This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the
current talk page.
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
You can use the new
termbox interface if you edit Wikidata on a mobile device. This is to edit labels, descriptions and aliases easier on the mobile pages.
[1]
The
new version of MediaWiki has been deployed during the last week.
The previously announced change of positions of the "Wikidata item" link on all wikis has been rollbacked due to unexpected cache issues.
[2]
The limit for rollbacks has been increased from 10 to 100 rollbacks per minute.
[3]
The advanced version of the edit review pages (Recent Changes, Watchlist, and Related Changes) now include two new filters. These filters are for "All contents" and "All discussions". They will filter the view to just those namespaces. However the "All discussions" filter does not include pseudo talk pages, like discussions that are in the Project: or Wikipedia: namespaces. But it will include changes happening on Project talk: or the Wikipedia talk:.
[4]
Changes later this week
The
new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 3 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 4 September. It will be on all wikis from 5 September (
calendar).
When you log in, the software checks your password to see if it follows the
Password policy. From this week, it will also complain if your password is one of the most common passwords in the world. If your password is not strong enough, please consider to
change your password for a
stronger password.
[5]
Meetings
You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on
4 September at 15:00 (UTC). See
how to join.
Editors using the mobile website on Wikipedia can opt-in to new
advanced features via your settings page. This will give access to more interface links, special pages, and tools.
The advanced version of the edit review pages (recent changes, watchlist, and related changes)
now includes two new filters. These filters are for "All contents" and "All discussions". They will filter the view to just those namespaces.
A
global request for comment is in progress regarding whether a user group should be created that could modify
edit filters across all public Wikimedia wikis.
moveClaim allows you to move or copy claims from one item to another. This is especially useful when splitting items, or creating lots of similar items.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
Seventh birthday of Wikidata: you can start thinking about organizing a meetup in your area to celebrate the birthday, or about a present for the community!
The first draft of
the program of the WikidataCon is now available. The content of the three main session rooms will be live-streamed and recorded for people who cannot participate in the conference.
Because of a database switch, Wikidata will be in read-only more on September 10th at 05:00 UTC, for max. 30min (
phab:T230762)
Recent tool:
@Wikidatabot, a Telegram bot that allows you to search for something on Wikidata from Telegram
New game:
Wikidata Mall, a Telegram management simulation game where content is generated from Wikidata
Wikidata got a high-resolution logo, thanks to
Odder (
phab:T230120)
New monolingual code languages are added, thanks to
Jon Harald Søby: TLI (Tlingit), clc (Tsilhqotʹin), alc (Kawésqar), kld (Gamilaraay), peo (Old Persian)
Fixed a bug in constraint violations indicator that was not showing up sometimes (
phab:T227866)
Make Lua's function mw.wikibase.entityExists return true for redirects (
phab:T192462)
Reviewed and followed up on highlighting statements when using "#P" in URL (
phab:T178745)
Wikidata Bridge: saving the Wikidata edit when submitting (
phab:T226999)
Showing the label for the Property instead of the id (
phab:T227759)
Overcoming a conceptional oversight between mediawiki and standard language codes (
phab:T231833)
This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the
current talk page.
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
You can use the new
termbox interface if you edit Wikidata on a mobile device. This is to edit labels, descriptions and aliases easier on the mobile pages.
[1]
The
new version of MediaWiki has been deployed during the last week.
The previously announced change of positions of the "Wikidata item" link on all wikis has been rollbacked due to unexpected cache issues.
[2]
The limit for rollbacks has been increased from 10 to 100 rollbacks per minute.
[3]
The advanced version of the edit review pages (Recent Changes, Watchlist, and Related Changes) now include two new filters. These filters are for "All contents" and "All discussions". They will filter the view to just those namespaces. However the "All discussions" filter does not include pseudo talk pages, like discussions that are in the Project: or Wikipedia: namespaces. But it will include changes happening on Project talk: or the Wikipedia talk:.
[4]
Changes later this week
The
new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 3 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 4 September. It will be on all wikis from 5 September (
calendar).
When you log in, the software checks your password to see if it follows the
Password policy. From this week, it will also complain if your password is one of the most common passwords in the world. If your password is not strong enough, please consider to
change your password for a
stronger password.
[5]
Meetings
You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on
4 September at 15:00 (UTC). See
how to join.
Editors using the mobile website on Wikipedia can opt-in to new
advanced features via your settings page. This will give access to more interface links, special pages, and tools.
The advanced version of the edit review pages (recent changes, watchlist, and related changes)
now includes two new filters. These filters are for "All contents" and "All discussions". They will filter the view to just those namespaces.
A
global request for comment is in progress regarding whether a user group should be created that could modify
edit filters across all public Wikimedia wikis.
moveClaim allows you to move or copy claims from one item to another. This is especially useful when splitting items, or creating lots of similar items.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
Seventh birthday of Wikidata: you can start thinking about organizing a meetup in your area to celebrate the birthday, or about a present for the community!
The first draft of
the program of the WikidataCon is now available. The content of the three main session rooms will be live-streamed and recorded for people who cannot participate in the conference.
Because of a database switch, Wikidata will be in read-only more on September 10th at 05:00 UTC, for max. 30min (
phab:T230762)
Recent tool:
@Wikidatabot, a Telegram bot that allows you to search for something on Wikidata from Telegram
New game:
Wikidata Mall, a Telegram management simulation game where content is generated from Wikidata
Wikidata got a high-resolution logo, thanks to
Odder (
phab:T230120)
New monolingual code languages are added, thanks to
Jon Harald Søby: TLI (Tlingit), clc (Tsilhqotʹin), alc (Kawésqar), kld (Gamilaraay), peo (Old Persian)
Fixed a bug in constraint violations indicator that was not showing up sometimes (
phab:T227866)
Make Lua's function mw.wikibase.entityExists return true for redirects (
phab:T192462)
Reviewed and followed up on highlighting statements when using "#P" in URL (
phab:T178745)
Wikidata Bridge: saving the Wikidata edit when submitting (
phab:T226999)
Showing the label for the Property instead of the id (
phab:T227759)
Overcoming a conceptional oversight between mediawiki and standard language codes (
phab:T231833)