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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 link editor in the visual editor now shows results below the search box. This improves the usability on desktop and mobile. [1]
- The description at Special:ChangeEmail now clearly explains that the page can also be used to remove your email. [2]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from October 6. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from October 7. It will be on all Wikipedias from October 8 (calendar).
- UploadWizard will remind users to add a category. [3]
- UploadWizard's category selectors will be easier to use. [4]
- A new Cite error will be shown if a named reference is defined more than once in the same article. [5]
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on 6 October at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Wikidata requests your input on how to improve the editing of Wikidata's data in other locations, such as Wikipedias.
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18:32, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
Thank you, and question
changeThank for the info. Stewi101015 (talk) 03:18, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
Do you know what "H:ES" means? I saw it on another page. Stewi101015 (talk) 03:18, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
- Sorry, no idea what that might mean. Chenzw Talk 03:19, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
- I saw it on User talk:Oshwah. Stewi101015 (talk) 04:08, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
The Signpost: 07 October 2015
change- Op-ed: Walled gardens of corruption
- In the media: Jailed Saudi blogger wins award; PR editing and Wiki-embarassment; Pakistan's third-richest person?
- Traffic report: Reality is for losers
- Featured content: This Week's Featured Content
- Arbitration report: Warning: Contains GMOs
- Technology report: Tech news in brief
- Gallery: Winners of Wiki Loves Monuments 2015 in Pakistan
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changeIn Boldly attempting to copy, I saw "british" and "zh-N 中文是这位用户的母语" (chinese?); are you from Hong Kong? You are "bureaucrat"? Stewi101015 (talk) 05:19, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
- I am not from Hong Kong. Not sure what you are talking about regarding "british". About bureaucrats: see WP:CRAT for an explanation. Chenzw Talk 05:24, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
- I saw "right now British" at https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Chenzw/Header&action=edit Stewi101015 (talk) 02:00, 12 October 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.
Recent changes
- The database size lists have been updated. These control special page update frequency and which wikis use global abuse filters. [6]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from October 13. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from October 14. It will be on all Wikipedias from October 15 (calendar).
- You will be able to upload images to Wikimedia Commons using the visual editor. When the image is uploaded it will be added to the article you're editing. [7]
- Pages that show citation error messages will automatically be placed in a hidden category. [8]
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 13 October at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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16:28, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
Article I created
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--74.130.133.1 (talk) 02:24, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
- You can reply again. --74.130.133.1 (talk) 02:27, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
- Please stop doing this. I don't need you to leave a message on my talk page every time you make a new thread or reply to another page. Chenzw Talk 02:28, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
- Fine. --74.130.133.1 (talk) 02:35, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
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The Signpost: 30 September 2015
change- In the media: Irish legislative editing; coffee quarrel; more sports vandalism
- News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation fundraising report, Montreal to host 2017 Wikimania
- Op-ed: Wikipedia needs more administrators
- Recent research: Wiktionary special; Is Wikipedia's search function inferior?; newbies, conflict and tolerance
- Tech news: Tech news in brief
- What is "The Signpost"? Stewi101015 (talk) 22:27, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
The Signpost: 14 October 2015
change- Blog: Third Wikimedia Spain conference takes place in Madrid
- Editorial: Why the news media needs a Wikipedian in residence
- Op-ed: WikiConference USA 2015: Built on good faith
- Traffic report: Screens, Sport, Reddit, and Death
- WikiConference Report: WikiConference USA 2015
- News and notes: Fundraising: 2015–2016 Q1 Update sparks mailing list debate
- Featured content: A fistful of dollars
- Technology report: Tech news in brief
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
- Tech News is trying to make reading the newsletter easier. The
icon means the item is in the newsletter every week, but with new dates. The 
icon means the item is mainly relevant for readers with technical knowledge. You can leave feedback on this change. - Timestamps in the protection log will now be in the user's timezone. Previously they would show Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). [9]
Problems
- A problem with MediaWiki made some pages show no content on October 14. This has now been fixed. [10]
- Some templates were misplaced in the Flow description bar. This could make it impossible to click on links. This will be fixed this week. [11]
- The deployment of the new MediaWiki version was stopped on October 14. No new code was deployed for the rest of week. This meant planned changes did not happen. [12]
Changes this week
- Changes that were planned to happen last week will happen this week. [13]
- Wikispecies, Meta and MediaWiki.org will be able to use Wikidata for sitelinks. [14][15][16][17]
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 20 October at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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16:02, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
my useful fact that i would want to share with you
changei added a useful fact but you had removed it and im trying my best to change it and make it more better and interesting but it sounds like you do not want me to change anything what so ever. My useful fact is that the women in Huns would do house work but, the rich women would hire slaves. And also that the rich women would adorn themselves with jewelry. — This unsigned comment was added by 108.172.183.120 (talk • changes) at 03:04, 20 October 2015 (UTC).
The Signpost: 21 October 2015
change- Editorial: Women and Wikipedia: the world is watching
- News and notes: Wikimedia lawsuit against NSA dismissed; Affiliates mailing list launched
- In the media: "Wikipedia's hostility to women"
- Special report: One year of GamerGate, or how I learned to stop worrying and love bare rule-level consensus
- Featured content: A more balanced week
- Op-ed: Wikipedia is significantly amplifying the impact of Open Access publications
- Arbitration report: Four ArbCom cases ongoing
- Traffic report: Hiding under the covers of the Internet
- Technology report: Tech news in brief
Porcupine Tree
changeI plan on editing the page, I just need a basis for what i am going to write in "simple english" words. — This unsigned comment was added by IanM529 Wikipedia (talk • changes) at 22:51, 20 October 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 October 27. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from October 28. It will be on all Wikipedias from October 29 (calendar).- The first time you use the visual editor, pop-ups will explain why and when you should use the citation and link tools. [18]
- You will be able to upload images to Wikimedia Commons from inside the wikitext editor by clicking "Upload" in the "Insert file" dialog. You will also be able to drag and drop them into an article when using the visual editor. [19][20]
- When you edit a code block in visual editor, you will have the syntax highlighted. [21][22]
- Index and Page namespaces on Wikisource will be defined as content namespaces in
$wgContentNamespaces. [23]
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18:04, 26 October 2015 (UTC)