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Tech News: 2024-21 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
- The Nuke feature, which enables administrators to mass delete pages, will now correctly delete pages which were moved to another title. [1]
- New changes have been made to the UploadWizard in Wikimedia Commons: the overall layout has been improved, by following new styling and spacing for the form and its fields; the headers and helper text for each of the fields was changed; the Caption field is now a required field, and there is an option for users to copy their caption into the media description. [2][3]
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 May. It will be on all wikis from 23 May (calendar). [4][5]
The HTML used to render all headings is being changed to improve accessibility. It will change on 22 May in some skins (Timeless, Modern, CologneBlue, Nostalgia, and Monobook). Please test gadgets on your wiki on these skins and report any related problems so that they can be resolved before this change is made in all other skins. The developers are also considering the introduction of a Gadget API for adding buttons to section titles if that would be helpful to tool creators, and would appreciate any input you have on that.
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hey, i had been scratching my head trying to workout how to add linkable toc on my userpage banner, then stumbled across your userpage, which had exactly what i was trying to achieve. i do hope you don't take offense that i have used your tech on my page, but do thank you for this knowledge... Gecktrek (talk) 10:18, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
- @Gecktrek: Not a problem – please do feel free to take anything from my userpage as you wish! --SHB2000 (t | c | m) 10:20, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
- one more question if you don't mind, i've noticed that many of the indonesian cities don't have a climate template, given the weather is crucial to know, if i add them to a few places, where is the best place to put them? it appears to be in the 'understand' section, but in many pages, this is not in the usual place on the page. should i move the understand section to the correct position first, before adding the climate template? sorry for the long question. Gecktrek (talk) 13:03, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, under Understand would be good. --SHB2000 (t | c | m) 13:04, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
- many thanks... Gecktrek (talk) 13:09, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
- is there anyway of centering the the mapframe contents, so all the location places (coloured dots) appear in the map you see? ~~~ Gecktrek (talk) 07:57, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, add the latitude in the first parameter and the longitude in the second parameter. It'd look something like
{{mapframe|-39.593|153.495}}if those are your center coordinates. Hope that helps! --SHB2000 (t | c | m) 10:08, 30 May 2024 (UTC)- ah, so i manually pick the central spot, and take those co-ords for the mapframe... will give it a try, thanks again! g e c k t r e k (Talk) 10:40, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
- Yes – though the URL of OSM is also a good way to get centered coordinates. --SHB2000 (t | c | m) 10:57, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
- ah, so i manually pick the central spot, and take those co-ords for the mapframe... will give it a try, thanks again! g e c k t r e k (Talk) 10:40, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, add the latitude in the first parameter and the longitude in the second parameter. It'd look something like
- is there anyway of centering the the mapframe contents, so all the location places (coloured dots) appear in the map you see? ~~~ Gecktrek (talk) 07:57, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
- many thanks... Gecktrek (talk) 13:09, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, under Understand would be good. --SHB2000 (t | c | m) 13:04, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
- one more question if you don't mind, i've noticed that many of the indonesian cities don't have a climate template, given the weather is crucial to know, if i add them to a few places, where is the best place to put them? it appears to be in the 'understand' section, but in many pages, this is not in the usual place on the page. should i move the understand section to the correct position first, before adding the climate template? sorry for the long question. Gecktrek (talk) 13:03, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-22 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
- Several bugs related to the latest updates to the UploadWizard on Wikimedia Commons have been fixed. For more information, see T365107 and T365119.
- In March 2024 a new addPortlet API was added to allow gadgets to create new portlets (menus) in the skin. In certain skins this can be used to create dropdowns. Gadget developers are invited to try it and give feedback.
- Some CSS in the Minerva skin has been removed to enable easier community configuration. Interface editors should check the rendering on mobile devices for aspects related to the classes:
.collapsible,.multicol,.reflist,.coordinates,.topicon. Further details are available on replacement CSS if it is needed.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 May. It will be on all wikis from 30 May (calendar). [6][7]
- When you visit a wiki where you don't yet have a local account, local rules such as edit filters can sometimes prevent your account from being created. Starting this week, MediaWiki takes your global rights into account when evaluating whether you can override such local rules. [8]
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Tech News: 2024-23 edit
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Recent changes
- It is now possible for local administrators to add new links to the bottom of the site Tools menu without JavaScript. Documentation is available. [9]
- The message name for the definition of the tracking category of WikiHiero has changed from "
MediaWiki:Wikhiero-usage-tracking-category" to "MediaWiki:Wikihiero-usage-tracking-category". [10] - One new wiki has been created: a Wikipedia in Kadazandusun (
w:dtp:) [11]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 4 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 5 June. It will be on all wikis from 6 June (calendar). [12][13]
Future changes
- Next week, on wikis with the Vector 2022 skin as the default, logged-out desktop users will be able to choose between different font sizes. The default font size will also be increased for them. This is to make Wikimedia projects easier to read. Learn more.
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