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Tech News: 2024-27
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- Over the next three weeks, dark mode will become available for all users, both logged-in and logged-out, starting with the mobile web version. This fulfils one of thetop-requested community wishes,and improves low-contrast reading and usage in low-light settings. As part of these changes, dark mode will also work on User-pages and Portals. There is more information inthe latest Web team update.[1]
- Logged-in users can now setglobal preferences for the text-size and dark-mode,thanks to a combined effort across Foundation teams. This allows Wikimedians using multiple wikis to set up a consistent reading experience easily, for example by switching between light and dark mode only once for all wikis.[2]
- If you use a very old web browser some features might not work on the Wikimedia wikis. This affects Internet Explorer 11 and versions of Chrome, Firefox and Safari older than 2016. This change makes it possible to use newCSSfeatures and to send less code to all readers.[3][4]
- Wikipedia Admins can customize local wiki configuration options easily usingCommunity Configuration.Community Configuration was created to allow communities to customize how some features work, because each language wiki has unique needs. At the moment, admins can configureGrowth featureson their home wikis, in order to better recruit and retain new editors. More options will be provided in the coming months.[5]
- Editors interested in language issues that are related toUnicode standards,can now discuss those topics ata new conversation space in MediaWiki.org.The Wikimedia Foundation is now amember of the Unicode Consortium,and the coordination group can collaboratively review the issues discussed and, where appropriate, bring them to the attention of the Unicode Consortium.
- One new wiki has been created: a Wikipedia inMandailing(
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Problems
- Editors can once again click on links within the visual editor's citation-preview, thanks to a bug fix by the Editing Team.[7]
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Tech News: 2024-28
[edit]Latesttech newsfrom the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.Translationsare available.
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- At the Wikimedia Foundation a new task force was formed to replace the disabled Graph withmore secure, easy to use, and extensible Chart.You cansubscribe to the newsletterto get notified about new project updates and other news about Chart.
- TheCampaignEventsextension is now available on Meta-wiki, Igbo Wikipedia, and Swahili Wikipedia, and can be requested on your wiki. This extension helps in managing and making events more visible, giving Event organizers the ability to use tools like the Event registration tool. To learn more about the deployment status and how to request this extension for your wiki, visit theCampaignEvents page on Meta-wiki.
- Editors using the iOS Wikipedia app who have more than 50 edits can now use theAdd an Imagefeature. This feature presents opportunities for small but useful contributions to Wikipedia.
- Thank you toall of the authorswho have contributed to MediaWiki Core. As a result of these contributions, thepercentage of authors contributing more than 5 patches has increased by 25% since last year,which helps ensure the sustainability of the platform for the Wikimedia projects.
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- A problem with the color of the talkpage tabs always showing as blue, even for non-existent pages which should have been red, affecting the Vector 2022 skin,has been fixed.
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- The Trust and Safety Product team wants to introducetemporary accountswith as little disruption to tools and workflows as possible. Volunteer developers, including gadget and user-script maintainers, are kindly asked to update the code of their tools and features to handle temporary accounts. The team hascreated documentationexplaining how to do the update.Learn more.
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MediaWiki message delivery21:29, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
Question fromНиколай зайцев(16:07, 10 July 2024)
[edit]Арсен Павлов, более известный как Моторола, — это двоюродный брат Николая Ивановича Зайцева. Он родился 14 января 1993 года в Покровке, Октябрьском районе Приморского края. --Николай зайцев(talk)16:07, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
Question fromНиколай зайцев(16:22, 10 July 2024)
[edit]Арсен Павлов, более известный как Моторола, — это двоюродный брат Николая Ивановича Зайцева. Он родился 14 января 1993 года в Покровке, Октябрьском районе Приморского края. --Николай зайцев(talk)16:22, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Николай зайцев:Welcome to Wikipedia. I've added a message on your talk page in English and Russian. Now onto your question: We do have an article forArsen Pavlov,but we don't currently have one forNikolai Ivanovich Zaitsev.Once we do, and there is a good reference stating that the two are related, then you can add the relationship on both the pages yourself, or as an edit request on one/both of the talk pages. Hope that helps. -MPGuy2824(talk)11:05, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
Hello admin why do you made me an editor and how do I make citation? --Idgne(talk)05:36, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Idgne:Welcome to Wikipedia. It isn't exactly clear what you are asking, but there is a question there about references.Help:Referencing for beginnersis a good place to start. If you prefer to edit in another language, then you can find that language's wikipedia and edit there. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824(talk)07:28, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- P.S. I am not an admin. -MPGuy2824(talk)
Tech News: 2024-29
[edit]Latesttech newsfrom the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.Translationsare available.
Tech News survey
- Pleasehelp us to improve Tech News by taking this short survey.The goal is to better meet the needs of the various types of people who read Tech News. The survey will be open for 3 more days. The survey is covered bythis privacy statement.Some translations are available.
Recent changes
Wikimedia developers can now officially continue to use bothGerritandGitLab,due to a June 24 decision by the Wikimedia Foundation to support software development on both platforms. Gerrit and GitLab are both code repositories used by developers to write, review, and deploy the software code that supports the MediaWiki software that the wiki projects are built on, as well as the tools used by editors to create and improve content. This decision will safeguard the productivity of our developers and prevent problems in code review from affecting our users. More details are available in theMigration statuspage.
- The Wikimedia Foundation seeks applicants for theProduct and Technology Advisory Council(PTAC). This group will bring technical contributors and Wikimedia Foundation together to co-define a more resilient, future-proof technological platform. Council members will evaluate and consult on the movement's product and technical activities, so that we develop multi-generational projects. We are looking for a range of technical contributors across the globe, from a variety of Wikimedia projects.Please apply here by August 10.
- Editors with rollback user-rights who use the Wikipedia App for Android can use the newEdit Patrolfeatures. These features include a new feed of Recent Changes, related links such as Undo and Rollback, and the ability to create and save a personal library of user talk messages to use while patrolling. If your wiki wants to make these features available to users who do not have rollback rights but have reached a certain edit threshold,you can contact the team.You canread more about this project on Diff blog.
- Editors who have access toThe Wikipedia Librarycan once again use non-open access content in SpringerLinks, after the Foundationcontactedthem to restore access. You can read more aboutthis and 21 other community-submitted tasks that were completed last week.
Changes later this week
- This week,dark mode will be available on a number of Wikipedias,both desktop and mobile, for logged-in and logged-out users. Interface admins and user script maintainers are encouraged to check gadgets and user scripts in the dark mode, to find any hard-coded colors and fix them. There are somerecommendations for dark mode compatibilityto help.
Future changes
Next week, functionaries, volunteers maintaining tools, and software development teams are invited to test thetemporary accountsfeature on testwiki. Temporary accounts is a feature that will help improve privacy on the wikis. No further temporary account deployments are scheduled yet. Pleaseshare your opinions and questions on the project talk page.[8]
- Editors who upload files cross-wiki, or teach other people how to do so, may wish to join a Wikimedia Commons discussion. The Commons community is discussing limiting who can upload files through the cross-wiki upload/Upload dialog feature to users auto-confirmed on Wikimedia Commons. This is due to the large amount of copyright violations uploaded this way. There is a short summary atCommons:Cross-wiki uploadanddiscussion at Commons:Village Pump.
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Hey, I'd like some advice on best practice when writing about a company I am associated with.
I have written a brief draft about "Hyve Managed Hosting" and have tried to be unbiased and just include the facts with citations for them. I have also disclosed on my user page that I am linked in some way.
Is there anything else I'm missing or should consider? I assume the article be reviewed by other wiki users first to give comments etc, right?
Thanks in advance:) --JTScan(talk)09:58, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- @JTScan:Welcome to Wikipedia. You'll want to readWP:COIPAYDISCLOSE.
- You've put the disclosure in yoursandbox,but it should be on youruser page.
- You can useWikipedia:Article wizardto start your draft. It should help you take the necessary other things that you need to take care of while writing about something/someone that you are associated with.
- Once you have a draft ready, reply back here and I'd be happy to take a look at it and suggest improvements, if any.
- Thanks for disclosing in advance. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824(talk)10:12, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for the help and the welcome!
- I've moved the disclosure to my User Page as suggested.
- I can see there another conflict of interest template I might need to add to the talk section of the article but I guess I have to do that after it's published to edit the talk section?
- Also I have the draft ready, do I have to click "Publish" to make it so you can give feedback or are you able to see it now? I'm not sure if it's auto-saving or not tbh.
- thanks again!JTScan(talk)12:27, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, you'll have to click "Publish" for me or anyone else to see it. Please go ahead and do that. -MPGuy2824(talk)12:32, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- I went to publish and I'm getting an error "No stashed content found for 0/f8d0dc96-3eda-11ef-a0c2-69667cbf7e33". Will I have to start over to get passed this error or is there something I can do? I appreciate you may not know though!JTScan(talk)13:00, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Usually this happens when the computer/browser was restarted between editing sessions. Hopefully you have the draft saved on your computer separately. Please try saving it toUser:JTScan/sandbox,for example. I'm logging off for the day. Please try what you can. I'll be able to continue on this tomorrow. I've also left a message with a bunch of links on your talk page. Go through whatever seems interesting when you get the time. -MPGuy2824(talk)13:16, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Okay cheers, its published now for you to take a look.JTScan(talk)13:31, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Usually this happens when the computer/browser was restarted between editing sessions. Hopefully you have the draft saved on your computer separately. Please try saving it toUser:JTScan/sandbox,for example. I'm logging off for the day. Please try what you can. I'll be able to continue on this tomorrow. I've also left a message with a bunch of links on your talk page. Go through whatever seems interesting when you get the time. -MPGuy2824(talk)13:16, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- I went to publish and I'm getting an error "No stashed content found for 0/f8d0dc96-3eda-11ef-a0c2-69667cbf7e33". Will I have to start over to get passed this error or is there something I can do? I appreciate you may not know though!JTScan(talk)13:00, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, you'll have to click "Publish" for me or anyone else to see it. Please go ahead and do that. -MPGuy2824(talk)12:32, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
Question fromWikiHalfBurnt(00:43, 20 July 2024)
[edit]Hey there, I've been using Wikipedia for almost 20 yrs at this point and finally made an account. I've only found so much that would need editing in those years, but I would like to contribute more. Do you have any introductory pointers? --WikiHalfBurnt(talk)00:43, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
- @WikiHalfBurnt:I've left you a message on your talk page which has a bunch of links. Please go through them when you can, but you should start with the Wikipedia Adventure one or the Task Center. Besides that, you can joinWikiprojects(either a subject area or a geographic area based one). Could you tell me the sorts of tasks that you enjoyed doing over these 20 years. Based on that, I could recommend others. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824(talk)08:20, 20 July 2024 (UTC)