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The Signpost: 20 November 2023
- In the media: Propaganda and photos, lunatics and a lunar backup
- News and notes: Update on Wikimedia's financial health
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Tech News: 2023-47
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
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week. [1][2]
- Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" (Quechua Wikipedia, Romansh Wikipedia, Romani Wikipedia, Rundi Wikipedia, Aromanian Wikipedia, Tarandíne Wikipedia, Rusyn Wikipedia, Kinyarwanda Wikipedia, Sanskrit Wikipedia, Sakha Wikipedia, Santali Wikipedia, Sardinian Wikipedia, Sicilian Wikipedia, Scots Wikipedia, Sindhi Wikipedia, Northern Sami Wikipedia, Sango Wikipedia, Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia, Sinhala Wikipedia, Slovak Wikipedia, Slovenian Wikipedia, Samoan Wikipedia, Somali Wikipedia, Albanian Wikipedia, Serbian Wikipedia, Sranan Tongo Wikipedia, Swati Wikipedia, Southern Sotho Wikipedia, Saterland Frisian Wikipedia, Sundanese Wikipedia, Silesian Wikipedia, Tamil Wikipedia, Tulu Wikipedia, Telugu Wikipedia, Tetum Wikipedia, Tajik Wikipedia, Thai Wikipedia, Turkmen Wikipedia, Tagalog Wikipedia, Tswana Wikipedia, Tongan Wikipedia, Tok Pisin Wikipedia, Turkish Wikipedia, Tsonga Wikipedia, Tatar Wikipedia, Twi Wikipedia, Tahitian Wikipedia, Tuvinian Wikipedia, Udmurt Wikipedia, Uyghur Wikipedia, Uzbek Wikipedia, Venda Wikipedia, Venetian Wikipedia, Veps Wikipedia, West Flemish Wikipedia, Volapük Wikipedia). This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally. [3][4][5]
- The Vector 2022 skin will have some minor visual changes to drop-down menus, column widths, and more. These changes were added to four Wikipedias last week. If no issues are found, these changes will proceed to all wikis this week. These changes will make it possible to add new menus for readability and dark mode. Learn more. [6]
Future changes
- There is an update on re-enabling the Graph Extension. To speed up the process, Vega 2 will not be supported and only some protocols will be available at launch. You can help by sharing what you think about the plan.
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MediaWiki message delivery 00:53, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-48
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 28 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 November. It will be on all wikis from 30 November (calendar). There is no new MediaWiki version next week. [7][8]
MediaWiki's JavaScript system will now allow async/awaitsyntax in gadgets and user scripts. Gadget authors should remember that users' browsers may not support it, so it should be used appropriately. [9]- The deployment of "Add a link" announced last week was postponed. It will resume this week.
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MediaWiki message delivery 23:06, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
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CBNG
Hi Rich, not sure if you're aware but ClueBot NG appears to be on strike. Maybe it needs a pay rise? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:54, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
- @HJ Mitchell: Ironic, considering I've been on strike recently from work... I'll look in to it - RichT|C|E-Mail 13:01, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
- Have you considered offering it a below-inflation pay rise and briefing the Signpost that it's part of a vandal conspiracy? ;) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 09:12, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
- @HJ Mitchell: HAHAHAHAHAHA very good! 'This user is a member of WikiProject UK Railways.' - Checks out :D- RichT|C|E-Mail 11:11, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
- Have you considered offering it a below-inflation pay rise and briefing the Signpost that it's part of a vandal conspiracy? ;) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 09:12, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
Messums.org draft page
Hi, thanks for your help and insights navigating the pages. I am writing as the founder of Messums.org - a different enterprise from Messums fine art that is currently listed on wiki. I am not paid for my work on Wiki and wish to see only facts presented that are relevant and useful to users.
The key points I hope we have stated in regards to venues. the knowledge gained and shared about the remarkable buildings, and the knowledge gained and shared around the Frink Studio and of course art and the environment. We have commercial exhibitions but none of these are listed here, nor do I wish them to be.
Thank you for helping me to build this
yours Johnny (messum) MessHF (talk) 17:29, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
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The Signpost: 4 December 2023
- In the media: Turmoil on Hebrew Wikipedia, grave dancing, Olga's impact and inspiring Bhutanese nuns
- Disinformation report: "Wikipedia and the assault on history"
- Comix: Bold comics for a new age
- Essay: I am going to die
- Featured content: Real gangsters move in silence
- Traffic report: And it's hard to watch some cricket, in the cold November Rain
- Humour: Mandy Rice-Davies Applies
Tech News: 2023-49
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 spacing between paragraphs on Vector 2022 has been changed from 7px to 14px to match the size of the text. This will make it easier to distinguish paragraphs from sentences. [10]
- The "Sort this page by default as" feature in VisualEditor is working again. You no longer need to switch to source editing to edit
{{DEFAULTSORT:...}}keywords. [11]
Changes later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week. [12][13]
- On 6 December, people who have the enabled the preference for "Show discussion activity" will notice the talk page usability improvements appear on pages that include the
__NEWSECTIONLINK__magic word. If you notice any issues, please share them with the team on Phabricator.
Future changes
- The Toolforge Grid Engine shutdown process will start on December 14. Maintainers of tools that still use this old system should plan to migrate to Kubernetes, or tell the team your plans on Phabricator in the task about your tool, before that date. [14]
- Communities using Structured Discussions are being contacted regarding the upcoming deprecation of Structured Discussions. You can read more about this project, and share your comments, on the project's page.
Events
- Registration & Scholarship applications are now open for the Wikimedia Hackathon 2024 that will take place from 3–5 May in Tallinn, Estonia. Scholarship applications are open until 5 January 2024.
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MediaWiki message delivery 23:48, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
Draft:O.R.k.
Hi, How can I move this Draft:O.R.k. on the main page ? thank you in advance Kimbamy (talk) 19:01, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
- @Kimbamy: It needs to be reviewed by an AfC reviewer. I see you have already submitted it, so you just need to wait - RichT|C|E-Mail 21:59, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
- thanks a lot! Kimbamy (talk) 22:04, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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Anti-Wikibullying Barnstar | |
| Thank you for your impactful anti-bullying contribution Imperial[AFCND] 10:28, 8 December 2023 (UTC) |
- @ImperialAficionado: Not sure what this is for, but thanks :) - RichT|C|E-Mail 21:30, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
- Well, I'm not sure if you recall, but there was an instance where a user used offensive language on the talk page of the article 'Maratha raid on Delhi (1737),' targeting a specific group. You contributed to resolving the issue, and I appreciate your assistance. Imperial[AFCND] 03:57, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
Cluebot NG false positive
I am asking you regarding this as you are one of the operators of Cluebot NG. For some reason I cannot access the toolforge needed to report Cluebot NG false positives, but I believe that the edit corresponding with mySQL ID 4288209 [15] is a Cluebot NG false positive. #prodraxis connect 23:44, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
Account Creation Confirmation
I authorize the creation of the account 'Theindrajitkar' as a legitimate alternate account by the Account Creation Team. TheIndrajitKar (talk) 03:31, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-50
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
- On Wikimedia Commons, there are some minor user-interface improvements for the "choosing own vs not own work" step in the UploadWizard. This is part of the Structured Content team's project of improving UploadWizard on Commons. [16][17]
Problems
- There was a problem showing the Newcomer homepage feature with the "impact module" and their page-view graphs, for a few days in early December. This has now been fixed. [18][19]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 December. It will be on all wikis from 14 December (calendar). [20][21]
Future changes
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