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November 2013

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Tech News: 2013-47

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New features

• The Beta Features announced before are now available on all Wikimedia wikis. You can test new features easily by changing your Beta preferences. VisualEditor is one of those features on sites where it works and isn't automatically enabled. There is also a new media viewer and changes in the article text style. [1]
• Tools developers can now create tools that use the OAuth protocol to connect to accounts on Wikimedia sites. As a user, you can use those tools to make edits and other changes with your account without giving the tool your password. [2]

Problems

• Wikis that are currently testing CirrusSearch had problems with search results on November 18 from 16:00 to 20:00 UTC.

Future

• There will be no major code changes on the week of November 25 because many developers will be on holiday for Thanksgiving.
• The editing interface of Page: pages on Wikisource (working with the Proofread Page extension) will soon also work without JavaScript. [3]

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06:44, 25 November 2013 (UTC)

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DYK for Daniel Caverzaschi

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1974 Asian Games medal table

Hi. I wrote a message here. Cheers. Ganímedes (talk) 16:34, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

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The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs) 16:48, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Mohan Singh Bisht

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DYK for Mohan Singh Bisht

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:33, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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	Thank you your recent contributions on Wikipedia and for creating Mohan Singh Bisht, which was recently promoted on DYK. Keep up the good work! And make sure to pat someone on the back today! ComputerJA (☎ • ✎) 05:16, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

Muchas gracias! — Bill william compton^Talk 10:00, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

Tech News: 2013-49

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

This newsletter is now posted using MediaWiki message delivery.

New features

• The CommonsMetadata feature was added to all wikis. It creates metadata information about multimedia files (like their license) that can be read automatically by computer programs. It not only works for Commons, but for all wikis, and you can use it for files on your wiki by editing templates used to describe metadata. [4]
• JavaScript code used on Wikimedia sites is now saved locally on your computer to load faster. [5]

VisualEditor

• You can now paste formatted content copied from external sources (not just as plain text) into VisualEditor; this includes copy/pasting from other VisualEditor windows. [6]
• You can now open VisualEditor by adding ?veaction=edit to the page URL, regardless of your user preferences. [7]
• Many bugs have been fixed, and VisualEditor should also look faster, for example when you save a page. [8]

Problems

• Due to issues, the new search tool ("CirrusSearch") was recently removed from wikis where it was enabled, then added again. [9]

Future

• MediaWiki 1.23wmf6 was added to test wikis on December 5. It will arrive to non-Wikipedia wikis on December 10 and all Wikipedia wikis on December 12 (calendar).
• The old Etherpad tool (replaced by a new version) will be removed on December 30, 2013. You can still save old pads before that date using the old address: https://etherpad-old.wikimedia.org. [10]

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08:38, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

AAP addition

Hello, thanks for clarifying and removing the mention of Aam Aadmi Party in the List of recognised political parties in India. As expected, an anon has immediately re-added it. I had unwittingly done something like this some time ago after numerous poorly formatted additions. Would you consider adding a comment in the article and/or posting the reasoning on the talk page, to deter future additions? Sincerely, Ugog Nizdast (talk) 19:46, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

 Done. I'd ask for semi-protection if they don't stop. — Bill william compton^Talk 13:17, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

Tooh (song)

Does the article meets the GA criteria? Soham 16:49, 4 December 2013 (UTC)

Hi Soham, it looks fine to me, but needs thorough copy-editing to reach GA standards. Regards. — Bill william compton^Talk 13:24, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Jai Bhagwan Aggarwal

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DYK for Jai Bhagwan Aggarwal

Gatoclass (talk) 11:37, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

AAP

Saw your note at WP:RFPP. I've added List of recognised political parties in India to my watchlist and will, erm, watch it. Hopefully, the errant AAP stuff will die down a bit when the usual rush of enthusiasm recedes. Though it will start again come the national elections in 2014! - Sitush (talk) 19:52, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

Don't know what they are trying to achieve with all this. But, I'm guessing, coming few months would be eventful. — Bill william compton^Talk 11:53, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Pravesh Verma

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Tech News: 2013-50

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

New features

• You can now see a legend on Special:RecentChanges and Special:Watchlist that explains the symbols used. [11]
• If your wiki is testing the new search tool ("CirrusSearch"), you can now test it by adding "New search" in your Beta features preferences. [12]

VisualEditor

• The toolbar is now simpler; all text styles (bold, italics, underline, subscript, etc.) are in the same menu, and the "More" menu is called "Insert". [13]
• You can now use a basic tool to add special characters to your text. You can add more characters (useful in your language) by editing the MediaWiki interface on translatewiki.net.
• The tool to add and edit mathematical text is now called "formula". [14]

Problems

• There was a problem with the "Create a book" tool (Collection); books could only be exported to PDF format. The change has been undone. [15]
• The log-in system for external tools ("OAuth") was broken on wikis that tested the new search tool. It was fixed last week. [16] [17]
• Because of a bug, this newsletter is delivered to users using the new MediaWiki message delivery, and to community pages using the old EdwardsBot. [18]

Future

• MediaWiki 1.23wmf7 was added to test wikis on December 12. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on December 17 and all Wikipedia wikis on December 19 (calendar).
• You will soon be able to select the language of SVG images that have translations using a drop-down menu on the image page. (see example) [19]
• GLAMToolset, a tool to help GLAM groups (like museums) upload many pictures to Commons, will be added to Commons on December 17. [20]
• A Draft namespace will be added to the English Wikipedia to make it easier to create new pages. You will be able to use VisualEditor for drafts if you have enabled it. [21] [22]

Other

• You can read the summary of the technical report for November 2013 to learn more about VisualEditor, Mobile and other features. [23]

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08:24, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

your revert

to answer yr question, the facebook link fails WP:ELNO; the WN links add nothing that isn't already in the article. [[Demographics of India|India]] is a rather unconventional link for nationality. crores are parochial, and while it can be argued is tolererated under WP:TIES, they are a barrier to commonality and so by using millions obviates the need to explain, link to, or otherwise gloss the unit. rgds, -- Ohc ^¡digame! 11:29, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2013-51

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 (1.23wmf8) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on December 19. It will be enabled on non-Wikipedia wikis on December 31 and on all Wikipedia wikis on January 2, 2014 (calendar).
• You can now test the new search tool ("CirrusSearch") on all Wikisource, Wiktionary and Wikimedia chapter wikis hosted on Foundation servers. Enable "New search" in your Beta features preferences. [24]
• There was a bug where notifications were not sent when the signature of the user leaving the message linked to a translated namespace. The problem was fixed in the software and will soon be fixed on Wikimedia sites. [25] [26]
• You can now use the log-in system for external tools (OAuth) on all Wikimedia wikis that use the unified login. [27]
• If your wiki adds stars or other icons to interwiki links for featured articles in other languages, you may need to change the JavaScript code. [28]
• You can thank other users for their edits even if your browser does not have JavaScript. [29] [30]
• All edits made through Flow, the new discussion system for MediaWiki, are now visible in user's contributions. You can test it on the Flow talk page on MediaWiki.org. [31] [32]
• You can test a visual tool that shows edits made to an article over time. It only works for English Wikipedia pages for now and is slow on long articles. [33]
• You can test the first version of the new mobile Wikipedia app for Android and iOS. [34]
• Translatewiki.net, the site where you can translate the MediaWiki software, now has a new main page for users without an account. [35]

Future software changes

• There will be no technical changes this week (December 23 to December 29) due to end-of-year holidays.
• When someone deletes, restores, uploads, or moves a file on Commons, pages on all wikis that use that file will be refreshed. [36] [37]
• New users will soon have their user and talk pages added to their watchlist as soon as they create an account. [38] [39].
• The new search tool (CirrusSearch) will not show the text of versions of a page that have been hidden. [40] [41]
• You will soon be able to see the raw HTML created by some wikitext by using the Special:ExpandTemplates tool. [42] [43]

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08:22, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2014-01

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Recent software changes

• You can now see the text of DjVu and PDF files in search results on wikis testing the new search tool (CirrusSearch). [44] [45]
• With the new version of the Wikibase DataModel extension, you can install it outside Wikimedia wikis. [46]

VisualEditor news

• Images are now shown inside VisualEditor as HTML5 <figure /> elements. Comments are welcome. [47]
• You can now test a basic version of VisualEditor on mobile devices; see this article as an example.

Problems

• On December 23, Wikimedia Labs was broken for 4 hours due to an NFS problem. [48]

Future software changes

• CirrusSearch will be added as the second search method for Spanish (es), French (fr), Portuguese (pt) and Russian (ru) wikis on December 30. Wikimedia Commons, Wikispecies and Wikinews users will also be able to enable it in their Beta Features options.
• AbuseFilter log entries will be visible in CheckUser tool reports. [49] [50]
• It will soon be possible to search for log entries done by users without an account. [51] [52]
• It will no longer be possible to globally hide users with more than 1,000 edits. [53] [54]

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08:40, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Dharmender Singh

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Welcome to the 2014 WikiCup!

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Hi- just to let you know that a copy-paste problem meant that your submission page wasn't created correctly. It's fixed now. Thanks! J Milburn (talk) 14:35, 1 January 2014 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2014-02

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 (1.23wmf9) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on January 2. It will be enabled on non-Wikipedia wikis on January 7 and on all Wikipedia wikis on January 9 (calendar).
• The old note-taking site (Etherpad) was removed on December 30, 2013. You can see most of the documents on the new site. [55]

Problems

• On January 2, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata and all Wikivoyage projects were broken for 2 hours due to language cache update issues.
• On the same day, it was not possible to edit most wikis for about 30 minutes, due to a database replication problem.

Future software changes

• The new search tool (CirrusSearch) will be added as the default search method for Italian Wikipedia, French Wikisource, Wikidata and all Wikivoyage sites, and as a second search method for the German Wikipedia and all Wikibooks sites on January 6. [56]
• Spanish, French, Portuguese and Russian Wikipedia users will also be able to enable CirrusSearch in their Beta Features options. [57]
• Plural form rules for some languages will be changed. Many translations of the user interface for Belarusian, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian and other languages will need to be changed. [58] [59] [60]
• You will see a warning when you try to delete a page linked to from other pages. [61] [62]
• You will be able to hide redirect pages on the list of protected pages. [63] [64]
• You will be able to use keyboard shortcuts in the Translate tool, by pressing Alt+1 and similar key groups. [65] [66]
• E-mails sent by MediaWiki will include the name of the site in their From: line. You will be able to change this name on your wiki by editing the MediaWiki:Emailsender page. [67] [68]
• Images viewed in the Beta Features media viewer will load faster. [69] [70]

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08:35, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

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