Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2014-01-15/Technology report

The proposed schedule for the MediaWiki Architecture Summit (see previous Signpost coverage) has been published. The two main plenary sessions will be about HTML templating, and Service-oriented architecture.

Not to be confused with wikitext templates, the HTML templating cluster discusses creating a framework for the generation of user interface elements:


 * HTML templating library, submitted by Kaldari, proposes using a template system that can be used in both the PHP backend and via JavaScript for client-side usage.
 * MVC framework, submitted by Owyn, discusses the MVC framework Wikia wrote for templating, called Nirvana.
 * OutputPage refactor, also submitted by Owyn, discusses the changes Wikia has made in their fork of the OutputPage class, which controls the generation of the HTML needed for viewing a page.

In brief
''Not all fixes may have gone live to WMF sites at the time of writing; some may not be scheduled to go live for several weeks. Content incorporated from Tech News.''
 * MP4 Video: RfC on whether to enable support for uploading/using/providing video in the MP4 format.
 * The orange "You have new messages" bar will now be displayed for users who have JavaScript disabled (56974)
 * Updates to special pages: Special:DoubleRedirects, Special:UncategorizedPages, Special:WantedCategories, and other cached special pages should have fresh results and will update once a month. (15434)
 * Search issues: New pages and changes were not being reflected in search results from January 6 to 14. (59979)
 * Wikidata support for Wikisource: Language links for Wikisource can now be added via Wikidata. (announcement)