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Tech News: 2024-20[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

  • On Wikisource there is a special page listing pages of works without corresponding scan images. Now you can use the new magic word __EXPECTWITHOUTSCANS__ to exclude certain pages (list of editions or translations of works) from that list. [1]
  • If you use the user-preference "Show preview without reloading the page", then the template-page feature "Preview page with this template (what's this?)" will now also work without reloading the page. [2]
  • Kartographer maps can now specify an alternative text via the alt= attribute. This is identical in usage to the alt= attribute in the image and gallery syntax. An exception for this feature is wikis like Wikivoyage where the miniature maps are interactive. [3]
  • The old Guided Tour for the "New Filters for Edit Review" feature has been removed. It was created in 2017 to show people with older accounts how the interface had changed, and has now been seen by most of the intended people. [4]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 May. It will be on all wikis from 16 May (calendar). [5][6]
  • The Special:Search results page will now use CSS flex attributes, for better accessibility, instead of a table. If you have a gadget or script that adjusts search results, you should update your script to the new HTML structure. [7]

Future changes

  • In the Vector 2022 skin, main pages will be displayed at full width (like special pages). The goal is to keep the number of characters per line large enough. This is related to the coming changes to typography in Vector 2022. Learn more. [8]
  • Two columns of the pagelinks database table (pl_namespace and pl_title) are being dropped soon. Users must use two columns of the new linktarget table instead (lt_namespace and lt_title). In your existing SQL queries:
    1. Replace JOIN pagelinks with JOIN linktarget and pl_ with lt_ in the ON statement
    2. Below that add JOIN pagelinks ON lt_id = pl_target_id

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:56, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Tatev Melkumyan on User:Tatev Melkumyan (08:09, 14 May 2024)[edit]

How to add a title? --Tatev Melkumyan (talk) 08:09, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Tatev Melkumyan,
I'm not totally sure what you mean by "title". Could you be more specific?
Cheers, Cocobb8 (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 09:55, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from BrianOrtigas (05:35, 15 May 2024)[edit]

I would like to edit the page "Novopil, Donetsk Oblast" to remove biased language, but I'm unsure as to where the boundaries lie with that. I believe some of the information, while factually correct, may overemphasize certain aspects of the subject. For example, the use of the word "liberate" and the inclusion of "not a single undamaged house remained in the village after the Russian occupation" could present some bias. How could this be effectively altered without removing important information? Should the stated justification behind political decisions be included to provide perspective, or would that only further introduce bias and lead to speculative conclusions? I would appreciate some clarification in regards to this. Thank you for your time and consideration. --BrianOrtigas (talk) 05:35, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @BrianOrtigas, thanks for your question!
I agree with you, taking a look at the article, some language is a little biased. Please see this complete Wikipedia guide that will explain neutral point-of-view, and that should make it clearer than I can on how to fix NPOV on that article.
Let me know if you have additional questions!
Cheers, Cocobb8 (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 10:31, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Ofranzen (08:54, 15 May 2024)[edit]

Hi. Where can I add languages in which I can edit? My native language is Swedish so I would like to get suggestions for articles in both English and Swedish. Thanks. --Ofranzen (talk) 08:54, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @Ofranzen, thanks for your question. I believe you'd be talking about the article suggestions on your homepage? I don't think there's a way to set it to display articles from different languages of Wikipedia, because each Wikipedia language is its separate project. You may however wish to visit the Swedish Wikipedia to see if you can contribute there too!
Let me know if you have other questions!
Cheers, Cocobb8 (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 12:57, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Your draft article, Draft:Vast-2[edit]

Hello, Cocobb8. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or draft page you started, "Vast-2".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 23:12, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 16 May 2024[edit]

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Question from Kurpanos (19:08, 16 May 2024)[edit]

Aby cant i add Articles? --Kurpanos (talk) 19:09, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Kurpanos,
If you are asking guidance on how to create an article, see this help topic.
Cheers, Cocobb8 (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 20:18, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from W;ChangingUsername (13:42, 19 May 2024)[edit]

Hello mentor

What (or how many newlines) do I have to insert in the source/visual editor to make my articles not appear lkke this: https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlamydia_pneumoniae? I mean that all of the sections are too close together when they're all collapsed. --W;ChangingUsername (talk) 13:42, 19 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @W;ChangingUsername! I would assume that you are viewing that page on mobile which is where it allows you to collapse sections. The way they stick to each other is totally normal :).
Cheers, Cocobb8 (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 14:24, 19 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks ^.^ W;ChangingUsername (talk) 14:39, 19 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@W;ChangingUsername No worries! Let me know if you ever have additional questions. Cocobb8 (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 14:43, 19 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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. [11]
  • 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. [12][13]

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). [14][15]
  • 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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MediaWiki message delivery 23:01, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Wikinewbienz (02:47, 21 May 2024)[edit]

Hi, I've been trying to make an additional to the profile page on Kim Cadzow, a New Zealand Cyclist but somebody called EasyAsPie keeps undoing the additional last paragraph and I don't know why? Any suggestions? --Wikinewbienz (talk) 02:47, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Wikinewbienz, I can see from the page's history that @Easyaspie did not revert a change a fourth time, which would have consisted a violation of the WP:3RR rule. Instead, they added a citation to back up the statement that you added. Next time, please know that any statements about a living person likely to be challenged that you add must have a reliable source to back it up per WP:BLPRS. Let me know if you have other questions!
Cheers, Cocobb8 (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 10:01, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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