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The Signpost: 10 September 2014

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Tech News: 2014-38

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Recent software changes

• You can now change the style of links to disambiguation pages. This is done with the mw-disambig CSS class. [1] [2]
• There was a problem on right-to-left wikis with Wikidata log entries. The text was messy in watchlists and recent changes. The problem is now fixed. The same problem will be fixed soon for user names. [3] [4] [5]
• New users are randomly chosen for a test on 12 Wikipedias. They get messages with ideas of articles to edit. The ideas come from what they have already edited. [6]

Problems

• There was a problem with loading images on September 10. [7]

VisualEditor news

• If you don't select text when you add a link, the link now shows a number. [8]
• The citation tool no longer offers to reuse a citation if there are none on the page yet. [9] [10]
• You can now use help buttons in the "Page settings" menu to see what the options are for. [11]

Future software changes

• The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf21) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since September 11. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on September 16, and on all Wikipedias on September 18 (calendar).
• These changes are coming with the new version:
  • If you use Internet Explorer 7, JavaScript will no longer work. JavaScript tools and scripts will no longer work in that browser. You should update to a newer browser. [12] [13] [14]

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08:34, 15 September 2014 (UTC)

POTD notification

POTD

Hi Herald,

Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:Bush Cockroach.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on October 8, 2014. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2014-10-08. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:28, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:List of extinct mammals

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The Signpost: 17 September 2014

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Tech News: 2014-39

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Recent software changes

• You can test a new Beta Feature called HHVM. It should make editing faster. Please report bugs if you see them. [15]

Problems

• There was a problem on the English Wikipedia on September 19. It was due to edits on a template used on many pages.
• Sites were down for users in the Pacific area around 7:00 UTC on September 20. It was due to a problem in the San Francisco data center.
• There were two bad bugs messing up articles in some browsers in VisualEditor. We fixed the bugs and updated the sites. [16] [17]

Software changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf22) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since September 18. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on September 23, and on all Wikipedias on September 25 (calendar).
• If you have more than 2000 notifications, the oldest ones will be removed.[18] [19]
• In the "Vector" skin, the icon used for users will show a neutral gender. [20] [21]
• The VisualEditor template tool now tells you if a required field is missing. [22]
• The "Cancel" button of the VisualEditor save window is now called "Resume editing". This shows that you can still edit and you won't lose your changes. [23]
• There are new keyboard shortcuts in VisualEditor. Use Ctrl+Shift+6 for code and Ctrl+Shift+5 for strikethrough. [24] [25]
• In VisualEditor, you can now see that you are switching to the source editing mode. Before, it was not clear it was happening. [26]

Future site changes

• You can see a plan for the move to Phabricator. It's the new tool to track bugs. A guided tour will be done via video on September 24. [27]

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09:05, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 24 September 2014

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Tech News: 2014-40

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Recent software changes

• On Commons, you can now see what files are most used across all wikis. You can also see the same list for deleted or uncreated files. [28] [29]
• There are now many more translations for language names. [30]

Software changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf1) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since September 25. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on September 30, and on all Wikipedias on October 2 (calendar).
• Errors from Scribunto (Lua) are now shown on the page. Before, you had to click on "Script error" to see them. [31] [32]
• You can add an "autovalue" for a field in TemplateData. When users add the template to a page, the value will be added automatically. An example is when a clean-up template shows the date it was added. [33]
• If you change a user preference but don't save it, it now asks if you want to save it. [34] [35]
• The PDF export tool has changed. The new one has better language support but it doesn't offer ZIM and EPUB formats. [36]

Future changes

• You can watch a video showing Phabricator, the new tool to track bugs. You can also read more about the move from Bugzilla.
• JavaScript authors: Many old methods will be removed soon. Please check your scripts and gadgets and replace the old methods by the new ones if needed. [37]

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09:44, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa

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WikiCup 2014 September newsletter

In one month's time, we will know our WikiCup 2014 champion. Newcomer Godot13 (submissions) has taken a strong lead with a featured list (historical coats of arms of the U.S. states from 1876) and a raft of featured pictures. Reigning champion Cwmhiraeth (submissions) is in second place with a number of high-importance biology articles, including new FA Isopoda and new GA least weasel. Casliber (submissions), who is in his fifth WikiCup final, is in third, with featured articles Pictor and Epacris impressa.

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