Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2015-04-29/Technology report

 The following content has been republished as-is from the Tech News weekly report.

Recent changes All accounts are now unique and work on all wikis.  You can read a report from experts who tested the security of MediaWiki.  There was a problem between VisualEditor and an antivirus software. It is now fixed.  You can help test VisualEditor to see if it works in your language. 
 * April 27, 2015


 * April 20, 2015

Recent changes There was sometimes a problem when saving a page in VisualEditor. It is now fixed on all wikis.  VisualEditor sometimes showed empty warnings for wikis using Flagged Revisions. This is now fixed on all wikis.  You can get the new version of the Wikipedia app for iOS. With it you can share facts with your friends.  If you write JavaScript, you should stop using importScript and importStylesheet. 

Problems There was a problem with Labs on Monday. 

Changes this week The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 15. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from April 21. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 22 (calendar). Developers are renaming 1.5 million accounts. After that all accounts will be unique and will work on all wikis.  If your wiki has the auto-fill tool for citations, you can now use it when you edit a reference.  You can now give examples for template options in TemplateData. 

Meetings You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 22 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes You will soon be able to add and remove tags on edits. 


 * April 13, 2015

Recent changes You can read the latest news about VisualEditor. You can now use the new translation tool on 22 Wikipedias. You now see the tool the first time you create a new page.  The list of bad user names on your wiki no longer works. The global list replaces it. You can ask to add rules for bad user names on Meta. 

Problems Some wikis had issues on Wednesday. 

Changes this week The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 8. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from April 14. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 15 (calendar). Developers will start to rename 1.5 million accounts on Wednesday. After that all accounts will be unique and will work on all wikis.  All users can now test link previews ("Hovercards") on several Wikipedias. 

Meetings You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 15 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Recent changes You can join a new email list for important news about Wikimedia Labs.  You can read the last monthly report. In the future you can read team reports every three months. You can see current work on the roadmap.  The number of articles in Special:Statistics is now updated once a month.  You can use a new version of the Wikipedia app for Android. Using the app, you can now share a fact with your friends. 
 * April 6, 2015

Problems The import tool was broken for a few days. Imports didn't add log entries. You can delete and import pages again if necessary.  Labs was broken several times this week. 

'''Changes this week The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 1. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from April 7. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 8 (calendar). You can now add the same special characters with VisualEditor as with the wikitext editor.  Many bugs around copy-paste in VisualEditor are now fixed.  You can now use basic tools of VisualEditor in the new talk tool. You can add links, bold and italics. You can also mention people. 

Meetings You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 8 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes You can again comment on how you want to see Wikidata edits in your watchlist on other wikis.