User talk:Meno25
- Kindly leave messages on new topics at the bottom of this page. To keep the discussion in one place, I will reply here.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
- Many wikis were slow for a few hours on Wednesday due to a code error. Sometimes the pages did not load at all and showed an error. [1]
- Some tools in Labs were broken on Wednesday and Thursday. [2]
- Edit tags added by the software were broken on all wikis from May 23 to May 28. [3] [4]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 27. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 2. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 3 (calendar).
- You won't be able to use e-mail lists for a few hours on Tuesday. [5]
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 3 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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15:39, 1 June 2015 (UTC)
The Signpost: 03 June 2015
- News and notes: Three new community-elected trustees announced, incumbents out
- Discussion report: The deprecation of Persondata; RfA – A broken process; Complaints from users on Swedish Wikipedia
- Featured content: It's not over till the fat man sings
- Technology report: Things are getting SPDYier
- Special report: Towards "Health Information for All": Medical content on Wikipedia received 6.5 billion page views in 2013
- Traffic report: A rather ordinary week
Hi could you please put up a cool picture for grinder blues, band members, and record label (megaforce/Sony) and associated acts. Thank you very much! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wyatt2112 (talk • contribs) 12:30, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
Would you be interested in doing a Wikipedia site on 5 Time Emmy award winning www.bihlmanbros.com. We can talk compensation. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wyatt2112 (talk • contribs) 14:16, 8 June 2015 (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.
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 9. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 11 (calendar). [6] [7]
- If you use the Monobook skin, the buttons and other controls now look more the same in VisualEditor and other tools. [8]
- When you edit links and other items in VisualEditor, you now need to apply your change before closing the tool. [9]
- The title of dialogs is now easier to see when it is near long buttons. [10]
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 9 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join a meeting with the Language team. The meeting will be on June 10 at 14:30 (UTC). [11]
Future changes
- If you have a bot, you may need to fix it. The default continuation mode of the API for
action=querywill change at the end of June. [12]
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15:21, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
Phabricator
Pinging you here for an update that has happened with your Phabricator-account. phab:T99455#1358803. (t) Josve05a (c) 00:14, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
- @Josve05a: Thank you for pinging me. --Meno25 (talk) 17:32, 13 June 2015 (UTC)
I was unsuccessful in changing the email address because I need to know the email address that you used to register. Can you either provide the email you used (you can email me, my username minus the (WMF) part @wikimedia.org or post the address here if you are comfortable with posting it. Alternatively, I can delete the old account but I'm not sure if there might be negative consequences in doing so. MModell (WMF) (talk) 20:01, 18 June 2015 (UTC)
- @MModell (WMF): Thank you for your message. The old email address that I used to register was: meno25wiki (at) gmail.com --Meno25 (talk) 05:06, 19 June 2015 (UTC)
The Signpost: 10 June 2015
- News and notes: Chapter financial trends analyzed, news in brief
- Traffic report: Two households, both alike in dignity
- Featured content: Just the bear facts, ma'am
- Technology report: Wikimedia sites are going HTTPS only
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
- Users have created more than 5000 articles with the new translation tool. [13]
- Editing a page is now faster. This is because some statistics about edit filters were removed. [14]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from 17 June. It will be on all Wikipedias from 18 June (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 16 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join a meeting with the Wikidata team. It will be on June 19 at 16:00 (UTC). [15]
Future changes
- Developers are working on a new tool to get and send newsletters. If you read or write a newsletter, share your ideas about it. [16]
- If you use Pywikibot, soon you won't be able to use
compatanymore. [17] [18] [19]
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15:04, 15 June 2015 (UTC)