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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 global preferences on most wikis. This means you can set preferences for all wikis at the same time. Before this you had to change them on each individual wiki. Global preferences will come to the Wikipedias later this week. [1][2]
- It is now easier for blocked mobile users to see why they were blocked. [3]
- Wikidata now supports lexicographical data. This helps describe words.
- There is now a checkbox on Special:ListUsers to let you see only users in temporary user groups. [4]
- Some rare invisible Unicode characters have recently been banned from page titles. This includes soft hyphens (U+00AD) and left-to-right (U+2066) and right-to-left (U+2067) isolate markers. Existing pages with these characters will soon be moved by a script. [5]
There's a new Wikimedia Foundation team to support the Wikimedia technical communities. It's called the Technical Engagement team. Most of the team members did similar work in other teams before this. [6]
Problems
- Some translatable pages are showing old translations instead of latest ones. The cause of this issue has been fixed. We will update all pages automatically to show the latest translations. [7]
Changes later this week
- There will be a new special page named PasswordPolicies. This page gives information about the password rules for each user group on that wiki. [8]
- A new way to see moved paragraphs in diffs is coming to most wikis. This is to make it easier to find the moved paragraphs and the changes in them. [9]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 29 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 30 May. It will be on all wikis from 31 May (calendar).- Wikis can enable Citoid to provide automatic reference look-up in the visual editor and the 2017 wikitext editor. This is complex. The tool will now disable itself if the configuration isn't correct. It has warned about this in the JavaScript console since February. Check that your wiki is configured correctly. You can ask for help if you need it. [10]
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 29 May at 18:30 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 30 May at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Content Translation drafts which have not been updated in over a year will be removed. This allows other users to translate those articles. [11]
- A survey is collecting information on what users think about how Wikimedia wiki pages are loaded. This information could be used in future development. [12]
- Some wikis will switch to use the Remex parsing library. This is to replace Tidy. It will happen on 30 May and 13 June. Wikis with fewer than 100 linter issues in the main namespace in all high-priority linter categories will switch. This includes Wikidata. Tidy will probably be removed on all wikis in the first week of July. [13][14]
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12:40, 29 May 2018 (UTC)
Fauna, Inc
Hi @Amorymeltzer,
Thank you for correcting my title of the page and moving it appropriately.
Can I please request your review of my Draft page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Fauna,_Inc
Greatly appreciate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dodilp (talk • contribs) 23:51, 29 May 2018 (UTC)
- Hi Dodilp — if you want a thorough review of your draft, may I suggest the Wikipedia:Articles for creation process? All you need to do is add {{subst:submit}} to the top of your draft and a seasoned reviewer will be along. They're backed up, so it might take a few weeks, but that's the easiest process. I'll add that I think you'll need more reliable third-party sources; it's not clear to me that the links show general notability. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 00:54, 30 May 2018 (UTC)
- Thank you @Amorymeltzer -- given that this is a technical topic, there are citations from DZone, InfoQ and other technical sources that have good credibility. I saw how this aligns with other similar tech companies that have some Wikipedia entries, and looks like it is comparable. I have taken your feedback and put in the tag for review, but the wait period is 2 months now, looks like the review team has a big backlog. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dodilp (talk • contribs)
Not to be nit-picky, but...
"There is some evidence Pbsouthwood has at least thought about the concept of adminship..." (change as to has) (I am talking about your vote in this RfA.)
I had to read the sentence a few times, so I thought I'd let you know. --JustBerry (talk) 14:12, 30 May 2018 (UTC)
- No, thank you! I appreciate small, nitpicky grammar fixes. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 14:32, 30 May 2018 (UTC)
- You have made some insightful comments, and they should be read without such distractions! It relates to the question I posed earlier (#5) about AfD involvement and demonstrating knowledge/practical experience with deletions on the English Wikipedia. --JustBerry (talk) 14:36, 30 May 2018 (UTC)
Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Appealing a block
The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia talk:Appealing a block. Legobot (talk) 04:31, 31 May 2018 (UTC)
Review my contribs
@Amorymeltzer: Review my rollback contribs because it will be expired at 2 June 2018. :-) Thank you, Siddiqsazzad001 <Talk/> 14:16, 31 May 2018 (UTC)
- I thought it over and I think it'd be good to go over to WP:PERM/R and request it there through the typical procedure. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 00:52, 1 June 2018 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – June 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2018).
Administrator changes
None
Al Ameer son • AliveFreeHappy • Cenarium • Lupo • MichaelBillington
Guideline and policy news
- Following a successful request for comment, administrators are now able to add and remove editors to the "event coordinator" group. Users in the event coordinator group have the ability to temporarily add the "confirmed" flag to new user accounts and to create many new user accounts without being hindered by a rate limit. Users will no longer need to be in the "account creator" group if they are in the event coordinator group.
- Following an AN discussion, all pages with content related to blockchain and cryptocurrencies, broadly construed, are now under indefinite general sanctions.
Technical news
- IP-based cookie blocks should be deployed to English Wikipedia in June. This will cause the block of a logged-out user to be reloaded if they change IPs. This means in most cases, you may no longer need to do /64 range blocks on residential IPv6 addresses in order to effectively block the end user. It will also help combat abuse from IP hoppers in general. For the time being, it only affects users of the desktop interface.
- The Wikimedia Foundation's Anti-Harassment Tools team will build granular types of blocks in 2018 (e.g. a block from uploading or editing specific pages, categories, or namespaces, as opposed to a full-site block). Feedback on the concept may be left at the talk page.
- There is now a checkbox on Special:ListUsers to let you see only users in temporary user groups.
- It is now easier for blocked mobile users to see why they were blocked.
Arbitration
- A recent technical issue with the Arbitration Committee's spam filter inadvertently caused all messages sent to the committee through Wikipedia (i.e. Special:EmailUser/Arbitration Committee) to be discarded. If you attempted to send an email to the Arbitration Committee via Wikipedia between May 16 and May 31, your message was not received and you are encouraged to resend it. Messages sent outside of these dates or directly to the Arbitration Committee email address were not affected by this issue.
Miscellaneous
- In early May, an unusually high level of failed login attempts was observed. The WMF has stated that this was an "external effort to gain unauthorized access to random accounts". Under Wikipedia policy, administrators are required to have strong passwords. To further reinforce security, administrators should also consider enabling two-factor authentication. A committed identity can be used to verify that you are the true account owner in the event that your account is compromised and/or you are unable to log in.
Please comment on Talk:Germanic peoples
The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Germanic peoples. Legobot (talk) 07:20, 3 June 2018 (UTC)
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 MonoBook skin has been optimised for mobile devices. It now looks different. [15]
- Planet Wikimedia collects blogs about Wikimedia. It will now use the Rawdog feed aggregator to do this instead of Planet. [16][17]
- Redirect links in Special:WhatLinksHere now link to the original page and not the target page. This was done earlier and changed the used messages on some pages. This was a problem for wikis that customized the message. A new change fixed this by using the old messages with one more parameter for customization. Wikis that already changed their customized messages will have to move the customization back again. [18]
Problems
- You will not be able to edit some wikis between 06:00 and 06:30 UTC on 13 June. You can see if your wiki is one of them.
- MassMessage did not work 24–28 May. This is also why last week's Tech News was late. [19]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 June. It will be on all wikis from 7 June (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 5 June at 18:30 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 6 June at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- The new filters for edit review tools and interface for watchlists will leave beta. This is planned to happen in June or early July. [20][21]
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21:54, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
June 2018 GOCE newsletter
Guild of Copy Editors June 2018 News
  Welcome to the June 2018 GOCE newsletter, in which you will find Guild updates since the February edition. Progress continues to be made on the copyediting backlog, which has been reduced to 7 months and reached a new all-time low. Requests continue to be handled efficiently this year, with 272 completed by the end of May (an average completion time of 10.5 days). Fewer than 10% of these waited longer than 20 days, and the longest wait time was 29 days. Wikipedia in general, and the Guild in particular, experienced a deep loss with the death on 20 March of Corinne. Corinne (a GOCE coordinator since 1 July 2016) was a tireless aide on the requests page, and her peerless copyediting is a part of innumerable GAs and FAs. Her good cheer, courtesy and tact are very much missed. March drive: The goal was to remove June, July and August 2017 from our backlog and all February 2018 Requests (a total of 219 articles). This drive was an outstanding success, and by the end of the month all but eight of these articles were cleared. Of the 33 editors who signed up, 19 recorded 277 copy edits (425,758 words). April blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 15 through 21 April, focusing on Requests and the last eight articles tagged in August 2017. At the end of the week there were only 17 pending requests, with none older than 17 days. Of the nine editors who signed up, eight editors completed 22 copy edits (62,412 words). May drive: We set out to remove September, October and November 2017 from our backlog and all April 2018 Requests (a total of 298 articles). There was great success this month with the backlog more than halved from 1,449 articles at the beginning of the month to a record low of 716 articles. Officially, of the 20 who signed up, 15 editors recorded 151 copy edits (248,813 words). Coordinator elections: It's election time again. Nominations for Guild coordinators (who will serve a six-month term for the second half of 2018) have begun, and will close at 23:59 UTC on 15 June. All Wikipedia editors in good standing are eligible, and self-nominations are encouraged. Voting will take place between 00:01 UTC on 16 June and 23:59 UTC on 30 June. June blitz: Stay tuned for this one-week copy-editing blitz, which will take place in mid-June. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Corinne, Jonesey95, Miniapolis, Reidgreg and Tdslk. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:26, 5 June 2018 (UTC)
Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion
The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion. Legobot (talk) 04:32, 7 June 2018 (UTC)
Template:WikiProject Music
I do not believe that there was a consensus to delete Template:WikiProject Music. What was the reason for deletion? Please {{ping}} me when you respond. --Jax 0677 (talk) 00:54, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
- Of the five people involved in the discussion (nom+4) you were the only one advocating it be kept as such. Your argument amounted to consensus can change, but nobody seemed to be convinced. Moreover, absent any evidence that consensus has or is likely to change, it's not a particularly strong argument. Thryduulf did !vote deprecate, but while I found that to be a strong argument, it was likewise unconvincing to other participants. I even went and relisted the discussion twice, on the chance that more folks (perhaps from your outreach) would participate and would might thus better weigh the proposed arguments, but that did not happen. I stand by my closing statement. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 01:25, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
- In your close you referred to the DBR. What is the DBR please? Thincat (talk) 08:50, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
- @Thincat: That'd be WP:DBR, aka Database Reports. Specifically Wikipedia:Database reports/Broken WikiProject templates, which is what Plastikspork was referring to. It reports uses of nonexistent wikiproject templates, and is somewhat regularly cleaned up. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 11:03, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
- In your close you referred to the DBR. What is the DBR please? Thincat (talk) 08:50, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
Deletion review for Template:WikiProject Music
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Template:WikiProject Music. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Jax 0677 (talk) 02:04, 8 June 2018 (UTC)