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Tech News: 2016-10

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

  • Files on Wikimedia Commons can now be 2 GB big. The old limit was 1 GB. [1]
  • Welcome notifications now have a different symbol. English Wikipedia already had this one. [2]
  • The Wikimedia memory cache servers in the Eqiad cluster have now been upgraded to Debian 8 (Jessie). Some users might have had to log in again because of this. [3]
  • It is now easier to categorize images uploaded to Wikimedia Commons in the Commons Android app. [4]
  • Bare attributes in tags now parse according to the HTML5 specifications. <pages from= to= section=1> will parse as <pages from="to=" section="1"> instead of <pages from="" to="" section="1"> as it used to. Please use <pages from="" to="" section=1> or <pages section=1> instead. This is mostly likely to affect pages on Wikisource projects. [5]

Problems

  • Phabricator has been a bit unstable lately. This should be fixed now. [6]
  • The PageView API shows wrong data between 23 February and 29 February for pages with special characters in their title. [7]
  • The parsing change mentioned above caused a large number of pages to break, especially on Wikisource. [8]
  • You may see falsely formatted edit links on both mobile and desktop devices. Mobile devices can also show incorrect formatted table of contents. This should be fixed soon. [9]
  • Templates using TemplateData that were edited with the visual editor might have some problems in wikitext mode. This can be fixed by editing and saving the page by using the visual editor without making any changes. [10]

Changes this week

  • Cross-wiki notifications will be enabled as a beta feature on all wikis on 10 March. You will be able to get notifications when something happens on another Wikimedia wiki. [11]
  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 8 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 9 March. It will be on all wikis from 10 March (calendar).
  • Wikivoyages will get the Kartographer extension. Kartographer will allow <mapframe> and <maplink> tags in an article to insert an interactive map and overlay it with different markers. You can add ideas and suggestions to the Maps talk page. If you find any bugs, you can report them in Phabricator. [12]

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 8 March at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

  • The buttons in interfaces will be simplified. Instead of white, red, green and blue buttons, in future there will only be white, red and blue ones. [13]
  • The Wikimedia technical operations team plans to do some server work on 22 March. This could cause some problems, for example make it possible to read but not edit the Wikimedia wikis for a short period of time. The date for this might change. [14]

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20:24, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 02 March 2016

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Thanks for the cookies

Many thanks for your belated welcome and the warm cookies. Still trying to get my head around WikiMedia but your message with the advice certainly helps.

Chromista (talk) 12:30, 10 March 2016 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for processing my name change. Happy editing! --Make America Great Again (talk) 22:26, 11 March 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for the greetings on my talk page. :-) --Seneca Quayle (talk) 09:29, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 09 March 2016

This week's article for improvement (week 11, 2016)

A typical Swedish school lunch.
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Tech News: 2016-11

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 mobile web interface no longer suggests HiDPI thumbnails. This is to take up less bandwidth on slow or expensive connections. [15]
  • The search engine on wikipedia.org has been updated. [16]

Changes this week

  • Wikimedia has a new backup data center in Dallas. Because of planned work on this, you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for a short period of time on both 22 March and 24 March. This could be postponed to April 18. You might lose edits if you try to save during this time. Because of a test, there will also be a couple of minutes where you can't edit the wikis on 15 March starting 07:00 UTC. You can read more about the server work. There will be more notifications and updates about this.
  • Administrators and other users with advanced permissions will need to have an 8-byte long passwords. This change takes place on 15 March. Users with too short passwords will be asked to change password the next time they log in. This was decided in a discussion on Meta and is because they can use tools that can hurt the wikis. [17]
  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 15 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 16 March. It will be on all wikis from 17 March (calendar).
  • The buttons in interfaces will be simplified. Instead of white, red, green and blue buttons, in future there will only be white, red and blue ones. [18]

Meetings

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18:37, 14 March 2016 (UTC)

Lower East Side

Hello! Hi there K6ka! I'm curious as to why you deleted the images I posted to the Lower East Side page. I was only trying to enhance and provide more visual information. I also added images of the LES parks which were not removed. Thank you! Mag 02:41, 17 March 2016 (UTC)~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Magdalamar (talk • contribs)

@Magdalamar: Do you have any diffs of me making such edits? I checked the revision history for Lower East Side and I've never edited that page. I also never deleted any images, mostly because I can't actually delete images (I'm not an administrator). —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 12:19, 17 March 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 16 March 2016

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This week's article for improvement (week 12, 2016)

Critic by Lajos Tihanyi. Oil on canvas, c.1916.
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Critic

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Tech News: 2016-12

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

  • Wikimedia has a new backup data center in Dallas. The Wikimedia Technology department planned to test it this week. This will take place the week of April 18 instead. You can read more about the server work. There will be more notifications and updates about this.
  • In Firefox, the visual editor would sometimes just jump down to the bottom of the page when you double-clicked on a table cell. This has now been fixed. [19]

Changes this week

  • It will now be easier to list IP addresses that don't have to solve CAPTCHAs. [20]
  • You will now be able to mark Echo notifications as unread. [21]
  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 March. It will be on all wikis from 23 March (calendar).

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 22 March at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

  • URLs in the recent changes IRC feed will no longer be rewritten to unencrypted HTTP. This could be a breaking change for bots dependent on the IRC feed. This will happen on May 2. [22]

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16:04, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 23 March 2016

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This week's article for improvement (week 13, 2016)

The Gates of Hell sculpture by Auguste Rodin, an example depicting the concept of the gates of hell
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Gates of hell

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Tech News: 2016-13

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

Problems

  • Adding references with Citoid was broken for approximately 6 hours on 24 March. This was fixed. [25]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 29 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 30 March. It will be on all wikis from 31 March (calendar).
  • You will be able to remove the header and footer style from User language (babel) boxes. This will make it easier to use them with other userboxes. [26]

Meetings

Future changes

  • Commons will soon have improved access to Wikidata's data. It will then be possible to access data about any concept on any page on Commons. Assistance with testing this on the beta cluster is appreciated. [27]
  • Wikibits.js will not be loaded by default anymore starting April 2016. Gadget and script authors should have already updated their code since the previous announcements, but there is another migration path available if needed. See wikitech-l for details.

Corrections

  • Last week Tech News said the new MediaWiki version would come to wikis from 21 March to 23 March. The right dates were 22 March to 24 March.

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19:43, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Overflow at your admintools page

Dear User:K6ka. Your page User:K6ka/Dashboard has appeared at Category:Pages_where_template_include_size_is_exceeded. You could help us to empty this maintenance category by replacing the admin dashboard parts of this page with {{admin dashboard/light}} that provides the same functionality, but is far less prone to overflow. Thanks in advance. Pldx1 (talk) 11:09, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

Pldx1 isn't there any way to simply have the dashboard not emit the maintenance category? –xenotalk 11:37, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
Dear Xeno. I don't understand your reply. This category is to detect the pages that doesn't display correctly. With the intend to incite someone to fix the template overflows. Listing or not listing the pages on overflow would not change the fact that these pages are on trouble. Concerning {{admin dashboard}}, I am trying to see what solutions could be used. It is clear that using admincats for WP:UAA and WP:RFPP would be a greater solution. But at a more modest level, detecting if a page would create an overflow before displaying this page seems a rather good --and simple-- idea. Actually, 67 users are directly transcluding {{admin dashboard}}, while many others have tried various patches (that work or not, because admin overflows are transient phenomenons). Have you some suggestions to improve {{admin dashboard/light}} ? Pldx1 (talk) 11:59, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
@Pldx1: It's a bit unclear what you want me to replace on that page, as I am not transcluding {{admin dashboard}} directly anywhere on the page. The only templates that have "admin dashboard" in their name is {{Admin dashboard/rfarfp}} and {{Admin dashboard/uaarfpp}}. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 13:23, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
My point is that no one seems to particularly care or be bothered about the overflows on their admin dashboards. So just omitting the maintenance category would help you to keep the maintenance category under control. –xenotalk 13:33, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
@K6ka: What I am suggesting is <!--{{dashboard}}--> <!--{{Admin dashboard/rfarfp}} --> <!--{{admin dashboard/uaarfpp}} --> {{admin dashboard/light}} . This will give you the intended functionality: transclude what is possible to transclude, and otherwise provide a link to the overflown item. Pldx1 (talk) 13:42, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 1 April 2016

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Drunkenness and canadianness

Stop icon with clock
You have been blocked from editing for a period of a short while for being too drunk, being Canadian, and generally being naughty. You may use Wikipedia again when you are sober. Also, I'm less harsh than you. . Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may appeal this block by first reading the guide to appealing blocks, then adding the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Please, pleease unblock me Tom29739! I'm begging you! I'm sober now. ~~~~}}.  Tom29739 [talk] 21:04, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 14, 2016)

Hello, K6ka.

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Pecan pie

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Tech News: 2016-14

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 filter Special:Log in more detail. [28]
  • Wikimedia wikis have a new way of counting visitors. [29]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from April 5. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from April 6. It will be on all wikis from April 7 (calendar).

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22:13, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

Guild of Copy Editors April 2016 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors April 2016 Newsletter

March drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 28 people who signed up, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

April blitz: The one-week April blitz, again targeting our long requests list, will run from April 17–23. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the requests page. Sign up here!

May drive: The month-long May backlog-reduction drive, with extra credit for articles tagged in March, April, and May 2015, and all request articles, begins May 1. Sign up now!

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Miniapolis, and Baffle gab1978.

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Vali.matei - matheuzzy rename. I checked "matheuzzy" profile and is also my (very old) profile. I forgot about it (is was made with another email address). Please skip this rename request

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q1 2016

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This week's article for improvement (week 15, 2016)

Various foods in a delicatessen in Rome, Italy
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Delicatessen

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Do you want one Edit tab, or two? It's your choice

How to switch between editing environments
Part of the toolbar in the visual editor
Click the [[ ]] to switch to the wikitext editor.
Part of the toolbar in the wikitext editor
Click the pencil icon to switch to the visual editor.

The editing interface will be changed soon. When that happens, editors who currently see two editing tabs – "Edit" and "Edit source" – will start seeing one edit tab instead. The single edit tab has been popular at other Wikipedias. When this is deployed here, you may be offered the opportunity to choose your preferred appearance and behavior the next time you click the Edit button. You will also be able to change your settings in the Editing section of Special:Preferences.

You can choose one or two edit tabs. If you chose one edit tab, then you can switch between the two editing environments by clicking the buttons in the toolbar (shown in the screenshots). See Help:VisualEditor/User guide#Switching between the visual and wikitext editors for more information and screenshots.

There is more information about this interface change at mw:VisualEditor/Single edit tab. If you have questions, suggestions, or problems to report, then please leave a note at Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback.

Whatamidoing (WMF) 19:22, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

Tech News: 2016-15

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 visual editor can generate wikicode with image options in your language. Examples of image options are "thumb" or "left". You can ask to change to options in your language in Phabricator. [30][31]
  • Wiktionaries and Wikisources can now use the visual editor. It is an opt-in beta feature. It still needs development to work better with these projects. [32][33]
  • ORES is using new models. Tools that use ORES' predictions can behave strangely. ORES also has a new API. [34]
  • The visual editor now supports classical Greek characters. [35]

Problems

  • There was a bug when you used keyboard arrows in templates in the visual editor. This has now been fixed. [36]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 April. It will be on all wikis from 14 April (calendar).
  • The wikipedia.org portal will get many small bug fixes and improvements. Most will be for the search box and suggested results that were added in March. [37]

Meetings

Future changes

  • Wikimedia has a new backup data center in Dallas. Because of planned work on this, you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for a short period of time on both 19 April and 21 April. This will start at 14:00 UTC and last for 15 to 30 minutes. [38]

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20:44, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 14 April 2016

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This week's article for improvement (week 16, 2016)

Debt is the amount of money that is owed or due.
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Debt

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Yes Dear K6ka, I would like to change my name and I would really like to stick with it.

Yes Dear K6ka, I would like to change my name and I would really like to stick with it. --Krishna kaasyap (talk) 06:22, 18 April 2016 (UTC)

Tech News: 2016-16

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 filter Special:Log in more detail. You can filter different imports and new users. [39][40]
  • You can use Telnet to read Wikimedia wikis. [41]
  • MediaWiki wikis can handle bigger file uploads. The new limit is 4 GB. [42]

Changes this week

  • Wikimedia has a new backup data center in Dallas. Because of planned work on this, you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for a short period of time on both 19 April and 21 April. This will start at 14:00 UTC and last for 15 to 30 minutes. [43]
  • There is no new Mediawiki version this week. This is because of the data center test.

Meetings

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20:40, 18 April 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 April 2016

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This week's article for improvement (week 17, 2016)

Hello, K6ka.

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Fame (Irene Cara song)

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Tech News: 2016-17

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

  • Wikimedia tested a new data center last week. This meant that the wikis could be read but not edited for 45 minutes on April 19 and for 20 minutes on April 21. [44]
  • When the data center was tested, new edits were not shown in the recent changes log for 20 minutes. They are in the logs now. You can read more about how to find the edits.
  • Unread notifications were sometimes counted incorrectly. This has now been fixed. [45]

Changes this week

  • Wikimedia Commons will have better access to Wikidata. They can use data from any page on Wikidata on any page on Commons. This will happen on April 26. [46]
  • It will be easier to choose if you want to watch files you have uploaded with the upload wizard. [47]
  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from April 26. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from April 27. It will be on all wikis from April 28 (calendar).

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on April 26 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

  • The "Save page" button when you edit will be called "Publish" instead. This is to help new editors understand what it does. It already works like this on some wikis. [48]

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21:02, 25 April 2016 (UTC)

A birthday cake for you!

The Birthday Cake of WikiBirthdays!
Yeah, I baked myself a birthday cake to eat on my own birthday. ALONE! ...okay, fine, talk page stalkers are welcome to have a slice. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 00:59, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 18, 2016)

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À la carte

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The Signpost: 2 May 2016

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Happy Birthday 😊!

Hey, K6ka. Just stopping by to wish you a Happy Birthday from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee!
Have a great day! Wseef (talk) 15:06, 2 May 2016 (UTC) 
Wseef (talk) 15:06, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Tech News: 2016-18

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 visual editor now works when you use Internet Explorer 9. [49]

Problems

  • There was a security problem with the MobileFrontend extension. It showed information that had been oversighted. This has now been fixed. [50]

Changes this week

Meetings

Future changes

  • Pages could be added to new users' watchlists by default when they edit them. New users could also by default get email notifications when pages they watch are edited. This is discussed on Meta. [52]

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20:09, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Thank you

Thanks for updating my username. I'm new to editing and the protocols surrounding Wikipedia. I appreciate your speed in dealing with it. SSN Stead (talk) 21:43, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

WikiCup 2016 May newsletter

FP of Christ Church Cathedral, Falkland Islands by Godot13

Round 2 is over and 35 competitors have moved on to Round 3.

Round 2 saw three FAs (two by New South Wales Cas Liber (submissions) and one by Montana Montanabw (submissions)), four Featured Lists (with three by England Calvin999 (submissions)), and 53 Good Articles (six by Lancashire Worm That Turned (submissions) and five each by Zanzibar Hurricanehink (submissions), Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions), and Denmark MPJ-DK (submissions)). Eleven Featured Pictures were promoted (six by There's always time for skeletons Adam Cuerden (submissions) and five by Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions)). One Featured Portal, Featured Topic and Good Topic were also promoted. The DYK base point total was 1,135. Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) scored 265 base points, while British Empire The C of E (submissions) and Denmark MPJ-DK (submissions) each scored 150 base points. Eleven ITN were promoted and 131 Good Article Reviews were conducted with Denmark MPJ-DK (submissions) completing a staggering 61 reviews. Two contestants, Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) and New South Wales Cas Liber (submissions), broke the 700 point mark for Round 2.

If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Thanks to everyone for participating, and good luck to those moving into round 2. Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs · email), and Godot13 (talk · contribs · email) -- MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:00, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 19, 2016)

Gustaf Skarsgård
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Gustaf Skarsgård

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This week's article for improvement (week 19, 2016)

Gustaf Skarsgård
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Gustaf Skarsgård

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Tech News: 2016-19

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

  • Wikiversities now have better access to Wikidata. They can use data from any page on Wikidata on any page on Wikiversity. This happened on May 3. [53]
  • You can use Wikipedia GapFinder to find missing articles between languages. [54]
  • Users are invited to try Cross-wiki Notifications on all wikis. This is the last test session before the release by default, scheduled for May 12th at 23:00 UTC. [55][56]
  • You can use keyboard shortcuts to open the visual editor (meta+V) or the wikitext editor (meta+E) (on certain wikis, even if you have chosen a favorite editor). [57]
  • Uploading files bigger than 100 megabytes on Wikimedia Commons required to opt-in in your preferences. This is not necessary anymore. [58]
  • The UploadsLink extension is now available on Wikimedia Commons. [59]
  • Deleting a translation unit page didn't remove the corresponding content from the translation page. This is now solved. [60]
  • Translation suggestions based on Apertium are now available on Mediawiki.org. [61]

Problems

  • MediaWiki 1.27.0-wmf.23 has been rolled back from Wikimedia wikis, due to a performance issue. [62]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from May 10. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from May 11. It will be on all wikis from May 12 (calendar).

Meetings

Future changes

  • Today, in categories, a page titled "11" comes before "2". We plan to reorder that: "2" will come before "11". Please tell the developers if the change will cause problems. [63]

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This week's article for improvement (week 20, 2016)

Ozone-oxygen cycle in the ozone layer.
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Tech News: 2016-20

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Recent changes

  • Some image thumbnails now load faster on mobile. They also take up less bandwidth. [64]

Problems

  • Last week's MediaWiki version was late on some wikis. [65]

Changes this week

  • Special:Notifications will have "mark as read" buttons for each day. The non-JavaScript version will get it this week. A JavaScript version will come later. [66]
  • Wikis can now locally decide what wikitext they want the signature button to produce. [67]
  • A one-time welcome message for users will now be shown in the wikitext editor. This will include existing users. [68]
  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from May 17. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from May 18. It will be on all wikis from May 19 (calendar).

Meetings

Future changes

  • Using self-closing tags like <div/> and <span/> to mean <div></div> and <span></span> will not work in the future. Templates and pages that use these tags should be fixed. When Phabricator ticket T134423 is fixed these tags will parse as <div> and <span> instead. This is normal in HTML5. [69]

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The Signpost: 17 May 2016

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This week's article for improvement (week 21, 2016)

A small whirlpool in a pond
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A friendly suggestion regarding Template:Vandalism Information

Hi K6ka. I edited the Vandalism template at 15:08 UTC on 22 May, because at that point of time, I already had been doing about 3 hours of solid huggle work, and it was within the last hour I faced an RPM of over 6-7. The first editor of the series of edits, I dream of horses was right in editing the template at that point of time, suddenly Defconbot updated with a level 0, which is not only unrepresentative of the situation at that time, it was clearly indicating it was unable to provide information, as good as malfunctioning. My last edit was at 15:45 UTC, which was 12:45 AM where I live, and I was going to sleep, therefore I did not make the revert back to Defconbot.

It was interesting to note that Defconbot then came back to normal shortly after (16:30 UTC), but I was certainly not there to see it. But even then, at the point of time I was active, I had grounds to make sure that the template reflected up-to-date information representative of the situation, which Defconbot was clearly not doing. At the end of the day, it's not about whether Defconbot is right or I am right or you are right; we just need patrollers to be on the beat whenever it is most required.

I would like to give a friendly suggestion that instead of going passive-aggressive in reminding other editors on your point, maybe you should engage in discussion with the editors in question. RCP and counter-vandalism is a collaborative effort, and the sum total of our actions is the defence of Wikipedia from disruption, not the defence of our point. Best regards, Optakeover(U)(T)(C) 02:09, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

@Optakeover: I understand your concern, and thank you for bringing it up to my attention. I wasn't exactly in the best of moods when I made that edit (I'm still pretty salty right now, having an entire weekend wasted doing something I hate and that leaves me tired doesn't leave me much room to be cheerful; I swear I'm not normally like this), but I was in fact frustrated because it has happened before, where people have edited the template despite the fact that DefconBot was working fine. (I'm also still cheesed at the fact that people leave level 2 headings on WP:CHU/S, so I feel like I have a lot to get ticked off about lately!) I did not notice DefconBot's edit at 15:00 UTC being it setting the template to level 0, only that there was an edit at 15:00 UTC, which led me to believe someone didn't check properly. In any case, I do apologize if I came in a bit too harsh, and I will be going to bed shortly anyhow so I can clear my mind. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 02:25, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
Thank you k6ka for your reply. Your message in the template is appropriate, and I understand why you do give reminders like this, because editors do make mistakes. Hopefully next time someone makes a repeated error, that you'd be sure to drop him a note instead. Have fun, and thank you for your involvement! Optakeover(U)(T)(C) 11:49, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

Tech News: 2016-21

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Recent changes

Problems

  • Commons had problems with server lag. This meant that it took longer time for files to turn up in categories. [71]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 24 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 25 May. It will be on all wikis from 26 May (calendar).

Meetings

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Future changes

  • All HTTP access to Wikimedia sites and APIs will stop working. Some bots still use HTTP. They will need to use HTTPS instead. This will happen on June 12. [72]

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This week's article for improvement (week 22, 2016)

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Tech News: 2016-22

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Recent changes

  • There is now a standard way to get the target of a redirect page from a Lua module. [73]

Problems

  • A new way to handle rollback was introduced. It broke some tools and scripts and was reverted. This will be re-planned after review. [74][75]
  • CentralNotice didn't work in some older browsers. This has now been fixed. [76]

Changes this week

  • When you edit a file or category page with the visual editor the rest of the page will be shown in its normal place. [77]
  • The Translate extension will get an edit summary field. [78]
  • A change to the <charinsert> feature could break some user scripts. Contact Bawolff if the "click to insert special characters" links in the edit window break on your wiki. [79][80]
  • Elasticsearch will be upgraded on Wikimedia wikis this week. This should not affect you, but if you have problems with the search function this is probably the reason. [81]
  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 31 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 June. It will be on all wikis from 2 June (calendar).

Meetings

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16:19, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

About your advice in my username change request

Hi K6ka,

I think what you have recommend in the Wikipedia:Changing username/Simple is a good idea. I have made it just now. Could you close the request? I will be very thankful :D

Regards, CanaryBot (talk) 01:48, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

@Ivanhercaz and CanaryBot: No problem, it's done! —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 01:51, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

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This week's article for improvement (week 23, 2016)

The Hilton Athens is part of the Hilton Hotels & Resorts hotel chain.
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Tech News: 2016-23

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Changes this week

  • The history page can tell you if a page on your watchlist was updated since you last visited it. This now works the same way in Vector as in other skins. The change broke local designs on some wikis. This will be fixed this week. [84]
  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 June. It will be on all wikis from 9 June (calendar).

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June 2016 Guild of Copy Editors Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2016 News

Hello everyone, welcome to the June 2016 GOCE newsletter. It's been a few months since we sent one out; we hope y'all haven't forgotten about the Guild! Your coordinators have been busy behind the scenes as usual, though real life has a habit of reducing our personal wiki-time. The May backlog reduction drive, the usual coordinating tasks and preparations for the June election are keeping us on our toes!

May drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's record-setting backlog reduction drive. Of the 29 people who signed up, 16 copyedited at least one article, 197 copyedits were recorded on the drive page, and the copyedit backlog fell below 1,500 for the first time! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

June Blitz: this one-week copy-editing blitz will occur from 12 June through 18 June; the themes will be video games and Asian geography.

Coordinator elections: It's election time again; how quickly they seem to roll around! Nominations for the next tranche of Guild coordinators, who will serve a six-month term that begins at 00:01 UTC on 1 July and ends at 23:59 UTC on 31 December, opens at 00:01 UTC on 1 June and closes at 23:59 UTC on 15 June. Voting takes place between 00:01 UTC on 16 June and 23:59 UTC on 30 June. If you'd like to assist behind the scenes, please consider stepping forward; self-nominations are welcomed and encouraged. All Wikipedia editors in good standing are eligible; remember it's your Guild, and it doesn't run itself!

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Miniapolis and Baffle gab1978.

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Problem

Hello! K6ka, after i renamed, i noticed that my userpage is copied from meta and i was not able to edit my own page, i saw no edit history at my page nor i found edit button at my userpage at any wiki except UR wiki, PNB wiki, and some others. How can i fix this problem–– مجتبیٰ (Talk!) 05:24, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

@مجتبیٰ: Your userpage is copied from the one on Meta Wiki if you do not have a local userpage. You can just create the userpage and it will override the global one. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 11:02, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 24, 2016)

A cubic zirconia crystal made by the Shelby Gem Factory
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Tech News: 2016-24

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Changes this week

  • You can filter user contributions to hide minor edits. [90]
  • It will be easier to edit galleries with the visual editor. [91]
  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 June. It will be on all wikis from 16 June (calendar).

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18:41, 13 June 2016 (UTC)

Thanks

..for your edit to Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Anarchyte - wasn't sure if I should delist the vote or leave it to themselves to remove/a 'crat to discount -- samtar talk or stalk 15:02, 15 June 2016 (UTC)

@Samtar: No problem; the !vote wouldn't have been counted anyway. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 21:21, 15 June 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 15 June 2016

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This week's article for improvement (week 25, 2016)

The aqueduct of Segovia, Spain
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List of aqueducts in the Roman Empire

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Tech News: 2016-25

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

  • Notifications were not always marked as read when you followed a link from an email notification. This will now happen. [92]

Changes this week

  • The list of other languages an article is available in will be shorter on small Wikipedias and non-Wikipedia projects. This is to make it easier to find the most relevant languages for each user. You will still be able to see the other languages. [93][94]
  • Alerts (the red badge) will not be automatically marked as read when you open the Notifications popup. [95]
  • When you get several thanks you can see them as one notification. This is instead of one notification for each thanks. [96]
  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 June. It will be on all wikis from 23 June (calendar).

Meetings

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19:14, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

A message for you

Hi, I've left a message at the changing username page, feel free to reply my message there! Thanks! Thoriq Ahmad Rahmat (talk) 16:48, 23 June 2016 (UTC) 🇮🇩

This week's article for improvement (week 26, 2016)

Home page of Wikipedia
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Home page

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Tech News: 2016-26

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 ORES service has now moved to a new location. This should make it easier to use ORES. The ORES review service is now available as a beta feature on Wikidata and Persian Wikipedia. ORES is an artificial intelligence system for Wikimedia wikis to help editors. [97]
  • The order of wikis in collapsed cross-wiki notifications was different than when the list was expanded. This is now fixed. [98]
  • A new category for tracking pages with math errors was added: Category:Pages with math errors. [99]

Problems

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 June. It will be on all wikis from 30 June (calendar).
  • The way to mark notifications as read or unread will be changed to be more clear. [102]

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 28 June at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

  • The Collaboration team at the Wikimedia Foundation will look at developing better tools for edit review. This is because research suggests we scare away newcomers who want to help. [103]
  • An e-mail from the Editing Department explains the technical work that is planned and being researched for the future. Items include better wikitext and visual editing, prompts for edits, language improvements, annotations, and meta-data separation. [104]
  • The sorting of Notifications into the two fly-out menus is going to change on July 5 to 7. Bundled notifications should be easier to explore and mark as read individually. [105][106][107]
  • From 29 June git.wikimedia.org (running Gitblit) will redirect all requests to Phabricator. The vast majority of requests should be correctly redirected. [108]
  • Catalan and Polish Wikipedias will have Wikidata descriptions added to articles in the mobile view by default. This is currently a beta option for the mobile versions. This might come to other wikis later. [109]

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Editing News #2—2016

Editing News #2—2016 Read this in another language • Subscription list for this multilingual newsletter

Did you know?

It's quick and easy to insert a references list.

Screenshot showing a dropdown menu with many items

Place the cursor where you want to display the references list (usually at the bottom of the page). Open the "Insert" menu and click the "References list" icon (three books).

If you are using several groups of references, which is relatively rare, you will have the opportunity to specify the group. If you do that, then only the references that belong to the specified group will be displayed in this list of references.

Finally, click "Insert" in the dialog to insert the References list. This list will change as you add more footnotes to the page.

You can read and help translate the user guide, which has more information about how to use the visual editor.

Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor team has fixed many bugs. Their workboard is available in Phabricator. Their current priorities are improving support for Arabic and Indic scripts, and adapting the visual editor to the needs of the Wikivoyages and Wikisources.

Recent changes

The visual editor is now available to all users at most Wikivoyages. It was also enabled for all contributors at the French Wikinews.

The single edit tab feature combines the "Edit" and "Edit source" tabs into a single "Edit" tab. It has been deployed to several Wikipedias, including Hungarian, Polish, English and Japanese Wikipedias, as well as to all Wikivoyages. At these wikis, you can change your settings for this feature in the "Editing" tab of Special:Preferences. The team is now reviewing the feedback and considering ways to improve the design before rolling it out to more people.

Future changes

The "Save page" button will say "Publish page". This will affect both the visual and wikitext editing systems. More information is available on Meta.

The visual editor will be offered to all editors at the remaining "Phase 6" Wikipedias during the next few months. The developers want to know whether typing in your language feels natural in the visual editor. Please post your comments and the language(s) that you tested at the feedback thread on mediawiki.org. This will affect several languages, including: Arabic, Hindi, Thai, Tamil, Marathi, Malayalam, Urdu, Persian, Bengali, Assamese, Aramaic and others.

The team is working with the volunteer developers who power Wikisource to provide the visual editor there, for opt-in testing right now and eventually for all users. (T138966)

The team is working on a modern wikitext editor. It will look like the visual editor, and be able to use the citoid service and other modern tools. This new editing system may become available as a Beta Feature on desktop devices around September 2016. You can read about this project in a general status update on the Wikimedia mailing list.

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Guild of Copy Editors July 2016 News

Guild of Copy Editors July 2016 News

Hello everyone, and welcome to the July 2016 GOCE newsletter.

June Blitz: this one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 12 through 18 June; the themes were video games and Asian geography. Of the 18 editors who signed up, 11 removed 47 articles from the backlog. Barnstars and rollover totals are located here. Thanks to all editors who took part.

Coordinator elections: The second tranche of Guild coordinators for 2016, who will serve a six-month term until 23:59 UTC on 31 December, have been elected. Jonesey95 remains as your drama-free Lead Coordinator, and Corinne and Tdslk are your new assistant coordinators. For her long service to the Guild, Miniapolis has been enrolled in the GOCE Hall of Fame. Thanks to everyone who voted in the election; our next scheduled one occurs in December 2016. All Wikipedia editors in good standing are eligible; self-nominations are welcome and encouraged.

July Drive: Our month-long July Copy Editing Backlog Elimination Drive is now underway. Our aim is to remove articles tagged for copy-edit in April, May and June 2015, and to complete all requests on the GOCE Requests page from June 2016. The drive ends at 23:59 on 31 July 2016 (UTC).

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Jonesey95, Corinne and Tdlsk.

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This week's article for improvement (week 27, 2016)

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Answering machine

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Tech News: 2016-27

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Recent changes

  • A daily email summary of notifications could be sent even when there were no notifications from the wiki. Now no email will be sent if there is no activity. [110]

Changes this week

  • The "⧼citoid-citefromidtool-title⧽" button in the visual editor's toolbar will move into the "Insert" menu except for Wikipedias, Wikibookses and Wikiversities. This is to make it less prominent on wikis that don't use it as much. [111]
  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 July. It will be on all wikis from 7 July (calendar).

Meetings

  • You can take part in the next office hour for Wikidata on IRC on July 8 at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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19:45, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

Issue with username changes

Hi, I put a request to change my username to TedEdwards last week, but the request has not been met due to the technical issue with the software. Could I ask if you have any idea when this issue will be sorted out? Theoosmond (talk) 21:41, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

@Theoosmond: The patch should be out by the 14th, according to phab:T137973#2434800. Sorry for the long wait. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 21:43, 6 July 2016 (UTC)
Alright, thanks. Theoosmond (talk) 07:07, 7 July 2016 (UTC)

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q2 2016

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
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This week's article for improvement (week 28, 2016)

An ear of rye
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Rye

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Tech News: 2016-28

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

  • A new image scaler fixed a number of bugs for showing SVG files. Some new problems turned up. [112][113][114]
  • Notifications are grouped by types. They are now counted by number of notifications and not by unread groups. That change may increase the number of notifications displayed. The earlier way of counting was often incorrect. Unread notifications will also be displayed first. [115][116][117]
  • Special:Notifications now has a maximum width for the notifications list on desktop computers. This allows long titles and descriptions to be cut properly. Notifications are now also better parsed. [118][119][120]

Problems

  • On 5 July Wikimedia Commons had problems and could not be edited for 20 minutes. For a short while after that the recent changes log and some gadgets were not working properly. It affected administrative actions on other projects too. [121]
  • Users who have multiple unread notifications can mark them as read by visiting Special:Notifications page on their wiki.

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 July. It will be on all wikis from 14 July (calendar).

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 12 July at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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15:14, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 29, 2016)

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Sun deck

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Tech News: 2016-29

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

Problems

  • On July 12 all wikis were rolled back to MediaWiki 1.28.0-wmf.8 due to a problem in the log-in system. [125][126]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 July. It will be on all wikis from 21 July (calendar).
  • Special:Log now has a help link. [127]
  • The RevisionSlider can be tested on the beta cluster. From 22 July, it will be available as a beta feature at: German Wikipedia, Arabic Wikipedia, Hebrew Wikipedia

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 19 July at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
  • You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is "Devise plan for a cross-wiki watchlist back-end". The meeting will be on 20 July at 21:00 (UTC). See how to join. [128]

Future changes

  • User scripts and bots can no longer use http:// to edit wiki pages. [129][130]
  • Gerrit is going to be updated. Developers are invited to test it. [131]

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12:01, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

Username Change request move

Hi K6ka, Just to let you know that i have moved my request to Meta:Steward requests/Username changes so that the existing user can be usurped. The account who carries the name i want to be renamed as hasn't made a single edit since 2009. Thanks! Class455fan1 (talk) 20:48, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

@Class455fan1: Yes, I've seen it. I'll let another renamer handle the usurpation request; be sure to notify the target user on their home wiki about the request, and we'll give them about a month to respond. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 20:49, 19 July 2016 (UTC)
 Already done. Notified target. The account was based on the commons. However it says on the notification that if they do nothing, the request will be filled after seven days (which they do nothing will be most likely). Will the 7 days be the case or will i have to wait a month? Class455fan1 (talk) 20:51, 19 July 2016 (UTC)
@Class455fan1: 7 days is the waiting period for WP:CHU/U; however, WP:CHU/U can only process requests for accounts that have a presence on the English Wikipedia. Accounts that have a significant presence on other wikis, like in your case, have to be filed at m:SRUC, where the waiting period is one month. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 20:55, 19 July 2016 (UTC)
I see, So should I assume that my account will be renamed on August 19? In which case i will place a notice on my talk page.Class455fan1 (talk) 20:58, 19 July 2016 (UTC)
@Class455fan1: Around the 19th or 20th, if the target user doesn't respond. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 21:02, 19 July 2016 (UTC)
Okay. Thanks for your help! I will start to place a note on my user and talk pages saying if all goes to plan, i will be renamed. Class455fan1 (talk) 21:06, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

Dekay

At the request of William (Bill) Dekay his material has been removed because of inaccuracies. He will have it updated in the future. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tennessa R. Wild (talk • contribs) 16:04, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

Untitled

hi i added names of tarkan(singer) girlfriends based on sources i sent. but wikipedia doesn't accept them. can you help me? [1] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Matintarkan (talk • contribs) 22:01, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

References

  1. ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarkan_%28singer%29#Personal_life

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This week's article for improvement (week 30, 2016)

Closeup view of a Squeegee
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Squeegee

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Tech News: 2016-30

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

Problems

  • Sometimes, the visual editor required saving twice. That problem is now fixed. [133]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 26 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 27 July. It will be on all wikis from 28 July (calendar).
  • It is now possible to mark all Notifications as read on Special:Notifications, by clicking on the cog icon. [134]
  • Wikipedia search will now detect the language of your search if 2 or fewer results are found. It will then show results from the matching language Wikipedia, if any relevant article exists. It will start to roll out in 5 languages. [135]

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 26 July at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
  • You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is "an extension that implements an authenticated key-value store". The meeting will be on 27 July at 21:00 (UTC). See how to join. [136]

Future changes

  • The current icon for Notifications "Notices" (in English "Notices") will be changed from a bubble-speech icon to a tray icon for consistency. [137]
  • Special:Notifications page code will be changed to be more Mobile friendly. [138]

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19:54, 25 July 2016 (UTC)

Wikilove?

I'm dumb & usually only correct small edits & spelling mistakes so I hope I am doing this right. I read your user page & you said you appreciate WikiLove, so I wanted to give you some. Thank you for all the name changing you've done for me. My name change mid-life crisis is over & you will probably be rid of me now, but I wanted to thank you for the tireless, repetitive work you do for people who probably never do stop to say thanks or really even realise you are a person (I thought you were a bot the first time, I am so sorry). So thank you, for the repetitive work that many people are never willing to do & certainly not without a paycheck. Thank you. I wish I could buy you a coffee or some other for of gratitude (that I can afford, I am dirt poor, but I'd blow my weekly 6 dollar allowance on you if there was a way??????? Hint hint nudge nudge). Thanks again. Monroe Charles (talk) 23:48, 26 July 2016 (UTC)

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