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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent software changes
The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf19) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on March 20. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on March 25, and all Wikipedia wikis on March 27 (calendar).
VisualEditor news
You can now double-click or press the ↲ Enter key on an image or template to change its settings. [1][2]
Pages that don't exist will now show as red links in the edit mode. [3]
You will no longer be able to try to use VisualEditor on pages translated using the Translate extension, and you will see a warning if you try to edit pages marked for translation. [4]
You will now see a full warning, including the most recent log entry, when you try to edit protected pages with VisualEditor. [5]
Future software changes
Typography Refresh will be enabled for test wiki and MediaWiki.org users who use the Vector skin on March 27. For users on non-Wikipedia wikis, it will be enabled on April 1, and for Wikipedia users on April 3. If you don't use Vector as your skin, you will not be affected.
You will be able to use the Hovercards tool as a beta feature on all wikis from March 26.
You will soon be able to include the Whatlinkshere special page in other pages. [6][7]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent software changes
The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf20) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on March 27. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on April 1, and all Wikipedia wikis on April 3 (calendar).
Typography Refresh was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on March 27. You'll only see it if you use the Vector skin. For users on non-Wikipedia wikis, it will be enabled on April 1, and for Wikipedia users on April 3.
CirrusSearch, the new search tool, was enabled as a beta feature on over 30 new wikis on March 27. [8][9]
VisualEditor news
Blocked users now see the same messages in VisualEditor as in the wikitext editor. [10][11]
The search box for re-using a reference in VisualEditor is now cleared after each use. [12]
New links on sub-pages no longer point to the wrong location in VisualEditor. [13]
VisualEditor's media dialog no longer breaks when opening some types of images. [14]
Future software changes
You will not be able to use the Wikitech wiki for a short period around 16:00 UTC on April 1 due to a server change. [15]
CirrusSearch will become the main search engine for all non-Wikipedia wikis except Commons, Meta and Incubator on April 2.
You will soon be able to use a new special page listing duplicate files. [16]
Deleting a version of a file or a version of its description page will soon be shown differently in the logs. [17]
Hello,Wikipedia,I am back
My name is Miss Alison Weir.I am born in 1951.I am famous author.I am famous.I am not hoax,or liar,and I was not last time.I am true!Please believe me!I would like to edit my article,but has been protected,eh?Please can you unprotect it as soon as can.Thank you,Miss Alison — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.151.208.181 (talk) 09:07, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi there! I am not an administrator, so can not add or remove protection from pages. If you wish for the page to be protected, the correct place to request it is at WP:RFPP, or contact the administrator who added the protection to the page. --Mdann52talk to me!10:03, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
Me too. You still have things to polish and to work on, but in due course, you will be okay. And yes, I'd also recommend to wait a year (I did so for my third RfA and it turned out well). → Call meHahc2120:13, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
Well done on accepting the nomination in the first place. I expect you'll be able to get plenty more experience over the coming months, and I won't be surprised to see you back with a successful request in 12 months or less. -- Trevj (talk · contribs) 03:53, 28 March 2014 (UTC)
Maybe getting rid of the "READ BEFORE POSTING!!: bugger off and don't post here unless you've read my rules" header might help. It seems to betray an attitude, to some, who prefer a more welcoming talkpage header. I'm sure you mean well, but it's easily misinterpreted as potentially assuming bad faith. Just a thought, and good luck next time... Begoontalk18:49, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
Thank you, it looks much better now, and I pay no heed to edit summaries - nor will future voters. That will help, I'm sure. Let me know if you run again, please, it's likely I'd support now. Begoontalk18:24, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
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Recent software changes
The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf21) was scheduled to be deployed to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on April 3, however it was temporarily put on hold due to localization issues. (calendar).
Typography Refresh was enabled on non-Wikipedia wikis on April 1, and on all Wikipedias on April 3. You'll only see it if you use the Vector skin.
CirrusSearch was enabled as the primary search method on over 400 non-Wikipedia wikis on April 2. [18]
Future software changes
A new special page (Special:TrackingCategories) will soon list all the tracking categories on a wiki. [19][20]
All Wikiquote projects will start using language links from Wikidata on April 8. [21]
The Hovercards feature will soon work with right-to-left languages. [22][23]
You will soon be able to download files directly from MediaViewer, the new multimedia tool. [24]
MediaViewer will be enabled for all users on MediaWiki.org on April 10. Comments are welcome.
You can help check that users can read CAPTCHAs in your language. [25]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
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Recent software changes
The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf22) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on April 10. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on April 15, and all Wikipedias on April 17 (calendar).
MediaViewer was enabled for all users on MediaWiki.org on April 10. It will be enabled for all users on the Catalan (ca), Hungarian (hu) and Korean (ko) Wikipedias and English Wikivoyage on April 17. Comments are welcome. [26][27][28]
You will now see only three options when you try to add a template parameter in VisualEditor; you will see other options after a click. [31]
The size changing controls in VisualEditor media editing dialog were simplified further.
The wikitext editor tab will now fold into a drop-down menu in the Vector skin if there is not enough space on your screen. [32][33]
Future software changes
The font used for body text on Wikimedia wikis will change to your system default sans-serif font. This temporary change will be enabled on all non-Wikipedia wikis on April 15, and on all Wikipedias on April 17. [34][35]
Files from Commons seen on another wiki will soon have a tab saying "View on Wikimedia Commons". The create tab will change to "Add local description" (see screenshot). [36]
An IRC discussion with the Wikimedia Foundation Multimedia team will take place on April 16 at 18:00 UTC on the channel #wikimedia-office on Freenode (time conversion). [46]
Problems
Wikimedia Foundation servers were updated after a security bug called Heartbleed was discovered last week. You should change your password as an extra precaution. [47]
@Davidjonesmartin: As it was over a year ago, and in response to a help request, I am not the best person to ask on the matter. I would recommend following the steps at WP:DR if there is a conflict over whether it should be included. --Mdann52talk to me!19:16, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
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Recent software changes
The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf1) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on April 17. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on April 22, and all Wikipedias on April 24 (calendar).
CirrusSearch was enabled as a beta feature on 27 new wikis on April 18. [49][50]
Problems with various fonts in SVG files were fixed last week. Files that use DejaVu Sans Condensed, DejaVu Serif Condensed, DejaVu Sans Light, Kochi Gothic and Kochi Mincho fonts now show correctly. [51][52][53][54]
The page view statistics site developed by Henrik (stats.grok.se) should now work faster. [55]
You can read a summary of the Wikimedia technical report for March 2014. [56]
VisualEditor news
If you try to add a category which redirects to another category, VisualEditor will now suggest adding the target category directly. [57][58]
VisualEditor tabs will no longer appear on Education Program pages. [59][60]
You can now use VisualEditor on Meta-Wiki and the French Wikinews by enabling it in your preferences. [61][62][63]
Future software changes
MediaViewer will be enabled for all users on the Czech (cs), Estonian (et), Finnish (fi), Hebrew (he), Polish (pl), Romanian (ro), Slovak (sk), Thai (th) and Vietnamese (vi) Wikipedias on April 24. Feedback is welcome. [64]
Edits by anonymous users will now be marked with a new CSS class (mw-anonuserlink). This way, you can easily make those edits use a different color, font or background. [65][66]
The user preference to remember login will soon be removed from all wikis. The edit review preferences will be moved to the recent changes tab, and the preference for the WikiLove tool will be moved to the editing tab. [67][68][69][70]
You will soon be able to give parameters to preloaded templates. [71][72]
You will soon be able to use CodeEditor in read-only mode on pages that you cannot edit. [73][74]
An IRC discussion about Phabricator will take place on April 22 at 03:30 AM UTC on the channel #wikimedia-office on freenode (time conversion). [76]
Problems
For about 40 minutes on April 17, there were problems with page loading due to high server load.
There is a problem with the rendering of formulas with MathJax. If you enabled MathJax in your preferences, you might need to turn it off and on again. [77]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent software changes
The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf2) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on April 24. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on April 29, and all Wikipedias on May 1 (calendar).
You can now use interwiki prefix c: to link to pages on Wikimedia Commons. [78]
VisualEditor news
You will soon be able to set content language and direction with VisualEditor. [79]
VisualEditor now works on all Wikipedias after broken MediaWiki:Common.js pages (and similar) were fixed last week. [80]
VisualEditor dialogs now use an animation of moving lines rather than animated GIF images.
Future software changes
CirrusSearch will be enabled as a beta feature on 41 new wikis, including Meta-Wiki and the Swedish (sv), Russian (ru), Polish (pl), Japanese (ja) and Chinese (zh) Wikipedias next week. This change means that CirrusSearch will now be enabled on all Wikimedia wikis.
MediaViewer will be enabled for all users on the French (fr) and Dutch (nl) Wikipedias on May 1. Feedback is welcome. [81]
The mobile version of Wikimedia wikis will soon include filters to limit the number of uploaded files that are copyright violations. [82]
CodeEditor will soon have a status bar about errors and warnings. [83][84]
You can test a new version of Winter, a proposal to have a fixed toolbar at the top of wiki pages. Comments are welcome. [85]
Problems
For about 30 minutes on April 21, there were problems with image scaling due to a high server load. [86][87]
On April 22, it was not possible to use the Collection extension for about 90 minutes due to a server move. [88][89]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent software changes
The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf3) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on May 1. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on May 6, and all Wikipedias on May 8 (calendar).
The Compact Personal Bar was added as a beta feature to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on May 1. It will be added as a beta feature to non-Wikipedia wikis on May 6, and to all Wikipedias on May 8. To test it, you can enable it now in your preferences on MediaWiki.org. [90]
External links in VisualEditor are now in the same light blue color as in MediaWiki. [92]
The template tool now tells you if a parameter is obsolete. [93]
You can now add "suggested" parameters in TemplateData; VisualEditor will add them like required ones. [94]
There is a new type for TemplateData parameters: wiki-file-name for file names. [95][96]
Editing formulae in VisualEditor will soon be enabled for all users. [97][98]
You will soon be able to try a new beta feature to edit text in another language. [99][100]
Future software changes
MediaViewer will be enabled for all users on the Japanese (ja), Portuguese (pt), Spanish (es), Swedish (sv) and Telugu (te) Wikipedias on May 8. Feedback is welcome. [101]
You can help translate about 100 new language names that have been added to our data source. They are used, for example, as hover text for interwiki links. Send an e-mail to Nemo if you want to help.
If you click on a redirect page in your watchlist, you will soon access the redirect itself. [102][103]
Problems
For about 40 minutes around 00:20 UTC on April 29, there were problems with page loading due to high server load.
I was wondering if you could be my trainer in the CVA (Counter-Vandalism Academy). I have over 600 edit and you have over 11000 edits, and I need to join CVA so I can be a rollbacker. Could you be my trainer?
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent software changes
The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf4) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on May 8. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on May 13, and all Wikipedias on May 15 (calendar).
VisualEditor news
A new citation system in VisualEditor was enabled on the English Wikipedia. It will soon be enabled on more wikis. [104]
Templates that were previously broken in VisualEditor should now appear correctly. [105]
Future software changes
It will soon be possible to move category description pages. Pages in changed categories will still have to be moved independently. [106][107]
I added official web cuz only there are the only truth info,, the info is alredy true but just wanted to add a link more. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.114.94.15 (talk) 19:11, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
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Recent software changes
The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf5) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on May 15. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on May 20, and all Wikipedias on May 22 (calendar).
The jQuery JavaScript library was updated on May 16. Please check that your gadgets and scripts still work. [122][123][124]
MediaViewer was enabled for all users on the Kannada (kn) and Telugu (te) Wikipedias on May 13. It will be enabled on the German (de), English (en), Italian (it) and Russian (ru) Wikipedias and on all Wikisource wikis on May 22. Feedback is welcome. [125][126]
VisualEditor was added as a beta feature to Wikimedia Commons on May 15. You can enable it in your preferences. [127][128]
You can read a summary of the Wikimedia technical report for April 2014.
VisualEditor news
VisualEditor's buttons and icons can now be accessed using keyboard keys. [129][130]
VisualEditor's new citation tool now matches templates like {{cite_web}} and not just {{Cite web}}. [131][132]
VisualEditor's welcome message will no longer be shown to users who have already seen it. [133][134]
VisualEditor now shows a clearer message when you cancel an edit. [135]
The toolbar of the PageTriage extension will no longer be visible inside VisualEditor. [136][137]
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I'm TerryAlex and I'm a newly registered user on Wikipedia, (although) I have also been editing Wikipedia here and there (as an anonymous user) over the years. I am interested in learning about anti-vandalism and I saw you listed yourself as a trainer so just want to know if you can take me in as a student. Thanks.--TerryAlex (talk) 22:28, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
Just read at the top of the page that you are busy. No worries. I'll find a different instructor then. Thanks so much.--TerryAlex (talk) 22:56, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
Can you please advise why you removed the subject's parents names and their occupations? The subject gave an interview that gave this information so it is in the public domain already. (Lw1982 (talk) 22:43, 23 May 2014 (UTC))
Will the endless revisions to this page ever cease? She is obviously English and the parents name situation is flimsy at best. plus I see additional reverts of Mdann52's revisionsThewho515 (talk) 03:01, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
@Lw1982: I would prefer not to give out full details on-wiki, per OTRS policy. Additionally, AFAIK, interviews are not really reliable sources. If you wish for more information, please email me, and I will see what else I can tell you.
If the subject was not happy about this information being known, she would not have given this information in an interview. You cannot cherry pick what info is put on this page especially since it is freely available on another website. (Lw1982 (talk) 07:31, 24 May 2014 (UTC))
@Lw1982:... And you should not go against the policy written at WP:OTRS. If you have issues with my actions, I recommend you follow the procedures there, and not just blindly revert my edits. Unless you have the full story, I highly recommend you do not undo actions based on private evidence. Additionally, as you have got the person who you believed contracted me incorrect, I can conclude you are not aware of the full picture. --Mdann52talk to me!07:39, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
I said the subject was obviously happy for the info to be released into the public domain as she gave an interview to a national newspaper. I did not say the subject contacted you to ask for it to be removed. Although it is interesting that it seems somebody did ask you to remove it. Conflict of interest perhaps? (Lw1982 (talk) 07:55, 24 May 2014 (UTC))
@Lw1982: I have told you all I can. If you are unhappy with my responses to the issue, please follow the procedure at WP:OTRS. Also, please do not edit while logged out; Doing so violates WP:SOCK. As the page has now been protected by Callanecc to prevent violations of the Biographies of Living perrsons policy, please go to the talk page to discuss further changes to the page. --Mdann52talk to me!10:41, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
Mdann Even more edits have taken place on the Lipscomb page. I cant even look at another topic as I get daily even hourly alerts. it is an edit war the Biographies of Living perrsons is clearly violated to the point of sanctions. Callanecc's protection to page was totally ignored. This has taken up everyone's time over what "appears" to be a vendetta by WP:SPA I have become a WP:SPA as these non-stop edits allow me to do nothing else. WP:SOCK has been violated again and again re: blind edit revisions. Will it take WP:DRNThewho515 (talk) 23:17, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
