Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes.
Recent software changes
(Not all changes will affect you.)
The
Translate extension and
Universal Language Selector were enabled on Wikimedia Commons on May 20. Commons users can now easily change languages, and translate pages with a friendly interface.
[1]
The
Notifications feature, active on the English Wikipedia, now supports
local blacklists and whitelists. It is possible to hide users (for example certain bots) from all notifications on the wiki. Also, e-mail notifications are now grouped.
[2][3]
The first stable release of
MediaWiki 1.21 for sites outside Wikimedia was published on May 25.
[4]
The tool storing information about languages (
CLDR) was updated to the
latest version (23.1).
[5]
Due to a
software issue, users couldn't enable or disable
Gadgets. The issue is now fixed.
Future software changes
MediaWiki will stop supporting
XHTML 1.0 and
HTML versions lower than version 5.
HTML5 will now be the default language for pages created by the software.
[6][7]
The software will check if all uploaded files are secure and match their
type.
[8]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes.
Recent software changes
(Not all changes will affect you.)
The latest version of MediaWiki (
1.22/wmf5) was added to non-Wikipedia wikis on May 29. It
will be enabled on the English Wikipedia on June 3, and on all other Wikipedias on June 5.
[15]
The Tamil Wikipedia shared a
Lua module they created to automate their Main Page.
[16]
There is now a
test wiki to test new features in right-to-left languages.
[17]
The
Thanks feature was added to the English Wikipedia; users can now thank others for individual edits.
[18]
The
new interface for account creation and log-in is now the default on 30 wikis, including the English Wikipedia, Commons, Meta, and Wikidata. The feature will be added to all wikis
after June 5. Users can return to the old look by
adding ?useNew=0 to the web address.
[19]
Videos are now
played in pop-up windows if their size on the page is smaller than 200 pixels (800 pixels on the English Wikipedia).
[20]
Opening your talk page now marks notifications as read, for wikis using the
Notifications feature. (
bug 47912)
[21].
All autoconfirmed users can now reset
transcoding of video files; previously only administrators could do this.
[22]
The
Nearby feature allows people who use mobile devices to see Wikipedia articles about objects and places around them.
[23]
Future software changes
The
PostEdit feature is now part of MediaWiki, and will work on all wikis. (
bug 48726)
[24]
MediaWiki will now be updated
every week, starting on June 6. Thanks to this, bugs will be fixed and features will be added faster than they are now.
[26]
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Support request with team editing experiment project
Dear tech ambassadors, instead of spamming the Village Pump of each Wikipedia about my tiny project proposal for researching team editing (see here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Research_team_editing), I have decided to leave to your own discretion if the matter is relevant enough to inform a wider audience already. I would appreciate if you could appraise if the Wikipedia community you are more familiar with could have interest in testing group editing "on their own grounds" and with their own guidance. In a nutshell: it consists in editing pages as a group instead of as an individual. This social experiment might involve redefining some aspects of the workflow we are all used to, with the hope of creating a more friendly and collaborative environment since editing under a group umbrella creates less social exposure than traditional "individual editing". I send you this message also as a proof that the Inspire Campaign is already gearing up. As said I would appreciate of *you* just a comment on the talk page/endorsement of my
project noting your general perception about the idea. Nothing else. Your contribution helps to shape the future! (which I hope it will be very bright, with colors, and Wikipedia everywhere) Regards from
User:Micru on meta.
Canada report: Branding Toolkit released by the Canadian Museums Association for GLAMs
Finland report: Hundreds of thousands of new photos released
Germany report: The Karl-Preusker-Medal 2020 goes to Wikimedia Deutschland e. V.
Netherlands report: Documentation of workflows for the ingestion of bibliographic data into Wikidata; Wikipedia & Africa: Why contributing to Wikipedia matters
Canada report: Branding Toolkit released by the Canadian Museums Association for GLAMs
Finland report: Hundreds of thousands of new photos released
Germany report: The Karl-Preusker-Medal 2020 goes to Wikimedia Deutschland e. V.
Netherlands report: Documentation of workflows for the ingestion of bibliographic data into Wikidata; Wikipedia & Africa: Why contributing to Wikipedia matters
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes.
Recent software changes
(Not all changes will affect you.)
The
Translate extension and
Universal Language Selector were enabled on Wikimedia Commons on May 20. Commons users can now easily change languages, and translate pages with a friendly interface.
[1]
The
Notifications feature, active on the English Wikipedia, now supports
local blacklists and whitelists. It is possible to hide users (for example certain bots) from all notifications on the wiki. Also, e-mail notifications are now grouped.
[2][3]
The first stable release of
MediaWiki 1.21 for sites outside Wikimedia was published on May 25.
[4]
The tool storing information about languages (
CLDR) was updated to the
latest version (23.1).
[5]
Due to a
software issue, users couldn't enable or disable
Gadgets. The issue is now fixed.
Future software changes
MediaWiki will stop supporting
XHTML 1.0 and
HTML versions lower than version 5.
HTML5 will now be the default language for pages created by the software.
[6][7]
The software will check if all uploaded files are secure and match their
type.
[8]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes.
Recent software changes
(Not all changes will affect you.)
The latest version of MediaWiki (
1.22/wmf5) was added to non-Wikipedia wikis on May 29. It
will be enabled on the English Wikipedia on June 3, and on all other Wikipedias on June 5.
[15]
The Tamil Wikipedia shared a
Lua module they created to automate their Main Page.
[16]
There is now a
test wiki to test new features in right-to-left languages.
[17]
The
Thanks feature was added to the English Wikipedia; users can now thank others for individual edits.
[18]
The
new interface for account creation and log-in is now the default on 30 wikis, including the English Wikipedia, Commons, Meta, and Wikidata. The feature will be added to all wikis
after June 5. Users can return to the old look by
adding ?useNew=0 to the web address.
[19]
Videos are now
played in pop-up windows if their size on the page is smaller than 200 pixels (800 pixels on the English Wikipedia).
[20]
Opening your talk page now marks notifications as read, for wikis using the
Notifications feature. (
bug 47912)
[21].
All autoconfirmed users can now reset
transcoding of video files; previously only administrators could do this.
[22]
The
Nearby feature allows people who use mobile devices to see Wikipedia articles about objects and places around them.
[23]
Future software changes
The
PostEdit feature is now part of MediaWiki, and will work on all wikis. (
bug 48726)
[24]
MediaWiki will now be updated
every week, starting on June 6. Thanks to this, bugs will be fixed and features will be added faster than they are now.
[26]
Hello, Matthew (WMF). Please check your email; you've got mail! It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template.
Support request with team editing experiment project
Dear tech ambassadors, instead of spamming the Village Pump of each Wikipedia about my tiny project proposal for researching team editing (see here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Research_team_editing), I have decided to leave to your own discretion if the matter is relevant enough to inform a wider audience already. I would appreciate if you could appraise if the Wikipedia community you are more familiar with could have interest in testing group editing "on their own grounds" and with their own guidance. In a nutshell: it consists in editing pages as a group instead of as an individual. This social experiment might involve redefining some aspects of the workflow we are all used to, with the hope of creating a more friendly and collaborative environment since editing under a group umbrella creates less social exposure than traditional "individual editing". I send you this message also as a proof that the Inspire Campaign is already gearing up. As said I would appreciate of *you* just a comment on the talk page/endorsement of my
project noting your general perception about the idea. Nothing else. Your contribution helps to shape the future! (which I hope it will be very bright, with colors, and Wikipedia everywhere) Regards from
User:Micru on meta.
Canada report: Branding Toolkit released by the Canadian Museums Association for GLAMs
Finland report: Hundreds of thousands of new photos released
Germany report: The Karl-Preusker-Medal 2020 goes to Wikimedia Deutschland e. V.
Netherlands report: Documentation of workflows for the ingestion of bibliographic data into Wikidata; Wikipedia & Africa: Why contributing to Wikipedia matters
Canada report: Branding Toolkit released by the Canadian Museums Association for GLAMs
Finland report: Hundreds of thousands of new photos released
Germany report: The Karl-Preusker-Medal 2020 goes to Wikimedia Deutschland e. V.
Netherlands report: Documentation of workflows for the ingestion of bibliographic data into Wikidata; Wikipedia & Africa: Why contributing to Wikipedia matters