex variable color that is gray in regular, and much darker in the dark mode? I'm looking for a way to adjust an svg file to the Mediawiki dark mode, and I have some gray text on white background that can't remain gray on gray background, it should have a good contrast to be readable. Unfortunately, we couldn't find a way to change the colors of the .svg file itself (not .svg.png) for the dark mode. Thank you. Igal (User:IKhitron)

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Tutorial on accessing mySQL data in MediaWiki
by Matthew Shell 02 Jul '24

02 Jul '24

Hello, I recently configured my MediaWiki instance to pull data from a mySQL server using the External Data connector. It was a bit tricky, and I couldn’t find any existing tutorials, so I decided to create one. https://youtu.be/4LV0X5M5Kts This page has the step-by-step instructions: https://mshell.net/wikidemo I hope you find this helpful! Matt

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Tech News #27, 2024 - Including Survey
by Nick Wilson (Quiddity) 02 Jul '24

02 Jul '24

Hi. The latest (weekly) Tech News newsletter is below. We have not historically[1] sent this newsletter to wikitech-l@ (instead, we send it to the quieter and more-focused wikitech-ambassadors@ list, plus via MassMessage onwiki, and to the Diff blog), but perhaps that should change? If you have thoughts on that, or related aspects, please see the last entry below which is for a short Tech News reader survey. Your input in that survey is appreciated. Much thanks, Nick / Quiddity -------------------- 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/2024/27> are available. *Recent changes* - Over the next three weeks, dark mode will become available for all users, both logged-in and logged-out, starting with the mobile web version. This fulfils one of the top-requested community wishes <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Community_Wishlist_Surve…>, and improves low-contrast reading and usage in low-light settings. As part of these changes, dark mode will also work on User-pages and Portals. There is more information in the latest Web team update <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Accessibility…>. [1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T366364> - Logged-in users can now set global preferences for the text-size and dark-mode <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:GlobalPreferences#mw-prefsection-re…>, thanks to a combined effort across Foundation teams. This allows Wikimedians using multiple wikis to set up a consistent reading experience easily, for example by switching between light and dark mode only once for all wikis. [2] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T341278> - If you use a very old web browser some features might not work on the Wikimedia wikis. This affects Internet Explorer 11 and versions of Chrome, Firefox and Safari older than 2016. This change makes it possible to use new CSS <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q46441> features and to send less code to all readers. [3] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T288287>[4] <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:How_to_make_a_Medi…> - Wikipedia Admins can customize local wiki configuration options easily using Community Configuration <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Community_Configuration>. Community Configuration was created to allow communities to customize how some features work, because each language wiki has unique needs. At the moment, admins can configure Growth features <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Feature_summary> on their home wikis, in order to better recruit and retain new editors. More options will be provided in the coming months. [5] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T366458> - Editors interested in language issues that are related to Unicode standards <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Unicode>, can now discuss those topics at a new conversation space in MediaWiki.org <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:WMF_membership_with_Unicode_Consortium>. The Wikimedia Foundation is now a member of the Unicode Consortium <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/WMF_membership_with_Unico…>, and the coordination group can collaboratively review the issues discussed and, where appropriate, bring them to the attention of the Unicode Consortium. - One new wiki has been created: a Wikipedia in Mandailing <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2891049> (w:btm: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/btm:>) [6] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T368038> *Problems* - Editors can once again click on links within the visual editor's citation-preview, thanks to a bug fix by the Editing Team. [7] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T368119> *Future changes* - Please help us to improve Tech News by *taking this short survey* <https://wikimediafoundation.limesurvey.net/758713?lang=en>*.* The goal is to better meet the needs of the various types of people who read Tech News. The survey will be open for 2 weeks. The survey is covered by this privacy statement <https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal:Tech_News_Survey_2024_Privacy_S…>. Some translations are available. *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/2024/27> • 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…>.* ------------------------- [1] Tech News is just over 11 years old! Thanks, as always, to Guillaume Paumier for starting it way back then. If you're curious about the old details, you can read his post from 2014 <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2014/01/07/tech-news-fighting-technical-informat…>. -- Nick "Quiddity" Wilson (he/him) Movement Communications Specialist Wikimedia Foundation

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Announcing the Product and Technology Advisory Council
by jwheeler＠wikimedia.org 01 Jul '24

01 Jul '24

Hi folks, I wanted to announce the creation of the WMF Product and Technology Advisory Council, and invite interested volunteers to apply. As part of the movement strategy recommendation for "Coordinating Across Stakeholders," the Product & Technology Advisory Council (PTAC) will bring technical contributors and Wikimedia Foundation together to co-define a more resilient, future-proof technological platform. The PTAC will meet over a one year pilot; upon its completion, members of the Council will make a joint decision to continue the program, its member base, and purpose. This council is sponsored by CPTO Selena Deckelmann. Applications are open today, July 1, 2024, through August 10, 2024, and we encourage anyone interested to apply. To read more and apply, please view the post on Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Product_and_Technology_Advisory_Council/Pro… Thanks, JWheeler-WMF

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Talk to the Search Platform / Query Service Team—July 3, 2024
by Guillaume Lederrey 01 Jul '24

01 Jul '24

Hello all! The Search Platform Team usually holds an open meeting on the first Wednesday of each month. 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, July 3, 2024 Time: 15:00-16:00 UTC / 08:00 PDT / 11:00 EDT / 17:00 CEST 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 -- *Guillaume Lederrey* (he/him) Engineering Manager Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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Phabricator monthly statistics - 2024-06
by aklapper＠wikimedia.org 01 Jul '24

01 Jul '24

Hi Community Metrics team, This is your automatic monthly Phabricator statistics mail. Accounts created in (2024-06): 239 Active Maniphest users (any activity) in (2024-06): 1093 Task authors in (2024-06): 577 Users who have closed tasks in (2024-06): 293 Projects which had at least one task moved from one column to another on their workboard in (2024-06): 314 Tasks created in (2024-06): 2469 Tasks closed in (2024-06): 2331 Open and stalled tasks in total: 53836 * Only open tasks in total: 52846 * Only stalled tasks in total: 990 Median age in days of open tasks by priority: Unbreak now: 4 Needs Triage: 1016 High: 1215 Normal: 2076 Low: 2616 Lowest: 3116 (How long tasks have been open, not how long they have had that priority) To see the names of the most active task authors: * Go to https://wikimedia.biterg.io/ * Choose "Phabricator > Overview" from the top bar * Adjust the time frame in the upper right corner to your needs * See the author names in the "Submitters" panel TODO: Numbers which refer to closed tasks might not be correct, as described in https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T1003 . Yours sincerely, Fab Rick Aytor (via community_metrics.sh on phab1004 at Mon 01 Jul 2024 12:00:47 AM UTC)

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Logging indefinite blocks
by Bináris 28 Jun '24

28 Jun '24

Hi folks, I can choose either infinite or indefinite block, it is being logged publicly as infinite. Once we have two different types, they should be logged separately. Indefinite blocks are ususally connected to some condition, such as changing an unacceptable name, and the public infinite appearance sometimes causes misunterstandings among users. Is it a bug or a feature? -- Bináris

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MediaWiki 1.40 is End of Life
by Sam Reed 28 Jun '24

28 Jun '24

As per the MediaWiki version lifecycle[1], I would like to announce the formal end of life (EOL) of MediaWiki 1.38 as of today, Friday June 28, 2024. 1.40.4 is expected to be the last release for this branch. This means that MediaWiki 1.40 will no longer receive maintenance or security backports. It is therefore strongly discouraged that you continue to use it. It is recommended to upgrade either to MediaWiki 1.41, which will be supported until December 2024, or 1.42, which will be supported until June 2025. Thanks! [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Version_lifecycle

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Unlocking the Power of Guest Blogging: A Win-Win Strategy for Bloggers
by whattoconsider986＠gmail.com 28 Jun '24

28 Jun '24

In the fast-paced world of digital marketing and content creation, bloggers are constantly seeking innovative ways to expand their reach, engage with new audiences, and establish themselves as authorities in their respective niches. One such strategy that has stood the test of time and continues to deliver remarkable results is guest blogging. Guest blogging, simply put, is the practice of writing and publishing content on someone else’s blog or website. While the concept may seem straightforward, its potential impact is profound, offering a multitude of benefits for both the guest blogger and the host site. Read full here: https://medium.com/@whattoconsider986/unlocking-the-power-of-guest-blogging…

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What to Consider + Write for us
by whattoconsider986＠gmail.com 28 Jun '24

28 Jun '24

What to Consider is an informational platform. We do share information in a blog form, We convey helpful and informative details for any business. We provide valuable guidance and insights to the audience. Currently, We are providing information related to business tips from how to start a business to What to Consider during the process, along with some other niche-specific information related to Home Improvement, Education, and Law. Visit website to know more: https://www.whattoconsider.com.au

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