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Tech News: 2024-22 edit
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
- Several bugs related to the latest updates to the UploadWizard on Wikimedia Commons have been fixed. For more information, see T365107 and T365119.
In March 2024 a new addPortlet API was added to allow gadgets to create new portlets (menus) in the skin. In certain skins this can be used to create dropdowns. Gadget developers are invited to try it and give feedback.- Some CSS in the Minerva skin has been removed to enable easier community configuration. Interface editors should check the rendering on mobile devices for aspects related to the classes:
.collapsible,.multicol,.reflist,.coordinates,.topicon. Further details are available on replacement CSS if it is needed.
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 May. It will be on all wikis from 30 May (calendar). [1][2]- When you visit a wiki where you don't yet have a local account, local rules such as edit filters can sometimes prevent your account from being created. Starting this week, MediaWiki takes your global rights into account when evaluating whether you can override such local rules. [3]
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MediaWiki message delivery 00:13, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
Question from Africa Judge and Jurists Forum (15:30, 1 June 2024) edit
Hello Robertsky I have writen about my organisation, i want to have it published but i cant even edit the title. it still has the word sample page on it. Here is the page https://w.wiki/AFzD I really appreciate your time. --Africa Judge and Jurists Forum (talk) 15:30, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
- @Africa Judge and Jurists Forum the article as it is will be deleted or moved to draft space if moved to the mainspace or even to your main userpage. Please read WP:COI, WP:YFA, and WP:PROMO. I am also dropping you a talk page message to advise you to change your username. Your account will be blocked if you do not change your username. – robertsky (talk) 15:34, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you very much, Let me read through. Africa Judge and Jurists Forum (talk) 15:59, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
Grammar at RfA edit
Hi Robert, in your most recent question at RfA, #17, you wrote you realised that a recently closed RfC that introduced new guidelines to the article title in question
. I think this sentence is missing something. Maybe "you realise that a recently closed RfC introduced new guidelines..." is better? Best, Toadspike [Talk] 15:56, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-23 edit
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
- It is now possible for local administrators to add new links to the bottom of the site Tools menu without JavaScript. Documentation is available. [4]
- The message name for the definition of the tracking category of WikiHiero has changed from "
MediaWiki:Wikhiero-usage-tracking-category" to "MediaWiki:Wikihiero-usage-tracking-category". [5] - One new wiki has been created: a Wikipedia in Kadazandusun (
w:dtp:) [6]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 4 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 5 June. It will be on all wikis from 6 June (calendar). [7][8]
Future changes
- Next week, on wikis with the Vector 2022 skin as the default, logged-out desktop users will be able to choose between different font sizes. The default font size will also be increased for them. This is to make Wikimedia projects easier to read. Learn more.
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MediaWiki message delivery 22:33, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
Distortion of Maratha Empire page. edit
On 22 May 2024, you officially renamed/shifted Maratha Empire page to Maratha Confederacy (Log for this action - [9]) based on a sham consensus debate.
Have you investigated the profiles which actually voted for this malicious move (an attempt to discredit status of Maratha State), 2 of them are made in 2023, and 2 of them were sockpuppets of the same person who is banned now. And all 5-6 voters are Muslims who voted for this move against a Hindu Empire. These nuances get easily overlooked by foreign editors like yourself despite your vast knowledge and understanding. Calling Maratha Empire a "confederacy" is an attempt to delegitimize the Maratha state's real status and aggrandize the Mughals (an Islamic state) who were subjugated by the Marathas. I have opened up a Talk page topic drawing attention to the misinformation that has been mainstreamed due to this move. DeccanFlood (talk) 18:10, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
- @DeccanFlood, I have replied in the article's talk page, there's no point having separate conversations. Let's keep the discussion there, and be civil. – robertsky (talk) 20:12, 4 June 2024 (UTC)