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Tech News: 2021-48
 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
 * Octicons-sync.svg 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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21:13, 29 November 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-49
 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
 * 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
 * Octicons-sync.svg 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).
 * At all Wikipedias, a Mentor Dashboard is now available at  . It allows registered mentors, who take care of newcomers' first steps, to monitor their assigned newcomers' activity. It is part of the Growth features. You can learn more about activating the mentor list on your wiki and about the mentor dashboard project.
 * Octicons-tools.svg The predecessor to the current MediaWiki Action API (which was created in 2008), , will be removed this week. Any scripts or bots using it will need to switch to the corresponding API module.
 * Octicons-tools.svg An old ResourceLoader module, , which was deprecated in 2016, will be removed this week. Any scripts or bots using it will need to switch to  instead.

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21:57, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

Cool Userbox
Hi, stumbled across your userpage and I thought the defcon userbox was really cool, so I've put it on my userpage. Thanks for making it, and thank you for your contributions to the project!

DirkJandeGeer (щи) 21:42, 12 December 2021 (UTC)
 * No problem! I've found the userbox can be quite handy sometimes.  Invalid OS talk  12:32, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-50
 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 are now default short aliases for the "Project:" namespace on most wikis. E.g. On Wikibooks wikis,  will go to the local language default for the  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.

Changes later this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg 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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22:26, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-51
<section begin="technews-2021-W51"/> 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 10 January 2022.

Recent changes
 * Queries made by the DynamicPageList extension (<bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> ) 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.

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.
 * Octicons-tools.svg The Wikimedia Cloud VPS hosts technical projects for the Wikimedia movement. Developers need to claim projects they use. This is because old and unused projects are removed once a year. Unclaimed projects can be shut down from February.

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22:04, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-02
<section begin="technews-2022-W02"/> 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
 * Octicons-tools.svg A <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> variable has been added to the AbuseFilter to enable identifying changes made by specific tools.
 * Octicons-tools.svg 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.
 * Octicons-tools.svg Gadgets can now specify page actions on which they are available. For example, <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> will load a gadget only while editing and on history pages.
 * Octicons-tools.svg Gadgets can now be loaded on demand with the <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> URL parameter. This can be used to replace an earlier snippet that typically looks like <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> or <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr">.
 * Octicons-tools.svg 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 MediaWiki:Mainpage-title-loggedin for logged-in users and MediaWiki:Mainpage-title 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
 * Octicons-sync.svg 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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01:22, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

CIS correction Konstantin Nikolaev
this reference is not correct..., the error on page Konstantin Nikolaev, reference [13] is marked in RED: Check |archive-url= value (help): [13] "Левитин, Игорь Евгеньевич" [Levitin, Igor Yevgenyevich]. kremlin.ru (in Russian). Retrieved October 27, 2018. Check |archive-url= value (help) 2A04:4540:6A22:8900:C1CF:97CD:D829:9EE9 (talk) 15:31, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

Untitled
Hello, it is not enough explanation that this reference does not exist ??? did you check ? and did you read the comment on this reference..., it is not violate the biography rules ??? and how this reference is related to the content of the paragraph, where it put ???

"Константин Николаев – украшение коллекции мужчин Марии Бутиной" [Konstantin Nikolaev – the decoration of the collection of men by Maria Butina]. Руспрес (in Russian). July 24, 2018. Retrieved December 20, 2018. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A04:4540:6A00:7900:614B:7D7B:5C5B:CE3A (talk) 19:34, 20 December 2021 (UTC)
 * I might take a look at it later. Though, the source is in Russian, a language I do not speak, so it'll be somewhat difficult for me. <b style="font-family:monospace,mono"> Invalid <sup style="color:#A60;margin-left:.25ex">OS <sub style="color:#06A;margin-left:-2.25ex">talk </b> 12:36, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

thanks, may be you also look at the beginning paragraph (actually it is the same bed style of somebody...) and I think violated the rules of Biography:

Konstantin Yuryevich Nikolaev (Russian: Константин Юрьевич Николаев; born March 5, 1971 in Dniepropetrovsk) is a billionaire Russian businessman who is a co-owner of N-Trans and Globaltrans, the largest private rail operator in Russia, CIS, and the Baltic states.[1][2]

and 2 references: which are completely out of the content of paragraph:

1. "The Washington Post: Марии Бутиной оказывал финансовую поддержку российский миллиардер" [The Washington Post: Maria Butina was financially supported by the Russian billionaire]. Meduza (in Russian). July 22, 2018. Retrieved October 18, 2018. it is not direct reference to The Washington Post", real reference to the Meduza (in Russian) !!!https://meduza.io!!!, which is some not at al known sources..., with no clear affiliation.

2. "Константин Николаев – украшение коллекции мужчин Марии Бутиной" [Konstantin Nikolaev – Maria Butina's most prized decoration] (in Russian). July 24, 2018. Retrieved October 18, 2018. Reference to some blog, even it is not identified what it is... https://compromat.ws and it is really fake... K. Nikolaev gave some support to the organisation "Right to Bear Arms", Russia, but not personally Butina, and hi was never man of M.Butina...

thanks. 2A04:4540:6A13:800:D8AA:4EA2:CE02:914A (talk) 16:37, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

What about this remarks ? thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A04:4540:6A22:8900:C1CF:97CD:D829:9EE9 (talk) 15:40, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

invalid reversion of removation of duplicate paragraph in the page.
16:17-16:18, 12 January 2022‎ (seems utc) https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Programming_language_implementation&action=history

this bot reversed to a duplicate paragraph. made on 12:41 8 Jan 2022

Now its content is duplicated again. No more action from my side, but please consider, it was NOT a descructive action from my side. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.249.143.65 (talk • contribs)
 * Ah yeah, didn't notice that. My bad. <b style="font-family:monospace,mono"> Invalid <sup style="color:#A60;margin-left:.25ex">OS <sub style="color:#06A;margin-left:-2.25ex">talk </b> 16:34, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-03
<section begin="technews-2022-W03"/> 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
 * Octicons-sync.svg 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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19:53, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-04
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Changes later this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg 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 January 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-05
<section begin="technews-2022-W05"/> 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
 * Octicons-tools.svg If a gadget should support the new <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> URL parameter that was announced 3 weeks ago, then it must now also specify <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> in the gadget definition (documentation).

Changes later this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg 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  will be renamed  . This is for technical reasons. This is the technical name. It doesn't affect what you call the editors with this user right 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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17:41, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-06
<section begin="technews-2022-W06"/> 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"> should be updated to also check for <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> . A code-snippet, global search, and example are available.

Changes later this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg 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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21:14, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-07
<section begin="technews-2022-W07"/> 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
 * Octicons-sync.svg 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).
 * Octicons-tools.svg In the AbuseFilter extension, the  function has been updated so that it does not remove the "space" character. Wikis are advised to wrap all the uses of   with   wherever necessary to keep filters' behavior unchanged. You can use the search function on Special:AbuseFilter to locate its usage.

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19:17, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-08
<section begin="technews-2022-W08"/> 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 MediaWiki:Deletereason-dropdown ) 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"> . For example,.
 * Octicons-tools.svg 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
 * Octicons-sync.svg 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.
 * Octicons-tools.svg 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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19:10, 21 February 2022 (UTC)