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Tech News: 2024-18
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
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- The appearance of talk pages changed for the following wikis: Azerbaijani Wikipedia, Bengali Wikipedia, German Wikipedia, Persian Wikipedia, Hebrew Wikipedia, Hindi Wikipedia, Indonesian Wikipedia, Korean Wikipedia, Dutch Wikipedia, Portuguese Wikipedia, Romanian Wikipedia, Thai Wikipedia, Turkish Wikipedia, Ukrainian Wikipedia, Vietnamese Wikipedia. These wikis participated to a test, where 50% of users got the new design, for one year. As this test gave positive results, the new design is deployed on these wikis as the default design. It is possible to opt-out these changes in user preferences ("Show discussion activity"). The deployment will happen at all wikis in the coming weeks. [1]
- Seven new wikis have been created:
- You can now watch message groups/projects on Translatewiki.net. Initially, this feature will notify you of added or deleted messages in these groups. [9]
- Dark mode is now available on all wikis, on mobile web for logged-in users who opt into the advanced mode. This is the early release of the feature. Technical editors are invited to check for accessibility issues on wikis. See more detailed guidelines.
Problems
- Kartographer maps can use an alternative visual style without labels, by using
mapstyle="osm". This wasn't working in previews, creating the wrong impression that it wasn't supported. This has now been fixed. [10]
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 May. It will be on all wikis from 2 May (calendar). [11][12]
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MediaWiki message delivery 03:31, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
Question from STRWikiUpdates (15:32, 30 April 2024)
Hi Dudhhr,
Hope you're well! Thank you for volunteering to be a mentor.
Currently working on Arizona State University ecologist Osvaldo Sala's page, which has been tagged with the "written like a resume" label. Having now read the guide and implemented changes so that the content is neutralized, would you be able to offer advice on additional steps I can take to get this removed?
Thanks for any support you can provide! --STRWikiUpdates (talk) 15:32, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
- @STRWikiUpdates: The tags are added and removed manually by editors; just wait for another user to come across the article and remove the tag, if they determine it to not be written like a resume. Unrelated to this question, your username violates the Username policy as it implies shared use; I have placed a template on your talk page instructing you on what to do. – dudhhr talkcontribssheher 15:44, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
- Hi Dudhhr,
- First, thank you for your response. Is there a way I can request a review, perhaps even you to see if I've updated content accordingly?
- Second, I appreciate your adherence to the username policy, and realize now in setting up my account, I can see how my name would be associated with a company. However, there is no company (feel free to verify), and my work is being conducted for Arizona State University, which is not part of my username. I've updated my profile to be more thorough. STRWikiUpdates (talk) 15:58, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
- @STRWikiUpdates: The paid-editing declaration on your userpage states you have been paid by "STR Strategies"; thus, your username represents your employer and is disallowed. – dudhhr talkcontribssheher 16:02, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
- You're exactly right on the incorrect entry, and it has been revised accordingly. Please feel free to confirm there is no STR Strategies. STRWikiUpdates (talk) 16:10, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
- @STRWikiUpdates: The paid-editing declaration on your userpage states you have been paid by "STR Strategies"; thus, your username represents your employer and is disallowed. – dudhhr talkcontribssheher 16:02, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – May 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2024).
Guideline and policy news
- Phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship review has concluded. Several proposals have passed outright and will proceed to implementation, including creating a discussion-only period (3b) and administrator elections (13) on a trial basis. Other successful proposals, such as creating a reminder of civility norms (2), will undergo further refinement in Phase II. Proposals passed on a trial basis will be discussed in Phase II, after their trials conclude. Further details on specific proposals can be found in the full report.
Technical news
- Partial action blocks are now in effect on the English Wikipedia. This means that administrators have the ability to restrict users from certain actions, including uploading files, moving pages and files, creating new pages, and sending thanks. T280531
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Conflict of interest management has been closed.
Miscellaneous
- This may be a good time to reach out to potential nominees to ask if they would consider an RfA.
- A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in May 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 15,000 articles awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!
- Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election is open until 9 May 2024. Read the voting page on Meta-Wiki and cast your vote here!
Reminder to vote now to select members of the first U4C
- You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki. Please help translate to other languages.
Dear Wikimedian,
You are receiving this message because you previously participated in the UCoC process.
This is a reminder that the voting period for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) ends on May 9, 2024. Read the information on the voting page on Meta-wiki to learn more about voting and voter eligibility.
The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. Community members were invited to submit their applications for the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, please review the U4C Charter.
Please share this message with members of your community so they can participate as well.
On behalf of the UCoC project team,
RamzyM (WMF) 23:18, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
Women in Red
Thank you, dudhhr, for joining Women in Red. Please let me know if you run into any difficulties or need assistance. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 14:25, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
Women in Red May 2024
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--Ipigott (talk) 14:25, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-19
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- The appearance of talk pages changed for all wikis, except for Commons, Wikidata and most Wikipedias (a few have already received this design change). You can read the detail of the changes on Diff. It is possible to opt-out these changes in user preferences ("Show discussion activity"). The deployment will happen at remaining wikis in the coming weeks. [13][14]
Interface admins now have greater control over the styling of article components on mobile with the introduction of the SiteAdminHelper. More information on how styles can be disabled can be found at the extension's page. [15]- Wikimedia Enterprise has added article body sections in JSON format and a curated short description field to the existing parsed Infobox. This expansion to the API is also available via Wikimedia Cloud Services. [16]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 May. It will be on all wikis from 9 May (calendar). [17][18]
- When you look at the Special:Log page, the first view is labelled "All public logs", but it only shows some logs. This label will now say "Main public logs". [19]
Future changes
- A new service will be built to replace Extension:Graph. Details can be found in the latest update regarding this extension.
- Starting May 21, English Wikipedia and German Wikipedia will get the possibility to activate "Add a link". This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to all Wikipedias. These communities can activate and configure the feature locally. [20]
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MediaWiki message delivery 16:41, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
Question from Dr pkpandey (23:45, 6 May 2024)
Good Morning, Why my article on verification and validation was reverted? It contains a lot of skill-based information. Please look into it. Also guides how I write new articles. Regards Dr Pramod --Dr pkpandey (talk) 23:45, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
New page reviewer granted
Hi Dudhhr, I just wanted to let you know that I have added the new page reviewer user right to your account. This means you now have access to the page curation tools and can start patrolling pages from the new pages feed. If you asked for this at requests for permissions, please check back there to see if your access is time-limited or if there are other comments.
This is a good time to re-acquaint yourself with the guidance at Wikipedia:New pages patrol. Before you get started, please take the time to:
- Add Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Reviewers to your watchlist to follow NPP-related discussions
- If you use Twinkle, configure it to log your CSDs and PRODs
- If you can read any languages other than English, add yourself to the list of reviewers with language proficiencies
You can find a list of other useful links and tools for patrollers at Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Resources. If you are ever unsure what to do, ask your fellow patrollers or just leave the page for someone else to review – you're not alone! Hey man im josh (talk) 12:50, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks! :) – dudhhr talkcontribssheher 14:18, 8 May 2024 (UTC)