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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. [1]
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. [2][3]
You can now use the log-in system for external tools (OAuth) on all Wikimedia wikis that use the unified login. [4]
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. [5]
You can thank other users for their edits even if your browser does not have JavaScript. [6][7]
Pratyya(Hello!) is wishing you a MerryChristmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!
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I'm OK about keeping the review open a bit longer if progress is being made, or if you are temporarily busy elsewhere. On the other hand if you don't feel you're able to do the work at the moment, I'm quite comfortable about closing it today. An article can be renominated at any time, so there's no worries about closing a GAN. Let me know what you think. SilkTork✔Tea time 10:43, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
I've closed the review as unlisted. The article can be renominated after some of the issues have been addressed. SilkTork✔Tea time 21:20, 26 December 2013 (UTC)
The article Moby you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:Moby for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of SilkTork -- SilkTork(talk) 21:22, 26 December 2013 (UTC)
Request
Hello, I am contacting you because I wanted to request a favor from you..
I am writing apost and I want to upload a picture but I do not have an account..
If you could be so kind to upload that picture for me? I will send it to you through email if you give me your email address..
Thank you so much! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.39.207.222 (talk) 15:12, 27 December 2013 (UTC)
WP:FFU is the best venue to request upload. I am having a bit of a break at the minute, as I am on holiday, so may not be able to promptly action this request. --Mdann52talk to me! 18:52, 27 December 2013 (UTC)
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Recent software changes
You can now see the text of DjVu and PDF files in search results on wikis testing the new search tool (CirrusSearch). [21][22]
With the new version of the Wikibase DataModel extension, you can install it outside Wikimedia wikis. [23]
CirrusSearch will be added as the second search method for Spanish (es), French (fr), Portuguese (pt) and Russian (ru) wikis on December 30. Wikimedia Commons, Wikispecies and Wikinews users will also be able to enable it in their Beta Features options.
WikiProject Bangladesh Premier League Talk Page Notice
Dear Mdann52, we have a very important discussion going on project's talkpage. Please join there. You arrival and thinking will be very useful for the project and it's articles. Thanks in advance.Pratyya(Hello!)(Project Co-ordinator) and Sourov0000 (talk) (Project Vice Co-ordinator) 07:45, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
Sorry for messaging you this much. But we have an important discussion going on and it'll be very good if most of the project members come here and discuss. Thank you for understanding.
Happy New Year 2014!
Hello Mdann52. Thanks a lot for being a part of the WikiProject Bangladesh Premier League family. We hope that you have passed this year with joy and happiness. In this moment of newness, we are wishing you a big big new year which will bring peace and prosperity to your life. Enjoy the day with your dear and near ones. Thanks a lot. Pratyya(Hello!)(Project Co-ordinator) and Sourov0000 (talk) (Project Vice Co-ordinator)17:59, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
Hello Mdann52: Thanks for all of your contributions to improve the encyclopedia for Wikipedia's readers, and have a happy and enjoyable New Year! Cheers, Northamerica1000(talk) 05:30, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
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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 (1.23wmf9) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on January 2. It will be enabled on non-Wikipedia wikis on January 7 and on all Wikipedia wikis on January 9 (calendar).
On January 2, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata and all Wikivoyage projects were broken for 2 hours due to language cache update issues.
On the same day, it was not possible to edit most wikis for about 30 minutes, due to a database replication problem.
Future software changes
The new search tool (CirrusSearch) will be added as the default search method for Italian Wikipedia, French Wikisource, Wikidata and all Wikivoyage sites, and as a second search method for the German Wikipedia and all Wikibooks sites on January 6. [33]
Spanish, French, Portuguese and Russian Wikipedia users will also be able to enable CirrusSearch in their Beta Features options. [34]
Plural form rules for some languages will be changed. Many translations of the user interface for Belarusian, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian and other languages will need to be changed. [35][36][37]
You will see a warning when you try to delete a page linked to from other pages. [38][39]
You will be able to use keyboard shortcuts in the Translate tool, by pressing Alt+1 and similar key groups. [42][43]
E-mails sent by MediaWiki will include the name of the site in their From: line. You will be able to change this name on your wiki by editing the MediaWiki:Emailsender page. [44][45]
Hi, You have placed the proposed deletion tag in my article Ekantipur.com. As I am not able to find reliable sources I am just redirecting the article to the publication which is the owner of the news portal. I would like to request you to remove the tag . Thanks
Ashishlohorung (talk) 10:28, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
@ТимофейЛееСуда: See above. The file was on a copyrighted site, but quoted it's source on a separate page from the google result for the image. --Mdann52talk to me! 15:07, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
I'm confused. The section above talks about the University of Melbourne image, but you wrote that you nominated the file for deletion under the Melbourne skyline image. Neither is nominated for deletion anywhere that I can see. -- ТимофейЛееСуда. 15:12, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
For some reason, I did not receive e-mail notification that my article about Michael Rush had, last October, been awarded Good Article status by Your Good Self. May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. Bluedawe 09:20, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
AFC
Hi Mdann, I submitted an article to AFC, as I wanted to check that it was OK, and was wondering if you could review it please? It is here. Thanks, Matty.007 17:13, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
I replied to you on my talk page :) --MrScorch6200 (tc) 19:56, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
WTF?
Why did you bother to inform Freeranging intellect of the DRN about the 5:2 diet? Surely there is no need to inform the person who makes a DRN request, of the DRN in question?--ZarlanTheGreen (talk) 04:44, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
My mistake, more than anything; Your sig appeared first on the page, so I thought you opened it.... --Mdann52talk to me! 07:30, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
File gone
Hi there, I recently requested an image upload and now it's gone? What happened? The image was File:New Westfield shopping centre, Sydney CBD. Ashton 29 (talk) 08:39, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
@Ashton 29: looks ok to me.... [[File:New Westfield shopping centre, Sydney CBD.jpg|thumb|100px]] works for me; It appears you missed the .jpg from the above link... --Mdann52talk to me! 11:03, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
Yep, it works. Didn't show up at first. Thanks! Ashton 29 (talk) 12:03, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
Hi
I was wondering if you could teach me how to edit Wikipedia because I am new to Wikipedia. It would be great to learn from an expect first.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Schmidtjmichael (talk • contribs) 13:28, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
Hi there! That should be ok, but would be interested in knowing what you want to help out with on Wikipedia :) --Mdann52talk to me! 13:32, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
Thanks!
Thanks for your great work at WP:DRN this month! — Keithbob • Talk • 16:53, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
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You can read a recent blog post about how Tech News is put together, translated and sent to you across wikis each week.
Recent software changes
The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf10) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on January 9. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on January 14, and all Wikipedia wikis on January 16 (calendar).
Searching in the File: namespace on Wikimedia Commons may be slow due to a search engine issue. [48]
VisualEditor news
VisualEditor will be added for all users on several Wikipedias on January 13. [49]
You can now add and remove __NOTOC__, __FORCETOC__ and __NOEDITSECTION__ in the page metadata menu. [50][51][52]
Problems
For a few hours on January 6, it was not possible to edit pages using the Translate tool on Wikimedia Commons and the Wikimania 2013 wiki, due to a settings error. [53][54]
For about 20 minutes on January 9, there were problems with CSS and JavaScript due to high server load.
Future software changes
Wikidata will be added to all Wikisource wikis on January 14. [55]
The new search tool (CirrusSearch) will be added as the second search method for the English Wikipedia on January 13. On Wikibooks and the German Wikipedia, you will also be able to test it by adding it in your Beta Features options.
Awards will be given out for all users participating in the drive in the form of barnstars and badges at the end of the drive.
There's a big amount of stub and broken articles, so start improving them. Visit the drive's page and help out! --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:33, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
Hi there Madann. As you are an experienced user I'm personally requesting you to join the drive. Thanks in advance.--Pratyya(Hello!) 13:48, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
how did you add the clock on your talk page? and the thing that says you are online??. may you please tell me Peace33756 (talk) 21:37, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
Ghost in the shell issue
was not about the name.Lucia Black (talk) 14:57, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
@Lucia Black: Done - I'd got a bit too involved in the WP:RM process recently, so got the wrong end of the stick when closing... --Mdann52talk to me! 15:00, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
Hi there. On Beverley Hunt you kindly fixed the bare URL references by templating them. Unfortunately for some reason it replaced lots of square brackets with # as well as a lot of other weird formatting changes.[60] I thought I'd better let you know why I reverted it! When I've got a minute I will try to redo the references. JFW | T@lk 07:34, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
@Jfdwolff:Bug:32013; This is a known issue. Unfortunately, I missed this particular instance on this occasion... --Mdann52talk to me! 08:21, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
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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 (1.23wmf11) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on January 16. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on January 28, and all Wikipedia wikis on January 30 (calendar).
As of January 16, you can make and use guided tours on the Asturian, Farsi and Russian Wikipedias. If you want this tool on your wiki, you need to translate it and ask in Bugzilla. [62][63]
You can give comments on an idea to have a fixed toolbar at the top of wiki pages. [64]
You can watch a video to learn how to report problems in Bugzilla. [65]
VisualEditor news
In the toolbar, the menu to edit the styles (like bold, italic, etc.) now has a down arrow (). The order of the Insert menu has also changed a little.
You can now edit <gallery /> tags with a very basic tool. [66]
You can now see a help page about keyboard shortcuts in the page menu. [67]
When you change categories, you will now see them when you save the page. [68]
When you edit templates, you will now see the parameters in the right order. The ones that you must add have a star (*). [69][70]
The page will now be saved faster, thanks to a new way of coding the text that sends 40% less text to the servers. [71]
There was a problem with search on the English and German Wikipedias between January 6 and January 14. You could not see new pages and changes in search results. [73]
There were "pool timeouts" errors on several wikis on January 13; it was caused by a code change that was made to fix another problem. [74]
On January 17, Bugzilla and Wikimedia Labs were broken for about 20 minutes due to network problems. IRC channels with recent changes (irc.wikimedia.org) were broken for about two hours. [75]
Future software changes
Orange bar with new messages
If you have removed JavaScript in your web browser, you will soon be able to see the orange bar saying that you have new messages. If you have changed how the bar looks with a gadget, you may need to change the gadget again. [76][77]
You will soon be able to add a given Flickr user to a blacklist so that their files can't be uploaded using UploadWizard on Wikimedia Commons and other wikis. [78]
You will see a warning when you try to delete a page included in at least one other page. [79]
Hello. I posted a message on someone's Talk Page which was later reverted by you (this). Asking out of ignorance (pardon me), but I just hope that I am not thatWP:DFTT???? I did not do anything to offend that user or vandalize any page. Arun Kumar SINGH (Talk) 15:16, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
@AKS.9955: NO - as the first half said, I'd reverted the message on your talk and the related talkback as WP:DFFT; I wasn't calling you one; Sorry if it was ambiguous. :P --Mdann52talk to me! 15:20, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
No no, not your fault. Actually, a lots of these terms are new for me and hence it is best I clarify. Thanks for your time. Arun Kumar SINGH (Talk) 15:23, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
Your solution
user:Mdann52 - Your proposed 5:2 solution on the dispute board looks good to me. Perhaps it's best if you add the solution to the 5:2 page. Freeranging intellect (talk) 05:03, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
user:Mdann52 - Are you still moderating the 5:2 diet discussion on the dispute noticeboard? If you read the latest thread, you'll see that we're waiting for a verdict so it can be wrapped up . . . Thanks. Freeranging intellect (talk) 04:43, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
I just want to say thanks for taking the time to step into the 5:2 debate on the dispute board. The final result isn't what I would have chosen but I respect the process and thank you for your time. Freeranging intellect (talk) 05:07, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
Hi, I'm a complete wikipedia novice and apologize if I don't know how to set up a page properly. However, I'd like to ask that the Starcadian page not be deleted. The sources cited are independent and I have no connection to the artist. I just feel he is a promising musician and that it would be good for there to be a wiki page for people to add information to as his work gathers more attention. It's true that he is not yet widely known but he has generated some buzz that is likely to continue growing. I only added the page about the album because there was a message saying the page was an orphan. Again, I apologize for not knowing how to set up a page properly, and greatly appreciate the users who have been kind enough to clean up the references for me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scottinfukie (talk • contribs) 13:00, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
January 2014
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; see Talk:Moby for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of SilkTork -- SilkTork (talk) 21:22, 26 December 2013 (UTC)
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Sorry for messaging you this much. But we have an important discussion going on and it'll be very good if most of the project members come here and discuss. Thank you for understanding.
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Done also, I correctly formatted the redirect. --Mdann52talk to me! 11:06, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
). The order of the Insert menu has also changed a little.
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