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Tech News: 2023-33
 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 Content translation system is no longer using Youdao's machine translation service. The service was in place for several years, but due to no usage, and availability of alternatives, it was deprecated to reduce maintenance overheads. Other services which cover the same languages are still 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).
 * 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.

Future changes
 * A few gadgets/user scripts which add icons to the Minerva skin need to have their CSS updated. There are more details available including a search for all existing instances and how to update them.

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MediaWiki message delivery 05:58, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 15 August 2023
 * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:16, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

About your Signpost draft article
Hello! I've just run into the draft of the article you're preparing for a future Signpost issue: so, having gained some experience with AfC (both as a creator and a reviewer), I wanted to help you retrieve some examples of surreal drafts that could be included in your list, if possible and appreciated.

I've taken a quick look at the current backlog, and while the pages I've found are wildly different from one another in terms of quality and topics, they're all definitely... something.

- A supposed ceremonial ritual of Shinto religion;

- Reports of ageist attacks against U.S. President Joe Biden;

- The original radio series of Popeye the Sailor;

- A Nigerian DJ that most likely attempted to write his own biography;

- An obscure war between Arab dynasties from the 10th century;

- An article on skin temperature variability;

- A Buffalo-based chain of Halal restaurants;

- A list of all the major earthquakes ever registered in Auckland, New Zealand;

- Whatever this is trying to unpack.

I hope it helps! To be honest, there's just so much strange material in the AfC backlog that you could make a regular column out of it...

Oltrepier (talk) 14:03, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Module:Section sizes shaded
Module:Section sizes shaded has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. * Pppery * it has begun... 17:10, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

Sig
You should change your signature to ChatJPxG. EEng 15:14, 20 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Oh, my sig? That old thing? I prefer to keep it small, so it isn't distracting (as you can see here)
 * Is that a doggie? EEng 21:58, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-34
 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 GDrive to Commons Uploader tool is now available. It enables securely selecting and uploading files from your Google Drive directly to Wikimedia Commons.
 * From now on, we will announce new Wikimedia wikis in Tech News, so you can update any tools or pages.
 * Since the last edition, two new wikis have been created:
 * a Wiktionary in Pa'O
 * a Wikisource in Sundanese
 * To catch up, the next most recent six wikis are:
 * Wikifunctions
 * a Wiktionary in Mandailing
 * a Wikipedia in Ghanaian Pidgin
 * a Wikinews in Gungbe
 * a Wiktionary in Kabardian
 * a Wikipedia in Fante

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
 * Octicons-tools.svg There is an existing stable interface policy for MediaWiki backend code. There is a proposed stable interface policy for frontend code. This is relevant for anyone who works on gadgets or Wikimedia frontend code. You can read it, discuss it, and let the proposer know if there are any problems.

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15:23, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

Sunday: NYC Wiki-Picnic @ Gov Island
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Tech News: 2023-35
 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-gift.svg As part of the changes for the better diff handling of paragraph splits, improved detection of splits is being rolled out. Over the last two weeks, we deployed this support to group0 and group1 wikis. This week it will be deployed to group2 wikis.
 * Octicons-gift.svg All pages now show the user's local edit count and the account's creation date.
 * Wikisource users can now use the  label to denote Bengali currency characters as page numbers inside the <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> tag.
 * Two preferences have been relocated. The preference "" is now shown on the "" tab at all wikis. Previously it was shown on the "" tab at some wikis. The preference "" is now also shown on the "" tab at all wikis, instead of the "" tab.

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 New signups for a Wikimedia developer account will start being pushed towards idm.wikimedia.org, rather than going via Wikitech. Further information about the new system is available.
 * All right-to-left language wikis, plus Korean, Armenian, Ukrainian, Russian, and Bulgarian Wikipedias, will have a link in the sidebar that provides a short URL of that page, using the Wikimedia URL Shortener. This feature will come to more wikis in future weeks.

Future changes
 * The removal of the DoubleWiki extension is being discussed. This extension currently allows Wikisource users to view articles from multiple language versions side by side when the <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> symbol next to a specific language edition is selected. Comments on this are welcomed at the phabricator task.
 * A proposal has been made to merge the second hidden-categories list (which appears below the wikitext editing form) with the main list of categories (which is further down the page). More information is available on Phabricator; feedback is welcome!

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MediaWiki message delivery 13:58, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

About that font...
Re the "From the editor" under development. I don't want to spoil it for others but when I saw the new layout, it reminded me of a 1979 Shakey's Pizza menu. Just thought I'd put it out there. Neither good nor bad. ☆ Bri (talk) 21:22, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

About that editorial policy
Be prepared for questions like what happens when the ENWP community decides to delete a Signpost page. ☆ Bri (talk) 23:09, 29 August 2023 (UTC)


 * I assume " " will not be accepted as a valid answer to this question? jp×g 19:56, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
 * In all seriousness though, it's already easy to see: the infamous shitstorm articles that got deleted (like https://signpost.news/2019-02-28/Humour ) are already reflected as such at .news, which is more of a picture frame around Wikipedia than a photograph of it. I mean, if something truly insane happened and we got kicked off enwp completely (which is so wild it's hard for me to imagine what could possibly prompt it), we could point the application at another MediaWiki site and move all our stuff there, but that seems like it's already basically the case (all the stuff is CC 4.0 so we could just up and leave at any point). jp×g 20:00, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Um, just so I get this ...  is not a snapshot of what existed at ~publication time, but a reflection of the currently posted page(s) at ENWP? ☆ Bri (talk) 00:26, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Yeah: in fact, if you write "pissy shitties" on the front page of the Signpost and then go to signpost.news, it will immediately be there. The application doesn't store anything on my webserver (that would eat a gigantic amount of storage space I don't want to pay for) :^) jp×g 00:38, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Ben Tapper
Hello, JPxG,

I found this AFD discussion very confusing because a new editor rewrote your deletion rationale to a pro-article stance. So, I couldn't understand why you wanted the article deleted. You might look at the page history to see what he attributed to you. Liz <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">Read! Talk! 02:36, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Oh, what the hell? That is indeed bizarre. Thank you so much for catching this... jp×g 05:12, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

And ... down comes the banhammer
If you do not obey The Rules then you must face The Consequences. --Floquenbeam (talk) 18:42, 30 August 2023 (UTC)


 * (This is a highly formal notification that has been resolved and archived.) ~ ToBeFree (talk) 23:50, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Officially, thank you. :^) jp×g 00:05, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 31 August 2023
<div class="hlist" style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:43, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

Request for Consideration: Inclusion of Approved Article in Next Issue
Hello @JPxG,

Our article Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no paywall, for The Wikipedia Library art with me which has been approved for publication for some time now is yet to be published. I was wondering if it could be considered for inclusion in the next issue?

Thank you for your time and consideration. -Udehb-WMF (talk) 12:15, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
 * This is bizarre. I copyedited that, approved it for publication, and checked everything in the dialog box when I ran the publication script the last two times. It should not still be in the next issue space! jp×g 19:32, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Okay, I went to the Newsroom and opened the publication script and it still does not show this in the list of articles to publish even though everything in the draft template is marked for publication. This makes no sense. Is it cursed or something? jp×g 19:33, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Oh -- . For the love of God. The publication script is case sensitive so it did not show up. This is unbelievable! My apologies. jp×g 19:34, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you, JPxG, for looking into this matter and identifying the issue. It's understandable that technical issues like case sensitivity can sometimes lead to such oversights. I really appreciate your prompt attention to resolving this. Thank you! - Udehb-WMF (talk) 14:12, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2023).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Pppery · Theleekycauldron
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Dwheeler · G.A.S · Royalbroil · Ssd



CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Bradv

Oversighter changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Bradv

Guideline and policy news
 * Following an RfC, TFAs will be automatically semi-protected the day before it is on the main page and through the day after.
 * A discussion at WP:VPP about revision deletion and oversight for dead names found that [s]ysops can choose to use revdel if, in their view, it's the right tool for this situation, and they need not default to oversight. But oversight could well be right where there's a particularly high risk to the person. Use your judgment.

Technical news
 * Special:Contributions now shows the user's local edit count and the account's creation date.

Arbitration
 * The SmallCat dispute case has closed. As part of the final decision, editors participating in XfD have been reminded to be careful about forming local consensus which may or may not reflect the broader community consensus. Regular closers of XfD forums were also encouraged to note when broader community discussion, or changes to policies and guidelines, would be helpful.

Miscellaneous
 * Tech tip: The "Browse history interactively" banner shown at the top of Special:Diff can be used to easily look through a history, assemble composite diffs, or find out what archive something wound up in.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:22, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

WegweiserBot approved
See Bots/Requests for approval/WegweiserBot. Thanks for working on this! Enterprisey (talk!) 16:42, 3 September 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-36
<section begin="technews-2023-W36"/> 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 Problems
 * EditInSequence, a feature that allows users to edit pages faster on Wikisource has been moved to a Beta Feature based on community feedback. To enable it, you can navigate to the beta features tab in Preferences.
 * Octicons-gift.svg As part of the changes for the Generate Audio for IPA and Audio links that play on click wishlist proposals, the inline audio player mode of Phonos has been deployed to all projects.
 * There is a new option for Administrators when they are changing the usergroups for a user, to add the user’s user page to their watchlist. This works both via and via the API.
 * One new wiki has been created:
 * a in Talysh
 * The LoginNotify extension was not sending notifications since January. It has now been fixed, so going forward, you may see notifications for failed login attempts, and successful login attempts from a new device.

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).
 * 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.

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:31, 4 September 2023 (UTC)

New page patrol October 2023 Backlog drive
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:13, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

Onyeka Nwelue
Unless dealing with on-the-face-POV articles — which doesn't seem to be the case, here — it is good practice to explain the reason for tagging at the t/p. Thanks, TrangaBellam (talk) 21:03, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
 * The article consists of five paragraphs about the man's life, career and intellectual output, followed by six paragraphs of lurid detail about him getting fired from his job and making dumb posts on Xitter. It seems fairly straightforward to me, although I can make a talk page section if you want. jp×g 21:14, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

Sep 20: Wikimedia NYC Annual Election Meeting
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Septermber GOCE newsletter
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Tech News: 2023-37
<section begin="technews-2023-W37"/> 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
 * ORES, the revision evaluation service, is now using a new open-source infrastructure on all wikis except for English Wikipedia and Wikidata. These two will follow this week. If you notice any unusual results from the Recent Changes filters that are related to ORES (for example, "" and ""), please report them.
 * When you are logged in on one Wikimedia wiki and visit a different Wikimedia wiki, the system tries to log you in there automatically. This has been unreliable for a long time. You can now visit the login page to make the system try extra hard. If you feel that made logging in better or worse than it used to be, your feedback is appreciated.

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 The Technical Decision-Making Forum Retrospective team invites anyone involved in the technical field of Wikimedia projects to signup to and join one of their listening sessions on 13 September. Another date will be scheduled later. The goal is to improve the technical decision-making processes.
 * Octicons-gift.svg As part of the changes for the Better diff handling of paragraph splits wishlist proposal, the inline switch widget in diff pages is being rolled out this week to all wikis. The inline switch will allow viewers to toggle between a unified inline or two-column diff wikitext format.

Future changes
 * All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on 20 September. This is planned at 14:00 UTC. More information will be published in Tech News and will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks.
 * The Enterprise API is launching a new feature called "breaking news". Currently in BETA, this attempts to identify likely "newsworthy" topics as they are currently being written about in any Wikipedia. Your help is requested to improve the accuracy of its detection model, especially on smaller language editions, by recommending templates or identifiable editing patterns. See more information at the documentation page on MediaWiki or the FAQ on Meta.

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MediaWiki message delivery 21:06, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 58
<span style="font-size: 2em; font-family: Copperplate, 'Copperplate Gothic Light', serif">The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes

Issue 58, July – August 2023 <div style = "margin-top: 1.5em; border: 3px solid #ae8c55; border-radius: .5em; padding: 1em 1.5em; font-size: 1.2em">
 * New partners - De Standaard and Duncker & Humblot
 * Tech tip: Filters
 * Wikimania presentation

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Unreviewed Submission
User:A.FLOCK/Signpost/In the Internet's Spotlight: The Arbitration Committee A.FLOCK (talk) 18:48, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 16 September 2023
<div class="hlist" style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:36, 16 September 2023 (UTC)