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Tech News: 2014-13
 Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.  Recent software changes
 * The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf19) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on March 20. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on March 25, and all Wikipedia wikis on March 27 (calendar).

VisualEditor news
 * You can now double-click or press the ↲ Enter key on an image or template to change its settings. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50996] [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54827]
 * Pages that don't exist will now show as red links in the edit mode. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37901]
 * You will no longer be able to try to use VisualEditor on pages translated using the Translate extension, and you will see a warning if you try to edit pages marked for translation. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50284]
 * You will now see a full warning, including the most recent log entry, when you try to edit protected pages with VisualEditor. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51215]

Future software changes  Tech news prepared by tech ambassadors and posted by MediaWiki message delivery • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe.  18:56, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Typography Refresh will be enabled for test wiki and MediaWiki.org users who use the Vector skin on March 27. For users on non-Wikipedia wikis, it will be enabled on April 1, and for Wikipedia users on April 3. If you don't use Vector as your skin, you will not be affected.
 * You will be able to use the Hovercards tool as a beta feature on all wikis from March 26.
 * You will soon be able to include the Whatlinkshere special page in other pages. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35486] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/106625/]

re Category work
Doing some category work, helping to categorize previously uncategorized categories listed at Special:UncategorizedCategories.

Hopefully this is helpful work that other can then build upon and help to categorize in better or more specific categories.

Cheers,

-- Cirt (talk) 05:40, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Went through a bunch, will go back through another pass at Special:UncategorizedCategories to try to cut down more on the backlog. As of last check there were about 344 uncategorized categories on Wikiversity. -- Cirt (talk) 05:51, 27 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Hi Cirt! Thanks for your efforts on updating categories.  One point to be aware of.  Computer Science is specific to the study of computers themselves, typically software development, hardware engineering, etc.  Information Technology is applied computer concepts.  Therefore, IT Service and Support is Information Technology rather than Computer Science.  I'll make the change.  Thanks again!  -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 13:00, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Hey there, thanks for the advice! And certainly feel free to make any changes, most appreciated! :) -- Cirt (talk) 17:24, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Wow! Nice to see you here Cirt! Well, thank you for your work here and english wikiquote, much appreciate. I am also surprised that you are not a sysop here, if you are active enough, you may request the right. Thanks! --Goldenburg111 17:37, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Your words are most kind,, thank you! :) -- Cirt (talk) 17:43, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Your welcome. --Goldenburg111 19:20, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

Category:Trash
Let me suggest you rename the category more accurately, because the Aqib Aze Show wasn't and isn't trash. How about Category:Memorabilia? It's a document showing a certain level of development, and, later on, these things are precious. I enjoyed watching the show, i.e, how you developed and responded to caring support. While it's always your choice, I greatly prefer that you don't discard this material. --Abd (discuss • contribs) 01:17, 28 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I agree, I was just playing around with that. --Goldenburg111 16:35, 28 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Maybe in a few years, we can tell the whole story of this. There is value for this community in what we did. Ultimately, there is value for the entire WMF community, in what we do here. I see Wikiversity as being very important for the future of the WMF, including Wikipedia. That's a long story, but ... it's like real encyclopedias. Behind them are research institutions and universities, where subjects are deeply studied. Traditional encyclopedias were written by experts. Where do you find the experts? How is expertise known, i.e., how do we know who is expert and who is not? Wikipedia relies on "reliable source," but it takes expertise to know exactly what is actually reliable and what is not. It also takes expertise to interpret reliable source.
 * If you look at Wikipedia articles on difficult subjects, they are often unreadable. I.e., if you don't know the subject, you can't understand the article. That's because these articles were probably written by somewhat-advanced students, who don't know how to teach. Rarely, a college professor who doesn't know how to explain his subject to the general public. On Wikiversity, we can set up layers of education. That's way outside the scope of Wikipedia.
 * In any case, it's always nice to see you around. --Abd (discuss • contribs) 19:01, 28 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Also, do you want to start now? --Goldenburg111 21:03, 28 March 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 26 March 2014
News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia Read this Signpost in full &middot; Single-page &middot; Unsubscribe &middot; Global message delivery 08:18, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Op-ed: Why we're updating the default typography for Wikipedia
 * Comment: A foolish request
 * News and notes: Commons Picture of the Year—winners announced
 * Traffic report: Down to a simmer
 * WikiProject report: From the peak
 * Featured content: Winter hath a beauty that is all his own
 * Recent research: Wikipedians' "encyclopedic identity" dominates even in Kosovo debates; analysis of "In the news" discussions; user hierarchy mapped
 * Technology report: Why will Wikipedia look like the Signpost?

Wikidata weekly summary #103
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. Read the full report &middot; Unsubscribe &middot; John F. Lewis 19:05, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Discussions
 * Wikiquote notability
 * Discussion relating to DBpedia
 * Discussion over Wikidata data
 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * Summary: The summaries will now be sent out on Saturday as opposed to Friday.
 * Did you know?
 * Newest properties: astronomical filter, National Archives specific records type ID,  National Archives topical subject ID,  National Archives geographic ID,  National Archives organization ID,  National Archives person ID, compressor type, Internet Broadway Database person ID, Internet Broadway Database show ID, Internet Broadway Database production ID, Internet Broadway Database venue ID, English Heritage list number, apparent magnitude
 * Newest task forces: Heraldry task force
 * Development
 * Reduced page load time significantly once again. Page load time was cut to roughly 2/3. For now we’re happy with the resulting page load times. We’ll start concentrating on other areas of the user interface now.
 * Fixed faulty selection handling when adding a property using the keyboard (62868)
 * Worked on fixing issues with handling of spaces in quantities (62567)
 * Fixed miscount of Wikidata changes on the client watchlist (45812)
 * Wrote new browser tests for special pages using the Cucumber and Selenium frameworks
 * Improved error formatting, localisation and handling. We will work on error message wording next to make them more understandable.
 * Worked on the code which propagates page moves from the clients into Wikidata as a preparation for allowing page deletions to appear on Wikidata
 * Made the Wikibase extension work with the new “Compact language links” Beta feature and a bit more independent from the UniversalLanguageSelector in general
 * The student team working on the entity suggester has finished the first version of it. The code is being reviewed now and is hopefully ready for deployment soon. Once it is deployed it will show you what new properties you could add to an item.
 * Monthly Tasks
 * Fix a format or content violation for the original language (P364) property
 * Hack on one of these.
 * Help develop the next summary here!
 * Contribute to a Showcase item

Test Oraian
Hi Goldenburg, I think you should check your talkpage on TestWiki as there is a link to an interesting dissusion there. --Reception123 (discuss • contribs) 08:58, 30 March 2014 (UTC)
 * thanks--Goldenburg111 12:42, 30 March 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2014-14
 Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.  Recent software changes
 * The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf20) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on March 27. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on April 1, and all Wikipedia wikis on April 3 (calendar).
 * Typography Refresh was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on March 27. You'll only see it if you use the Vector skin. For users on non-Wikipedia wikis, it will be enabled on April 1, and for Wikipedia users on April 3.
 * CirrusSearch, the new search tool, was enabled as a beta feature on over 30 new wikis on March 27. [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/121305/] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/121305/]

VisualEditor news
 * Blocked users now see the same messages in VisualEditor as in the wikitext editor. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51454] [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52004]
 * The search box for re-using a reference in VisualEditor is now cleared after each use. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61959]
 * New links on sub-pages no longer point to the wrong location in VisualEditor. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58314]
 * VisualEditor's media dialog no longer breaks when opening some types of images. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62024]

Future software changes  Tech news prepared by tech ambassadors and posted by MediaWiki message delivery • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe.  09:20, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
 * You will not be able to use the Wikitech wiki for a short period around 16:00 UTC on April 1 due to a server change.
 * CirrusSearch will become the main search engine for all non-Wikipedia wikis except Commons, Meta and Incubator on April 2.
 * You will soon be able to use a new special page listing duplicate files. [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/85446/]
 * Deleting a version of a file or a version of its description page will soon be shown differently in the logs. [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/115640/]

Wikidata weekly summary #104
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. Read the full report &middot; Unsubscribe &middot; John F. Lewis 23:42, 5 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Discussions
 * Closed: Merge project chats
 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * Wikidata Toolkit 0.1.0 released!
 * Wikidata development has been going on for two years!
 * Wikiquote gets Phase I on Tuesdays (April 8th)
 * Did you know?
 * Newest properties: JSTOR journal code, Openpolis ID, Philippine Standard Geographic Code ID
 * Newest task forces: France task force, US legislation task force
 * Development
 * Property of an existing claim can no longer be changed through API with wbeditentity (62425)
 * UI for simple query SpecialPage (55593)
 * minor fixes in the UI
 * UI for claims on property pages
 * worked on review of property suggester (review)
 * still looking for a working student/intern
 * Monthly Tasks
 * Fix a format or content violation for the original language (P364) property
 * Hack on one of these.
 * Help develop the next summary here!
 * Contribute to a Showcase item

The Signpost: 02 April 2014
<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\"><div style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia <div style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Read this Signpost in full &middot; Single-page &middot; Unsubscribe &middot; Global message delivery 23:01, 6 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Special report: On the cusp of the Wikimedia Conference
 * News and notes: Wikimedia conferences—soul-searching about costs, attendance, and future
 * Traffic report: Regressing to the mean
 * WikiProject report: Deutschland in English
 * Featured content: April Fools

Tech News: 2014-15
<section begin="technews-2014-W15"/> Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available. <section begin="tech-newsletter-software-news"/> Recent software changes
 * The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf21) was scheduled to be deployed to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on April 3, however it was temporarily put on hold due to localization issues. (calendar).
 * Typography Refresh was enabled on non-Wikipedia wikis on April 1, and on all Wikipedias on April 3. You'll only see it if you use the Vector skin.
 * CirrusSearch was enabled as the primary search method on over 400 non-Wikipedia wikis on April 2. [//https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/123246/]

Future software changes <section end="tech-newsletter-software-news"/> Tech news prepared by tech ambassadors and posted by MediaWiki message delivery • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe. <section end="technews-2014-W15"/> 08:00, 7 April 2014 (UTC)
 * A new special page (Special:TrackingCategories) will soon list all the tracking categories on a wiki. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60333] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/112323/]
 * All Wikiquote projects will start using language links from Wikidata on April 8.
 * The Hovercards feature will soon work with right-to-left languages. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62970] [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62970]
 * You will soon be able to download files directly from MediaViewer, the new multimedia tool. [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/120738/]
 * MediaViewer will be enabled for all users on MediaWiki.org on April 10. Comments are welcome.
 * You can help check that users can read CAPTCHAs in your language.

Moving Content to User Space
Thanks for noticing a user had created assignment content in main space. When you move content to user space, be sure to check incoming links. The 'Here' page needed to be moved to a subpage of the user's existing project, the link needed to be corrected, and then the redirect page deleted. It's important when cleaning up to be sure to get not only the page, but incoming links and the redirect. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 12:57, 7 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks Dave, keep forgetting it. --Goldenburg111 21:57, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #105
<div style="margin-top:10px; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. <div style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Read the full report &middot; Unsubscribe &middot; John F. Lewis 20:20, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Discussions
 * RfC: Quality is measurable
 * Events/Blogs/Press
 * Announcing ToolScript. With ToolScript can be used to get the output of all Magnus' tools
 * Feline mayors of the world or why Wikidata is awesome
 * A Rijksmuseum representative indicated what kind of information she hopes Wikidata will deliver
 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * Wikiquote now gets its sitelinks via Wikidata. Welcome, Wikiquote! Access to the other data will follow.
 * Do you want automatic sidebar links to other Wikimedia projects powered by Wikidata? Here you go: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata-l/2014-April/003690.html Thanks Tpt!
 * Use Wikidata for internationalization on any website! How awesome is this? Very!
 * Vote for some Wikidata talks for Wikimania
 * Did you know?
 * Newest properties: KulturNav-id, compression ratio, patent number, OmegaWiki Defined Meaning, phone number, International Standard Recording Code, Theatricalia play ID, Swiss Football Association Club Number, Danish Bibliometric Research Indicator level, ISFDB publisher ID, Swedish Football Association ID, Box Office Mojo film ID, Parsons code, ISFDB series ID, ISFDB publication ID, ISFDB author ID, Linguist list code, NARA online catalogue
 * Development
 * Still looking for an awesome intern. Do you know someone who'd fit?
 * Bene* continued working hard on making “badges” (the “featured” and “good article” stars) in Wikidata a reality
 * Finishing touches for Statements on properties
 * Worked on better error messages when parsing failed
 * Updated the translations to use much easier to manage JSON files for each language
 * Made a list of hard to understand messages that should be reworded
 * Implemented a usable interface for Special:SimpleQuery
 * Closed a backdoor that let you change the property of a snak via the API, sorry guys
 * Continuous refactoring and improving of the code base that defines what Wikidata and the Wikibase extensions are
 * Kept Wikidata up to date with the typography update
 * Started to redesign the Wikibase page on mediawiki.org
 * Investigated if standard spam prevention features of MediaWiki work as they should on Wikidata (Result: mostly yes but some fixes/tweaks are needed.)
 * Released version 1.0 of the Diff extension.
 * Monthly Tasks
 * Fix a format or content violation for the movement (P135) property
 * Hack on one of these.
 * Help develop the next summary here!
 * Contribute to a Showcase item

The Signpost: 09 April 2014
<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\"><div style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia <div style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Read this Signpost in full &middot; Single-page &middot; Unsubscribe &middot; Global message delivery 04:05, 13 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Special report: Community mourns passing of Adrianne Wadewitz
 * News and notes: Round 2 of FDC funding open to public comments
 * Traffic report: Conquest of the Couch Potatoes
 * WikiProject report: Law
 * Featured content: Snow heater and Ash sweep

Tech News: 2014-16
<section begin="technews-2014-W16"/> Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available. <section begin="tech-newsletter-software-news"/> We are looking for contributors to help write new issues every week. If you would like to help, please contact us.

Recent software changes
 * The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf22) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on April 10. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on April 15, and all Wikipedias on April 17 (calendar).
 * MediaViewer was enabled for all users on MediaWiki.org on April 10. It will be enabled for all users on the Catalan (ca), Hungarian (hu) and Korean (ko) Wikipedias and English Wikivoyage on April 17. Comments are welcome.  [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/125031/] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/125032/]
 * Font issues caused by Typography refresh for Windows users were fixed on April 7. [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/124387/] [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63512]

VisualEditor news
 * You will now see only three options when you try to add a template parameter in VisualEditor; you will see other options after a click.
 * The size changing controls in VisualEditor media editing dialog were simplified further.
 * The wikitext editor tab will now fold into a drop-down menu in the Vector skin if there is not enough space on your screen. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50255] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/123503/]

Future software changes <section end="tech-newsletter-software-news"/> Problems
 * The font used for body text on Wikimedia wikis will change to your system default sans-serif font. This temporary change will be enabled on all non-Wikipedia wikis on April 15, and on all Wikipedias on April 17. [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/124475/] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/125447/]
 * Files from Commons seen on another wiki will soon have a tab saying "View on Wikimedia Commons". The create tab will change to "Add local description" (see screenshot). [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/104182]
 * You will soon be able to hide Notification and Hovercards pop-ups by pressing the <kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap" style="border:1px solid #AAA;background:#F9F9F9;padding:1px 3px">Esc key. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53588] [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62948] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/123638/] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/120343/]
 * Shorter lists of language links will soon work in right-to-left languages. Languages that you have used before will be shown in the list. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62981]
 * You will soon be able to send messages with the MassMessage tool to all pages in a given category. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57473] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/120334/]
 * The date format user preference will soon be moved to the appearance tab. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63582] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/125370/]
 * An IRC discussion with the Wikimedia Foundation Multimedia team will take place on April 16 at 18:00 UTC on the channel #wikimedia-office on Freenode (time conversion).
 * Wikimedia Foundation servers were updated after a security bug called Heartbleed was discovered last week. You should change your password as an extra precaution. [//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Blog/Drafts/Heartbleed]

Tech news prepared by tech ambassadors and posted by MediaWiki message delivery • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe. <section end="technews-2014-W16"/> 07:18, 14 April 2014 (UTC)