User talk:XXN/Archive4
Hi! I don't understand what this Revision of 218177336 change has been done for. Afaik, that page's content has nothing to do with the bot's work on the transcluded subpage. Or is there something I don't know?--Piramidion (talk) 21:11, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
- Hi @Piramidion: this was done to have displayed normally sections by level in the page TOC. The requests subpage uses h1 → h2 section levels and that page is transcluded in our Commons:History merging and splitting where we can't use h2 sections. Just see how looks page TOC with previous type of section levels (expecially look for 'See also' & '~ volunteers' sections in TOC). --XXN, 21:35, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
- This can be avoided if in the requests subpage will be used h2 → h3 section levels, but in this case the archiver bot does not work properly. --XXN, 21:40, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
- In fact the bot didn't worked at all on that page[1] until my intervention. --XXN, 21:46, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
- Ok, understood. Thanks for the explanation. There's one more issue with "h1" headers, namely – the sections aren't editable anymore. I'll try to fix it this way: Revision of 227180970, will it be OK?--Piramidion (talk) 22:11, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
- Probably is OK, though I don't see reasons for frequent edits to that page. --XXN, 22:35, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
- Ok, understood. Thanks for the explanation. There's one more issue with "h1" headers, namely – the sections aren't editable anymore. I'll try to fix it this way: Revision of 227180970, will it be OK?--Piramidion (talk) 22:11, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- You can now use datasets on Commons. You can see an example that is using this source. [2]
- There is a new opt-in beta feature of a wikitext mode for the visual editor. You can try it out.
- When you update a page with translations on wikis with the Translate extension the existing translations will be marked as outdated instead of removed. [3]
- The new version of MediaWiki was released to all wikis last week (calendar).
- MoodBar has been removed from the Wikimedia wikis. [4]
- The
live
option for the Tipsy notice tool has been removed. Gadgets and user scripts which use it need to be updated. [5]
Problems
- Editors who use Firefox 50 might get logged out or fail to save their edits. This is because of a browser bug. Until this is fixed you can enter
about:config
in the address bar and setnetwork.cookie.maxPerHost
to 5000. Firefox 50 is the current version of the Firefox. [6]
Changes this week
- There is no new version of MediaWiki this week because of the Wikimedia Developer Summit.
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19:12, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- You can now upload WebP files to Commons. [7]
Problems
- video2commons was down for two weeks. This was because of a problem with Commons video transcoders. It is now back up. [8]
Changes this week
- There is a new magic word called
{{PAGELANGUAGE}}
. It returns the language of the page you are at. This can be used on wikis with more than one language to make it easier for translators. [9] - When an admin blocks a user or deletes or protects a page they give a reason why. They can now get suggestions when they write. The suggestions will be based on the messages in the dropdown menu. [10]
- You will be able to use
<chem>
to write chemical formulas. Before you could use<ce>
.<ce>
should be replaced by<chem>
. [11] - You now can add exceptions for categories which shouldn't be shown on Special:UncategorizedCategories. The list is at MediaWiki:Uncategorized-categories-exceptionlist. [12]
- The "Columns" and "Rows" settings will be removed from the Editing tab in Preferences. If you wish to keep what the "Rows" setting did you can add this code to your personal CSS:
#wpTextbox1 { height: 50em; }
You can change the number50
to make it look like you want to. [13] - Sometimes edits in MediaWiki by mistake are shown coming from private IP addresses such as 127.0.0.1. Edits and other contributions logged to these IP addresses will be blocked and shown the reason from MediaWiki:Softblockrangesreason. This should not affect most users. Bots and other tools running on Wikimedia Labs, including Tool Labs will receive a "blocked" error if they try to edit without being logged in. [14]
- When you edit with the visual editor categories will be on the top of the page options menu. [15]
- 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).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on January 17 at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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23:24, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- You can see a list of the templates on a page you edit with the visual editor. [16]
Changes 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).
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20:14, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
File:А.Ню Рудой ожидавет катерю.JPG has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry.
If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. |
MaxBioHazard (talk) 09:41, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
Un-named section
[edit]Buenas tardes XXN, disculpe mi torpeza aquí en Wikimedia. No tengo mucha experiencia en esta plataforma. Me gustaría borrar mi cuenta definitivamente por razones personales. Tu me puedes ayudar? Te agradezco la colaboración y tus consejos. Gracias - Giuseppe — Preceding unsigned comment added by Giuseppe Giacri (talk • contribs) 18:50, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
- @Giuseppe Giacri: eliminación de la cuenta no es posible, pero se puede pedir «usurpación» de la cuenta. Se podría pedir a la m:Steward_requests/Username_changes#Requests_involving_merges,_usurps_or_other_complications. --XXN, 23:19, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
Changes this week
- ElectronPdfService will be enabled by default on Meta and German Wikipedia. This is a new way to get articles as PDF files you can download. It will come to more wikis later. [18]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from January 31. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from February 1. It will be on all wikis from February 2 (calendar).
Future changes
- The Community Tech team will develop more tools to handle harassment of Wikimedia editors. The goal is to give the communities better tools to find, report and evaluate harassment. They will also work on more effective blocking tools. [19][20]
- The Wikimedia technical community is doing a Developer Wishlist survey. Developers can propose ideas before 31 January 23:59 UTC. This is soon.
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18:45, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
- The block log sometimes showed blocks as being much longer than they were. This has now been fixed. [21]
Changes this week
- Wikimedia pages will now be better at showing pictures when you share them on social media. The descriptions will be different too. You can see an example of before and after. [22]
- There are some changes to the OOjs UI. Some old functions will not work anymore or not work as they used to. This could be a breaking change. [23]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 February. It will be on all wikis from 9 February (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 7 February at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Tidy will be replaced later this year. Instead, the HTML 5 parsing algorithm will be used to clean up bad HTML in wikitext. This will cause problems on a number of wikis. They need to be fixed first. You can see if your wiki still has something to fix here for one of the HTML problems. This list does not cover all problems. You can read about more problems. [24][25]
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19:45, 6 February 2017 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- EventStreams is a new way to show activity on Wikimedia wikis. For now it works with the recent changes feed. It will do more things later. It will replace RCStream. Tools that use RCStream should move to EventStreams before 7 July. [26]
Problems
- The Firefox add-on Firefogg can cause problems with the Upload Wizard. This will not be fixed, because Firefox will not support Firefogg in the future. The Upload Wizard will no longer work with Firefogg. [27]
- Tool Labs and Wikimedia Labs databases will be under maintenance on 15 February. This will start at 17:00 (UTC) and last for about six hours. Some tools could have problems during or after this. [28]
Changes this week
- The TwoColConflict extension is a new way to solve edit conflicts. It makes it easier to copy and paste the relevant text to the text field. It will come to Meta and German Wikipedia this week. It is already available on MediaWiki.org. It will come to more wikis later. [29]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 February. It will be on all wikis from 16 February (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 14 February at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Page Previews will be turned on for logged-out users on the Catalan, Greek, Russian, and Italian Wikipedias in the middle of February. Page Previews shows readers a short part of a linked article when they rest their mouse pointer on the link. This is to help them understand what it is about without leaving the article they are reading. Page Previews used to be called Hovercards. It will come to more wikis later this spring. [30]
- The Developer Wishlist is a list where developers prioritize tools they need. The voting closes at 14 February 23:59 (UTC). This process is only for developers.
Review
- You can read the 2016 product summary from the Wikimedia Foundation Product group to see what they did with things they said they would work on in the annual plan.
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18:06, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
FYI
[edit]Greetings: Please see Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by GanjuPatel. Thank you. Ellin Beltz (talk) 21:02, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- The edit summary box is now a little bit bigger. This is to make it follow the Wikimedia design guide. [31]
Changes this week
- Page Previews will be updated on 23 February. This fixes many bugs. Page Previews can be turned on as the Beta Feature called Hovercards. [32]
- There has been a problem where the CSS of gadgets has been loading twice. The Gadgets extension has two new options:
type
andpeers
. Thetype
option solves this problem. You can usepeers
to create gadgets with more than one style module. Read more about type and peers. [33] - OAuth will handle blocked users in a more consistent way. [34]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 February. It will be on all wikis from 23 February (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 21 February at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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19:25, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
File:BronzeStarV copy.jpg has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry.
If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. |
– Illegitimate Barrister (talk) 17:12, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
typos
[edit]Plese don't fuss about redirects that are correcting typing errors and nominate them for deletion. That is why they are redirects. Redirects in the system are cheap. — billinghurst sDrewth 00:05, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
- On 22 February the wikipedia.org portal did not work for an hour. This was because of a problem with a JavaScript file. [35]
Changes this week
- You will be able to use
<chem>
to write chemical formulas in the visual editor. Previously this only worked in the wikitext editor. [36] - The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 March. It will be on all wikis from 2 March (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 28 February at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- You can soon upload 3D files to Commons. The file formats are AMF and STL. The plan is for this to work later this week but it could be later. [37]
- The name "Wikipedia" will be more obvious at the top of the page when you read Wikipedia in the mobile view. This is because many readers don't realize they are on Wikipedia. [38][39]
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19:55, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
Thanks a lot for contributing to the Wikimedia Commons! Here's a tip to make your uploads more useful: Why not add some categories to describe them? This will help more people to find and use them.
Here's how:
1) If you're using the UploadWizard, you can add categories to each file when you describe it. Just click "more options" for the file and add the categories which make sense:
2) You can also pick the file from your list of uploads, edit the file description page, and manually add the category code at the end of the page.
[[Category:Category name]]
For example, if you are uploading a diagram showing the orbits of comets, you add the following code:
[[Category:Astronomical diagrams]]
[[Category:Comets]]
This will make the diagram show up in the categories "Astronomical diagrams" and "Comets".
When picking categories, try to choose a specific category ("Astronomical diagrams") over a generic one ("Illustrations").
Thanks again for your uploads! More information about categorization can be found in Commons:Categories, and don't hesitate to leave a note on the help desk.Elisfkc (talk) 02:37, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
File:Kenneth Harris April 2014.png has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry.
If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. |
Magog the Ogre (talk) (contribs) 16:30, 3 March 2017 (UTC)
An unfree Flickr license was found on File:Emarald Lake, Ooty.jpg
[edit]
Elisfkc (talk) 17:47, 3 March 2017 (UTC)
Code issues in User:XXN/Cat-a-lot.js
[edit]Hi XXN, I am a bored bot (this is kind of a computer program) that is watching the recent changes and tapping buttons like I did now.
Curious about the reason? Possibly not but I will tell you anyway:
- You edited User:XXN/Cat-a-lot.js. Glad to see you coding in javascript! Have you ever considered becoming a MediaWiki hacker?
- Though, that change appears to introduce 10 new jshint issues — the page's status is now having ERRORS. Note that invalid or ambiguous code often has unwanted side effects like breaking other tools for you. If you cannot find out how to fix it, I suggest blanking the page for now.
- To help you understanding where the issues are, I have aggregated a report here and now. If you have questions, don't hesitate to ask users experienced in javascript writing for help. But do not ask the bot's operators (chronically overwrought) unless you suspect an error of mine. If you prefer not getting spammed by me, you can opt-out reports by adding {{ValidationOptOut|type=all}} to your user page or cmb-opt-out anywhere on your your global user page on Meta. Good luck at Wikimedia Commons and happy hacking!
- ISSUE:
line 951 character 35
: Expected '}' to match '{' from line 951 and instead saw ':'. - Evidence:catALot.searchmode = {: 'gallery'}[ mw.config.get( 'wgTitle' ) ];//NS:0
- ISSUE:
line 951 character 36
: Missing semicolon. - Evidence:catALot.searchmode = {: 'gallery'}[ mw.config.get( 'wgTitle' ) ];//NS:0
- ISSUE:
line 952 character 18
: Unexpected 'break'. - Evidence:break;
- ISSUE:
line 953 character 9
: Expected '}' to match '{' from line 9 and instead saw 'case'. - Evidence:case -1:
- ISSUE:
line 953 character 16
: Expected ')' to match '(' from line 9 and instead saw ':'. - Evidence:case -1:
- ISSUE:
line 953 character 17
: Missing semicolon. - Evidence:case -1:
- ISSUE:
line 963 character 18
: Unexpected 'break'. - Evidence:break;
- ISSUE:
line 964 character 5
: Expected '(end)' and instead saw '}'. - Evidence:}
- ISSUE:
line 5 character 80
: 'jQuery' is defined but never used. - Evidence:/* global jQuery:false, mediaWiki:false, alert:false, importStylesheet:false */
- ISSUE:
line 5 character 80
: 'mediaWiki' is defined but never used. - Evidence:/* global jQuery:false, mediaWiki:false, alert:false, importStylesheet:false */
Your CommonsMaintenanceBot (talk) at 23:04, 4 March 2017 (UTC).
Code issues in User:XXN/Cat-a-lot.js
[edit]Hi XXN, I am a bored bot (this is kind of a computer program) that is watching the recent changes and tapping buttons like I did now.
Curious about the reason? Possibly not but I will tell you anyway:
- You edited User:XXN/Cat-a-lot.js. Glad to see you coding in javascript! Have you ever considered becoming a MediaWiki hacker?
- Though, that change appears to introduce 1 new esprima issue — the page's status is now having ERRORS. Note that invalid or ambiguous code often has unwanted side effects like breaking other tools for you. If you cannot find out how to fix it, I suggest blanking the page for now.
- To help you understanding where the issues are, I have aggregated a report here and now. If you have questions, don't hesitate to ask users experienced in javascript writing for help. But do not ask the bot's operators (chronically overwrought) unless you suspect an error of mine. If you prefer not getting spammed by me, you can opt-out reports by adding {{ValidationOptOut|type=all}} to your user page or cmb-opt-out anywhere on your your global user page on Meta. Good luck at Wikimedia Commons and happy hacking!
- ERROR: Cannot parse
line 951 column 26
: Unexpected token :
Your CommonsMaintenanceBot (talk) at 23:04, 4 March 2017 (UTC).
File:Non-violent resistance during the No NATO protests, Chicago, May 20, 2012.png has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry.
If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. |
Magog the Ogre (talk) (contribs) 05:43, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- You can now search on English, French, Hebrew and Greek wikis and find words even if you forget the diacritics. It also works if you use diacritics in your search but the wiki doesn't. [40]
- When you use the mobile view and click on a link to an article in another language you will see that article in the mobile view. Previously it changed to the desktop view. [41]
Problems
- Some watchlist gadgets didn't work for a period of time last week. This has now been fixed. [42]
- Admins who click on "mass delete" on a user's Special:Contributions will be taken directly to a list pages created by that user. It has worked like this before, but not lately. [43]
Changes this week
- The way you switch between wikitext and the visual editors in the desktop view has changed. It is now a drop-down menu. This is the same as in the mobile view. [44]
- The "flag the edit in the abuse log" checkbox will be removed from the abuse filter interface. This is because the edits are always flagged in the abuse log. [45]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 March. It will be on all wikis from 9 March (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 7 March at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Clarification
- The 2017/09 issue of Tech News mentioned 3D file formats you can soon upload to Commons. The AMF format will be available later.
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23:23, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
File:Sudaghyan.jpg has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry.
If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. |
Kareyac (talk) 04:52, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
A cup of coffee for you!
[edit]Danke für den nett gemeinten Tipp. OTR benötige ich aktuell nicht. Einfaches Löschen würde es hier auch schon tun. Danke & Grüße. Samuel Long BRD (talk) 13:17, 12 March 2017 (UTC) |
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Changes this week
- You will be able to show references from
<references />
tags in more than one column on your wiki. This is the list of footnotes for the sources in the article. How many columns you see will depend on how big your screen is. On some wikis, some templates already do this. Templates that use<references />
tags will need to be updated, and then later the change can happen for all reference lists. [46][47] - The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 March. It will be on all wikis from 16 March (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 14 March at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Some old web browsers will not be able to use JavaScript on Wikimedia wikis in the future. If you have an old web browser on your computer you can upgrade to a newer version. [48]
- CSS in templates will be stored in a separate page in the future. [49][50]
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15:25, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
An unfree Flickr license was found on File:The Burrard Bridge and the Westend in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.jpg
[edit]
Elisfkc (talk) 03:57, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
- @Elisfkc: This file was transferred from en.wiki where it was uploaded by the author, who also uploaded it on flickr but with a NC license, I suppose. What we are doing in such cases? There are many other flickr files in this situation on en.wiki and Commons. XXN, 11:17, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
- Keep them on English Wikipedia, and license them there as fair use. Elisfkc (talk) 16:53, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
- Restored, following a consensus between 2 admins.[51] --XXN, 15:26, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
- Keep them on English Wikipedia, and license them there as fair use. Elisfkc (talk) 16:53, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
File:Мемориал Воинской Славы.jpg has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry.
If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. |
Dogad75 (talk) 19:56, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
Administrator?
[edit]Any interest in becoming an administrator on Commons? 45,000 edits, 2700 in Commons namespace, 3 languages. I don't think we have any Romanian admins. Let me know. lNeverCry 02:09, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
- Thank you for proposal, INeverCry. I thinked a bit about this; I know that I could greatly help Commons as admin, especially now, but unfortunately I can't guarantee that I'll be as active as before on Commons after three or six months, and that's why I can't accept a nomination. I appreciate your confidence in me. XXN, 21:06, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
- That's OK. I asked two other people about being admins, and they both said no too...I'm used to it... lNeverCry 03:01, 17 March 2017 (UTC)
F'd up flickrreview
[edit]Thanks, re: File:VedaScott1.jpg, when I see this happen I just undo the bad review back to the good review. Something odd is going on these days but I'm not sure what. Ww2censor (talk) 18:24, 19 March 2017 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- The
Save page
button now saysPublish page
orPublish changes
on the Wikimedia wikis except for Wikipedias and Wikinewses. This change will come to Wikipedias later. The point is to make it more clear that the edit will change the page immediately.Publish page
is when you save a new page andPublish changes
when you edit an existing page. [52] - DMOZ no longer works. Templates that use DMOZ can be redirected to archive.org or another mirror. DMOZ has been removed from the RelatedSites extension on Wikivoyage. [53]
- You can see monthly page views when you click on
Page information
in the sidebar. Developers can also get monthly page views through the API. [54] - The Linter extension is now on smaller Wikimedia wikis. It helps editors find some wikitext errors so they can be fixed. It will come to other Wikimedia wikis later. The extension will be able to find more errors later. [55]
- The MediaWiki-Vagrant portable development environment has been updated to use Debian Jessie. This means local development and testing will be more like on the majority of Wikimedia production servers. [56]
Problems
- On 15 March some interwiki links to other languages were not correctly sorted. This has been fixed. If you still see pages where the interwiki links are not sorted as they should be, they should be fixed automatically with time or you can edit the page and save it without changing anything. If this doesn't work, please report it. [57]
Changes this week
- When you edit with the visual editor, you will be able to switch the direction you write in from right-to-left to left-to-right as you are editing. This is especially important for editors who edit in languages that write from right to left. You can do this with a tool in the editing menu. You can also use the keyboard shortcut
Ctrl
+Shift
+X
on PCs orCmd
+Shift
+X
on Macs. [58] - The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 March. It will be on all wikis from 23 March (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 21 March at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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22:03, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
File:Priscilla Hon.jpg has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry.
If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. |
Leoboudv (talk) 21:48, 26 March 2017 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- When you edit with the visual editor, you can see a visual diff as well as a wikitext diff when you review your changes. [59]
Problems
- Special:AllPages was disabled for two days due to some performance issues. It is back, but the filter for redirects is gone as the cause of the performance problem. It still needs to be fixed. [60][61]
Changes this week
- New filters for Recent changes will be released on Portuguese and Polish Wikipedias and MediaWikiwiki on March 28. Other wikis will get it progressively. The new filters include filtering, highlighting and, on certain wikis, user intent prediction.
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from March 28. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from March 29. It will be on all wikis from March 30 (calendar).
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Notification about possible deletion
[edit]Some contents have been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether they should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at their entry.
If you created these pages, please note that the fact that they have been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with them, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. |
Affected:
Yours sincerely, Anatoliy (talk) 19:14, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
Interbelic Soroca CoA.png
[edit]moved to File talk:Interbelic Soroca CoA.png
Please use sub-categories
[edit]
––Apalsola t • c 09:03, 2 April 2017 (UTC)
- @Apalsola: the Category:Files from Flickr is redundant and should be removed from those file pages, that's why I've replaced it with more usefull categories (but you are right, those files already had some sub-categories and I didn't noticed this). --XXN, 10:16, 2 April 2017 (UTC)
- You are right about the Category:Files from Flickr. I have removed the files in question from it. BR, ––Apalsola t • c 10:24, 2 April 2017 (UTC)
PD-Albania-exempt
[edit]Hi XXN. Do you have any suggestions on how to proceed regarding User talk:Natuur12#Commons:Deletion requests/File:Golemi FC Logo.svg? Blanket mass deletion reviews can save time, but they also can be turned down if the file issues are not all exactly the same. As I posted in the VP/C, some of the files do not seem to even be of Albanian origin or may be subject to speedy deletion per COM:GCSD or {{Logo}}. It's possible that in some cases this particluar template is inappropriate, but a file could still be PD for some other reason. There's lots of files so maybe it would be best to speedy those which can be speedied and then mass or individually DR the rest as needed. I believe that Commons:Deletion requests/Mass deletion request can be used for this, but listing dozens of files all at once is probably counterproductive; so, maybe even those deemed suitable for mass deletion need to be further broken up into smaller groups.
The other option is of course to wait until whatever discussion started as a result User talk:Natuur12#PD Albania Exempt is completed and then just follow the consensus. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:45, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
- @Marchjuly: I'll wait a bit to see the result User talk:Natuur12#PD Albania Exempt. Excluding municipality/county coats of arms + other state logos and coats of arms, there are some 50 sports logos to be discussed+ several logos of companies and organisations. If another thread for requesting comments, opinions (as suggested Natuur12) will not be started meanwhile, a [selective] mass deletion request (possibly splitted in a few smaller batches [by logo type]) is the only sollution, IMO. Before these files will be deleted here, it would be helpfull to have them [mass-]restored on enwiki. XXN, 11:53, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
- That sounds like a reasonable course of action to me. Many of the files transferred from English Wikipedia were only deleted per en:WP:F8. So, if their non-free use is not problematic for any reason, they probably can be undeleted. -- Marchjuly (talk) 12:40, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- The
Save page
button now saysPublish page
orPublish changes
on most Wikipedias. The point is to make it more clear that the edit will change the page immediately.Publish page
is when you save a new page andPublish changes
when you edit an existing page. [62] - The tracking category Category:Pages with template loops is now added when a template loop is found. A template loop is for example when a template tries to use a second template that uses the first template. [63]
- English Wikipedia now has cookie blocks. It will come to more wikis in the future. This is an extension to the autoblock system so when a user is blocked, the next time they visit the wiki a cookie will be set. This means that even if the user switches accounts and to a new IP address the cookie will block them again. [64]
Problems
- Wikidata descriptions, aliases and labels that used some characters could not be saved. This has now been fixed. [65]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 4 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 5 April. It will be on all wikis from 6 April (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 4 April at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the next office hour with the Wikidata team. The meeting will be on 5 April at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- New filters for Recent changes will come to Wikidata and Persian, Dutch, Russian, Turkish, Czech and Hebrew Wikipedia on 11 April. The new filters include filtering, highlighting and user intent prediction. User intent prediction means the filter tries to help editors determine if the edit was made in good faith or not. Other wikis will get it later. [66]
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17:53, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
File:JUNPUT beach in the morning.jpg has been marked as a possible copyright violation. Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content—that is, images and other media files that can be used by anyone, for any purpose. Traditional copyright law does not grant these freedoms, and unless noted otherwise, everything you find on the web is copyrighted and not permitted here. For details on what is acceptable, please read Commons:Licensing. You may also find Commons:Copyright rules useful, or you can ask questions about Commons policies at the Commons:Help desk. If you are the copyright holder and the creator of the file, please read Commons:But it's my own work! for tips on how to provide evidence of that.
The file you added may soon be deleted. If you have written permission from the copyright holder, please replace the copyvio tag with {{subst:OP}} and have them send us a free license release via COM:VRT. If you disagree that the file is a copyright violation for any other reason, please replace the copyvio tag with a regular deletion request. Warning: Wikimedia Commons takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.
|
Roland zh (talk) 19:27, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
- @Daphne Lantier: as you deleted this file, could you re-check again the actual status of this file, or can I ask you to provide me the page content of the deleted file, please? I can't access the link given in the deletion summary. XXN, 20:52, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
- == {{int:filedesc}} ==
{{Information
|Description = {{en|1=View of Junput beach in the morning}}
|Source = {{own work by original uploader}}<br/>
Taken while on a trip to Junput with friends<br/>
'''Previously published:''' facebook https://www.facebook.com/sambit.mohanty.399/media_set?set=a.515451525141861.112935.100000310540741&type=3
|Date = 2013-01-12
|Author = [[:en:User:Sambit 1982|Sambit 1982]]
}}
== {{int:license-header}} ==
{{self|GFDL|cc-by-sa-3.0|migration=redundant|author=[[:en:User:Sambit 1982|User:Sambit 1982]]}}
== {{Original upload log}} ==
{{transferred from|en.wikipedia||ftcg}} {{original description page|en.wikipedia|JUNPUT_beach_in_the_morning.jpg}}
{| class="wikitable"
! {{int:filehist-datetime}} !! {{int:filehist-dimensions}} !! {{int:filehist-user}} !! {{int:filehist-comment}}
|-
| 02:50, 27 December 2013 || 4,928 × 3,264 (8,351,140 bytes) || {{uv|Sambit 1982|w:en:}} || <nowiki>Uploading a self-made file using [[Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard|File Upload Wizard]]|} Daphne Lantier 00:26, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
- @Daphne Lantier: Thank you. Hence I believe this file is the own work of the original uploader. He is active both on Commons and en.wiki (from where I transferred this file) and he has also uploaded other related photos. His WMF account name also looks similar to the facebook name. I don't think this picture is a copyvio. Should I go to COM:UNDEL in order to achieve restoration of this file? --XXN, 10:09, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
- Yes, UDEL is what I would recommend. That way more than one admin can decide on whether or not to restore this. Daphne Lantier 19:36, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
- @Daphne Lantier: Thank you. Hence I believe this file is the own work of the original uploader. He is active both on Commons and en.wiki (from where I transferred this file) and he has also uploaded other related photos. His WMF account name also looks similar to the facebook name. I don't think this picture is a copyvio. Should I go to COM:UNDEL in order to achieve restoration of this file? --XXN, 10:09, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
- == {{int:filedesc}} ==
{{Information
|Description = {{en|1=View of Junput beach in the morning}}
|Source = {{own work by original uploader}}<br/>
Taken while on a trip to Junput with friends<br/>
'''Previously published:''' facebook https://www.facebook.com/sambit.mohanty.399/media_set?set=a.515451525141861.112935.100000310540741&type=3
|Date = 2013-01-12
|Author = [[:en:User:Sambit 1982|Sambit 1982]]
}}
== {{int:license-header}} ==
{{self|GFDL|cc-by-sa-3.0|migration=redundant|author=[[:en:User:Sambit 1982|User:Sambit 1982]]}}
== {{Original upload log}} ==
{{transferred from|en.wikipedia||ftcg}} {{original description page|en.wikipedia|JUNPUT_beach_in_the_morning.jpg}}
{| class="wikitable"
! {{int:filehist-datetime}} !! {{int:filehist-dimensions}} !! {{int:filehist-user}} !! {{int:filehist-comment}}
|-
| 02:50, 27 December 2013 || 4,928 × 3,264 (8,351,140 bytes) || {{uv|Sambit 1982|w:en:}} || <nowiki>Uploading a self-made file using [[Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard|File Upload Wizard]]|} Daphne Lantier 00:26, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- Tidy is going to be replaced with an HTML5 parsing algorithm. Bad HTML in wikitext would cause problems on a number of wikis. There is now a ParserMigration extension on all wikis that you can use to help clean this up. You can read more about how you can use it. [67]
Changes this week
- Some older web browsers will not be able to use JavaScript on Wikimedia wikis from this week. If you have an old web browser on your computer you can upgrade to a newer version. [68]
- New filters for Recent changes will come to Wikidata and Persian, Russian, Turkish and French Wikipedia on 11 April. The schedule has been changed to fix the user intent prediction filters for some wikis. User intent prediction means the filter tries to make it easier for editors to determine if the edit was made in good faith or not. Other wikis will get it later. [69]
- The list of special characters in the wikitext editor and the visual editor will now have a group of Canadian Aboriginal characters. [70]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 11 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 12 April. It will be on all wikis from 13 April (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 11 April at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Because of a data centre test you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for 20 to 30 minutes on 19 April and 3 May. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time. You can read more about this.
- RevisionSlider will change how you move between revisions. This will be available on the test wiki from 11 April. It will come to other wikis later if users like the change. You can test it and give feedback.
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18:34, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
Hi XXN, the category Category:Octopus is not necessary for this file, because it's already in Category:Octopus dishes of Italy:
- Octopus
- Octopus as food
- Octopus-based food
- Octopus dishes of Italy
- Octopus-based food
- Octopus as food
--Denver Guardian (talk) 19:11, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
- Agree, it can be removed. But you moved this file from Category:Octopus to Category:Octopuses in art. --XXN, 19:34, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- You can add
?safemode=1
to the end of the URL on Wikimedia wikis to disable your personal CSS and JavaScript. Example:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literature?safemode=1
. This means you can test if a problem is because of your user scripts or gadgets without uninstalling them. [71] - You can now see a list of all autoblocks on Special:AutoblockList. [72]
- The Wikiversity and Wikinews logos are now shown directly from the configuration and not from
[[File:Wiki.png]]
. If you want to change logo or have an anniversary logo, see how to request a configuration change. This is how it already works for other projects. They can request logo changes the same way. [73]
Problems
- Because of a data centre test you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for 20 to 30 minutes on 19 April. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time. You can read more about this. This will also happen on 3 May.
Changes this week
- There is no new Mediawiki version this week. This is because of the data centre test.
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 18 April at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- stats.wikimedia.org will be replaced. You can see the new prototype. You can leave feedback on this change.
- Page Previews will be turned on for logged-out users on a large number of wikis in May. It could be postponed and happen later. Page Previews shows readers a short part of a linked article when they rest their mouse pointer on the link. This is to help them understand what it is about without leaving the article they are reading. Page Previews used to be called Hovercards. Users who have tested the feature can give feedback. [74]
- From next week, user scripts using very old deprecated wikibits functions will show errors. These functions have not worked since 2013. You should fix or disable broken scripts. You can see examples of how to upgrade scripts. [75][76]
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19:32, 17 April 2017 (UTC)
File:Boeing 757-200 EI-DUA I-Fly во Внуково.jpeg has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry.
If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. |
Dogad75 (talk) 12:23, 19 April 2017 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- New filters for recent changes are now available as a beta feature on most wikis. You can turn it on in your preferences. Remaining wikis will have the new filters on 9 May. [77]
- When administrators, bureaucrats and stewards make a user a member of a user group they can now set an expiry date. A user group is for example "administrators" or "bots". This means that they can give someone user rights for a limited time. This is similar to how blocks and page protections can be limited in time. Special:UserRights will have new options for this. You can read more about user groups. [78]
Problems
- Since the data centre test last week the content translation tool has been disabled. This is because of a database problem. It will be back as soon as the problem has been solved. [79]
Changes this week
- The GuidedTour extension will be enabled on all wikis. This is a tool to explain to new users how to edit. [80]
- Wiktionary will handle interlanguage links in a new way. The Cognate extension will automatically link pages with the same title between Wiktionaries. For this to work all old interlanguage links have to be removed. You can read more about this. [81]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 25 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 26 April. It will be on all wikis from 27 April (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 25 April at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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16:40, 24 April 2017 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- The content translation tool works again. It was turned off because of a database problem. [82]
- Scripts using very old deprecated wikibits functions show errors. These functions have not worked since 2013. You should fix or disable broken scripts. You can see examples of how to upgrade scripts. This is the same thing as Tech News wrote about in issue 2017/16. You need to add
mw.loader.using( 'mediawiki.util' )
block for your scripts also, or addmediawiki.util
dependency in gadget ResourceLoader section in MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition. [83][84]
Problems
- Because of a data centre test you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for 20 to 30 minutes on 3 May. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time. You can read more about this.
Changes this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week. This is because of the data centre test.
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 2 May at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- All Wikimedia wikis will have cookie blocks from May 8. This is an extension to the autoblock system so when a user is blocked, the next time they visit the wiki a cookie will be set. This means that even if the user switches accounts and to a new IP address the cookie will block them again. [85]
- The
Publish changes
,Show preview
andShow changes
buttons will look slightly different. This is to fit with the OOUI look. Users can test scripts, gadgets and so on to see if they work with the new interface by adding&ooui=1
to the URL. [86]
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19:50, 1 May 2017 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
- Some users have a problem with the watchlist. Some changes in categories make the watchlist a blank page. The developers are working on this. Until this is fixed you can try some things that have helped other editors if you have this problem. You can turn on
Hide categorization of pages
in your watchlist preferences. You can turn offExpand watchlist to show all changes, not just the most recent
in your watchlist preferences. You can remove problematic categories from Special:EditWatchlist/raw. [87] - There was a problem with the visual editor for several days. You could not save edits that triggered a CAPTCHA. This would for example be when a new user added external links in references. This was fixed on 2 May. [88]
Changes this week
- When you edit you can switch between the visual editor and the wikitext editor. This works if the wiki you edit has the visual editor. The menu will now say
Visual editing
andSource editing
instead ofSwitch to visual editing
andSwitch to code editing
. This is because it was confusing when the menu said you could switch to the editor you were already using. [89] - The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 May. It will be on all wikis from 11 May (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 9 May at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- You will be able to get a notification when a page you created is connected to a Wikidata item. This will come to Wikivoyage on 9 May. If there are no problems it will come to most Wikipedias on 30 May. It will come to other projects and English, French and German Wikipedia later in the summer. It will be opt-in for existing users and opt-out for new users. [90][91]
- Markup that looks like code for language variants might need to be fixed. If
-{
is used in transclusions or web addresses it has to be escaped appropriately. You can use-<nowiki/>{
for transclusions and%2D{
in web addresses. A transclusion could for example be when you use-{
in a template:{{1x| sad :-{ face }}
. This is because of some code fixes to the preprocessor and affects all wikis. [92][93]
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02:24, 9 May 2017 (UTC)
Hiya!
[edit]Can you help me out and explain what you mean by the VFC Gadget? I am so confused and am not understanding why things that worked perfectly for years suddenly stopped working and why there's not a single, simple page of code I can copy which will make it work. Thanks for anything you can do to unconfuse me. So far, I feel like I've been wandering around completely lost for upwards of two weeks. Ellin Beltz (talk) 05:55, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
- @Ellin Beltz: by this proposal VFC was made recently a gadget and now this is the recommended way for users to enable it.
- Many issues appeared recently on WMF wikis with the deployment of phab:T122755 at the end of April, which removed several legacy methods (deprecated for long time, but widely used), and this fact affected some scripts, triggering a JS error that prevents other scripts from running. Unfortunately there is not a single page of code, copying which will make all things work, and individual fixes to broken code must be made, applying the needed replacements indicated in the documentation page; but for VFC this wasn't enough and additional fixes were needed:) --XXN, 09:51, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- You can now use ISBNs to automatically generate citations in the visual editor. This works on wikis that have enabled Citoid. [94]
- The Two Column Edit Conflict View is available as a beta feature on all wikis. It is a new interface for the edit conflict resolution page. [95]
Problems
- The
mediawiki.util
library does not load automatically any more. Your Special:MyPage/common.js may use it. If you have technical problems that started a couple of weeks ago you can try addingmw.loader.using( 'mediawiki.util' ).done(function(){
as the first line in the file and});
as a last one. Tech News wrote about this in the 2017/18 issue. [96]
Changes this week
- The RevisionSlider extension will be a default feature on all wikis. RevisionSlider is an easier way to move between changes in the page history. It has been a default feature on German, Arabic and Hebrew Wikipedia and a beta feature on all wikis. You will be able to turn it off in your preferences. [97]
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
Future changes
- Administrators will soon be able to search through deleted pages. [98][99]
- Markup that looks like code for language variants might need to be fixed. Tech News wrote about this last week. If
-{
is used in transclusions or web addresses it has to be escaped appropriately. You can use-<nowiki/>{
for transclusions and%2D{
in web addresses. This is because of some code fixes to the preprocessor and affects all wikis. You can now see the full list of wikis with this problem and help fix them to avoid that things break later this month. You might find false positives. You can read more about what to fix. [100][101]
Older unreported changes
- Your Meta user page is shown on all wikis where you don't have a local user page. You can now add the magic word
__NOGLOBAL__
to your Meta user page to stop this. [102][103]
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21:48, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
Your VFC installation method is deprecated
[edit]Hello XXN, we are aware that using the old installation method of VFC (via common.js, which you are using) may not work reliably anymore and can break other scripts as well. A detailed explanation can be found here. Important: To prevent problems please remove the old VFC installation code from your common.js and instead enable the VFC gadget in your preferences. Thanks! --VFC devs (q) 16:24, 22 May 2017 (UTC)