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Tech News: 2022-25

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

• The Wikipedia App for Android now has an option for editing the whole page at once, located in the overflow menu (three-dots menu ). [1]
• Some recent database changes may affect queries using the Quarry tool. Queries for site_stats at English Wikipedia, Commons, and Wikidata will need to be updated. Read more.
• A new user_global_editcount variable can be used in abuse filters to avoid affecting globally active users. [2]

Changes later this week

• 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).
• Users of non-responsive skins (e.g. MonoBook or Vector) on mobile devices may notice a slight change in the default zoom level. This is intended to optimize zooming and ensure all interface elements are present on the page (for example the table of contents on Vector 2022). In the unlikely event this causes any problems with how you use the site, we'd love to understand better, please ping Jon (WMF) to any on-wiki conversations. [3]

Future changes

• The Beta Feature for DiscussionTools will be updated throughout July. Discussions will look different. You can see some of the proposed changes.
• Parsoid's HTML output will soon stop annotating file links with different typeof attribute values, and instead use mw:File for all types. Tool authors should adjust any code that expects: mw:Image, mw:Audio, or mw:Video. [4]

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20:17, 20 June 2022 (UTC)

The Signpost: 26 June 2022

• News and notes: WMF inks new rules on government-ordered takedowns, blasts Russian feds' censor demands, spends big bucks

• In the media: Editor given three-year sentence, big RfA makes news, Guy Standing takes it sitting down

• Special report: "Wikipedia's independence" or "Wikimedia's pile of dosh"?

• Discussion report: MoS rules on CCP name mulled, XRV axe plea nulled, BLPPROD drafting bid pulled

• Opinion: Picture of the Day – how Adam plans to ru(i)n it

• Featured content: Articles on Scots' clash, Yank's tux, Austrian's action flick deemed brilliant prose

• Essay: RfA trend line haruspicy: fact or fancy?

• Recent research: Wikipedia versus academia (again), tables' "immortality" probed

• Serendipity: Was she really a Swiss lesbian automobile racer?

• News from the WMF: Wikimedia Enterprise signs first deals

• Traffic report: Top view counts for shows, movies, and celeb lawsuit that keeps on giving

• Gallery: Celebration of summer, winter

• Humour: Shortcuts, screwballers, Simon & Garfunkel

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Women in Red in July 2022

Women in Red July 2022, Vol 8, Issue 7, Nos 214, 217, 234, 235 Online events: New: Alphabet Run: A to B | Baltic States Continuing: Climate (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman See also: Women in Green's Good Article Editathon: July 2022 – Women and the Environment Other ways to participate: Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events. Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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Tech News: 2022-26

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

• Wikimedia Enterprise API service now has self-service accounts with free on-demand requests and monthly snapshots (API documentation). Community access via database dumps & Wikimedia Cloud Services continues.
• All Wikimedia wikis can now use Wikidata Lexemes in Lua after creating local modules and templates. Discussions are welcome on the project talk page.

Changes later 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).
• Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 28 June at 06:00 UTC (targeted wikis). [5]
• Some global and cross-wiki services will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 30 June at 06:00 UTC. This will impact ContentTranslation, Echo, StructuredDiscussions, Growth experiments and a few more services. [6]
• Users will be able to sort columns within sortable tables in the mobile skin. [7]

Future meetings

• The next open meeting with the Web team about Vector (2022) will take place tomorrow (28 June). The following meetings will take place on 12 July and 26 July.

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20:01, 27 June 2022 (UTC)

Question from PavithraHN (07:24, 2 July 2022)

Where can I see the updates I have made on my page? --PavithraHN (talk) 07:24, 2 July 2022 (UTC)

Hi PavithraHN, thank you for contributing to Wikipedia and I hope you like the place and would stay. Actually, there's no precise place where you can see the updates you made on Wikipedia articles but you can look up the page revision history to see the changes that were made on a page by differences and or simply look up your contributions history Here, PavithraHN contributions to see all your previous contributions. I hope this helps. User:Em-mustapha ^talk 08:08, 2 July 2022 (UTC)

I have just submitted a speedy delete for the tag Usea: Anexas Europe, which was suggested to be deleted. I cannot see that update in the history. why so? Is my page blogged? PavithraHN (talk) 08:33, 2 July 2022 (UTC)

I can see that the previous page was deleted because of possible advertising on it which is now renamed. Yes, you can't see any updates from a deleted page because all the contents are not going to be retained. You have to rewrite them again and make sure it's free of anything advertisement so that you wouldn't get blocked again. User:Em-mustapha ^talk 08:52, 2 July 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-27

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 later this week

• 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).
• Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 5 July at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 7 July at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
• The Beta Feature for DiscussionTools will be updated throughout July. Discussions will look different. You can see some of the proposed changes.
• This change only affects pages in the main namespace in Wikisource. The Javascript config variable proofreadpage_source_href will be removed from mw.config and be replaced with the variable prpSourceIndexPage. [8]

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19:30, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

Question from PavithraHN (11:36, 11 July 2022)

Do I need to edit 12 articles before submitting my first article? --PavithraHN (talk) 11:36, 11 July 2022 (UTC)

No, you don't need to, just go ahead and submit your article for review. User:Em-mustapha ^talk 14:39, 11 July 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-28

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

• In the Vector 2022 skin, the page title is now displayed above the tabs such as Discussion, Read, Edit, View history, or More. Learn more. [9]
• It is now possible to easily view most of the configuration settings that apply to just one wiki, and to compare settings between two wikis if those settings are different. For example: Japanese Wiktionary settings, or settings that are different between the Spanish and Esperanto Wikipedias. Local communities may want to discuss and propose changes to their local settings. Details about each of the named settings can be found by searching MediaWiki.org. [10]
• The Anti-Harassment Tools team recently deployed the IP Info Feature as a Beta Feature at all wikis. This feature allows abuse fighters to access information about IP addresses. Please check our update on how to find and use the tool. Please share your feedback using a link you will be given within the tool itself.

Changes later this week

• There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
• Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 12 July at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis).

Future changes

• The Beta Feature for DiscussionTools will be updated throughout July. Discussions will look different. You can see some of the proposed changes.

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19:23, 11 July 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-29

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Problems

• The feature on mobile web for Nearby Pages was missing last week. It will be fixed this week. [11]

Changes later 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).

Future changes

• The Technical Decision Forum is seeking community representatives. You can apply on wiki or by emailing TDFSupport@wikimedia.org before 12 August.

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22:58, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-30

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

• The www.wikibooks.org and www.wikiquote.org portal pages now use an automated update system. Other project portals will be updated over the next few months. [12]

Problems

• Last week, some wikis were in read-only mode for a few minutes because of an emergency switch of their main database (targeted wikis). [13]

Changes later 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).
• The external link icon will change slightly in the skins Vector legacy and Vector 2022. The new icon uses simpler shapes to be more recognizable on low-fidelity screens. [14]
• Administrators will now see buttons on user pages for "Change block" and "Unblock user" instead of just "Block user" if the user is already blocked. [15]

Future meetings

• The next open meeting with the Web team about Vector (2022) will take place tomorrow (26 July).

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19:26, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

Question from RWK42oldwiki (07:11, 14 July 2022)

I want to add my membership in WikiProject Basketball to my home page. How can I do this? --RWK42oldwiki (talk) 07:11, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

Hi @RWK42oldwiki:, sorry for the late response. Just add this template {{User WikiProject Basketball}}, to your Userpage here RWK42oldwiki it will automatically describe your membership to the Wikiproject. User:Em-mustapha ^talk 18:17, 20 July 2022 (UTC)

Em-mustapha,

I've tried to add the template but the indication is that my User does not exist RWK42oldwiki.

What is my next step, please?

Thanks,

Richard RWK42oldwiki (talk) 02:00, 27 July 2022 (UTC)

Yes, just create the user page by clicking the edit button and insert the template and anything you want to be there. User:Em-mustapha ^talk 06:51, 27 July 2022 (UTC)

Women in Red August 2022

Women in Red August 2022, Vol 8, Issue 8, Nos 214, 217, 236, 237, 238, 239 Online events: New: Alphabet run: C and D | Indigenous women | Refugees | Comedians, Comics and other Performers Continuing: Climate (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman See also: Interwiki Women Collaboration focus on UEFA Women's Euro 2022, August 8–21 Other ways to participate: Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events. Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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The Signpost: 1 August 2022

• From the editors: Rise of the machines, or something

• News and notes: Information considered harmful

• In the media: Censorship, medieval hoaxes, "pathetic supervillains", FB-WMF AI TL bid, dirty duchess deeds done dirt cheap

• Op-Ed: The "recession" affair

• Eyewitness Wikimedian, Vinnytsia, Ukraine: War diary (part 3)

• Election guide: The chosen six: 2022 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees elections

• Community view: Youth culture and notability

• Opinion: Criminals among us

• Arbitration report: Winds of change blow for cyclone editors, deletion dustup draws toward denouement

• Deletion report: This is Gonzo Country

• Discussion report: Notability for train stations, notices for mobile editors, noticeboards for the rest of us

• Traffic report: US TV, JP ex-PM, outer space, and politics of IN, US, UK top charts for July

• Featured content: A little list with surprisingly few lists

• Tips and tricks: Cleaning up awful citations with Citation bot

• In focus: Wikidata insights from a handy little tool

• On the bright side: Ukrainian Wikimedians during the war — three (more) stories

• Essay: How to research an image

• Recent research: A century of rulemaking on Wikipedia analyzed

• Serendipity: Don't cite Wikipedia

• Gallery: A backstage pass

• From the archives: 2012 Russian Wikipedia shutdown as it happened

• Humour: Why did the chicken cross the road?

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Tech News: 2022-31

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

• Improved LaTeX capabilities for math rendering are now available in the wikis thanks to supporting Phantom tags. This completes part of the #59 wish of the 2022 Community Wishlist Survey.

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 2 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 3 August. It will be on all wikis from 4 August (calendar).
• The Realtime Preview will be available as a Beta Feature on wikis in Group 0. This feature was built in order to fulfill one of the Community Wishlist Survey proposals.

Future changes

• The Beta Feature for DiscussionTools will be updated throughout August. Discussions will look different. You can see some of the proposed changes.

Future meetings

• This week, three meetings about Vector (2022) with live interpretation will take place. On Tuesday, interpretation in Russian will be provided. On Thursday, meetings for Arabic and Spanish speakers will take place. See how to join.

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21:20, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

Question from RWK42oldwiki (03:45, 4 August 2022)

How do I create a 'User Page'? My username is in the WikiProject - Basketball members list, but it says I don't have a 'User Page'. --RWK42oldwiki (talk) 03:45, 4 August 2022 (UTC)

Hi, this is your user page User:RWK42oldwiki and it's your personal profile. You already create it. User:Em-mustapha ^talk 07:55, 4 August 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-32

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

• GUS2Wiki copies the information from Special:GadgetUsage to an on-wiki page so you can review its history. If your project isn't already listed on the Wikidata entry for Project:GUS2Wiki you can either run GUS2Wiki yourself or make a request to receive updates. [16]

Changes later this week

• There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
• Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 9 August at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 11 August at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).

Future meetings

• The Wikimania Hackathon will take place online from August 12–14. Don't miss the pre-hacking showcase to learn about projects and find collaborators. Anyone can propose a project or host a session. Newcomers are welcome!

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19:48, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-33

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 Persian (Farsi) Wikipedia community decided to block IP editing from October 2021 to April 2022. The Wikimedia Foundation's Product Analytics team tracked the impact of this change. An impact report is now available.

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 August. It will be on all wikis from 18 August (calendar).
• Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 16 August at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 18 August at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
• The Realtime Preview will be available as a Beta Feature on wikis in Group 1. This feature was built in order to fulfill one of the Community Wishlist Survey proposals.

Future changes

• The Beta Feature for DiscussionTools will be updated throughout August. Discussions will look different. You can see some of the proposed changes. [17][18][19]

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21:07, 15 August 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-34

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

• Two problems with Kartographer maps have been fixed. Maps are no longer shown as empty when a geoline was created via VisualEditor. Geolines consisting of points with QIDs (e.g., subway lines) are no longer shown with pushpins. [20][21]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 August. It will be on all wikis from 25 August (calendar).
• Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 25 August at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
• The colours of links and visited links will change. This is to make the difference between links and other text more clear. [22]

Future changes

• The new [subscribe] button helps newcomers get answers. The Editing team is enabling this tool everywhere. You can turn it off in your preferences. [23]

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00:10, 23 August 2022 (UTC)

Question from Addisonshea (18:19, 22 August 2022)

How can i make myself a wiki page --Addisonshea (talk) 18:19, 22 August 2022 (UTC)

Hi, this Addisonshea page with your name in red is your Wiki page, if you want to make it, click on it and start typing what you want about yourself. User:Em-mustapha ^talk 11:48, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-35

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 Realtime Preview is available as a Beta Feature on wikis in Group 2. This feature was built in order to fulfill one of the Community Wishlist Survey proposals. Please note that when this Beta feature is enabled, it may cause conflicts with some wiki-specific Gadgets.

Problems

• In recent months, there have been inaccurate numbers shown for various Special:Statistics at Commons, Wikidata, and English Wikipedia. This has now been fixed. [24]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 31 August. It will be on all wikis from 1 September (calendar).
• Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 30 August at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 1 September at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).

Future changes

• The Wikimedia Foundation wants to improve how Wikimedia communities report harmful incidents by building the Private Incident Reporting System (PIRS) to make it easy and safe for users to make reports. You can leave comments on the talk page, by answering the questions provided. If you have ever faced a harmful situation that you wanted to report/reported, join a PIRS interview to share your experience. To sign up please email Madalina Ana.

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23:03, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

Women in Red in September 2022

Women in Red September 2022, Vol 8, Issue 9, Nos 214, 217, 240, 241 Online events: New: Alphabet run: E and F | Women writers and their works Continuing: Climate (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman Request for help: Participate in preparations for our trend-setting contest in November Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events. Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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The Signpost: 31 August 2022

• News and notes: Admins wanted on English Wikipedia, IP editors not wanted on Farsi Wiki, donations wanted everywhere

• Special report: Wikimania 2022: no show, no show up?

• In the media: Truth or consequences? A tough month for truth

• Discussion report: Boarding the Trustees

• News from Wiki Education: 18 years a Wikipedian: what it means to me

• In focus: Thinking inside the box

• Tips and tricks: The unexpected rabbit hole of typo fixing in citations...

• Technology report: Vector (2022) deployment discussions happening now

• Serendipity: Two photos of every library on earth

• Featured content: Our man drills are safe for work, but our Labia is Fausta.

• Recent research: The dollar value of "official" external links

• Traffic report: What dreams (and heavily trafficked articles) may come

• Essay: Delete the junk!

• Gallery: A Fringe Affair (but not the show by Edward W. Feery that was on this year)

• Humour: CommonsComix No. 1

• From the archives: 5, 10, and 15 years ago

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Question from Rfwevefewv (17:43, 1 September 2022)

how get big money --Rfwevefewv (talk) 17:43, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-36

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 later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 6 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 7 September. It will be on all wikis from 8 September (calendar).
• Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 6 September at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 8 September at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
• On Special pages that only have one tab, the tab-bar's row will be hidden in the Vector-2022 skin to save space. The row will still show if Gadgets use it. Gadgets that currently append directly to the CSS id of #p-namespaces should be updated to use the mw.util.addPortletLink function instead. Gadgets that style this id should consider also targeting #p-associated-pages, the new id for this row. Examples are available. [25][26]

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23:19, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

Question from 55Maxim (14:38, 10 September 2022)

So I tried to update the list of monologues for Mike Daisey by adding a 2021 monologue he did in NYC: "What the xxxx just happened.". It was reviewed in the NYTimes and I added the reference: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/04/theater/mike-daisey-review.html. Why did it get blocked? --55Maxim (talk) 14:38, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

Question from Msengimogy (14:32, 10 September 2022)

Is there an opportunity of translating the articles of wikipedia from English to Swahili? --Msengimogy (talk) 14:32, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

Hi Msengimogy, thank you for asking. Sure, there is. Just search this Keywords in the SearchBar Special:ContentTranslation or used this link and translate to the language that you wanted. Content translation. I hope this helps. User:Em-mustapha ^talk 17:11, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-37

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 search servers have been upgraded to a new major version. If you notice any issues with searching, please report them on Phabricator. [27]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 13 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 14 September. It will be on all wikis from 15 September (calendar).
• Syntax highlighting is now tracked as an expensive parser function. Only 500 expensive function calls can be used on a single page. Pages that exceed the limit are added to a tracking category. [28]

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01:47, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

Question from EditorialSupreme (12:50, 16 September 2022)

Hi Mentor, thank you for your help. I am a student and in my course I learned that I can make contributions to Wikipedia. As I am learning about IT and journalism I want to become more knowledgeable on how to improve Wikipedia pages and articles. What is the best way to start? --EditorialSupreme (talk) 12:50, 16 September 2022 (UTC)

Hi EditorialSupreme, welcome to Wikipedia and we are glad to have you here. I just placed a note on your talk page about how you can get started, try and read the note and ask questions whenever you get stuck. Good luck. User:Em-mustapha ^talk 12:27, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-38

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

• Two database fields in the templatelinks table are now being dropped: tl_namespace and tl_title. Any queries that rely on these fields need to be changed to use the new normalization field called tl_target_id. See T299417 for more information. This is part of normalization of links tables. [29][30]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 20 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 21 September. It will be on all wikis from 22 September (calendar).
• In Kartographer maps, you can use icons on markers for common points of interest. On Tuesday, the previous icon set will be updated to version maki 7.2. That means, around 100 new icons will be available. Additionally, all existing icons were updated for clarity and to make them work better in international contexts. [31][32]

Future changes

• In a group discussion at Wikimania, more than 30 people talked about how to make content partnership software in the Wikimedia movement more sustainable. What kind of support is acceptable for volunteer developers? Read the summary and leave your feedback.

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MediaWiki message delivery 22:14, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-39

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

• Parsoid clients should be updated to allow for space-separated multi-values in the rel attribute of links. Further details are in T315209.

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 27 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 28 September. It will be on all wikis from 29 September (calendar).
• Visual diffs will become available to all users, except at the Wiktionaries and Wikipedias. [33]
• Talk pages on the mobile site will change at the Arabic, Bangla, Chinese, French, Haitian Creole, Hebrew, Korean, and Vietnamese Wikipedias. They should be easier to use and provide more information. [34] [35]
• In the Module namespace, pages ending with .json will be treated as JSON, just like they already are in the User and MediaWiki namespaces. [36]

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Women in Red October 2022

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Tech News: 2022-40

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Recent changes

• Kartographer maps can now show geopoints from Wikidata, via QID or SPARQL query. Previously, this was only possible for geoshapes and geolines. [37] [38]
• The Coolest Tool Award 2022 is looking for nominations. You can recommend tools until 12 October.

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 4 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 5 October. It will be on all wikis from 6 October (calendar).
• Talk pages on the mobile site will change at the Arabic, Bangla, Chinese, French, Haitian Creole, Hebrew, Korean, and Vietnamese Wikipedias. They should be easier to use and provide more information. (Last week's release was delayed) [39] [40]
• The scribunto-console API module will require a CSRF token. This module is documented as internal and use of it is not supported. [5]
• The Vector 2022 skin will become the default across the smallest Wikimedia projects. Learn more.

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Tech News: 2022-41

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• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 11 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 12 October. It will be on all wikis from 13 October (calendar).
• On some wikis, Kartographer maps in full size view will be able to display nearby articles. After a feedback period, more wikis will follow. [41][42]

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14:06, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

More explanation

Help me with your contact. Kwaro1 (talk) 04:00, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

Hi Kwaro1, you can reach me at em-mustapha@wikimediahausa.org.ng. User:Em-mustapha ^talk 09:48, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-42

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Recent changes

• The recently implemented feature of article thumbnails in Special:Search will be limited to Wikipedia projects only. Further details are in T320510. [43]
• A bug that caused problems in loading article thumbnails in Special:Search has been fixed. Further details are in T320406.

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 18 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 19 October. It will be on all wikis from 20 October (calendar).
• Lua module authors can use mw.loadJsonData() to load data from JSON pages. [44]
• Lua module authors can enable require( "strict" ) to add errors for some possible code problems. This replaces "Module:No globals" on most wikis. [45]

Future changes

• The Beta Feature for DiscussionTools will be updated at most wikis. The "reply" button will look different after this change. [46]

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Tech News: 2022-43

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• There have been some minor visual fixes in Special:Search, regarding audio player alignment and image placeholder height. Further details are in T319230.
• On Wikipedias, a new preference has been added to hide article thumbnails in Special:Search. Full details are in T320337.

Problems

• Last week, three wikis (French Wikipedia, Japanese Wikipedia, Russian Wikipedia) had read-only access for 25 minutes. This was caused by a hardware problem. [47]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 25 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 26 October. It will be on all wikis from 27 October (calendar).
• Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 25 October at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 27 October at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
• Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" (Assamese Wikipedia, Bashkir Wikipedia, Balinese Wikipedia, Bavarian Wikipedia, Samogitian Wikipedia, Bikol Central Wikipedia, Belarusian Wikipedia, Belarusian (Taraškievica) Wikipedia, Bulgarian Wikipedia, Bhojpuri Wikipedia, Bislama Wikipedia, Banjar Wikipedia, Bambara Wikipedia, Bishnupriya Wikipedia, Breton Wikipedia, Bosnian Wikipedia, Buginese Wikipedia, Buryat Wikipedia, Indonesian Wikipedia). This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally. [48]
• Starting on Wednesday October 26, 2022, the list of mentors will be upgraded at wikis where Growth mentorship is available. The mentorship system will continue to work as it does now. The signup process will be replaced, and a new management option will be provided. Also, this change simplifies the creation of mentorship systems at Wikipedias. [49][50][51]
• Pages with titles that start with a lower-case letter according to Unicode 11 will be renamed or deleted. There is a list of affected pages at m:Unicode 11 case map migration. More information can be found at T292552.
• The Vector 2022 skin will become the default across the smallest Wikipedias. Learn more.

Future changes

• The Reply tool and New Topic tool will soon get a special characters menu. [52]

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Women in Red November 2022

Women in Red November 2022, Vol 8, Issue 11, Nos 214, 217, 245, 246, 247 Online events: New: Alphabet run: I and J | Women in Education | Geofocus Central & Southern Asia Continuing: Climate (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman See also: Wikipedia Asian Month November Contest Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events. Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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Question from Lisakhanya majola (17:39, 28 October 2022)

Hello --Lisakhanya majola (talk) 17:39, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

Hi, how can help you? User:Em-mustapha ^talk 08:56, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2022-44

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Recent changes

• When using keyboard navigation on a Kartographer map, the focus will become more visible. [53]
• In Special:RecentChanges, you can now hide the log entries for new user creations with the filter for "⧼rcfilters-filter-newuserlogactions-label⧽". [54]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 1 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 2 November. It will be on all wikis from 3 November (calendar).
• The maps dialog in VisualEditor now has some help texts. [55]
• It is now possible to select the language of a Kartographer map in VisualEditor via a dropdown menu. [56]
• It is now possible to add a caption to a Kartographer map in VisualEditor. [57]
• It is now possible to hide the frame of a Kartographer map in VisualEditor. [58]

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MediaWiki message delivery 21:13, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

Question from SusannMcCarthy (01:13, 3 November 2022)

Hello, I may be lost in cyberspace. I don't want to edit articles, I only wanted to sigh up for regular postings to my email account so I could read what's going on.. Can you redirect me, if that's what's appropriate? --SusannMcCarthy (talk) 01:13, 3 November 2022 (UTC)

Hi SusannMcCarthy, thank you for reaching out. I hope you will change your mind one day and start editing. Please, subscribe to this mailing list for a Wikipedia daily article update. 'Mail Wikipedia Daily article'. User:Em-mustapha ^talk 13:15, 4 November 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-45

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Recent changes

• An updated version of the Event Registration tool is now available for testing at testwiki and test2wiki. The tool provides features for event organizers and participants. Your feedback is welcome at our project talkpage. More information about the project is available. [59]

Problems

• Twice last week, for about 45 minutes, some files and thumbnails failed to load and uploads failed, mostly for logged-in users. The cause is being investigated and an incident report will be available soon.

Changes later this week

• There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

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Question from Lisakhanya majola (19:11, 6 November 2022)

hello if i write this article is it going to be distributed to the whole world ? --Lisakhanya majola (talk) 19:11, 6 November 2022 (UTC)

Sure, why not? As long as your article meet Wikipedia's Notability requirement, it will get on the mainspace for the whole world. User:Em-mustapha ^talk 21:31, 9 November 2022 (UTC)

Some baklava for you!

enjoy. Lisakhanya majola (talk) 17:08, 9 November 2022 (UTC)

I really enjoyed it, thanks! User:Em-mustapha ^talk 22:04, 9 November 2022 (UTC)

noah's ark.

i just feel like we need to get more info on that , i mean we dont even know how he got to convince all the animals , is he an animal whisperer or something ? i dont know if im wrong Lisakhanya majola (talk) 18:33, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

You funny, actually! That's divine revelations captured in the holy books of Abrahamic religions. The author of the article has used sources from those books that billions of people have believed in them. For us to be searching for how he was able to convince all the animals to follow him is another thing because nobody was alive when that happens or has a different knowledge of the stories except from those religious books. User:Em-mustapha ^talk 19:40, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

i think i should start reading the bible so i can get a better insight on what really happened

and thank you but i wouldn't really consider myself as a funny person i would say i'm more curious that funny .

Could i ask more questions if you dont mind Lisakhanya majola (talk) 18:54, 6 November 2022 (UTC)

Yes, you may ask me anything. Thank you. User:Em-mustapha ^talk 10:56, 7 November 2022 (UTC)

what would you do if you had a bestfriend and that friend doesnt appreciate you and she doesnt even spend any time with you as her bestie but when you get other friends she gets jealous and she tells you to not have any other friends either than her. and when she is angry she gets physical and she hits you but because of the love you have for her you do not do anything about it. Lisakhanya majola (talk) 15:23, 9 November 2022 (UTC)

Please take this conversation off the encyclopedia. See "What Wikipedia is NOT.". — Moops ^⋠T⋡ 15:27, 9 November 2022 (UTC)

why Lisakhanya majola (talk) 16:08, 9 November 2022 (UTC)

Did you read the link I provided you with? Wikipedia is not a blog, nor a social networking service for "meeting friends" etc. — Moops ^⋠T⋡ 16:14, 9 November 2022 (UTC)

and yes i did read , but the guy said i can ask him anything so i followed the instruction Lisakhanya majola (talk) 16:43, 9 November 2022 (UTC)

as per say , and i dont understand why you have to be so rude or is this how this "website" treats people Lisakhanya majola (talk) 16:48, 9 November 2022 (UTC)

Not trying to be rude, just letting you know the guidelines. TY — Moops ^⋠T⋡ 16:49, 9 November 2022 (UTC)

k Lisakhanya majola (talk) 16:51, 9 November 2022 (UTC)

and as an influencer i honestly wouldnt recommend this blog Lisakhanya majola (talk) 16:52, 9 November 2022 (UTC)

helloo Lisakhanya majola (talk) 17:11, 9 November 2022 (UTC)

Hi, thank you for your questions and I'm happy to respond to them. Yes, you can ask me anything as I said but about Wikipedia. And I'm sorry, if the reminder by Moops had upset you. I really don't think it meant for that, it's only a reminder that we got off-topic. Thanks User:Em-mustapha ^talk 22:02, 9 November 2022 (UTC)

Yes, thats right. Nothing to worry about. TY — Moops ^⋠T⋡ 22:08, 9 November 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-46

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Recent changes

• At Wikidata, an interwiki link can now point to a redirect page if certain conditions are met. This new feature is called sitelinks to redirects. It is needed when one wiki uses one page to cover multiple concepts but another wiki uses more pages to cover the same concepts. Your feedback on the talkpage of the new proposed guideline is welcome. [60]
• The www.wikinews.org, www.wikiversity.org, and www.wikivoyage.org portal pages now use an automated update system. [61]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 15 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 16 November. It will be on all wikis from 17 November (calendar).
• There will be a new link to directly "Edit template data" on Template pages. [62]

Future changes

• Wikis where mobile DiscussionTools are enabled (these ones) will soon use full CSS styling to display any templates that are placed at the top of talk pages. To adapt these “talk page boxes” for narrow mobile devices you can use media queries, such as in this example. [63]
• Starting in January 2023, Community Tech will be running the Community Wishlist Survey (CWS) every two years. This means that in 2024, there will be no new proposals or voting.

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Tech News: 2022-47

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Recent changes

• The display of non-free media in the search bar and for article thumbnails in Special:Search has been deactivated. Further details are in T320661.

Changes later this week

• There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
• Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 22 November at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 24 November at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis).

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Women in Red in December 2022

WiR Women who died in 2022 Women in Red December 2022, Vol 8, Issue 12, Nos 214, 217, 248, 249, 250 Online events: New: Alphabet run K & L | Geofocus Southeast Asia | Women who died in 2022 Continuing: Climate (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman See also: Women in Climate Change collaboration runs 1 December 2022 - 31 January 2023 Tip of the month: Remember to search slight spelling variations of your subject's name, like Katherine/Katharine or Elizabeth/Elisabeth, especially for historical subjects. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events. Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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• Interview: Lisa Seitz-Gruwell on WMF fundraising in the wake of big banner ad RfC

• Opinion: Privacy on Wikipedia in the cyberpunk future

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Tech News: 2022-48

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Recent changes

• A new preference, “Enable limited width mode”, has been added to the Vector 2022 skin. The preference is also available as a toggle on every page if your monitor is 1600 pixels or wider. It allows for increasing the width of the page for logged-out and logged-in users. [64]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 29 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 30 November. It will be on all wikis from 1 December (calendar).
• Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 29 November at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 1 December at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
• Mathematical formulas shown in SVG image format will no longer have PNG fall-backs for browsers that don't support them. This is part of work to modernise the generation system. Showing only PNG versions was the default option until in February 2018. [65][66][67]
• On some wikis that use flagged revisions, a new checkbox will be added to Special:Contributions that enables you to see only the pending changes by a user. [68]

Future changes

• How media is structured in the parser's HTML output will change early next week at group1 wikis (but not Wikimedia Commons or Meta-Wiki). This change improves the accessibility of content, and makes it easier to write related CSS. You may need to update your site-CSS, or userscripts and gadgets. There are details on what code to check, how to update the code, and where to report any related problems. [69]

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Question from MSolomon17 (23:49, 25 November 2022)

Hi there, Just made my 1st Wikipedia edit... it took me a few attempts to get it just right, but I think I did. I have a few questions, which I did try to find answers to for a few minutes but I could not quickly. If you wish to, pointing me to where the answers are available would be good, although just giving me a quick direct answer is fine too.

1) When is my edit viewable as the public page? And what is the mechanism to make that occur? 2) I put my cite to correct piano player (via a picture on the back of the album) directly next to the information. Is this the best way to do that, or was there a better place to put that cite?

Thanks in advance, Mike --MSolomon17 (talk) 23:49, 25 November 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for your interest to edit and improve Wikipedia pages, I hope you like the place and will stay. Please, find your answers below.

1. As a very new user, your edits won't be published directly to the main space until a Pending changes reviewer approves them.

2. Yes, that's the way to put citation.

Thanks for your question. I hope this helps you. User:Em-mustapha ^talk 15:21, 28 November 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for your concise and on-target answers. I appreciate it. MSolomon17 (talk) 23:11, 28 November 2022 (UTC)

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Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - November 2022 Newsletter

This is our twentyfirst newsletter, covering November 2022. This issue has news related to SDGs 3, 5, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17.

Activities

• Current: Women in Climate Change editathon in various languages (1 December 2022 - 31 January 2023) (SDG 5 & 13) [17]
• Past: Wikipedia and sustainability, how to increase knowledge on climate change? (SDG all) [1]
• Past: Wikidata editathon in Swedish during COP 27 (SDG 13) [2]

News

• Wikimedia Nederland signed the Wikimedia Affiliates Environmental Sustainability Covenant (SDG all) [3]
• WikiProject Govdirectory was featured as Digital Public Goods (SDG 16) [11]
• The theme for Wiki Loves Africa 2023 has been revealed: Climate and weather (SDG 13) [16]

Resources

• Let's Connect learning report - pilot phase 2022 (SDG 17) [15]

Research

• Recommendations for use of annotations and persistent identifiers in taxonomy and biodiversity publishing [SDG 15) [7]
• A longitudinal analysis of gender diversity in Wikipedia articles (SDG 5) [13]

Videos

• 10 Anos de Wikidata: Wikidata for Open Access to Cultural Heritage, por Susanna Ånäs (AvoinGLAM) (SDG 11) [14]

New WikiProjects

• Myosotis Pilot (SDG 15) [12]

New Wikidata properties

• Bank of information on the historical and cultural heritage of the Republic of Belarus (SDG 11) [4]
• Louisiana Plant ID (SDG 15) [5]
• DrugCentral ID (SDG 3) [8]
• Probes And Drugs ID (SDG 3) [9]

New Wikidata query examples

• Map of water bodies in France (SDG 14) [6]
• Gender balances of winners of literary awards (SDG 5) [10]

Links

• [1] https://www.wikimedia.nl/session_wikiconnl22/
• [2] https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Sweden/Swedish_Riksdag_documents/Kopplingssprint_COP_27
• [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Affiliates_Environmental_Sustainability_Covenant
• [4] https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11184
• [5] https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11189
• [6] https://w.wiki/5wCp
• [7] https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.8.e97374
• [8] https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11198
• [9] https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11199
• [10] https://w.wiki/5$BR
• [11] https://mailchi.mp/c3e4c371c62a/announcing-new-dpga-members-and-strengthening-dpi-12387620
• [12] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Museum_of_New_Zealand_Te_Papa_Tongarewa/What_We%27ve_Done/Myosotis_Pilot
• [13] https://observablehq.com/@pac02/wednesday-index
• [14] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgh5_oD1yec
• [15] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Let%27s_Connect_learning_report_-_pilot_phase_2022.pdf
• [16] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2023
• [17] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Women_in_Climate_Change_2022

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Tech News: 2022-49

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Recent changes

• The Wikisources use a tool called ProofreadPage. ProofreadPage uses OpenSeadragon which is an open source tool. The OpenSeadragon JavaScript API has been significantly re-written to support dynamically loading images. The functionality provided by the older version of the API should still work but it is no longer supported. User scripts and gadgets should migrate over to the newer version of the API. The functionality provided by the newer version of the API is documented on MediaWiki. [70][71]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 6 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 7 December. It will be on all wikis from 8 December (calendar).

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Tech News: 2022-50

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Recent changes

• An A/B test has begun at 15 Wikipedias for DiscussionTools on mobile. Half of the editors on the mobile web site will have access to the Reply tool and other features. [72]
• The character = cannot be used in new usernames, to make usernames work better with templates. Existing usernames are not affected. [73]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 13 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 14 December. It will be on all wikis from 15 December (calendar).
• The HTML markup used by DiscussionTools to show discussion metadata below section headings will be inserted after these headings, not inside of them. This change improves the accessibility of discussion pages for screen reader software. [74]

Events

• The fourth edition of the Coolest Tool Award will happen online on Friday 16 December 2022 at 17:00 UTC! The event will be live-streamed on YouTube in the MediaWiki channel and added to Commons afterwards.

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Tech News: 2022-51

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Tech News

• Because of the holidays the next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 9 January 2023.

Recent changes

• On a user's contributions page, you can filter it for edits with a tag like 'reverted'. Now, you can also filter for all edits that are not tagged like that. This was part of a Community Wishlist 2022 request. [75]
• A new function has been used for gadget developers to add content underneath the title on article pages. This is considered a stable API that should work across all skins. Documentation is available. [76]
• One of our test wikis is now being served from a new infrastructure powered by Kubernetes (read more). More Wikis will switch to this new infrastructure in early 2023. Please test and let us know of any issues. [77]

Problems

• Last week, all wikis had no edit access for 9 minutes. This was caused by a database problem. [78]

Changes later this week

• There is no new MediaWiki version this week or next week.
• The word "Reply" is very short in some languages, such as Arabic ("ردّ"). This makes the Discussion tools button on talk pages difficult to use. An arrow icon will be added to those languages. This will only be visible to editors who have the Beta Feature turned on. [79] [80]

Future changes

• Edits can be automatically "tagged" by the system software or the Edit filter configuration system. Those tags link to a help page about the tags. Soon they will also link to Recent Changes to let you see other edits tagged this way. This was a Community Wishlist 2022 request. [81]
• The Trust & Safety tools team have shared new plans for building the Private Incident Reporting System. The system will make it easier for editors to ask for help if they are harassed or abused.
• Realtime Preview for Wikitext is coming out of beta as an enabled feature for every user of the 2010 Wikitext editor in the week of January 9, 2023. It will be available to use via the toolbar in the 2010 Wikitext editor. The feature was the 4th most popular wish of the Community Wishlist Survey 2021.

Events

• You can now register for the Wikimedia Hackathon 2023, taking place on May 19–21 in Athens, Greece. You can also apply for a scholarship until January 14th.

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Women in Red January 2023

Happy New Year from Women in Red | January 2023, Volume 9, Issue 1, Nos 250, 251, 252, 253, 254 Online events: New: Peace and Diplomacy (year-long initiative) | Alphabet run M & N | Geofocus East Asia Continuing: #1day1woman | Women who died in 2022 See also: Editing For Effie collaboration with the Smithsonian, January 8 & 9 (global event) Tip of the month: De-orphan and incorporate an article into Wikipedia using the Find Link tool Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events. Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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The Signpost: 1 January 2023

• News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation ousts, bans quarter of Arabic Wikipedia admins

• In the media: Odd bedfellows, Elon and Jimbo, reliable sources for divorces, and more

• Interview: ComplexRational's RfA debrief

• Technology report: Wikimedia Foundation's Abstract Wikipedia project "at substantial risk of failure"

• Essay: Mobile editing

• Arbitration report: Arbitration Committee Election 2022

• Recent research: Graham's Hierarchy of Disagreement in talk page disputes

• Serendipity: Wikipedia about FIFA World Cup 2022: quick, factual and critical

• Featured content: Would you like to swing on a star?

• Traffic report: Football, football, football! Wikipedia Football Club!

• CommonsComix: #4: The Course of WikiEmpire

• From the archives: Five, ten, and fifteen years ago

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Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - December 2022 Newsletter

This is our twentysecond newsletter, covering December 2022. This issue has news related to SDGs 3, 5, 13, 15 and 16.

Meetings

• January 15: Online user group meeting (SDG all)

Activities

• Wiki Loves Plants (SDG 15)
• 365 climate edits (SDG 13)
• Women in Climate Change 2022 (SDG 5 & 13)

News

• Museology, Myosotis, and metadata oh my! Sharing sustainably in Wikipedia (SDG 15)

Resources

• New Book: Open Mapping Towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDG all)

Videos

• Margaret Donald - Wikidata, OpenRefine & Biota (SDG 15)

Featured content

• English Wikipedia: List of alismatid families (SDG 15)

New Wikidata properties

• has biological vector (SDG 15)
• Bureau of Meteorology location ID (SDG 13)
• CIViC gene ID (SDG 3)
• Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate ID (SDG 16)
• Tanzania Parliament member ID (SDG 16)
• Lygaeoidea Species File ID (SDG 15)

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Tech News: 2023-02

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 use tags to filter edits in the recent changes feed or on your watchlist. You can now use tags to filter out edits you don't want to see. Previously you could only use tags to focus on the edits with those tags. [82]
• Special:WhatLinksHere shows all pages that link to a specific page. There is now a prototype for how to sort those pages alphabetically. You can see the discussion in the Phabricator ticket.
• You can now use the thanks function on your watchlist and the user contribution page. [83]
• A wiki page can be moved to give it a new name. You can now get a dropdown menu with common reasons when you move a page. This is so you don't have to write the explanation every time. [84]
• Matrix is a chat tool. You can now use matrix: to create Matrix links on wiki pages. [85]
• You can filter out translations when you look at the recent changes on multilingual wikis. This didn't hide translation pages. You can now also hide subpages which are translation pages. [86]

Changes later this week

• Realtime preview for wikitext is a tool which lets editors preview the page when they edit wikitext. It will be enabled for all users of the 2010 wikitext editor. You will find it in the editor toolbar.
• Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 10 January at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 12 January at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 10 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 11 January. It will be on all wikis from 12 January (calendar).

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Question from Drshohrehghasemi on Center of Excellence in Nanotechnology (07:19, 12 January 2023)

hello I hope you're having a good time. I just wanted to ask, how many errors in editing could block a Wikipedia account. --Drshohrehghasemi (talk) 07:19, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

Hi, welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for asking. There is no specific amount of errors, the things that could lead to one's account being blocked vary depending on what type of violation the account made. Please, review the Wikipedia:Blocking policy to learn more about blocking on Wikipedia and prevent yourself from getting one. User:Em-mustapha ^talk 09:44, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

Question from Basit khan+8 on Oranda (11:59, 15 January 2023)

How to know male and female in oranda fish --Basit khan+8 (talk) 11:59, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

Question from Basit khan+8 on Oranda (12:06, 15 January 2023)

How to know male or female in oranda fish --Basit khan+8 (talk) 12:06, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 16 January 2023

• From the team: We heard zoomers liked fortnights: the biweekly Signpost rides again

• Special report: Coverage of 2022 bans reveals editors serving long sentences in Saudi Arabia since 2020

• News and notes: Revised Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines up for vote, WMF counsel departs, generative models under discussion

• In the media: Court orders user data in libel case, Saudi Wikipedia in the crosshairs, Larry Sanger at it again

• Technology report: View it! A new tool for image discovery

• In focus: Busting into Grand Central

• Serendipity: How I bought part of Wikipedia – for less than $100

• Gallery: What is our responsibility when it comes to images?

• Humour: New geologically speedy deletion criteria introduced

• Opinion: Good old days, in which fifth-symbol-lacking lipograms roam'd our librarious litany

• Featured content: Flip your lid

• Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2022

• From the archives: Five, ten, and fifteen years ago

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User warnings

Hi Em-mustapha, Regarding the recent revert you made at Anti-Catholicism - you may already know about them, but you might find Wikipedia:Template index/User talk namespace useful. After a revert, these can be placed on the user's talk page to let them know you considered their edit inappropriate, and also direct new users to the sandbox. They can also be used to give more stern warnings to repeated disruptive editors and hence make it easier for administrators to justify a block if they continue editing disruptively. Thanks, Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:46, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

Sure, thank you for the reminder! User:Em-mustapha ^talk 12:51, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

I have about a hundred and thirty episodes of The Goon Show

There's an absolutely excellent chance I know more about the show than you ever will. Poking fun at Snagge is an almost episodic event. 24.69.97.22 (talk) 13:10, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-03

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

• The URLs in "prev" links on page history now contain diff=prev&oldid=[revision ID] in place of diff=[revision ID]&oldid=[revision ID]. This is to fix a problem with links pointing to incorrect diffs when history was filtered by a tag. Some user scripts may break as a result of this change. [87]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 17 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 18 January. It will be on all wikis from 19 January (calendar).
• Some changes to the appearance of talk pages have only been available on Talk: and User talk: namespaces. These will be extended to other talk namespaces, such as Wikipedia talk:. They will continue to be unavailable in non-talk namespaces, including Wikipedia: pages (e.g., at the Village Pump). You can change your preferences (beta feature). [88]
• On Wikisources, when an image is zoomed or panned in the Page: namespace, the same zoom and pan settings will be remembered for all Page: namespace pages that are linked to a particular Index: namespace page. [89]
• The Vector 2022 skin will become the default for the English Wikipedia desktop users. The change will take place on January 18 at 15:00 UTC. Learn more.

Future changes

• The 2023 edition of the Community Wishlist Survey, which invites contributors to make technical proposals and vote for tools and improvements, starts next week on 23 January 2023 at 18:00 UTC. You can start drafting your proposals in the CWS sandbox.

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Norman Mommens

Please review your reverting of my edits to the Norman Mommens article and read my edit summaries because you got it wrong. 107.122.161.34 (talk) 16:25, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

Thanks! 107.122.161.34 (talk) 17:01, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

Question from SatyaAmarRahe on Rajpath (15:52, 19 January 2023)

Hey i wanted to edit a page. It needs to be renamed. How can I do that ? Please help --SatyaAmarRahe (talk) 15:52, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

It's not going to be renamed because "Kartavya Path" is nowhere near close to becoming the WP:COMMONNAME of the road, which is the relevant Wikipedia policy here. Dāsānudāsa (talk) 17:04, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-04

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

• Last week, for ~15 minutes, all wikis were unreachable for logged-in users and non-cached pages. This was caused by a timing issue. [90]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 24 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 25 January. It will be on all wikis from 26 January (calendar).
• If you have the Beta Feature for DiscussionTools enabled, the appearance of talk pages will add more information about discussion activity. [91][92]
• The 2023 edition of the Community Wishlist Survey (CWS), which invites contributors to make technical proposals and vote for tools and improvements, starts on Monday 23 January 2023 at 18:00 UTC.

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Women in Red in February 2023

Women in Red Feb 2023, Vol 9, Iss 2, Nos 251, 252, 255, 256, 257, 259 Online events: New: Alphabet run O & P | Black women | Justice | Folklore Continuing: Peace and Diplomacy (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman Tip of the month: Explore Wikipedia for all variations of the woman's name (birth name, married name, re-married name, pen name, nickname) Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events. Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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Tech News: 2023-05

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

• Last week, for ~15 minutes, some users were unable to log in or edit pages. This was caused by a problem with session storage. [93]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 31 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 February. It will be on all wikis from 2 February (calendar).

Future changes

• Wikis that use localized numbering schemes for references need to add new CSS. This will help to show citation numbers the same way in all reading and editing modes. If your wiki would prefer to do it yourselves, please see the details and example CSS to copy from, and also add your wiki to the list. Otherwise, the developers will directly help out starting the week of February 5.

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Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - January 2023 Newsletter

This is our twentythird newsletter, covering January 2023. This issue has news related to SDGs 3, 5, 10, 11, 13, 14 and 16.

Meetings

• Upcoming: 19 February - User group meeting (SDG all)
• Past: 15 January - User group meeting (SDG all)

Activities

• Ongoing: Wiki Loves Plants (SDG 14)
• Ongoing: 365 climate edits (SDG 13)
• Upcoming: The 2023 Bug of the Year Edit-a-thon (SDG 14)
• Past: Lexeme challenge Urology (SDG 3)
• Past: Swedish Wikipedia weekly challenge - Frogs versus lizards (SDG 14)
• Past: Three hundred episodes of Critter of the Week (SDG 14)
• Past: Wikidata Queries around the SARS-CoV-2 virus and pandemic (SDG 3)
• Past: Women in Climate Change 2022 (SDG 5 & 13)

News

• The stories behind the Wiki Loves Earth 2022 photos from Türkiye (SDG 14)
• Announcing our funding support from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) (SDG 3)
• Jumping for science: how Wikipedia assignments inspire STEM students (SDG 14)
• Birds of NYC Photo Contest Winners announced! (SDG 14)
• Using Wikidata to Connect Constituents With Their Government (SDG 16)
• Wiki Loves Earth 2022 presents the winners of the special nomination “Human rights and environment”! (SDG 10 & 14)
• Equity, diversity & inclusion in affiliate governance (SDG 5 & 10)

Resources

• a Life Sciences Knowledge Graph with a Data Lake (SDG 3)

Videos

• Editor uses Wikidata to find new uses for existing drugs and speed up approval process for new treatments (SDG 3)
• WikiForHumanRights Information Session (SDG 10)

Featured content

• English Wikipedia: List of birds of Tuvalu (SDG 14)
• English Wikipedia: List of World Heritage Sites in Laos (SDG 11)
• English Wikipedia: List of World Heritage Sites in Bangladesh (SDG 11)

New Wikidata properties

• NIP (SDG 16)
• NSR doctor ID (SDG 3)
• UniProt disease ID (SDG 3)
• Strazha ID (SDG 16)
• United States House of Representatives ID (SDG 16)

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The Signpost: 4 February 2023

• From the editor: New for the Signpost: Author pages, tag pages, and a decent article search function

• News and notes: Foundation update on fundraising, new page patrol, Tides, and Wikipedia blocked in Pakistan

• Section 230: Twenty-six words that created the internet, and the future of an encyclopedia

• Disinformation report: Wikipedia on Santos

• Special report: Legal status of Wikimedia projects "unclear" under potential European legislation

• In the media: Furor over new Wikipedia skin, followup on Saudi bans, and legislative debate

• Op-Ed: Estonian businessman and political donor brings lawsuit against head of national Wikimedia chapter

• Opinion: Study examines cultural leanings of Wikimedia projects' visual art coverage

• Recent research: Wikipedia's "moderate yet systematic" liberal citation bias

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Organized Labour

• Tips and tricks: XTools: Data analytics for your list of created articles

• Featured content: 20,000 Featureds under the Sea

• Traffic report: Films, deaths and ChatGPT

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