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Recent changes
- Special:NewPages now has the OOUI look. [1]
Problems
- The MediaWiki version that was released two weeks ago was late to some Wikimedia wikis. This was because of bugs. It was on all wikis 30 July. [2][3]
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 August. It will be on all wikis from 9 August.
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19:39, 6 August 2018 (UTC)
Structured Data feedback - Depicts statements draft requirements
Greetings,
A slide presentation of the draft requirements for depicts statements on file pages is up on Commons. Please visit this page on Commons to review the slides and discuss the draft. Thank you, see you on the talk page. -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 21:20, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
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Message from SH6188
How can I upload a photo and upload in wikipedia! Thanks! --KMB-ATENU139 ※Find me？※My Contributions
- 已了解，打擾了！--KMB-ATENU139 ※Find me？※My Contributions — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zhuyifei1999 (talk • contribs) 15:22, 21 August 2018 (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
- CSS in templates can now be stored in a separate page on all wikis. This is called TemplateStyles. This is to make it easier to edit how templates look. [4]
Changes later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 14 August at 18:30 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 15 August at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- The developers are planning more ways to block users. This could be blocking someone from just a page or a namespace. You can read more. You can leave feedback on the talk page. [5]
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17:52, 13 August 2018 (UTC)
COM:AN
Bidgee (talk) 01:41, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
FlickreviewR PDM
.jpg&diff=next&oldid=314721302){kind=link}
A file tagged as PD-author, Flickreview requested and passed. It would certainly be interesting to discuss accepting Flickr PDM as PD-author (which was clearly the intention in this case anyway), but this is not how we currently deal with Flickr PDM. - Alexis Jazz ping plz 05:11, 16 August 2018 (UTC)
- It worked that way, until this happened. How about this: pass with {{PD-Layout}} unless {{PD-Author}} is also transcluded? --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 07:24, 16 August 2018 (UTC)
- @Alexis Jazz: --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 13:02, 16 August 2018 (UTC)
- That sounds sane. - Alexis Jazz ping plz 13:14, 16 August 2018 (UTC)
- Also, check for {{PD-self}}, just in case. - Alexis Jazz ping plz 13:16, 16 August 2018 (UTC)
Done [6]. @Alexis Jazz: Could you test it? --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 13:47, 16 August 2018 (UTC)
.jpg){kind=link}
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 21 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 August. It will be on all wikis from 23 August (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 22 August at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- The 2018 Community Wishlist Survey begins on 29 October. The survey decides what the Community Tech team will work on. You can post proposals from 29 October to 11 November. You can vote on proposals from 16 November to 30 November.
- Legacy JavaScript global variables have been deprecated for seven years. They will soon be removed from all wikis. Gadgets and scripts that use them will stop working. You can test your community's gadgets on "group0" wikis. For example Test Wikipedia or mediawiki.org. The legacy JavaScript global variables are already disabled there. You can read the migration guide to fix old scripts. [7]
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16:46, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
Annonce pour émission "Les Témoins d'Outre-Mer" sur France Ô
Dans le cadre de l’émission quotidienne « Les Témoins d’Outre-Mer » diffusée sur France Ô, nous souhaitons nous intéresser aux photographes et à leurs œuvres lors du concours photo organisé par Wikimédia France.
Nous souhaitons vous donner la parole pour nous raconter leurs histoires ! Si vous êtes intéressés, veuillez envoyer un mail à cette adresse : s.zabbah@edentv.fr, en y ajoutant vos coordonnées, votre photo en pièce-jointe et un résumé de votre photo en 10 lignes (date et lieu de la prise, les raisons du choix de cette photo, quelles circonstances etc…)
Nous vous attendons nombreux !
Sébastien Zabbah, journaliste-rédacteur pour « Les Témoins d’Outre-Mer — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zhuyifei1999 (talk • contribs) 19:45, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
Right link for Flickr images
Hi, I've inserted the right links for this one, this one and this one. Are the files may be use with right way now ? Cheers, --Ruyblas13 (talk) 14:18, 21 August 2018 (UTC).
Just want my photos be delated
Just want my all photos be delated from wikipedia and wikimedia because to much problem, to many people writing to me but I am a new user And I dont know yet what to do with them photos. I just put them with some mistakes.(Poicale (talk) 06:31, 22 August 2018 (UTC))
- Done deleted. --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 07:04, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
Hi, there, I noticed that you made the last edit there. I think this should be converted to using {{Mbox}} so the text will be shown at regular size. The current "fine print" may be rather difficult to read. De728631 (talk) 14:31, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
- I'm not sure about this myself. {{Mbox}} has a very different style and I don't think I saw any of Template:Mbox#Examples being used on user talk pages. --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 16:01, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
- Ok. But the font size in the message section of Discussion-notice should be increased. I can't figure out how to do this in the current version, so do you know where this is controlled? De728631 (talk) 12:21, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
- I think it's just the font-size CSS property. Why do you think the font should be enlarged? --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 12:38, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
- The question should rather be: "Why is the message part set in a font that is much smaller than the default font size on this Wiki?" The inter-language links are always this small in templates, so that is not an issue, but the message, i.e. the main part of the template should come across as any usual text on a talk page. This is a notification for users that they are subject to a potentially contentious discussion, so there should be no fine print for the notification. De728631 (talk) 16:00, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
- Actually, this change did the trick for text using the Latin alphabet. Strangely other alphabets like Bengali or Cyrillic cannot be enlarged by this parameter. De728631 (talk) 16:36, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
- That's weird. On my end I don't see the template having small fonts. --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 16:39, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
- Huh, this is weird. Apparently, this whole font size problem seems to be a Firefox issue. E.g. when I load Template:Discussion-notice/ml in MS Edge, the font size is just as it should be, but Firefox shows it like in
<small>tags. *confused* De728631 (talk) 16:52, 23 August 2018 (UTC)- I use firefox too :). Could it be an issue related to display language? --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 16:53, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
- I don't think so. I didn't change the display language for MS Edge, and it doesn't matter if I use English or German for display in FF. De728631 (talk) 16:59, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
- See also File:Screenshot ENWP List of ISO 639-1 codes.png for an example of what I'm getting in Firefox. De728631 (talk) 17:13, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
- This seems to be related to the Wikimedia skin. I'm still using MonoBook for convenience, but after changing to Vector, the fonts are now more or less equally sized. On the other hand, I really don't like te layout. I might report this at Phab. De728631 (talk) 17:21, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
- I use Vector usually, but I don't see a difference in size between the text in the template and the text outside even if I change my skin to Monobook --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 17:25, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
- What happens when you increase the default font size in your Firefox settings? I'm using 17 points. De728631 (talk) 17:44, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
- I'm using 16. Let me check --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 17:45, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
- I see, If I increase the size to something like 18 that old es template do not respond to the change. Looking at the CSS only
.mw-body-content { font-size: 0.875em }is relevant. Then I see the emptylang="". If either that attribute is removed, or that attribute is "es", then everything's fine. I guess it's just incorrect usage of {{Lang}} causing broken html triggering undefined behavior then. --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 17:54, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
- What happens when you increase the default font size in your Firefox settings? I'm using 17 points. De728631 (talk) 17:44, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
- I use Vector usually, but I don't see a difference in size between the text in the template and the text outside even if I change my skin to Monobook --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 17:25, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
- This seems to be related to the Wikimedia skin. I'm still using MonoBook for convenience, but after changing to Vector, the fonts are now more or less equally sized. On the other hand, I really don't like te layout. I might report this at Phab. De728631 (talk) 17:21, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
- I use firefox too :). Could it be an issue related to display language? --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 16:53, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
- Huh, this is weird. Apparently, this whole font size problem seems to be a Firefox issue. E.g. when I load Template:Discussion-notice/ml in MS Edge, the font size is just as it should be, but Firefox shows it like in
- That's weird. On my end I don't see the template having small fonts. --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 16:39, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
- Actually, this change did the trick for text using the Latin alphabet. Strangely other alphabets like Bengali or Cyrillic cannot be enlarged by this parameter. De728631 (talk) 16:36, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
- The question should rather be: "Why is the message part set in a font that is much smaller than the default font size on this Wiki?" The inter-language links are always this small in templates, so that is not an issue, but the message, i.e. the main part of the template should come across as any usual text on a talk page. This is a notification for users that they are subject to a potentially contentious discussion, so there should be no fine print for the notification. De728631 (talk) 16:00, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
- I think it's just the font-size CSS property. Why do you think the font should be enlarged? --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 12:38, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
- Ok. But the font size in the message section of Discussion-notice should be increased. I can't figure out how to do this in the current version, so do you know where this is controlled? De728631 (talk) 12:21, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
Well, it's not just the template but the general Wiki-appearance that is bugged. Did you have a look at the screenshot link I posted above? See the interwiki languages on the left and the 3rd column of the list article. De728631 (talk) 17:57, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
- I would blame language support. From what I see at 20, if lang="ilo" the computed font-size is 12px, but if lang="is" then it is 15px. Both have their original CSS attribute set at 0.75em --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 18:03, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
- Afaik, the individual Wikipedias don't have any language support but display their default language?! So where at List of ISO 639-1 codes did you switch to Icelandic? De728631 (talk) 18:09, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
- I mean, language support in browser / system. --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 18:16, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
- Ah, I see, and it looks like you are right. In my Firefox settings the default language for website display was German. I switched it to English and now at least the font sizes in Wikipedia are alright, but I'm still seeing Template:Discussion-notice/scn in small print. De728631 (talk) 18:29, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
- Idk... scn behaves like ilo instead of is --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 18:35, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
- @De728631: After skimming through https://manishearth.github.io/blog/2017/08/10/font-size-an-unexpectedly-complex-css-property/ I think I know why. This is some per-language base font-size. If you go to "Advanced..." in the "Fonts & Colors" preferences you'll see the configuration for all sorts of writing systems. scn seems part of the "Other Writing Systems" type so if you want the base font size to be increased for scn, you gotta increase the base font size for "Other Writing Systems". The default font size selector only applies to what Firefox consider as Latin-based --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 19:14, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
- Wow, thanks for digging this out. Actually this part of Firefox sucks because you have to adjust any possible writing system individually, e.g. Greek, Cyrillic, Kannada, Thai and whatnot. They definitely need a menu item for "All Writing Systems".
De728631 (talk) 20:11, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
- Wow, thanks for digging this out. Actually this part of Firefox sucks because you have to adjust any possible writing system individually, e.g. Greek, Cyrillic, Kannada, Thai and whatnot. They definitely need a menu item for "All Writing Systems".
- Ah, I see, and it looks like you are right. In my Firefox settings the default language for website display was German. I switched it to English and now at least the font sizes in Wikipedia are alright, but I'm still seeing Template:Discussion-notice/scn in small print. De728631 (talk) 18:29, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
- I mean, language support in browser / system. --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 18:16, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
- Afaik, the individual Wikipedias don't have any language support but display their default language?! So where at List of ISO 639-1 codes did you switch to Icelandic? De728631 (talk) 18:09, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
FlickreviewR 2
I think FlickreviewR 2 dozed off again. - Alexis Jazz ping plz 04:39, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
- Either you fixed it or I unbroke it. - Alexis Jazz ping plz 04:44, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
- I'll look after I get off this aircraft. For some reason I can't ssh with in-flight WiFi --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 09:31, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
stderr:
[2018-08-24 01:36:15] File sizes do not match. Commons: 1113817; Flickr: 751556
[Fri Aug 24 01:50:13 2018] there is a job named 'flr' already active
[Fri Aug 24 02:10:16 2018] there is a job named 'flr' already active
[Fri Aug 24 02:30:25 2018] there is a job named 'flr' already active
[Fri Aug 24 02:50:18 2018] there is a job named 'flr' already active
[2018-08-24 02:59:37] EditError editing File:Starr-150327-0448-Lobularia maritima-lots of Petrel burrows and Laysan Albatrosses-Bart Hill Sand
Island-Midway Atoll (24900514669).jpg
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/data/project/yifeibot/o/toolserver/bryan/flickr/bots/flickreviewr.py", line 81, in run
self.post_result(image, review_result, data)
File "/data/project/yifeibot/o/toolserver/bryan/flickr/bots/flickreviewr.py", line 397, in post_result
page.save(text, summary = summary)
File "/data/project/yifeibot/o/toolserver/bryan/flickr/shared/mwclient/page.py", line 225, in save
self.handle_edit_error(e, summary)
File "/data/project/yifeibot/o/toolserver/bryan/flickr/shared/mwclient/page.py", line 237, in handle_edit_error
raise mwclient.errors.EditError(self, summary, e.info)
EditError: (<Image object 'File:Starr-150327-0448-Lobularia maritima-lots of Petrel burrows and Laysan Albatrosses-Bart Hill Sand Island-Midwa
y Atoll (24900514669).jpg' for <Site object 'commons.wikimedia.org/w/'>>, u'[[User:FlickreviewR 2|FlickreviewR 2]]: passed cc-by-2.0', u'Edit
conflict: $1')
[Fri Aug 24 03:10:21 2018] there is a job named 'flr' already active
[Fri Aug 24 03:30:24 2018] there is a job named 'flr' already active
[Fri Aug 24 03:50:12 2018] there is a job named 'flr' already active
[2018-08-24 03:52:31] Exception reviewing image File:Starr-150329-0319-Casuarina equisetifolia-sunset and Laysan Albatrosses-North Beach Sand
Island-Midway Atoll (24974834000).jpg
[Fri Aug 24 04:10:14 2018] there is a job named 'flr' already active
[Fri Aug 24 04:30:21 2018] there is a job named 'flr' already active
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/data/project/yifeibot/o/toolserver/bryan/flickr/bots/flickreviewr.py", line 427, in <module>
fr.run()
File "/data/project/yifeibot/o/toolserver/bryan/flickr/bots/flickreviewr.py", line 78, in run
review_result, data = self.review(image)
File "/data/project/yifeibot/o/toolserver/bryan/flickr/bots/flickreviewr.py", line 151, in review
flickr_file = self.get_flickr_image(size, int(imageinfo['size']), flickr_image)
File "/data/project/yifeibot/o/toolserver/bryan/flickr/bots/flickreviewr.py", line 316, in get_flickr_image
return requests.get(location, stream=True)
File "/data/project/yifeibot/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/requests/api.py", line 72, in get
return request('get', url, params=params, **kwargs)
File "/data/project/yifeibot/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/requests/api.py", line 58, in request
return session.request(method=method, url=url, **kwargs)
File "/data/project/yifeibot/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/requests/sessions.py", line 502, in request
resp = self.send(prep, **send_kwargs)
File "/data/project/yifeibot/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/requests/sessions.py", line 612, in send
r = adapter.send(request, **kwargs)
File "/data/project/yifeibot/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/requests/adapters.py", line 514, in send
raise SSLError(e, request=request)
requests.exceptions.SSLError: bad handshake: SysCallError(-1, 'Unexpected EOF')
[2018-08-24 04:42:47] File sizes do not match. Commons: 1374030; Flickr: 1378358
stdout:
[2018-08-24 03:48:42] * [[:File:Starr-150329-0310-Scaevola taccada-sunset and Laysan Albatrosses-North Beach Sand Island-Midway Atoll (24639791044).jpg]] passed cc-by-2.0 [2018-08-24 03:48:47] * [[:File:Starr-150329-0312-Scaevola taccada-sunset and Laysan Albatrosses-North Beach Sand Island-Midway Atoll (25177277001).jpg]] passed cc-by-2.0 [2018-08-24 03:48:55] * [[:File:Starr-150329-0314-Scaevola taccada-sunset and Laysan Albatrosses-North Beach Sand Island-Midway Atoll (24902748299).jpg]] passed cc-by-2.0 [2018-08-24 03:49:05] * [[:File:Starr-150329-0317-Scaevola taccada-sunset and Laysan Albatrosses-North Beach Sand Island-Midway Atoll (24974830510).jpg]] passed cc-by-2.0 [2018-08-24 03:49:08] * [[:File:Starr-150329-0318-Casuarina equisetifolia-sunset and Laysan Albatrosses-North Beach Sand Island-Midway Atoll (24643638453).jpg]] passed cc-by-2.0 [2018-08-24 04:42:47] * [[:File:Al Sadd Plaza and Al Fardan Plaza in Doha.jpg]] passed cc-by-sa-2.0 [2018-08-24 04:42:49] * [[:File:Ashley C. Ford.png]] passed cc-by-2.0 [2018-08-24 04:42:52] * [[:File:Centrepoint Mall in Al Sadd.jpg]] passed cc-by-sa-2.0 [2018-08-24 04:42:54] * [[:File:Croatie2015-036 (23158141652).jpg]] passed cc-by-sa-2.0 [2018-08-24 04:42:56] * [[:File:DSC09157 (42725156314).jpg]] passed cc-by-sa-2.0
This is creepy. --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 19:31, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
template:lang on commons
Hi, Zhuyifei. It looks lile your last changes on emplate:Lang broken something on commons, now, when i write
, it add carriage returns in rendering (as example : File:Mengchong.png). This is not the standard behavior in other wikis and until now in commons, it could break lot of pages. Perhaps, should I add some tags now ?Popolon (talk) 12:27, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
- Use
|tag=span. Yes many things were broken, but more things would be broken if it wasn't done. --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 13:22, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
Embedded data warning
Hi, I noticed that Embedded Data Bot added warning messages to "File:En-us-colonelcy.flac" and "File:En-us-zowerswopped.flac". The sound files sound all right, and I'd like to use them in the English Wiktionary – do they really need to be deleted? Can the problem with the files (if there is one) be fixed in some way? Thanks. — SGconlaw (talk) 10:17, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
- FLAC container format is a difficult one. For now just ignore the boxes. --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 13:44, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
- OK, thanks. — SGconlaw (talk) 16:47, 27 August 2018 (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
- You can now see moved paragraphs in diffs in the mobile view. It also works on all languages in the desktop view. [8]
- Bureaucrats on all Wikimedia wikis can now remove the interface admin user right. [9]
Problems
- Some diffs show lines in the wrong order. The developers are working on fixing it. [10]
Changes later this week
- The message you see when you thank a user will change. This is to make it easier to understand. [11]
- AWB will stop adding
using AWBin the edit summary. Instead it will add a tag that saysAWB. [12] - Some abuse filter variables have changed. They are now easier to understand for non-experts. The old variables will still work but filter editors are encouraged to replace them with the new ones. You can find the list of changed variables on mediawiki.org. They have a note which says
Deprecated. Use ... instead. An example isarticle_textwhich is nowpage_title. [13] - Abuse filters can now use how old a page is. The variable is
page_age. [14] - The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 August. It will be on all wikis from 30 August (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 28 August at 18:30 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 29 August at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Because of a data centre test you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for up to an hour on 12 September and 10 October. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time. The time when you can't edit might be shorter than an hour. You can read more about this.
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16:15, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
Timeless Newsletter • Issue 2
The second issue of the Timeless newsletter is out.
The news: Themes are coming to Timeless! Your infobox and navbox templates in particular are probably going to look absolutely horrible in the new built-in night mode.
For more information, background, plans and progress updates, please see the full issue on Meta, complete with a ridiculous list of phabricator task links, gratuitous mention of other skins, and me complaining about the current state of MediaWiki skinning in general.
Request for assistance
Hello. I uploaded an edited version[15] of another image. The license on the original was adequate,[16] but apparently my attempt triggered your bot. Can you tell me how to correct that? Many thanks, Kablammo (talk) 18:31, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
![[15]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:L%27immortalitie,_d%27après_Jean-Pierre_Cortot.png){kind=link}
![[16]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:La_Victoire,_dite_aussi_l%27Immortalité_(Louvre,_RF_85).jpg){kind=link}
- I removed that {{Flickreview}}. DWs don't need to be reviewed again if the originals are already reviewed IMO. --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 19:48, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
Messages from HutheMeow
Issue notice
I have signed the signature that you asked me to sign, but I notice a issue, which I apologise for. — Preceding unsigned comment added by HutheMeow (talk • contribs) 06:01, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
Issue again
The same thing that I mentioned happened again, I apologise for that, I dont get whats going on Template:HutheMeow
Mistake
I have written stuff on your talk page by mistake, so sorry about that. HutheMeow (talk) 09:03, 2 September 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by HutheMeow (talk • contribs) 10:31, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
Signage repetition
Why do I keep on having to sign comments over and over again HutheMeow (talk) 09:03, 2 September 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by HutheMeow (talk • contribs) 10:41, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
- @HutheMeow: See w:WP:SIG. You only have to sign those messages you post. --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 02:48, 2 September 2018 (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
- There is a new user right for users who can edit CSS and JavaScript for the entire wiki. Before this all admins could edit CSS and JavaScript. This was a security risk. This group is called interface administrators. Administrators can delete user CSS and JavaScript pages. [17][18]
- There will be an A/B test on the Wikipedia mobile website. It starts this week. It tests how we show templates that show information about an article. The test will last two weeks. [19][20]
- You can now use different CSS rules for different skins when you edit templates. This is because of TemplateStyles. [21]
wp10in ORES is now calledarticlequality. [22]- When you get a new message on your talk page you get a yellow message in the toolbar. The preference to show or not show this has been removed. [23]
Problems
- UploadWizard had problems with campaigns. Users could not upload files. This has now been fixed. [24]
- You can get a notification when a link is made to a page you created. This has not worked since June. It was fixed last week. [25]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 4 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 5 September. It will be on all wikis from 6 September (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 5 September at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- The Wikimedia Foundation Readers department will work on advanced mobile editing. You can read more about this and other things they plan to work on over the next year. You can also see the presentation.
- The RelatedSites extension will be removed from Wikivoyage.
- Unused projects on the Wikimedia Cloud virtual private server will be removed. This will happen in October. Projects can be marked if they are being used. [26]
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16:47, 3 September 2018 (UTC)