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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
- Some users have a problem with the watchlist. Some changes in categories make the watchlist a blank page. The developers are working on this. Until this is fixed you can try some things that have helped other editors if you have this problem. You can turn on
Hide categorization of pagesin your watchlist preferences. You can turn offExpand watchlist to show all changes, not just the most recentin your watchlist preferences. You can remove problematic categories from Special:EditWatchlist/raw. [1] - There was a problem with the visual editor for several days. You could not save edits that triggered a CAPTCHA. This would for example be when a new user added external links in references. This was fixed on 2 May. [2]
Changes this week
- When you edit you can switch between the visual editor and the wikitext editor. This works if the wiki you edit has the visual editor. The menu will now say
Visual editingandSource editinginstead ofSwitch to visual editingandSwitch to code editing. This is because it was confusing when the menu said you could switch to the editor you were already using. [3] 
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 May. It will be on all wikis from 11 May (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 9 May at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- You will be able to get a notification when a page you created is connected to a Wikidata item. This will come to Wikivoyage on 9 May. If there are no problems it will come to most Wikipedias on 30 May. It will come to other projects and English, French and German Wikipedia later in the summer. It will be opt-in for existing users and opt-out for new users. [4][5]
Markup that looks like code for language variants might need to be fixed. If -{is used in transclusions or web addresses it has to be escaped appropriately. You can use-<nowiki/>{for transclusions and%2D{in web addresses. A transclusion could for example be when you use-{in a template:{{1x| sad :-{ face }}. This is because of some code fixes to the preprocessor and affects all wikis. [6][7]
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02:25, 9 May 2017 (UTC)
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
- You can now use ISBNs to automatically generate citations in the visual editor. This works on wikis that have enabled Citoid. [8]
- The Two Column Edit Conflict View is available as a beta feature on all wikis. It is a new interface for the edit conflict resolution page. [9]
Problems
- The
mediawiki.utillibrary does not load automatically any more. Your Special:MyPage/common.js may use it. If you have technical problems that started a couple of weeks ago you can try addingmw.loader.using( 'mediawiki.util' ).done(function(){as the first line in the file and});as a last one. Tech News wrote about this in the 2017/18 issue. [10]
Changes this week
- The RevisionSlider extension will be a default feature on all wikis. RevisionSlider is an easier way to move between changes in the page history. It has been a default feature on German, Arabic and Hebrew Wikipedia and a beta feature on all wikis. You will be able to turn it off in your preferences. [11]
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
Future changes
- Administrators will soon be able to search through deleted pages. [12][13]
- Markup that looks like code for language variants might need to be fixed. Tech News wrote about this last week. If
-{is used in transclusions or web addresses it has to be escaped appropriately. You can use-<nowiki/>{for transclusions and%2D{in web addresses. This is because of some code fixes to the preprocessor and affects all wikis. You can now see the full list of wikis with this problem and help fix them to avoid that things break later this month. You might find false positives. You can read more about what to fix. [14][15]
Older unreported changes
- Your Meta user page is shown on all wikis where you don't have a local user page. You can now add the magic word
__NOGLOBAL__to your Meta user page to stop this. [16][17]
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21:48, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
Cluebot mistake
Hello. I deleted slander on a biographical page. I know for a fact that the information was untrue and unverified but cluebot said it was disruptive editing but all I did was omit a few people's film reference from 2017. So I'm letting you know Cluebot has been making a number of mistakes. There's no need to respond. I just wanted to inform the facts. Since it's you all want VERIFIABLE ENCYCLOPEDIA CONTENT. RIGHT? HAHA WHY WOULD IT COUNT AN ACTUAL EDIT OF A "FAMOUS" PERSON AS vandalism WHEN I ONLY removed two squares for 2017 filmography? Mind you, It slanders me. Seriously, I have been offended and harassed enough. If you could allow the removal you'd be one of the few good people involved in this year of torment, constant torment to find out you can have your privacy at 4, 10 (when you move) 13 (mom's credit card purchases reveal spice girls and taco bell,)violated then at 15-26 find out you chatted regularly/occasionally with people who knew you thought you were going to hell, would die from std's, from life ruining lies.
Thanks for fixing cluebot.ME. ...see it's annoying. I gave myself credit for your program. your group's constant loops and amendment's to this site's programming and correcting with each mistake for over a decade. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:2C7:8480:4326:C162:539B:4500:D2E9 (talk) 02:55, 9 May 2017 (UTC)
Somebody is deleting my editions without explanations. Adding maps? Replace the old table of Holocaust Jewish victims with a newer one?
Good morning Rich,
1. I have edited end of first paragraph on 'Holocaust' from "French Jews ..." with a more precise paragraph that better reflect the contemporaneous historical realities of the period. Somebody keeps putting back the old version.
2. An editor has incorrectly paraphrased Longerich about his interpretation of 11 million Jews mentioned at Wannsee, and has deleted the continuation of my quotation of Longerich about the Jews of French North Africa included in the 11 million. This editor uses "UK" and US, when Longerich writes the United Kingdom, and does not mention the relevant Longerich's statement about Jews of French North Africa, which included French Algeria, an integral part of France.
3. Can you help me please a. add the map of Wannsee and map of Nazi conquests and ?spheres of influence"b. a newer map of Holocaust Jewish victims posted at the Aushwitz state museum that I visited.
Thank you for your hard work, and looking forward to your answers Henia Perlman (talk) 14:18, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
Reverting peoples edits
You shouldn't revert people's edits. I know Kerr Cuhlain. He is a piece of shit. I cited it with his own youtube account, where his crimes were perpetrated. Truth should be left alone. ANTIFA Nazis like you, are just out to harass Decent People.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 May. It will be on all wikis from 25 May (calendar).
- There will be a
<div>tag around HTML from the MediaWiki wikitext parser. Gadgets with code that does not follow recommendations could have problems with this. You can report new problems you think are related to this. [18]
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22:09, 22 May 2017 (UTC)
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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
- Last week’s MediaWiki version was rolled back from some wikis because of a problem. This means planned changes did not happen. [19]
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 30 May at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- You will be able to control who can notify you on the Wikimedia wikis. You will have a user blacklist. When you add a user to the blacklist you will not get a notification when they mention you. You can test this on Beta Wikipedia. You can read more and give feedback on Meta. [20]
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12:18, 30 May 2017 (UTC)