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Removal of imports and user renames columns in the " All Totals" table in adminstats
Hi James, the subject line says it all, I guess .... it appears that these columns have been removed from the last table in the adminstats. Could they be re-instated? They're used for most of the entries in Wikipedia:Former administrators/actions. Graham87 13:10, 17 April 2014 (UTC)
- Hi Graham, I'll have a look at the script today and advise. Regards, — JamesR (talk) 21:55, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
The Signpost: 23 April 2014
- Special report: 2014 Wikimedia Conference—what is the impact?
- News and notes: Wikimedian passes away
- WikiProject_report: To the altar—Catholicism
- Wikimania: Winning bid announced for 2015
- Traffic report: Reflecting in Gethsemane
- Featured content: There was I, waiting at the church
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. [1]
VisualEditor news
- You will soon be able to set content language and direction with VisualEditor. [2]
- VisualEditor now works on all Wikipedias after broken
MediaWiki:Common.jspages (and similar) were fixed last week. [3] - 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. [4]
- The mobile version of Wikimedia wikis will soon include filters to limit the number of uploaded files that are copyright violations. [5]
- CodeEditor will soon have a status bar about errors and warnings. [6] [7]
- You can test a new version of Winter, a proposal to have a fixed toolbar at the top of wiki pages. Comments are welcome. [8]
Problems
- For about 30 minutes on April 21, there were problems with image scaling due to a high server load. [9] [10]
- On April 22, it was not possible to use the Collection extension for about 90 minutes due to a server move. [11] [12]
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07:23, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
The Signpost: 30 April 2014
- News and notes: WMF's draft annual plan turns indigestible as an FDC proposal
- Traffic report: Going to the Doggs
- Breaking: The Foundation's new executive director
- WikiProject report: Genetics
- Interview: Wikipedia in the Peabody Essex Museum
- Featured content: Browsing behaviours
- Recent research: Wikipedia predicts flu more accurately than Google
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. [13]
- It is now easier to disable the CodeEditor tool. [14]
VisualEditor news
- External links in VisualEditor are now in the same light blue color as in MediaWiki. [15]
- The template tool now tells you if a parameter is obsolete. [16]
- You can now add "suggested" parameters in TemplateData; VisualEditor will add them like required ones. [17]
- There is a new type for TemplateData parameters:
wiki-file-namefor file names. [18][19] - Editing formulae in VisualEditor will soon be enabled for all users. [20] [21]
- You will soon be able to try a new beta feature to edit text in another language. [22] [23]
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. [24]
- 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. [25] [26]
Problems
- For about 40 minutes around 00:20 UTC on April 29, there were problems with page loading due to high server load.
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07:29, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
The Signpost: 07 May 2014
- Traffic report: TMZedia
- WikiCup: 2014 WikiCup enters round three
- In the media: Google and the flu; Adrianne
- WikiProject report: Singing with Eurovision
- Featured content: Wikipedia at the Rijksmuseum
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. [27]
- Templates that were previously broken in VisualEditor should now appear correctly. [28]
Future software changes
- It will soon be possible to move category description pages. Pages in changed categories will still have to be moved independently. [29] [30]
- You will soon be able to clear your watchlist with one click or through the API. [31] [32] [33] [34]
- You will soon be able to link to Flow posts and workflows with
Special:Flow. [35] [36] - The jQuery JavaScript library will soon be updated. Please check that your gadgets and scripts will still work. [37]
- The Vector skin will work faster, as the sidebar will no longer collapse partly after being loaded. [38] [39] [40]
- MediaViewer will be enabled for all users on Wikimedia Commons on May 15. Feedback is welcome.
- An IRC discussion about Phabricator will take place on May 14 at 18:00 UTC on the channel #wikimedia-office on freenode (time conversion). [41]
- Toolserver tools will be stopped on June 30. Please make sure to change gadgets that link to the Toolserver to point to Tool Labs instead. [42]
Problems
- There were problems with generating file thumbnails for all wikis between May 3 and May 6 due to a configuration error. [43] [44]
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06:00, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
The Signpost: 14 May 2014
- Investigative report: Hong Kong's Wikimania 2013—failure to produce financial statement raises questions of probity
- WikiProject report: Relaxing in Puerto Rico
- Featured content: On the rocks
- Traffic report: Eurovision, Google Doodles, Mothers, and 5 May
- Technology report: Technology report needs editor, Media Viewer offers a new look
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Tech News updates
- Tech News is one year old this week; thank you for being with us!
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. [45] [46] [47]
- 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. [48] [49]
- VisualEditor was added as a beta feature to Wikimedia Commons on May 15. You can enable it in your preferences. [50] [51]
- 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. [52] [53]
- VisualEditor's new citation tool now matches templates like
{{cite_web}}and not just{{Cite web}}. [54] [55] - VisualEditor's welcome message will no longer be shown to users who have already seen it. [56] [57]
- VisualEditor now shows a clearer message when you cancel an edit. [58]
- The toolbar of the PageTriage extension will no longer be visible inside VisualEditor. [59] [60]
Future software changes
- User ID number will no longer be visible in preferences. [61] [62]
Problems
- For several hours on May 16, there were problems with loading gadgets on some wikis due to a server problem. [63]
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07:18, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
The Signpost: 21 May 2014
- News and notes: "Crisis" over Wikimedia Germany's palace revolution
- Featured content: Staggering number of featured articles
- Traffic report: Doodles' dawn
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 (1.24wmf6) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on May 22. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on May 27, and all Wikipedias on May 29 (calendar).
- MediaViewer will be enabled on all Wikisource wikis on May 29, and on the German (de) and English (en) Wikipedias on June 3. Feedback is welcome.
VisualEditor news
- VisualEditor's welcome message and wikitext warning now say that you can switch to source mode editing and keep your edits without saving them. [64] [65] [66] [67]
- A bug that caused files not to appear after saving edits in the
File:namespace was fixed last week. [68] [69] - VisualEditor tabs will no longer appear in namespaces where VisualEditor is disabled. [70] [71]
- It is now possible to edit inline images with VisualEditor; many minor bugs related to images have also been fixed. [72]
- VisualEditor will no longer convert spaces to underscores inside links to pages in namespaces that include spaces in their names. [73]
Future software changes
- Wikimedia Labs will stop working for about 10 minutes around 18:00 UTC on May 30 due to a server upgrade. [74]
- It will soon no longer be possible to upload different files under the same name at the same time using the UploadWizard tool. [75] [76]
- Links to TIFF, DjVu or PDF files created with the syntax
[[File:Name.ext|thumb|page 15 is my favourite]]will now show an image caption if there is any text after page number; previously they caused the given page to appear. [77] [78] [79] - You will soon see information about global blocks for IP addresses on their contributions page on your local wiki. [80] [81]
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08:29, 26 May 2014 (UTC)
Request for comment
Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by Anna Frodesiak. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:47, 28 May 2014 (UTC)