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Quality Image Promotion
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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.
Software changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since February 11. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from February 17. It will be on all Wikipedias from February 18 (calendar).
- On Wednesday your Meta user page will be shown if you don't have a user page on a wiki. [1] [2] [3]
- You can now change the order of categories in VisualEditor using drag-and-drop. [4]
- In VisualEditor, you now need to make a change before you can "Apply Changes" to citations and templates. [5]
- The way the cursor moves in VisualEditor is changing. Your browser now handles the cursor directly. Most of you will see no change. In right-to-left text, the cursor now moves in a 'visible' rather than 'logical' way. This is like other sites but you may be surprised at first. [6]
Meetings
- The VisualEditor Team had their first public bug triage meeting on February 11. They will post the results on the meeting page. [7]
- You can join the second weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on February 18 at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join. [8]
- You can join a meeting with the developers of the Content Translation tool. It will be on February 18 at 13:00 (UTC). [9]
Future changes
- You can comment on a proposal about abandoned Labs tools.
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17:57, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
Valued Image Promotion
Congratulations! The image you nominated was reviewed and has now been promoted as a valued image. It is considered to be the most valued image on Commons within the scope:
lens fungus.
If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Valued images candidates.
Congratulations! The image you nominated was reviewed and has now been promoted as a valued image. It is considered to be the most valued image on Commons within the scope:
Autobahnkreuz Köln-Nord (aerial view).
If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Valued images candidates.
Congratulations! The image you nominated was reviewed and has now been promoted as a valued image. It is considered to be the most valued image on Commons within the scope:
Wilhelmine of Bayreuth (bust by Gabriele Plössner).
If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Valued images candidates.
Congratulations! The image you nominated was reviewed and has now been promoted as a valued image. It is considered to be the most valued image on Commons within the scope:
BOSS Blues Driver BD-2.jpg.
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Structured Data on Commons update
Greetings,
After a delay in updates to the Structured data on Commons project, I wanted to catch you up with what has been going on over the past three months. In short: The project is on hold, but that doesn't mean nothing is happening.
The meeting in Berlin in October provided the engineering teams with a lot to start on. Unfortunately the Structured Data on Commons project was put on hold not too long after this meeting. Development of the actual Structured data system for Commons will not begin until more resources can be allocated to it.
The Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia Germany have been working to improve the Wikidata query process on the back-end. This is designed to be a production-grade replacement of WikidataQuery integrated with search. The full project is described at Mediawiki.org.This will benefit the structured data project greatly since developing a high-level search for Commons is a desired goal of this project.
The Wikidata development team is working on the arbitrary access feature. Currently it's only possible to access items that are connected to the current page. So for example on Vincent van Gogh you can access the statements on Q5582, but you can't access these statements on Category:Vincent van Gogh or Creator:Vincent van Gogh. With arbitrary access enabled on Commons we no longer have this limitation. This opens up the possibility to use Wikidata data on Creator, Institution, Authority control and other templates instead of duplicating the data (what we do now). This will greatly enhance the usefulness of Wikidata for Commons.
To use the full potential of arbitrary access the Commons community needs to reimplement several templates in LUA. In LUA it's possible to use the local fields and fallback to Wikidata if it's not locally available. Help with this conversion is greatly appreciated. The different tasks are tracked in phabricator, see https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T89594 .
Volunteers are continuing to add data about artworks to Wikidata. Sometimes an institution website is used and sometimes data is being transfered from Commons to Wikidata. Wikidata now has almost 35.000 items about paintings. This is done as part of the WikiProject sum of all paintings. This helps us to learn how to d:Wikidata:WikiProject Visual arts/Item structuremodel and refine metadata about artworks. Experience that will of course be very useful for Commons too.
Additionally, the metadata cleanup drive continues to produce results. The drive, which is intended to identify files missing {{Information}} or the like structured data fields and to add such fields when absent, has reduced the number of files missing information by almost 100,000 on Commons. You can help by looking for files with similarly-formatted description pages, and listing them at Commons:Bots/Work requests so that a bot can add the {{Information}} template on them.
At the Amsterdam Hackathon in November 2014, a couple of different models were developed about how artwork can be viewed on the web using structured data from Wikidata. You can browse two examples here and here. These examples can give you an idea of the kind of data that file pages have the potential to display on-wiki in the future.
The Structured Data project is a long-term one, and the volunteers and staff will continue working together to provide the structure and support in the back-end toward front-end development. There are still many things to do to help advance the project, and I hope to have more news for you in the near future. Contact me any time with questions, comments, concerns.
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 software changes
- All new accounts are now global. [10]
- Your Meta user page is now shown if you don't have a user page on a wiki. You can report problems if you see any. You can ask a bot to delete your old user pages. [11] [12] [13]
Software changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since February 18. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from February 25. It will be on all Wikipedias from February 26 (calendar).
- It is now easier to see template fields in VisualEditor. The fields are bigger. [14]
- It is now easier to see when a button is disabled in VisualEditor. [15]
- Sometimes when you copy-pasted a template in VisualEditor, it was replaced by HTML. This problem is now fixed. [16]
- Tools in Labs will stop working for a few hours on February 24. [17]
Meetings
- You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
- You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on February 26 at 00:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- At the moment you need to log in to edit Wikimedia wikis on mobile devices. You can say if anyone should be allowed to edit on the mobile sites. The discussion ends on March 15.
- Images in the interface will soon work better in Opera 12. [18]
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16:28, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
Watson deletes last week
Danke & FYI : I took a look at your Botanical photos which by the way are fantastic. I can only assume you shoot digital? All of mine User:WayneRay/Windfield Horticultural Photographic Collection were done using real (LOL) film photography. And are not quite so good although I find about a dozen of them in use on the web when I did a search for User:WayneRay which I had never thought of searching under! You should try it and see what comes up under your User: name.WayneRay (talk) 22:48, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
Quality Image Promotion
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Please can you help translate the restriction for the black & white challenge: "The photos must be taken in March 2015 and a maximum of three entries can be submitted per photographer.". Sorry for the late change. Thanks. -- Colin (talk) 10:19, 28 February 2015 (UTC)
I have also amended the description to be clearer: "black & white photography (not a colour photo of a black & white subject)". -- Colin (talk) 10:24, 28 February 2015 (UTC)
I have clarified (with examples) that Commons:Photo challenge/2015 - March - Steps, Stairs and Staircases includes ladders and step stools. -- Colin (talk) 10:28, 28 February 2015 (UTC)
- Hi Colin, looks like Lesekreis already did that – thanks a lot! --El Grafo (talk) 18:22, 28 February 2015 (UTC)
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 software changes
- A Lua function to use Wikidata has changed. You need to update the pages that use it. [19]
- You can use the Content Translation tool on Wikipedia in Uzbek and Minangkabau. You need to enable it in your Beta options.
- You can now hide banners if you don't have an account. [20] [21]
Software changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since February 25. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 3. It will be on all Wikipedias from March 4 (calendar).
- You can use the Content Translation tool on Wikipedia in Punjabi and Kyrgyz. You can ask for the tool in other languages.
- Editing the fake blank line in VisualEditor is now simpler. This change also fixed a few bugs. [22] [23] [24] [25]
- The TemplateData editor now warns you if a related page already has TemplateData. [26]
- The TemplateData table now tells you if a template doesn't take any parameters. [27]
Meetings
- You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
- You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on March 4 at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join technical meetings in France and Mexico this year. You will be able to ask for help if you can't pay yourself. [28]
Future changes
- You will be able to get a direct link for a section of a page. [29]
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16:41, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
Valued Image Promotion
Congratulations! The image you nominated was reviewed and has now been promoted as a valued image. It is considered to be the most valued image on Commons within the scope:
Saffron.
If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Valued images candidates.
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 create books on almost all wikis. It doesn't work yet on wikis using the language converter. [30] [31]
- VisualEditor had problems with categories in Safari. It sometimes moved or removed the categories. The issue is now fixed. [32] [33] [34]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since March 4. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from March 11 (calendar).
- In VisualEditor the "Edit beta" button is now called "Edit" on the English Wikipedia. [35] [36]
- The feedback tool in VisualEditor now looks like the other tools. It also asks for information about your browser to help fix bugs. [37] [38]
- You now see the VisualEditor toolbar even if the rest of the page is still loading. [39] [40]
- You now see more information when you edit a link, a reference or other items in VisualEditor. You also see a clearer edit button in those tools. [41] [42]
- If you use the ContentTranslation tool you now see red links in the list of articles in other languages. The link is red if the article doesn't exist in the language of your options or of your browser. You can translate the article by clicking on the red link.
Meetings
- You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
- You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on March 11 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join a technical meeting in France in May. You can ask for help if you can't pay yourself. [43]
Future changes
- You can get help to become a developer. You can learn more on the Google Summer of Code and Outreachy pages. [44]
- You will soon be able to read technical reports in Phabricator. [45]
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15:18, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
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 servers that resize images are using new software. You should report new problems that you notice with images. [46]
- You can now see lists of bugs about Commons, Wikisource and Wiktionary. [47]
- It is now easier to add special characters in VisualEditor. You can edit the list of characters for your wiki. [48] [49]
Problems
- Wikis were broken for a few minutes on Thursday due to a code error.
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since March 11. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 17. It will be on all Wikipedias from March 18 (calendar).
- A puzzle piece icon (
) now shows hidden templates in VisualEditor. You can edit the template by clicking the icon. For example, you can now edit anchor templates. [50] [51] - You can now add examples, and details about old parameters, in TemplateData. [52] [53]
Meetings
- You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
- You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on March 18 at 23:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- The list of bad user names on your wiki will no longer work. The global list will replace it. You can ask to add rules for bad user names on Meta. [54] [55]
- You can comment on how you want to see Wikidata edits in your watchlist on other wikis. [56]
- The final steps of single user login (SUL) will happen in April. You can see the rules to rename accounts. [57]
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15:14, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
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 this week
- The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since March 18. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 24. It will be on all Wikipedias from March 25 (calendar).
- The text of a reference is now more visible when you click on it. It has a blue background. Many wikis already have the blue color. Those wikis can now remove it from their CSS page. [58]
- VisualEditor is now much faster. For many users it is now at least as fast as the wikitext editor. [59] [60] [61]
- When you add a list of references in VisualEditor, you now see it right away. You can still change its group by editing it. [62]
Meetings
- You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
- You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on March 25 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Talk pages using "LiquidThreads" on mediawiki.org will soon use the new system. [63]
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15:09, 23 March 2015 (UTC)
Valued Image Promotion
Congratulations! The image you nominated was reviewed and has now been promoted as a valued image. It is considered to be the most valued image on Commons within the scope:
SMC Pentax-A 28mm F2.8.
If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Valued images candidates.
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 hide site banners even if you don't have an account. [64]
- You can now add citations more easily with VisualEditor on the French and Italian Wikipedia. The tool adds the information when you add some types of links. In the future you will be able to add this tool to your wiki. [65] [66] [67]
- All sites should now be faster if you have a recent browser. [68]
- You could see a serious bug when editing some templates with VisualEditor. It was fixed quickly. [69]
- VisualEditor could break when you edited an image. The issue was fixed quickly. [70]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since March 25. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 31. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 1 (calendar).
- VisualEditor is now the main editing tool on 53 more Wikipedias. [71]
- You can now edit the mobile site of all wikis without an account. [72]
- You can test a new tool on the beta mobile site on the English Wikipedia. With the new tool, you can create lists of articles. [73]
- You can now see that VisualEditor is opening even if you're not looking at the top of the page. [74]
- VisualEditor doesn't leave empty titles with just nowiki tags any more. [75] [76] [77] [78]
Meetings
- You can join a meeting with the Wikidata team. The meeting will be on IRC on March 31 at 16:00 (UTC). [79]
- You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
- You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 1 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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15:18, 30 March 2015 (UTC)
Valued Image Promotion
Congratulations! The image you nominated was reviewed and has now been promoted as a valued image. It is considered to be the most valued image on Commons within the scope:
Botanical Gardens of Berlin-Dahlem, Gärtnerwohnhaus.
If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Valued images candidates.
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 join a new email list for important news about Wikimedia Labs. [80]
- You can read the last monthly report. In the future you can read team reports every three months. You can see current work on the roadmap. [81] [82]
- The number of articles in Special:Statistics is now updated once a month. [83]
- You can use a new version of the Wikipedia app for Android. Using the app, you can now share a fact with your friends. [84]
Problems
- The import tool was broken for a few days. Imports didn't add log entries. You can delete and import pages again if necessary. [85]
- Labs was broken several times this week. [86] [87] [88] [89]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 1. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from April 7. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 8 (calendar).
- You can now add the same special characters with VisualEditor as with the wikitext editor. [90]
- Many bugs around copy-paste in VisualEditor are now fixed. [91] [92]
- You can now use basic tools of VisualEditor in the new talk tool. You can add links, bold and italics. You can also mention people. [93]
Meetings
- You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 8 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
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15:41, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
FEVE maps
Thanks for your response to my queries. I reached Santander from Ferrol (522,5 km) on My Google maps (https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zEoWHo7PGBKA.kfsyCcK5oYo4). I wil continue drawing the lines on to Bilbao en then to Leon. (see File:FEVE map trial version.png (First try in 2008)) This will take a while due to the intensive curvature of the metergauge railways (I want to be very precise). I made a new Category:FEVE rail maps. I put a query to the Spanish community ([95]) but they dont seem to be very responsive. It can happen that there is nobody interested in local railway history (there is a very complicated railway history of local lines) and be prepared to draw maps.
I will concentrate on tracing the lines and later on then try again to convert the drawn lines to SVG. I seem to get stuck with Grass and Qgis. I can deinstall the software and try again or persevere the hard way. Idealy the projection should be conical for the long East-West map (around 43 degree North latitude). The closest I could find was EPSG::2062 (Madrid). The background map I want to keep as a separate layer so I can keep the option open to make an SVG map with only the FEVE railway lines to be filled in by other map makers. A lot of other elements have to be added in such as stations, tunnels bridges, connecting main railway lines etc, but this can be done in Inkscape.
In the meantime I want to check something. Can you export a KML file from my My Google Map? As I am logged in My Google Maps and its in my laptop memory I am not sure if other people have the same (export) options I see on my screen.Smiley.toerist (talk) 11:19, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
- @Smiley.toerist: I fear I can't help you with your installation issues at the moment, since I don't have a Windows machine at hand to try it myself …
- I don't see any possibility to download/export anything from here. --El Grafo (talk) 12:33, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
- This means I have to place the KLM files on some file server or mail the files personaly as attachments.Smiley.toerist (talk) 15:32, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
- I put these on my own website (I forgot I stil have one) Adres is: My website The most complete one is FEVE Lines. Smiley.toerist (talk) 13:15, 3 February 2015 (UTC)
- I have now reached the endstation in Bilbao, 641 km from Ferrol. I will shortly add the Basque sidelines.Smiley.toerist (talk) 13:37, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks for keeping me updated. In the mean time, I had to install Qgis on a windows computer myself. At first it indeed seemed that there was only grass installed, but that was shortly before the installation was completely finished. After that, "Qgis Desktop" and some other stuff was added to the qgis folder in the start menu. So it seems to me like for some reason your installation didn't finish properly – might be worth it trying again. Cheers, --El Grafo (talk) 14:09, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
- I have now reached the endstation in Bilbao, 641 km from Ferrol. I will shortly add the Basque sidelines.Smiley.toerist (talk) 13:37, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
- I will remove the software and try again. Maybe I made some wrong installation choices. I dont have any software SVG tools, such as Inkscape. This reinstallation I will do when I have some time. In the meantime I reached en:Arija.Smiley.toerist (talk) 12:53, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
- I have added some distance and I am nearing Leon. However my laptop where I work crashed, (I have an old XP desktop, but this limited) so I probably have to reinstall the software or buy a new one. The opportunity to start again for the GIS software. But this wil take awhile and I have other priorities.Smiley.toerist (talk) 20:38, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
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 read the latest news about VisualEditor.
- You can now use the new translation tool on 22 Wikipedias. You now see the tool the first time you create a new page. [96]
- The list of bad user names on your wiki no longer works. The global list replaces it. You can ask to add rules for bad user names on Meta. [97] [98]
Problems
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 8. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from April 14. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 15 (calendar).
- Developers will start to rename 1.5 million accounts on Wednesday. After that all accounts will be unique and will work on all wikis. [101] [102]
- All users can now test link previews ("Hovercards") on several Wikipedias. [103]
Meetings
- You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 15 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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16:40, 13 April 2015 (UTC)
Why are you removing Category:Aircraft at unidentified locations ?
Without adding an actual location (e.g. airport) category ? e.g. File:Caravelle (5989454901) (2).jpg. regards, Rod in Sydney Rcbutcher (talk) 10:41, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
_(2).jpg){kind=link}
- @Rcbutcher: Hi Rod, the categories in the Category:Unidentified subjects-subtree are maintenance categories, where images are temporarily put until someone can identify whatever was unidentified (I've added the missing {{Unidentified header}} now). If an image contains no clues that could lead to an identification (here: only aircraft and sky visible), there's no chance anybody will ever be able to identify the location. Images like this clutter the maintenance categories, making those images that really could be identified hard to find. Also, for aircraft-in-front-of-sky images the location doesn't really matter – it's a nice-to-know information if we have it, but basically File:Caravelle (5989454901) (2).jpg could have been taken at any airport in the world and still would look the same. Hope that clears things up? --El Grafo (talk) 09:37, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
- I disagree. Locations of photographs can be identified from a wide range of factors : photographer, similar photographs, image uploader, date, other information about the image, known activities of the aircraft. No photograph is beyond identification, so it should remain in the Category:Aircraft at unidentified locations. Eventually somebody will locate it. Rcbutcher (talk) 05:26, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
- Mmmmh, maybe you're right. I guess I'll just keep my hands off this - there are more important (or fun) things to do. Cheers, --El Grafo (talk) 15:24, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
- I disagree. Locations of photographs can be identified from a wide range of factors : photographer, similar photographs, image uploader, date, other information about the image, known activities of the aircraft. No photograph is beyond identification, so it should remain in the Category:Aircraft at unidentified locations. Eventually somebody will locate it. Rcbutcher (talk) 05:26, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
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 was sometimes a problem when saving a page in VisualEditor. It is now fixed on all wikis. [104]
- VisualEditor sometimes showed empty warnings for wikis using Flagged Revisions. This is now fixed on all wikis. [105]
- You can get the new version of the Wikipedia app for iOS. With it you can share facts with your friends. [106]
- If you write JavaScript, you should stop using importScript and importStylesheet. [107]
Problems
- There was a problem with Labs on Monday. [108]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 15. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from April 21. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 22 (calendar).
- Developers are renaming 1.5 million accounts. After that all accounts will be unique and will work on all wikis. [109] [110] [111]
- If your wiki has the auto-fill tool for citations, you can now use it when you edit a reference. [112]
- You can now give examples for template options in TemplateData. [113]
Meetings
- You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 22 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
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15:30, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
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 accounts are now unique and work on all wikis. [116] [117]
- You can read a report from experts who tested the security of MediaWiki. [118]
- There was a problem between VisualEditor and an antivirus software. It is now fixed. [119]
- You can help test VisualEditor to see if it works in your language. [120]
Problems
- Some Labs tools had problems due to a software bug. [121]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 22. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from April 28. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 29 (calendar).
- It is now clearer that you can delete several rows and columns when you edit tables in VisualEditor. [122]
- You now see more information when you search for a template in VisualEditor. [123]
- You can now cancel when you add citations on desktop, or edit links on mobile, in VisualEditor. [124]
- You can now see the list of other formats for videos only after they're ready. [125]
Meetings
- You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 29 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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15:10, 27 April 2015 (UTC)
Valued Image Promotion
Congratulations! The image you nominated was reviewed and has now been promoted as a valued image. It is considered to be the most valued image on Commons within the scope:
Obringhausen.
If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Valued images candidates.
Congratulations! The image you nominated was reviewed and has now been promoted as a valued image. It is considered to be the most valued image on Commons within the scope:
Liriodendron chinense (Chinese tulip tree), bud.
If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Valued images candidates.
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 chat with other users in Phabricator. [126]
- There was a rare problem with VisualEditor. The text of another wiki could be added to your edit. The issue is now fixed. [127] [128]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 29. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 5. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 6 (calendar).
- It is now easier to add a link in VisualEditor. You can see an image and a description about the page. [129]
Meetings
- You can join a meeting with the Language team. The meeting will be on May 5 at 14:30 (UTC). [130]
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 6 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join an event in France on May 22−25. You need to sign up before May 8. [131]
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15:06, 4 May 2015 (UTC)
Quality Image Promotion
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Your image has been reviewed and promoted
Congratulations! Plakette Nie wieder Krieg und Vertreibung.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images.
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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
- You can now make charts and maps on your wiki with the new "graph" tool. If you have an old browser, you will see images instead. It uses a tool called Vega; you can learn how to use it and write help pages for your wiki. You can use the Vega edit tool to make charts and copy the code to your wiki. Charts and maps use complex code and you should put them into templates. In the future, you will be able to create charts with VisualEditor. [132] [133] [134]
- You can apply for technical jobs to develop tools for the community. [135]
- The logos of all wikis are now in a new place. It will make pages load faster. You can still ask to change the logo. You can also use local CSS for brief changes. [136] [137]
Problems
- There was a problem that caused slow editing. [138]
- Pages were sometimes removed from your watchlist in VisualEditor. This problem is now fixed. [139]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 6. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 12. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 13 (calendar).
- You can now use data from Wikidata on more pages. The page doesn't need to be linked to the Wikidata item. It works on a few wikis and more wikis will be added soon. [140] [141]
- You should get fewer errors when you add files to Commons. [142]
- When you use an external link to link to a wiki page, VisualEditor now converts it to a wiki link. [143]
- When you add a link in VisualEditor, you see pages that match what you type. It is now easier to see where they match. [144]
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 13 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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15:38, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
Valued Image Promotion
Congratulations! The image you nominated was reviewed and has now been promoted as a valued image. It is considered to be the most valued image on Commons within the scope:
Fagus sylvatica (common beech), bud.
If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Valued images candidates.
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 watch a video about the new graph tool.
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 13. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 19. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 20 (calendar).
- References are now always in the right order. Also, the reference list now only shows references used on the page. [145]
- You can no longer create an account with a colon ':' in it. If you already have one, it still works. [146]
- The toolbar in VisualEditor now looks different. It is easier to see the icons. [147]
- You won't be able to use e-mail lists for a few hours on Tuesday. [148] [149]
- UploadWizard now shows better matches when you add a category to your file. [150]
- A test about VisualEditor will start on the English Wikipedia on Thursday. [151]
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 21 at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join a technical meeting in France this week.
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15:21, 18 May 2015 (UTC)