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Tech News: 2024-26[edit]
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
- Editors will notice that there have been some changes to the background color of text in the diff view, and the color of the byte-change numbers, last week. These changes are intended to make text more readable in both light mode and dark mode, and are part of a larger effort to increase accessibility. You can share your comments or questions on the project talkpage. [1]
- The text colors that are used for visited-links, hovered-links, and active-links, were also slightly changed last week to improve their accessibility in both light mode and dark mode. [2]
Problems
- You can copy permanent links to talk page comments by clicking on a comment's timestamp. This feature did not always work when the topic title was very long and the link was used as a wikitext link. This has been fixed. Thanks to Lofhi for submitting the bug. [3]
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 25 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 26 June. It will be on all wikis from 27 June (calendar). [4][5]- Starting 26 June, all talk pages messages' timestamps will become a link at English Wikipedia, making this feature available for you to use at all wikis. This link is a permanent link to the comment. It allows users to find the comment they were linked to, even if this comment has since been moved elsewhere. You can read more about this feature on Diff or on Mediawiki.org. [6]
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How to remove a redirect to a section in order to start a new article[edit]
Hi, @Codename Noreste! I'm fairly new to Wikipedia editing (since February 2024) and while I've been learning a lot along the way, there are things that still stump me. Right now, I need to translate an article (es:Literatura de Ecuador) from the Spanish Wikipedia into English. And the title of my English translation will be Ecuadorian literature. However, there's already a redirect from that title to the Literature section of the Culture of Ecuador article. And I'm not sure how to proceed in this case, as I don't want to break or mess up anything!
Your help will be greatly appreciated!
TheTastyWord (talk) 17:57, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
- Hello, @Codename Noreste, are you available? I really need to work on this article. But both Literature of Ecuador and Ecuadorian Literature are redirected to the article Culture of Ecuador and I don't know how to free these titles so I can create a new page.
- Thanks. TheTastyWord (talk) 18:59, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
- I apologize for this late reply, TheTastyWord. Personal stuff and Hurricane Beryl that I have to deal with got in the way… anyway where are we, oh right.
- The section you mentioned redirects to a section in that page (Culture of Ecuador), but you can copyedit and/or improve that section; the literature section doesn't have any sources, but you can expand it with information based on the Spanish Wikipedia, and make sure that you are bold, but not reckless, in updating it. I hope this helps, and thank you! Codename Noreste 🤔 Talk 19:07, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oh, no! I read about the hurricane, I hope you and your loved ones are OK. :(
- Thanks for your quick reply. Is there any way I can create a new page instead of just editing the section? And then create a link in the "Culture of Ecuador" page to the main article? That's actually what I wanted to do, since the original Spanish article is only about literature and I want it to have its own page in English, as well, if possible. That was my question, actually, how do I eliminate the redirects so that I can "claim" the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecuadorian%20literature URL. Thank you! (I tried looking in the MOS and Help pages but couldn't find what I'm looking for). TheTastyWord (talk) 19:19, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
- I have an idea: you could make a subpage in your userspace (Special:MyPage/Ecuadorian literature), and probably add information based on that article you want to translate from eswiki (but do make sure to proofread it and add additional citations that can make the content verifiable in question). Codename Noreste 🤔 Talk 19:36, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
- Awesome, thank you! :) TheTastyWord (talk) 19:39, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
- I have an idea: you could make a subpage in your userspace (Special:MyPage/Ecuadorian literature), and probably add information based on that article you want to translate from eswiki (but do make sure to proofread it and add additional citations that can make the content verifiable in question). Codename Noreste 🤔 Talk 19:36, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-27[edit]
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
- Over the next three weeks, dark mode will become available for all users, both logged-in and logged-out, starting with the mobile web version. This fulfils one of the top-requested community wishes, and improves low-contrast reading and usage in low-light settings. As part of these changes, dark mode will also work on User-pages and Portals. There is more information in the latest Web team update. [7]
- Logged-in users can now set global preferences for the text-size and dark-mode, thanks to a combined effort across Foundation teams. This allows Wikimedians using multiple wikis to set up a consistent reading experience easily, for example by switching between light and dark mode only once for all wikis. [8]
- If you use a very old web browser some features might not work on the Wikimedia wikis. This affects Internet Explorer 11 and versions of Chrome, Firefox and Safari older than 2016. This change makes it possible to use new CSS features and to send less code to all readers. [9][10]
- Wikipedia Admins can customize local wiki configuration options easily using Community Configuration. Community Configuration was created to allow communities to customize how some features work, because each language wiki has unique needs. At the moment, admins can configure Growth features on their home wikis, in order to better recruit and retain new editors. More options will be provided in the coming months. [11]
- Editors interested in language issues that are related to Unicode standards, can now discuss those topics at a new conversation space in MediaWiki.org. The Wikimedia Foundation is now a member of the Unicode Consortium, and the coordination group can collaboratively review the issues discussed and, where appropriate, bring them to the attention of the Unicode Consortium.
- One new wiki has been created: a Wikipedia in Mandailing (
w:btm:) [12]
Problems
- Editors can once again click on links within the visual editor's citation-preview, thanks to a bug fix by the Editing Team. [13]
Future changes
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The Signpost: 4 July 2024[edit]
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Hey there! Recently started editing some pages/reviewing for copy edits. Does Wikipedia prefer a space between a number and the units or no space? That convention depends so wanted to check. --Ikarod (talk) 00:39, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
- Hello there! I believe it's your choice to add a space between the number and units, or to not add a space between them at all. I hope this helps, and happy editing! Codename Noreste 🤔 Talk 02:00, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – July 2024[edit]
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2024).
Administrator changes
Technical news
- Local administrators can now add new links to the bottom of the site Tools menu without using JavaScript. Documentation is available on MediaWiki. (T6086)
Miscellaneous
- The Community Wishlist is re-opening on 15 July 2024. Read more
Question from Greesmonkey (06:37, 8 July 2024)[edit]
HI! I've created this account to correct a citation, do you have any advice for how I should go about it? Much appreciated! --Greesmonkey (talk) 06:37, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-28[edit]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
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- At the Wikimedia Foundation a new task force was formed to replace the disabled Graph with more secure, easy to use, and extensible Chart. You can subscribe to the newsletter to get notified about new project updates and other news about Chart.
- The CampaignEvents extension is now available on Meta-wiki, Igbo Wikipedia, and Swahili Wikipedia, and can be requested on your wiki. This extension helps in managing and making events more visible, giving Event organizers the ability to use tools like the Event registration tool. To learn more about the deployment status and how to request this extension for your wiki, visit the CampaignEvents page on Meta-wiki.
- Editors using the iOS Wikipedia app who have more than 50 edits can now use the Add an Image feature. This feature presents opportunities for small but useful contributions to Wikipedia.
- Thank you to all of the authors who have contributed to MediaWiki Core. As a result of these contributions, the percentage of authors contributing more than 5 patches has increased by 25% since last year, which helps ensure the sustainability of the platform for the Wikimedia projects.
Problems
- A problem with the color of the talkpage tabs always showing as blue, even for non-existent pages which should have been red, affecting the Vector 2022 skin, has been fixed.
Future changes
- The Trust and Safety Product team wants to introduce temporary accounts with as little disruption to tools and workflows as possible. Volunteer developers, including gadget and user-script maintainers, are kindly asked to update the code of their tools and features to handle temporary accounts. The team has created documentation explaining how to do the update. Learn more.
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Question from Enigmainkwell (03:03, 12 July 2024)[edit]
Hello, I created a page about an hour or so ago. I am in the sandbox environment, reading and learning as I go along, and some person tagged my sandbox for speedy deletion. I just learned how to make a heading, bold it, and make a paragraph in a sandbox learning environment. Why would he flag me and have it deleted? Where can we practice? What's the point of the learning and reference articles? --Enigmainkwell (talk) 03:03, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
- Hello, new user. Currently, there's your sample page (User:Enigmainkwell/Sample page) or Wikipedia:Sandbox, where you can test out editing functions. Thank you. Codename Noreste 🤔 Talk 03:09, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
- I appreciate you putting it back. I visited that person's talk page, and it appears that he deletes many people's sandboxes and sample learning environments in less than an hour, marking them for removal. Many thanks for fixing this for me :) Enigmainkwell (talk) 03:16, 12 July 2024 (UTC)