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لاتىن تىلى ، ئەرەپ تىلىنى ئۇيغۇرتىلىغا ۋىكىپېدىيە ئاپتۇماتىك ئاھاڭ تەرجىمىسى قىلىش

What about to set Latin - Arabic - Cyrillic automatic transliteration of Uyghur Wikipedia on the same principe as it works in Kazakh Wikipedia? (see more info, Kazakh converter)

We need Uyghur native speaker to help us write the comparative table with letters and transliteration rules. Then we can create such converter.

If you wish to help us, contact us.

Kprwiki 10:55, 26 10-Ay 2009 (UTC)

Merged from Talk:باش بەت / Bash Bet
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سىستىما ئۇچۇرلىرىنى ئۇيغۇر تېلىغا تەرجىمە قىلىشتىكى تەلەپلەر:
Hi everyone, 
These 1678  interface messages still need to be translated from English into Uyghur. If you are Uyghur and wish to help translate those messages into Ugyhur, simply request translator priviledges here. 

--Jose77 20:13, 2 3-Ay 2010 (UTC)

(Otherwise the Uyghur Wikipedia interface will continue to remain in English or Uyghur Latin script)

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ئىنجىل
Latin alphabet for this language is obsolete.  It was only used for a very short time and is rarely used today.

It is not obsolete. There are 500,000 Uyghur expatriates who still use it. --Jose77 10:00, 9 9-Ay 2007 (UTC)

Here are some websites that still use the Latin or Cyrillic Alphabet:

 (In Latin, Arabic and Cyrillic Uyghur script)

Uyghur language.com

Biliwal.com

Xewerler  {{|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326093121/http://www.uyghuramerican.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=12 |date=2009-03-26 }}

If Uyghur is written in Cyrillic too, why isn't it used on this Wiki?

Because its too complicated with Arabicscript going right to left, and having everything three times.

(خۇشخەۋەر)Good News!
Kazakh wikipedia is running in multiscript (Cyrillic, Latin and Arabic). Lets learn from them. --203.173.138.159 20:39, 30 دېكابىر/Dékabir/декабир 2006 (UTC)

كۆپ ئورىگىنال ئالماشتۇرغۇچ
Hi,

I notice Uyghur wiki need a convertor for switching the scripts: Latin-Cyrillic-Arabic. 
The examples You may find on Kazakh wikis. 
For MediaWiki software look in SVN 
language files (See LanguageXx.php and MessagesXx.php for kk, zh, sr) 
:kk:Қатысушы:AlefZet-- 22:05, 9 3-Ay 2007 (UTC)

hi, I have an idea, that the Uyghur Wikipedi-trans-system which likes Kazak Wikipedia, http://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Басты_бет.

the name of Oyghurque is totally wrong, how can people correct it?

(خۇشخەۋەر)good news
There has been already a software (called: yulghun.exe) which can convert three different Uyghur scripts(arabic,cyrillic and latin=UKY) to each other,just by one click! works well under windows xp professional, windows 2000.
here is the download location:

warning: your microsoft netframe should be  Net Framework V.2.0    
or higher,otherwise yulghun.exe won´t work!

download address:

official website:

/

Barat

I just found a uyghur script converter website,which can convert latin script and arabic script to each other, check the link below and scroll down little bit until the enf of the list and there is a part called "misiran tor bet aylandurghuchi"  put the web address to the first box, next box is options and click 'aylandurush' then you will see changed page.

 {{|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930064446/http://www.misiran.net/maz.asp?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.misiran.net |date=2007-09-30 }}

Barat 19:50, 1 4-Ay 2007 (UTC)

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نىمە ئۈچۈن
Hi, why there is two version of uyghur wiki, i am bit confused. lately i am working for this version. but my friends in china told me that they can not open this link. The another one is completely in arabic script, and has lot more articles...which one we should stick to?

here is the link:

 {{|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307165900/http://wiki.yulghun.com/index.php/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4_%D8%A8%DB%95%D8%AA |date=2008-03-07 }}

Barat

I do not know why your friends could not view this site. It is very unlikely that the Chinese Government has blocked this site because there is no reason why they should block it.
I also do not know why there are two wikis. 
yulghunwiki has been inactive for many months already. The articles created in yulghunwiki cannot be linked to other wikipedia languages such as Uzbek, Kazakh, Kirghiz, English, Russian etc. That is its weakness. --Jose77 22:53, 31 3-Ay 2007 (UTC)

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جاۋابىڭىزغا رەھمەت
Good to know that, then i will stick to this one. It is true that they have already blocked wiki for few months by now, thats the most ridiculous thing, i have no idea why.I mean whole wiki they are blocking, i have friends all over china, all keep saying its not available, even chinese version! Anyway, I think they will let it go in near future, they can not block forever! lets hope the best 

Barat

Here is an IP address of a recent contributor  . The person's location could be tracked to Xinjiang. It seems that Uyghur Wikipedia has been unblocked in China and is now accessible to everyone again. If anyone is using an internet from Xinjiang, please tell me if I am correct or not. --Jose77 01:28, 6 3-Ay 2009 (UTC)

مۇھىم
Today i found that there is a warning message on the another uyghur wiki that it has to be closed. Its no good i think, cuz that site already has 30000 articles and available to uyghur people in china, i should mention that almost 9 million uyghur people is living there and they use arabic script. If its closed, then its gonna be a great loss. Is it possible to get those articles directly to here? Barat

The discussion has finished now. The result is KEEP. --Jose77 20:18, 17 Awghust 2007 (UTC)

ساندبوكس\Sandboks
Sorry for using English, but it seems the best way to communicate with the 
administrator. I think 

sandboks, & сандбокс would be better transliterations. We could also use a calque maybe along the 
lines of kumak-kutu. I also think 
 كوممۇنیتي پورتال
Коммунитй портал should be linked to http://ug.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_Jamiyeti like kommunity portal.
Thecurran 03:02, 19 Awghust 2007 UTC
Done. 
Are you Uyghur? --Jose77 09:07, 19 Awghust 2007 (UTC)

I am not first language Uyghur, so I need  much Uyghur practice
Thecurran 07:17, 23 Awghust 2007 (UTC).



 Betawiki:سىزنىڭ تىلىڭىز  MediaWiki دە تېخىمۇ قوللايدۇ 
Dear community. I am writing to you to promote a special wiki called Betawiki. This wiki facilitates the localisation (l10n) of the MediaWiki interface. You may have changed many messages here to use your language in the interface, but if you would log in to for example the Japanese language Wiktionary, you would not be able to use the interface as well translated as here. In fact, of 1,736 messages in the core of MediaWiki, 5.99% of the messages have been translated. Betawiki also supports the translation of messages for 126 extensions, with 2,174 messages. Many of them are used in WMF projects and they are vital for understanding the wiki. Currently 0.00% of the WMF extension messages have been translated. Translators for over 90 languages contribute their work to MediaWiki this way every month.

If you wish to contribute to better support of your language in MediaWiki, as well as for many MediaWiki extensions, please visit Betawiki, create an account and request translator privileges. You can see the current status of localisation of your language on MediaWiki.org and do not forget to get in touch with others that may already be working on your language on Betawiki.

If you have any further questions, please let me know on my talk page on Betawiki. We will try and assist you as much as possible, for example by importing all messages from a local wiki for you to start with, if you so desire.

You can also find us on the Freenode IRC network in the channel #mediawiki-i18n where we will be happy to help you get started.

Thank you very much for your attention and I do hope to see some of you on Betawiki soon! Thanks, GerardM@Betawiki

 Currently 3.02% of the MediaWiki messages and 0.00% of the messages of the extensions used by the Wikimedia Foundation projects have been localised. Please help us help your language by localising at Betawiki. This is the recent localisation activity for your language. Thanks, GerardM 11:03, 17 5-Ay 2008 (UTC)
 Currently 2.87% of the MediaWiki messages and 0.12% of the messages of the extensions used by the Wikimedia Foundation projects have been localised. Please help us help your language by localising at Betawiki. This is the recent localisation activity for your language. Thanks, GerardM 10:05, 11 7-Ay 2008 (UTC)
 Currently 2.87% of the MediaWiki messages and 0.15% of the messages of the extensions used by the Wikimedia Foundation projects have been localised. Please help us help your language by localising at Betawiki. This is the recent localisation activity for your language. Thanks, GerardM 15:22, 9 Awghust 2008 (UTC)
 Currently 3.63% of the MediaWiki messages and 0.13% of the messages of the extensions used by the Wikimedia Foundation projects have been localised. Please help us help your language by localising at Betawiki. This is the recent localisation activity for your language. Thanks, GerardM 11:41, 11 9-Ay 2008 (UTC)
 Currently 3.47% of the MediaWiki messages and 0.13% of the messages of the extensions used by the Wikimedia Foundation projects have been localised. Please help us help your language by localising at Betawiki. This is the recent localisation activity for your language. Thanks, GerardM 10:33, 18 10-Ay 2008 (UTC)
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 Currently 3.43% of the MediaWiki messages and 0.09% of the messages of the extensions used by the Wikimedia Foundation projects have been localised. Please help us help your language by localising and proof reading at Betawiki. This is the recent localisation activity for your language. Thanks, GerardM 12:12, 15 12-Ay 2008 (UTC)
 Currently 3.40% of the MediaWiki messages and 0.09% of the messages of the extensions used by the Wikimedia Foundation projects have been localised. Please help us help your language by localising and proof reading at Betawiki. This is the recent localisation activity for your language. Thanks, GerardM 21:45, 12 1-Ay 2009 (UTC)
PS Please help us complete the most wanted messages..

The village pump
Could someome be so kind and move my contribution to your "village pump" and also, could someone please add a link to your village pump on meta ? Thanks, GerardM 15:12, 3 3-Ay 2008 (UTC)

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PipepBot
Hello! I ask for permission to run my interwiki bot PipepBot here, and to get a bot flag for it.
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--:it:User:Pipep 09:23, 12 Awghust 2007 (UTC)

 Done. —Pathoschild 01:11, 2 9-Ay 2007 (UTC)
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SieBot
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BotMultichill
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 Already done. —Pathoschild 08:55:22, 13 3-Ay 2009 (UTC)

AlleborgoBot
Hi, i request a bot flag for AlleborgoBot
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 Already done. —Pathoschild 08:56:04, 13 3-Ay 2009 (UTC)

Purbo T
Hi, I'd like to request a bot flag for Purbo_T (contributionss)
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Thank you! --Purodha Blissenbach 04:35, 12 2-Ay 2008 (UTC)

 Already done. —Pathoschild 08:56:22, 13 3-Ay 2009 (UTC)

SpBot
Hello. I would like to get a bot-flag on this wiki.
Operator: :de:User:Euku
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Software: pywikipediabot framework via SVN
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Thank you! --Euku 08:47, 4 6-Ay 2008 (UTC)

 Already done. —Pathoschild 08:56:43, 13 3-Ay 2009 (UTC)

Synthebot
Dear all, this is to request a bot flag for Synthebot. Its technical information is summarized below.
Operator: Julian Mendez
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Programming Language(s): pywikipedia (source code)
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Already has a bot flag on: [ global bot] running on more than 200 wikipedias.
Further technical information is available on its main page. Thank you in advance. Regards, --Julian 17:53, 10 12-Ay 2008 (UTC)
Cebeci {{|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140207154955/http://www.cebeci.org/ |date=2014-02-07 }}

 Not done; a local bot flag is no longer needed. This is a global bot, and this wiki recently enabled global bots. —Pathoschild 08:57:00, 13 3-Ay 2009 (UTC)

WOPR
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 Done. —Pathoschild 08:58:06, 13 3-Ay 2009 (UTC)

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Contributions

Thank you! — Chesnok 12:52, 9 3-Ay 2009 (UTC)

 Done. —Pathoschild 21:27:33, 21 3-Ay 2009 (UTC)

GhalyBot 
I would like to ask for a Bot flag for GhalyBot
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Thank you ! ----Ghaly 17:50, 15 3-Ay 2009 (UTC)

 Done. —Pathoschild 21:29:49, 21 3-Ay 2009 (UTC)

Bot policy
Hello. To facilitate steward granting of bot access, I suggest implementing the standard bot policy on this wiki. In particular, this policy allows stewards to automatically flag known interlanguage linking bots (if this page says that is acceptable), which form the vast majority of such requests. The policy also enables global bots on this wiki (if this page says that is acceptable), which are trusted bots that will be given bot access on every wiki that allows global bots.

This policy makes bot access requesting much easier for local users, operators, and stewards. To implement it we only need to create a redirect to this page from Project:Bot policy, and add a line at the top noting that it is used here. Please read the text at m:Bot policy before commenting. If you object, please say so; I hope to implement in one week if there is no objection, since it is particularly written to streamline bot requests on wikis with little or no community interested in bot access requests. Luckas Blade 20:49, 2 3-Ay 2009 (UTC)

 Implemented. —Pathoschild 08:53:46, 13 3-Ay 2009 (UTC)
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The LocalisationUpdate extension is now enabled for all Wikimedia projects. From now on new localisations that become available in SVN will become available to your project within 24 hours. Your localisations get into SVN from translatewiki.net typically within a day and at worst in two days. This is a huge improvement from the old practice where the localisations became available with new software. This could take weeks, even months.

The localisations done by our community at translatewiki.net are committed to SVN typically every day. When the system messages in English are the same as the local messages, they will now be inserted in a file and are available for use in all our projects in a timely manner

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بۇ سىزگە نىسبەتەن نېمىدىن دېرەك بىرىدۇ 
Local messages have an impact on the performance of our system. It is best when messages are as much as possible part of the system messages. In order to remove unnecessary duplication, all the messages that have a local localisation and are exactly the same as the system message will be removed.  What we ask you to do is to compare and proof read the messages in translatewiki.net and the local messages. You can then either remove local messages when the translatewiki.net message is to be preferred or, you can update the message at translatewiki.net. 

Messages that are specific to your project will have to stay as they are. You do want to check if the format and the variables of the message are still the same.

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نىمىشقا translatewiki.net قا توغۇرلىنىدۇ
When you localise at translatewiki.net, your messages will be used in all Wikimedia projects and eventually in all MediaWiki based projects. This is how we provide the standard support for your language. When messages change, at translatewiki.net you will be prompted to revisit your translations. Localising is more efficient because we have innovated the process to make you more efficient; there is text explaining about messages and we have applied AJAX technology to reduce the number of clicks you have to make.

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Translatewiki.net نى يېڭىلاش
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Currently 31.28% of the MediaWiki messages and 1.77% of the messages of the extensions used by the Wikimedia Foundation projects have been localised. Please help us help your language by localising and proof reading at translatewiki.net. This is the recent localisation activity for your language. Thanks, GerardM 20:27, 30 9-Ay 2009 (UTC)
Currently 31.60% of the MediaWiki messages and 1.77% of the messages of the extensions used by the Wikimedia Foundation projects have been localised. Please help us help your language by localising and proof reading at translatewiki.net. This is the recent localisation activity for your language. Thanks, GerardM 18:20, 1 11-Ay 2009 (UTC)
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PS Please help us complete the most wanted messages..

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ئۇيغۇرچە-لاتىنچە
Currently 5.13% of the MediaWiki messages and 0.52% of the messages of the extensions used by the Wikimedia Foundation projects have been localised. Please help us help your language by localising and proof reading at translatewiki.net. This is the recent localisation activity for your language. Thanks, GerardM 20:27, 30 9-Ay 2009 (UTC)
Currently 5.10% of the MediaWiki messages and 0.49% of the messages of the extensions used by the Wikimedia Foundation projects have been localised. Please help us help your language by localising and proof reading at translatewiki.net. This is the recent localisation activity for your language. Thanks, GerardM 18:20, 1 11-Ay 2009 (UTC)
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PS Please help us complete the most wanted messages..

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بىز قانداق قىلساق سىزنىڭ تىلىڭىزنىڭ .ئىشلىتېلىشچانلىقىنى يۇقىرى كۆتۇرەلەيمىز ؟
We expect that with the implementation of LocalisationUpdate the usability of MediaWiki for your language will improve. We are now ready to look at other aspects of usability for your language as well.  There are two questions we would like you to answer:
Are there issues with the new functionality of the Usability Initiative
Does MediaWiki support your language properly

The best way to answer the first question is to visit the translatewiki.net. Change the language to your language, select the “vector” skin and add the advanced tool bar in in the preferences and check out the new functionality. And make some changes in your user page. When there is a need to improve on the localisation, please make the necessary changess . It should update your localisation straight away. 
We would like you to report each issue individually at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Usability_issues.

When there are problems with the support of MediaWiki for your language, we really want to know about this. It is best to report each issue separately. In this way there will be no large mass of issues to resolve but we can address each issue on its own. Consider issues with the display of characters, the presentation of your script, the position of the side bar, the combination of text with other languages, scripts. It is best to try this in an environment like the prototype wiki as it provides you with a clean, basic and up to date environment. The prototype wiki is available for five languages but you can select any of them, change the preferences to your language and test out MediaWiki for your language.

We would like you to report each issue individually at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Language_issues. The issues you raise will all be assessed. It is important to keep each issue separate, because this will make it easier to understand the issues and find solutions.

PS This text has been approved by Naoko, Brion and Siebrand. Thanks, GerardM 20:27, 30 9-Ay 2009 (UTC)

 Request on Meta Wiki for temporary sysop
Hi Everyone, I wanted to let you know that I am going to request temporary sysop (Administrator) in order to clean out the back log that is at :Category:Candidates_for_speedy_deletion (pages marked with {{delete}}. I will make the request shortly on Meta wiki here. If approved I will post here when I am finished so that you know I no longer have the rights. As always you can feel free to contact me at User talk:Jamesofur on this wiki (I get an email) or on Meta Wiki at my talk page there. Jamesofur 22:54, 2 12-Ay 2009 (UTC)
 I am now done and I apologize to everyone for flooding the Recent changes (I was unable to flag as a bot) but it does make it obvious what I did so that you can all see it. The majority of the pages I deleted were empty with no content other then interwiki links on the left side. The remaining pages were test pages. Let me know if you have any question! Jamesofur 00:02, 3 12-Ay 2009 (UTC)

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 User:Mjbmrbott بايرىقىغا ئىلتىجا قىلماق
 Operator                       : Mjbmr
 Automatic or Manually Assisted : Automatic
 Programming Language(s)        : Python (pywikipedia)
 Function Summary               : Interwiki
 Already has a bot flag (Y/N)   : Yes, see here
 Function Details               : Just interwikis, thanks Mjbmr Talk 09:55, 17 12-Ay 2010 (UTC)
Done. Jafeluv 11:50, 30 5-Ay 2011 (UTC)

 HiW-Bot 
 Bot                            : HiW-Bot
 Operator                       : Hedwig in Washington
 Automatic or Manually Assisted : automatic
 Programming Language(s)        : Python (pywikipedia), daily update
 Function Summary               : Interwiki, Internationalization by removing chaos in Babel-Category so it can be used properly and easy. 
 Already has a bot flag (Y/N)   : Yes: 44 Wikis so far, others pending. see here
 Function Details               : just using the standard interwiki.py

I humbly request bot status on this wiki in order to update Interwiki, and improve Internationalization by removing chaos in Babel so it can be used properly and easy by everyone.

Thank you --Hedwig in Washington 23:59, 19 9-Ay 2011 (UTC)

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 2012ۋىكى ۋاستىسى فوندىنىڭ ئوقۇش مۇكاپات پۇلى ئىلتماس قىلغۇچىنىڭ ئاشكارا تىلفۇن نۇمۇرى 
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help translate it.
Do you want to help attract new contributors to Wikimedia projects?
Do you want to improve retention of our existing editors?
Do you want to strengthen our community by diversifying its base and increasing the overall number of excellent participants around the world?
The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking Community Fellows and project ideas for the Community Fellowship Program. A Fellowship is a temporary position at the Wikimedia Foundation in order to work on a specific project or set of projects. Submissions for 2012 are encouraged to focus on the theme of improving editor retention and increasing participation in Wikimedia projects. If interested, please submit a project idea or apply to be a fellow by January 15, 2012. Please visit https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Fellowships for more information.

Thanks!

--Siko Bouterse, Head of Community Fellowships,
Wikimedia Foundation 03:09, 22 كۆنەك 2011 (UTC)

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 Announcing Wikipedia 1.19 beta 

Wikimedia Foundation is getting ready to push out 1.19 to all the WMF-hosted wikis.  As we finish wrapping up our code review, you can test the new version right now on beta.wmflabs.org.  For more information, please read the release notes or the start of the final announcement.

The following are the areas that you will probably be most interested in:
 Faster loading of javascript files makes dependency tracking more important.
 New common*.css files usable by skins instead of having to copy piles of generic styles from MonoBook or Vector's css.
 The default user signature now contains a talk link in addition to the user link.
 Searching blocked usernames in block log is now clearer.
 Better timezone recognition in user preferences.
 Improved diff readability for colorblind people.
 The interwiki links table can now be accessed also when the interwiki cache is used (used in the API and the Interwiki extension).
 More gender support (for instance in logs and user lists).
 Language converter improved, e.g. it now works depending on the page content language.
 Time and number-formatting magic words also now depend on the page content language.
 Bidirectional support further improved after 1.18.

Report any problems {{|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119073555/http://labs.wikimedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Problem_reports |date=2012-01-19 }} on the labs beta wiki and we'll work to address them before they software is released to the production wikis.

Note that this cluster does have SUL but it is not integrated with SUL in production, so you'll need to create another account.  You should avoid using the same password as you use here.  — Global message delivery 16:38, 15 قەھرىتان 2012 (UTC)

 MediaWiki 1.19 

(Apologies if this message isn't in your language.) The Wikimedia Foundation is planning to upgrade MediaWiki (the software powering this wiki) to its latest version this month. You can help to test it before it is enabled, to avoid disruption and breakage. More information is available in the full announcement. Thank you for your understanding.

Guillaume Paumier, via the Global message delivery system (wrong page? You can fix it.). 15:22, 12 ھۇت 2012 (UTC)

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ئۇيغۇرتىلى تىل قوللاش گورپىسى
The Wikimedia Foundation has brought together a new team of developers who are dedicated to language support. This team is to support all the languages and consequently it is not realistic to expect that the team members can provide proper support for your language. It is for this reason that we are looking for volunteers who will make up a language support team. 

This language support team will be asked to provide us with information about their language. Such information may need to be provided either to us or on a website that we will indicate to you. Another activity will be to test software that will likely have an effect on the running of the MediaWiki software. We are looking for people who clearly identify their ability. Formal knowledge is definitely appreciated.

As much of the activity will be concentrated on translatewiki.net, it will be a plus when team members know how to localise at translatewiki.net. 
Thanks, Gmeijssen 09:20, 15 ھۇت 2012 (UTC)

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 IPv6 گە ئاساسەن يېڭىلاش 

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The Wikimedia Foundation is planning to do limited testing of IPv6 on June 2-3. If there are not too many problems, we may fully enable IPv6 on World IPv6 day (June 6), and keep it enabled.

What this means for your project:

At least on June 2-3, 2012, you may see a small number of edits from IPv6 addresses, which are in the form "2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334". See e.g. w:en:IPv6 address. These addresses should behave like any other IP address: You can leave messages on their talk pages; you can track their contributions; you can block them. (See the full version of this announcement for notes on range blocks.)

In the mid term, some user scripts and tools will need to be adapted for IPv6. 

We suspect that IPv6 usage is going to be very low initially, meaning that abuse should be manageable, and we will assist in the monitoring of the situation.

Read the full version of this announcement on how to test the behavior of IPv6 with various tools and how to leave bug reports, and to find a fuller analysis of the implications of the IPv6 migration.

--Erik Möller, VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation 01:28, 2 سەپەر 2012 (UTC)

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بۇ يىللىق مۇسابىقە 2011 رەسىم

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Dear Wikimedians,

Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the 2011 Picture of the Year competition is now open. We are interested in your opinion as to which images qualify to be the Picture of the Year 2011. Any user registered at Commons or a Wikimedia wiki SUL-related to Commons with more than 75 edits before 1 April 2012 (UTC) is welcome to vote and, of course everyone is welcome to view!

Detailed information about the contest can be found at the introductory page.

About 600 of the best of Wikimedia Common's photos, animations, movies and graphics were chosen –by the international Wikimedia Commons community– out of 12 million files during 2011 and are now called Featured Pictures.

From professional animal and plant shots to breathtaking panoramas and skylines, restorations of historically relevant images, images portraying the world's best architecture, maps, emblems, diagrams created with the most modern technology, and impressive human portraits, Commons Features Pictures of all flavors.  

For your convenience, we have sorted the images into topic categories. 

We regret that you receive this message in English; we intended to use banners to notify you in your native language but there was both, human and technical resistance.

See you on Commons!
--Picture of the Year 2011 Committee 18:44, 5 سەپەر 2012 (UTC)

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سىزنىڭ زىيارەت قىلىش پۇرسىتىڭىز تېخىمۇ كۆپ ، سانلىق مەلۇمات ئامبىرى ئەركىن تەتقىق قىلىڭ 

The quest to get editors free access to the sources they need is gaining momentum.
 Credo Reference provides full-text online versions of nearly 1200 published reference works from more than 70 publishers in every major subject, including general and subject dictionaries and encyclopedias.  There are 125 full Credo 350 accounts available, with access even to 100 more references works than in Credo's original donation.  All you need is a 1-year old account with 1000 edits.  Sign up here.
 HighBeam Research has access to over 80 million articles from 6,500 publications including newspapers, magazines, academic journals, newswires, trade magazines and encyclopedias.  Thousands of new articles are added daily, and archives date back over 25 years covering a wide range of subjects and industries.  There are 250 full access 1-year accounts available.  All you need is a 1-year old account with 1000 edits.  Sign up here.
 Questia  is an online research library for books and journal articles focusing on the humanities and social sciences. Questia has curated titles from over 300 trusted publishers including 77,000 full-text books and 4 million journal, magazine, and newspaper articles, as well as encyclopedia entries.  There will soon be 1000 full access 1-year accounts available.  All you need is a 1-year old account with 1000 edits.  Sign up here.
You might also be interested in the idea to create a central Wikipedia Library where approved editors would have access to all participating resource donors.  Add your feedback to the Community Fellowship proposal.  Apologies for the English message (translate here).  Go sign up :)  --Ocaasi (talk) 02:26, 16 تومۇز 2012 (UTC)

 Request for Comment: Legal Fees Assistance Program 

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I apologize for addressing you in English. I would be grateful if you could translate this message into your language.

The Wikimedia Foundation is conducting a request for comment on a proposed program that could provide legal assistance to users in specific support roles who are named in a legal complaint as a defendant because of those roles. We wanted to be sure that your community was aware of this discussion and would have a chance to participate in that discussion. 

If this page is not the best place to publicize this request for comment, please help spread the word to those who may be interested in participating. (If you'd like to help translating the "request for comment", program policy or other pages into your language and don't know how the translation system works, please come by my user talk page at :m:User talk:Mdennis (WMF). I'll be happy to assist or to connect you with a volunteer who can assist.)

Thank you! --Mdennis (WMF)02:16, 6 مىزان 2012 (UTC)

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 Wikidata is getting close to a first roll-out 

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(Apologies if this message isn't in your language.) 

As some of you might already have heard Wikimedia Deutschland is working on a new Wikimedia project. It is called m:Wikidata. The goal of Wikidata is to become a central data repository for the Wikipedias, its sister projects and the world. In the future it will hold data like the number of inhabitants of a country, the date of birth of a famous person or the length of a river. These can then be used in all Wikimedia projects and outside of them.

The project is divided into three phases and "we are getting close to roll-out the first phase". The phases are:
 language links in the Wikipedias (making it possible to store the links between the language editions of an article just once in Wikidata instead of in each linked article)
 infoboxes (making it possible to store the data that is currently in infoboxes in one central place and share the data)
 lists (making it possible to create lists and similar things based on queries to Wikidata so they update automatically when new data is added or modified)

It'd be great if you could join us, test the demo version, provide feedback and take part in the development of Wikidata. You can find all the relevant information including an FAQ and sign-up links for our on-wiki newsletter on the Wikidata page on Meta. 

For further discussions please use this talk page (if you are uncomfortable writing in English you can also write in your native language there) or point me to the place where your discussion is happening so I can answer there.

--Lydia Pintscher 13:41, 10 مىزان 2012 (UTC)

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 Upcoming software changes - please report any problems 

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All Wikimedia wikis - including this one - will soon be upgraded with new and possibly disruptive code.  This process starts today and finishes on October 24 (see the upgrade schedule & code details).

Please watch for problems with:
 revision diffs
 templates
 CSS and JavaScript pages (like user scripts)
 bots
 PDF export
 images, video, and sound, especially scaling sizes
 the CologneBlue skin

If you notice any problems, please report problems at our defect tracker site.  You can test for possible problems at test2.wikipedia.org and mediawiki.org, which have already been updated.

Thanks!  With your help we can find problems fast and get them fixed faster.

Sumana Harihareswara, Wikimedia Foundation Engineering Community Manager (talk) 03:16, 16 ئۆكتەبىر 2012 (UTC)

P.S.: For the regular, smaller MediaWiki updates every two weeks, please watch this schedule.

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 Fundraising localization: volunteers from outside the USA needed 

Please translate for your local community

Hello All,

The Wikimedia Foundation's Fundraising team have begun our 'User Experience' project, with the goal of understanding the donation experience in different countries outside the USA and enhancing the localization of our donation pages. I am searching for volunteers to spend 30 minutes on a Skype chat with me, reviewing their own country's donation pages. It will be done on a 'usability' format (I will ask you to read the text and go through the donation flow) and will be asking your feedback in the meanwhile. 

The only pre-requisite is for the volunteer to actually live in the country and to have access to at least one donation method that we offer for that country (mainly credit/debit card, but also real-time banking like IDEAL, E-wallets, etc...) so we can do a live test and see if the donation goes through. All volunteers will be reimbursed of the donations that eventually succeed (and they will be low amounts, like 1-2 dollars)

By helping us you are actually helping thousands of people to support our mission of free knowledge across the world. Please sing up and help us with our 'User Experience' project! :)
If you are interested (or know of anyone who could be) please email ppena@wikimedia.org. All countries needed (excepting USA)!

Thanks!
Pats Pena
Global Fundraising Operations Manager, Wikimedia Foundation

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 Be a Wikimedia fundraising "User Experience" volunteer! 

Thank you to everyone who volunteered last year on the Wikimedia fundraising 'User Experience' project. We have talked to many different people in different countries and their feedback has helped us immensely in restructuring our pages. If you haven't heard of it yet, the 'User Experience' project has the goal of understanding the donation experience in different countries (outside the USA) and enhancing the localization of our donation pages. 

I am (still) searching for volunteers to spend some time on a Skype chat with me, reviewing their own country's donation pages. It will be done on a 'usability' format (I will ask you to read the text and go through the donation flow) and will be asking your feedback in the meanwhile. 

The only pre-requisite is for the volunteer to actually live in the country and to have access to at least one donation method that we offer for that country (mainly credit/debit card, but also real time banking like IDEAL, E-wallets, etc...) so we can do a live test and see if the donation goes through. **All volunteers will be reimbursed of the donations that eventually succeed (and they will be very low amounts, like 1-2 dollars)**

By helping us you are actually helping thousands of people to support our mission of free knowledge across the world. If you are interested (or know of anyone who could be) please email ppena@wikimedia.org. All countries needed (excepting USA)!!

Thanks!

Pats Pena
Global Fundraising Operations Manager, Wikimedia Foundation

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 Wikimedia sites to move to primary data center in Ashburn, Virginia. Read-only mode expected. 

(Apologies if this message isn't in your language.) Next week, the Wikimedia Foundation will transition its main technical operations to a new data center in Ashburn, Virginia, USA. This is intended to improve the technical performance and reliability of all Wikimedia sites, including this wiki. There will be some times when the site will be in read-only mode, and there may be full outages; the current target windows for the migration are January 22nd, 23rd and 24th, 2013, from 17:00 to 01:00 UTC (see other timezones on timeanddate.com). More information is available in the full announcement.

If you would like to stay informed of future technical upgrades, consider becoming a Tech ambassador and joining the ambassadors mailing list. You will be able to help your fellow Wikimedians have a voice in technical discussions and be notified of important decisions.

Thank you for your help and your understanding.

Guillaume Paumier, via the Global message delivery system (wrong page? You can fix it.). 15:46, 19 يانۋار 2013 (UTC)

 Picture of the Year voting round 1 open 
Dear Wikimedians,

Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the 2012 Picture of the Year competition is now open.  We're interested in your opinion as to which images qualify to be the Picture of the Year for 2012. Voting is open to established Wikimedia users who meet the following criteria:

 Users must have an account, at any Wikimedia project, which was registered before Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 [UTC].
 This user account must have more than 75 edits on any single Wikimedia project before Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 [UTC]. Please check your account eligibility at the POTY 2012 Contest Eligibility tool.
 Users must vote with an account meeting the above requirements either on Commons or another SUL-related Wikimedia project (for other Wikimedia projects, the account must be attached to the user's Commons account through SUL).

Hundreds of images that have been rated Featured Pictures by the international Wikimedia Commons community in the past year are all entered in this competition. From professional animal and plant shots to breathtaking panoramas and skylines, restorations of historically relevant images, images portraying the world's best architecture, maps, emblems, diagrams created with the most modern technology, and impressive human portraits, Commons features pictures of all flavors.  

For your convenience, we have sorted the images into topic categories. Two rounds of voting will be held: In the first round, you can vote for as many images as you like. The first round category winners and the top ten overall will then make it to the final.  In the final round, when a limited number of images are left, you must decide on the one image that you want to become the Picture of the Year.

To see the candidate images just go to the POTY 2012 page on Wikimedia Commons.

Wikimedia Commons celebrates our featured images of 2012 with this contest. Your votes decide the Picture of the Year, so remember to vote in the first round by January 30, 2013.

Thanks,
the Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year committee

This message was delivered based on :m:Distribution list/Global message delivery. Translation fetched from: :commons:Commons:Picture of the Year/2012/Translations/Village Pump/en -- Rillke (سۆزلىشىش) 00:01, 23 يانۋار 2013 (UTC)

 Help turn ideas into grants in the new IdeaLab 

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I apologize if this message is not in your language. Please help translate it.

Do you have an idea for a project to improve this community or website?
Do you think you could complete your idea if only you had some funding?
Do you want to help other people turn their ideas into project plans or grant proposals?

Please join us in the IdeaLab, an incubator for project ideas and Individual Engagement Grant proposals.

The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking new ideas and proposals for Individual Engagement Grants. These grants fund individuals or small groups to complete projects that help improve this community. If interested, please submit a completed proposal by February 15, 2013. Please visit https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG for more information.

Thanks!  --Siko Bouterse, Head of Individual Engagement Grants, Wikimedia Foundation 20:57, 30 يانۋار 2013 (UTC)

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 Wikidata phase 1 (language links) coming to this Wikipedia 

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Sorry for writing in English. I hope someone can translate this locally.

Wikidata has been in development for a few months now. It is now time for the roll-out of the first part of it on your Wikipedia. Phase 1 is the support for the management of language links. It is already being used on the Hungarian, Hebrew, Italian and English Wikipedias. The next step is to enable the extension on all other Wikipedias. We have currently planned this for March 6.

 What is Wikidata? 
Wikidata is a central place to store data that you can usually find in infoboxes. Think of it as something like Wikimedia Commons but for data (like the number of inhabitants of a country or the length of a river) instead of multimedia. The first part of this project (centralizing language links) is being rolled out now. The more fancy things will follow later.

 What is going to happen? 
Language links in the sidebar are going to come from Wikidata in addition to the ones in the wiki text. To edit them, scroll to the bottom of the language links, and click edit. You no longer need to maintain these links by hand in the wiki text of the article.

 Where can I find more information and ask questions? 
Editors on en:wp have created a great page with all the necessary information for editors and there is also an FAQ for this deployment. Please ask questions you might have on the FAQ’s discussion page.

 I want to be kept up to date about Wikidata 
To stay up-to-date on everything happening around Wikidata please subscribe to the newsletter that is delivered weekly to subscribed user’s talk pages. You can see previous editions here.

--Lydia Pintscher 16:19, 21 فېۋرال 2013 (UTC)

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 Wikidata phase 1 (language links) live on this Wikipedia 

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Sorry for writing in English. I hope someone can translate this locally. If you understand German better than English you can have a look at the announcement on :de:Wikipedia:Kurier.

As I annonced 2 weeks ago, Wikidata phase 1 (language links) has been deployed here today. Language links in the sidebar are coming from Wikidata in addition to the ones in the wiki text. To edit them, scroll to the bottom of the language links, and click edit. You no longer need to maintain these links by hand in the wiki text of the article.

Where can I find more information and ask questions?
Editors on en:wp have created a great page with all the necessary information for editors and there is also an FAQ for this deployment. It'd be great if you could bring this to this wiki if that has not already happened. Please ask questions you might have on the FAQ’s discussion page.

I want to be kept up to date about Wikidata
To stay up-to-date on everything happening around Wikidata please subscribe to the newsletter that is delivered weekly to subscribed user’s talk pages.

--Lydia Pintscher 23:13, 6 مارت 2013 (UTC)

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 Convert complex templates to Lua to make them faster and more powerful 

(Please consider translating this message for the benefit of your fellow Wikimedians)

Greetings. As you might have seen on the Wikimedia tech blog or the tech ambassadors list, a new functionality called "Lua" is being enabled on all Wikimedia sites today. Lua is a scripting language that enables you to write faster and more powerful MediaWiki templates.

If you have questions about how to convert existing templates to Lua (or how to create new ones), we'll be holding two support sessions on IRC next week: one on Wednesday (for Oceania, Asia & America) and one on Friday (for Europe, Africa & America); see m:IRC office hours for the details. If you can't make it, you can also get help at mw:Talk:Lua scripting.

If you'd like to learn about this kind of events earlier in advance, consider becoming a Tech ambassador by subscribing to the mailing list. You will also be able to help your fellow Wikimedians have a voice in technical discussions and be notified of important decisions.

Guillaume Paumier, via the Global message delivery system. 20:28, 13 مارت 2013 (UTC) (wrong page? You can fix it.)

 Wikidata phase 2 (infoboxes) coming to this Wikipedia 

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Sorry for writing in English. I hope someone can translate this. If you understand German better than English you can have a look at the announcement on :de:Wikipedia:Kurier.

A while ago the first phase of Wikidata was enabled on this Wikipedia. This means you are getting the language links in each article from Wikidata. It is soon time to enable the second phase of Wikidata (infoboxes) here. We have already done this on the [first 11 Wikipedias] (it, he, hu, ru, tr, uk, uz, hr, bs, sr, sh) and things are looking good. The next step is English Wikipedia. This is planned for April 8. If everything works out fine we will deploy on all remaining Wikipedias on April 10. I will update this part of the FAQ if there are any issues forcing us to change this date. I will also sent another note to this village pump once the deployment is finished.

What will happen once we have phase 2 enabled here?
Once it is enabled in a few days you will be able to make use of the structured data that is available on Wikidata in your articles/infoboxes. It includes things like the symbol for a chemical element, the ISBN for a book or the top level domain of a country. (None of this will happen automatically. Someone will have to change the article or infobox template for this to happen!)

How will this work?
There are two ways to access the data:
 Use a parser function like {{#property:p169}} in the wiki text of the article on Yahoo!. This will return “Marissa Mayer” as she is the chief executive officer of the company.
 For more complicated things you can use Lua. The documentation for this is here.

We are working on expanding the parser function so you can for example use {{#property:chief executive officer}} instead of {{#property:p169}}. The complete plan for this is here.

Where can I test this?
You can already test it on test2.

Where can I find more information and ask questions?
We have collected the main questions in an FAQ for this deployment. Please ask questions you might have on the FAQ’s discussion page.

I want to be kept up to date about Wikidata
To stay up-to-date on everything happening around Wikidata please subscribe to the newsletter that is delivered weekly to subscribed user’s talk pages.

--Lydia Pintscher 17:14, 5 ئاپرېل 2013 (UTC)

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 Updating the logo for this wiki 


Hello! As part of the update of Wikipedias logos to the new (2010) 3D puzzle globe version, we have noticed that your wiki's current logo is missing, outdated or with wrong translation. We are trying to help Wikipedias get a locally-adapted correct logo, by taking the technical difficulties on us, and in about a week from now we'll be replacing the current logo with the new one shown in this gallery, with explanation.
If the translation is wrong, or there's another error in the new logo, or the community disagrees with the update, please update the list of logos or tell us on its talk page.
Feel free to translate this message and to move/copy/forward it where appropriate. Thanks, Nemo 20:52, 16 ئاپرېل 2013 (UTC)

 Request for comment on inactive administrators 

(Please consider translating this message for the benefit of your fellow Wikimedians. Please also consider translating the proposal.)

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Hello!

There is a new request for comment on Meta-Wiki concerning the removal of administrative rights from long-term inactive Wikimedians. Generally, this proposal from stewards would apply to wikis without an administrators' review process.

We are also compiling a list of projects with procedures for removing inactive administrators on the talk page of the request for comment. Feel free to add your project(s) to the list if you have a policy on administrator inactivity.

All input is appreciated. The discussion may close as soon as 21 May 2013 (2013-05-21), but this will be extended if needed.

Thanks, Billinghurst (thanks to all the translators!) 05:26, 24 ئاپرېل 2013 (UTC)
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 Wikidata phase 2 (infoboxes) is here 

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Sorry for writing in English. I hope someone can translate this. If you understand German better than English you can have a look at the announcement on :de:Wikipedia:Kurier.

A while ago the first phase of Wikidata was enabled on this Wikipedia. This means you are getting the language links in each article from Wikidata. We have now enabled the second phase of Wikidata (infoboxes) here. We have already done this on the [first 11 Wikipedias] (it, he, hu, ru, tr, uk, uz, hr, bs, sr, sh) a month ago and two days ago on the English Wikipedia. Today all the remaining Wikipedias followed.

What does having phase 2 enabled here mean?
You are now able to make use of the structured data that is available on Wikidata in your articles/infoboxes. It includes things like the symbol for a chemical element, the ISBN for a book or the top level domain of a country. (None of this will happen automatically. Someone will have to change the article or infobox template for this to happen!) The current state is just the beginning though. It will be extended based on feedback we get from you now.

How will this work?
There are two ways to access the data:
 Use a parser function like {{#property:p159}} in the wiki text of the article on Wikimedia Foundation. This will return “San Francisco” as that is the headquarter location of the non-profit.
 For more complicated things you can use Lua. The documentation for this is here.

We are working on expanding the parser function so you can for example use {{#property:headquarter location}} instead of {{#property:p159}}. The complete plan for this is here.

Where can I test this?
You can test it on test2 if you don't want to do it in an article here.

Where can I find more information and ask questions?
We have collected the main questions in an FAQ for this deployment. Please ask questions you might have on the FAQ’s discussion page.

I want to be kept up to date about Wikidata
To stay up-to-date on everything happening around Wikidata please subscribe to the newsletter that is delivered weekly to subscribed user’s talk pages.

We are excited about taking yet another step towards allowing all Wikipedias share structured data and collect and curate it together.
--Lydia Pintscher 19:24, 24 ئاپرېل 2013 (UTC)

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 [en] Change to wiki account system and account renaming 

Some accounts will soon be renamed due to a technical change that the developer team at Wikimedia are making. More details on Meta.

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I chanslated Uyghur language

بىر ئىسىم بىلەن كىرىش ئاخىرقى ئۇختۇرىشى

--Aturantekin 06:09, 1 ماي 2013 (UTC)

 [en] Change to section edit links 

The default position of the "edit" link in page section headers is going to change soon. The "edit" link will be positioned adjacent to the page header text rather than floating opposite it.

Section edit links will be to the immediate right of section titles, instead of on the far right. If you're an editor of one of the wikis which already implemented this change, nothing will substantially change for you; however, scripts and gadgets depending on the previous implementation of section edit links will have to be adjusted to continue working; however, nothing else should break even if they are not updated in time.

Detailed information and a timeline is available on meta.

Ideas to do this all the way to 2009 at least. It is often difficult to track which of several potential section edit links on the far right is associated with the correct section, and many readers and anonymous or new editors may even be failing to notice section edit links at all, since they read section titles, which are far away from the links.

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 Tech newsletter: Subscribe to receive the next editions 

Latest Tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes.
Recent software changes (Not all changes will affect you.)

 The latest version of MediaWiki (version 1.22/wmf4) was added to non-Wikipedia wikis on May 13, and to the English Wikipedia (with a Wikidata software update) on May 20. It will be updated on all other Wikipedia sites on May 22.  
 A software update will perhaps result in temporary issues with images. Please report any problems you notice. 
 MediaWiki recognizes links in twelve new schemes. Users can now link to SSH, XMPP and Bitcoin directly from wikicode. 
 VisualEditor was added to all content namespaces on mediawiki.org on May 20. 
 A new extension ("TemplateData") was added to all Wikipedia sites on May 20. It will allow a future version of VisualEditor to edit templates. 
 New sites: Greek Wikivoyage and Venetian Wiktionary joined the Wikimedia family last week; the total number of project wikis is now 794.  
 The logo of 18 Wikipedias was changed to version 2.0 in a third group of updates.  
 The UploadWizard on Commons now shows links to the old upload form in 55 languages (bug 33513). 

Future software changes
 The next version of MediaWiki (version 1.22/wmf5) will be added to Wikimedia sites starting on May 27. 
 An updated version of Notifications, with new features and fewer bugs, will be added to the English Wikipedia on May 23. 
 The final version of the "single user login" (which allows people to use the same username on different Wikimedia wikis) is moved to August 2013. The software will automatically rename some usernames. 
 A new discussion system for MediaWiki, called "Flow", is under development. Wikimedia designers need your help to inform other users, test the prototype {{|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607175416/http://unicorn.wmflabs.org/flow/ |date=2013-06-07 }} and discuss the interface. .
 The Wikimedia Foundation is hiring people to act as links between software developers and users for VisualEditor. 
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