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* <translate>The notice "Language links are at the top of the page" that appears in the [[<tvar name="1"> |
* <translate><!--T:57--> The notice "Language links are at the top of the page" that appears in the [[<tvar name="1">mw:Special:MyLanguage/Skin:Vector/2022</tvar>|Vector 2022 skin]] main menu has been removed now that users have learned the new location of the Language switcher.</translate> [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T353619] |
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*[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|12px|link=|alt=|<translate>Advanced item</translate>]] <translate>[[<tvar name="2">m:Special:MyLanguage/IP_Editing:_Privacy_Enhancement_and_Abuse_Mitigation/IP_Info_feature</tvar>|IP info feature]] displays data from Spur, an IP addresses database. Previously, the only data source for this feature was MaxMind. Now, IP info is more useful for patrollers.</translate> [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T341395] |
* [[File:Octicons-tools.svg|12px|link=|alt=|<translate><!--T:58--> Advanced item</translate>]] <translate><!--T:59--> [[<tvar name="2">m:Special:MyLanguage/IP_Editing:_Privacy_Enhancement_and_Abuse_Mitigation/IP_Info_feature</tvar>|IP info feature]] displays data from Spur, an IP addresses database. Previously, the only data source for this feature was MaxMind. Now, IP info is more useful for patrollers.</translate> [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T341395] |
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* [[File:Octicons-tools.svg|12px|link=|alt=|<translate><!--T:61--> Advanced item</translate>]] <translate><!--T:62--> The Toolforge Grid Engine services have been shut down after the final migration process from Grid Engine to Kubernetes.</translate> [https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Obsolete:Toolforge/Grid][https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/News/Toolforge_Grid_Engine_deprecation][https://techblog.wikimedia.org/2022/03/14/toolforge-and-grid-engine/] |
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* <translate><!--T:63--> Communities can now customize the default reasons for undeleting a page by creating <tvar name="1">[[MediaWiki:Undelete-comment-dropdown]]</tvar>.</translate> [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T326746] |
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*<translate> [[<tvar name="3">m:Special:MyLanguage/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/RevisionSlider</tvar>|RevisionSlider]] is an interface to interactively browse a page's history. Users in [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Extension:RevisionSlider/Developing_a_RTL-accessible_feature_in_MediaWiki_-_what_we%27ve_learned_while_creating_the_RevisionSlider|right-to-left]] languages reported RevisionSlider reacting wrong to mouse clicks. This should be fixed now.</translate> [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T352169] |
* <translate><!--T:60--> [[<tvar name="3">m:Special:MyLanguage/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/RevisionSlider</tvar>|RevisionSlider]] is an interface to interactively browse a page's history. Users in [[<tvar name="4">mw:Special:MyLanguage/Extension:RevisionSlider/Developing_a_RTL-accessible_feature_in_MediaWiki_-_what_we%27ve_learned_while_creating_the_RevisionSlider</tvar>|right-to-left]] languages reported RevisionSlider reacting wrong to mouse clicks. This should be fixed now.</translate> [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T352169] |
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* [[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=|alt=|<translate><!--T:40--> Recurrent item</translate>]] <translate><!--T:41--> The [[<tvar name="version">mw:MediaWiki 1.42/wmf. |
* [[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=|alt=|<translate><!--T:40--> Recurrent item</translate>]] <translate><!--T:41--> The [[<tvar name="version">mw:MediaWiki 1.42/wmf.23</tvar>|new version]] of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from {{#time:<tvar name="defaultformat">j xg</tvar>|<tvar name="date1">2024-03-19</tvar>|<tvar name="format_language_code">{{TRANSLATIONLANGUAGE}}</tvar>}}. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from {{#time:<tvar name="defaultformat">j xg</tvar>|<tvar name="date2">2024-03-20</tvar>|<tvar name="format_language_code">{{TRANSLATIONLANGUAGE}}</tvar>}}. It will be on all wikis from {{#time:<tvar name="defaultformat">j xg</tvar>|<tvar name="date3">2024-03-21</tvar>|<tvar name="format_language_code">{{TRANSLATIONLANGUAGE}}</tvar>}} ([[<tvar name="calendar">mw:MediaWiki 1.42/Roadmap</tvar>|calendar]]).</translate> [https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments/Train][https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments/Yearly_calendar] |
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* <translate><!--T:56--> All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on March 20. This is planned at [https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1710943200 14:00 UTC].</translate> [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T358233][https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/Server_switch] |
* <translate><!--T:56--> All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on March 20. This is planned at [<tvar name="1">https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1710943200</tvar> 14:00 UTC].</translate> [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T358233][https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/Server_switch] |
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Tech News: 2024-12
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 notice "Language links are at the top of the page" that appears in the Vector 2022 skin main menu has been removed now that users have learned the new location of the Language switcher. [1]
IP info feature displays data from Spur, an IP addresses database. Previously, the only data source for this feature was MaxMind. Now, IP info is more useful for patrollers. [2]- The Toolforge Grid Engine services have been shut down after the final migration process from Grid Engine to Kubernetes. [3][4][5]
- Communities can now customize the default reasons for undeleting a page by creating MediaWiki:Undelete-comment-dropdown. [6]
Problems
- RevisionSlider is an interface to interactively browse a page's history. Users in right-to-left languages reported RevisionSlider reacting wrong to mouse clicks. This should be fixed now. [7]
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 March. It will be on all wikis from 21 March (calendar). [8][9]- All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on March 20. This is planned at 14:00 UTC. [10][11]
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