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January 2014

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Tech News: 2014-03

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

You can read a recent blog post about how Tech News is put together, translated and sent to you across wikis each week.

Recent software changes

  • The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf10) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on January 9. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on January 14, and all Wikipedia wikis on January 16 (calendar).
  • Searching in the File: namespace on Wikimedia Commons may be slow due to a search engine issue. [1]

VisualEditor news

  • VisualEditor will be added for all users on several Wikipedias on January 13. [2]
  • You can now add and remove __NOTOC__, __FORCETOC__ and __NOEDITSECTION__ in the page metadata menu. [3] [4] [5]

Problems

  • For a few hours on January 6, it was not possible to edit pages using the Translate tool on Wikimedia Commons and the Wikimania 2013 wiki, due to a settings error. [6] [7]
  • For about 20 minutes on January 9, there were problems with CSS and JavaScript due to high server load.

Future software changes

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09:33, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

DYK for 1958 Asian Games

The DYK project (nominate) 16:03, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 15 January 2014

Tech News: 2014-04

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

VisualEditor news

  • In the toolbar, the menu to edit the styles (like bold, italic, etc.) now has a down arrow (). The order of the Insert menu has also changed a little.
  • You can now edit <gallery /> tags with a very basic tool. [18]
  • You can now see a help page about keyboard shortcuts in the page menu. [19]
  • When you change categories, you will now see them when you save the page. [20]
  • When you edit templates, you will now see the parameters in the right order. The ones that you must add have a star (*). [21] [22]
  • The page will now be saved faster, thanks to a new way of coding the text that sends 40% less text to the servers. [23]
  • Your wiki can ask to test a new tool to edit TemplateData. [24]

Problems

  • There was a problem with search on the English and German Wikipedias between January 6 and January 14. You could not see new pages and changes in search results. [25]
  • There were "pool timeouts" errors on several wikis on January 13; it was caused by a code change that was made to fix another problem. [26]
  • On January 17, Bugzilla and Wikimedia Labs were broken for about 20 minutes due to network problems. IRC channels with recent changes (irc.wikimedia.org) were broken for about two hours. [27]

Future software changes

Orange bar with new messages
  • If you have removed JavaScript in your web browser, you will soon be able to see the orange bar saying that you have new messages. If you have changed how the bar looks with a gadget, you may need to change the gadget again. [28] [29]
  • You will soon be able to add a given Flickr user to a blacklist so that their files can't be uploaded using UploadWizard on Wikimedia Commons and other wikis. [30]
  • You will see a warning when you try to delete a page included in at least one other page. [31]
  • You will so longer see disambiguation pages in Special:LonelyPages. [32] [33]

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10:21, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 22 January 2014

Tech News: 2014-05

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

  • Pages from Wikimedia sites now load faster in your browser thanks to "module storage", a way for your browser to save data like JavaScript and CSS on your computer to avoid downloading them again. See video. [34]
  • The code used to show videos has changed. You should be able to play the video on the page, with the play button on top of the video. If you see the play button on the right of the video, or if clicking on the video leads you to the original file, please file a bug or tell User:Bawolff. [35]
  • The Special:ActiveUsers page will be removed because it's too slow. [36]
  • The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf11) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on January 16. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on January 28, and all Wikipedia wikis on January 30 (calendar).

Problems

Future software changes

  • You can give comments about the new version of "Winter", a proposal to have a fixed toolbar at the top of wiki pages. [38]

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09:46, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

Asian Games task force listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Asian Games task force. Since you had some involvement with the Asian Games task force redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. John Vandenberg (chat) 10:48, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014 January newsletter

The 2014 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with, at time of writing, 138 participants. The is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2010. If you are yet to join the competition, don't worry- the judges have agreed to keep the signups open for a few more days. By a wide margin, our current leader is newcomer Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions), whose set of 14 featured pictures, the first FPs of the competition, was worth 490 points. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:

Featured articles, featured lists, featured topics and featured portals are yet to play a part in the competition. The judges have removed a number of submissions which were deemed ineligible. Typically, we aim to see work on a project, followed by a nomination, followed by promotion, this year. We apologise for any disappointment caused by our strict enforcement this year; we're aiming to keep the competition as fair as possible.

Wikipedians interested in friendly competition may be interested to take part in The Core Contest; unlike the WikiCup, The Core Contest is not about audited content, but, like the WikiCup, it is about article improvement; specifically, The Core Contest is about contribution to some of Wikipedia's most important article. Of course, any work done for The Core Contest, if it leads to a DYK, GA or FA, can earn WikiCup points.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 19:54, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 29 January 2014

problem in changing of content

hi Sam,

I have some problem in changing of content of one page (http://hi.wiki.x.io/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A0%E0%A4%95) or page of Surender Mohan pathak (hindi Page).

I don't know but the massage show that i am violating the filter code 80. The content which I want to put in the page is given below.

{{निर्वाचित लेख}}

Bill william compton/Archive 23


I hope u will help me out of this problem. As the info given above are true. You can check the contents on the english page of this author.

Regards Rajeev

This article is not a featured article but you are trying to add featured article template in it ({{निर्वाचित लेख}}), and the filter 80 stops new users from adding this template to any page. I've added the desired infobox. — Bill william comptonTalk 17:30, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2014-06

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

  • The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf12) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on January 30. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on February 4, and all Wikipedia wikis on February 6 (calendar).
  • Global AbuseFilter rules are now active on all small wikis. [39] [40]
  • The buttons used in pages like log-in, account creation and search are now using the same colors and styles. [41] [42]
  • You can now link to diffs using [[Special:Diff/12345]] and similar links. [43]
  • There is no longer an option to hide tables of contents on all pages. [44]
  • Searching in the File: namespace on Wikimedia Commons is now faster, after a bug was fixed on January 29. [45]
  • All Wikimedia wikis now have high-resolution favicons. [46]

VisualEditor news

  • You can now see a list of keyboard shortcuts by pressing Ctrl+/ inside VisualEditor. [47]

Future software changes

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08:30, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 29 January 2014

Tech News: 2014-07

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

  • The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf13) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on February 6. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on February 11, and all Wikipedia wikis on February 13 (calendar).
  • The Vector search box was changed to fix old display and accessibility issues; for example, you can now use full-text search even if you have disabled JavaScript. Please report any problems you see. The option to disable the "simplified search bar" on Vector will also be removed. [58] [59] [60] [61] [62]
  • You are now notified when someone adds a link to your user page on wikis where it didn't work before (wikis with dates in the year-month-day order, including Hungarian, Japanese, Korean and some variants of Chinese). [63]

VisualEditor news

  • You can now set media items' alt text and position, and directly set their size, in the media tool. [64] [65]
  • The gallery tool was improved and several issues were fixed. [66] [67] [68]

Problems

  • On February 3, all wikis were broken for about an hour due to a traffic balancing issue. [69]
  • On February 6, some wikis were broken for about half an hour in total due to a problem with the Math extension.

Future software changes

  • Some methods from Scribunto's mw.message library will be removed after February 18. If you use them in your templates or modules, please check to make sure that things will not break. [70] [71]
  • You will soon be able to use GettingStarted on 23 new Wikipedias. It helps new users by listing possible tasks and giving help. The new version was also added to the English Wikipedia on February 7th. [72]
  • You will soon see results from other wikis when you use the new search tool (CirrusSearch). [73] [74]
  • The WikiLove tool was redesigned and should also load faster. [75]
  • Edits made with WikiLove or after a GettingStarted suggestion will be tagged. [76] [77]
  • It will soon no longer be possible to hide section editing links in your preferences. [78]
  • You will soon be able to use the revision deletion feature via the API. [79]
  • You will soon be able to choose mobile view on non-mobile devices using a Beta Feature option. [80] [81]
  • If you have questions about Universal Language Selector, you can join an IRC meeting on February 12 at 17:00 UTC, in the #wikimedia-office channel on Freenode. [82]
  • Developers are preparing for Google Summer of Code 2014. You can propose ideas. [83]
  • bugzilla.wikimedia.org will be updated this week. You won't be able to access it from 22:00 UTC on February 12 until 01:00 UTC on February 13 at the latest. [84]
  • The <poem> tag will be renamed to <lines>. The old tag will still work. [85]

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09:30, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 12 February 2014

Tech News: 2014-08

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

  • The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf14) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on February 13. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on February 18, and all Wikipedia wikis on February 20 (calendar).
  • You can now use the list of active users again. [86] [87]
  • The new search tool (CirrusSearch) now gives more importance to content namespaces if you search in several namespaces. [88]
  • You can now directly link to files viewed with MultimediaViewer, the new tool for viewing media files. [89]
  • You can read the summary of the Wikimedia technical report for January 2014. [90]

Problems

  • On February 9, Wikimedia Labs was broken for about 2 hours due to an XFS file system problem. [91]
  • On February 11, there were problems with VisualEditor for about 20 minutes due to a server logging issue. [92]
  • On the same day, for about 20 minutes there were issues with page loading due to database problems.
  • There were issues with page loading between 21:00 UTC on February 13 and 11:00 UTC on February 14 for users in Europe. It was due to a cache server problem.
  • On February 14, all sites were broken for about 15 minutes for users in Southeast Asia, Oceania and the western part of North America. It was due to problems with cache servers.

VisualEditor news

  • The link tool now tells you when you're linking to a disambiguation or redirect page. [93]
  • You can now change image display (like thumbnail, frame and frameless) with VisualEditor. [94]
  • Wikitext warnings will now hide when you remove wikitext from paragraphs you are editing. [95]
  • You will soon be able to create and edit redirect pages with VisualEditor. [96] [97] [98]
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08:38, 17 February 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 19 February 2014

Thanks very much

Thank you for your quality improvement project of getting List of awards and nominations received by The Vampire Diaries successfully to WP:FL quality status!

I've used it as a model for the new page I created at List of awards and nominations received by Penn & Teller: Bullshit!.

Additional help with research, secondary source suggestions, and quality improvement ideas would be appreciated, at Talk:List of awards and nominations received by Penn & Teller: Bullshit!.

Thanks again for your quality improvement contributions to Wikipedia,

— Cirt (talk) 17:10, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

You're welcome :) I try to do my part in improving this wonderful project! On a quick look, the article looks excellent and FL worthy. I'm on a Wiki-break, so would not be able to participate in the peer review. — Bill william comptonTalk 08:18, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2014-09

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

VisualEditor news

  • You will soon be able to add and edit __STATICREDIRECT__, __[NO]INDEX__ and __[NO]NEWEDITSECTION__ in the page settings menu. [101] [102] [103]
  • You will soon be able to use the Ctrl+Alt+S or ⌘+Opt+S shortcuts to open the save window in VisualEditor. [104] [105]
  • You will soon be able to preview your edit summary when checking your changes in the save window. [106] [107]

Future software changes

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10:18, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 26 February 2014

WikiCup 2014 February newsletter

And so ends the most competitive first round we have ever seen, with 38 points required to qualify for round 2. Last year, 19 points secured a place; before that, 11 (2012) or 8 (2011) were enough. This is both a blessing and a curse. While it shows the vigourous good health of the competition, it also means that we have already lost many worthy competitors. Our top three scorers were:

  1. Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions), a WikiCup newcomer whose high-quality scans of rare banknotes represent an unusual, interesting and valuable contribution to Wikipedia. Most of Godot's points this round have come from a large set of pictures used in Treasury Note (1890–91).
  2. Oh, better far to live and die / Under the brave black flag I fly... Adam Cuerden (submissions), a WikiCup veteran and a finalist last year, Adam is also a featured picture specialist, focusing on the restoration of historical images. This month's promotions have included a carefully restored set of artist William Russell Flint's work.
  3. United States WikiRedactor (submissions), another WikiCup newcomer. WikiRedactor has claimed points for good article reviews and good articles relating to pop music, many of which were awarded bonus points. Articles include Sky Ferreira, Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus and "Wrecking Ball" (Miley Cyrus song).

Other competitors of note include:

After such a competitive first round, expect the second round to also be fiercely fought. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2, but please do not update your submission page until March (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 00:01, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Books & Bytes, Issue 4

Books and Bytes

Volume 1, Issue 4, February 2014

News for February from your Wikipedia Library.

Donations drive: news on TWL's partnership efforts with publishers

Open Access: Feature from Ocaasi on the intersection of the library and the open access movement

American Library Association Midwinter Conference: TWL attended this year in Philadelphia

Royal Society Opens Access To Journals: The UK's venerable Royal Society will give the public (and Wikipedians) full access to two of their journal titles for two days on March 4th and 5th

Going Global: TWL starts work on pilot projects in other language Wikipedias

Read the full newsletter


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