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There is a limit on the amount of emails a user can send each day. This limit is now global instead of per-wiki. This change is to prevent abuse. [1]
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The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 2 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 3 November. It will be on all wikis from 4 November (calendar).
I note that you have been thinking today whether the article PF-07321332 should be moved to Paxlovid. I think you did the right thing by leaving it where it is for now. Paxlovid is definitely a Pfizer trademark and as far as I can determine they have not yet announced a proper "common name" for the compound. Pharma and AgChem companies are increasingly trying to avoid using common names, much preferring to get customers to only use their trademark. I think that Wikipedia should resist that pressure. When PF-07321332 is assigned a common name, we should move to using that but meanwhile leave well alone (although redirects are fine, of course). Mike Turnbull (talk) 17:05, 5 November 2021 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-11-05T17:05:00.000Z","author":"Michael D. Turnbull","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Michael_D._Turnbull-2021-11-05T17:05:00.000Z-PF-07321332","replies":["c-The_Anome-2021-11-05T17:22:00.000Z-Michael_D._Turnbull-2021-11-05T17:05:00.000Z"],"displayName":"Mike Turnbull"}}-->
I think you're right; that's exactly my reasoning for moving it back after the initial move. -- The Anome (talk) 17:22, 5 November 2021 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-11-05T17:22:00.000Z","author":"The Anome","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-The_Anome-2021-11-05T17:22:00.000Z-Michael_D._Turnbull-2021-11-05T17:05:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->
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Mobile IP editors are now able to receive warning notices indicating they have a talk page message on the mobile website (similar to the orange banners available on desktop). These notices will be displayed on every page outside of the main namespace and every time the user attempts to edit. The notice on desktop now has a slightly different colour. [2][3]
In the future, unregistered editors will be given an identity that is not their IP address. This is for legal reasons. A new user right will let editors who need to know the IPs of unregistered accounts to fight vandalism, spam, and harassment, see the IP. You can read the suggestions for how that identity could work and discuss on the talk page.
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Dear The Anome/Archive 14,
I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Twenty Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for twenty years or more.
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Twenty years?! Absolutely impressive. One of the few, if not the only legitimate Ultimate Vanguard Editor (or Cardinal Gom, the August Togneme of the Encyclopedia)! Congrats, and keep it up! ~~~~ User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk)00:27, 13 November 2021 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-11-13T00:27:00.000Z","author":"1234qwer1234qwer4","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-1234qwer1234qwer4-2021-11-13T00:27:00.000Z-Weaveravel-2021-11-12T10:19:00.000Z","replies":[],"displayName":"User:1234qwer1234qwer4"}}-->
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Most large file uploads errors that had messages like "stashfailed" or "DBQueryError" have now been fixed. An incident report is available.
Problems
Sometimes, edits made on iOS using the visual editor save groups of numbers as telephone number links, because of a feature in the operating system. This problem is under investigation. [5]
There was a problem with search last week. Many search requests did not work for 2 hours because of a configuration error. [6]
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The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 November. It will be on all wikis from 18 November (calendar).
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Hello! Voting in the 2021 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 6 December 2021. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.
The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.
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The article is copy and paste but from my Word document which I use to prepare the text. It is not copy and paste from any other source, though obviously heavily dependent on the official history.
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...you blocked User:Kamen rider saber is back! a while back--thanks. Turns out, they tried to create a whole bunch of impersonation accounts (you know, Drm.ies and variations like that), and they are clearly the same person as User:Cum deep 125, who did the same kind of stupid stuff. Looking at these edits, the gorilla thing jogs my memory but I can't remember who that was--but I suspect you do. Is there an SPI? I dropped some blocks, but there's not very much I can do. Thanks for your help, Drmies (talk) 16:26, 25 November 2021 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-11-25T16:26:00.000Z","author":"Drmies","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Drmies-2021-11-25T16:26:00.000Z-Hey","replies":["c-The_Anome-2021-11-26T12:38:00.000Z-Drmies-2021-11-25T16:26:00.000Z"]}}-->
@Drmies: Hi. I'm afraid I wasn't aware of the context; unfortunately, nothing jogs my memory either, so I can't be much help here. "Is back!" accounts are certainly usually signs of a long-term abuser, but I can't pin it down to any particular SPI. -- The Anome (talk) 12:38, 26 November 2021 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-11-26T12:38:00.000Z","author":"The Anome","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-The_Anome-2021-11-26T12:38:00.000Z-Drmies-2021-11-25T16:26:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->
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@The Anome I did not see that you had added a citation in Zipper BDSM, and the latest diff I saw was that, you had removed the the maintenance tag, so I thought it to be a vandalism, and reverted it. But when I saw that you had already added a citation, I reverted my edits, and I also reverted the warning that I left on your talk page.
And thanks a bunch for giving me a thank, for my edit. It is the second thank that I received. The first one was from @Th78blue Your thanks means a lot to me. Itcouldbepossible (talk) 14:48, 29 November 2021 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-11-29T14:48:00.000Z","author":"Itcouldbepossible","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Itcouldbepossible-2021-11-29T14:48:00.000Z-Sorry_and_thank_you","replies":[]}}-->
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The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 December. It will be on all wikis from 2 December (calendar).
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A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Robert George Adams. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 November 30#Robert George Adams until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Leschnei (talk) 14:03, 30 November 2021 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-11-30T14:03:00.000Z","author":"Leschnei","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Leschnei-2021-11-30T14:03:00.000Z-\"Robert_George_Adams\"_listed_at_Redirects_for_discussion","replies":[]}}-->
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COVID-19 Barnstar
Awarded for significant contribution to the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant page. SpookiePuppy (talk) 22:05, 30 November 2021 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-11-30T22:05:00.000Z","author":"SpookiePuppy","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-SpookiePuppy-2021-11-30T22:05:00.000Z-A_barnstar_for_you!","replies":["c-The_Anome-2021-12-01T10:50:00.000Z-SpookiePuppy-2021-11-30T22:05:00.000Z"]}}-->
Thank you! The Anome (talk) 10:50, 1 December 2021 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-12-01T10:50:00.000Z","author":"The Anome","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-The_Anome-2021-12-01T10:50:00.000Z-SpookiePuppy-2021-11-30T22:05:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->
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I was perfectly entitled to put that redirect back as the page was deleted at AFD and the ip created one with no sources at all. SpartazHumbug!21:24, 5 December 2021 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-12-05T21:24:00.000Z","author":"Spartaz","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Spartaz-2021-12-05T21:24:00.000Z-Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion\/Chasey_Lain","replies":[]}}-->
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Problems
MediaWiki 1.38-wmf.11 was scheduled to be deployed on some wikis last week. The deployment was delayed because of unexpected problems.
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 December. It will be on all wikis from 9 December (calendar).
At all Wikipedias, a Mentor Dashboard is now available at Special:MentorDashboard. It allows registered mentors, who take care of newcomers' first steps, to monitor their assigned newcomers' activity. It is part of the Growth features. You can learn more about activating the mentor list on your wiki and about the mentor dashboard project.
The predecessor to the current MediaWiki Action API (which was created in 2008), action=ajax, will be removed this week. Any scripts or bots using it will need to switch to the corresponding API module. [7]
An old ResourceLoader module, jquery.jStorage, which was deprecated in 2016, will be removed this week. Any scripts or bots using it will need to switch to mediawiki.storage instead. [8]
A recently closed Request for Comment (RFC) reached consensus to remove Autopatrolled from the administrator user group. You may, similarly as with Edit Filter Manager, choose to self-assign this permission to yourself. This will be implemented the week of December 13th, but if you wish to self-assign you may do so now. To find out when the change has gone live or if you have any questions please visit the Administrator's Noticeboard. 20:07, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
I just had an edit clash with some of your changes to this article. I did my best to rebuild a version with both of our changes, but if I missed anything please don't take it personally: it was an accident, not deliberate.--Gronk Oz (talk) 13:06, 8 December 2021 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-12-08T13:06:00.000Z","author":"Gronk Oz","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Gronk_Oz-2021-12-08T13:06:00.000Z-Johann_Biacsics","replies":[]}}-->
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The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Johann Biacsics until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
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Hi The Anome, hope that you're well. I was wondering if you'd be able to participate in a Signpost interview in your capacity as a contributor to WP:COVID19? I am enthusiastic about these interviews because they help remind other Wikipedians about the passionate and diverse group of volunteers that edit Wikipedia, and into the many discussions and editors that inhabit our space, nooks and crannies. If you had time to even answer a few questions here (User:Tom (LT)/sandbox/WikiProject COVID19 interview draft) I'd be very grateful :). Tom (LT) (talk) 22:43, 9 December 2021 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-12-09T22:43:00.000Z","author":"Tom (LT)","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Tom_(LT)-2021-12-09T22:43:00.000Z-Participation_in_a_signpost_interview","replies":[]}}-->
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Invitation to take part in a survey about medical topics on Wikipedia
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Dear fellow editor,
I am Piotr Konieczny, a sociologist of new media at Hanyang University (and User:Piotrus on Wikipedia). I would like to better understand Wikipedia's volunteers who edit medical topics, many associated with the WikiProject Medicine, and known to create some of the highest quality content on Wikipedia. I hope that the lessons I can learn from you that I will present to the academic audience will benefit both the WikiProject Medicine (improving your understanding of yourself and helping to promote it and attract new volunteers) and the wider world of medical volunteering and academia. Open access copy of the resulting research will be made available at WikiProject's Medicine upon the completion of the project.
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I appreciate your support of this research and thank you in advance for taking the time to participate and share your experiences! If you have any questions at all, please feel free to contact me at my Wikipedia user page or through my email listed on the survey page (or by Wikipedia email this user function).
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There are now default short aliases for the "Project:" namespace on most wikis. E.g. On Wikibooks wikis, [[WB:]] will go to the local language default for the [[Project:]] namespace. This change is intended to help the smaller communities have easy access to this feature. Additional local aliases can still be requested via the usual process. [9]
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 December. It will be on all wikis from 16 December (calendar).
I was just stumbling around, looking at various bot reports and found Wikipedia:Database reports/Active editors with the longest-established accounts which states you have been editing Wikipedia for over 20 years! There should be a special barnstar, badge or something but there are only about two dozen recipients who could receive it so maybe it'll take a while to be created.
Congratulations on your longevity! I'm glad Wikipedia has kept your interest. We all benefit from you and your bots' editing. LizRead!Talk!00:34, 17 December 2021 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-12-17T00:34:00.000Z","author":"Liz","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Liz-2021-12-17T00:34:00.000Z-Congratulations!","replies":[]}}-->
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Tech News
Because of the holidays the next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 10 January 2022.
Recent changes
Queries made by the DynamicPageList extension (<DynamicPageList>) are now only allowed to run for 10 seconds and error if they take longer. This is in response to multiple outages where long-running queries caused an outage on all wikis. [10]
Changes later this week
There is no new MediaWiki version this week or next week.
The Wikimedia Cloud VPS hosts technical projects for the Wikimedia movement. Developers need to claim projects they use. This is because old and unused projects are removed once a year. Unclaimed projects can be shut down from February. [11]
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Hello the Anome, I think my IP is caught up in an anonymous block. While am able to edit on normal wiki interface I can't use any tools such as SW viewer or JWB that I often use daily. What can I do to fix this?--Megan B....It’s all coming to me till the end of time11:20, 13 December 2021 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-12-13T11:20:00.000Z","author":"Synoman Barris","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Synoman_Barris-2021-12-13T11:20:00.000Z-Am_caught_up_in_an_Anonymous_Block","replies":["c-The_Anome-2021-12-13T11:29:00.000Z-Synoman_Barris-2021-12-13T11:20:00.000Z"],"displayName":"Megan B...."}}-->
I've added you to the IP Block Exempt group. Please let me know if this helps. -- The Anome (talk) 11:29, 13 December 2021 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-12-13T11:29:00.000Z","author":"The Anome","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-The_Anome-2021-12-13T11:29:00.000Z-Synoman_Barris-2021-12-13T11:20:00.000Z","replies":["c-Synoman_Barris-2021-12-13T11:39:00.000Z-The_Anome-2021-12-13T11:29:00.000Z"]}}-->
It's now working. Thank you Megan B....It’s all coming to me till the end of time11:39, 13 December 2021 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-12-13T11:39:00.000Z","author":"Synoman Barris","type":"comment","level":3,"id":"c-Synoman_Barris-2021-12-13T11:39:00.000Z-The_Anome-2021-12-13T11:29:00.000Z","replies":["c-Synoman_Barris-2021-12-25T20:23:00.000Z-Synoman_Barris-2021-12-13T11:39:00.000Z"],"displayName":"Megan B...."}}-->
Hello, I would like my IPBE to be removed since the IP block on my range has expired. I hope I can request it again when needed. Cheers Megan B....It’s all coming to me till the end of time20:23, 25 December 2021 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-12-25T20:23:00.000Z","author":"Synoman Barris","type":"comment","level":4,"id":"c-Synoman_Barris-2021-12-25T20:23:00.000Z-Synoman_Barris-2021-12-13T11:39:00.000Z","replies":[],"displayName":"Megan B...."}}-->
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Happy New Year The Anome!
I am grateful for our interactions this year. I am wishing you a happy and prosperous new year. Cheers Megan B....It’s all coming to me till the end of time17:12, 31 December 2021 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-12-31T17:12:00.000Z","author":"Synoman Barris","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Synoman_Barris-2021-12-31T17:12:00.000Z-Happy_New_Year_The_Anome!","replies":[],"displayName":"Megan B...."}}-->
Hi The Anome! I've nominated you (along with all other active admins) to receive a solstice season gift from the WMF. Talk page stalkers are invited to comment at the nomination. Enjoy! Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}}talk ~~~~~
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When someone edits a Wikimedia wiki without being logged in today, we show their IP address. As you may already know, we will not be able to do this in the future. This is a decision by the Wikimedia Foundation Legal department, because norms and regulations for privacy online have changed.
Instead of the IP we will show a masked identity. You as an admin will still be able to access the IP. There will also be a new user right for those who need to see the full IPs of unregistered users to fight vandalism, harassment and spam without being admins. Patrollers will also see part of the IP even without this user right. We are also working on better tools to help.
We have two suggested ways this identity could work. We would appreciate your feedback on which way you think would work best for you and your wiki, now and in the future. You can let us know on the talk page. You can write in your language. The suggestions were posted in October and we will decide after 17 January.
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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
A oauth_consumer variable has been added to the AbuseFilter to enable identifying changes made by specific tools. [12]
Gadgets are now able to directly include JSON pages. This means some gadgets can now be configured by administrators without needing the interface administrator permission, such as with the Geonotice gadget. [13]
Gadgets can now specify page actions on which they are available. For example, |actions=edit,history will load a gadget only while editing and on history pages. [14]
Gadgets can now be loaded on demand with the withgadget URL parameter. This can be used to replace an earlier snippet that typically looks like withJS or withCSS. [15]
Four special pages (and their API counterparts) now have a maximum database query execution time of 30 seconds. These special pages are: RecentChanges, Watchlist, Contributions, and Log. This change will help with site performance and stability. You can read more details about this change including some possible solutions if this affects your workflows. [19]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 11 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 12 January. It will be on all wikis from 13 January (calendar).
Events
Community Wishlist Survey 2022 begins. All contributors to the Wikimedia projects can propose for tools and platform improvements. The proposal phase takes place from 10 January 18:00 UTC to 23 January 18:00 UTC. Learn more.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
When using WikiEditor (also known as the 2010 wikitext editor), people will now see a warning if they link to disambiguation pages. If you click "Review link" in the warning, it will ask you to correct the link to a more specific term. You can read more information about this completed 2021 Community Wishlist item.
When asked to create a new page or talk page section, input fields can be "preloaded" with some text. This feature is now limited to wikitext pages. This is so users can't be tricked into making malicious edits. There is a discussion about if this feature should be re-enabled for some content types.
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 18 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 19 January. It will be on all wikis from 20 January (calendar).
Events
Community Wishlist Survey 2022 continues. All contributors to the Wikimedia projects can propose for tools and platform improvements. The proposal phase takes place from 10 January 18:00 UTC to 23 January 18:00 UTC. Learn more.
I redirected her bio to Asonance as I couldn't find any coverage of her other than about her death from COVID-19. Per BLP1E, we shouldn't have a separate article on her as her death was in itself not a major event. You can add more info to the band's article. Fences&Windows23:32, 19 January 2022 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2022-01-19T23:32:00.000Z","author":"Fences and windows","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Fences_and_windows-2022-01-19T23:32:00.000Z-Hana_Horka","replies":["c-The_Anome-2022-01-20T07:23:00.000Z-Fences_and_windows-2022-01-19T23:32:00.000Z"],"displayName":"Fences"}}-->
@Fences and windows: I've reverted your edit; please see Wikipedia:What BLP1E is not. She is known for two things: her membership of a well-known Czech musical group, and dying for her anti-vax beliefs, something which has achieved global notoriety and world-wide media coverage. I'm really tired of BLP1E being used as a blanket policy to delete articles on anti-vax deaths. Please take it to AFD if you want to delete it. -- The Anome (talk) 07:23, 20 January 2022 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2022-01-20T07:23:00.000Z","author":"The Anome","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-The_Anome-2022-01-20T07:23:00.000Z-Fences_and_windows-2022-01-19T23:32:00.000Z","replies":["c-Fences_and_windows-2022-01-20T13:29:00.000Z-The_Anome-2022-01-20T07:23:00.000Z"]}}-->
Anomebot2 seems to be malfunctioning; it's adding coordinates with both negative longitudes and "W" longitudes, causing a spurt of entries in Category:Pages with malformed coordinate tags. I don't want to shut dowm the bot without giving you a chance to fix this. Deor (talk) 19:28, 21 January 2022 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2022-01-21T19:28:00.000Z","author":"Deor","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Deor-2022-01-21T19:28:00.000Z-Malfunctioning_bot","replies":["c-The_Anome-2022-01-21T19:43:00.000Z-Deor-2022-01-21T19:28:00.000Z"]}}-->
@Deor: Oh no! Thanks for the heads-up: this is a silly programming error on my part. I have stopped that bot run, and will set the bot to fix all those errors tomorrow morning, so there should be no need to fix them by hand. Fortunately, it looks like only 157 have slipped through so far. -- The Anome (talk) 19:43, 21 January 2022 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2022-01-21T19:43:00.000Z","author":"The Anome","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-The_Anome-2022-01-21T19:43:00.000Z-Deor-2022-01-21T19:28:00.000Z","replies":["c-Deor-2022-01-21T19:47:00.000Z-The_Anome-2022-01-21T19:43:00.000Z"]}}-->
OK. You'll have to unblock the bot, which I blocked, since it was continuing with similar edits. (It's also adding overprecise coordinates, apparently getting them from Wikidata, and not adding region codes or location types. I consider that less than optimal) Deor (talk) 19:47, 21 January 2022 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2022-01-21T19:47:00.000Z","author":"Deor","type":"comment","level":3,"id":"c-Deor-2022-01-21T19:47:00.000Z-The_Anome-2022-01-21T19:43:00.000Z","replies":["c-The_Anome-2022-01-21T20:02:00.000Z-Deor-2022-01-21T19:47:00.000Z"]}}-->
I will unblock the bot, and also roll back the contentious edits, hopefully by tomorrow morning, and I will not add them again until I've got consensus. -- The Anome (talk) 20:02, 21 January 2022 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2022-01-21T20:02:00.000Z","author":"The Anome","type":"comment","level":4,"id":"c-The_Anome-2022-01-21T20:02:00.000Z-Deor-2022-01-21T19:47:00.000Z","replies":["c-The_Anome-2022-01-22T13:17:00.000Z-The_Anome-2022-01-21T20:02:00.000Z"]}}-->
@Deor:I've removed the tags, thus clearing out Category:Pages with malformed coordinate tags; this is not a perfect fix because doing this will have messed with stub notice formatting in some cases, but I will go back and fix that in a separate pass later once I've fixed the tag-remover code. Once that's done, everything should have been restored to its pristine state. -- The Anome (talk) 13:17, 22 January 2022 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2022-01-22T13:17:00.000Z","author":"The Anome","type":"comment","level":5,"id":"c-The_Anome-2022-01-22T13:17:00.000Z-The_Anome-2022-01-21T20:02:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->
@Deor: I've fixed the formatting glitches now, and also reinstated as many of the coord missing tags as I could easily find. I'll take a deeper look later for any remaining data loss from these edits, and either write some code or hand-fix the last of it. -- The Anome (talk) 20:00, 24 January 2022 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2022-01-24T20:00:00.000Z","author":"The Anome","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-The_Anome-2022-01-24T20:00:00.000Z-Malfunctioning_bot","replies":["c-Deor-2022-01-24T20:02:00.000Z-The_Anome-2022-01-24T20:00:00.000Z"]}}-->
OK, thanks for your attention to this. Deor (talk) 20:02, 24 January 2022 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2022-01-24T20:02:00.000Z","author":"Deor","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Deor-2022-01-24T20:02:00.000Z-The_Anome-2022-01-24T20:00:00.000Z","replies":["c-The_Anome-2022-01-24T20:06:00.000Z-Deor-2022-01-24T20:02:00.000Z"]}}-->
After that I can revisit the new Wikidata coordinate extraction code, and address the issues you've raised regarding precision, type and region tagging. I'll put it up for review before running it again. Sorry about the incovenience, and thanks again for catching the problem before the bot made even more of a mess. -- The Anome (talk) 20:06, 24 January 2022 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2022-01-24T20:06:00.000Z","author":"The Anome","type":"comment","level":3,"id":"c-The_Anome-2022-01-24T20:06:00.000Z-Deor-2022-01-24T20:02:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 25 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 26 January. It will be on all wikis from 27 January (calendar).
The following languages can now be used with syntax highlighting: BDD, Elpi, LilyPond, Maxima, Rita, Savi, Sed, Sophia, Spice, .SRCINFO.
You can now access your watchlist from outside of the user menu in the new Vector skin. The watchlist link appears next to the notification icons if you are at the top of the page. [21]
Events
You can see the results of the Coolest Tool Award 2021 and learn more about 14 tools which were selected this year.
Lammas is a PAGAN FESTIVAL
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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
If a gadget should support the new ?withgadget URL parameter that was announced 3 weeks ago, then it must now also specify supportsUrlLoad in the gadget definition (documentation). [22]
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 1 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 2 February. It will be on all wikis from 3 February (calendar).
Future changes
A change that was announced last year was delayed. It is now ready to move ahead:
The user group oversight will be renamed suppress. This is for technical reasons. This is the technical name. It doesn't affect what you call the editors with this user right on your wiki. This is planned to happen in three weeks. You can comment in Phabricator if you have objections. As usual, these labels can be translated on translatewiki (direct links are available) or by administrators on your wiki.
Hi The Anome. I wonder could you please restore my recent comment, which seems to have been unwittingly trampled? Many thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 12:17, 4 February 2022 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2022-02-04T12:17:00.000Z","author":"Martinevans123","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Martinevans123-2022-02-04T12:17:00.000Z-Talk:Jimmy_Savile","replies":["c-The_Anome-2022-02-04T12:31:00.000Z-Martinevans123-2022-02-04T12:17:00.000Z"]}}-->
@Martinevans123: I've restored it. Apologies. The edit conflict handling in Mediawiki leaves much to be desired, and sometimes even trashes things when I use the back button to back out of the edit and explicitly ask to make a new edit, instead of preserving the old one. -- The Anome (talk) 12:31, 4 February 2022 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2022-02-04T12:31:00.000Z","author":"The Anome","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-The_Anome-2022-02-04T12:31:00.000Z-Martinevans123-2022-02-04T12:17:00.000Z","replies":["c-Martinevans123-2022-02-04T12:32:00.000Z-The_Anome-2022-02-04T12:31:00.000Z"]}}-->
Many thanks for your quick response! Yes, I know what you mean. Martinevans123 (talk) 12:32, 4 February 2022 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2022-02-04T12:32:00.000Z","author":"Martinevans123","type":"comment","level":3,"id":"c-Martinevans123-2022-02-04T12:32:00.000Z-The_Anome-2022-02-04T12:31:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->
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Category counts are sometimes wrong. They will now be completely recounted at the beginning of every month. [23]
Problems
A code-change last week to fix a bug with Live Preview may have caused problems with some local gadgets and user-scripts. Any code with skin-specific behaviour for vector should be updated to also check for vector-2022. A code-snippet, global search, and example are available.
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 8 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 9 February. It will be on all wikis from 10 February (calendar).
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Recent changes
Purging a category page with fewer than 5,000 members will now recount it completely. This will allow editors to fix incorrect counts when it is wrong. [24]
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 15 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 16 February. It will be on all wikis from 17 February (calendar).
In the AbuseFilter extension, the rmspecials() function has been updated so that it does not remove the "space" character. Wikis are advised to wrap all the uses of rmspecials() with rmwhitespace() wherever necessary to keep filters' behavior unchanged. You can use the search function on Special:AbuseFilter to locate its usage. [25]
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At Wikipedias, all new accounts now get the Growth features by default when creating an account. Communities are encouraged to update their help resources. Previously, only 80% of new accounts would get the Growth features. A few Wikipedias remain unaffected by this change. [27]
You can now prevent specific images that are used in a page from appearing in other locations, such as within PagePreviews or Search results. This is done with the markup class=notpageimage. For example, [[File:Example.png|class=notpageimage]]. [28]
There has been a change to the HTML of Special:Contributions, Special:MergeHistory, and History pages, to support the grouping of changes by date in the mobile skin. While unlikely, this may affect gadgets and user scripts. A list of all the HTML changes is on Phabricator.
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 22 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 23 February. It will be on all wikis from 24 February (calendar).
Future changes
The software to play videos and audio files on pages will change soon on all wikis. The old player will be removed. Some audio players will become wider after this change. The new player has been a beta feature for over four years. [29][30]
Toolforge's underlying operating system is being updated. If you maintain any tools there, there are two options for migrating your tools into the new system. There are details, deadlines, and instructions on Wikitech. [31]
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Would you mind explaining why you split this article out from Longevity myths? It was merged a couple of years ago (see discussion) for good reason. Cheers! -- Pingumeister(talk)12:34, 22 February 2022 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2022-02-22T12:34:00.000Z","author":"Pingumeister","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Pingumeister-2022-02-22T12:34:00.000Z-Unmerge_of_Mbah_Gotho","replies":["c-The_Anome-2022-02-22T16:56:00.000Z-Pingumeister-2022-02-22T12:34:00.000Z"]}}-->
It seemed like a good idea, but I failed to read the talk page. Apologies. I've reverted my edits. -- The Anome (talk) 16:56, 22 February 2022 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2022-02-22T16:56:00.000Z","author":"The Anome","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-The_Anome-2022-02-22T16:56:00.000Z-Pingumeister-2022-02-22T12:34:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->
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Mentors using the Growth Mentor dashboard will now see newcomers assigned to them who have made at least one edit, up to 200 edits. Previously, all newcomers assigned to the mentor were visible on the dashboard, even ones without any edit or ones who made hundred of edits. Mentors can still change these values using the filters on their dashboard. Also, the last choice of filters will now be saved. [33][34]
The user group oversight was renamed suppress. This is for technical reasons. You may need to update any local references to the old name, e.g. gadgets, links to Special:Listusers, or uses of NUMBERINGROUP.
Problems
The recent change to the HTML of tracking changes pages caused some problems for screenreaders. This is being fixed. [35]
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 1 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 2 March. It will be on all wikis from 3 March (calendar).
Future changes
Working with templates will become easier. Several improvements are planned for March 9 on most wikis and on March 16 on English Wikipedia. The improvements include: Bracket matching, syntax highlighting colors, finding and inserting templates, and related visual editor features.
If you are a template developer or an interface administrator, and you are intentionally overriding or using the default CSS styles of user feedback boxes (the classes: successbox, messagebox, errorbox, warningbox), please note that these classes and associated CSS will soon be removed from MediaWiki core. This is to prevent problems when the same class-names are also used on a wiki. Please let us know by commenting at phab:T300314 if you think you might be affected.
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Problems
There was a problem with some interface labels last week. It will be fixed this week. This change was part of ongoing work to simplify the support for skins which do not have active maintainers. [36]
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 8 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 9 March. It will be on all wikis from 10 March (calendar).
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Recent changes
In the Wikipedia Android app it is now possible to change the toolbar at the bottom so the tools you use more often are easier to click on. The app now also has a focused reading mode. [37][38]
Problems
There was a problem with the collection of some page-view data from June 2021 to January 2022 on all wikis. This means the statistics are incomplete. To help calculate which projects and regions were most affected, relevant datasets are being retained for 30 extra days. You can read more on Meta-wiki.
There was a problem with the databases on March 10. All wikis were unreachable for logged-in users for 12 minutes. Logged-out users could read pages but could not edit or access uncached content then. [39]
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 15 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 16 March. It will be on all wikis from 17 March (calendar).
Access to Special:RevisionDelete has been expanded to include users who have deletelogentry and deletedhistory rights through their group memberships. Before, only those with the deleterevision right could access this special page. [41]
On the Special:Undelete pages for diffs and revisions, there will be a link back to the main Undelete page with the list of revisions. [42]
Future changes
The Wikimedia Foundation has announced the IP Masking implementation strategy and next steps. The announcement can be read here.
The Wikimedia Hackathon 2022 will take place as a hybrid event on 20-22 May 2022. The Hackathon will be held online and there are grants available to support local in-person meetups around the world. Grants can be requested until 20 March.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
New code release schedule for this week
There will be four MediaWiki releases this week, instead of just one. This is an experiment which should lead to fewer problems and to faster feature updates. The releases will be on all wikis, at different times, on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. You can read more about this project.
The Jupyter notebooks tool PAWS has been updated to a new interface. [45]
Future changes
Interactive maps via Kartographer will soon work on wikis using the FlaggedRevisions extension. Please tell us which improvements you want to see in Kartographer. You can take this survey in simple English. [46]
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Recent changes
There is a simple new Wikimedia Commons upload tool available for macOS users, Sunflower.
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 29 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 30 March. It will be on all wikis from 31 March (calendar).
Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of regular database maintenance. It will be performed on 29 March at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 31 March at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis). [47][48]
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Problems
For a few days last week, edits that were suggested to newcomers were not tagged in the Special:RecentChanges feed. This bug has been fixed. [49]
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 April. It will be on all wikis from 7 April (calendar).
Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 7 April at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
Future changes
Starting next week, Tech News' title will be translatable. When the newsletter is distributed, its title may not be Tech News: 2022-14 anymore. It may affect some filters that have been set up by some communities. [50]
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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
There is a new public status page at www.wikimediastatus.net. This site shows five automated high-level metrics where you can see the overall health and performance of our wikis' technical environment. It also contains manually-written updates for widespread incidents, which are written as quickly as the engineers are able to do so while also fixing the actual problem. The site is separated from our production infrastructure and hosted by an external service, so that it can be accessed even if the wikis are briefly unavailable. You can read more about this project.
On Wiktionary wikis, the software to play videos and audio files on pages has now changed. The old player has been removed. Some audio players will become wider after this change. The new player has been a beta feature for over four years. [51][52]
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 April. It will be on all wikis from 14 April (calendar).
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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 April. It will be on all wikis from 21 April (calendar).
Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 19 April at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 21 April at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
On selected wikis, 50% of logged-in users will see the new table of contents. When scrolling up and down the page, the table of contents will stay in the same place on the screen. This is part of the Desktop Improvements project. [53]
Message boxes produced by MediaWiki code will no longer have these CSS classes: successbox, errorbox, warningbox. The styles for those classes and messagebox will be removed from MediaWiki core. This only affects wikis that use these classes in wikitext, or change their appearance within site-wide CSS. Please review any local usage and definitions for these classes you may have. This was previously announced in the 28 February issue of Tech News.
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Hi, Lubianka, Borodianka Raion... An obvious name change is: Lubianka, Bucha Raion, but I am wondering why not the name is not in the format: name, raion, oblast, so it should be: Lubianka, Bucha Raion, Kyiv Oblast. ThWiki1910 (talk) 08:14, 24 April 2022 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2022-04-24T08:14:00.000Z","author":"ThWiki1910","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-ThWiki1910-2022-04-24T08:14:00.000Z-Lubianka_in_Ukraine","replies":["c-The_Anome-2022-04-24T08:41:00.000Z-ThWiki1910-2022-04-24T08:14:00.000Z"]}}-->
Done, to follow the pattern given in the disambiguation page Lubianka. — The Anome (talk) 08:41, 24 April 2022 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2022-04-24T08:41:00.000Z","author":"The Anome","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-The_Anome-2022-04-24T08:41:00.000Z-ThWiki1910-2022-04-24T08:14:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->
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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
On many wikis (group 1), the software to play videos and audio files on pages has now changed. The old player has been removed. Some audio players will become wider after this change. The new player has been a beta feature for over four years. [58][59]
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 26 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 27 April. It will be on all wikis from 28 April (calendar).
Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 26 April at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
Some very old browsers and operating systems are no longer supported. Some things on the wikis might look weird or not work in very old browsers like Internet Explorer 9 or 10, Android 4, or Firefox 38 or older. [60]
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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
On all remaining wikis (group 2), the software to play videos and audio files on pages has now changed. The old player has been removed. Some audio players will become wider after this change. The new player has been a beta feature for over four years. [61][62]
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 3 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 4 May. It will be on all wikis from 5 May (calendar).
Future changes
The developers are working on talk pages in the Wikipedia app for iOS. You can give feedback. You can take the survey in English, German, Hebrew or Chinese.
Several CSS IDs related to MediaWiki interface messages will be removed. Technical editors should please review the list of IDs and links to their existing uses. These include #mw-anon-edit-warning, #mw-undelete-revision and 3 others.
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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Last week, there was a problem with Wikidata's search autocomplete. This has now been fixed. [67]
Last week, all wikis had slow access or no access for 20 minutes, for logged-in users and non-cached pages. This was caused by a problem with a database change. [68]
The Vector (2022) skin will be set as the default on several more wikis, including Arabic and Catalan Wikipedias. Logged-in users will be able to switch back to the old Vector (2010). See the latest update about Vector (2022).
Future meetings
The next open meeting with the Web team about Vector (2022) will take place on 17 May. The following meetings are currently planned for: 7 June, 21 June, 5 July, 19 July.
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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
The Wikimedia Hackathon 2022 will take place online on May 20–22. It will be in English. There are also local hackathon meetups in Germany, Ghana, Greece, India, Nigeria and the United States. Technically interested Wikimedians can work on software projects and learn new skills. You can also host a session or post a project you want to work on.
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 17 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 18 May. It will be on all wikis from 19 May (calendar).
Future changes
You can soon edit translatable pages in the visual editor. Translatable pages exist on for examples Meta and Commons. [71]
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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
Administrators using the mobile web interface can now access Special:Block directly from user pages. [72]
The Growth team maintains a mentorship program for newcomers. Previously, newcomers weren't able to opt out from the program. Starting May 19, 2022, newcomers are able to fully opt out from Growth mentorship, in case they do not wish to have any mentor at all. [74]
Some editors cannot access the content translation tool if they load it by clicking from the contributions menu. This problem is being worked on. It should still work properly if accessed directly via Special:ContentTranslation. [75]
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 24 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 25 May. It will be on all wikis from 26 May (calendar).
Future changes
Gadget and user scripts developers are invited to give feedback on a proposed technical policy aiming to improve support from MediaWiki developers. [76]
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These's a request about a template you just created. Fullprot seems excessive, especially considering none of the other uw templates are full protected. I think Template protection or semi protection should be enough. 67.21.154.193 (talk) 15:06, 24 May 2022 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2022-05-24T15:06:00.000Z","author":"67.21.154.193","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-67.21.154.193-2022-05-24T15:06:00.000Z-Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_protection\/Decrease","replies":[]}}-->
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@TenPoundHammer: It most certainly has attracted press attention, to the point where people have recently written retrospectives about it, over 25 years after its broadcast. I've added three more WP:RS, and removed the PROD notice. — The Anome (talk) 08:20, 26 May 2022 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2022-05-26T08:20:00.000Z","author":"The Anome","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-The_Anome-2022-05-26T08:20:00.000Z-TenPoundHammer-2022-05-26T00:01:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->
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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
In the AbuseFilter extension, an ip_in_ranges() function has been introduced to check if an IP is in any of the ranges. Wikis are advised to combine multiple ip_in_range() expressions joined by | into a single expression for better performance. You can use the search function on Special:AbuseFilter to locate its usage. [77]
The IP Info feature which helps abuse fighters access information about IPs, has been deployed to all wikis as a beta feature. This comes after weeks of beta testing on test.wikipedia.org.
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 31 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 June. It will be on all wikis from 2 June (calendar).
Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 31 May at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
The New Topic Tool will be deployed for all editors at most wikis soon. You will be able to opt out from within the tool and in Preferences. [78][79]
The list=usercontribs API will support fetching contributions from an IP range soon. API users can set the uciprange parameter to get contributions from any IP range within the limit. [80]
A new parser function will be introduced: {{=}}. It will replace existing templates named "=". It will insert an equal sign. This can be used to escape the equal sign in the parameter values of templates. [81]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 June. It will be on all wikis from 9 June (calendar).
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Category:Battle of Kyiv (2022) has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:00, 8 June 2022 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2022-06-08T06:00:00.000Z","author":"Marcocapelle","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Marcocapelle-2022-06-08T06:00:00.000Z-Category:Battle_of_Kyiv_(2022)_has_been_nominated_for_merging","replies":[]}}-->
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What's a reliable source for a movies director then, if Wikipedia isn't either?
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Honest query, pal. 49.184.175.53 (talk) 16:21, 8 June 2022 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2022-06-08T16:21:00.000Z","author":"49.184.175.53","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-49.184.175.53-2022-06-08T16:21:00.000Z-What's_a_reliable_source_for_a_movies_director_then,_if_Wikipedia_isn't_either?","replies":["c-The_Anome-2022-06-08T16:29:00.000Z-49.184.175.53-2022-06-08T16:21:00.000Z"]}}-->
The more reputable parts of the mainstream press (see WP:RELIABLE), books published by reputable publishers, and film industry magazines that meet WP:RS: see Category:Film magazines by country for an extensive list of film magazines. — The Anome (talk) 16:29, 8 June 2022 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2022-06-08T16:29:00.000Z","author":"The Anome","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-The_Anome-2022-06-08T16:29:00.000Z-49.184.175.53-2022-06-08T16:21:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->
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I made a list of characters to possibly add or test there or changes to make. see here.
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Thanks! I'll look into it. — The Anome (talk) 16:37, 8 June 2022 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2022-06-08T16:37:00.000Z","author":"The Anome","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-The_Anome-2022-06-08T16:37:00.000Z-67.21.154.193-2022-06-08T12:46:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 June. It will be on all wikis from 16 June (calendar).
Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 14 June at 06:00 UTC (targeted wikis). [85]
Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" (Abkhazian Wikipedia, Achinese Wikipedia, Adyghe Wikipedia, Afrikaans Wikipedia, Akan Wikipedia, Alemannisch Wikipedia, Amharic Wikipedia, Aragonese Wikipedia, Old English Wikipedia, Syriac Wikipedia, Egyptian Arabic Wikipedia, Asturian Wikipedia, Atikamekw Wikipedia, Avaric Wikipedia, Aymara Wikipedia, Azerbaijani Wikipedia, South Azerbaijani Wikipedia). This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally. [86]
The New Topic Tool will be deployed for all editors at Commons, Wikidata, and some other wikis soon. You will be able to opt out from within the tool and in Preferences. [87][88]
Future meetings
The next open meeting with the Web team about Vector (2022) will take place today (13 June). The following meetings will take place on: 28 June, 12 July, 26 July.
Future changes
By the end of July, the Vector 2022 skin should be ready to become the default across all wikis. Discussions on how to adjust it to the communities' needs will begin in the next weeks. It will always be possible to revert to the previous version on an individual basis. Learn more.