Google Code-in (GCI) has been running for 8 days and students have already resolved more than 50 tasks!
Some highlights: * Several extension pages on mediawiki.org display screenshots (AbuseFilter, InputBox, Cite, MobileFrontend, …) * Kiwix ZIM files can now be opened from the Android file manager * Pywikibot received additional tests * The celery logging of the ORES service does not include TimeoutErrors * WikiEduDashboard does not allow to create programs with url-encoded spaces in the title * Wikidata has a special page to list all available badges * MediaWiki's Newsletter extension received numerous code fixes * All deprecated Linker::link() usage got replaced in MediaWiki core * html-metadata received support for Twitter cards metadata * Numerous MediaWiki extensions specify extension dependencies in their maintenance scripts * Translatable messages in several projects show $1 as an insertable * Huggle got support for Ukrainian and Russian language added * ConfirmEdit's system messages aren't CAPTCHA module specific anymore * action=checktoken in MediaWiki's API warns if the token ends in " " * The MobileFrontend hooks documentation got updated * The PageImages API offers a "Help" link * VisualEditor's user guide has a new section about musical scores * …and many more.
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Thanks, andre