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format
configuration on how to save it. You can now change the format in
more powerful ways if your wiki wants it.
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ccnorm_contains_any
when you create an abuse filter. This can be used to look for multiple words or phrases within a string. It will find words where some characters have been replaced. You can read more
in the documentation.
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https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Википедия#.D0.98.D1.81.D1.82.D0.BE.D1.80.D0.B8.D1.8F
instead of
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Википедия#История
. This will soon be fixed. Old links will still work.
[12]
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18:45, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
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19:19, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
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get_matches
. You can use it to store matches from regular expressions – one of each capturing group. You can read more
in Phabricator.Problems
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http://-{zh-cn:foo.com; zh-hk:bar.com; zh-tw:baz.com}-
must be replaced. You will have to write -{zh-cn: http://foo.com ; zh-hk: http://bar.com ; zh-tw:http://baz.com }-
instead. This only affects languages with Language Converter enabled. Examples of such languages are Chinese and Serbian. This will happen next week.
[22]
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19:19, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
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17:51, 4 December 2017 (UTC)
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https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Википедия#.D0.98.D1.81.D1.82.D0.BE.D1.80.D0.B8.D1.8F
instead of
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Википедия#История
. This has now been fixed on all wikis. Old links will still work.
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17:58, 11 December 2017 (UTC)
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15:27, 18 December 2017 (UTC)
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#R%C3%A9sum%C3%A9
instead of #Résumé
even if MediaWiki did not encode it that way. This happened in early December. This problem has been solved. The fix will be in Chrome 64 (23 January) or Chrome 65 (6 March).
[48]Changes later this week
ext.wikiEditor
. All the other modules are now deprecated aliases and should be removed.
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16:19, 8 January 2018 (UTC)
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18:45, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
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irc.wikimedia.org
will be rebooted on 22 February. Some bots use this to get the recent changes feed. They need to be able to reconnect automatically or they will not work until they have been fixed. Most bots can reconnect automatically.
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23:56, 22 January 2018 (UTC)
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17:07, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
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gallery widths="150px"
. You could use em
or %
instead of px
but it would make no difference. You can now only use 150px
or nothing (150
). If you write something else, instead of treating it like px
, it will not work.
[70]Yes
or No
it will say Thank
and Cancel
. It will also be easier to understand that all thanks are public.
[71]Meetings
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20:51, 5 February 2018 (UTC)
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{{reflist}}
, would not get updated as you edited. Now they will update as you edit, but you will no longer be able to visually edit them as templates.
[79]contains_all
that you may use to check if one or more strings are all contained in another given string.
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21:59, 12 February 2018 (UTC)
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{{sfn}}
are not visible in the references list whilst editing.
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22:55, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
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19:52, 26 February 2018 (UTC)
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17:12, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
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15:03, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
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20:04, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
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.json
will now be protected from other people editing them, like .js
and .css
pages already are. If you have a tool that stores static configuration, you can now use a subpage like User:Example/mygadget.json
to do this without concerns.
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19:28, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
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Recent changes
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rollback
and the undo
tag on the recent changes page and other pages where you see tags. This has now been fixed.
[143]Changes later this week
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18:09, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
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===
and !==
) will be affected leaving the values unchanged.
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15:21, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
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Archive 5 | Archive 6 | Archive 7 | Archive 8 | Archive 9 | Archive 10 | → | Archive 13 |
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
format
configuration on how to save it. You can now change the format in
more powerful ways if your wiki wants it.
[1]
[2]Problems
Changes later this week
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15:31, 16 October 2017 (UTC)
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
ccnorm_contains_any
when you create an abuse filter. This can be used to look for multiple words or phrases within a string. It will find words where some characters have been replaced. You can read more
in the documentation.
[7]Changes later this week
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18:18, 23 October 2017 (UTC)
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00:20, 31 October 2017 (UTC)
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https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Википедия#.D0.98.D1.81.D1.82.D0.BE.D1.80.D0.B8.D1.8F
instead of
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Википедия#История
. This will soon be fixed. Old links will still work.
[12]
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18:45, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
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19:19, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
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Recent changes
get_matches
. You can use it to store matches from regular expressions – one of each capturing group. You can read more
in Phabricator.Problems
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Meetings
Future changes
http://-{zh-cn:foo.com; zh-hk:bar.com; zh-tw:baz.com}-
must be replaced. You will have to write -{zh-cn: http://foo.com ; zh-hk: http://bar.com ; zh-tw:http://baz.com }-
instead. This only affects languages with Language Converter enabled. Examples of such languages are Chinese and Serbian. This will happen next week.
[22]
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19:19, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
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https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Википедия#.D0.98.D1.81.D1.82.D0.BE.D1.80.D0.B8.D1.8F
instead of
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Википедия#История
. This has now been fixed on all wikis. Old links will still work.
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17:58, 11 December 2017 (UTC)
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15:27, 18 December 2017 (UTC)
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Recent changes
Problems
#R%C3%A9sum%C3%A9
instead of #Résumé
even if MediaWiki did not encode it that way. This happened in early December. This problem has been solved. The fix will be in Chrome 64 (23 January) or Chrome 65 (6 March).
[48]Changes later this week
ext.wikiEditor
. All the other modules are now deprecated aliases and should be removed.
[53]Meetings
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16:19, 8 January 2018 (UTC)
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18:45, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
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irc.wikimedia.org
will be rebooted on 22 February. Some bots use this to get the recent changes feed. They need to be able to reconnect automatically or they will not work until they have been fixed. Most bots can reconnect automatically.
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23:56, 22 January 2018 (UTC)
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17:07, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
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gallery widths="150px"
. You could use em
or %
instead of px
but it would make no difference. You can now only use 150px
or nothing (150
). If you write something else, instead of treating it like px
, it will not work.
[70]Yes
or No
it will say Thank
and Cancel
. It will also be easier to understand that all thanks are public.
[71]Meetings
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20:51, 5 February 2018 (UTC)
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{{reflist}}
, would not get updated as you edited. Now they will update as you edit, but you will no longer be able to visually edit them as templates.
[79]contains_all
that you may use to check if one or more strings are all contained in another given string.
[80]Meetings
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21:59, 12 February 2018 (UTC)
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{{sfn}}
are not visible in the references list whilst editing.
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22:55, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
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20:04, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
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.json
will now be protected from other people editing them, like .js
and .css
pages already are. If you have a tool that stores static configuration, you can now use a subpage like User:Example/mygadget.json
to do this without concerns.
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19:28, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
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Recent changes
Problems
rollback
and the undo
tag on the recent changes page and other pages where you see tags. This has now been fixed.
[143]Changes later this week
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18:09, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
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===
and !==
) will be affected leaving the values unchanged.
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15:21, 16 April 2018 (UTC)