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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 writers, editors and translators wish you a pleasant 2019 year.
Recent changes
- RelatedSites extension has been undeployed. It was used to create interwiki links on Wikivoyage, now handled by Wikidata. [1]
MediaWiki logstash logging is moving to a new infrastructure. This is an ongoing deployment. [2]- codesearch.wmflabs.org has been updated, with new and updated repositories and a new search options for code. [3]
- On several wikis, an account named "편집 필터" has been created on December 17 to perform some technical maintenance on AbuseFilter. This account has sysop rights but it's a system user and no human can use it. The account already existed on wikis where AbuseFilter can perform blocks, which are issued using this account. See T212268 for more information and future plans.
Problems
- In AbuseFilter, the "속도 제한" action takes three parameters: count, period and groups. They must now strictly respect the requirements listed on mediawiki.org. A list of broken filters is on Phabricator. If you're familiar with AbuseFilter, please take a look and fix them. [4]
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from January 8. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from January 9. It will be on all wikis from January 10 (calendar).
Meetings
- Search Platform Office Hours is rescheduled to January 9. Check the details for time and date.
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2019년 1월 8일 (화) 03:30 (KST)
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 Google Translate in the content translation tool. [5][6]
- You can now add captions to files on Commons. Captions are short descriptions of the file. They can be translated to all languages we use. They can't use wikitext markup.
- Earlier a quoted HTML attribute had to be followed by a space. Now it doesn't. This means that some pages could look different when you save them even if you didn't edit that part of the text. [7][8]
- Templates with <templatestyles> could not show the difference between the live template and the sandbox version when they were tested. This has now been fixed. <templatestyles> has a new
wrapperparameter now. You can use it for selectors like.mw-parser-output <wrapper parameter value> <selector from CSS page>. [9]
Problems
- When you see an edit in the recent changes feed or in the history of a page some of them have tags. Some tags are added automatically. You can also add tags manually. Tags for edits that have been added manually can be edited. This didn't work for a little while. This has now been fixed. [10]
Changes later this week
- You can move files from your wiki to Wikimedia Commons and keep the file history with the new FileExporter. It will be a beta feature on all wikis from 16 January. If you want to test it you activate it and check your wiki's configuration file.
- Users who could cause more damage to the wikis if someone took over their account have to have more secure passwords. This includes administrators and other user groups. They can't use passwords that are in a list of common passwords. Accounts with common passwords are easy to take over. The list of common passwords was made longer a few weeks ago and has a different error message. Some user groups have been added to those who can't use common passwords. This is to protect all accounts with user rights that could cause damage. [11]
- The AbuseFilter variable
minor_edithas been removed. It was deprecated in 2016. Now you can't use it. You can fix the filters using it. You can find them if you use the search bar on Special:AbuseFilter. - The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from January 15 2019년 1월 15일 (화) 02:55 (KST)
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
- Some people did not get last week's issue of Tech News. This was because of a problem with MassMessage. If you did not get last week's issue, you can read it on Meta. [12]
Recent changes
- The content translation tool can now use version 2 as the default version for users who turned on the beta feature. For example it adds the tracking category
번역이 검토되지 않은 문서to translations that might have used machine translations without fixing the problems. This is so others can find them. You can find this category inSpecial:TrackingCategorieson Wikipedias. - https://mediawiki2latex-large.wmflabs.org can now convert collects of up to 800 pages to PDF, EPUB or ODT. Previously this was 200 pages.
Problems
- When a template was edited with the visual editor, it would sometimes put all information on one line. This makes it difficult to read for editors who use the wikitext editor. It also makes it more difficult to see what happened in a diff. This problem affected edits made between 8 and 17 January and is now fixed. [13]
- MassMessage is used to post a message to many pages. It has not been working reliably. Some messages have not been posted to everyone. [14][15]
- Because of a database problem that had to be fixed immediately you could not edit most wikis for a couple of minutes on 17 January (UTC). This has now been fixed. [16]
Changes later this week
- You will be able to use template styles in the
Modulenamespace. [17] - The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 22 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 23 January. It will be on all wikis from 24 January (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 23 January at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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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 Wikimedia servers use HHVM to run the PHP code. They are going to use PHP7 and stop using HHVM. You can test PHP7 with a new beta feature. That way you can help find and report problems.
Problems
- When someone moves a page to a name that already exists that page that had the name the article is moved to is deleted. For a couple of months this didn't always work. Some users saw an error message instead. This has now been fixed. [18]
Changes later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 30 January at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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The Signpost: 31 January 2019
- Op-ed: Random Rewards Rejected
- News and notes: WMF staff turntable continues to spin; Endowment gets more cash; RfA continues to be a pit of steely knives
- Discussion report: The future of the reference desk
- Featured content: Don't miss your great opportunity
- Arbitration report: An admin under the microscope
- Traffic report: Death, royals and superheroes
- Technology report: When broken is easily fixed
- News from the WMF: News from WMF
- Recent research: Ad revenue from reused Wikipedia articles; are Wikipedia researchers asking the right questions?
- Essay: How
- Humour: Village pump
- From the archives: An editorial board that includes you
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
- It was easy to untick a box by accident in Special:Preferences. This will now be fixed. [19]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 February. It will be on all wikis from 7 February (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 6 February at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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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 the
amboxCSS class to show page issues to mobile readers. When you useamboxthere are classes you can use.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 February. It will be on all wikis from 14 February (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 13 February at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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Growth team updates #5
Welcome to the fifth newsletter for the new Growth team!
The Growth team's objective is to work on software changes that help retain new contributors in mid-size Wikimedia projects.
New projects for discussion
We began the "Personalized first day" project with the welcome survey so that we could gather information about what newcomers are trying to accomplish. The next step is to use that information to create experiences that help the newcomers accomplish their goal – actually personalizing their first day. We asked for community thoughts in the previous newsletter, and after discussing with community members and amongst our team, we are now planning two projects as next steps: "engagement emails" and "newcomer homepage".
- Engagement emails: this project was first discussed positively by community members here back in September 2018, and the team how has bandwidth to pursue it. The idea is that newcomers who leave the wiki don't get encouraged to return to the wiki and edit. We can engage them through emails that send them the specific information they need to be successful – such as contact from a mentor, the impact of their edits, or task recommendations. Please read over the project page, and comment on its discussion page with any ideas, questions, or concerns. Do you think this is a good idea? Where could we go wrong?
- Newcomer homepage: we developed the idea for this project after analyzing the data from the welcome survey and EditorJourney datasets. We saw that many newcomers seem to be looking for a place to get started – a place that collects their past work, options for future work, and ways to learn more. We can build this place, and it can connect to the engagement emails. The content of both could be guided by what newcomers say they need during their welcome survey, and contain things like contact from a mentor, impact of their edits, or task recommendations. Please read over the project page, and comment on its discussion page with any ideas, questions, or concerns. Do you think this is a good idea? Where could we go wrong?
Initial reports on newcomer activity
We have published initial reports on each of the team's first two projects. These reports give the basic numbers from each project, and there are many more questions we will continue to answer in future reports. We're excited about these initial findings. They have already helped us define and design parts of our future projects.
- Welcome survey: the initial report on welcome survey responses is available here. Some of the main findings:
- Most users respond to the survey, giving it high response rates of 67% and 62% in Czech and Korean Wikipedias, respectively.
- The survey does not cause newcomers to be less likely to edit.
- The most common reason for creating an account in Korean Wikipedia is to read articles—not for editing—with 29% of Korean users giving that responses.
- Large numbers of respondents said they are interested in being contacted to get help with editing: 36% in Czech and 53% in Korean.
- Understanding first day: the initial report on what newcomers do on their first day is available here. Some of the main findings:
- Large numbers of users view help or policy pages on their first day: 42% in Czech and 28% in Korean.
- Large numbers of users view their own User or User Talk page on their first day: 34% in Czech and 39% in Korean.
- A majority of new users open an editor on their first day – but about a quarter of them do not go on to save an edit during that time.
Help panel deployment
The help panel was deployed in Czech and Korean Wikipedias on January 10. Over the past four weeks:
- About 400 newcomers in each wiki have seen the help panel button.
- About 20% of them open up the help panel.
- About 50% of those who open it up click on one of the links.
- About 5% of Czech users ask questions, and about 1% of Korean users ask questions.
We think that the 20% open rate and 50% click rate are strong numbers, showing that a lot of people are looking for help, and many want to help themselves by looking at help pages. The somewhat lower numbers of asking questions (especially in Korean Wikipedia) has caused us to consider new features to allow people to help themselves. We're going to be adding a search bar to the help panel next, which will allow users to type a search that only looks for pages in the Help and Wikipedia namespaces.
How to create a good feedback page?
What is the way to built a good help page? What blocks you when writing an help page? Your replies will help to create better help contents to newcomers, that would be used on Help panel.
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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 thank someone on the mobile web you will now have two seconds to cancel the thank. This is in case you clicked on the thank button by accident. [20]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 February. It will be on all wikis from 21 February (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 20 February at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- There is a proposal to add a red link to mobile search results if there is no page with that name. This is how it works on desktop. You can leave feedback. [21]
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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
- There is a new version of the iOS Wikipedia app. It has for example syntax highlighting and new toolbars to make it easier to write wikitext. It also has night mode, a find-on-page function and other things. You can give feedback and suggestions. [22]
Changes later this week
- When you look at your watchlist or the recent changes page you can use the new filters for edit review. There you can choose tags to filter different edits. Empty tags will no longer be shown. [23]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 26 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 27 February. It will be on all wikis from 28 February (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 27 February at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- The Wikipedia app for Android will invite users to add Wikidata descriptions to Wikidata objects that have Wikipedia articles but no Wikidata descriptions. It will only invite users who have added a number of Wikidata descriptions in the app without being reverted. This is to avoid spam and bad edits. You can read more and leave feedback.
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The Signpost: 28 February 2019
- From the editors: Help wanted (still)
- News and notes: Front-page issues for the community
- Discussion report: Talking about talk pages
- Featured content: Conquest, War, Famine, Death, and more!
- Arbitration report: A quiet month for Arbitration Committee
- Traffic report: Binge-watching
- Technology report: Tool labs casters-up
- Gallery: Signed with pride
- From the archives: New group aims to promote Wiki-Love
- Humour: Pesky Pronouns
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 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 March. It will be on all wikis from 7 March (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 6 March at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- You can give feedback on the future of talk pages.
- The mobile website will use the standard fonts on your computer or phone instead of a generic font. This will make it easier to read text in many scripts. [24][25]
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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
- Pages can use geocoordinates from Wikidata with the
mw.wikibase.entity:formatStatementsLua function or the#statementsparser function. If they do, they will now be shown using a Kartographer<maplink>if the wiki can use Kartographer. You can report bugs or ask questions on Phabricator. - There is now an EventStream to see when links are added or removed on Wikimedia wikis. You can read the discussions and plans.
Problems
- Some wikis will not be able to edit for a short period of time on 19 March (UTC). This will start at 15:00 UTC. It will last up to 15 minutes but probably shorter. You can see the list of affected wikis. This is because of network maintenance. You can still read the wikis.
- Editors who use Firefox to edit with the visual editor had a problem with copying text. When they tried to select text that included footnotes, templates or block images in the middle they would often only get part of the text. This has now been fixed. [26]
- Some maps didn't work for a while on 8 March. This has been fixed. [27][28]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 March. It will be on all wikis from 14 March (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 13 March at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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Growth team updates #6
성장 팀의 6번째 소식지를 읽게 된 여러분을 환영합니다!
성장 팀의 목표는 중규모 위키미디어 프로젝트에서 새 사용자가 남도록 돕는 일을 하는 소프트웨어를 만드는 것입니다.
다음 3달 간의 목표
지난 7개월 동안, 성장 팀은 더 많은 새 사용자가 편집을 지속하도록 하기 위해 여러 기능을 개발해 왔습니다. 여러 진전이 있었고 많은 것을 배웠으며, 다음 3개월간의 작업에 대한 준비를 마쳤습니다. 다음 3개월 동안, 저희는 도움말 패널, 새 사용자 홈페이지에 집중하기로 결정했습니다. 이번에는 참여 메일을 시작하지 않기로 결정했는데, 이미 시작한 프로젝트를 완성하는 것이 새 프로젝트를 시작하는 것보다 더 나은 결과를 가져올 것이라고 예상하기 때문입니다. 성장 팀의 이번 목표는 다음과 같습니다.
- 새 사용자 홈페이지를 배포하고 개선합니다.
- 도움말 패널을 계속 개선합니다.
- 도움말 패널을 더 많은 위키에서 사용할 수 있도록 만듭니다.
- 대상 위키에 4번째 위키를 추가합니다.
- 올해 수집된 데이터에 대한 심도 깊은 조사 결과를 발표합니다.
- 그동안 새 사용자에 대해 배운 것들에 대한 보고서를 준비합니다.
새 사용자 홈페이지
처음으로 배포하고 개선할 버전에서는 다음 사항을 포함하기로 결정했습니다:
- 사용자 이름 공간에 표시됨.
- 데스크탑 환경에서만 보여짐 (모바일은 다음에 개발 예정)
- 4가지 모듈
- 도움말 모듈: 도움말 링크와 질문방에 질문할 수 있는 기능 제공
- 멘토 모듈: 모든 새 사용자에게 자유롭게 질문을 할 수 있는 멘토가 할당됨
- 영향 모듈: 새 사용자가 편집한 문서의 문서 열람 횟수 제공
- 계정 생성 완료 모듈: 위키백과를 시작하기 위한 간단한 절차 여러 가지에 대한 짧은 조언 제공 (이메일 인증, 사용자 문서 작성하기)
- 레이아웃은 아직 개별 사용자가 수정할 수 없음.
현재 실 사용자를 대상으로 이 기능을 테스트 중입니다. 추후 작업에는 홈페이지를 모바일에 맞게 개선하거나, 추천할 만한 작업을 보여주거나, 새 사용자가 홈페이지를 방문하도록 권하는 방식에 대한 고민이 있을 예정입니다.
도움말 패널
몇 달 동안, 도움말 패널은 한국어 위키백과와 체코어 위키백과에 더불어 베트남어 위키백과에 배포되었습니다.2019년 3월 14일 기준으로,
- 2,425명의 새 사용자가 도움말 패널을 보았고,
- 422명이 도움말 패널을 열어 보았으며,
- 175명이 링크를 클릭해 보았고,
- 27명이 검색을 해 보았으며,
- 40명의 새 사용자가 질문을 남겼습니다.
사용량에 대한 데이터를 분석하고 있으며, 추후 몇 주 안에 수치를 공개할 예정입니다. 높은 수준에서, 일부 사용자는 링크를 클릭하고, 검색을 실행하며, 질문을 남기는 등 도움말 패널의 도움을 받고 있습니다. 현재까지 도움말 패널과 관련해 알려진 문제점은 없습니다. 따라서 성장 팀은 도움말 패널이 전반적으로 긍정적인 결과를 가져오고 있다고 생각하고 있습니다. 물론 추가되는 데이터를 통해 수치화된 결과를 볼 수 있겠죠. 다른 위키에서 이 기능에 관심이 있다면, 성장 팀의 토론 문서에 연락해 주세요.
지난 몇 달 동안, 도움말 패널은 성장 팀이 관찰한 새 사용자의 사용 패턴을 반영하도록 개선되었습니다. 첨부된 사진을 통해 현재 도움말 패널이 어떻게 동작하는 지 알아볼 수 있습니다.
- 검색 기능을 추가하여 도움말 이름공간과 위키백과 이름공간을 검색할 수 있습니다.
- 도움말 패널은 "편집" 모드에서만 볼 수 있었습니다. 이제 도움말, 위키백과, 사용자 이름공간에서 문서를 읽는 중에도 도움말 패널을 볼 수 있습니다.
새 사용자들이 "검색" 기능을 유용하게 사용하는지에 관심을 갖고 있습니다. 사용량이 많다면, 검색 기능을 개선하는 데 시간을 더 쓸 수 있겠죠. 도움말 패널을 "읽기" 모드에서 표시하는 것이 사용량 증가에 효과가 있는지에 대해서도 결과를 기다리고 있습니다.
성장 팀이 준비하고 봇이 게시하는 성장 팀 뉴스레터 • 피드백 제공 • 구독 또는 구독 해제
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
- When you use rollback you will be able to get a confirmation prompt on most wikis. It asks you if you wanted to do the rollback. This is to avoid misclicks. You will have to opt in to get it. On German Wikipedia it will be an opt-out feature from 28 March. [29][30]
- 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).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 20 March at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Admins will be able to block someone from editing a page or a namespace. This already works on a few Wikimedia wikis. You can read more. If your wiki wants to be an early tester of this, you can tell the developers. [31]
- Toolforge will shut down the Ubuntu Trusty job grid. This will happen the week of 25 March. Tools that use this grid needs to be moved to the new Debian Stretch job grid. If they haven't, they will be taken offline. Maintainers can restart the tools later. Users may not be able to use them in the meanwhile. You can see a list of affected tools.
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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 new version of the content translation tool will be used for all new translations. The older version will still be used for translations that were started with it. Most users won’t see any change. More than 80% of the published translations are already using the new version. [32]
Problems
- There was a problem with editing with Safari on iOS. When you wrote an edit summary you couldn't save the edit. This has now been fixed. [33]
- The editing toolbar sometimes disappears when you scroll on iOS devices. This will be fixed soon. [34]
- Wikis can over-ride interface messages on-wiki. A problem meant that sometimes an old versions of any changed messages were shown instead. This included the sitenotice and other important parts of the interface. This was fixed at around 2019-03-22 16:00 (UTC). Logged-out users may still get the wrong message. Purging the page should fix it for them. [35]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 26 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 27 March. It will be on all wikis from 28 March (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 27 March at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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The Signpost: 31 March 2019
- From the editors: Getting serious about humor
- News and notes: Blackouts fail to stop EU Copyright Directive
- In the media: Women's history month
- Discussion report: Portal debates continue, Prespa agreement aftermath, WMF seeks a rebranding
- Featured content: Out of this world
- Arbitration report: The Tides of March at ARBCOM
- Traffic report: Exultations and tribulations
- Technology report: New section suggestions and sitewide styles
- News from the WMF: The WMF's take on the new EU Copyright Directive
- Recent research: Barnstar-like awards increase new editor retention
- From the archives: Esperanza organization disbanded after deletion discussion
- Humour: The Epistolary of Arthur 37
- In focus: The Wikipedia SourceWatch
- Special report: Wiki Loves (50 Years of) Pride
- Community view: Wikipedia's response to the New Zealand mosque shootings
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
- Notifications tell you about things that happen on the wiki. You can turn on notifications about new links to pages you created. For performance reasons you can no longer get e-mails about this. [36]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 2 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 3 April. It will be on all wikis from 4 April (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 3 April at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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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
- More wikis are now testing visual editor section editing for mobile users. You can read more.
- Admins on French and Polish Wikipedia can block someone from editing a page or a namespace. If your wiki wants to get these blocks before they are available to all wikis, you can tell the developers. [37][38]
Problems
- You will be able read but not edit most wikis for 30 minutes on 11 April at 05:00 (UTC). This is because of a hardware problem. You can see a list of the affected wikis. [39]
- A map update caused some problems on 29 March and 30 March. It was rolled back. [40]
- Pages on some Wikivoyages had problems with the top headline. This has been fixed. [41]
Changes later this week
- When you add an edit summary the VisualEditor will search your recent edit summaries in case you want to re-use one. This works in both the visual and wikitext modes on desktop. It also works on the mobile site. [42]
- The Wikimedia wikis will get a URL shortener. This will work from 11 April. You can read more. [43]
- The
{{REVISIONID}}magic word will no longer work. This is for performance reasons. When you preview a page it will return""(empty string). When you read a page it will return"-"(dash). For now this will only affect content namespaces. [44] - The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 April. It will be on all wikis from 11 April (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 10 April at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- You will be able to preview references. This means that when you hover over the link you will get a popup that shows you a preview of the reference. It will work much like page previews. This is so you don't have to go to the bottom of the page to see a reference. This will now be available as a beta feature on German and Arabic Wikipedia. [45][46]
- The Wikidata JSON output will change. Empty containers will be serialised as empty objects. This is a breaking change that will affect tools that use JSON outputs and APIs. It will happen on 30 April. You can read more and see how to test your code.
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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
- All wikis now have the TemplateWizard for the wikitext editor.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 April. It will be on all wikis from 18 April (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 17 April at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Wikidata will get a new constraint status called
suggestion. This will change how theWikibaseQualityConstraintsconstraint checking API works. [47][48] - You can test the
depictsproperty for structured data on Commons.
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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 advanced search function URL now shows which namespaces you search in. The namespace field is collapsed by default on the search page. You can also add new fields to the search interface through a hook. [49][50][51]
- The wikis now look slightly different in the mobile web version. [52]
Changes later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 23 April at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Wikipedia articles will have the
sameAsmeta property. It adds structured data. This makes it easier for search engines to find Wikipedia articles. It also makes it easier to reuse content. There will an A/B test. [53][54]
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Growth team updates #7
성장 팀의 7번째 소식지를 읽게 된 여러분을 환영합니다!
성장 팀의 목표는 중규모 위키미디어 프로젝트에서 새 사용자가 남도록 돕는 일을 하는 소프트웨어를 만드는 것입니다.
새 사용자를 위한 홈페이지가 이번 주에 출시됩니다
다른 성장 팀 기능과 마찬가지로 이 기능은 통제된 실험의 형식으로 배포되며, 따라서 새 사용자의 절반은 홈페이지에 접근할 수 있고, 나머지 절반은 홈페이지에 접근할 수 없습니다. 이 기능을 가진 새 사용자는 PC 환경 (모바일은 지원하지 않습니다) 브라우저 상단의 사용자 이름 칸을 클릭함으로써 접근할 수 있습니다. 이 기능을 활용하고자 하는 새 사용자들은 환경 설정에서 이 기능을 활성화할 수 있습니다.
새 사용자를 위한 홈페이지가 활성화되는 위키에서는 다음 사항을 유의하시기 바랍니다:
- 홈페이지의 "도움말 모듈"을 통해 질문방에 질문하는 사용자가 늘어날 수 있습니다.
- "멘토 모듈" 기능을 위해 멘토로 지원한 사용자는 사용자 토론 문서에 질문을 받기 시작할 것입니다.
- 더 많은 사용자들이 "시작 모듈"을 통해 사용자 문서를 만들고 편집할 것입니다.
최근/미래의 홈페이지 개발
이번 달에 홈페이지 기능에 개발된 가장 중요한 부분은 "시작 모듈"입니다. 이 기능은 새 사용자가 처음 무엇을 해야 할 지에 대해 명확한 할 일을 알려 줍니다. 이메일을 추가하고 확인한다던가, 튜토리얼을 완료한다던가, 사용자 문서를 작성한다던가... 이러한 기능에 대한 욕구가 존재함을 지난 달의 사용자 테스트에서 알 수 있었습니다. 다음 홈페이지 기능 개발 우선 사항은 다음과 같습니다:
- 모바일 디자인: 모바일 브라우저에서도 홈페이지가 잘 동작하게 하려면, 홈페이지 기능에 별도의 디자인과 프로그래밍이 필요합니다. 동봉된 목업을 확인하여 모바일 디자인이 될 수 있는 목업을 확인하세요.
- 문서 발견을 위한 기능: 15%에서 30% 정도의 새 사용자들이 사용자 문서를 클릭해서 홈페이지를 발견할 것입니다. 새 사용자들이 이 기능을 찾아낼 수 있도록 추가적인 방법을 개발할 예정입니다.
추가적인 모듈: 초기 버전은 간단한 모듈의 일부 기능만을 포함하고 있습니다. 추가적으로 준비 중인 모듈에는 작업 추천 모듈과 위키의 활동 피드 등을 포함하고 있습니다.
다른 변경 사항
- 도움말 패널: 성장 팀에서는 도움말 패널의 초기 성적에 대한 데이터를 공개했습니다. 개선이 필요한 부분이 일부 발견되었지만, 도움말 패널이 위키에 도움이 되는 방향으로 나아가고 있고, 부정적인 영향을 미치는 것은 아니라고 생각하고 있습니다. 다음 2주 간 도움말 패널의 미래에 대한 추가적인 데이터 공개, 계획, 공동체의 의견을 수집할 예정입니다. 도움말 패널을 여러분의 위키에서 사용하고 싶다면, 언제든지 저희 팀의 토론 문서에 알려 주세요.
- 장기 계획: 성장 팀은 기획 회의를 진행했으며, 성장 팀의 작업에 대한 몇 가지 장기적인 아이디어를 토의했습니다. 좋다고 생각한 아이디어 중에는 새 사용자 홈페이지를 이용해 자신을 설명할 수 있게 하는 기능과 팀이 보류했던 참여 이메일 기능을 재검토하는 것 등이 포함되어 있습니다. 다음 달에 저희 팀에서는 7월에 시작하는 다음 회계년도에 성장 팀이 무슨 일을 해야 할 지에 대한 의견을 수렴할 것입니다.
성장 팀이 준비하고 봇이 게시하는 성장 팀 뉴스레터 • 피드백 제공 • 구독 또는 구독 해제
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 invites users to add Wikidata descriptions to Wikidata objects that have Wikipedia articles but no Wikidata descriptions. It will only invite users who have added a number of Wikidata descriptions in the app without being reverted. This is to avoid spam and bad edits. [55][56]
Problems
- Tech News was late last week because of a MassMessage bug. Other newsletters had the same problem. [57]
Changes later this week
- You will see when you last refreshed the recent changes page. This is so you can see how recent the changes are. [58]
- When you write a comment in Structured Discussions but have not posted it yet your web browser will save it in
local storageinstead ofsession storage. This means you do not lose them even if you close your web browser. Structured Discussions used to be called Flow. [59] - You will be able to turn off milestone notifications. Milestone notifications congratulate you when you have made certain numbers of edits. [60]
- 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).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 1 May at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- The Wikidata
wb_termstable will be dropped. This will affect some Wikidata tools. They need to be updated. The table has become too big which is causing problems. This will happen on 29 May. You can read more. You can ask for help if you need it. - Wikimedia wikis will soon use a token when you log out. This changes how the API works. Some tools might need to be updated. [61]
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The Signpost: 30 April 2019
- News and notes: An Action Packed April
- In the media: Is Wikipedia just another social media site?
- Discussion report: English Wikipedia community's conclusions on talk pages
- Featured content: Anguish, accolades, animals, and art
- Arbitration report: An Active Arbitration Committee
- Traffic report: Mötley Crüe, Notre-Dame, a black hole, and Bonnie and Clyde
- Technology report: A new special page, and other news
- Gallery: Notre-Dame de Paris burns
- News from the WMF: Can machine learning uncover Wikipedia’s missing “citation needed” tags?
- Recent research: Female scholars underrepresented; whitepaper on Wikidata and libraries; undo patterns reveal editor hierarchy
- From the archives: Portals revisited
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
- Special:Watchlist can show the wrong information. It does not always show which edits are read and which are unread. The developers are working on solving the problem. [62]
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).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 8 May at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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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 14 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 May. It will be on all wikis from 16 May (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 15 May at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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Call for submissions for the Community Growth space at Wikimania 2019
Welcome to a special newsletter from the Growth team! This special newsletter is not about Wikimedia Foundation Growth team projects. Instead, it is a call for submissions for the Community Growth space at Wikimania 2019. We think that many people who receive this newsletter may have something valuable to contribute to this space at Wikimania. We haven't translated the newsletter, because Wikimania's language is English.
Please see below for the message from the organizers of the Community Growth space at Wikimania.
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Wikimania 2019 is organized into 19 “spaces”, which are all accepting proposals for sessions. This message comes from the team organizing the Community Growth space.
Since you are interested b Growth team projects, and potentially involved in welcoming newcomers initiatives on your wiki, we would like to invite you to submit a proposal to the Community Growth space because of the actions you’ve done around newcomers on wikis. The deadline for submission is June 1. See below for Community Growth submission topics and session formats. Topics and sessions have to be in English.
In the Community Growth space, we will come together for discussions, presentations, and workshops that address these questions:
- What is and is not working around attracting and retaining newcomers?
- How should Wikimedia activities evolve to help communities grow and flourish?
- How should our technology and culture evolve to help new populations to come online, participate and become community members?
Recommended topics: please see this link for the list for the list of recommended topics. If you do not plan to submit a proposal, you can also suggest additional topics here. If your topic does not fit into our space, remember that there are 18 other spaces that could welcome you sharing your knowledge and perspective.
Types of session. We prefer sessions that are participatory, interactive, promote conversations, and give a voice to parts of our movement that are heard less often. Please see this link for the list of recommended session formats.
Poster submissions. Posters are also a good way to introduce a topic, or show some results of an action. Please consider submitting one!
More information about the Community Growth space, topics, and submission formats is available on the proposal page.
Please submit your proposal. The reviews will happen at the beginning of June.
If you have questions about Wikimania in general, please ask them on the Wikimania wiki.
On behalf of the Community Growth leadership team, Trizek (WMF), 2019년 5월 16일 (목) 20:45 (KST)
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 report for phase 1 of the talk pages consultation 2019 has been published. Communities are invited to start phase 2 of the consultation on their wikis.
Problems
- File descriptions for files from Commons were not shown properly on other Wikimedia wikis for a few days. For example the image descriptions and license information were missing. This has now been fixed. [63][64]
- Some diffs show an error message when you try to see them. The developers are working on fixing it. It could be because of some edit comments. [65][66]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 5월. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 5월. It will be on all wikis from 23 5월 (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 22 5월 at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- The content translation tool on Wikipedia can use machine translations. There is a system to stop translations where the editors do not fix machine translation mistakes. This warns or stops them if they seem to just copy what the machine translation gives them. If this system is too strict or not strict enough you can tell the language team. [67]
- The Wikidata
wbeditentityAPI endpoint will remove all aliases if the request includes an empty alias. This is how it supposed to work. It has not been working this way because of a bug. This will start on 12 June. [68]
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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
- Big changes to the replica database will happen on 3 June. Some tools on Cloud Services will stop working if the maintainers do not update them to use the new schema. This probably affects tools that query for revisions or log entries made by a user. [69][70]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 May. It will be on all wikis from 30 May (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 29 May at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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The Signpost: 31 May 2019
- From the editors: Picture that
- News and notes: Wikimania and trustee elections
- In the media: Politics, lawsuits and baseball
- Discussion report: Admin abuse leads to mass-desysop proposal on Azerbaijani Wikipedia
- Arbitration report: ArbCom forges ahead
- News from the WMF: Wikimedia Foundation petitions the European Court of Human Rights to lift the block of Wikipedia in Turkey
- Technology report: Lots of Bots
- Essay: Paid editing
- From the archives: FORUM:Should Wikimedia modify its terms of use to require disclosure?
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 write all special letters in all African Wikipedia languages. This works in the desktop version. [71]
- There is now a field called
depictson Commons. This is a way to show what is in a picture with the help of Wikidata. It is still in development. [72] - Some tools on Toolforge may break on or after 3 June because of database changes. Maintainers should update their tools to use the new schema. [73][74]
Problems
- You will be able to read but not to edit Wikimedia Commons for 30 minutes on 19 June at 05:00 (UTC). This is to fix a hardware problem. [75]
Changes later this week
- Some wikis have one tab for the visual editor and one tab for a wikitext editor. Others wikis just have one tab. If your wiki has two tabs, clicking a link to create a new page has always opened a wikitext editor. It will now open the editor you used the last time you edited. [76]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 4 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 5 May. It will be on all wikis from 6 May (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 5 May at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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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 create a PDF from a page on the wiki this is now done by Proton. Before this we used Electron. It should look the same but work better. Both use Chromium. This is a different system from when you collect several articles into a book and make a PDF from them. [77][78]
- The Flagged Revisions extension now uses the standard OOUI icons. There will be additional minor fixes for positioning in the next deployment. [79]
- Bots and other scripts that do not set an identifiable User-Agent may find their requests strictly rate-limited until they identify themselves properly. [80]
Problems
- Please check if the Flagged Revisions configuration on your wiki is as you expect (or as it was a few weeks ago). If not, please report it. [81]
Changes later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 12 June at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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새 사용자 홈페이지의 초기 성적
- 새 사용자 홈페이지는 5월 6일 (미국 서부시간)에 한국어 위키백과와 체코어 위키백과의 데스크탑 사용자를 대상으로 배포되었습니다. A/B 테스트 형식으로 배포되었으므로, 새 사용자의 절반은 홈페이지에 접근할 수 있고 나머지 절반은 접근할 수 없습니다. 창 맨 위의 개인 툴바에 있는 자신의 사용자 이름을 클릭함으로써 접근할 수 있습니다.
- 약 한 달 간의 사용을 통해 흥미로운 트렌드를 여럿 발견했습니다. 새로운 기능을 개발하면서 모니터한 바로는 이 기능이 잘 나아가고 있는 것 같습니
- 대략 절반의 사용자가 링크나 버튼을 통해 홈페이지를 방문합니다.
- 대략 절반의 사용자가 홈페이지를 두 번 이상 방문하며, 5분의 1 정도는 며칠에 걸쳐 반복적으로 방문합니다.
- 사용자들은 모든 모듈을 사용하는 경향이 있습니다 -- 특히 선호하는 도구는 없습니다.
- 멘토에게 질문을 하지만 질문방에는 질문을 하지 않는 경향이 목격되었습니다.
새 사용자 홈페이지의 다음 목표
- 홈페이지를 써 본 초기 사용자로부터 좋은 반응을 얻고 있으므로, 사용자들이 홈페이지를 찾을 수 있도록 하는 작업에 집중하고 있습니다.
- 모바일 홈페이지: 현재 홈페이지의 모바일 버전을 개발 중입니다. 5명의 사용자와 디자인을 테스트해 보았고, 이 디자인이 잘 먹힐 것이라는 확신을 갖고 있습니다.
- 발견을 돕기 위한 기능: 홈페이지를 볼 수 있는 사용자 중 소수만이 홈페이지를 스스로 찾아옵니다. 성장 팀은 새 사용자가 홈페이지를 찾을 수 있도록 하는 기능을 디자인하고 있습니다. 가장 중요한 기능은 가이드투어를 통해 홈페이지 기능을 가리키는 기능입니다.
- 사용자 테스트를 통해 발견한 바로는 새 사용자 홈페이지에서 가장 중요한 기능은 새 사용자가 바로 편집에 집중할 수 있도록 할 일을 추천해 주는 것입니다. 다음으로 작업할 기능이 이 작업이 될 것입니다.
팀의 미래
- 성장 팀은 2018년 9월에 조직되었으며, 7월에 시작되는 다음 회계년도에 할 일을 계획하고 있습니다.
- 목표 위키에서 두드러지게 새 사용자를 끌어모으는 기능을 개발하지는 못했지만, 성장 팀은 현재 작업하고 있는 기능을 계속 개발하다 보면 새 사용자를 끌어모으는 기능을 할 수 있을 것으로 기대하고 있습니다.
- 따라서 현재 시작한 작업들을 계속할 예정이며, 새 사용자의 전반적인 경험을 향상시키는 새 기능을 개발할 것입니다. 이러한 기능은 다음 내용을 포함할 수 있습니다.
- 새 사용자가 '사용자 문서를 만들고 위키내에서의 인지도를 확립하는 방식을 개선할 것입니다. 초기 노트를 참조하세요.
- 새 사용자가 위키 안에서, 그리고 이메일을 통해 알림을 받는 방법을 개선하여 다른 사용자가 새 사용자에게 연락하면 빠르게 알아챌 수 있도록 돕습니다.
- 새 사용자가 잘 한 일에 대해 상장이나 인정을 받을 수 있는 프로세스
- 새 사용자가 위키 내의 활동을 보고 자신의 관심사를 공유할 수 있는 방법.
- 이러한 작업을 시작하기 전에 공동체와 이러한 아이디어를 정의할 수 있도록 이야기를 나눌 것입니다.
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2019년 6월 13일 (목) 18:02 (KST)
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
- You will be able to read but not to edit Wikimedia Commons for 30 minutes on 19 June at 05:00 (UTC). This is to fix a hardware problem. [82]
Changes later this week
- MIDI files can soon be played without the Score extension. You can then add them with
[[File:Filename.midi]]. Lateroverride_midiandoverride_audiowill stop working. Instead you will need to add the MIDI file below the music score. [83] - A new video player will soon replace the old one. You will be able to enable it as a beta feature in your preferences. It will later be enabled for everyone if there are no big problems. [84]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 18 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 19 June. It will be on all wikis from 20 June (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 19 June at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Some gadgets and user scripts still use the old
wgEnableAPIandwgEnableWriteAPIvalues. These values are always true. They will soon be removed. This might break the gadgets and scripts. You should fix your gadgets to not use these values. [85]
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2019년 6월 18일 (화) 05:37 (KST)
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 new version of MediaWiki for last week was not fully released due to issues. It was removed from most wikis on Tuesday and from test wikis on Thursday. [86]
- Most wikis were slow and then briefly read-only last week due to one of the database servers having a problem. It is now replaced. [87]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 25 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 26 June. It will be on all wikis from 27 June (calendar).
Meetings
- You can watch or join the next Wikimedia Language showcase. It will be about the usage of Machine Translation in Wikimedia projects. The showcase will be on 26 June at 13:00 (UTC). A recording will be kept for later viewing
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 26 June at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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2019년 6월 25일 (화) 02:30 (KST)
The Signpost: 30 June 2019
- Discussion report: A constitutional crisis hits English Wikipedia
- News and notes: Mysterious ban, admin resignations, Wikimedia Thailand rising
- In the media: The disinformation age
- On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?
- Special report: Did Fram harass other editors?
- Traffic report: Juneteenth, Beauty Revealed, and more nuclear disasters
- Technology report: Actors and Bots
- Recent research: What do editors do after being blocked?; the top mathematicians, universities and cancers according to Wikipedia
- From the archives: Women and Wikipedia: the world is watching
- In focus: WikiJournals: A sister project proposal
- Community view: A CEO biography, paid for with taxes
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 development of Wikidata Bridge has started. The goal is to allow Wikidata edits from Wikipedia. [88]
Problems
- Sometimes pages load slowly for users routed to the Amsterdam data center. Investigation is in progress. [89]
- Wikidata query service was overloaded between 11:50 UTC until 13:15 UTC on June 24. It has been fixed. [90]
Changes later this week
- You will be able to read but not to edit all wikis for a short amount of time, on 3 July at 06:00 (UTC). This is to move a database. [91]
- There is no deployment of a new version of MediaWiki on the wikis this week (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 3 July at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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2019년 7월 2일 (화) 06:23 (KST)
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
- For event organizers, if you request a temporary lift of the IP cap for mass account creation, this will now also raise the edit rate limit for those new accounts at the event, which will prevent another bottleneck. [92]
- Administrators at all Wiktionary, Wikivoyage, and Wikisource wikis are now able to use the new partial blocks feature. [93]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 July. It will be on all wikis from 11 July (calendar).
- The design of MediaWiki's software windows will change for desktop users. Layout will be simpler, buttons will be bolder and clearer, and close buttons will be just icons. This is like the mobile design. This will affect ContentTranslation, VisualEditor, TemplateWizard, and other tools. [94]
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 10 July at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Wikidata will be in read-only mode on 30 July from 05:00 to 05:30 UTC because of a server switch. [95]
- There will be a change in the name format of new Wikidata RDF dumps starting on 15 July. [96]
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2019년 7월 9일 (화) 05:13 (KST)
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 mobile web will get more advanced editing tools. Seven more Wikipedias can use them now. This works for Arabic, Indonesian, Italian, Persian, Japanese, Spanish and Thai Wikipedia. You can try the tools on the mobile web and give feedback. [97]
Changes later this week
- The abuse filter system user will soon do maintenance edits on broken abuse filters. This user is called
편집 필터and has administrator rights. This is meant to fix technical problems. It will not do any other changes. You can read more. - The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 July. It will be on all wikis from 18 July (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 17 July at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- The Wikipedia app for Android will invite users to add image captions to images on Commons. It will only invite users who have added a number of edits in the app without being reverted. This is to avoid spam and bad edits. You can read more and leave feedback. [98]
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2019년 7월 16일 (화) 00:30 (KST)
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
- Communities interested by easing newcomers' first steps can now benefit from the Growth team experiments on their wikis. Check the conditions and the request process.
- The Coolest Tool Award 2019 is looking for nominations. You can recommend tools by July 29. The awarded tools will be presented at Wikimania. [99]
Problems
- The release of the last version of MediaWiki (1.34.0-wmf.14) has been blocked for groups 1 and 2. [100]
Changes later this week
- Phabricator database will be moved to a different server. Writes will be blocked on Thursday 25 July, between 05:30 and 06:00 AM UTC. Reads will remain unaffected. [101]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 July. It will be on all wikis from 25 July (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 24 July at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Some items in the visual editor will change later this week. This will make it easier to edit links, citations, and templates on both desktop and mobile. [102][103]
- With advanced search turned on you will be able to choose the sorting order of the search results when you do a search. [104][105]
- Users who edit from IP addresses whitelisted on a request for temporary lift of the IP cap for mass account creation will bypass CAPTCHAs. This will happen in August. If you think this should not happen for some reason, please let us know.
- The variable
user_wpzerowill be removed from AbuseFilter. A list of filters needing a fix is provided.
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2019년 7월 22일 (월) 22:07 (KST)
Growth team updates #8
성장 팀의 8번째 소식지를 읽게 된 여러분을 환영합니다!
성장 팀의 목표는 중규모 위키미디어 프로젝트에서 새 사용자가 남도록 돕는 일을 하는 소프트웨어를 만드는 것입니다.
5월에 여러 가지 일이 많아서 소식지가 늦어진 점에 대하여 사과드립니다.
일반적인 소식
- 성장 팀이 아랍어 위키백과를 새 지정 위키로 정하고 협업을 시작합니다. 한국어, 체코어, 베트남어 위키백과에 이은 새 위키입니다.
- 성장 팀의 여러 구성원이 위키미디어 해커톤에 참석했습니다. 작업한 결과물과 배운 내용을 보려면 이 업데이트 (영문)를 읽어보세요.
- 위키마니아 2019가 8월에 다가옵니다. 올해 컨퍼런스에는 "공동체 성장" 주제를 통해 소프트웨어나 공동체 협업을 통해 공동체가 발전한 내용을 다루는 세션을 포함할 것입니다.
Growth team updates #9
성장 팀의 9번째 소식지를 읽게 된 여러분을 환영합니다!
성장 팀의 목표는 중규모 위키미디어 프로젝트에서 새 사용자가 남도록 돕는 일을 하는 소프트웨어를 만드는 것입니다.
더 많은 위키에 성장 팀 기능을 사용할 수 있습니다
성장 팀이 결성된 지 약 1년이 지났습니다. 그동안, 사용자를 유지하기 위해 도움이 될 거라고 생각되는 여러 기능을 개발했습니다. 여전히 어떤 기능이 사용자를 더 유지하는 데 도움이 되는지 파악하기 위한 데이터를 모으고 있지만, 이제 몇몇 기능은 이 기능을 사용해보고 싶어하는 위키에 배포될 준비가 되었다고 생각합니다. 새 사용자를 환영하는 일에 열정적인 공동체가 있다면, 언제든지 연락해 주시면 적당한 위키인지 확인해 볼 수 있습니다.
그 다음에, 체크리스트를 통해 이러한 기능을 활성화하는 절차를 시작하게 됩니다.
- 도움말 패널: 새 사용자가 도움말을 찾고 편집을 하면서 질문을 할 수 있도록 돕습니다.
- 환영 설문: 새 사용자들이 어느 주제에 관심이 있고 어떤 편집을 하려고 하는 지 알아볼 수 있습니다.
- 편집자여행: 새 사용자들이 첫 날에 어떤 행동을 하는지 알아볼 수 있습니다.
일반적인 소식
- 새 분기가 시작되었고, 다음 세 달 간의 목표를 정했습니다. 가장 중요한 목표는 다음과 같습니다.
- 새 사용자 홈페이지: 작업 추천 모듈을 통해 활동량 증가. 새 사용자 홈페이지를 통한 장기간의 긍정적인 활동이 관찰된 만큼, 새 사용자에게 가장 중요한 기능은 자신이 하고 싶은 일을 찾는 것이라고 생각합니다. 이 기능은 새 사용자의 편지에서 가장 적절한 순간에 가장 적절한 작업을 추천해 줄 것입니다.
- 새 사용자 홈페이지: 기능 발견율을 100%까지 올리기. 현재로써 오직 20% ~ 30%의 사용자만이 홈페이지를 방문합니다. 모든 새 사용자가 이 기능을 찾는 방법을 알게 함으로써 이 숫자를 극적으로 끌어올리고자 합니다.
- 도움말 패널: 검색, 사용자 경험, 편의성을 개선함으로써 유용함 증대. 데이터와 사용 유형을 분석해 보았고, (새 사용자가 질문에 답변을 받은 내용을 편리하게 찾을 수 있도록 하는 우측 스크린샷을 참조하세요) 기능의 유용성을 강화하기 위한 여러 가지 발전 방향을 준비하고 있습니다.
- 위키마니아가 다음 달에 다가오고 있습니다. 위키마니아에서는 "공동체 성장"을 주제로 하는 세션이 열립니다. 모든 공동체에서 모인 사람들이 새 사용자를 위키미디어 운동에 참여시키는 방법에 대해 논의하고 싶습니다.
- 팀에서는 아랍어 위키백과 - 4번째 목표 위키에 성장 팀 기능들을 배포하기 시작했습니다. 아랍어 위키백과에는 많은 모바일 사용자가 존재하며 첫번째 오른쪽에서 글을 쓰는 언어입니다. 이러한 곳에 대한 배포를 통해 최대한 많은 종류의 사용자에게 유용한 기능을 배포할 수 있기를 바랍니다.
모바일 홈페이지와 초기 분석
- 새 사용자 홈페이지의 모바일 버전이 체코어, 한국어, 베트남어 위키백과에 배포되었습니다. 새 사용자는 이제 데스크탑과 모바일 중 어느 기기를 이용하던지간에 관계 없이 홈페이지를 볼 수 있게 되었습니다.
- 새 사용자 홈페이지의 성과에 관한 첫번째 데이터셋을 발표했습니다. 요약하자면, 현재까지 홈페이지의 성과에 대단히 만족합니다. 절반의 사용자들이 무언가를 클릭하는 것을 관찰하였고, 대부분의 사용자들이 홈페이지에 여러 번 방문하는 것을 관찰했습니다.
- 홈페이지가 긍정적으로 사용되고 있는 것으로 보이므로, 여러 작은 기능들을 다음 몇 주 안에 새로 배포하여 더 많은 새 사용자들이 홈페이지를 찾도록 도울 것입니다. (우측의 이미지를 통해 빈 기여 문서에서 홈페이지를 발견하도록 돕는 기능의 화면을 확인해 보세요.)
- 위에 적힌 목표와 더불어, 작업 추천을 새 사용자 홈페이지에 추가하는 일에 집중할 것입니다. 이러한 기능에 대한 초기 의사결정을 발표하여 공동체에서 의견을 나눌 수 있도록 할 것입니다.
성장 팀이 준비하고 봇이 게시하는 성장 팀 뉴스레터 • 피드백 제공 • 구독 또는 구독 해제
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
- Wikidata will be in read-only mode on 30 July from 05:00 to 05:30 UTC because of a server switch. [106]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 31 July. It will be on all wikis from 1 August (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 31 July at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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The Signpost: 31 July 2019
- In the media: Politics starts getting rough
- Discussion report: New proposals in aftermath of Fram ban
- Arbitration report: A month of reintegration
- On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?
- Community view: Video based summaries of Wikipedia articles. How and why?
- News from the WMF: Designing ethically with AI: How Wikimedia can harness machine learning in a responsible and human-centered way
- Recent research: Most influential medical journals; detecting pages to protect
- Special report: Administrator cadre continues to contract
- Traffic report: World cups, presidential candidates, and stranger things
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 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 7 August. It will be on all wikis from 8 August (calendar).
Problems
- A change in RelatedArticles extension accidentally enabled it for everyone, not just for mobile users. This has been fixed. [107][108]
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 7 August at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Today everyone can see IP addresses if someone edits without an account. In the future this could be more hidden. This is to protect unregistered editors so fewer can see their IP address. This would only happen after we make sure the tools for vandal fighting can still be effective. You can read more and comment.
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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
- Editors using the mobile website on Wikipedia can opt-in to new advanced features via your settings page. This will give access to more interface links, special pages, and tools. Feedback on the discussion page is appreciated. [109]
- Due to the absence of volunteer maintenance of Cologne Blue skin, the link to activate it will be hidden. The skin will still work, but editors using it are encouraged to switch to another skin. [110]
Changes later this week
- Due to Wikimania, there is no deployment this week. [111]
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 13 August at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- The "Wikidata item" link will be moved from "Tools" to "In other projects" section on all Wikimedia projects, starting on August 21. Full announcement, Phabricator task.
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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
- There will be no Tech News issue next week. The next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 2 September 2019.
Problems
- Some abuse filters stopped working because of a code change. Only variables for the current action will work. Variables defined inside a branch may not work outside of that branch. You can read more to see how to fix the filters.
- Only six accounts can be created from one IP address per day. Between 12 August and August 15 this was two accounts per day. This was because of a security issue. It is now six accounts per day again. [112]
Changes later this week
- Only a limited number of accounts can be created from one IP address. An IP address can be whitelisted so that it can create as many accounts as needed. This is useful at events where many new persons learn to edit. IP addresses that are whitelisted for this reason will also not show CAPTCHAs when you create accounts. This will happen on Wednesday. [113]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 20 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 21 August. It will be on all wikis from 22 August (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 21 August at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- There is an RFC about creating a new global user group with the right to edit abuse filters. This will be used to fix broken filters and make sure all filters will still work when software changes happen. You can read more and comment.
Special:Contributions/newbieswill no longer be working. This is because of performance reasons. It showed edits by new accounts. You can see this in the recent changes feed instead. [114]
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The Signpost: 30 August 2019
- News and notes: Documenting Wikimania and our beginnings
- In focus: Ryan Merkley joins WMF as Chief of Staff
- Discussion report: Meta proposals on partial bans and IP users
- Traffic report: Once upon a time in Greenland with Boris and cornflakes
- News from the WMF: Meet Emna Mizouni, the newly minted 2019 Wikimedian of the Year
- Recent research: Special issue on gender gap and gender bias research
- On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?
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 the new termbox interface if you edit Wikidata on a mobile device. This is to edit labels, descriptions and aliases easier on the mobile pages. [115]
- The new version of MediaWiki has been deployed during the last week.
- The previously announced change of positions of the "Wikidata item" link on all wikis has been rollbacked due to unexpected cache issues. [116]
- The limit for rollbacks has been increased from 10 to 100 rollbacks per minute. [117]
- The advanced version of the edit review pages (Recent Changes, Watchlist, and Related Changes) now include two new filters. These filters are for "All contents" and "All discussions". They will filter the view to just those namespaces. However the "All discussions" filter does not include pseudo talk pages, like discussions that are in the Project: or Wikipedia: namespaces. But it will include changes happening on Project talk: or the Wikipedia talk:. [118]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 3 9월. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 4 9월. It will be on all wikis from 5 9월 (calendar).
- When you log in, the software checks your password to see if it follows the Password policy. From this week, it will also complain if your password is one of the most common passwords in the world. If your password is not strong enough, please consider to change your password for a stronger password. [119]
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 4 9월 at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- You will be able to read but not to edit Wikidata for up to 30 minutes on September 10 at 05:00 (UTC). [120]
- You will be able to read but not to edit some mid-sized wikis for up to 30 minutes September 17 at 05:00 (UTC). You can see which wikis. [121]
- You will be able to read but not to edit some mid-sized wikis for up to 30 minutes September 24 at 05:00 (UTC). You can see which wikis. [122]
- You will be able to read but not to edit Wikimedia Commons for up to 30 minutes on September 26 at 05:00 (UTC). [123]
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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 edits that used the visual editor were not working. This has now been fixed. [124]
- Last week's Tech News had delivery problems. Some did not get the newsletter. Some got it more than one time. The developers are working on the problem. [125]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 24 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 25 September. It will be on all wikis from 26 September (calendar).
- You will be able to read but not to edit an important number of mid-sized wikis for up to 30 minutes on 24 September at 05:00 (UTC). You can see which wikis. [126]
- You will be able to read but not to edit Wikimedia Commons for up to 30 minutes on 26 September at 05:00 (UTC). [127]
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 25 September at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Internet Explorer 6 and 7 might not be supported in the future. This means the browsers might start looking a bit weird. They would not get security support. This is because almost no one uses the browsers anymore. Supporting them makes the wikis less secure for everyone else. [128]
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The Signpost: 30 September 2019
- From the editors: Where do we go from here?
- Special report: Post-Framgate wrapup
- Traffic report: Varied and intriguing entries, less Luck, and some retreads
- News from the WMF: How the Wikimedia Foundation is making efforts to go green
- Recent research: Wikipedia's role in assessing credibility of news sources; using wikis against procrastination; OpenSym 2019 report
- On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?
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's Tech News had delivery problems. Some did not get the newsletter. Some got it more than one time. The problem where some pages got it three times should now be fixed. [129]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 1 10월. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 2 10월. It will be on all wikis from 3 10월 (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 2 10월 at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- The Wikimedia Foundation Community Tech team is working on a watchlist expiry feature. This means you can put things on your watchlist for a period of time instead of forever. They are looking for feedback on the questions they have.
- Special:Contributions will get the standard OOUI look. This makes it easier to use on mobile and makes it look like other
Special:pages. There is a script you can use to make the form smaller if you want to. [130]
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Growth team updates #10
성장 팀의 10번째 소식지를 읽게 된 여러분을 환영합니다!
성장 팀의 목표는 중규모 위키미디어 프로젝트에서 새 사용자가 남도록 돕는 일을 하는 소프트웨어를 만드는 것입니다.
일반적인 소식
- 성장 팀 기능은 (한국어, 체코어, 베트남어 위키백과와 더불어) 아랍어 위키백과와 바스크어 위키백과에서 완전히 기능합니다.
- 새 사용자가 홈페이지를 찾기 쉽게 돕기 위한 기능을 배포했습니다. 이 기능의 배포는 성공적이며, 홈페이지를 방문하는 사용자의 수가 두 배 이상으로 증가했습니다. 체코어 위키백과에서 72%의 새 사용자가 홈페이지를 방문하며, 한국어 위키백과에서 49%의 새 사용자가 홈페이지를 방문합니다.
- '위키미디어 스페이스'에 성장 토론방 (영어) 이 생겼습니다. 이 공간은 새 사용자를 환영하는 각종 프로젝트 간의 협업을 촉진하기 위해 생겼습니다. 와서 인사해 보세요!
위키마니아에서의 성장 팀
- 성장 팀원 다수가 스톡홀름에서 개최된 위키마니아에 참석했습니다. 공동테 성장에 관한 여러 행사를 기획했고, 저희 팀의 작업에 대해 설명했으며, 전 세계의 사용자들과 많은 대화를 나누었습니다.
- 가장 중요한 링크 일부를 소개해 드립니다.
- 가장 주목할 점 여러 가지는 다음과 같습니다.
- 새 사용자 유지에 대한 동일한 입장: 위키마니아 참석자들은 일반적으로 새 사용자 유지가 중요한 문제라는 것을 인식하는 것 같았습니다.
- 오프라인을 온라인으로 연결: 팀의 기능을 오프라인 행사에서 더 잘 연결할 수 있도록 돕는 (예를 들어, 홈페이지의 멘토를 오프라인 행사 멘토와 일치시키는) 흥미로운 아이디어 등이 등장했습니다.
- 멘토 대시보드: 숙련된 사용자는 도움이 필요한 새 사용자를 도울 수 있을 만한 정보가 있는 대시보드를 요청했습니다.
새 사용자 작업 -- 피드백이 필요합니다!
- 성장 팀의 주 프로젝트는 현재 새 사용자 작업입니다. 이 기능은 새 사용자에게 쉬운 편집 작업을 추천해 줍니다. 이 기능은 새 사용자 홈페이지의 새 모듈로써 개발될 예정입니다.
- 이 프로젝트가 새 사용자들이 새 문서를 만든다거나 사진을 올린다거나 하는 복잡한 작업을 하기 전에 편집 기술을 익힐 수 있는 방식이 되기를 바라고 있습니다.
- 해결 중인 세 가지 주요 문제점들은 다음과 같습니다.
- 작업을 어디서 가져올까요? 많은 작업 출처를 고려한 후에, 대부분의 위키에서 (문서 정리, 링크 추가, 출처 추가 등 작업에) 적용되는 유지보수 틀을 기반으로 추천을 시작하기로 결정되었습니다.
- 관심사와 연결해야 할까요? 연구 결과는 사용자들이 자신의 관심사와 일치하는 작업을 더 관심 있게 할 것으로 보고 있습니다. 현재 새 사용자에게 사용자의 관심사를 묻고 그 관심사를 기반으로 문서를 제시하는 방식의 프로토타입을 준비하고 있습니다
- 새 사용자를 어떻게 이끌어야 할까요? 새 사용자가 추천받은 글을 누른 후에도, 문서 편집을 완료하기 위한 도움이 필요합니다. 도움말 패널을 통해 새 사용자 편집을 돕기 위한 가이드를 제공하기로 했습니다.
- 이 기능은 현재 개발 중이며, 대부분 긍정적인 반응을 얻은 사용자 테스트 후기를 최근에 게시했습니다.
- 새 사용자 작업의 디자인을 상호작용 가능한 목업에서 테스트할 수 있습니다. 여러분의 생각을 프로젝트 토론 문서에서 듣고 싶습니다. 새 사용자에게 도움이 될까요? 잊고 있는 게 있을까요?
성장 팀이 준비하고 봇이 게시하는 성장 팀 뉴스레터 • 피드백 제공 • 구독 또는 구독 해제
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 abuse filter function now has a faster parser. This is to shorten the waiting time when you save an edit. [131]
Problems
- There is a problem in the visual editor when you copy or delete text with footnotes. It will be fixed soon. [132]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 8 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 9 October. It will be on all wikis from 10 October (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 9 October at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- The Community Wishlist Survey has a new format. It will focus on wikis that typically get less support. It will probably go back to the normal format next year. It is not decided exactly how it will work this year. You can leave feedback.
- The URL of the Wikimedia wiki main pages could be changed. This is because the current URLs cause several problems. For example
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Main_Pagewould behttps://www.wikidata.org/instead. You can tell the developers if this would cause problems for your wiki. - There is a new technical community newsletter. You can read more about the work of Wikimedia's technical community. Subscribe to get the information in the future.
- Outreachy is an internship program for groups who are underrepresented in free and open-source software. There are seven Wikimedia projects about coding, documentation and quality assurance in the next round. Persons who fit the criteria can apply. The last day to apply is 5 November.
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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 more advanced editing tools on the mobile web. You can turn them on and off in your preferences in the mobile version. [133]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 15 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 16 October. It will be on all wikis from 17 October (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 16 October at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Internet Explorer 6 and 7 are no longer supported. This means the browsers might start looking a bit weird. They will not get security support. You can't read Wikimedia wikis in Internet Explorer on Windows XP or Windows versions that are older than Windows XP. This is because almost no one uses the browsers anymore. Supporting them made the wikis less secure for everyone else. [134]
- In the future section headings might have a share link. This is to make it easier to link to the section. You can read more and discuss.
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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 API sandbox and help pages now show more clearly when API modules are marked as
internal. API modules marked as internal were probably internal before. It was easier to miss. You should look for non-internal alternatives. [135]
Problems
- There is a translation tool we use on wikis with more than one language. For a few days it did not create pages for new languages when someone translated a page. The languages did not show in the language bar. This has been fixed. [136]
- The history and diffs can show wrong content. This is because of a cache problem. It will soon be fixed. [137]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 22 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 23 October. It will be on all wikis from 24 October (calendar).
- Reference Previews will be a beta feature on all Wikipedias and some Wikivoyages. It shows you a preview of the footnote when you hover over or click on the number. It has been a beta feature on German and Arabic Wikipedia since April.
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 23 October. See how to join.
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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 post proposals for the Community Wishlist Survey. The survey decides what the Community Tech team will work on. You can post proposals until 11 November. You can vote on proposals from 20 November to 2 December. This year the wishlist will focus on Wikibooks, Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikisource, Wikiversity, Wikispecies, Wikivoyage and Wikinews. You can read more about the format for this year.
- Mobile users now have a specific design for their Watchlist. [138][139]
- You can share feedback and ideas on the Desktop Improvements project. The goal is to make the interface easier to use for readers and editors without removing any functionality. The Foundation's Readers Web team will work on this over the next two years.
- OOUI now allows using
px(pixels) instead ofem(em) for some specific cases. [140][141]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 29 10월. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 30 10월. It will be on all wikis from 31 10월 (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 30 10월 at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- There will be no software changes from 19 December to 2 January. The first MediaWiki version next year will come the week of 6 January. [142]
- Gadgets and user scripts can access variables about the current page in JavaScript. In 2015, this information was moved from global variables named
wg*tomw.config. The old global variables will be removed later this year. You can know more about it and tell the developers if you want to try this out on your wiki first.
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The Signpost: 31 October 2019
- In the media: How to use or abuse Wikipedia for fun or profit
- Special report: “Catch and Kill” on Wikipedia: Paid editing and the suppression of material on alleged sexual abuse
- Interview: Carl Miller on Wikipedia Wars
- Community view: Observations from the mainland
- Arbitration report: October actions
- Gallery: Wiki Loves Broadcast
- Recent research: Research at Wikimania 2019: More communication doesn't make editors more productive; Tor users doing good work; harmful content rare on English Wikipedia
- News from the WMF: Welcome to Wikipedia! Here's what we're doing to help you stick around
- On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?
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
- At Special:Contributions you could see up to 5000 edits at the same time if you edited the URL. This has been lowered to 500. This is to stop requests which break the sites. [143]
Changes later this week
MediaWiki:ipb-default-expirycan set the default length to block a user for your wiki. You will be able to useMediaWiki:ipb-default-expiry-ipto set a different default block length for IP editors. [144]- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 November. It will be on all wikis from 7 November (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 6 November at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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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
- MediaWiki2LaTeX can put different pages from a Wikimedia wiki into a PDF. It can now make a PDF with around 5000 pages. Previously this was 800 pages.
Changes later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 13 November at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Wikimedia will take part in Google Code-in. This is for young students who want to help with open source software. You can read more. Experienced technical Wikimedians can mentor students.
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Growth team updates #11
성장 팀의 11번째 소식지를 읽게 된 여러분을 환영합니다!
성장 팀의 목표는 중규모 위키미디어 프로젝트에서 새 사용자가 남도록 돕는 일을 하는 소프트웨어를 만드는 것입니다.
일반적인 소식
- 더 많은 위키로 확장: 성장 팀 기능을 우크라이나어와 헝가리어 위키백과에 배포할 준비를 하고 있습니다. 현재 기능이 활성화된 위키는 한국어, 체코어, 아랍어, 베트남어, 바스크어 위키백과입니다. 새 사용자를 환영하고 싶어하는 위키가 있다면 저희에게 연락해 주시면 위키가 적합한지 확인할 수 있도록 도와 드리겠습니다. 그 후에 체크리스트를 점검하며 기능을 설정하는 절차를 시작하게 됩니다.
- 멘토 트레이닝: 체코어 공동체에서 숙련된 사용자가 새 사용자를 유치하는 것을 돕는 기술을 갈고 닦기 위한 첫 멘토 훈련을 실시했습니다.
- 멘토 가이드가 업데이트되었습니다. 번역해 주세요!
도움말 패널 결론
도움말 패널은 2019년 1월에 처음 새 사용자에게 배포되었으며, 이 기능의 영향을 평가하는 작업이 최근 종료되었습니다. 짧은 설명이 아래 제공되며, 더 자세한 내용은 여기 (영문)에서 볼 수 있습니다.
- 요약하자면, 도움말 패널이 "많이" 사용되기는 했지만, 도움말 패널은 "활성화" (새 사용자가 첫 편집을 저장하는지 여부)나 "유지" (사용자가 돌아와서 편집을 하는지 여부)에 도움을 주지 못했습니다.
- 실망스러운 결과이며, 이러한 결과의 이유와 추후 작업 계획을 논의했습니다. 도움말 패널을 발전시키기 위한 여러 아이디어가 있지만, 현재로써는 팀의 역량을 새 사용자 홈페이지와 새 사용자 작업 프로젝트에 집중하기로 했습니다.
- 도움말 패널을 새 사용자 작업 프로젝트에서 새 사용자가 추천받은 편집을 완료하도록 가이드하는 데 사용할 예정입니다.
- 질문과 의견을 토론 문서에서 받고 있습니다.
새 사용자 작업 배포
- 새 사용자 작업의 첫 버전 (V1.0)이 다음 주에 4개 중점 위키에 배포될 예정입니다. 새 버전은 정비용 틀을 기반으로 문서 편집을 추천해 줍니다. 첫 버전에서, 많은 새 사용자가 추천을 받겠지만, 적은 수의 사용자가 추천받은 문서를 선택하거나 편집을 저장할 것으로 예상합니다. 추후 버전을 통해 이러한 현상을 개선할 것입니다.
- 많은 새 사용자가 새 사용자 홈페이지에 방문하므로 새 사용자가 편집하도록 유도하고, 편집에 적응하는 데 도움을 주는 첫 요소가 될 것을 기대하고 있습니다.
- 현재 계획 중인 다음 두 버전에서의 기능은 다음과 같습니다.
- V1.1 (주제 매칭) 기능을 통해 새 사용자가 관심사 주제 (예술, 음악, 스포츠, 기술)를 선정해서 추천을 개인화할 수 있도록 도울 것입니다. 여러 방법을 알아본 후, 위키미디어 재단의 ORES 기능을 이용한 모델을 사용하기로 결정했습니다. 모델이 자동으로 각 문서의 주제를 판단합니다. 이러한 기능이 새 사용자가 선택할 문서를 결정하는 데 도움을 줄 것으로 보고 있습니다.
- V1.2 (가이드)는 새 사용자가 편집을 하러 도착하면 도움말 패널을 통해 문서 편집을 완료하는 데 필요한 도움을 제공하게 됩니다. 이러한 기능을 통해 새 사용자가 생산적인 문서 편집을 완료하는 비율을 높이고자 합니다.
- 프로젝트 문서에 작업 순서의 디자인이 저장되어 있으며, 토론 문서에서 질문이나 의견을 언제든지 받고 있습니다.
성장 팀이 준비하고 봇이 게시하는 성장 팀 뉴스레터 • 피드백 제공 • 구독 또는 구독 해제
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
- You will be able to read but not to edit some wikis for up to 30 minutes on 26 November at 06:00 (UTC). You can see which wikis. It will probably last much shorter than 30 minutes. This will also affect the
centralauthdatabase. This could for example affect changing passwords, logging in to new wikis, changing emails or global renames. [145]
Changes later this week
- You can soon vote on proposals for the Community Wishlist Survey. The survey decides what the Community Tech team will work on. You can vote on proposals from 20 November to 2 December. This year the wishlist will focus on Wikibooks, Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikisource, Wikiversity, Wikispecies, Wikivoyage and Wikinews. You can read more about the format for this year.
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 20 November at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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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 mobile beta mode will be disabled to have less maintenance. The developers will focus on the desktop improvements project. You can turn on advanced mobile contributions mode if you want to see the categories. You could also jump back to the top. This can instead be done with a gadget or user script. [146]
- Parsoid is software we use for the visual editor, content translation, Flow and the Android app. This has been rewritten. It will come to the wikis gradually over the next two weeks. It has been tested, but there could be some diffs or previews that don't look right. If you see any you can report them. [147]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 26 November. It will be on the other wikis next week (calendar). This is because of holidays.
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 27 November at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- You will switch between the article and the talk page in a new way in the mobile view in the future. It will use tabs. This is more like in the desktop view. [148]
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The Signpost: 29 November 2019
- From the editor: Put on your birthday best
- News and notes: How soon for the next million articles?
- In the media: You say you want a revolution
- On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?
- Arbitration report: Two requests for arbitration cases
- Traffic report: The queen and the princess meet the king and the joker
- Technology report: Reference things, sister things, stranger things
- Gallery: Winter and holidays
- Recent research: Bot census; discussions differ on Spanish and English Wikipedia; how nature's seasons affect pageviews
- Essay: Adminitis
- From the archives: WikiProject Spam, revisited
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
- Mix'n'match is a tool to connect Wikidata items to information in other databases. It can be used to find subjects that are missing in a Wikipedia. It now has more than 3000 datasets. Before it was closer to 2000.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 3 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 4 December. It will be on all wikis from 5 December (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 4 December at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- There will be a new schema for XML dumps. Scripts and apps that use them will need to be updated. If they are not updated they will no longer work. [149]
- The
{{REVISIONID}}magic word will no longer work in the content namespaces. This is for performance reasons. When you preview a page it returns""(empty string). When you read a page it returns"-"(dash). In the future this will also affect other namespaces. The next ones are file and category namespaces. [150]
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The Signpost: 27 December 2019
- From the editors: Caught with their hands in the cookie jar, again
- News and notes: What's up (and down) with administrators, articles and languages
- In the media: "The fulfillment of the dream of humanity" or a nightmare of PR whitewashing on behalf of one-percenters?
- Discussion report: December discussions around the wiki
- Arbitration report: Announcement of 2020 Arbitration Committee
- Traffic report: Queens and aliens, exactly alike, once upon a December
- Technology report: User scripts and more
- Gallery: Holiday wishes
- Recent research: Acoustics and Wikipedia; Wiki Workshop 2019 summary
- From the archives: The 2002 Spanish fork and ads revisited (re-revisited?)
- On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?
- WikiProject report: Wikiproject Tree of Life: A Wikiproject report