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Tech News: 2022-51

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

Tech News

• Because of the holidays the next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 9 January 2023.

Recent changes

• On a user's contributions page, you can filter it for edits with a tag like 'reverted'. Now, you can also filter for all edits that are not tagged like that. This was part of a Community Wishlist 2022 request. [1]
• A new function has been used for gadget developers to add content underneath the title on article pages. This is considered a stable API that should work across all skins. Documentation is available. [2]
• One of our test wikis is now being served from a new infrastructure powered by Kubernetes (read more). More Wikis will switch to this new infrastructure in early 2023. Please test and let us know of any issues. [3]

Problems

• Last week, all wikis had no edit access for 9 minutes. This was caused by a database problem. [4]

Changes later this week

• There is no new MediaWiki version this week or next week.
• The word "Reply" is very short in some languages, such as Arabic ("ردّ"). This makes the Discussion tools button on talk pages difficult to use. An arrow icon will be added to those languages. This will only be visible to editors who have the Beta Feature turned on. [5] [6]

Future changes

• Edits can be automatically "tagged" by the system software or the Edit filter configuration system. Those tags link to a help page about the tags. Soon they will also link to Recent Changes to let you see other edits tagged this way. This was a Community Wishlist 2022 request. [7]
• The Trust & Safety tools team have shared new plans for building the Private Incident Reporting System. The system will make it easier for editors to ask for help if they are harassed or abused.
• Realtime Preview for Wikitext is coming out of beta as an enabled feature for every user of the 2010 Wikitext editor in the week of January 9, 2023. It will be available to use via the toolbar in the 2010 Wikitext editor. The feature was the 4th most popular wish of the Community Wishlist Survey 2021.

Events

• You can now register for the Wikimedia Hackathon 2023, taking place on May 19–21 in Athens, Greece. You can also apply for a scholarship until January 14th.

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:58, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

{{unblock=Your reason here. 166.181.254.80 (talk) 07:52, 20 December 2022 (UTC)}}

{{unblock=Your reason here. 166.181.254.80 (talk) 07:52, 20 December 2022 (UTC)}}

Umm... You aren't blocked, this isn't a full request and I'm not an administrator. What is this? echidnaLives - talk - edits 07:54, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

Question from Akhil Kazhakuttom (19:47, 20 December 2022)

Akhil Kazhakuttom is a director in the Malayalam film industry. He completed his higher education at Kerala university Thiruvananthapuram. His work showed how good of a director he is. He worked as an associate director in movies, “Kanakarajyam in 2022”, “ Kabeerinte Divasangal in 2019”, and as an assistant director in movies, “Virunnu in 2021”, “Udumbu in 2020, “ Kumbarees in 2018”, “ Ulta- Malayalam movie in 2018”, “Nalla Vishesham”; “ Chanakyathanthram in 2017”, “Achayans”; “Aadupuliyattam”; “Shenbaga Kottai”; “ Thinkal Muthal Velli Vare”; All the above movies reflect his hard work and, it is delightful to know about such a passionate soul. --Akhil Kazhakuttom (talk) 19:47, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

Question from HouseOfGoodDeeds (15:01, 20 December 2022)

Hi! An article which has featured me for years apparently got deleted and one of our followers told me about it.

How can an article deletion be undone?

Thanks,

Leon --HouseOfGoodDeeds (talk) 15:01, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

Hello @HouseOfGoodDeeds, Welcome to Wikipedia!

Do you know what the article was called? It may be undeleted, but it depends on how it was initially deleted.

Thanks, echidnaLives - talk - edits 23:38, 20 December 2022 (UTC).

Question from Akhil Kazhakuttom (15:43, 20 December 2022)

Assistant Associate Director at Malayalam Film industry

Akhil Kazhakuttom is a director in the Malayalam film industry. He completed his higher education at Kerala university Thiruvananthapuram. His work showed how good of a director he is. He worked as an associate director in movies, “Kanakarajyam in 2022”, “ Kabeerinte Divasangal in 2019”, and as an assistant director in movies, “Virunnu in 2021”, “Udumbu in 2020, “ Kumbarees in 2018”, “ Ulta- Malayalam movie in 2018”, “Nalla Vishesham”; “ Chanakyathanthram in 2017”, “Achayans “Aadupuliyattam “Shenbaga Kottai “ Thinkal Muthal Velli Vare”; All the above movies reflect his hard work and, it is delightful to know about such a passionate soul. --Akhil Kazhakuttom (talk) 15:43, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

Hello @Akhil Kazhakuttom. Welcome to Wikipedia! Do you have a question? echidnaLives - talk - edits 23:39, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

Changing category name

Hi, I'd like to change the name of the Category:Surnames of Anglo-Saxon origin → Category:Surnames of Old English origin, do you know how I could go about doing this please?

My reason for wanting to do this is because this is how Wikipedia refers to the language, "Anglo-Saxon" more commonly refers to the culture in England during the Dark Ages. The term has also become contentious among scholars, in part because of its adoption by the far right [8], 'SAVE THE ANGLO-SAXON RACE!' - Matt Walsh and Conservatives INSANE Belief they are 'Anglo-Saxons' on YouTube. PotterPayper (talk) 04:40, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

Hello @PotterPayper.

Moving categories is a bit more complicated than moving normal pages. You may notice that there isn't a move button on the category. Only Administrators, Page Movers and Bots have the technical ability to do this.

Now, there are 2 ways you can get someone to do this for you. You can use Speedy renaming, or Categories for Discussion. Speedy renaming will have it done within 48 hours, unless someone opposes. It must meet strict criteria for this, which are listed here: Wikipedia:Categories for discussion#Speedy renaming and merging.

If you believe it doesn't meet the criteria, you can list it at Categories for Discussion. This will allow for a discussion to determine the consensus for the name. You can do this by following the instructions here: WP:CFD#HOWTO. It will be closed or relisted after 1 week.

If you have any questions, let me know! Thanks, echidnaLives - talk - edits 05:03, 21 December 2022 (UTC).

Thanks for explaining, I've added a group renaming tag (noticed there's a given name category too), could you see if the changes I've made are right please? I'm not that confident they are:

• Category:Surnames of Anglo-Saxon origin
• Category:Given names of Anglo-Saxon origin

PotterPayper (talk) 05:38, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

Question from NEWTOWNCOC1708 on User talk:NEWTOWNCOC1708 (05:02, 19 December 2022)

HELLO, I WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE BUT THIS WAS AN ERROR ON MY PART. I ACTUALLY WAS CREATING AN EMAIL ADDRESS. WILL U PLEASE INSTRUCT ME ON DELETING THIS ACCOUNT. THANKS, AND SORRY. --NEWTOWNCOC1708 (talk) 05:02, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

@NEWTOWNCOC1708: Accounts cannot be deleted. If you don't want to use this account anymore, then just log out and never log back in with it. –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 06:02, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

Assistant associate director at Malayalam Film industry Akhil Kazhakuttom (talk) 08:31, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

@Akhil Kazhakuttom Do you have a question? echidnaLives - talk - edits 08:32, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

Charley Pride

Reverting your revert for the third time triggering the Three Revert Rule. Reporting harassment to Administration so they can give you a Level Three warning. 104.218.36.228 (talk) 12:15, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

Ok then. Maybe you should find out what the three revert rule is first, more specifically the three revert part? echidnaLives - talk - edits 12:17, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

Charley Pride

Adding back in his work on Tom Sawyer. Appropriate links to Wikipedia articles about the film and specifically the song were included in the sentence.

Pride also lent his signature sound to the main title (River Song) from the 1973 Reader's Digest presentation of a United Artists movie musical Tom Sawyer which garnered him an Oscar nomination.

If tha material is deleted again it will be added back again and reported to administration under Three Revert Rule. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 104.218.36.228 (talk • contribs) Thanks for playing.

You need to add a reliable source. See WP:CITE. Do not threaten me with the three revert rule. I have only reverted on the page once. echidnaLives - talk - edits 01:26, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

Reported to Administration for harassment. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 104.218.36.228 (talk) 12:20, 21 December 2022 (UTC)