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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
 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 ( ) 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)

The Signpost: 28 December 2021
 News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia
 * From the editor: Here is the news


 * News and notes: Jimbo's NFT, new arbs, fixing RfA, and financial statements


 * Serendipity: Born three months before her brother?


 * In the media: The past is not even past


 * Recent research: STEM articles judged unsuitable for undergraduates below the first paragraph


 * Arbitration report: A new crew for '22


 * By the numbers: Four billion words and a few numbers


 * Deletion report: We laughed, we cried, we closed as "no consensus"


 * Gallery: Wikicommons presents: 2021


 * Traffic report: Spider-Man, football and the departed


 * Crossword: Another Wiki crossword for one and all


 * Humour: Buying Wikipedia

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The Signpost: 30 January 2022
 News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia Read this Signpost in full · Single-page · Unsubscribe · Global message delivery 20:56, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Special report: WikiEd course leads to Twitter harassment
 * News and notes: Feedback for Board of Trustees election
 * Interview: CEO Maryana Iskander "four weeks in"
 * Black History Month: What are you doing for Black History Month?
 * Deletion report: Ringing in the new year: Subject notability guideline under discussion
 * WikiProject report: The Forgotten Featured
 * Arbitration report: New arbitrators look at new case and antediluvian sanctions
 * Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2021
 * Gallery: No Spanish municipality without a photograph
 * Obituary: Twofingered Typist
 * Op-Ed: Identifying and rooting out climate change denial
 * Essay: The prime directive
 * Opinion: Should the Wikimedia Foundation continue to accept cryptocurrency donations?
 * In the media: Fuzzy-headed government editing
 * Recent research: Articles with higher quality ratings have fewer "knowledge gaps"
 * Serendipity: Pooh entered the Public Domain – but Tigger has to wait two more years
 * Crossword: Cross swords with a crossword

The Signpost: 27 February 2022
 News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia
 * From the team: Selection of a new Signpost Editor-in-Chief


 * News and notes: Impacts of Russian invasion of Ukraine


 * Opinion: Why student editors are good for Wikipedia


 * Special report: A presidential candidate's team takes on Wikipedia


 * In the media: Wiki-drama in the UK House of Commons


 * Serendipity: War photographers: from Crimea (1850s) to the Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022)


 * Technology report: Community Wishlist Survey results


 * WikiProject report: 10 years of tea


 * Featured content: Featured Content returns


 * Deletion report: The 10 most SHOCKING deletion discussions of February


 * Recent research: How editors and readers may be emotionally affected by disasters and terrorist attacks


 * Arbitration report: Parties remonstrate, arbs contemplate, skeptics coordinate


 * By the numbers: Does birthplace affect the frequency of Wikipedia biography articles?


 * Gallery: The vintage exhibit


 * Traffic report: Euphoria, Pamela Anderson, lies and Netflix


 * News from Diff: The Wikimania 2022 Core Organizing Team


 * Crossword: A Crossword, featuring Featured Articles


 * Humour: Notability of mailboxes

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