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Tech News: 2024-17

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

• Starting this week, newcomers editing Wikipedia will be encouraged to try structured tasks. Structured tasks have been shown to improve newcomer activation and retention. [1]
• You can nominate your favorite tools for the fifth edition of the Coolest Tool Award. Nominations will be open until May 10.

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 April. It will be on all wikis from 25 April (calendar). [2][3]

Future changes

• This is the last warning that by the end of May 2024 the Vector 2022 skin will no longer share site and user scripts/styles with old Vector. For user-scripts that you want to keep using on Vector 2022, copy the contents of Special:MyPage/vector.js to Special:MyPage/vector-2022.js. There are more technical details available. Interface administrators who foresee this leading to lots of technical support questions may wish to send a mass message to your community, as was done on French Wikipedia. [4]

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MediaWiki message delivery 20:25, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from Richard Botd Abbott (22:19, 24 April 2024)

I am lost as usual. I have an IQ of 84 and I am somewhere on the Autism spectrum. Do I start a new page since my ideas were named differently than what I found on Wikipedia? --Richard Botd Abbott (talk) 22:19, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from Richard Botd Abbott (14:41, 26 April 2024)

Hello, may I email my entire narrative to you? --Richard Botd Abbott (talk) 14:41, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-18

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

Example of a talk page with the new design, in French.

• The appearance of talk pages changed for the following wikis: Azerbaijani Wikipedia, Bengali Wikipedia, German Wikipedia, Persian Wikipedia, Hebrew Wikipedia, Hindi Wikipedia, Indonesian Wikipedia, Korean Wikipedia, Dutch Wikipedia, Portuguese Wikipedia, Romanian Wikipedia, Thai Wikipedia, Turkish Wikipedia, Ukrainian Wikipedia, Vietnamese Wikipedia. These wikis participated to a test, where 50% of users got the new design, for one year. As this test gave positive results, the new design is deployed on these wikis as the default design. It is possible to opt-out these changes in user preferences ("Show discussion activity"). The deployment will happen at all wikis in the coming weeks. [5]
• Seven new wikis have been created:
  • a Wikipedia in Betawi (w:bew:) [6]
  • a Wikipedia in Kusaal (w:kus:) [7]
  • a Wikipedia in Igala (w:igl:) [8]
  • a Wiktionary in Karakalpak (wikt:kaa:) [9]
  • a Wikisource in Burmese (s:my:) [10]
  • a Wikisource in Malay (s:ms:) [11]
  • a Wikisource in Georgian (s:ka:) [12]
• You can now watch message groups/projects on Translatewiki.net. Initially, this feature will notify you of added or deleted messages in these groups. [13]
• Dark mode is now available on all wikis, on mobile web for logged-in users who opt into the advanced mode. This is the early release of the feature. Technical editors are invited to check for accessibility issues on wikis. See more detailed guidelines.

Problems

• Kartographer maps can use an alternative visual style without labels, by using mapstyle="osm". This wasn't working in previews, creating the wrong impression that it wasn't supported. This has now been fixed. [14]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 May. It will be on all wikis from 2 May (calendar). [15][16]

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MediaWiki message delivery 03:31, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from STRWikiUpdates (15:32, 30 April 2024)

Hi Dudhhr,

Hope you're well! Thank you for volunteering to be a mentor.

Currently working on Arizona State University ecologist Osvaldo Sala's page, which has been tagged with the "written like a resume" label. Having now read the guide and implemented changes so that the content is neutralized, would you be able to offer advice on additional steps I can take to get this removed?

Thanks for any support you can provide! --STRWikiUpdates (talk) 15:32, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

@STRWikiUpdates: The tags are added and removed manually by editors; just wait for another user to come across the article and remove the tag, if they determine it to not be written like a resume. Unrelated to this question, your username violates the Username policy as it implies shared use; I have placed a template on your talk page instructing you on what to do. – dudhhr ^talk_contribs^she_her 15:44, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi Dudhhr,

First, thank you for your response. Is there a way I can request a review, perhaps even you to see if I've updated content accordingly?

Second, I appreciate your adherence to the username policy, and realize now in setting up my account, I can see how my name would be associated with a company. However, there is no company (feel free to verify), and my work is being conducted for Arizona State University, which is not part of my username. I've updated my profile to be more thorough. STRWikiUpdates (talk) 15:58, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

@STRWikiUpdates: The paid-editing declaration on your userpage states you have been paid by "STR Strategies"; thus, your username represents your employer and is disallowed. – dudhhr ^talk_contribs^she_her 16:02, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

You're exactly right on the incorrect entry, and it has been revised accordingly. Please feel free to confirm there is no STR Strategies. STRWikiUpdates (talk) 16:10, 30 April 2024 (UTC)