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Tech News (2021, week 50)
by Nick Wilson (Quiddity) 10 Jan '22

10 Jan '22

The latest technical newsletter is now available at < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2021/50>. Below is the English version. You can help write the next newsletter: whenever you see information about Wikimedia technology that you think should be distributed more broadly, you can add it to the next newsletter at < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/Next>. More information on how to contribute is available at < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News#contribute>. You can also contact me directly. As always, feedback (on- or off-list) is appreciated and encouraged. ————————————————————————————— Other languages: Bahasa Indonesia <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/50/id>, Deutsch <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/50/de>, English, Hausa <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/50/ha>, Tiếng Việt <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/50/vi>, français <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/50/fr>, italiano <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/50/it>, norsk bokmål <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/50/nb>, polski <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/50/pl>, português <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/50/pt>, português do Brasil <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/50/pt-br>, suomi <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/50/fi>, svenska <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/50/sv>, čeština <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/50/cs>, русский <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/50/ru>, українська <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/50/uk>, עברית <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/50/he>, العربية <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/50/ar>, हिन्दी <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/50/hi>, ไทย <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/50/th>, 中文 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/50/zh>, 日本語 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/50/ja>, ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/50/mni>, 한국어 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/50/ko> Latest *tech news <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News>* from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2021/50> are available. *Recent changes* - There are now default short aliases <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Namespace#Other_nam…> for the "Project:" namespace on most wikis. E.g. On Wikibooks wikis, [[WB:]] will go to the local language default for the [[Project:]] namespace. This change is intended to help the smaller communities have easy access to this feature. Additional local aliases can still be requested via the usual process <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Requesting_wiki_configur…>. [1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T293839> *Changes later this week* - [image: Recurrent item] The new version <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.38/wmf.13> of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 December. It will be on all wikis from 16 December (calendar <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.38/Roadmap>). *Tech news <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News> prepared by Tech News writers <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/Writers> and posted by bot <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/User:MediaWiki_message_d…> • Contribute <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News#contribute> • Translate <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2021/50> • Get help <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech> • Give feedback <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Tech/News> • Subscribe or unsubscribe <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery/Targets/Tech_ambass…>.*

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Tech News (2021, week 51)
by Nick Wilson (Quiddity) 20 Dec '21

20 Dec '21

The latest technical newsletter is now available at < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2021/51>. Below is the English version. You can help write the next newsletter: whenever you see information about Wikimedia technology that you think should be distributed more broadly, you can add it to the next newsletter at < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/Next>. More information on how to contribute is available at < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News#contribute>. You can also contact me directly. As always, feedback (on- or off-list) is appreciated and encouraged. ————————————————————————————— Other languages: Bahasa Indonesia <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/51/id>, Deutsch <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/51/de>, English, Tiếng Việt <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/51/vi>, español <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/51/es>, français <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/51/fr>, italiano <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/51/it>, magyar <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/51/hu>, norsk bokmål <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/51/nb>, polski <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/51/pl>, português <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/51/pt>, português do Brasil <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/51/pt-br>, suomi <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/51/fi>, svenska <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/51/sv>, čeština <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/51/cs>, русский <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/51/ru>, українська <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/51/uk>, עברית <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/51/he>, العربية <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/51/ar>, हिन्दी <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/51/hi>, বাংলা <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/51/bn>, ไทย <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/51/th>, 中文 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/51/zh>, 日本語 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/51/ja>, ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/51/mni>, 한국어 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/51/ko> Latest *tech news <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News>* from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2021/51> are available. *Tech News* - Because of the holidays <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Christmas_and_holiday_season> the next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 10 January 2022. *Recent changes* - Queries made by the DynamicPageList extension (<DynamicPageList>) are now only allowed to run for 10 seconds and error if they take longer. This is in response to multiple outages where long-running queries caused an outage on all wikis. [1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T287380#7575719> *Changes later this week* - There is no new MediaWiki version this week or next week. *Future changes* - The developers of the Wikipedia iOS app are looking for testers who edit in multiple languages. You can read more and let them know if you are interested <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team/iOS/202112_testing>. - [image: Advanced item] The Wikimedia Cloud VPS <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Portal:Cloud_VPS> hosts technical projects for the Wikimedia movement. Developers need to claim projects <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/News/Cloud_VPS_2021_Purge> they use. This is because old and unused projects are removed once a year. Unclaimed projects can be shut down from February. [2] <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/…> *Tech news <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News> prepared by Tech News writers <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/Writers> and posted by bot <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/User:MediaWiki_message_d…> • Contribute <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News#contribute> • Translate <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2021/51> • Get help <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech> • Give feedback <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Tech/News> • Subscribe or unsubscribe <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery/Targets/Tech_ambass…>.*

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Save the date! Coolest Tool Award 2021: Friday, January 14th, 17:00 UTC
by Andre Klapper 17 Dec '21

17 Dec '21

Hi everyone! The second edition of the Coolest Tool Award https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award will happen online on Friday 14 January 2022 at 17:00 UTC! See https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1642179615 for your timezone. The awarded tools will be showcased in a virtual event, with broadcasted video and chat channels for socializing. We will send more details and links soon. Save the date, and join us celebrating the great work volunteer developers do for the Wikimedia communities. We hope to see you there! andre, for the Coolest Tool Academy 2021 -- Andre Klapper (he/him) | Bugwrangler / Developer Advocate https://blogs.gnome.org/aklapper/

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Tech News (2021, week 49)
by Nick Wilson (Quiddity) 06 Dec '21

06 Dec '21

The latest technical newsletter is now available at < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2021/49>. Below is the English version. You can help write the next newsletter: whenever you see information about Wikimedia technology that you think should be distributed more broadly, you can add it to the next newsletter at < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/Next>. More information on how to contribute is available at < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News#contribute>. You can also contact me directly. As always, feedback (on- or off-list) is appreciated and encouraged. ————————————————————————————— Other languages: Bahasa Indonesia <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/49/id>, Deutsch <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/49/de>, English, Tiếng Việt <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/49/vi>, español <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/49/es>, français <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/49/fr>, italiano <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/49/it>, norsk bokmål <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/49/nb>, polski <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/49/pl>, português <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/49/pt>, português do Brasil <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/49/pt-br>, suomi <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/49/fi>, čeština <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/49/cs>, русский <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/49/ru>, українська <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/49/uk>, עברית <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/49/he>, العربية <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/49/ar>, हिन्दी <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/49/hi>, বাংলা <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/49/bn>, ไทย <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/49/th>, 中文 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/49/zh>, 日本語 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/49/ja>, ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2021/49/mni> Latest *tech news <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News>* from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2021/49> are available. *Problems* - MediaWiki 1.38-wmf.11 was scheduled to be deployed on some wikis last week. The deployment was delayed because of unexpected problems. *Changes later this week* - [image: Recurrent item] The new version <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.38/wmf.12> of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 December. It will be on all wikis from 9 December (calendar <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.38/Roadmap>). - At all Wikipedias, a Mentor Dashboard is now available at Special:MentorDashboard. It allows registered mentors, who take care of newcomers' first steps, to monitor their assigned newcomers' activity. It is part of the Growth features <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Feature_summary>. You can learn more about activating the mentor list <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Communities/How_to…> on your wiki and about the mentor dashboard project <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Mentor_dashboard> . - [image: Advanced item] The predecessor to the current MediaWiki Action API <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API> (which was created in 2008), action=ajax, will be removed this week. Any scripts or bots using it will need to switch to the corresponding API module. [1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T42786> - [image: Advanced item] An old ResourceLoader module, jquery.jStorage, which was deprecated in 2016, will be removed this week. Any scripts or bots using it will need to switch to mediawiki.storage instead. [2] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T143034> *Tech news <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News> prepared by Tech News writers <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/Writers> and posted by bot <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/User:MediaWiki_message_d…> • Contribute <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News#contribute> • Translate <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2021/49> • Get help <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech> • Give feedback <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Tech/News> • Subscribe or unsubscribe <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery/Targets/Tech_ambass…>.*

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