# விக்கிப்பீடியா:ஆலமரத்தடி (தொழினுட்பம்)/தொகுப்பு13

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## Tech News: 2022-02

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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**  
- A <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code>oauth_consumer</code></bdi> variable has been added to the AbuseFilter to enable identifying changes made by specific tools.
- Gadgets are now able to directly include JSON pages. This means some gadgets can now be configured by administrators without needing the interface administrator permission, such as with the Geonotice gadget.
- Gadgets can now specify page actions on which they are available. For example, <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code>|actions=edit,history</code></bdi> will load a gadget only while editing and on history pages.
- Gadgets can now be loaded on demand with the <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code>withgadget</code></bdi> URL parameter. This can be used to replace an earlier snippet that typically looks like <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code>withJS</code></bdi> or <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code>withCSS</code></bdi>.
- At wikis where the Mentorship system is configured, you can now use the Action API to get a list of a mentor's mentees.
- The heading on the main page can now be configured using <span lang="en" dir="ltr">MediaWiki:Mainpage-title-loggedin</span> for logged-in users and <span lang="en" dir="ltr">MediaWiki:Mainpage-title</span> for logged-out users. Any CSS that was previously used to hide the heading should be removed.
- Four special pages (and their API counterparts) now have a maximum database query execution time of 30 seconds. These special pages are: RecentChanges, Watchlist, Contributions, and Log. This change will help with site performance and stability. You can read more details about this change including some possible solutions if this affects your workflows.
- The sticky header has been deployed for 50% of logged-in users on more than 10 wikis. This is part of the Desktop Improvements. See how to take part in the project.

**Changes later this week**  
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).

**Events**  
- Community Wishlist Survey 2022 begins. All contributors to the Wikimedia projects can propose for tools and platform improvements. The proposal phase takes place from 18:00 UTC to 18:00 UTC. Learn more.

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01:23, 11 சனவரி 2022 (UTC)  

## Save the Date: Coolest Tool Award 2021: this Friday, 17:00 UTC

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Hello all,  

The ceremony of the 2021 Wikimedia Coolest Tool Award will take place virtually on Friday 14 January 2022, 17:00 UTC.  

This award is highlighting software tools that have been nominated by contributors to the Wikimedia projects. The ceremony will be a nice moment to show appreciation to our tool developers and maybe discover new tools!  

Read more about the livestream and the discussion channels.  

Thanks for joining! andre (talk)  
-08:02, 6 January 2022 (UTC)  
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## Tech News: 2022-03

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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**  
- When using WikiEditor (also known as the 2010 wikitext editor), people will now see a warning if they link to disambiguation pages. If you click "" in the warning, it will ask you to correct the link to a more specific term. You can read more information about this completed 2021 Community Wishlist item.
- You can automatically subscribe to all of the talk page discussions that you start or comment in using DiscussionTools. You will receive notifications when another editor replies. This is available at most wikis. Go to your Preferences and turn on "".
- When asked to create a new page or talk page section, input fields can be "preloaded" with some text. This feature is now limited to wikitext pages. This is so users can't be tricked into making malicious edits. There is a discussion about if this feature should be re-enabled for some content types.

**Changes later this week**  
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).

**Events**  
- Community Wishlist Survey 2022 continues. All contributors to the Wikimedia projects can propose for tools and platform improvements. The proposal phase takes place from 18:00 UTC to 18:00 UTC. Learn more.

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19:54, 17 சனவரி 2022 (UTC)  

## Last two days for submitting proposals

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**Tomorrow is the last day** for submitting proposals for the Community Wishlist Survey 2022.  

Also, everyone is welcome to translate, promote, and discuss proposals. SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 14:45, 22 சனவரி 2022 (UTC)  
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## Tech News: 2022-04

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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.  

**Changes later this week**  
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).
- The following languages can now be used with syntax highlighting: BDD, Elpi, LilyPond, Maxima, Rita, Savi, Sed, Sophia, Spice, .SRCINFO.
- You can now access your watchlist from outside of the user menu in the new Vector skin. The watchlist link appears next to the notification icons if you are at the top of the page.

**Events**  
- You can see the results of the Coolest Tool Award 2021 and learn more about 14 tools which were selected this year.
- You can translate, promote, or comment on the proposals in the Community Wishlist Survey. Voting will begin on .

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21:37, 24 சனவரி 2022 (UTC)  

## Tech News: 2022-05

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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**  
- If a gadget should support the new <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code>?withgadget</code></bdi> URL parameter that was announced 3 weeks ago, then it must now also specify <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code>supportsUrlLoad</code></bdi> in the gadget definition (documentation).

**Changes later this week**  
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).

**Future changes**  
- A change that was announced last year was delayed. It is now ready to move ahead:
  - The user group <code>oversight</code> will be renamed <code>suppress</code>. This is for technical reasons. This is the technical name. It doesn't affect what you call the editors with this user on your wiki. This is planned to happen in three weeks. You can comment in Phabricator if you have objections. As usual, these labels can be translated on translatewiki (direct links are available) or by administrators on your wiki.

**Events**  
- You can vote on proposals in the Community Wishlist Survey between 28 January and 11 February. The survey decides what the Community Tech team will work on.

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17:42, 31 சனவரி 2022 (UTC)  

## Tech News: 2022-06

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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**  
- English Wikipedia recently set up a gadget for dark mode. You can enable it there, or request help from an interface administrator to set it up on your wiki (instructions and screenshot).
- Category counts are sometimes wrong. They will now be completely recounted at the beginning of every month.

**Problems**  
- A code-change last week to fix a bug with Live Preview may have caused problems with some local gadgets and user-scripts. Any code with skin-specific behaviour for <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code>vector</code></bdi> should be updated to also check for <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code>vector-2022</code></bdi>. A code-snippet, global search, and example are available.

**Changes later this week**  
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).

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21:15, 7 பெப்ரவரி 2022 (UTC)  

## Tech News: 2022-07

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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**  
- Purging a category page with fewer than 5,000 members will now recount it completely. This will allow editors to fix incorrect counts when it is wrong.

**Changes later this week**  
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).
- In the AbuseFilter extension, the <code dir=ltr>rmspecials</code> function has been updated so that it does not remove the "space" character. Wikis are advised to wrap all the uses of <code dir=ltr>rmspecials</code> with <code dir=ltr>rmwhitespace</code> wherever necessary to keep filters' behavior unchanged. You can use the search function on Special:AbuseFilter to locate its usage.

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19:18, 14 பெப்ரவரி 2022 (UTC)  

## Rollout of the new audio and video player

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Hello,  

Over the next months we will gradually change the audio and video player of Wikis from Kultura to Video.js and with that, the old player won’t be accessible anymore. The new player has been active as a beta feature since May 2017.  

The new player has many advantages, including better design, consistent look with the rest of our interface, better compatibility with browsers, ability to work on mobile which means our multimedia will be properly accessible on iPhone, better accessibility and many more.  

The old player has been unmaintained for eight years now and is home-brewn (unlike the new player which is a widely used open source project) and uses deprecated and abandoned frameworks such as jQuery UI. Removing the old player’s code also improves performance of the Wikis for anyone visiting any page (by significantly reducing complexity of the dependency graph of our ResourceLoader modules. See this blog post.). The old player has many open bugs that we will be able to close as resolved after this migration.  

The new player will solve a lot of old and outstanding issues but also it will have its own bugs. All important ones have been fixed but there will be some small ones to tackle in the future and after the rollout.  

What we are asking now is to turn on the beta feature for the new player and let us know about any issues.  

You can track the work in T100106  

Thank you, Amir 17:59, 17 பெப்ரவரி 2022 (UTC)  
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## Tech News: 2022-08

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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**  
- Special:Nuke will now provide the standard deletion reasons (editable at <bdi lang="en" dir="ltr">MediaWiki:Deletereason-dropdown</bdi>) to use when mass-deleting pages. This was a request in the 2022 Community Wishlist Survey.
- At Wikipedias, all new accounts now get the Growth features by default when creating an account. Communities are encouraged to update their help resources. Previously, only 80% of new accounts would get the Growth features. A few Wikipedias remain unaffected by this change.
- You can now prevent specific images that are used in a page from appearing in other locations, such as within PagePreviews or Search results. This is done with the markup <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code></code></bdi>. For example, <code></code>.
- There has been a change to the HTML of Special:Contributions, Special:MergeHistory, and History pages, to support the grouping of changes by date in the mobile skin. While unlikely, this may affect gadgets and user scripts. A list of all the HTML changes is on Phabricator.

**Events**  
- Community Wishlist Survey results have been published. The ranking of prioritized proposals is also available.

**Changes later this week**  
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).

**Future changes**  
- The software to play videos and audio files on pages will change soon on all wikis. The old player will be removed. Some audio players will become wider after this change. The new player has been a beta feature for over four years.
- Toolforge's underlying operating system is being updated. If you maintain any tools there, there are two options for migrating your tools into the new system. There are details, deadlines, and instructions on Wikitech.
- Administrators will soon have the option to delete/undelete the associated "talk" page when they are deleting a given page. An API endpoint with this option will also be available. This was a request from the 2021 Wishlist Survey.

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19:11, 21 பெப்ரவரி 2022 (UTC)  

## Tech News: 2022-09

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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**  
- When searching for edits by change tags, e.g. in page history or user contributions, there is now a dropdown list of possible tags. This was a request in the 2022 Community Wishlist Survey.
- Mentors using the Growth Mentor dashboard will now see newcomers assigned to them who have made at least one edit, up to 200 edits. Previously, all newcomers assigned to the mentor were visible on the dashboard, even ones without any edit or ones who made hundred of edits. Mentors can still change these values using the filters on their dashboard. Also, the last choice of filters will now be saved.
- The user group <code>oversight</code> was renamed <code>suppress</code>. This is for technical reasons. You may need to update any local references to the old name, e.g. gadgets, links to Special:Listusers, or uses of NUMBERINGROUP.

**Problems**  
- The recent change to the HTML of tracking changes pages caused some problems for screenreaders. This is being fixed.

**Changes later this week**  
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).

**Future changes**  
- Working with templates will become easier. Several improvements are planned for March 9 on most wikis and on March 16 on English Wikipedia. The improvements include: Bracket matching, syntax highlighting colors, finding and inserting templates, and related visual editor features.
- If you are a template developer or an interface administrator, and you are intentionally overriding or using the default CSS styles of user feedback boxes (the classes: <code dir=ltr>successbox, messagebox, errorbox, warningbox</code>), please note that these classes and associated CSS will soon be removed from MediaWiki core. This is to prevent problems when the same class-names are also used on a wiki. Please let us know by commenting at phab:T300314 if you think you might be affected.

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22:59, 28 பெப்ரவரி 2022 (UTC)  

## Tech News: 2022-10

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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.  

**Problems**  
- There was a problem with some interface labels last week. It will be fixed this week. This change was part of ongoing work to simplify the support for skins which do not have active maintainers.

**Changes later this week**  
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).

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21:16, 7 மார்ச் 2022 (UTC)  

## Tech News: 2022-11

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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**  
- In the Wikipedia Android app it is now possible to change the toolbar at the bottom so the tools you use more often are easier to click on. The app now also has a focused reading mode.

**Problems**  
- There was a problem with the collection of some page-view data from June 2021 to January 2022 on all wikis. This means the statistics are incomplete. To help calculate which projects and regions were most affected, relevant datasets are being retained for 30 extra days. You can read more on Meta-wiki.
- There was a problem with the databases on March 10. All wikis were unreachable for logged-in users for 12 minutes. Logged-out users could read pages but could not edit or access uncached content then.

**Changes later this week**  
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).
- When using <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code>uselang=qqx</code></bdi> to find localisation messages, it will now show all possible message keys for navigation tabs such as "".
- Access to [[]] has been expanded to include users who have <code dir=ltr>deletelogentry</code> and <code dir=ltr>deletedhistory</code> rights through their group memberships. Before, only those with the <code dir=ltr>deleterevision</code> could access this special page.
- On the [[]] pages for diffs and revisions, there will be a link back to the main Undelete page with the list of revisions.

**Future changes**  
- The Wikimedia Foundation has announced the IP Masking implementation strategy and next steps. The announcement can be read here.
- The Wikipedia Android app developers are working on new functions for user talk pages and article talk pages.

**Events**  
- The Wikimedia Hackathon 2022 will take place as a hybrid event on 20-22 May 2022. The Hackathon will be held online and there are grants available to support local in-person meetups around the world. Grants can be requested until 20 March.

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22:07, 14 மார்ச் 2022 (UTC)  

## Template Error

*Invoke:Category handler|main}}Invoke:Category handler|main}}* --AntanO (பேச்சு) 18:02, 19 மார்ச் 2022 (UTC)  

:இந்த வழு குறித்து அறிய விருப்பம். தற்போதும் இவ்வழு உள்ளதா? <font>**த<font color = "red">♥</font>உழவன்**</font><sup><big><font> **(உரை)** </font></big></sup> 02:21, 30 செப்டம்பர் 2022 (UTC)  

## Tech News: 2022-12

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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.  

**New code release schedule for this week**  
- There will be four MediaWiki releases this week, instead of just one. This is an experiment which should lead to fewer problems and to faster feature updates. The releases will be on all wikis, at different times, on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. You can read more about this project.

**Recent changes**  
- You can now set how many search results to show by default in your Preferences. This was the 12th most popular wish in the Community Wishlist Survey 2022.
- The Jupyter notebooks tool PAWS has been updated to a new interface.

**Future changes**  
- Interactive maps via Kartographer will soon work on wikis using the FlaggedRevisions extension. Please tell us which improvements you want to see in Kartographer. You can take this survey in simple English.

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16:00, 21 மார்ச் 2022 (UTC)  

## Tech News: 2022-13

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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**  
- There is a simple new Wikimedia Commons upload tool available for macOS users, Sunflower.

**Changes later this week**  
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).
- Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of regular database maintenance. It will be performed on at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).

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19:54, 28 மார்ச் 2022 (UTC)  

## Tech News: 2022-14

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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.  

**Problems**  
- For a few days last week, edits that were suggested to newcomers were not tagged in the [[]] feed. This bug has been fixed.

**Changes later this week**  
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).
- Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).

**Future changes**  
- Starting next week, Tech News' title will be translatable. When the newsletter is distributed, its title may not be <code dir=ltr>Tech News: 2022-14</code> anymore. It may affect some filters that have been set up by some communities.
- Over the next few months, the "Add a link" Growth feature will become available to more Wikipedias. Each week, a few wikis will get the feature. You can test this tool at a few wikis where "Link recommendation" is already available.

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21:01, 4 ஏப்ரல் 2022 (UTC)  

## <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Tech News: 2022-15</span>

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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**  
- There is a new public status page at <span lang="en" dir="ltr">www.wikimediastatus.net</span>. This site shows five automated high-level metrics where you can see the overall health and performance of our wikis' technical environment. It also contains manually-written updates for widespread incidents, which are written as quickly as the engineers are able to do so while also fixing the actual problem. The site is separated from our production infrastructure and hosted by an external service, so that it can be accessed even if the wikis are briefly unavailable. You can read more about this project.
- On Wiktionary wikis, the software to play videos and audio files on pages has now changed. The old player has been removed. Some audio players will become wider after this change. The new player has been a beta feature for over four years.

**Changes later this week**  
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).

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19:44, 11 ஏப்ரல் 2022 (UTC)  

## <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Tech News: 2022-16</span>

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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.  

**Changes later this week**  
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).
- Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
- Administrators will now have the option to delete/undelete the associated "Talk" page when they are deleting a given page. An API endpoint with this option is also available. This concludes the 11th wish of the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey.
- On selected wikis, 50% of logged-in users will see the new table of contents. When scrolling up and down the page, the table of contents will stay in the same place on the screen. This is part of the Desktop Improvements project.
- Message boxes produced by MediaWiki code will no longer have these CSS classes: <code dir=ltr>successbox</code>, <code dir=ltr>errorbox</code>, <code dir=ltr>warningbox</code>. The styles for those classes and <code dir=ltr>messagebox</code> will be removed from MediaWiki core. This only affects wikis that use these classes in wikitext, or change their appearance within site-wide CSS. Please review any local usage and definitions for these classes you may have. This was previously announced in the 28 February issue of Tech News.

**Future changes**  
- Kartographer will become compatible with FlaggedRevisions page stabilization. Kartographer maps will also work on pages with pending changes. The Kartographer documentation has been thoroughly updated.

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23:11, 18 ஏப்ரல் 2022 (UTC)  

## <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Tech News: 2022-17</span>

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<section begin="technews-2022-W17"/><div>  
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**  
- On many wikis (group 1), the software to play videos and audio files on pages has now changed. The old player has been removed. Some audio players will become wider after this change. The new player has been a beta feature for over four years.

**Changes later this week**  
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).
- Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
- Some very old browsers and operating systems are no longer supported. Some things on the wikis might look weird or not work in very old browsers like Internet Explorer 9 or 10, Android 4, or Firefox 38 or older.

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22:55, 25 ஏப்ரல் 2022 (UTC)  

## <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Editing news 2022 #1</span>

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The New topic tool helps editors create new ==Sections== on discussion pages. New editors are more successful with this new tool. You can read the report. Soon, the Editing team will offer this to all editors at the 20 Wikipedias that participated in the test. You will be able to turn it off at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing-discussion.<section end="message"/>  
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## <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Tech News: 2022-18</span>

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<section begin="technews-2022-W18"/><div>  
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**  
- On all remaining wikis (group 2), the software to play videos and audio files on pages has now changed. The old player has been removed. Some audio players will become wider after this change. The new player has been a beta feature for over four years.

**Changes later this week**  
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).

**Future changes**  
- The developers are working on talk pages in the Wikipedia app for iOS. You can give feedback. You can take the survey in English, German, Hebrew or Chinese.
- Most wikis will receive an improved template dialog in VisualEditor and New Wikitext mode.
- If you use syntax highlighting while editing wikitext, you can soon activate a colorblind-friendly color scheme.
- Several CSS IDs related to MediaWiki interface messages will be removed. Technical editors should please review the list of IDs and links to their existing uses. These include <code dir=ltr>#mw-anon-edit-warning</code>, <code dir=ltr>#mw-undelete-revision</code> and 3 others.

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19:33, 2 மே 2022 (UTC)  

## <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Tech News: 2022-19</span>

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<section begin="technews-2022-W19"/><div>  
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 see categories in the Wikipedia app for Android.

**Problems**  
- Last week, there was a problem with Wikidata's search autocomplete. This has now been fixed.
- Last week, all wikis had slow access or no access for 20 minutes, for logged-in users and non-cached pages. This was caused by a problem with a database change.

**Changes later this week**  
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
- Incompatibility issues with Kartographer and the FlaggedRevs extension will be fixed: Deployment is planned for May 10 on all wikis. Kartographer will then be enabled on the five wikis which have not yet enabled the extension on May 24.
- The Vector (2022) skin will be set as the default on several more wikis, including Arabic and Catalan Wikipedias. Logged-in users will be able to switch back to the old Vector (2010). See the latest update about Vector (2022).

**Future meetings**  
- The next open meeting with the Web team about Vector (2022) will take place on 17 May. The following meetings are currently planned for: 7 June, 21 June, 5 July, 19 July.

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15:22, 9 மே 2022 (UTC)  

## <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Tech News: 2022-20</span>

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<section begin="technews-2022-W20"/><div>  
Latest **tech news** from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.  

**Changes later this week**  
- Some wikis can soon use the add a link feature. This will start on Wednesday. The wikis are . This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally.
- The Wikimedia Hackathon 2022 will take place online on May 20–22. It will be in English. There are also local hackathon meetups in Germany, Ghana, Greece, India, Nigeria and the United States. Technically interested Wikimedians can work on software projects and learn new skills. You can also host a session or post a project you want to work on.
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).

**Future changes**  
- You can soon edit translatable pages in the visual editor. Translatable pages exist on for examples Meta and Commons.

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18:58, 16 மே 2022 (UTC)  

## <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Tech News: 2022-21</span>

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<section begin="technews-2022-W21"/><div>  
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**  
- Administrators using the mobile web interface can now access Special:Block directly from user pages.
- The <span lang="en" dir="ltr">www.wiktionary.org</span> portal page now uses an automated update system. Other project portals will be updated over the next few months.

**Problems**  
- The Growth team maintains a mentorship program for newcomers. Previously, newcomers weren't able to opt out from the program. Starting May 19, 2022, newcomers are able to fully opt out from Growth mentorship, in case they do not wish to have any mentor at all.
- Some editors cannot access the content translation tool if they load it by clicking from the contributions menu. This problem is being worked on. It should still work properly if accessed directly via Special:ContentTranslation.

**Changes later this week**  
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).

**Future changes**  
- Gadget and user scripts developers are invited to give feedback on a proposed technical policy aiming to improve support from MediaWiki developers.

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00:20, 24 மே 2022 (UTC)  

## விக்கிமூலம் - மீடியாவிக்கி ஏபிஐ வழியே நூல் ஒன்றின் பக்கங்களை அறிய இயலுமா?

விக்கிமூலத்தில் 1750 நூல்களுக்கும் அதிகமான படவடிவ நூல்கள் எழுத்து வடிவமாக்கப்பட வேண்டிய நிலையுள்ளது. மேலும், பல அரிய நூல்கள் கூட்டுப்பணியால் மின்னூலாக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டு வருகின்றன. கல்லூரி பரப்புரைகளின் போது, பக்கயெண்ணிக்கை அடிப்படையில் நூற்தொகுப்பினையும் நூல்களைக் கேட்கின்றனர். இதற்கு மீடியாவிக்கி ஏபிஐ உதவும் என நம்புகிறேன். அந்த ஏபிஐ இணைப்பினை, இதில் அனுபவம் உள்ளவர் தருக. தந்தால், உரிய கட்டற்ற மென்பொருள் நிரலரிடம், இதற்குரிய நிரலை எழுதி வாங்க இயலும். நிரலர் ஏபிஐ செயற்படுவதால், தொடர் வளர்ச்சியை விக்கிமூலத்திற்காக அடைய இயலும்.--<font>**த<font color = "red">♥</font>உழவன்**</font><sup><big><font> **(உரை)** </font></big></sup> 05:36, 25 மே 2022 (UTC)  

## <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Tech News: 2022-22</span>

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<section begin="technews-2022-W22"/><div>  
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**  
- In the AbuseFilter extension, an <code dir=ltr>ip_in_ranges</code> function has been introduced to check if an IP is in any of the ranges. Wikis are advised to combine multiple <code dir=ltr>ip_in_range</code> expressions joined by <code>|</code> into a single expression for better performance. You can use the search function on Special:AbuseFilter to locate its usage.
- The IP Info feature which helps abuse fighters access information about IPs, has been deployed to all wikis as a beta feature. This comes after weeks of beta testing on test.wikipedia.org.

**Changes later this week**  
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).
- Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
- The New Topic Tool will be deployed for all editors at most wikis soon. You will be able to opt out from within the tool and in Preferences.
- The list=usercontribs API will support fetching contributions from an IP range soon. API users can set the <code>uciprange</code> parameter to get contributions from any IP range within the limit.
- A new parser function will be introduced: <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code></code></bdi>. It will replace existing templates named "=". It will insert an equal sign. This can be used to escape the equal sign in the parameter values of templates.

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20:28, 30 மே 2022 (UTC)  

## <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Tech News: 2022-23</span>

<div lang="en" dir="ltr">  
<section begin="technews-2022-W23"/><div>  
Latest **tech news** from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.  

**Changes later this week**  
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).
- A new <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code>str_replace_regexp</code></bdi> function can be used in abuse filters to replace parts of text using a regular expression.

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02:45, 7 சூன் 2022 (UTC)  

## <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Tech News: 2022-24</span>

<div lang="en" dir="ltr">  
<section begin="technews-2022-W24"/><div>  
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**  
- All wikis can now use Kartographer maps. Kartographer maps now also work on pages with pending changes.

**Changes later this week**  
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).
- Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on at 06:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
- Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" . This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally.
- The New Topic Tool will be deployed for all editors at Commons, Wikidata, and some other wikis soon. You will be able to opt out from within the tool and in Preferences.

**Future meetings**  
- The next open meeting with the Web team about Vector (2022) will take place today (13 June). The following meetings will take place on: 28 June, 12 July, 26 July.

**Future changes**  
- By the end of July, the Vector 2022 skin should be ready to become the default across all wikis. Discussions on how to adjust it to the communities' needs will begin in the next weeks. It will always be possible to revert to the previous version on an individual basis. Learn more.

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16:58, 13 சூன் 2022 (UTC)  

## <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Tech News: 2022-25</span>

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<section begin="technews-2022-W25"/><div>  
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 Wikipedia App for Android now has an option for editing the whole page at once, located in the overflow menu (three-dots menu ).
- Some recent database changes may affect queries using the Quarry tool. Queries for <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code>site_stats</code></bdi> at English Wikipedia, Commons, and Wikidata will need to be updated. Read more.
- A new <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code>user_global_editcount</code></bdi> variable can be used in abuse filters to avoid affecting globally active users.

**Changes later this week**  
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).
- Users of non-responsive skins (e.g. MonoBook or Vector) on mobile devices may notice a slight change in the default zoom level. This is intended to optimize zooming and ensure all interface elements are present on the page (for example the table of contents on Vector 2022). In the unlikely event this causes any problems with how you use the site, we'd love to understand better, please ping <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Jon (WMF)</span> to any on-wiki conversations.

**Future changes**  
- The Beta Feature for DiscussionTools will be updated throughout July. Discussions will look different. You can see some of the proposed changes.
- Parsoid's HTML output will soon stop annotating file links with different <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code>typeof</code></bdi> attribute values, and instead use <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code>mw:File</code></bdi> for all types. Tool authors should adjust any code that expects: <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code>mw:Image</code></bdi>, <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code>mw:Audio</code></bdi>, or <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code>mw:Video</code></bdi>.

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20:18, 20 சூன் 2022 (UTC)  

## <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Tech News: 2022-26</span>

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<section begin="technews-2022-W26"/><div>  
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**  
- Wikimedia Enterprise API service now has self-service accounts with free on-demand requests and monthly snapshots (API documentation). Community access via database dumps & Wikimedia Cloud Services continues.
- All Wikimedia wikis can now use Wikidata Lexemes in Lua after creating local modules and templates. Discussions are welcome on the project talk page.

**Changes later this week**  
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).
- Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on at 06:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
- Some global and cross-wiki services will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on at 06:00 UTC. This will impact ContentTranslation, Echo, StructuredDiscussions, Growth experiments and a few more services.
- Users will be able to sort columns within sortable tables in the mobile skin.

**Future meetings**  
- The next open meeting with the Web team about Vector (2022) will take place tomorrow (28 June). The following meetings will take place on 12 July and 26 July.

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20:02, 27 சூன் 2022 (UTC)  

## <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Tech News: 2022-27</span>

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<section begin="technews-2022-W27"/><div>  
Latest **tech news** from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.  

**Changes later this week**  
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).
- Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
- The Beta Feature for DiscussionTools will be updated throughout July. Discussions will look different. You can see some of the proposed changes.
- This change only affects pages in the main namespace in Wikisource. The Javascript config variable <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code>proofreadpage_source_href</code></bdi> will be removed from <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code>mw.config</code></bdi> and be replaced with the variable <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code>prpSourceIndexPage</code></bdi>.

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19:31, 4 சூலை 2022 (UTC)  

## HotTemp

விரைவுப்பகுப்பி போல வார்ப்புருவை எளிதில் நீக்க HotTemp என்ற பயனர் கருவி உருவாக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. 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**  
- In the Vector 2022 skin, the page title is now displayed above the tabs such as Discussion, Read, Edit, View history, or More. Learn more.
- It is now possible to easily view most of the configuration settings that apply to just one wiki, and to compare settings between two wikis if those settings are different. For example: Japanese Wiktionary settings, or settings that are different between the Spanish and Esperanto Wikipedias. Local communities may want to discuss and propose changes to their local settings. Details about each of the named settings can be found by searching MediaWiki.org.
- The Anti-Harassment Tools team recently deployed the IP Info Feature as a Beta Feature at all wikis. This feature allows abuse fighters to access information about IP addresses. Please check our update on how to find and use the tool. Please share your feedback using a link you will be given within the tool itself.

**Changes later this week**  
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
- Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis).

**Future changes**  
- The Beta Feature for DiscussionTools will be updated throughout July. Discussions will look different. You can see some of the proposed changes.

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19:24, 11 சூலை 2022 (UTC)  

## <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Tech News: 2022-29</span>

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<section begin="technews-2022-W29"/><div>  
Latest **tech news** from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.  

**Problems**  
- The feature on mobile web for Nearby Pages was missing last week. It will be fixed this week.

**Changes later this week**  
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).

**Future changes**  
- The Technical Decision Forum is seeking community representatives. You can apply on wiki or by emailing <span lang="en" dir="ltr">TDFSupport@wikimedia.org</span> before 12 August.

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22:59, 18 சூலை 2022 (UTC)  

## <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Tech News: 2022-30</span>

<div lang="en" dir="ltr">  
<section begin="technews-2022-W30"/><div>  
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 <span lang="en" dir="ltr">www.wikibooks.org</span> and <span lang="en" dir="ltr">www.wikiquote.org</span> portal pages now use an automated update system. Other project portals will be updated over the next few months.

**Problems**  
- Last week, some wikis were in read-only mode for a few minutes because of an emergency switch of their main database (targeted wikis).

**Changes later this week**  
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).
- The external link icon will change slightly in the skins Vector legacy and Vector 2022. The new icon uses simpler shapes to be more recognizable on low-fidelity screens.
- Administrators will now see buttons on user pages for "" and "" instead of just "" if the user is already blocked.

**Future meetings**  
- The next open meeting with the Web team about Vector (2022) will take place tomorrow (26 July).

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19:27, 25 சூலை 2022 (UTC)  

## <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Tech News: 2022-31</span>

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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**  
- Improved LaTeX capabilities for math rendering are now available in the wikis thanks to supporting <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code>Phantom</code></bdi> tags. This completes part of the #59 wish of the 2022 Community Wishlist Survey.

**Changes later this week**  
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).
- The Realtime Preview will be available as a Beta Feature on wikis in Group 0. This feature was built in order to fulfill one of the Community Wishlist Survey proposals.

**Future changes**  
- The Beta Feature for DiscussionTools will be updated throughout August. Discussions will look different. You can see some of the proposed changes.

**Future meetings**  
- This week, three meetings about Vector (2022) with live interpretation will take place. On Tuesday, interpretation in Russian will be provided. On Thursday, meetings for Arabic and Spanish speakers will take place. See how to join.

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21:21, 1 ஆகத்து 2022 (UTC)  

## <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Tech News: 2022-32</span>

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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**  
- GUS2Wiki copies the information from [[]] to an on-wiki page so you can review its history. If your project isn't already listed on the Wikidata entry for Project:GUS2Wiki you can either run GUS2Wiki yourself or make a request to receive updates.

**Changes later this week**  
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
- Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).

**Future meetings**  
- The Wikimania Hackathon will take place online from August 12–14. Don't miss the pre-hacking showcase to learn about projects and find collaborators. Anyone can propose a project or host a session. Newcomers are welcome!

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19:49, 8 ஆகத்து 2022 (UTC)  

## <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Tech News: 2022-33</span>

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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**  
- The Persian (Farsi) Wikipedia community decided to block IP editing from October 2021 to April 2022. The Wikimedia Foundation's Product Analytics team tracked the impact of this change. An impact report is now available.

**Changes later this week**  
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).
- Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
- The Realtime Preview will be available as a Beta Feature on wikis in Group 1. This feature was built in order to fulfill one of the Community Wishlist Survey proposals.

**Future changes**  
- The Beta Feature for DiscussionTools will be updated throughout August. Discussions will look different. You can see some of the proposed changes.

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21:08, 15 ஆகத்து 2022 (UTC)  

## <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Tech News: 2022-34</span>

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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**  
- Two problems with Kartographer maps have been fixed. Maps are no longer shown as empty when a geoline was created via VisualEditor. Geolines consisting of points with QIDs (e.g., subway lines) are no longer shown with pushpins.

**Changes later this week**  
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).
- Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
- The colours of links and visited links will change. This is to make the difference between links and other text more clear.

**Future changes**  
- The new [] button helps newcomers get answers. The Editing team is enabling this tool everywhere. You can turn it off in your preferences.

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00:11, 23 ஆகத்து 2022 (UTC)  

## <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Tech News: 2022-35</span>

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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**  
- The Realtime Preview is available as a Beta Feature on wikis in Group 2. This feature was built in order to fulfill one of the Community Wishlist Survey proposals. Please note that when this Beta feature is enabled, it may cause conflicts with some wiki-specific Gadgets.

**Problems**  
- In recent months, there have been inaccurate numbers shown for various [[]] at Commons, Wikidata, and English Wikipedia. This has now been fixed.

**Changes later this week**  
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).
- Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).

**Future changes**  
- The Wikimedia Foundation wants to improve how Wikimedia communities report harmful incidents by building the Private Incident Reporting System (PIRS) to make it easy and safe for users to make reports. You can leave comments on the talk page, by answering the questions provided. If you have ever faced a harmful situation that you wanted to report/reported, join a PIRS interview to share your experience. To sign up please email <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Madalina Ana</span>.

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23:04, 29 ஆகத்து 2022 (UTC)  

## <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Tech News: 2022-36</span>

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<section begin="technews-2022-W36"/><div>  
Latest **tech news** from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.  

**Changes later this week**  
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).
- Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
- On Special pages that only have one tab, the tab-bar's row will be hidden in the Vector-2022 skin to save space. The row will still show if Gadgets use it. Gadgets that currently append directly to the CSS id of <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code>#p-namespaces</code></bdi> should be updated to use the <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code>mw.util.addPortletLink</code></bdi> function instead. Gadgets that style this id should consider also targeting <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code>#p-associated-pages</code></bdi>, the new id for this row. Examples are available.

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23:21, 5 செப்டம்பர் 2022 (UTC)  

## <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Tech News: 2022-37</span>

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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**  
- The search servers have been upgraded to a new major version. If you notice any issues with searching, please report them on Phabricator.

**Changes later this week**  
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).
- Syntax highlighting is now tracked as an expensive parser function. Only 500 expensive function calls can be used on a single page. Pages that exceed the limit are added to a tracking category.

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01:49, 13 செப்டம்பர் 2022 (UTC)  

## <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Tech News: 2022-38</span>

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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**  
- Two database fields in the <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code></code></bdi> table are now being dropped: <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code></code></bdi> and <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code></code></bdi>. Any queries that rely on these fields need to be changed to use the new normalization field called <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code></code></bdi>. See <span lang="en" dir="ltr">T299417</span> for more information. This is part of normalization of links tables.

**Changes later this week**  
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).
- In Kartographer maps, you can use icons on markers for common points of interest. On Tuesday, the previous icon set will be updated to version maki 7.2. That means, around 100 new icons will be available. Additionally, all existing icons were updated for clarity and to make them work better in international contexts.

**Future changes**  
- In a group discussion at Wikimania, more than 30 people talked about how to make content partnership software in the Wikimedia movement more sustainable. What kind of support is acceptable for volunteer developers? Read the summary and leave your feedback.

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<span lang="en" dir="ltr">MediaWiki message delivery</span> 22:15, 19 செப்டம்பர் 2022 (UTC)  

## The Vector 2022 skin as the default in two weeks?

Hello. I'm writing on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Web team. **In two weeks, we would like to make the Vector 2022 skin the default on this wiki.**  

We have been working on it for the past three years. So far, it has been the default on more than 30 wikis, including sister projects, all accounting for more than 1 billion pageviews per month. On average 87% of active logged-in users of those wikis use Vector 2022.  

It would become the default for all logged-out users, and also all logged-in users who currently use Vector legacy. Logged-in users can at any time switch to any other skins. No changes are expected for users of these skins.  

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### About the skin

**[Why is a change necessary]** The current default skin meets the needs of the readers and editors as these were 13 years ago. Since then, new users have begun using Wikimedia projects. The old Vector doesn't meet their needs.  

**[Objective]** The objective for the new skin is to make the interface more welcoming and comfortable for readers and useful for advanced users. It draws inspiration from previous requests, the Community Wishlist Surveys, and gadgets and scripts. The work helped our code follow the standards and improve all other skins. We reduced PHP code in Wikimedia deployed skins by 75%. The project has also focused on making it easier to support gadgets and use APIs.  

**[Changes and test results]** The skin introduces a series of changes that improve readability and usability. The new skin does not remove any functionality currently available on the Vector skin.  

- The sticky header makes it easier to find tools that editors use often. It decreases scrolling to the top of the page by 16%.
- The new table of contents makes it easier to navigate to different sections. Readers and editors jumped to different sections of the page 50% more than with the old table of contents. It also looks a bit different on talk pages.
- The new search bar is easier to find and makes it easier to find the correct search result from the list. This increased the amount of searches started by 30% on the wikis we tested on.
- The skin does not negatively affect pageviews, edit rates, or account creation. There is evidence of increases in pageviews and account creation across partner communities.

**[Try it out]** Try out the new skin by going to the appearance tab in your preferences and selecting Vector 2022 from the list of skins.  

### How can editors change and customize this skin?

It's possible to configure and personalize our changes. We support volunteers who create new gadgets and user scripts. Check out our repository for a list of currently available customizations, or add your own.  

### Our plan

**If no large concerns are raised, we plan on deploying in the week of October 3, 2022**. If your community would like to request more time to discuss the changes, hit the button and write to us. We can adjust the calendar.  

<div><span>Request for more time to discuss the change</span></div>  
Also, if you'd like ask our team anything, if you have questions, concerns, or additional thoughts, please ping me here or write on the talk page of the project. We will also gladly answer! See our FAQ. Thank you! SGrabarczuk (WMF) (பேச்சு) 03:14, 22 செப்டம்பர் 2022 (UTC)  

## <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Tech News: 2022-39</span>

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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**  
- Parsoid clients should be updated to allow for space-separated multi-values in the <bdi lang="en" dir="ltr"><code>rel</code></bdi> attribute of links. Further details are in <bdi lang="en" dir="ltr">T315209</bdi>.

**Changes later this week**  
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).
- Visual diffs will become available to all users, except at the Wiktionaries and Wikipedias.
- Talk pages on the mobile site will change at the Arabic, Bangla, Chinese, French, Haitian Creole, Hebrew, Korean, and Vietnamese Wikipedias. They should be easier to use and provide more information.
- In the [[mw:Lua/Scripting|]] namespace, pages ending with <bdi lang="en" dir="ltr"><code>.json</code></bdi> will be treated as JSON, just like they already are in the and namespaces.

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<bdi lang="en" dir="ltr">MediaWiki message delivery</bdi> 00:29, 27 செப்டம்பர் 2022 (UTC)  

## <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Coolest Tool Award 2022: Call for nominations</span>

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The fourth edition of the Coolest Tool Award welcomes your nominations! What is your favorite Wikimedia related software tool? Please submit your favorite tools by October 12, 2022! The awarded projects will be announced and showcased in a virtual ceremony in December.  
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<bdi lang="en" dir="ltr">MediaWiki message delivery</bdi> 18:30, 3 அக்டோபர் 2022 (UTC)  

## <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Tech News: 2022-40</span>

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<section begin="technews-2022-W40"/><div>  
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**  
- Kartographer maps can now show geopoints from Wikidata, via QID or SPARQL query. Previously, this was only possible for geoshapes and geolines.
- The Coolest Tool Award 2022 is looking for nominations. You can recommend tools until 12 October.

**Changes later this week**  
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).
- Talk pages on the mobile site will change at the Arabic, Bangla, Chinese, French, Haitian Creole, Hebrew, Korean, and Vietnamese Wikipedias. They should be easier to use and provide more information. (Last week's release was delayed)
- The <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code>scribunto-console</code></bdi> API module will require a CSRF token. This module is documented as internal and use of it is not supported. [5]
- The Vector 2022 skin will become the default across the smallest Wikimedia projects. Learn more.

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<bdi lang="en" dir="ltr">MediaWiki message delivery</bdi> 00:23, 4 அக்டோபர் 2022 (UTC)  

## <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Tech News: 2022-41</span>

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<section begin="technews-2022-W41"/><div>  
Latest **tech news** from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.  

**Changes later this week**  
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).
- On some wikis, Kartographer maps in full size view will be able to display nearby articles. After a feedback period, more wikis will follow.

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14:08, 10 அக்டோபர் 2022 (UTC)  

## <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Tech News: 2022-42</span>

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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**  
- The recently implemented feature of article thumbnails in Special:Search will be limited to Wikipedia projects only. Further details are in T320510.
- A bug that caused problems in loading article thumbnails in Special:Search has been fixed. Further details are in T320406.

**Changes later this week**  
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).
- Lua module authors can use <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code>mw.loadJsonData</code></bdi> to load data from JSON pages.
- Lua module authors can enable <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code>require( "strict" )</code></bdi> to add errors for some possible code problems. This replaces "Module:No globals" on most wikis.

**Future changes**  
- The Beta Feature for DiscussionTools will be updated at most wikis. The "" button will look different after this change.

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<bdi lang="en" dir="ltr">MediaWiki message delivery</bdi> 21:45, 17 அக்டோபர் 2022 (UTC)  

## <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Tech News: 2022-43</span>

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<section begin="technews-2022-W43"/><div>  
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**  
- There have been some minor visual fixes in Special:Search, regarding audio player alignment and image placeholder height. Further details are in T319230.
- On Wikipedias, a new preference has been added to hide article thumbnails in Special:Search. Full details are in T320337.

**Problems**  
- Last week, three wikis had read-only access for 25 minutes. This was caused by a hardware problem.

**Changes later this week**  
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).
- Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
- Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" . This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally.
- Starting on Wednesday October 26, 2022, the list of mentors will be upgraded at wikis where Growth mentorship is available. The mentorship system will continue to work as it does now. The signup process will be replaced, and a new management option will be provided. Also, this change simplifies the creation of mentorship systems at Wikipedias.
- Pages with titles that start with a lower-case letter according to Unicode 11 will be renamed or deleted. There is a list of affected pages at <bdi lang="en" dir="ltr">m:Unicode 11 case map migration</bdi>. More information can be found at T292552.
- The Vector 2022 skin will become the default across the smallest Wikipedias. Learn more.

**Future changes**  
- The Reply tool and New Topic tool will soon get a special characters menu.

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<bdi lang="en" dir="ltr">MediaWiki message delivery</bdi> 21:22, 24 அக்டோபர் 2022 (UTC)  

## <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Tech News: 2022-44</span>

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<section begin="technews-2022-W44"/><div>  
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**  
- When using keyboard navigation on a Kartographer map, the focus will become more visible.
- In , you can now hide the log entries for new user creations with the filter for "".

**Changes later this week**  
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).
- The maps dialog in VisualEditor now has some help texts.
- It is now possible to select the language of a Kartographer map in VisualEditor via a dropdown menu.
- It is now possible to add a caption to a Kartographer map in VisualEditor.
- It is now possible to hide the of a Kartographer map in VisualEditor.

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<bdi lang="en" dir="ltr">MediaWiki message delivery</bdi> 21:15, 31 அக்டோபர் 2022 (UTC)  

## <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Tech News: 2022-45</span>

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<section begin="technews-2022-W45"/><div>  
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**  
- An updated version of the Event Registration tool is now available for testing at testwiki and test2wiki. The tool provides features for event organizers and participants. Your feedback is welcome at our project talkpage. More information about the project is available.

**Problems**  
- Twice last week, for about 45 minutes, some files and thumbnails failed to load and uploads failed, mostly for logged-in users. The cause is being investigated and an incident report will be available soon.

**Changes later this week**  
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

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<bdi lang="en" dir="ltr">MediaWiki message delivery</bdi> 00:31, 8 நவம்பர் 2022 (UTC)  

## <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Tech News: 2022-46</span>

<div lang="en" dir="ltr">  
<section begin="technews-2022-W46"/><div>  
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**  
- At Wikidata, an interwiki link can now point to a redirect page if certain conditions are met. This new feature is called sitelinks to redirects. It is needed when one wiki uses one page to cover multiple concepts but another wiki uses more pages to cover the same concepts. Your feedback on the talkpage of the new proposed guideline is welcome.
- The <span lang="en" dir="ltr">www.wikinews.org</span>, <span lang="en" dir="ltr">www.wikiversity.org</span>, and <span lang="en" dir="ltr">www.wikivoyage.org</span> portal pages now use an automated update system.

**Changes later this week**  
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).
- There will be a new link to directly "Edit template data" on Template pages.

**Future changes**  
- Wikis where mobile DiscussionTools are enabled (these ones) will soon use full CSS styling to display any templates that are placed at the top of talk pages. To adapt these “talk page boxes” for narrow mobile devices you can use media queries, such as in this example.
- Starting in January 2023, Community Tech will be running the Community Wishlist Survey (CWS) every two years. This means that in 2024, there will be no new proposals or voting.

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<bdi lang="en" dir="ltr">MediaWiki message delivery</bdi> 21:54, 14 நவம்பர் 2022 (UTC)  

## <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Tech News: 2022-47</span>

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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**  
- The display of non-free media in the search bar and for article thumbnails in Special:Search has been deactivated. Further details are in T320661.

**Changes later this week**  
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
- Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis).

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<bdi lang="en" dir="ltr">MediaWiki message delivery</bdi> 23:21, 21 நவம்பர் 2022 (UTC)  

## <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Tech News: 2022-48</span>

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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**  
- A new preference, “Enable limited width mode”, has been added to the Vector 2022 skin. The preference is also available as a toggle on every page if your monitor is 1600 pixels or wider. It allows for increasing the width of the page for logged-out and logged-in users.

**Changes later this week**  
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).
- Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
- Mathematical formulas shown in SVG image format will no longer have PNG fall-backs for browsers that don't support them. This is part of work to modernise the generation system. Showing only PNG versions was the default option until in February 2018.
- On some wikis that use flagged revisions, a new checkbox will be added to Special:Contributions that enables you to see only the pending changes by a user.

**Future changes**  
- How media is structured in the parser's HTML output will change early next week at group1 wikis (but not Wikimedia Commons or Meta-Wiki). This change improves the accessibility of content, and makes it easier to write related CSS. You may need to update your site-CSS, or userscripts and gadgets. There are details on what code to check, how to update the code, and where to report any related problems.

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<bdi lang="en" dir="ltr">MediaWiki message delivery</bdi> 20:02, 28 நவம்பர் 2022 (UTC)  

## <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Join the Coolest Tool Award 2022: Friday, Dec 16th, 17:00 UTC</span>

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The fourth edition of the Wikimedia Coolest Tool Award will happen online on Friday 16 December 2022 at 17:00 UTC!  

This award is highlighting software tools that have been nominated by contributors to the Wikimedia projects. The ceremony will be a nice moment to show appreciation to our tool developers and maybe discover new tools!  

Read more about the livestream and the discussion channels.  

Thanks for joining! -Komla  
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<bdi lang="en" dir="ltr">MediaWiki message delivery</bdi> 18:53, 5 திசம்பர் 2022 (UTC)  

## <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Tech News: 2022-49</span>

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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**  
- The Wikisources use a tool called ProofreadPage. ProofreadPage uses OpenSeadragon which is an open source tool. The OpenSeadragon JavaScript API has been significantly re-written to support dynamically loading images. The functionality provided by the older version of the API should still work but it is no longer supported. User scripts and gadgets should migrate over to the newer version of the API. The functionality provided by the newer version of the API is documented on MediaWiki.

**Changes later this week**  
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).

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<bdi lang="en" dir="ltr">MediaWiki message delivery</bdi> 00:40, 6 திசம்பர் 2022 (UTC)  

## <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Tech News: 2022-50</span>

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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**  
- An A/B test has begun at 15 Wikipedias for DiscussionTools on mobile. Half of the editors on the mobile web site will have access to the tool and other features.
- The character <code>=</code> cannot be used in new usernames, to make usernames work better with templates. Existing usernames are not affected.

**Changes later this week**  
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).
- The HTML markup used by DiscussionTools to show discussion metadata below section headings will be inserted after these headings, not inside of them. This change improves the accessibility of discussion pages for screen reader software.

**Events**  
- The fourth edition of the Coolest Tool Award will happen online on Friday 16 December 2022 at 17:00 UTC! The event will be live-streamed on YouTube in the MediaWiki channel and added to Commons afterwards.

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<bdi lang="en" dir="ltr">MediaWiki message delivery</bdi> 23:34, 12 திசம்பர் 2022 (UTC)  

## <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Tech News: 2022-51</span>

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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.  

**Tech News**  
- Because of the holidays the next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 9 January 2023.

**Recent changes**  
- On a user's contributions page, you can filter it for edits with a tag like 'reverted'. Now, you can also filter for all edits that are not tagged like that. This was part of a Community Wishlist 2022 request.
- A new function has been used for gadget developers to add content underneath the title on article pages. This is considered a stable API that should work across all skins. Documentation is available.
- One of our test wikis is now being served from a new infrastructure powered by Kubernetes (read more). More Wikis will switch to this new infrastructure in early 2023. Please test and let us know of any issues.

**Problems**  
- Last week, all wikis had no edit access for 9 minutes. This was caused by a database problem.

**Changes later this week**  
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week or next week.
- The word "" is very short in some languages, such as Arabic ("<bdi lang="ar">ردّ</bdi>"). This makes the button on talk pages difficult to use. An arrow icon will be added to those languages. This will only be visible to editors who have the Beta Feature turned on.

**Future changes**  
- Edits can be automatically "tagged" by the system software or the system. Those tags link to a help page about the tags. Soon they will also link to Recent Changes to let you see other edits tagged this way. This was a Community Wishlist 2022 request.
- The Trust & Safety tools team have shared new plans for building the Private Incident Reporting System. The system will make it easier for editors to ask for help if they are harassed or abused.
- Realtime Preview for Wikitext is coming out of beta as an enabled feature for every user of the 2010 Wikitext editor in the week of January 9, 2023. It will be available to use via the toolbar in the 2010 Wikitext editor. The feature was the 4th most popular wish of the Community Wishlist Survey 2021.

**Events**  
- You can now register for the Wikimedia Hackathon 2023, taking place on May 19–21 in Athens, Greece. You can also apply for a scholarship until January 14th.

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<bdi lang="en" dir="ltr">MediaWiki message delivery</bdi> 23:59, 19 திசம்பர் 2022 (UTC)