User talk:OhKayeSierra

Tech News: 2019-41

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

• The abuse filter function now has a faster parser. This is to shorten the waiting time when you save an edit. [1]

Problems

• There is a problem in the visual editor when you copy or delete text with footnotes. It will be fixed soon. [2]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 8 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 9 October. It will be on all wikis from 10 October (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 9 October at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

• The Community Wishlist Survey has a new format. It will focus on wikis that typically get less support. It will probably go back to the normal format next year. It is not decided exactly how it will work this year. You can leave feedback.
• The URL of the Wikimedia wiki main pages could be changed. This is because the current URLs cause several problems. For example https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Main_Page would be https://www.wikidata.org/ instead. You can tell the developers if this would cause problems for your wiki.
• There is a new technical community newsletter. You can read more about the work of Wikimedia's technical community. Subscribe to get the information in the future.
• Outreachy is an internship program for groups who are underrepresented in free and open-source software. There are seven Wikimedia projects about coding, documentation and quality assurance in the next round. Persons who fit the criteria can apply. The last day to apply is 5 November.

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15:36, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

MaxTCC (talk) 20:38, 11 October 2019 (UTC)== MaxTCC ==

MaxTCC disclosure of working for Candid Camera (Peter Funt) has been noted on the Webpage. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MaxTCC (talk • contribs) 20:23, 11 October 2019 (UTC)

Typo?

On your Teahouse host profile, specifically after the wikilink to Theatre, there isn't a period. Since "Please" is capitalized, was this a typo? I thought I should let you know in case it was and you wanted to fix it. Clovermoss (talk) 21:35, 12 October 2019 (UTC)

@Clovermoss: Thanks for the heads-up about my typo! I went ahead and fixed it. That's what I get for editing in the middle of the night. OhKayeSierra (talk) 00:40, 13 October 2019 (UTC)

Tech News: 2019-42

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 use more advanced editing tools on the mobile web. You can turn them on and off in your preferences in the mobile version. [3]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 15 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 16 October. It will be on all wikis from 17 October (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 16 October at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

• Internet Explorer 6 and 7 are no longer supported. This means the browsers might start looking a bit weird. They will not get security support. You can't read Wikimedia wikis in Internet Explorer on Windows XP or Windows versions that are older than Windows XP. This is because almost no one uses the browsers anymore. Supporting them made the wikis less secure for everyone else. [4]
• In the future section headings might have a share link. This is to make it easier to link to the section. You can read more and discuss.

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23:55, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

You have been mentioned on the talk page at child sexual abuse requesting that you respond with respect to clarifying your denial of an edit request there. If you fail to reasonably respond, I will have no choice but to remove your denial of the request in its entirety and resubmit the request as a new semi-protected edit request. 66.90.153.184 (talk) 23:03, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

@66.90.153.184: I saw your edit request when you added it. I elected to abstain from handling your edit request further, and to let another willing user handle it, should they feel inclined to do so. It doesn't look like anyone has been willing to handle it, though. Please note that, per WP:TPG, it's almost always frowned upon to reformat or refactor other user's talk page comments. You're more than welcome to resubmit your request, but I ask that you not delete other's edits from the talk page. OhKayeSierra (talk) 23:10, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

Gotcha. I was for a moment thinking you weren't aware of the mention, not so much of a big deal if you think you should abstain from handing the issue, which is fine with me. And as to the other thing- I wasn't aware there was any set policy on that- thanks for clarifying that point. 66.90.153.184 (talk) 23:17, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

Tech News: 2019-43

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

• The API sandbox and help pages now show more clearly when API modules are marked as internal. API modules marked as internal were probably internal before. It was easier to miss. You should look for non-internal alternatives. [5]

Problems

• There is a translation tool we use on wikis with more than one language. For a few days it did not create pages for new languages when someone translated a page. The languages did not show in the language bar. This has been fixed. [6]
• The history and diffs can show wrong content. This is because of a cache problem. It will soon be fixed. [7]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 22 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 23 October. It will be on all wikis from 24 October (calendar).
• Reference Previews will be a beta feature on all Wikipedias and some Wikivoyages. It shows you a preview of the footnote when you hover over or click on the number. It has been a beta feature on German and Arabic Wikipedia since April.

Meetings

• You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 23 October. See how to join.

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14:39, 21 October 2019 (UTC)

Question.

Why comment on a discussion you have nothing to do with, and you aren't an admin? Are you just someone who dislikes anyone who wants to bring up Spez's changing comments on reddit? I dont much like the community he did it to either, but it was still a major scandal covered by numerous sources. It deserves to have its own section just like Lauer's allegations (unlike Spez's admission of guilt) do on his page. That keeps both pages in line with Wikipedia standards.