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Tech News: 2014-45
 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
 * The "Special:Cite" page is now called "Special:CiteThisPage". That way, you know it's to cite the page, not to add a reference.
 * You can no longer use the  keyword for text searches. It caused issues with the new search tool. It will come back later.

Problems
 * There was a bug in VisualEditor with Internet Explorer. It hid tools like the link editor when you opened them. The bug was fixed on Monday.
 * Issues with the new search tool caused geo data code to show up on pages on Monday and Friday. The mobile "nearby" tool was also broken. The problem is now fixed.
 * HHVM caused server issues on Thursday. They are now fixed.

Software changes this week
 * The new version of MediaWiki ( 1.25wmf5 ) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since October 29. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from November 4, and on all Wikipedias from November 5 (calendar).
 * Some wikis have icons at the top of a page to show if it is protected or featured. Icons show up using CSS. You can now use the  tag in these templates instead to add the icons. [//www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Skinning#Page_status_indicators]
 * VisualEditor now tells you if you're editing a re-used reference. This helps you avoid changing it if you just want to add a new one.
 * The icons in VisualEditor's template editor tool for adding more fields are back, along with other fixes.
 * After November 6, all wikis will have the tool to edit TemplateData. [//www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:TemplateData]

Future changes
 * The new search tool will come to the last wikis in the coming weeks. This includes Wikipedia in French, Chinese, German and English.

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The Signpost: 05 November 2014

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IRC cloak request
Requesting wikimedia/RichSmith as my IRC cloak - 01:42, 7 November 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2014-46
 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
 * You may see a new tool on the mobile site of the English Wikipedia. It asks simple questions to make the article better. In the future, your answers will go to Wikidata.
 * The MediaWiki API now shows information in a nice format. You can translate it in translatewiki.net.

File information cleanup
 * Reminder: You can help fix file information on your wiki. It will help robots understand the information. After that, it will be easier for you to search files and re-use them.
 * You can join two IRC chats this week to learn more about the file cleanup project. One will be on Wednesday at 18:00 (UTC) and the other on Thursday at 04:00 (UTC). You can ask questions during the chat if you need help to fix files on your wiki.
 * You can see a list of files to fix on the Labs tool. You can report bugs and ask questions on the talk page.

Problems
 * Wikimedia Labs was broken for a few hours on Thursday. It was due to a hardware problem.

Software changes this week
 * The new version of MediaWiki ( 1.25wmf7 ) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since November 5. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from November 11, and on all Wikipedias from November 12 (calendar).
 * You can now use more editing tools for tables in VisualEditor. You can add rows and columns, merge cells, and edit table captions.
 * The style and insert menus in the toolbar of VisualEditor now show fewer tools. This helps you see the most common tasks. You can see all items by clicking "More".
 * The way windows inside VisualEditor work has changed. VisualEditor should be faster and have fewer bugs.

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Postpone
In this edit, you reverted my edit to an Articles for creation submission. You should not do so without a good reason. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 03:54, 13 November 2014 (UTC)
 * You are without good reason to postpone the CSD -  Rich T&#124;C&#124;E-Mail 17:07, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

Help Request: G13
Hi admins,

Need a bit of clarification... I'm having some issues with tagging old AfC drafts with as some users (see section above this help request) seem to think that if a draft seems notable then it is excluded from the G13 rule of no edits within 6 months = possible G13 at any time. I'm slowly working my way through Category:G13 eligible AfC submissions and I really don't want to cause conflict... So I just need some confirmation, if an draft seems notable but hasn't been worked on in 6+ months, is it fair game to G13 tag it?

Thanks to all that answer  Rich T&#124;C&#124;E-Mail 01:57, 15 November 2014 (UTC)


 * In theory, sure. In practice, if a good-faith editor, particularly anyone who wasn't the original author, says they think it should have a chance at being saved (DGG and Anne DeLong are two folks who do this a fair bit, I'm sure there are more), ... I'd tend to give it another 6-month ride and move onto the next draft, there are tons of the darn things. In the case above, it's getting long in the tooth, and I have, although it's been years, a combinatorics background, I'll see if I can contribute an opinion to resolving that precise case one way or another. --j⚛e deckertalk 04:52, 15 November 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm really disappointed that not one person involved in that kerfluffle noticed that the fellow already had a biography in mainspace. What a waste of fuss. --j⚛e deckertalk 04:59, 15 November 2014 (UTC)

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