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Tech News: 2013-44
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

New features
 * The style and colors for warning boxes, error messages, and success messages in all skins of MediaWiki has been changed.

VisualEditor news
 * You will soon be able to switch from editing in VisualEditor to editing wikitext directly without having to save the page. You can't yet switch from wikitext to VisualEditor but developers hope to make it possible in the future.

Problems
 * There was a problem on October 31 during the activation of MediaWiki 1.22wmf2 on test wikis. mediawiki.org was also broken, and if you had problems logging in, it was probably because of this as well.

Future
 * Because of the problem with MediaWiki 1.22wmf2, the calendar has changed. It will be added to mediawiki.org and non-Wikipedia sites on November 4, and all Wikipedia sites on November 7.

JavaScript / Gadget developers
 * Due to a recent change, gadgets and user scripts that use jQuery UI should explicitly load the appropriate modules, as they may not be loaded by default.
 * Developers have started to remove long-deprecated methods. You should check the JavaScript console (in  mode) and look for deprecation warnings and their stack trace.

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I'm not happy, but thanks
Seems like some sort of closure is hopefully here. Thanks for proposing. --Onorem (talk) 03:36, 6 November 2013 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. Ross Hill  ( talk ) 13:32, 6 Nov 2013 (UTC) 13:32, 6 November 2013 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2013-45
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

New features
 * You can now use the "Autonym" font of the Universal Language Selector (ULS) to display the name of languages (for example in navigation templates) in their correct script. To do this, add the CSS class  to the elements that include language names. Note that this font only works for the name of languages, not for any other text.

Problems
 * There was a problem with Parsoid (the program used by VisualEditor to convert wikitext to annotated HTML) on November 4, between 19:40 and 20:40 (UTC). Encoding issues caused non-ASCII characters (including those with diacritics, like "é") to be broken when converted to wikitext and saved to the page.

Future
 * The Beta Features tool is now available on Commons and Meta-Wiki. With it, you can test new features before they're added for everyone. The plan is to add this tool to all wikis on November 21.
 * MediaWiki 1.23wmf3 was added to test wikis on November 7. It will arrive to non-Wikipedia wikis on November 12 and all Wikipedia wikis on November 14 (calendar).
 * The MassMessage tool will be added to all wikis on November 14. It will make it simpler to send messages across wikis.
 * The button of the Search page will soon be changed to be blue and bigger (see the difference).
 * You will soon be able to add a page name as parameter for,   and   and similar functions, by writing for example.
 * In the future, when you hide a CentralNotice banner on a wiki, it will also be hidden on other Wikimedia sites.

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A Barnstar for You!

 * Thanks Mddann52. Ross Hill  ( talk ) 19:55, 13 Nov 2013 (UTC) 19:55, 13 November 2013 (UTC)

Flow Newsletter - November 14
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Tech News: 2013-46
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Problems
 * There was a problem caused by too many requests to the database on November 14.

Future
 * MediaWiki 1.23wmf4 was added to test wikis on November 14. It will arrive to non-Wikipedia wikis on November 19 and all Wikipedia wikis on November 21 (calendar).
 * The new Search tool (CirrusSearch) will be added to, Wikimania and Wikisource wikis on November 19, and Wiktionary wikis on November 21 (except where it's already available). Once it is added, you can test it by adding   to the address of the search results page. It will become the main search engine on Wikivoyage wikis on November 21.
 * The MassMessage tool will be added to all wikis on November 19 instead of November 14. It will make it simpler to send messages across wikis.

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Talkback
Ping! ///Euro Car GT  02:44, 25 November 2013 (UTC)

Talkback
///Euro Car GT  03:01, 25 November 2013 (UTC)

Tech News: 2013-47
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

New features
 * The Beta Features announced before are now available on all Wikimedia wikis. You can test new features easily by changing your Beta preferences. VisualEditor is one of those features on sites where it works and isn't automatically enabled. There is also a new media viewer and changes in the article text style.
 * Tools developers can now create tools that use the OAuth protocol to connect to accounts on Wikimedia sites. As a user, you can use those tools to make edits and other changes with your account without giving the tool your password.

Problems
 * Wikis that are currently testing CirrusSearch had problems with search results on November 18 from 16:00 to 20:00 UTC.

Future
 * There will be no major code changes on the week of November 25 because many developers will be on holiday for Thanksgiving.
 * The editing interface of  pages on Wikisource (working with the Proofread Page extension) will soon also work without JavaScript.

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Talkback
p b  p  23:38, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

Harassment allegation
Commenting on another user's talk page isn't harassment. William and I are within our rights to post our thoughts about Floquenbeam to his talk page, and it is not necessary for us to use AN or ANI to express displeasure with his administrative actions. You pretty clearly don't understand what constitutes harassment, because, generally, a few comments on another user's talk page aren't it, sorry. p b  p  23:57, 28 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Actually yes, per WP:HARRASS it can be if the user asks you to stop.
 * "This policy is aimed to protect victims of genuine harassment [...] such as Harassment, threats, intimidation, repeated annoying and unwanted contact or attention, and repeated personal attacks."

- Harassment


 * I don't know how I can be any more clear with you. If a user asks you to stop commenting on their talk page, do it. -- Ross Hill  •  Talk  •  Need Help?  • 00:04, 29 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Did you read the whole policy, dude? Where does it say that commenting on another's talk page several times constitutes harassment?  It doesn't.  Please read Talk page guidelines.  You keep telling me to desist from Floquenbeam's talk page.  Well, I've got a desist for you: desist from telling me to desist.  This really is between me, Will, and Floquembeam anyway.   I have legitimate concerns with a number of Floquembeam's actions and Will has legitimate concerns with the actions of a number of admins.  We are entitled to express them on Floquembeam's talk page.  If he doesn't like our comments, he can ignore them or even remove them, but it's not harassment to do so, and never will be.  If you don't like our commenting there, that's just too bad, because we're entitled to comment there.  Happy Thanksgiving!  p  b  p  00:09, 29 November 2013 (UTC)
 * The irony in your statement is flawless. You ask me if I read the whole policy. Well, yes I have. It says that unwanted contact constitutes harassment three times in Harassment
 * The first is in "This page in a nutshell" at the very top of the page
 * The second is at the top of this section
 * and the third is at the top of this section
 * While you may believe that your actions do not constitute harassment, as the policy currently stands, they do. It is very well my business what you say to another user on Wikipedia because our editor numbers are dropping, and I believe thats largely to do with the battlefield attitude some editors have. Please do the decent thing, and stop commenting on his talk when asked. Thank you, --  Ross Hill  •  Talk  •  Need Help?  • 00:23, 29 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks, Ross, I appreciate the concern about my talk page. But just so this doesn't turn into a bigger deal than it needs to be, it's OK to leave their posts there if it happens again. It's not the text that's on the talk page that's a problem, it's the constant pinging I was getting when I was doing something else, when they weren't talking to me. Either I'm not around - in which case I don't care about their posts, because I won't be annoyed by the orange bar - or I am around, and I'll deal with it myself. --Floquenbeam (talk) 01:13, 29 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Sure. Regards, -- Ross Hill  •  Talk  •  Need Help?  • 01:20, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

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Help
Can you please please help me I am a victim of vandalism and now seem under atatck for that I appreciate and value your help and integrity Thank you! (Tnoova (talk) 23:26, 29 November 2013 (UTC))
 * Hey Tnoova, thanks for stopping by! I want to start by saying that nobody here has a grudge against you, even the people at . We like that you are contributing, and understand that starting out can be tough.
 * Vandalism has a very specific definition here. Vandalism is any addition, removal, or change of content in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of Wikipedia.. What is happening right now is not vandalism. The COI tag is very relevant to your article because you are the subject of the article and you have made major edits to it.
 * Until the issues of neutrality have been fixed, the tag will stay. It is not an attack against you, but a notice to other editors of issues that need fixing. Do you have any more questions? Thanks, -- Ross Hill  •  Talk  •  Need Help?  • 23:48, 29 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Not sure how to read your message
 * Hiow about delete everything from
 * Take any edit I ver did out!
 * That should resolve any issue.
 * I do not know the technology well
 * I do not know what to do
 * Anything you suggest I accept
 * I di dnot install this page and I do not like to be singled out.
 * Please help
 * (Tnoova (talk) 01:06, 30 November 2013 (UTC))
 * Tnoova, from now on reply here instead of in the chat box. Carefully read the message I wrote for you. You are not being singled out, the article needs some work, so it has a maintenance tag on it. I suggest you going back on IRC so we can help you there again. . Regards, -- Ross Hill  •  Talk  •  Need Help?  • 01:16, 30 November 2013 (UTC)