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As some of you might already have heard Wikimedia Deutschland is working on a new Wikimedia project. It is called m:Wikidata. The goal of Wikidata is to become a central data repository for the Wikipedias, its sister projects and the world. In the future it will hold data like the number of inhabitants of a country, the date of birth of a famous person or the length of a river. These can then be used in all Wikimedia projects and outside of them.
The project is divided into three phases and "we are getting close to roll-out the first phase". The phases are:
language links in the Wikipedias (making it possible to store the links between the language editions of an article just once in Wikidata instead of in each linked article)
infoboxes (making it possible to store the data that is currently in infoboxes in one central place and share the data)
lists (making it possible to create lists and similar things based on queries to Wikidata so they update automatically when new data is added or modified)
It'd be great if you could join us, test the demo version, provide feedback and take part in the development of Wikidata. You can find all the relevant information including an FAQ and sign-up links for our on-wiki newsletter on the Wikidata page on Meta.
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All Wikimedia wikis - including this one - will soon be upgraded with new and possibly disruptive code. This process starts today and finishes on October 24 (see the upgrade schedule & code details).
Please watch for problems with:
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The Wikimedia Foundation's Fundraising team have begun our 'User Experience' project, with the goal of understanding the donation experience in different countries outside the USA and enhancing the localization of our donation pages. I am searching for volunteers to spend 30 minutes on a Skype chat with me, reviewing their own country's donation pages. It will be done on a 'usability' format (I will ask you to read the text and go through the donation flow) and will be asking your feedback in the meanwhile.
The only pre-requisite is for the volunteer to actually live in the country and to have access to at least one donation method that we offer for that country (mainly credit/debit card, but also real-time banking like IDEAL, E-wallets, etc...) so we can do a live test and see if the donation goes through. All volunteers will be reimbursed of the donations that eventually succeed (and they will be low amounts, like 1-2 dollars)
By helping us you are actually helping thousands of people to support our mission of free knowledge across the world. Please sing up and help us with our 'User Experience' project! :)
If you are interested (or know of anyone who could be) please email ppena@wikimedia.org. All countries needed (excepting USA)!
Thanks! Pats Pena
Global Fundraising Operations Manager, Wikimedia Foundation
Thank you to everyone who volunteered last year on the Wikimedia fundraising 'User Experience' project. We have talked to many different people in different countries and their feedback has helped us immensely in restructuring our pages. If you haven't heard of it yet, the 'User Experience' project has the goal of understanding the donation experience in different countries (outside the USA) and enhancing the localization of our donation pages.
I am (still) searching for volunteers to spend some time on a Skype chat with me, reviewing their own country's donation pages. It will be done on a 'usability' format (I will ask you to read the text and go through the donation flow) and will be asking your feedback in the meanwhile.
The only pre-requisite is for the volunteer to actually live in the country and to have access to at least one donation method that we offer for that country (mainly credit/debit card, but also real time banking like IDEAL, E-wallets, etc...) so we can do a live test and see if the donation goes through. **All volunteers will be reimbursed of the donations that eventually succeed (and they will be very low amounts, like 1-2 dollars)**
By helping us you are actually helping thousands of people to support our mission of free knowledge across the world. If you are interested (or know of anyone who could be) please email ppena@wikimedia.org. All countries needed (excepting USA)!!
Thanks!
Pats Pena
Global Fundraising Operations Manager, Wikimedia Foundation
(Apologies if this message isn't in your language.) Next week, the Wikimedia Foundation will transition its main technical operations to a new data center in Ashburn, Virginia, USA. This is intended to improve the technical performance and reliability of all Wikimedia sites, including this wiki. There will be some times when the site will be in read-only mode, and there may be full outages; the current target windows for the migration are January 22nd, 23rd and 24th, 2013, from 17:00 to 01:00 UTC (see other timezones on timeanddate.com). More information is available in the full announcement.
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(I sorry that I need to post in English: I know no Tamil. Perhaps someone who knows both languages can translate it.) Your entry absinthe includes a pronunciation File:En-us-absinthe.ogg, marked as American, which is incorrect: as discussed at commons:Commons:Deletion_requests/File:En-us-absinthe.ogg, that's not the American pronunciation (and, as far as I know, it's not the correct pronunciation anywhere). I recommend removing the link to that media file from that dicitonary entry.—msh210@enwikt 20:16, 18 பெப்ரவரி 2013 (UTC)
en samuthaya inraya nelamaiyai eppadi pathiu sivadhu
en samuthaya sithigalai na en wicky prdia vil thirivikka vendum, atharku naan enna seiya vendum, enakku help seiungngal, nanri
முதலில் தமிழில் எழுதக்கற்றுக்கொள்ளுங்கள். இங்கு எழுத கற்க தொடங்கலாமே? இதில் style-3என்பதனை தேர்ந்தெடுத்துக்கொண்டால், எழுத்துக்களை எளிதில் அடையாளம் காண இயலும்.--த♥ உழவன் +உரை.. 18:29, 3 மார்ச் 2013 (UTC)
உங்கள் மின்னஞ்சலை கூறுங்கள்..
Convert complex templates to Lua to make them faster and more powerful
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Greetings. As you might have seen on the Wikimedia tech blog or the tech ambassadors list, a new functionality called "Lua" is being enabled on all Wikimedia sites today. Lua is a scripting language that enables you to write faster and more powerful MediaWiki templates.
If you have questions about how to convert existing templates to Lua (or how to create new ones), we'll be holding two support sessions on IRC next week: one on Wednesday (for Oceania, Asia & America) and one on Friday (for Europe, Africa & America); see m:IRC office hours for the details. If you can't make it, you can also get help at mw:Talk:Lua scripting.
If you'd like to learn about this kind of events earlier in advance, consider becoming a Tech ambassador by subscribing to the mailing list. You will also be able to help your fellow Wikimedians have a voice in technical discussions and be notified of important decisions.
There is a new request for comment on Meta-Wiki concerning the removal of administrative rights from long-term inactive Wikimedians. Generally, this proposal from stewards would apply to wikis without an administrators' review process.
We are also compiling a list of projects with procedures for removing inactive administrators on the talk page of the request for comment. Feel free to add your project(s) to the list if you have a policy on administrator inactivity.
All input is appreciated. The discussion may close as soon as 21 May 2013 (2013-05-21), but this will be extended if needed.
The default position of the "edit" link in page section headers is going to change soon. The "edit" link will be positioned adjacent to the page header text rather than floating opposite it.
Section edit links will be to the immediate right of section titles, instead of on the far right. If you're an editor of one of the wikis which already implemented this change, nothing will substantially change for you; however, scripts and gadgets depending on the previous implementation of section edit links will have to be adjusted to continue working; however, nothing else should break even if they are not updated in time.
Ideas to do this all the way to 2009 at least. It is often difficult to track which of several potential section edit links on the far right is associated with the correct section, and many readers and anonymous or new editors may even be failing to notice section edit links at all, since they read section titles, which are far away from the links.
Great Changes. Thanks indeed.--த♥ உழவன் +உரை.. 19:07, 30 ஏப்ரல் 2013 (UTC)
thanks you very much for quicker. Instead of spelling "edit", a image of pencil will be good. Because, more "edit"s in a page is not good. அத்திகோசத்தார் our data is less. When some one copy, the "edit" will disturb. If it is a image, no such issues. த♥ உழவன் +உரை..16:35, 2 மே 2013 (UTC)[பதிலளி]
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Latest Tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes.
Recent software changes
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The latest version of MediaWiki (version 1.22/wmf4) was added to non-Wikipedia wikis on May 13, and to the English Wikipedia (with a Wikidata software update) on May 20. It will be updated on all other Wikipedia sites on May 22. [1][2]
A software update will perhaps result in temporary issues with images. Please report any problems you notice. [3]
MediaWiki recognizes links in twelve new schemes. Users can now link to SSH, XMPP and Bitcoin directly from wikicode. [4]
The UploadWizard on Commons now shows links to the old upload form in 55 languages (bug 33513). [10]
Future software changes
The next version of MediaWiki (version 1.22/wmf5) will be added to Wikimedia sites starting on May 27. [11]
An updated version of Notifications, with new features and fewer bugs, will be added to the English Wikipedia on May 23. [12]
The final version of the "single user login" (which allows people to use the same username on different Wikimedia wikis) is moved to August 2013. The software will automatically rename some usernames. [13]
A new discussion system for MediaWiki, called "Flow", is under development. Wikimedia designers need your help to inform other users, test the prototype and discuss the interface. [14].
The Wikimedia Foundation is hiring people to act as links between software developers and users for VisualEditor. [15]
Important note: This is the first edition of the Tech News weekly summaries, which help you monitor recent software changes likely to impact you and your fellow Wikimedians.
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The Notifications feature, active on the English Wikipedia, now supports local blacklists and whitelists. It is possible to hide users (for example certain bots) from all notifications on the wiki. Also, e-mail notifications are now grouped. [17][18]
The first stable release of MediaWiki 1.21 for sites outside Wikimedia was published on May 25. [19]
The tool storing information about languages (CLDR) was updated to the latest version (23.1). [20]
Due to a software issue, users couldn't enable or disable Gadgets. The issue is now fixed.
Future software changes
MediaWiki will stop supporting XHTML 1.0 and HTML versions lower than version 5. HTML5 will now be the default language for pages created by the software. [21][22]
The software will check if all uploaded files are secure and match their type. [23]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes.
Recent software changes
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The latest version of MediaWiki (1.22/wmf5) was added to non-Wikipedia wikis on May 29. It will be enabled on the English Wikipedia on June 3, and on all other Wikipedias on June 5. [30]
The Tamil Wikipedia shared a Lua module they created to automate their Main Page. [31]
There is now a test wiki to test new features in right-to-left languages. [32]
The Thanks feature was added to the English Wikipedia; users can now thank others for individual edits. [33]
The new interface for account creation and log-in is now the default on 30 wikis, including the English Wikipedia, Commons, Meta, and Wikidata. The feature will be added to all wikis after June 5. Users can return to the old look by adding ?useNew=0 to the web address. [34]
Videos are now played in pop-up windows if their size on the page is smaller than 200 pixels (800 pixels on the English Wikipedia). [35]
Opening your talk page now marks notifications as read, for wikis using the Notifications feature. (bug 47912) [36].
All autoconfirmed users can now reset transcoding of video files; previously only administrators could do this. [37]
The Nearby feature allows people who use mobile devices to see Wikipedia articles about objects and places around them. [38]
Future software changes
The PostEdit feature is now part of MediaWiki, and will work on all wikis. (bug 48726) [39]
MediaWiki will now be updated every week, starting on June 6. Thanks to this, bugs will be fixed and features will be added faster than they are now. [41]
Hi, apologies for posting this in English, but I wanted to alert your community to a discussion on Meta about potential changes to the Wikimedia Trademark Policy. Please translate this statement if you can. We hope that you will all participate in the discussion; we also welcome translations of the legal team’s statement into as many languages as possible and encourage you to voice your thoughts there. Please see the Trademark practices discussion (on Meta-Wiki) for more information. Thank you! --Mdennis (WMF) (talk)
Universal Language Selector to replace Narayam and WebFonts extensions
On June 11, 2013, the Universal Language Selector (ULS) will replace the features of Mediawiki extensions Narayam and WebFonts. The ULS provides a flexible way of configuring and delivering language settings like interface language, fonts, and input methods (keyboard mappings).
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes.
Recent software changes
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The latest version of MediaWiki (1.22/wmf6) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on June 6, and to non-Wikipedia wikis on June 10. It will be enabled on all Wikipedias on June 13. [42]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Translations are available.
Recent software changes
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The latest version of MediaWiki (1.22wmf7) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on June 13. It will be enabled on non–Wikipedia sites on June 17, and on all Wikipedias on June 20. [50]
VisualEditor was temporarily disabled on Wikipedia sites on June 14 due to an issue that inserted a lot of HTML code. The issue is now fixed and VisualEditor works as before.
Users can now use VisualEditor to add images and other media items from their local wikis and Wikimedia Commons. [52].
The new Disambiguator extension, which was previously part of MediaWiki itself, was enabled on test wikis. It adds the magic word __DISAMBIG__ to mark disambiguation pages. [54]
The newly enabled Campaigns extension allows Wikimedia Foundation data analysts to track account creations that result from a specific outreach campaign.
Future software changes
Universal Language Selector will be added to the Catalan (ca), Cebuano (ceb), Persian (fa), Finnish (fi), Norwegian Bokmål (no), Portuguese (pt), Ukrainian (uk), Vietnamese (vi), Waray-Waray (war) and Chinese (zh) Wikipedias on June 18. [55]
Starting on June 18, VisualEditor will be randomly enabled by default for half of newly created accounts on the English Wikipedia to test stability, performance and features. [56]
Two new webfonts (UnifrakturMaguntia and Linux Libertine) will be added to wikis that use Universal Language Selector. [57][58]
It will now be possible to hide the sidebar while using the Translate extension to reduce distractions (bug #45836). [59]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Translations are available.
Recent software changes
(Not all changes will affect you.)
The latest version of MediaWiki (1.22wmf8) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on June 20. It will be enabled on non–Wikipedia sites on June 24, and on all Wikipedias on June 27. [61]
Universal Language Selectorwas successfully enabled on the Catalan (ca), Cebuano (ceb), Persian (fa), Finnish (fi), Norwegian Bokmål (no), Portuguese (pt), Ukrainian (uk), Vietnamese (vi), Waray-Waray (war) and Chinese (zh) Wikipedias. [62]
The new interface for account creation and log–in is now the default on all Wikimedia wikis. The old look is no longer available (bug #46333). [63]
It is now possible to synchronise local CSS and JavaScript files with the beta cluster. This should make it easier to test software features before they are enabled on live wikis. [67]
Future software changes
The default link to a help page on editing, visible below the editing window, will change on almost 600 Wikimedia wikis and will now link to MediaWiki.org (bug #45977). [68]
Universal Language Selector will be enabled on wikis without language versions (such as Wikisource and Wikispecies) on June 25. [69]
The AbuseFilter extension will allow filtering links and HTML code for page creations. [70]
நண்பர்களே மன்னியுங்கள் நான் இங்கு புதியவன் என்பதால் எனக்கு எதுவும் தெரியவில்லை உதவி கோர கூட யாரையும் என்னால் கண்டுபிடிக்கமுடியவில்லை நான் என்ன பதிவு செயிதாலும் அதை உடனே அகற்ற மட்டும் நண்பர்கள் தீயா வேலை செய்கிறார்கள் எனக்கு உதவ யாரும் இல்லை என்கிற நிலையில் இங்கு முறையிட வந்துள்ளேன் கட்டுரை எழுதும் முறைகள் மட்டுமே தெரிகிறது மற்றபடி ஏதும் தெியவில்லை என்னைப் போல் புதிதாக ஆவலுடன் இங்கு உள் நுழையும் நண்பர்களுக்கு தயவுகூர்ந்து உதவுவதற்கு யாரேனும் உள்ளாரா? இருந்தால் உதவுங்கள், உங்களை போல் 10மடங்கு சேவை செய்ய ஆவலுடன் இருக்கிறேன்.
குழப்பம் வேண்டாம் உதய்! எந்த ஐயம் இருந்தாலும் கேளுங்கள் சொல்கிறோம். உங்கள் திருத்தங்களை கெடுக்கும் எண்ணம் யாருக்கும் இல்லை. எனவே, தவறாக எடுத்துக்கொள்ள வேண்டாம். நீங்கள் தவறான தொகுப்பை செய்திருக்கக் கூடும். ஏன் அப்படி செய்தார்கள் என அவ்வாறு நிகழும்போது சொல்கிறேன். தகவலுழவன், பழ. கந்தசாமி இருவரும் விக்சனரியில் வசிக்கிறார்கள். பெரும்பாலான நேரங்களில் அவர்கள் இங்கு இருப்பார்கள். :) அவர்களைக் கேட்கலாம். :) -தமிழ்க்குரிசில் (பேச்சு) 00:31, 27 சூன் 2013 (UTC)[பதிலளி]
வணக்கம், விக்சனரியின் முகப்புப் பக்கத்தில் இடதுபக்கத்தில் உள்ள முதற் பக்கம் என்ற இணைப்பு முகப்பு என்ற சொல்லிற்குச் செல்கிறது. இது அண்மையில் மொழிபெயர்ப்புவிக்கியில் பயனர் ஒருவர் செய்த மாற்றத்தால் வருகிறது. அங்கு அம்மாற்றத்தை மீள்வித்திருக்கிறேன். அம்மாற்றம் இங்கு தெரிய சில நாட்கள் ஆகலாம். அதற்கு முன்னர் இங்கு இந்த மாற்றத்தைச் சரி செய்யுங்கள்.--Kanags (பேச்சு) 12:41, 28 சூன் 2013 (UTC)[பதிலளி]
சில சொற்களுக்கு வட்டார வழக்கு என்ன என்பதை சேர்க்கலாமா? உண்மையான சொல் சற்று சிதைந்து பழக்கப்படுவதையும் சேர்க்கலாமா? எ.கா துழாவு என்பதை தொலாவு தொலவு என்று சில இடங்களில் பேசுவர். --குறும்பன் (பேச்சு) 02:47, 2 சூன் 2013 (UTC)[பதிலளி]
வழிமாற்றாக தரலாம் என்று நினைத்தேன். ஆனால், தனியொரு சொல்லாகத் தந்து எந்த சொல்லின் திரிபு என வழங்குதல் நலம். திருகை என்பதை நாங்கள் திருவை என்போம். எளிதில் அகப்படாத, அதிகம் பயன்படாத இத்தகைய சொற்களை தனிப் பக்கத்தில் தரலாம் அல்லது முதன்மையான பக்கத்தின் கீழே பேச்சு வழக்கில் என்று தரலாம். -தமிழ்க்குரிசில் (பேச்சு) 00:40, 27 சூன் 2013 (UTC)[பதிலளி]
சில சொற்களுக்கு வட்டார வழக்கு என்ன என்பதை சேர்க்கலாமா? உண்மையான சொல் சற்று சிதைந்து பழக்கப்படுவதையும் சேர்க்கலாமா? எ.கா துழாவு என்பதை தொலாவு தொலவு என்று சில இடங்களில் பேசுவர். --குறும்பன் (பேச்சு) 02:47, 2 சூன் 2013 (UTC)[பதிலளி]
வட்டார வழக்கு வேறு பிழையான வழக்கு வேறு. பேச்சுத்தமிழ் வடிவம் வேறு. திருகை அன்று திரிகை. இதில் வரும் ரி குறைந்த இகரத்தோடு ஒலிப்பதலால் திருகை என்பது போல் ஒலிக்கும். துழாவ என்பது துளாவு, தொலாவு என்றெல்லாம் பிழையாக ஒலிக்கப்படலாம், ஆனால் எல்லா பிழையான வடிவங்களையும் தருவது இயலாது. மேலும், பிழையான வடிவங்களைத் தரும் இடம் அன்று ஓர் அகரமுதலி என்பது. வட்டார வழக்கு என்பது, நல்ல தமிழ்ச்சொற்கள்தான், ஆனால் அப்பழக்கம் சில வட்டாரங்களிலேயே பெருமளவும் வழங்குகின்றது. எடுத்துக்காட்டாக துடைப்பம் விளக்குமாறு என்பதை திருநெல்வேலி பக்கம் வாரியல் என்பார்கள். பழம் முதலியவற்றின் தோலை தொலி என்பார்கள். தொலி என்பது சங்க இலக்கியத்தில் வழங்கும் சொல். இழு, இழுத்துப்பிடி என்பதை சென்னை, செங்கல்பட்டுப் பகுதிகளில் வலி என்பார்கள். வலித்தல் என்றால் இழுத்தல். இசுத்தல் என்று வேறு சூழல்களில் இழுத்தல் என்பதைக் குறிக்கும். இசுத்துகினு போனான் என்பார்கள். இதில் வரும் இசுத்தல் என்பது கொச்சை மொழி அன்று. இசு என்பது நல்ல தமிழ் வினை வடிவம். இசும்பு என்பது வழுக்குநிலம். ஈசுதல் என்பது வழுக்கிப் போதல். கண்ணுக்கு மை இடும் பொழுதோ, ஓவியம் தீட்டும்பொழுதோ, கைவழுக்கிப் போவதை ஈசுதல் என்பர். இசு ஈசு. இவை சொற்களாக இருக்கலாம்.--செல்வா (பேச்சு) 03:22, 29 சூன் 2013 (UTC)[பதிலளி]
அண்மையில் தொடங்கிய விக்கித்தரவுகளை விக்சனரிகளுக்கு எவ்வாறு பயன்படுத்திக் கொள்ளலாம் என உரையாடி வருகின்றனர். இதில் நாமும் பங்குபெற்று தமிழ் விக்சனரிக்குப் பயன்படுத்திக் கொள்ள வேண்டும். பின்வரும் இணைப்புகளைக் காண்க:
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Translations are available.
Recent software changes
(Not all changes will affect you.)
The latest version of MediaWiki (1.22/wmf9) was added to test wikis on June 27. It will be enabled on non–Wikipedia sites on July 8, and on all Wikipedias on July 11.
On Wikisource, the canonical names of the "Index" and "Page" namespaces in the Proofread Page extension are no longer localized (bug #47596). Please check scripts that depend on $wgCanonicalNamespace. [76]
A JavaScript problem caused the "பக்க வரலாறு" and "தலைப்பைச் சேர்" tabs in the Vector skin to be moved into the drop-down menu on right-to-left wikis. The issue is now fixed and links are visible as before (bug #50196). [77]
VisualEditor will be enabled for all logged-in English Wikipedia users on July 1, and for all users on July 8.
From July 8, it will be possible to upload WAV and native FLAC files to Commons, and use them directly on wiki pages ([[<tvar|bug-49505>bugzilla:49505</>|bug #49505]]). [83]
Tech news #26 incorrectly reported that audio transcoding was added to TimedMediaHandler; it was actually statistics about audio transcoding that were added. [85]
I voted to keep the tool. The following infos are to promote it.
இந்த கருவியால் பயனர் ஒருவரின் பங்களிப்புகளை மேலோட்டமாக அறிய முடியும். ஆனால், இந்த விரிவானக் கருவியால் பயனர் ஒருவரின் பங்களிப்புகளை விரிவாக அறிய முடியும். பங்களிப்பாளர் ஒருவர் தன்னைப்பற்றி மிகத்துல்லியாமாக அறிந்து, தனது பதிவுகளை மேம்படுத்திக் கொள்ள விரிவானக் கருவி மிகவும் அவசியமென எண்ணுகிறேன். அக்கருவி நிலைக்க ஓட்டுப் போடுக! வணக்கம்.--த♥ உழவன் +உரை..02:10, 13 சூலை 2013 (UTC)[பதிலளி]
Latest [[<tvar|technews>m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News</>|tech news]] from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. [[<tvar|more-transl>m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2013/28</>|Translations]] are available.
Recent software changes(Not all changes will affect you.)
VisualEditor deployment has been delayed by a week. It is now planned to enable the editor for logged–in editors on chosen Wikipedias on July 22, and on all Wikipedias on July 29.
A bug that made it impossible to save VisualEditor edits that triggered a CAPTCHA has been fixed. [86]
Uploading files has been restricted on Meta Wiki to administrators and the newly created uploader group. An exemption doctrine policy is being developed (bug #50287). [87]
Emergency priority CentralNotice banners will always be shown unless users have hidden them, ignoring cookies set for lower priority banners. [88]
Future software changes
MediaWiki will allow choosing a specific page of a PDF document or a thumbnail of a video file to show up inside the
தலைச்சொற்களைத் தெளிவாகக் காட்டுவதற்கு மாறாக 'ஆங்கிலம்' போன்று மொழியை அறிவிக்கும் தலைப்பு மிகப்பெரிதாய் உறுத்திக்கொண்டு உள்ளது. எடுத்தவுடனே பலுக்கல் என்று பெரும்பாலும் இல்லாத உள் தலைப்பு. இவற்றல்ல் எது சொல் எது பொருள் என்றே தெரியாமல் இருக்கின்றது. பெரும்பாடு பட்டு நல்ல முறையை வகுத்தோம், அனைத்தையும் விட்டுவிட்டு இப்பொழுது சொற்கள் பற்பல வடிவமைப்பிலே தக்க சீரொழுக்கம் இல்லாமல் இருக்கின்றது. எ.கா: nucleotide. இச்சொல்லில் தலைச்சொல்லைப் பெரிது படுத்தி இட்டாலும், பலுக்கல் என்பதை நீக்கினாலும் சரியான வடிவமைப்பில் இல்லை! எல்லாச் சொற்களின் பக்கங்களும் ஒரே பக்க வடிவமைப்பில் இருத்தல் நல்லது.--செல்வா (பேச்சு) 22:55, 11 சூலை 2013 (UTC)[பதிலளி]
ஆம். தமிழ் விக்சனரி அழகுட்டப் படவேண்டும். அதோடு தமிழ் இணையக் கல்விகழகத்தின் இணைப்பில்லா, தொடுப்புகள், ஏறத்தாழ ஒரு இலட்சம் சொற்களில் நீக்கப்பட வேண்டும். அது பற்றி இங்கும் தெரிவிக்கலாம். களமிறங்கி அழகுபடுத்தவல்ல தளமேலாளர்களே வருக! அதோடு நம் தமிழ் விக்சனரி இப்பொழுது 13வது இடத்திற்கு பின் தங்கி விட்டது. மேலும் பின்னேறும் நிலை மேலோங்கியுள்ளது. காரணம், இங்கு புதுச்சொற்களின் பதிவேற்றம் ஏறக்குறைய இல்லை எனலாம். தமிழ் சொற்களின் எண்ணிக்கையையே தற்பொழுது அதிகமாக்க வேண்டும். ஏனெனில், தமிழ் விக்சனரியில் தமிழ் சொற்களின் அளவு20-25%தான். --த♥ உழவன் +உரை..02:35, 12 சூலை 2013 (UTC)[பதிலளி]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Translations are available.
Recent software changes(Not all changes will affect you.)
The latest version of MediaWiki (1.22/wmf10) was added to test wikis on July 11. It will be enabled on non–Wikipedia sites on July 15, and on all Wikipedias on July 18. [95]
The Disambiguator extension was enabled on all Wikimedia wikis on July 9 (bug #50174). To use it, add the __DISAMBIG__ code to disambiguation templates (see example). [96]
A new version of the Single User Login system for global accounts will be enabled on July 17. Users will now automatically go back to the previous page instead of seeing the "Login success" page with logos. [98]
The software that resizes images on all wikis will change on July 18. Resizing of big images will be faster and more reliable, and the resolution limit for GIF, PNG and TIFF files (currently set at 50 megapixels) will be removed. [99]
Edit tags (mostly used by AbuseFilter) will now also be on diff pages. They include a link to Special:Tags before the edit summary. Wikis that use links in tag messages should remove them. [100][101]
Global edit filters are currently in testing and will be added to wikis later. [102]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Translations are available.
Recent software changes(Not all changes will affect you.)
The latest version of MediaWiki (1.22/wmf11) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on July 18. It will be enabled on non–Wikipedia sites on July 22, and on all Wikipedias on July 25. [105]
The schedule to add VisualEditor to non-English Wikipedias has been changed: the new editor will be available for logged-in users on the German (de), Spanish (es), French (fr), Hebrew (he), Italian (it), Dutch (nl), Polish (pl), Russian (ru) and Swedish (sv) Wikipedias on July 24, and for all users on those wikis on July 29. [107]
A warning is now displayed if an edit made with VisualEditor matches an edit filter (bug #50472).
Hello, Sorry for English but It's very important for bot operators so I hope someone translates this.
Pywikipedia is migrating to Git so after July 26, SVN checkouts won't be updated If you're using Pywikipedia you have to switch to git, otherwise you will use out-dated framework and your bot might not work properly. There is a manual for doing that and a blog post explaining about this change in non-technical language. If you have question feel free to ask in mw:Manual talk:Pywikipediabot/Gerrit, mailing list, or in the IRC channel. Best Amir (via Global message delivery). 13:50, 23 சூலை 2013 (UTC)[பதிலளி]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes; not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
The latest version of MediaWiki (1.22/wmf12) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on July 25. It will be enabled on non–Wikipedia sites on July 29, and on all Wikipedias on August 1. [112]
Wikivoyage was offline for around 40 minutes on July 24. [113]
The Notifications and Thanks extensions were added to Meta-Wiki on July 26; other wikis will get them soon. [115]
It is now possible to add edit summaries on Wikidata using the API; the feature will be added to user interface soon. [116]
The software that resizes large PNG images on all wikis was changed on July 25. Resizing of PNG files bigger than 35 megapixels should be faster and more reliable now. [117]
Three new webfonts (Gentium, Old Persian and Shapour) will be added to Universal Language Selector. [118], [119], [120]
Special:MIMESearch, which gives a list of files by type, will be enabled on all Wikimedia wikis with MediaWiki version 1.22/wmf12 (bug #13438). [121]
A mailing list to discuss multimedia features was started; users are encouraged to sign up.
On July 24, VisualEditor was added for logged-in users on the German (de), Spanish (es), French (fr), Hebrew (he), Italian (it), Polish (pl), Russian (ru) and Swedish (sv) Wikipedias; it will be added for all users on those wikis on July 29. [122]
A preference to completely disable VisualEditor while it is in beta phase was added on July 24. [123]
Greetings. Starting on August 21 (tomorrow), all users with an account will be using HTTPS to access Wikimedia sites. HTTPS brings better security and improves your privacy. More information is available at m:HTTPS.
If HTTPS causes problems for you, tell us on bugzilla, on IRC (in the #wikimedia-operations channel) or on meta. If you can't use the other methods, you can also send an e-mail to https@wikimedia.org.
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 previous version of MediaWiki (1.22/wmf13) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on August 15. It was enabled on non-Wikipedia sites on August 19, and on all Wikipedias on August 22. [130]
The latest version of MediaWiki (1.22/wmf14) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on August 22. It will be enabled on non-Wikipedia sites on August 26, and on all Wikipedias on August 29. [131]
You can now use the <wbr> HTML5 tag to say where a word can be cut. (52468) [134]
Gadget authors: you can now use the wikipage.content hook, so that your scripts are re-run when a page is changed after the document-ready event (for example using Ajax). (30713) [135]
Problems fixed
There was a bug where file redirects didn't work when a file was renamed; it is now fixed. There is still an issue with purging, but it should be fixed soon. (52200)
பராமரிப்பு அறிக்கைகள் provided by special pages will now all be updated on each wiki every six months. This will for example give you recent information on uncategorized pages, unused templates and most wanted pages (see details).
There was a bug that caused false positives for anti-blanking edit filters; it is now fixed. (52077) [136]
The "edit" and "edit source" tabs and section edit links can now be changed more easily; for example, some wikis are using "edit source" for wikitext editing, and "edit beta" for VisualEditor. You can ask for the same change in bugzilla.
You can now edit references that are added inside a <references> block. (51741)
You can now test on mediawiki.org new basic tools to add and edit struck text (with the button for the <s> tag), lower text ( for <sub>), upper text ( for <sup>), underlined text ( for <u>), computer code ( for <code> and <tt>), math text ( for <math>), Egyptian hieroglyphs ( for <hiero>), and to say that text is in another language ( for lang="ar" dir="rtl"). (51609, 51612, 51611, 51590, 51610, 52352)
You can now use VisualEditor with the Opera browser. [137]
Future
Starting on August 26, you will be able to use data from Wikidata on Wikivoyage sites. [138]
Starting on August 27, you will also get notifications on the mobile site if you're logged in to a wiki using notifications. [139]
Starting on August 28, all users with an account will be using HTTPS to access Wikimedia sites. HTTPS brings better security and improves your privacy. Some countries (like China) will not use HTTPS. If HTTPS causes problems for you, tell us on meta. [140]
Starting on August 29, you will get the code editor interface to edit JavaScript and CSS pages on all wikis. [141]
The plan to use Solr for search in MediaWiki was changed; instead, Elasticsearch is now planned. [142]
First, I’d like to apologize for the English. If you can, please help to translate this for other members of your community.
The legal team at the Wikimedia Foundation would greatly appreciate your input on the best way to manage the "community logo" (pictured here) to best balance protection of the projects with community support. Accordingly, they have created a “request for consultation” on Meta where they set out briefly some of the issues to be considered and the options that they perceive. Your input would be invaluable in helping guide them in how best to serve our mission.
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
Special:Listfiles can now display old versions of files a user has uploaded. A new link was also added (Special:AllMyFiles) that gives a list of all files the current user has ever uploaded (that haven't been deleted).
There is now an Android application to contribute to translatewiki.net from mobile devices. [143]
Notifications inform you of new activity that affects you -- and let you take quick action.
(This message is in English, please translate as needed)
Greetings!
Notifications will inform users about new activity that affects them on this wiki in a unified way: for example, this new tool will let you know when you have new talk page messages, edit reverts, mentions or links -- and is designed to augment (rather than replace) the watchlist. The Wikimedia Foundation's editor engagement team developed this tool (code-named 'Echo') earlier this year, to help users contribute more productively to MediaWiki projects.
We're now getting ready to bring Notifications to almost all other Wikimedia sites, and are aiming for a 22 October deployment, as outlined in this release plan. It is important that notifications is translated for all of the languages we serve.
There are three major points of translation needed to be either done or checked:
Notifications help on mediawiki.org. This page can be hosted after translation on mediawiki.org or we can localize it to this Wikipedia. You do not have to have an account to translate on mediawiki, but single-user login will create it for you there if you follow the link.
This community consultation was commenced on September 24. The following day, two individuals filed a legal opposition against the registration of the Community logo.
The question is whether the Wikimedia Foundation should seek a collective membership mark with respect to this logo or abandon its registration and protection of the trademark.
We want to make sure that everyone get a chance to speak up so that we can get clear direction from the community. We would therefore really appreciate the community's help in translating this announcement from English so that everyone is able to understand it.
2010 இல் நடந்த செம்மொழி மாநாட்டை ஒட்டி விக்சனரிக்கு நன்கொடையாக தமிழ் இணையக் கல்விக்கழகத்தில் இருந்து பெருந்தொகையான சொற்களை குறுவட்டுகளில் பெற்றுத் தந்தேன் (இதற்கு நன்றியுடையவர்கள் முனைவர் அருள், முனைவர் ப.அர. நக்கீரன், தேவிதார்(Davidar) இ.அ.ப). மேடையில் பெற்றுக்கொண்டவர்கள் மாகிரும் மயூரனும். இந்நிகழ்ச்சியை ஆவணப்படுத்தும் முகமாக ஓர் அரைப்பக்க செய்தி படங்களுடன் இருந்தது. அவை எங்கு போயின என்று தெரியவில்லை. இப்படியான ஆவணங்கள் யாருக்கும் காட்டும்படியாக காட்சிக்கு இருக்க வேண்டும். இதைப் பற்றிய கேள்வியை மார்ச்சு 2012 இலும் ஏப்பிரல் 2012 இலும் கேட்டிருந்தேன். விடை ஏதும் கிட்டவில்லை. பார்க்கவும். பொதுவாக ஆலமரத்தடியில் நிகழும் உரையாடல்களைப் பரணில் ஏற்றலாமே ஒழிய பிரித்து வெவ்வேறு இடங்களில் இடுவது கூடாது. ஏனெனில் கால வரன்முறை அற்றுப்போகும். தலைப்பின் அடிப்படையில் வேறு இடத்தில் சேமிக்க வேண்டும் எனினும் படி எடுத்து பிறிதோர் இடத்திலே இடலாமே ஒழிய நகர்த்தக் கூடாது. இது பற்றியும் முன்னர் கூறியுள்ளேன். யார் இவற்றையெல்லாம் நகர்த்துகின்றார்களோ, அல்லது இது பற்றி அறிந்தவர் யாரோ, அவர்கள் அருள்கூர்ந்து அந்த ஒளிப்படமும் ஆவணப்பதிவும் எங்குள்ளது என்று காட்ட வேண்டுகின்றேன்.--செல்வா (பேச்சு) 03:52, 12 அக்டோபர் 2013 (UTC)[பதிலளி]
அன்றே இதற்குரிய காரணம் கூறப்பட்டது. இருப்பினும் மீண்டும் தெரிவிக்கிறேன். நிறைய கோப்புகளை உடன் காண இயலவில்லை. அதனால்தான் முன்பு ஒருமுறை ஆவணப்படுத்த முயன்றேன். அம்முறை தவறு என்று கூறியதால், அதனை கைவிட்டேன். தவறெனக்கூறியவர்கள், சரியான முறையை, இதுவரை யாரும் காட்டவில்லை. இச்சூழ்நிலை மாறக் காத்திருக்கிறேன். சரியான வழிமுறையொன்றை அமைத்துக் கொடுத்தால், ஆவண செய்வேன். அடிக்கடி வருக. ஆவணங்களில் ஆவன செய்க. உடன் வருவதற்கு உவப்புடன் இருக்கிறேன். தனிபட்ட வாழ்நிலை சூழல் காரணமாக, முன்பு போல விரைந்து செயற்பட இயலவில்லை. பணப்பணிக்கே அதிக நேரம் செலவாகிறது. இங்குள்ள முயற்சிகள் மெதுவாக நகர்த்துகிறேன். வணக்கம்.--த♥ உழவன் +உரை..02:59, 13 அக்டோபர் 2013 (UTC)[பதிலளி]
//நிறைய கோப்புகளை உடன் காண இயலவில்லை// என்கிறீர்கள் ஆனால் -- இது எப்படி என்றுதான் எனக்கு விளங்கவில்லை. பொதுவாக விக்கித்திட்டங்களில் எதுவும் அப்படி காணாமல் போக முடியாது. நீங்கள் பலவாறு பிரித்தும் மாற்றியும் வந்தீர்கள், எனவே உங்களுக்குத்தான் தெரிந்திருக்கக்கூடும் என்றுதான் நினைத்தேன். ஆலமரம் போன்ற இடங்களிலோ பிற ஆவணப்பதிவுகளிலோ பதிவிட்டவற்றை பதிவிட்டவாறே விடுதல் வேண்டும் என்று பல முறை வேண்டியிருக்கின்றேன். சரியான வழிமுறையொன்றை அமைத்து-க் கொடுப்பது என்ன? இப்படி இடம் மாற்றாமல் இருந்தாலே போதுமே? அதுவும் தவறெனக்கூறியவர்கள் என்னும் அடைமொழி ஏன்? மாற்றாத்திருத்தல் நலம் என்று கூறுவது தவறெனக்கூறுவதன்று. நாம் ஆவணப் படுத்தியிருப்பது வரலாற்றுக்காகவும், மேலும் உதவிகள் கேட்டுப்பெறுவோரிடம் காட்டி எப்படி நாம் ஆவணப்படுத்தி வைத்திருக்கின்றோம் என்று அவர்கள் அறியவும் மேலும் உதவ முன்வரவும் வழி வகுக்கும். அருள்கூர்ந்து இவற்றின் தேவைகளைப் புரிந்துகொள்ள வேண்டுகின்றேன். --செல்வா (பேச்சு) 01:26, 18 அக்டோபர் 2013 (UTC)[பதிலளி]
மன்னிக்கவும். ://நிறைய கோப்புகளை உடன் காண இயலவில்லை// என்னால் உடன் எடுத்து தரஇயலவில்லை. என்ற பொருளில் எழுதினேன். உங்கள் அளவுக்கு நான் படித்தவனல்ல. இந்த மாணவனைப் பொறுத்தருள்க. அக்கோப்பினை நான் உருவாக்கவில்லை. கொஞ்சம் நேரம் கொடுங்கள் தேடித்தருகிறேன். --த♥ உழவன் +உரை..02:29, 18 அக்டோபர் 2013 (UTC)[பதிலளி]
இங்கே உள்ளது போல மிகப்பல இடங்களில் பலவற்றையும் நீக்கி இருக்கின்றீர்கள் அப்படி செய்வதால் எது எங்கு போயிற்று என்பது தெரியாமல் இருப்பது தவிர, எக்காலத்தில் எச்சூழலில் என்ன கூறப்பட்டது கூறப்பட்டது என்றும் அறியமுடியாமல் போகின்றது. ஆலமரத்தடியில் நிகழும் உரையாடல்களைப் படியெடுத்து (மூலத்தை அழிக்காமல்) பிறிதோர் இடத்தில் கருத்தடிப்படையில் சேமித்து வைத்தால் பிழை நேராது. அப்பொழுது. இதன் படி ஒன்றும் இங்கு உள்ளது என்னும் குறிப்பு ஒன்றைத் தக்க தொடுப்புடன் கொடுப்பதும் பயனுடையது. த.உழவன் இங்கு எல்லோருமே ஒருவகையில் மாணவர்கள்தாம். நானும் கட்டாயம் மாணவனே! "காணாமால்" போன ஒளிப்படத்தையும் ஆவணத்தையும் நானும் தேடிக்கொண்டுதான் இருக்கின்றேன். // தேடித்தருகிறேன்// - நன்றி. ஒன்றும் நேரநெருக்கடியும் இல்லை. பொறுமையாகவே தேடுவோம்! --செல்வா (பேச்சு) 16:05, 18 அக்டோபர் 2013 (UTC)[பதிலளி]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
You can now create and edit references inside media captions. [151]
You now need to press the "delete" key twice to delete a template, reference or image; the first time, they only become selected, to avoid accidental deletion of infoboxes and similar content. [152]
When you resize images, you will now still see them, and their size will also be seen in the center. [153][154]
MediaWiki 1.22wmf22 was added to test wikis on October 17. It will arrive to non-Wikipedia wikis on October 21 and all Wikipedia wikis on October 24 (calendar).
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 "Toolbox" section in the site sidebar is now called "Tools" in English. You can do the same in your language by editing the interface text on translatewiki.net. Someone else may have already done it. [157]
On wikis with VisualEditor, you can now use it on pages in the படிமம், உதவி and பகுப்பு spaces. [158]
Problems
On October 22 (UTC), an error in the site settings caused *.wikimedia.org sites (like Meta-Wiki and Commons) to redirect to wikimediafoundation.org for a few hours. [159]
Future
MediaWiki 1.23wmf1 was added to test wikis on October 24. It will arrive to non-Wikipedia wikis on October 28 and all Wikipedia wikis on October 31 (calendar).
In the next days, servers in San Francisco will start providing (cached) content to users located in Oceania. If you are in that area and notice problems, please tell us. [160]
You will soon be able to test new features easily using the "Beta Features" view. VisualEditor will be in the list on sites where it works and isn't automatically enabled. Another example is a set of changes in the article text style.
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. [161]
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. [162]
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. [163]
Developers have started to remove long-deprecated methods. You should check the JavaScript console (in debug=true mode) and look for deprecation warnings and their stack trace. [164]
(Apologies for writing in English. Please translate if necessary)
We would like to let you know about Beta Features, a new program from the Wikimedia Foundation that lets you try out new features before they are released for everyone.
Think of it as a digital laboratory where community members can preview upcoming software and give feedback to help improve them. This special preference page lets designers and engineers experiment with new features on a broad scale, but in a way that's not disruptive.
Beta Features is now ready for testing on MediaWiki.org. It will also be released on Wikimedia Commons and MetaWiki this Thursday, 7 November. Based on test results, the plan is to release it on all wikis worldwide on 21 November, 2013.
Here are the first features you can test this week:
Media Viewer — view images in large size or full screen
Would you like to try out Beta Features now? After you log in on MediaWiki.org, a small 'Beta' link will appear next to your 'Preferences'. Click on it to see features you can test, check the ones you want, then click 'Save'. Learn more on the Beta Features page.
Beta Features was developed by the Wikimedia Foundation's Design, Multimedia and VisualEditor teams. Along with other developers, they will be adding new features to this experimental program every few weeks. They are very grateful to all the community members who helped create this project — and look forward to many more productive collaborations in the future.
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 "autonym" to the elements that include language names. Note that this font only works for the name of languages, not for any other text. [165]
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. [166]
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. [167]
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). [168]
The MassMessage tool will be added to all wikis on November 14. It will make it simpler to send messages across wikis. [169]
The button of the Search page will soon be changed to be blue and bigger (see the difference). [170]
You will soon be able to add a page name as parameter for {{REVISIONID}}, {{REVISIONUSER}} and {{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}} and similar functions, by writing for example {{REVISIONID:Apple}}. [171]
In the future, when you hide a CentralNotice banner on a wiki, it will also be hidden on other Wikimedia sites. [172]
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. [173]
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 *.wikimedia.org, 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 &srbackend=CirrusSearch to the address of the search results page. It will become the main search engine on Wikivoyage wikis on November 21. [174]
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. [175]
The Wikimedia legal team invites you to participate in the development of the new Wikimedia trademark policy.
The current trademark policy was introduced in 2009 to protect the Wikimedia marks. We are now updating this policy to better balance permissive use of the marks with the legal requirements for preserving them for the community. The new draft trademark policy is ready for your review here, and we encourage you to discuss it here.
We would appreciate if someone would translate this message into your language so more members of your community can contribute to the conversation.
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. [176]
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. [177]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
The CommonsMetadata feature was added to all wikis. It creates metadata information about multimedia files (like their license) that can be read automatically by computer programs. It not only works for Commons, but for all wikis, and you can use it for files on your wiki by editing templates used to describe metadata. [179]
You can now paste formatted content copied from external sources (not just as plain text) into VisualEditor; this includes copy/pasting from other VisualEditor windows. [181]
You can now open VisualEditor by adding ?veaction=edit to the page URL, regardless of your user preferences. [182]
Many bugs have been fixed, and VisualEditor should also look faster, for example when you save a page. [183]
Problems
Due to issues, the new search tool ("CirrusSearch") was recently removed from wikis where it was enabled, then added again. [184]
Future
MediaWiki 1.23wmf6 was added to test wikis on December 5. It will arrive to non-Wikipedia wikis on December 10 and all Wikipedia wikis on December 12 (calendar).
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
The toolbar is now simpler; all text styles (bold, italics, underline, subscript, etc.) are in the same menu, and the "More" menu is called "Insert". [188]
You can now use a basic tool to add special characters to your text. You can add more characters (useful in your language) by editing the MediaWiki interface on translatewiki.net.
The tool to add and edit mathematical text is now called "formula". [189]
Problems
There was a problem with the "ஒரு நூலாக்கு" tool (Collection); books could only be exported to PDF format. The change has been undone. [190]
The log-in system for external tools ("OAuth") was broken on wikis that tested the new search tool. It was fixed last week. [191][192]
MediaWiki 1.23wmf7 was added to test wikis on December 12. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on December 17 and all Wikipedia wikis on December 19 (calendar).
You will soon be able to select the language of SVG images that have translations using a drop-down menu on the image page. (see example) [194]
GLAMToolset, a tool to help GLAM groups (like museums) upload many pictures to Commons, will be added to Commons on December 17. [195]
A Draft namespace will be added to the English Wikipedia to make it easier to create new pages. You will be able to use VisualEditor for drafts if you have enabled it. [196][197]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent software changes
The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf8) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on December 19. It will be enabled on non-Wikipedia wikis on December 31 and on all Wikipedia wikis on January 2, 2014 (calendar).
You can now test the new search tool ("CirrusSearch") on all Wikisource, Wiktionary and Wikimedia chapter wikis hosted on Foundation servers. Enable "New search" in your Beta features preferences. [199]
There was a bug where notifications were not sent when the signature of the user leaving the message linked to a translated namespace. The problem was fixed in the software and will soon be fixed on Wikimedia sites. [200][201]
You can now use the log-in system for external tools (OAuth) on all Wikimedia wikis that use the unified login. [202]
If your wiki adds stars or other icons to interwiki links for featured articles in other languages, you may need to change the JavaScript code. [203]
You can thank other users for their edits even if your browser does not have JavaScript. [204][205]
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