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Tech News: 2024-13
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
An update was made on March 18th 2024 to how various projects load site, user JavaScript and CSS in Vector 2022 skin. A checklist is provided for site admins to follow.
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 26 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 27 March. It will be on all wikis from 28 March (calendar). [1][2]
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Category:Set index articles on molecular formulas/sandbox
Have you finished with the unparented test page Category:Set index articles on molecular formulas/sandbox, please? – Fayenatic London 16:28, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
- @Fayenatic london: Nerfed (I think, might take a while to propagate). Someday I'll revisit what I was working on there. Some...day... DMacks (talk) 08:43, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – April 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2024).
Administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
- An RfC is open to convert all current and future community discretionary sanctions to (community designated) contentious topics procedure.
Technical news
- The Toolforge Grid Engine services have been shut down after the final migration process from Grid Engine to Kubernetes. (T313405)
Arbitration
- An arbitration case has been opened to look into "the intersection of managing conflict of interest editing with the harassment (outing) policy".
Miscellaneous
- Editors are invited to sign up for The Core Contest, an initiative running from April 15 to May 31, which aims to improve vital and other core articles on Wikipedia.
Tech News: 2024-14
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
- Users of the reading accessibility beta feature will notice that the default line height for the standard and large text options has changed. [3]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 2 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 3 April. It will be on all wikis from 4 April (calendar). [4][5]
Future changes
- The Wikimedia Foundation has an annual plan. The annual plan decides what the Wikimedia Foundation will work on. You can now read the draft key results for the Product and Technology department. They are suggestions for what results the Foundation wants from big technical changes from July 2024 to June 2025. You can comment on the talk page.
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Culture vandal
Re [6], the user is a long-term troll, any effort put into edit summaries will be lost. Best, CMD (talk) 05:23, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for the intel. Wasn't one I had encountered before when that edit popped up on my watchlist. DMacks (talk) 06:44, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
- Is 31 hours the right block-length (based on IP hop rate)? DMacks (talk) 06:46, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
- 31 would work fine, it's a proxy that will be dropped immediately. CMD (talk) 06:52, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
- Well, at least we'll get some proxy-blocks out of it. Is it open enough that we should block for longer term? I'll watchlist a few more pages in that area, but also feel free to ping me if you find a mole that needs whacking. DMacks (talk) 07:36, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
- I don't think there is harm in blocking for a longer term, it has been done on previous occasions, but at the same time there is no point taking time out of your day to do it. Usually they make one or maybe two edits per IP of more subtle disruption, this one feels like its acting out to try and get a reaction. CMD (talk) 07:50, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
- Well, at least we'll get some proxy-blocks out of it. Is it open enough that we should block for longer term? I'll watchlist a few more pages in that area, but also feel free to ping me if you find a mole that needs whacking. DMacks (talk) 07:36, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
- 31 would work fine, it's a proxy that will be dropped immediately. CMD (talk) 06:52, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
- Is 31 hours the right block-length (based on IP hop rate)? DMacks (talk) 06:46, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:Page help link
Template:Page help link has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. – Jonesey95 (talk) 00:50, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-15
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
- Web browsers can use tools called extensions. There is now a Chrome extension called Citation Needed which you can use to see if an online statement is supported by a Wikipedia article. This is a small experiment to see if Wikipedia can be used this way. Because it is a small experiment, it can only be used in Chrome in English.
A new Edit Recovery feature has been added to all wikis, available as a user preference. Once you enable it, your in-progress edits will be stored in your web browser, and if you accidentally close an editing window or your browser or computer crashes, you will be prompted to recover the unpublished text. Please leave any feedback on the project talk page. This was the #8 wish in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey.- Initial results of Edit check experiments have been published. Edit Check is now deployed as a default feature at the wikis that tested it. Let us know if you want your wiki to be part of the next deployment of Edit check. [7][8]
- Readers using the Minerva skin on mobile will notice there has been an improvement in the line height across all typography settings. [9]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 April. It will be on all wikis from 11 April (calendar). [10][11]
- New accounts and logged-out users will get the visual editor as their default editor on mobile. This deployment is made at all wikis except for the English Wikipedia. [12]
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Please check your inbox
I just sent you an email. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 23:16, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
Epoxy
Hi there!
Regarding the edit in Epoxy#Renewable, recycled, waterborne and biobased epoxy
I appreciate your point about biobased epoxies having been around for a while. However, the concept of 100% closed-loop recycling is quite novel, which is why it's highlighted in the recent publication in Science. Perhaps my explanation wasn't clear enough. I am just trying, to keep Wiki up-to-date.
Closed-loop recyclability of a biomass-derived epoxy-amine thermoset by methanolysis | Science RomanVilgut (talk) 13:50, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-16
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
- Between 2 April and 8 April, on wikis using Flagged Revisions, the "Reverted" tag was not applied to undone edits. In addition, page moves, protections and imports were not autoreviewed. This problem is now fixed. [13][14]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 April. It will be on all wikis from 18 April (calendar). [15][16]
- Default category sort keys will now affect categories added by templates placed in footnotes. Previously footnotes used the page title as the default sort key even if a different default sort key was specified (category-specific sort keys already worked). [17]
- A new variable
page_last_edit_agewill be added to abuse filters. It tells how many seconds ago the last edit to a page was made. [18]
Future changes
- Volunteer developers are kindly asked to update the code of their tools and features to handle temporary accounts. Learn more.
- Four database fields will be removed from database replicas (including Quarry). This affects only the
abuse_filterandabuse_filter_historytables. Some queries might need to be updated. [19]
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Tech News: 2024-17
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- Starting this week, newcomers editing Wikipedia will be encouraged to try structured tasks. Structured tasks have been shown to improve newcomer activation and retention. [20]
- You can nominate your favorite tools for the fifth edition of the Coolest Tool Award. Nominations will be open until May 10.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 April. It will be on all wikis from 25 April (calendar). [21][22]
Future changes
- This is the last warning that by the end of May 2024 the Vector 2022 skin will no longer share site and user scripts/styles with old Vector. For user-scripts that you want to keep using on Vector 2022, copy the contents of Special:MyPage/vector.js to Special:MyPage/vector-2022.js. There are more technical details available. Interface administrators who foresee this leading to lots of technical support questions may wish to send a mass message to your community, as was done on French Wikipedia. [23]
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Editor at Signs of the coming of Judgement Day
Noticed you at that page and thought I'd bring up not the edit (although I don't understand the switch they are making there and elsewhere of a chart) but their contributions. Most seem bad. Lots of copyvio, clumsy English, failure to source. See [24] When they do source they clearly don't know what our criteria, eg using an open wiki as a source. Of their just over 500 edits, 62 have been reverted and I think that a lot more need removing. You may not have the time or stomach to bother with this, and that's ok. But I do think they are messing up a lot of articles but am not sure I can sanction yet. Thanks. Doug Weller talk 07:32, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
- One other. Here's an edit chosen because the edit summary says "stop using cushion words" referring to the word "some" that he removed from "daf holds special importance because some Muslims believe that it is the only musical instrument which is permitted to be used".
- The source contains a quote saying "Some Muslims hold all forms of music to be forbidden, others permit certain forms of unaccompanied singing, while others will permit the use of daff or drum like a tambourine (without the cymbals). In some Sufi circles the flute or lute are permitted"[25] Doug Weller talk 07:35, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
- I think you can sanction. A ton of small problems, and an occasional large problem, especially in this topic-area, needs to be stamped out. Copyvio and change of meaning (especially when it was previously per cited ref). DMacks (talk) 04:18, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
- I should have been more specific. Short block or indef? I think the latter, but he hasn't been blocked before. Doug Weller talk 07:20, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
- No objection to indef. I'm hard-pressed to AGF in cases of change-of-meaning in religious/sectarian contexts when edit-summary does not mention it. Either they don't know what they are doing (CIR for idiomatic English) or they do know what they are doing (NPOV or sealion). DMacks (talk) 04:54, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
- Done. Thanks for your advice. Doug Weller talk 11:33, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
- No objection to indef. I'm hard-pressed to AGF in cases of change-of-meaning in religious/sectarian contexts when edit-summary does not mention it. Either they don't know what they are doing (CIR for idiomatic English) or they do know what they are doing (NPOV or sealion). DMacks (talk) 04:54, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
- I should have been more specific. Short block or indef? I think the latter, but he hasn't been blocked before. Doug Weller talk 07:20, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
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This Month in Education: March 2024
This Month in Education
Volume 13 • Issue 3 • March 2024
Tech News: 2024-18
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
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- The appearance of talk pages changed for the following wikis: Azerbaijani Wikipedia, Bengali Wikipedia, German Wikipedia, Persian Wikipedia, Hebrew Wikipedia, Hindi Wikipedia, Indonesian Wikipedia, Korean Wikipedia, Dutch Wikipedia, Portuguese Wikipedia, Romanian Wikipedia, Thai Wikipedia, Turkish Wikipedia, Ukrainian Wikipedia, Vietnamese Wikipedia. These wikis participated to a test, where 50% of users got the new design, for one year. As this test gave positive results, the new design is deployed on these wikis as the default design. It is possible to opt-out these changes in user preferences ("Show discussion activity"). The deployment will happen at all wikis in the coming weeks. [26]
- Seven new wikis have been created:
- You can now watch message groups/projects on Translatewiki.net. Initially, this feature will notify you of added or deleted messages in these groups. [34]
- Dark mode is now available on all wikis, on mobile web for logged-in users who opt into the advanced mode. This is the early release of the feature. Technical editors are invited to check for accessibility issues on wikis. See more detailed guidelines.
Problems
- Kartographer maps can use an alternative visual style without labels, by using
mapstyle="osm". This wasn't working in previews, creating the wrong impression that it wasn't supported. This has now been fixed. [35]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 May. It will be on all wikis from 2 May (calendar). [36][37]
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Administrators' newsletter – May 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2024).
Guideline and policy news
- Phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship review has concluded. Several proposals have passed outright and will proceed to implementation, including creating a discussion-only period (3b) and administrator elections (13) on a trial basis. Other successful proposals, such as creating a reminder of civility norms (2), will undergo further refinement in Phase II. Proposals passed on a trial basis will be discussed in Phase II, after their trials conclude. Further details on specific proposals can be found in the full report.
Technical news
- Partial action blocks are now in effect on the English Wikipedia. This means that administrators have the ability to restrict users from certain actions, including uploading files, moving pages and files, creating new pages, and sending thanks. T280531
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Conflict of interest management has been closed.
Miscellaneous
- This may be a good time to reach out to potential nominees to ask if they would consider an RfA.
- A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in May 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 15,000 articles awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!
- Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election is open until 9 May 2024. Read the voting page on Meta-Wiki and cast your vote here!
Reminder to vote now to select members of the first U4C
- You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki. Please help translate to other languages.
Dear Wikimedian,
You are receiving this message because you previously participated in the UCoC process.
This is a reminder that the voting period for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) ends on May 9, 2024. Read the information on the voting page on Meta-wiki to learn more about voting and voter eligibility.
The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. Community members were invited to submit their applications for the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, please review the U4C Charter.
Please share this message with members of your community so they can participate as well.
On behalf of the UCoC project team,
RamzyM (WMF) 23:18, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
Complement on not being part of the precipitate
Every once in a while I notice the gears of the Wikipedia machine being turned around and I'm impressed by the social organization of it. Because it is not a mindless machine, but flawed, wonderful, thinking people doing their best. People paying attention, making notes, being part of the solution to problems (and not the precipitate as the Chemistry joke goes). Sure, people come in trying to turn over the tables, but just as quickly other people are cleaning it up and putting everything back where it was, or even maybe a bit cleaner than it was before the fracas. I checked back on a little vandalism thing and saw your notes on sock investigations. You and Classicwiki making sure the boxes get checked and it made me impressed with how well our little place works. Thanks for being part of it. 🌿MtBotany (talk) 05:27, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-19
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
- The appearance of talk pages changed for all wikis, except for Commons, Wikidata and most Wikipedias (a few have already received this design change). You can read the detail of the changes on Diff. It is possible to opt-out these changes in user preferences ("Show discussion activity"). The deployment will happen at remaining wikis in the coming weeks. [38][39]
- Interface admins now have greater control over the styling of article components on mobile with the introduction of the
SiteAdminHelper. More information on how styles can be disabled can be found at the extension's page. [40] - Wikimedia Enterprise has added article body sections in JSON format and a curated short description field to the existing parsed Infobox. This expansion to the API is also available via Wikimedia Cloud Services. [41]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 May. It will be on all wikis from 9 May (calendar). [42][43]
- When you look at the Special:Log page, the first view is labelled "All public logs", but it only shows some logs. This label will now say "Main public logs". [44]
Future changes
- A new service will be built to replace Extension:Graph. Details can be found in the latest update regarding this extension.
- Starting May 21, English Wikipedia and German Wikipedia will get the possibility to activate "Add a link". This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to all Wikipedias. These communities can activate and configure the feature locally. [45]
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