விக்சனரி:ஆலமரத்தடி/2021 - தமிழ் விக்சனரி

Tech News: 2021-02

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 choose to be reminded when you have not added an edit summary. This can be done in your preferences. This could conflict with the CAPTCHA. This has now been fixed. [1]
You can link to specific log entries. You can get these links for example by clicking the timestamps in the log. Until now, such links to private log entries showed no entry even if you had permission to view private log entries. The links now show the entry. [2]
Admins can use the abuse filter tool to automatically prevent bad edits. Three changes happened last week:
- The filter editing interface now shows syntax errors while you type. This is similar to JavaScript pages. It also shows a warning for regular expressions that match the empty string. New warnings will be added later. [3]
- Oversighters can now hide multiple filter log entries at once using checkboxes on Special:AbuseLog. This is how the usual revision deletion works. [4]
- When a filter matches too many actions after it has been changed it is "throttled". The most powerful actions are disabled. This is to avoid many editors getting blocked when an administrator made a mistake. The administrator will now get a notification about this "throttle".
There is a new tool to build new skins. You can also see existing skins. You can give feedback. [5]
Bots using the API no longer watch pages automatically based on account preferences. Setting the watchlist to watch will still work. This is to reduce the size of the watchlist data in the database. [6]
Scribunto's file metadata now includes length. [7]
CSS and JavaScript code pages now have link anchors to line numbers. You can use wikilinks like w:en:MediaWiki:Common.js#L-50. [8]
There was a new version of MediaWiki last week. You can read a detailed log of all 763 changes. Most of them are very small and will not affect you.

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 January. It will be on all wikis from 14 January (calendar).

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15:42, 11 சனவரி 2021 (UTC)

தமிழ் விக்சனரிː இணையப் பயிலரங்கு

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எதிர்வரும் 23.01.2021 அன்று இந்திய ஒன்றிய நேரம் 16.00 மணியளவில் 'கட்டற்ற கணித்தமிழ்: தமிழ் விக்சனரியில் தொகுப்புப்பணிகள்' என்னும் இணையவழி பயிற்சியினை அளிக்க உள்ளேன். வாய்ப்புள்ளோர் பங்கேற்க விழைகின்றேன். பதிவிற்கு --Thamizhpparithi Maari (பேச்சு) 12:32, 18 சனவரி 2021 (UTC)[பதிலளி]

Tech News: 2021-03

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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.

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 January. It will be on all wikis from 21 January (calendar).

Future changes

The Growth team plans to add features to get more visitors to edit to more Wikipedias. You can help translating the interface.
You will be able to read but not to edit Wikimedia Commons for a short time on 26 January at 07:00 (UTC). [9]
MassMessage posts could be automatically timestamped in the future. This is because MassMessage senders can now send pages using MassMessage. Pages are more difficult to sign. If there are times when a MassMessage post should not be timestamped you can let the developers know.

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16:10, 18 சனவரி 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-04

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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

You will be able to read but not to edit Wikimedia Commons for a short time on 26 January at 07:00 (UTC). You will not be able to read or edit Wikitech for a short time on 28 January at 09:00 (UTC). [10][11]

Changes later this week

Bracket matching will be added to the CodeMirror syntax highlighter on the first wikis. The first wikis are German and Catalan Wikipedia and maybe other Wikimedia wikis. This will happen on 27 January. [12]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 26 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 27 January. It will be on all wikis from 28 January (calendar).

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18:31, 25 சனவரி 2021 (UTC)

Moving Wikimania 2021 to a Virtual Event

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Hello. Apologies if you are not reading this message in your native language. Please help translate to your language. நன்றி!

Wikimania will be a virtual event this year, and hosted by a wide group of community members. Whenever the next in-person large gathering is possible again, the ESEAP Core Organizing Team will be in charge of it. Stay tuned for more information about how you can get involved in the planning process and other aspects of the event. Please read the longer version of this announcement on wikimedia-l.

ESEAP Core Organizing Team, Wikimania Steering Committee, Wikimedia Foundation Events Team, 15:16, 27 சனவரி 2021 (UTC)

Project Grant Open Call

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This is the announcement for the Project Grants program open call that started on January 11, with the submission deadline of February 10, 2021.
This first open call will be focussed on Community Organizing proposals. A second open call focused on research and software proposals is scheduled from February 15 with a submission deadline of March 16, 2021.

For the Round 1 open call, we invite you to propose grant applications that fall under community development and organizing (offline and online) categories. Project Grant funds are available to support individuals, groups, and organizations to implement new experiments and proven ideas, from organizing a better process on your wiki, coordinating a campaign or editathon series to providing other support for community building. We offer the following resources to help you plan your project and complete a grant proposal:

Weekly proposals clinics via Zoom during the Open Call. Join us for #Upcoming_Proposal_Clinics|real-time discussions with Program Officers and select thematic experts and get live feedback about your Project Grants proposal. We’ll answer questions and help you make your proposal better. We also offer these support pages to help you build your proposal:
Video tutorials for writing a strong application
General planning page for Project Grants
Program guidelines and criteria

Program officers are also available to offer individualized proposal support upon request. Contact us if you would like feedback or more information.

We are excited to see your grant ideas that will support our community and make an impact on the future of Wikimedia projects. Put your idea into motion, and submit your proposal by February 10, 2021!

Please feel free to get in touch with questions about getting started with your grant application, or about serving on the Project Grants Committee. Contact us at projectgrantsவார்ப்புரு:atwikimedia.org. Please help us translate this message to your local language. MediaWiki message delivery (பேச்சு) 08:01, 28 சனவரி 2021 (UTC)[பதிலளி]

தமிழ் விக்சனரிː இணையப் பயிலரங்கு

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எதிர்வரும் 30.01.2021 அன்று, இந்திய ஒன்றிய நேரம் 16.00 மணியளவில் 'கட்டற்ற கணித்தமிழ்: தமிழ் விக்சனரியில் தொகுப்புப்பணிகள்' என்னும் இரண்டாம் அமர்வு இணையவழி பயிற்சினை அளிக்க உள்ளேன். வாய்ப்புள்ளோர் பங்கேற்க விழைகின்றேன். பதிவிற்கு.--Thamizhpparithi Maari (பேச்சு) 14:10, 30 சனவரி 2021 (UTC)[பதிலளி]

Tech News: 2021-05

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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

IPv6 addresses were written in lowercase letters in diffs. This caused dead links since Special:Contributions only accepted uppercase letters for the IPs. This has been fixed. [13]

Changes later this week

You can soon use Wikidata to link to pages on the multilingual Wikisource. [14]
Often editors use a "non-breaking space" to make a gap between two items when reading but still show them together. This can be used to avoid a line break. You will now be able to add new ones via the special character tool in the 2010, 2017, and visual editors. The character will be shown in the visual editor as a space with a grey background. [15][16]
Wikis use abuse filters to stop bad edits being made. Filter maintainers can now use syntax like 1.2.3.4 - 1.2.3.55 as well as the 1.2.3.4/27 syntax for IP ranges. [17]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 2 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 3 February. It will be on all wikis from 4 February (calendar).

Future changes

Minerva is the skin Wikimedia wikis use for mobile traffic. When a page is protected and you can't edit it you can normally read the source wikicode. This doesn't work on Minerva on mobile devices. This is being fixed. Some text might overlap. This is because your community needs to update MediaWiki:Protectedpagetext to work on mobile. You can read more. [18][19]
Cloud VPS and Toolforge will change the IP address they use to contact the wikis. The new IP address will be 185.15.56.1. This will happen on February 8. You can read more.

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22:38, 1 பெப்ரவரி 2021 (UTC)

தமிழ் விக்சனரிː இணையப் பயிலரங்கு

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எதிர்வரும் 07.02.2021 ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமை அன்று, இந்திய ஒன்றிய நேரம் 16.00 மணியளவில் 'கட்டற்ற கணித்தமிழ்: தமிழ் விக்சனரியில் தொகுப்புப்பணிகள்' என்னும் இணையவழி பயிற்சியின் மூன்றாம் அமர்வை அளிக்க உள்ளேன். வாய்ப்புள்ளோர் பங்கேற்க விழைகின்றேன். பதிவிற்கு.--Thamizhpparithi Maari (பேச்சு) 18:15, 2 பெப்ரவரி 2021 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Folklore 2021 is back!

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You are humbly invited to participate in the Wiki Loves Folklore 2021 an international photography contest organized on Wikimedia Commons to document folklore and intangible cultural heritage from different regions, including, folk creative activities and many more. It is held every year from the 1st till the 28th of February.

You can help in enriching the folklore documentation on Commons from your region by taking photos, audios, videos, and submitting them in this commons contest.

Please support us in translating the project page and a banner message to help us spread the word in your native language.

Kind regards,

Wiki loves Folklore International Team

MediaWiki message delivery (பேச்சு) 13:25, 6 பெப்ரவரி 2021 (UTC)

தமிழ் விக்கிமீடியச் செய்திகள்

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இப்பகுதியில், பிற தமிழ்திட்டங்களின் நடப்புகளை, அந்தந்த திட்டங்களுக்குச் செல்லாமல் சுருக்கமாக, இங்கே காணலாம்.
முந்தையச் செய்திகள், இத்தொடுப்பில் பரணிடப்பட்டுள்ளன.

விக்சனரி: இன்றைய நிலவரப்படி, 172 மொழிகளில், 16வது இடத்தில் இருக்கிறது. மொத்த சொற்கள் எண்ணிக்கை: 3,53,374
பொதுவகம்: தாவரவியல் குறித்த ~6500படங்களை, தாவரவியல் பெயர்களோடு, ஏற்காடுஇளங்கோ பதிவேற்றியுள்ளார்.
s:விக்கிமூலம்:நிருவாக அணுக்கத்துக்கான வேண்டுகோள் என்பதில், 3மாதம் மட்டுமே தரப்படும் நிருவாக (sysop) அணுக்கம் பெற, வாக்கெடுப்பு நடைபெறுகிறது.

--தகவலுழவன் (பேச்சு) 06:02, 24 சூன் 2016 (UTC)[பதிலளி]

தமிழ் விக்கித்திட்டங்களில் உள்ளகப் பயிற்சி

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ஒரு மாதம் "தமிழ் விக்கித்திட்டங்களில் உள்ளகப் பயிற்சி" (Tamil Wiki Internship Programme) என்ற புதிய திட்டத்தை மதுரை w::பாத்திமா கல்லூரி தமிழ்த் துறை மாணவர் கொண்டு நடத்தலாம் எனப் பரிந்துரைக்கிறேன். கல்லூரி சார்பாகவும் மாணவர்கள் சார்பாகவும் ஆர்வம் தெரிவித்துள்ளனர். மேலும் கருத்துக்களை ஆலமரத்தடியில் காணலாம். மேலும் இதனை வழிநடத்த உங்கள் பங்களிப்பையும், ஆலோசனைகளையும் திட்டப்பக்கத்தில் விவாதிக்க வேண்டுகிறேன். -Neechalkaran (பேச்சு) 05:25, 15 அக்டோபர் 2020 (UTC)[பதிலளி]

திட்டமிட்டபடி பயிற்சி சிறப்பாக நிறைவடைந்தது. மாணவர்களின் பங்களிப்பு விவரங்களைத் திட்டப்பக்கத்தில் காணலாம். விக்சனரியில் மாணவர்களின் பக்கங்களைச் சரிபார்த்து, கருத்திட்டு அவர்களுக்கும் உதவக் கேட்டுக்கொள்கிறேன். மேலும் ஆலோசனைகளையும் பின்னூட்டங்களையும் வழங்கலாம். -Neechalkaran (பேச்சு) 07:27, 25 நவம்பர் 2020 (UTC)[பதிலளி]

IMPORTANT: Admin activity review

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Hello. A policy regarding the removal of "advanced rights" (administrator, bureaucrat, interface administrator, etc.) was adopted by global community consensus in 2013. According to this policy, the stewards are reviewing administrators' activity on all Wikimedia Foundation wikis with no inactivity policy. To the best of our knowledge, your wiki does not have a formal process for removing "advanced rights" from inactive accounts. This means that the stewards will take care of this according to the admin activity review.

We have determined that the following users meet the inactivity criteria (no edits and no logged actions for more than 2 years):

Mayooranathan (administrator)
Natkeeran (administrator)
Pazha.kandasamy (administrator)

These users will receive a notification soon, asking them to start a community discussion if they want to retain some or all of their rights. If the users do not respond, then their advanced rights will be removed by the stewards.

However, if you as a community would like to create your own activity review process superseding the global one, want to make another decision about these inactive rights holders, or already have a policy that we missed, then please notify the stewards on Meta-Wiki so that we know not to proceed with the rights review on your wiki. Thanks, --علاء (பேச்சு) 19:07, 7 பெப்ரவரி 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-06

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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.

Recent changes

The Wikipedia app for Android now has watchlists and talk pages in the app. [20]

Changes later this week

You can see edits to chosen pages on Special:Watchlist. You can add pages to your watchlist on every wiki you like. The GlobalWatchlist extension will come to Meta on 11 February. There you can see entries on watched pages on different wikis on the same page. The new watchlist will be found on Special:GlobalWatchlist on Meta. You can choose which wikis to watch and other preferences on Special:GlobalWatchlistSettings on Meta. You can watch up to five wikis. [21]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 February. It will be on all wikis from 11 February (calendar).

Future changes

When admins protect pages the form will use the OOUI look. Special:Import will also get the new look. This will make them easier to use on mobile phones. [22][23]
Some services will not work for a short period of time from 07:00 UTC on 17 February. There might be problems with new short links, new translations, new notifications, adding new items to your reading lists or recording email bounces. This is because of database maintenance. [24]
Last week Tech News reported that the IP address Cloud VPS and Toolforge use to contact the wikis will change on 8 February. This is delayed. It will happen later instead. [25]

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17:42, 8 பெப்ரவரி 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-07

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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

There were problems with recent versions of MediaWiki. Because the updates caused problems the developers rolled back to an earlier version. Some updates and new functions will come later than planned. [26][27]
Some services will not work for a short period of time from 07:00 UTC on 17 February. There might be problems with new short links, new translations, new notifications, adding new items to your reading lists or recording email bounces. This is because of database maintenance. [28]

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 February. It will be on all wikis from 18 February (calendar).

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17:56, 15 பெப்ரவரி 2021 (UTC)

Proposal: Set two-letter project shortcuts as alias to project namespace globally

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Hello everyone,

I apologize for posting in English. I would like to inform everyone that I created a new global request for comment (GRFC) at Meta Wiki, which may affect your project: m:Requests for comment/Set short project namespace aliases by default globally.

In this GRFC, I propose that two-project shortcuts for project names will become a default alias for the project namespace. For instance, on all Wikipedias, WP will be an alias to the Wikipedia: namespace (and similar for other projects). Full list is available in the GRFC.

This is already the case for Wikivoyages, and many individual projects asked for this alias to be implemented. I believe this makes it easier to access the materials in the project namespace, as well as creating shortcuts like WP:NPOV, as well as helps new projects to use this feature, without having to figure out how to request site configuration changes first.

As far as I can see, விக்சனரி currently does not have such an alias set. This means that such an alias will be set for you, if the GRFC is accepted by the global community.

I would like to ask all community members to participate in the request for comment at Meta-Wiki, see m:Requests for comment/Set short project namespace aliases by default globally.

Please feel free to ask me if you have any questions about this proposal.

Best regards,
--Martin Urbanec (talk) 14:13, 18 பெப்ரவரி 2021 (UTC)

விக்கியினங்கள்ː இணையப் பயிலரங்கு

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எதிர்வரும்28.02.2021 ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமை அன்று, இந்திய ஒன்றிய நேரம் 16.00 மணியளவில் கட்டற்ற கணித்தமிழ்: விக்கியினங்கள்- தொகுப்புப்பணிகள் என்னும் இணையவழி பயிற்சியின் முதலாம் அமர்வினை அளிக்க உள்ளேன். வாய்ப்புள்ளோர் பங்கேற்க விழைகின்றேன்.பதிவிற்கு.--Thamizhpparithi Maari (பேச்சு) 16:56, 21 பெப்ரவரி 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-08

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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.

Recent changes

The visual editor will now use MediaSearch to find images. You can search for images on Commons in the visual editor when you are looking for illustrations. This is to help editors find better images. [29]
The syntax highlighter now works with more languages: Futhark, Graphviz/DOT, CDDL and AMDGPU. [30]

Problems

Editing a timeline might have removed all text from it. This was because of a bug and has been fixed. You might need to edit the timeline again for it to show properly. [31]

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 February. It will be on all wikis from 25 February (calendar).

Future changes

There is a user group for developers and users interested in working on Wikimedia wikis with the Rust programming language. You can join or tell others who want to make your wiki better in the future.

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00:17, 23 பெப்ரவரி 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-09

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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.

Recent changes

Wikis using the Growth team tools can now show the name of a newcomer's mentor anywhere through a magic word. This can be used for welcome messages or userboxes.
A new version of the VideoCutTool is now available. It enables cropping, trimming, audio disabling, and rotating video content. It is being created as part of the developer outreach programs.

Problems

There was a problem with the job queue. This meant some functions did not save changes and mass messages were delayed. This did not affect wiki edits. [32]
Some editors may not be logged in to their accounts automatically in the latest versions of Firefox and Safari. [33]

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 2 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 3 March. It will be on all wikis from 4 March (calendar).

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19:08, 1 மார்ச் 2021 (UTC)

Wikifunctions logo contest

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Hello. Please help to choose a design concept for the logo of the new Wikifunctions wiki. Voting starts today and will be open for 2 weeks. If you would like to participate, then please learn more and vote now at Meta-Wiki. நன்றி! --Quiddity (WMF)

01:52, 2 மார்ச் 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-10

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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.

Recent changes

Section translation now works on Bengali Wikipedia. It helps mobile editors translate sections of articles. It will come to more wikis later. The first focus is active wikis with a smaller number of articles. You can test it and leave feedback.
Flagged revisions now give admins the review right. [34]
When someone links to a Wikipedia article on Twitter this will now show a preview of the article. [35]

Problems

Many graphs have JavaScript errors. Graph editors can check their graphs in their browser's developer console after editing. [36]

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 March. It will be on all wikis from 11 March (calendar).
The New Discussion tool will soon be a new discussion tools beta feature for on most Wikipedias. The goal is to make it easier to start new discussions. [37]

Future changes

There will be a number of changes to make it easier to work with templates. Some will come to the first wikis in March. Other changes will come to the first wikis in June. This is both for those who use templates and those who create or maintain them. You can read more.
Reference Previews will become a default feature on some wikis on 17 March. They will share a setting with Page Previews. If you prefer the Reference Tooltips or Navigation-Popups gadget you can keep using them. If so Reference Previews won't be shown. [38][39]
New JavaScript-based functions will not work in Internet Explorer 11. This is because Internet Explorer is an old browser that doesn't work with how JavaScript is written today. Everything that works in Internet Explorer 11 today will continue working in Internet Explorer for now. You can read more.

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17:51, 8 மார்ச் 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-11

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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.

Recent changes

Wikis that are part of the desktop improvements project can now use a new search function. The desktop improvements and the new search will come to more wikis later. You can also test it early.
Editors who put up banners or change site-wide JavaScript code should use the client error graph to see that their changes has not caused problems. You can read more. [40]

Problems

Due to database issues the Wikimedia Beta Cluster was read-only for over a day.

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 March. It will be on all wikis from 18 March (calendar).

Future changes

You can add a newline or carriage return character to a custom signature if you use a template. There is a proposal to not allow them in the future. This is because they can cause formatting problems. [41][42]
You will be able to read but not edit 12 wikis for a short period of time on 23 March at 06:00 (UTC). This could take 30 minutes but will probably be much faster.
You can use Quarry for SQL queries to the Wiki Replicas. Cross-database JOINS will no longer work from 23 March. There will be a new field to specify the database to connect to. If you think this affects you and you need help you can post on Phabricator or on Wikitech. PAWS and other ways to do SQL queries to the Wiki Replicas will be affected later. [43]

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23:22, 15 மார்ச் 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-12

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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.

Recent changes

There is a Wikipedia app for KaiOS phones. They don't have a touch screen so readers navigate with the phone keys. There is now a simulator so you can see what it looks like.
The reply tool and new discussion tool are now available as the "Discussion tools" beta feature in almost all wikis except German Wikipedia.

Problems

You will be able to read but not edit twelve wikis for a short period of time on 23 மார்ச்சு at 06:00 (UTC). This can also affect password changes, logging in to new wikis, global renames and changing or confirming emails. This could take 30 minutes but will probably be much faster.

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 March. It will be on all wikis from 25 March (calendar).
Syntax highlighting colours will change to be easier to read. This will soon come to the first wikis. [44]

Future changes

Flagged revisions will no longer have multiple tags like "tone" or "depth". It will also only have one tier. This was changed because very few wikis used these features and they make the tool difficult to maintain. [45][46]
Gadgets and user scripts can access variables about the current page in JavaScript. In 2015 this was moved from wg* to mw.config. wg* will soon no longer work. [47]

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16:53, 22 மார்ச் 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-13

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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.

Recent changes

Some very old web browsers don’t work well with the Wikimedia wikis. Some old code for browsers that used to be supported is being removed. This could cause issues in those browsers. [48]
IRC recent changes feeds have been moved to a new server. Make sure all tools automatically reconnect to irc.wikimedia.org and not to the name of any specific server. Users should also consider switching to the more modern EventStreams. [49]

Problems

When you move a page that many editors have on their watchlist the history can be split. It might also not be possible to move it again for a while. This is because of a job queue problem. [50]
Some translatable pages on Meta could not be edited. This was because of a bug in the translation tool. The new MediaWiki version was delayed because of problems like this. [51][52]

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 31 March. It will be on all wikis from 1 April (calendar).

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17:31, 29 மார்ச் 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-14

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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.

Recent changes

Editors can collapse part of an article so you have to click on it to see it. When you click a link to a section inside collapsed content it will now expand to show the section. The browser will scroll down to the section. Previously such links didn't work unless you manually expanded the content first. [53]

Changes later this week

The citoid API will use for example 2010-12-XX instead of 2010-12 for dates with a month but no days. This is because 2010-12 could be confused with 2010-2012 instead of December 2010. This is called level 1 instead of level 0 in the Extended Date/Time Format. [54]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 6 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 7 April. It will be on all wikis from 8 April (calendar).

Future changes

PAWS can now connect to the new Wiki Replicas. Cross-database JOINS will no longer work from 28 April. There is a new way to connect to the databases. Until 28 April both ways to connect to the databases will work. If you think this affects you and you need help you can post on Phabricator or on Wikitech.

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19:41, 5 ஏப்ரல் 2021 (UTC)

Universal Code of Conduct – 2021 consultations

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Universal Code of Conduct Phase 2

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The Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) provides a universal baseline of acceptable behavior for the entire Wikimedia movement and all its projects. The project is currently in Phase 2, outlining clear enforcement pathways. You can read more about the whole project on its project page.

Drafting Committee: Call for applications

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The Wikimedia Foundation is recruiting volunteers to join a committee to draft how to make the code enforceable. Volunteers on the committee will commit between 2 and 6 hours per week from late April through July and again in October and November. It is important that the committee be diverse and inclusive, and have a range of experiences, including both experienced users and newcomers, and those who have received or responded to, as well as those who have been falsely accused of harassment.

To apply and learn more about the process, see Universal Code of Conduct/Drafting committee.

2021 community consultations: Notice and call for volunteers / translators

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From 5 April – 5 May 2021 there will be conversations on many Wikimedia projects about how to enforce the UCoC. We are looking for volunteers to translate key material, as well as to help host consultations on their own languages or projects using suggested key questions. If you are interested in volunteering for either of these roles, please contact us in whatever language you are most comfortable.

To learn more about this work and other conversations taking place, see Universal Code of Conduct/2021 consultations.

-- Xeno (WMF) (talk) 22:26, 5 ஏப்ரல் 2021 (UTC)

Global bot policy changes

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Hello!

I apologize for sending a message in English. Please help translate to your language. According to the list, your wiki project is currently opted in to the global bot policy. As such, I want to let you know about some changes that were made after the global RfC was closed.

Global bots are now subject to a 2 week discussion, and it'll be publicized via a MassMessage list, available at Bot policy/New global bot discussion on Meta. Please subscribe yourself or your wiki if you are interested in new global bots proposals.
For a bot to be considered for approval, it must demonstrate it is welcomed in multiple projects, and a good way to do that is to have the bot flag on at least 5 wikis for a single task.
The bot operator should make sure to adhere to the wiki's preference as related to the use of the bot flag (i.e., if a wiki doesn't want a bot to use the flag as it edits, that should be followed).

Thank you for your time.

Best regards,
—Thanks for the fish! ^{talk•contribs} 18:48, 6 ஏப்ரல் 2021 (UTC)

Line numbering coming soon to all wikis

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From April 15, you can enable line numbering in some wikitext editors - for now in the template namespace, coming to more namespaces soon. This will make it easier to detect line breaks and to refer to a particular line in discussions. These numbers will be shown if you enable the syntax highlighting feature (CodeMirror extension), which is supported in the 2010 and 2017 wikitext editors.

More information can be found on this project page. Everyone is invited to test the feature, and to give feedback on this talk page.

-- Johanna Strodt (WMDE) 15:09, 12 ஏப்ரல் 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-16

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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.

Recent changes

Email to the Wikimedia wikis are handled by groups of Wikimedia editors. These volunteer response teams now use Znuny instead of OTRS. The functions and interface remain the same. The volunteer administrators will give more details about the next steps soon. [55][56]
If you use syntax highlighting, you can see line numbers in the 2010 and 2017 wikitext editors when editing templates. This is to make it easier to see line breaks or talk about specific lines. Line numbers will soon come to all namespaces. [57][58][59]
Because of a technical change there could be problems with gadgets and scripts that have an edit summary area that looks similar to this one. If they look strange they should use mw.loader.using('mediawiki.action.edit.styles') to go back to how they looked before. [60]
The latest version of MediaWiki came to the Wikimedia wikis last week. There was no Tech News issue last week.

Changes later this week

There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

Future changes

The user group oversight will be renamed suppress. This is for technical reasons. This is the technical name. It doesn't affect what you call the editors with this user right on your wiki. This is planned to happen in two weeks. You can comment in Phabricator if you have objections.

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16:49, 19 ஏப்ரல் 2021 (UTC)

Suggested Values

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From April 29, it will be possible to suggest values for parameters in templates. Suggested values can be added to TemplateData and will then be shown as a drop-down list in VisualEditor. This allows template users to quickly select an appropriate value. This way, it prevents potential errors and reduces the effort needed to fill the template with values. It will still be possible to fill in values other than the suggested ones.

More information, including the supported parameter types and how to create suggested values: [1] [2]. Everyone is invited to test the feature, and to give feedback on this talk page.

Timur Vorkul (WMDE) 14:08, 22 ஏப்ரல் 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-17

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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.

Recent changes

Templates have parameters that can have specific values. It is possible to suggest values for editors with TemplateData. You can soon see them as a drop-down list in the visual editor. This is to help template users find the right values faster. [61][62][63]

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 27 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 28 April. It will be on all wikis from 29 April (calendar).

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21:24, 26 ஏப்ரல் 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-18

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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.

Recent changes

Twinkle is a gadget on English Wikipedia. It can help with maintenance and patrolling. It can now be used on other wikis. You can get Twinkle on your wiki using the twinkle-starter GitHub repository.

Problems

The content translation tool did not work for many articles for a little while. This was because of a bug. [64]
Some things will not work for about a minute on 5 May. This will happen around 06:00 UTC. This will affect the content translation tool and notifications among other things. This is because of an upgrade to avoid crashes. [65]

Changes later this week

Reference Previews will become a default feature on a number of wikis on 5 May. This is later than planned because of some changes. You can use it without using Page Previews if you want to. The earlier plan was to have the preference to use both or none. [66][67]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 4 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 5 May. It will be on all wikis from 6 May (calendar).

Future changes

The CSS classes .error, .warning and .success do not work for mobile readers if they have not been specifically defined on your wiki. From June they will not work for desktop readers. This can affect gadgets and templates. The classes can be defined in MediaWiki:Common.css or template styles instead. [68]

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15:43, 3 மே 2021 (UTC)

பராமரிப்பு பணி - 05-மே-2021 அன்று 06:00 AM UTC

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சில சேவைகள் 2021-05-05 அன்று 06:00 AM UTC மணிக்கு குறுகிய காலத்திற்கு படிக்க மட்டுமே இருக்கும். மறுதொடக்கம் செய்யும் நேரத்தில் (சுமார் 60 வினாடிகள் அல்லது அதற்கு மேற்பட்டதாக இருக்கும் என்று எதிர்பார்க்கப்படுகிறது) அனைத்தும் x1 தரவுத்தளத்தைப் பயன்படுத்தும் கூறுகள் மற்றும் நீட்டிப்புகள் படிக்க மட்டுமே இருக்கும்.

புதிய எழுத்துக்களை (new writes) உருவாக்கும்போது சில சிக்கல்களை சந்திக்கக்கூடிய விஷயங்கள்:

புதிய குறுகிய URL களை உருவாக்க முடியாது
பட்டியல்களிலிருந்து மின்னஞ்சல் துள்ளல் பதிவு செய்யப்படாமல் போகலாம்
புதிய மொழிபெயர்ப்புகளில் சிக்கல்கள் இருக்கலாம்
அறிவிப்பு பட்டியலில் புதிய உருப்படிகள் தோல்வியடையக்கூடும், சில அறிவிப்புகள் வழங்கப்படாது போகலாம்
படித்தல் பட்டியல்கள் "புக்மார்க்கு (bookmark)" அல்லது "பின்னர் படி(read it later)" அம்சங்களுக்கு சேர்க்கப்படும் புதிய உருப்படிகளை பதிவு செய்யபடாது போகலாம்

மேலும் விவரங்கள்: T281212 & T281375

இந்த நிகழ்வுக்கு 30 நிமிடங்களுக்கு முன்பு அனைத்து விக்கிகளிலும் ஒரு பேனர் காண்பிக்கப்படும்.

இந்த செய்தி ஆங்கிலத்தில்: Wikitech-ambassadors mail

-- Kaartic (பேச்சு) 18:49, 4 மே 2021 (UTC)[பதிலளி]

Tech News: 2021-19

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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.

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 11 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 12 May. It will be on all wikis from 13 May (calendar).

Future changes

You can see what participants plan to work on at the online Wikimedia hackathon 22–23 May.

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15:10, 10 மே 2021 (UTC)

மீண்டும் தமிழ் விக்கித்திட்டங்களில் உள்ளகப் பயிற்சி

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ஆறு மாதங்களுக்கு முன் நடந்துமுடிந்த தமிழ் விக்கித்திட்டங்களில் உள்ளகப் பயிற்சி போல மீண்டும் ஒரு பயிற்சிக்குத் திட்டமிடுகிறோம். அதிக மாணவர்கள் கலந்து கொள்வதும், பங்களிப்பிற்கான மொழியை விரிவு செய்வதும் என்ற இரு மாறுதல்களைத் தவிர முந்தைய பயிற்சி போலவே அமைக்கலாம் என விவாதிக்கிறோம். மேலும் விவாதங்களை ஆலமரத்தடியில் காணலாம். மேலும் இதனை வழிநடத்த உங்கள் பங்களிப்பையும், ஆலோசனைகளையும் வழங்க வேண்டுகிறேன். -Neechalkaran (பேச்சு) 18:52, 12 மே 2021 (UTC)[பதிலளி]

Tech News: 2021-20

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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.

Recent changes

There is a new toolbar in the Reply tool. It works in the wikitext source mode. You can enable it in your preferences. [69] [70] [71]
Wikimedia mailing lists are being moved to Mailman 3. This is a newer version. For the character encoding to work it will change from UTF-8 to utf8mb3. [72][73]
An earlier issue of Tech News said that the citoid API would handle dates with a month but no days in a new way. This has been reverted for now. There needs to be more discussion of how it affects different wikis first. [74]

Changes later this week

MediaWiki:Pageimages-blacklist will be renamed MediaWiki:Pageimages-denylist. The list can be copied to the new name. It will happen on 19 May for some wikis and 20 May for some wikis. Most wikis don't use it. It lists images that should never be used as thumbnails for articles. [75]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 18 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 19 May. It will be on all wikis from 20 May (calendar).

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13:49, 17 மே 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-21

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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.

Recent changes

The Wikimedia movement has been using IRC on a network called Freenode. There have been changes around who is in control of the network. The Wikimedia IRC Group Contacts have decided to move to the new Libera Chat network instead. This is not a formal decision for the movement to move all channels but most Wikimedia IRC channels will probably leave Freenode. There is a migration guide and ongoing Wikimedia discussions about this.

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 25 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 26 May. It will be on all wikis from 27 May (calendar).

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17:07, 24 மே 2021 (UTC)

பிறமொழிச் சொற்களுக்கு ஆங்கில மொழிபெயர்ப்புகளோ பிறமொழி பெயர்ப்புகளோ தருதல் வேண்டாம்

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பிறமொழிச்சொற்களுக்கு மொழிபெயர்ப்பு தருதல் கூடாது அல்லவா? ஆங்கில விக்சனரியில் அவர்கள் ஆங்கிலத்தில் பொருள் தருவார்கள். தமிழ்ச்சொற்களுக்கு மட்டும் பிற பல மொழிகளில் மொழிபெயர்ப்பு தருவோம். இந்தி விக்சனரியிலும் இந்திச்சொற்களுக்கு பிறமொழி பெயர்ப்புகள் தருவர். எனவே மொழிபெயர்ப்புகளை நீக்க வேண்டுகின்றேன். எ.கா; ककड़ी--செல்வா (பேச்சு) 20:48, 25 மே 2021 (UTC)[பதிலளி]

இந்தி கற்கத் தொடங்கிய காலத்தில் 2009 ஆம் ஆண்டு நான் தொடங்கிய சொல். தமிழ் பணிகள் நிறைய இன்னும் இருக்கிறது. நேரம் இல்லாத காரணத்தால் அப்பணி பல வருடங்களாகத் தள்ளிப்போகிறது. இந்தி மொழிச் சொற்களை மேம்படுத்த அதனை நன்கு தெரிந்தவர் உதவியை எதிர் நோக்கிக் காத்திருக்கிறேன். எனினும், அச்சொல்லினை இற்றை படுத்தி அதன் உரையாடலில், எனது நிலையை விவரித்துள்ளேன்.--த♥உழவன்^(உரை) 03:43, 26 மே 2021 (UTC)[பதிலளி]

நன்றி @Info-farmer: --செல்வா (பேச்சு) 13:47, 26 மே 2021 (UTC)[பதிலளி]

நீண்ட நாட்களுக்குப் பின் உரையாடிதில் மிக்க மகிழ்ச்சி. உங்கள் வழிகாட்டல்களை இப்பொழுது தெளிவாக உணரும் பக்குவம் வந்துள்ளது., அறியாது பலவருடங்களுக்கு முன், நான் செய்த சில கருத்தற்ற உரையாட்களுக்கு வருந்துகிறேன். கலைக்களஞ்சியங்கள் தொகுதியை வளர்த்தெடுக்க ஏதேனும் தீட்டம் தீட்டித் தருக. இதிலிருந்து பல கட்டுரைகளை உருவாக்கினேன் காண்க: w:பகுப்பு:தமிழ் வளர்ச்சிக் கழகத்தின் கலைக்களஞ்சியக் கட்டுரைகள் ஆனால், உரிமம் குறித்த புரிந்துணர்வு இன்னும் நமக்குள் மேம்பட வேண்டும் இந்த உரையாடலால் தளர்வடைந்தேன். எனவே, உங்கள் தெளிவுரை இச்சூழ்நிலையை மேம்படுத்தும் என்ற நம்பிக்கையால் இந்த வேண்டுகோள்.--த♥உழவன்^(உரை)

உள்ளகப் பயிற்சி 2021 தொடக்க விழா

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சில வாரங்களாகத் திட்டமிட்டு வந்த உள்ளகப் பயிற்சி நாளை தொடங்குகிறோம். தமிழகத்தில் பொது முடக்கம் இருக்கும் சூழலில் இந்த இணையவழிப் பயிற்சியினைத் தொடங்கினால் மாணவர்களுக்குத் தேர்வுச் சூழலுக்கு முன்னர் முடித்துவிடலாம் என்று கருதுகிறோம். ஆர்வமுள்ளவர்கள் மாணவர்களுக்குப் பயிற்சியினை அளிக்கலாம், மாணவர்கள் பேச்சுப் பக்கத்தில் வழிகாட்டலாம், ஊக்குவிக்கலாம். பொதுவாகவும் யாவரும் இணையவழிப் பயிற்சியில் கலந்து கொள்ளலாம். ஜூம் கூட்ட எண்: 996 2344 4756, கடவு எண்: 369722. நாளை, அறிமுக நிகழ்ச்சியுடன் பயிற்சி தொடங்குகிறோம். அனைவரும் வருக. -Neechalkaran (பேச்சு) 13:29, 26 மே 2021 (UTC)[பதிலளி]

Tech News: 2021-22

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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

There was an issue on the Vector skin with the text size of categories and notices under the page title. It was fixed last Monday. [76]

Changes later this week

There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

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17:06, 31 மே 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-23

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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.

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 8 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 9 June. It will be on all wikis from 10 June (calendar).

Future changes

The Wikimedia movement uses Phabricator for technical tasks. This is where we collect technical suggestions, bugs and what developers are working on. The company behind Phabricator will stop working on it. This will not change anything for the Wikimedia movement now. It could lead to changes in the future. [77][78][79]
Searching on Wikipedia will find more results in some languages. This is mainly true for when those who search do not use the correct diacritics because they are not seen as necessary in that language. For example searching for Bedusz doesn't find Będusz on German Wikipedia. The character ę isn't used in German so many would write e instead. This will work better in the future in some languages. [80]
The CSRF token parameters in the action API were changed in 2014. The old parameters from before 2014 will stop working soon. This can affect bots, gadgets and user scripts that still use the old parameters. [81][82]

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20:02, 7 சூன் 2021 (UTC)

Universal Code of Conduct News – Issue 1

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Universal Code of Conduct News
Issue 1, June 2021Read the full newsletter

Welcome to the first issue of Universal Code of Conduct News! This newsletter will help Wikimedians stay involved with the development of the new code, and will distribute relevant news, research, and upcoming events related to the UCoC.

Please note, this is the first issue of UCoC Newsletter which is delivered to all subscribers and projects as an announcement of the initiative. If you want the future issues delivered to your talk page, village pumps, or any specific pages you find appropriate, you need to subscribe here.

You can help us by translating the newsletter issues in your languages to spread the news and create awareness of the new conduct to keep our beloved community safe for all of us. Please add your name here if you want to be informed of the draft issue to translate beforehand. Your participation is valued and appreciated.

Affiliate consultations – Wikimedia affiliates of all sizes and types were invited to participate in the UCoC affiliate consultation throughout March and April 2021. (continue reading)
2021 key consultations – The Wikimedia Foundation held enforcement key questions consultations in April and May 2021 to request input about UCoC enforcement from the broader Wikimedia community. (continue reading)
Roundtable discussions – The UCoC facilitation team hosted two 90-minute-long public roundtable discussions in May 2021 to discuss UCoC key enforcement questions. More conversations are scheduled. (continue reading)
Phase 2 drafting committee – The drafting committee for the phase 2 of the UCoC started their work on 12 May 2021. Read more about their work. (continue reading)
Diff blogs – The UCoC facilitators wrote several blog posts based on interesting findings and insights from each community during local project consultation that took place in the 1st quarter of 2021. (continue reading)

--MediaWiki message delivery (பேச்சு) 23:06, 11 சூன் 2021 (UTC)[பதிலளி]

Tech News: 2021-24

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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.

Recent changes

Logged-in users on the mobile web can choose to use the advanced mobile mode. They now see categories in a similar way as users on desktop do. This means that some gadgets that have just been for desktop users could work for users of the mobile site too. If your wiki has such gadgets you could decide to turn them on for the mobile site too. Some gadgets probably need to be fixed to look good on mobile. [83]
Language links on Wikidata now works for multilingual Wikisource. [84]

Changes later this week

There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

Future changes

In the future we can't show the IP of unregistered editors to everyone. This is because privacy regulations and norms have changed. There is now a rough draft of how showing the IP to those who need to see it could work.
German Wikipedia, English Wikivoyage and 29 smaller wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on 22 June. This is planned between 5:00 and 5:30 UTC. [85]
All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes in the week of 28 June. More information will be published in Tech News later. It will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks. [86][87]

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20:26, 14 சூன் 2021 (UTC)

Wikimania 2021: Individual Program Submissions

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Dear all,

Wikimania 2021 will be hosted virtually for the first time in the event's 15-year history. Since there is no in-person host, the event is being organized by a diverse group of Wikimedia volunteers that form the Core Organizing Team (COT) for Wikimania 2021.

Event Program - Individuals or a group of individuals can submit their session proposals to be a part of the program. There will be translation support for sessions provided in a number of languages. See more information here.

Below are some links to guide you through;

Please note that the deadline for submission is 18th June 2021.

Announcements- To keep up to date with the developments around Wikimania, the COT sends out weekly updates. You can view them in the Announcement section here.

Office Hour - If you are left with questions, the COT will be hosting some office hours (in multiple languages), in multiple time-zones, to answer any programming questions that you might have. Details can be found here.

Best regards,

MediaWiki message delivery (பேச்சு) 04:19, 16 சூன் 2021 (UTC)[பதிலளி]

On behalf of Wikimania 2021 Core Organizing Team

Tech News: 2021-25

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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.

Recent changes

The otrs-member group name is now vrt-permissions. This could affect abuse filters. [88]

Problems

You will be able to read but not edit German Wikipedia, English Wikivoyage and 29 smaller wikis for a few minutes on 22 June. This is planned between 5:00 and 5:30 UTC. [89]

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 22 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 23 June. It will be on all wikis from 24 June (calendar).

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15:49, 21 சூன் 2021 (UTC)

Editing news 2021 #2

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இதை மற்றொரு மொழியில் படிக்கவும் • இந்தப் பன்மொழிச் செய்திமடலுக்கானச் சந்தா பட்டியல்

Earlier this year, the Editing team ran a large study of the Reply Tool. The main goal was to find out whether the Reply Tool helped newer editors communicate on wiki. The second goal was to see whether the comments that newer editors made using the tool needed to be reverted more frequently than comments newer editors made with the existing wikitext page editor.

முக்கிய முடிவுகளாவன:

Newer editors who had automatic ("default on") access to the Reply tool were more likely to post a comment on a talk page.
The comments that newer editors made with the Reply Tool were also less likely to be reverted than the comments that newer editors made with page editing.

இந்த முடிவுகள் தொகுக்கும் குழுவிற்கு இந்த கருவி பயனுள்ளதுதான் என்கிற நம்பிக்கையை தரும்

அடுத்த கட்ட நகர்வு

The team is planning to make the Reply tool available to everyone as an opt-out preference in the coming months. This has already happened at the Arabic, Czech, and Hungarian Wikipedias.

The next step is to resolve a technical challenge. Then, they will deploy the Reply tool first to the Wikipedias that participated in the study. After that, they will deploy it, in stages, to the other Wikipedias and all WMF-hosted wikis.

You can turn on "Discussion tools" in Beta Features now. After you get the Reply tool, you can change your preferences at any time in Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing-discussion.

–Whatamidoing (WMF) (பேச்சு)

14:15, 24 சூன் 2021 (UTC)

Server switch

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இச்செய்தியை பிறிதொரு மொழியில் படிக்கவும் • Please help translate to your language

விக்கிமீடியா நிறுவனம், தனது முதல் மற்றும் இரண்டாம் நிலை தரவு மையத்திற்கிடையேயான மாற்றத்தை சோதனை செய்ய உள்ளது. ஒரு பேரிடருக்கு பின்னும் விக்கிப்பீடியா மற்றும் இதர விக்கிமீடியா விக்கிகள் இணைப்பில் இருப்பதை இது உறுதிப்படுத்தும். எல்லாம் வேலை செய்கிறது என்பதை உறுதி செய்ய, விக்கிமீடியா தொழில்நுட்ப துறை ஒரு திட்டமிடப்பட்ட சோதனையை செய்ய வேண்டும். இந்த சோதனை, அவர்களால் ஒரு தரவு மையத்திலிருந்து மற்றொன்றிக்கு நம்பகமாக மாற இயலுமா என்பதை காட்டும். இந்த சோதனைக்காக பல அணிகள் தயாராக வேண்டும் மற்றும் ஏதேனும் எதிர்பாராத சிக்கல்களை சரி செய்ய ஆயத்தமாக இருக்க வேண்டும்.

நல்வாய்பற்ற விதத்தில், மீடியாவிக்கியில் உள்ள சில குறைபாடுகள் காரணமாக, மாற்றம் செய்யப்படும் போது எல்லா தொகுப்பு செயல்களும் நிறுத்தப்பட வேண்டும். இந்த இடையூறுக்கு நாங்கள் வருந்துகிறோம். மேலும் இவற்றை வருங்காலத்தில் குறைப்பதற்கு முயல்கிறோம்.

நீங்கள் ஒரு குறுகிய காலத்திற்கு அனைத்து விக்கிகளையும் படிக்க முடியும், ஆனால் தொகுக்க முடியாது.

செவ்வாய், ஜூன் 29 2021 அன்று நீங்கள் அதிக பட்சமாக ஒரு மணி நேரத்திற்கு தொகுக்க முடியாது. சோதனை தொடங்கும் நேரம்: 14:00 UTC (07:00 PDT, 10:00 EDT, 15:00 WEST/BST, 16:00 CEST, 19:30 IST, 23:00 JST, மற்றும் நியூசிலாந்தில் புதன் ஜூன் 30 அன்று 02:00 NZST).
இந்த நேரங்களில் நீங்கள் தொகுக்கவோ அல்லது சேமிக்கவோ முயன்றால், நீங்கள் ஒரு பிழை செய்தியை காண்பீர். இந்த நிமிடங்களில் எந்த தொகுப்பும் தொலையாது என நம்புகிறோம், ஆனால் எங்களால் அதை உறுதி செய்ய இயலாது. நீங்கள் அந்த பிழை செய்தியை கண்டால், தயவு செய்து எல்லாம் இயல்பு நிலைக்கு திரும்பும் வரை காத்திருக்கவும். அதன் பின் நீங்கள் உங்கள் தொகுப்பை சேமிக்க முடியும். இருப்பினும், முன்னெச்சரிக்கையாக உங்கள் மாற்றங்களை ஓர் பிரதி எடுத்து கொள்வதை நாங்கள் பரிந்துரைக்கிரோம்.

பிற விளைவுகள்:

பின்புல வேலைகள் மந்தமாக இருக்கும். மேலும் அவற்றில் சில கைவிடப்படலாம். சிகப்பு இணைப்புகள் வழக்கமான வேகத்தில் புதுப்பிக்கப்படாமல் போகலாம். நீங்கள் வேறு எங்கேனும் இணைக்கப்பட்ட ஒரு கட்டுரையை உருவாக்கினால், அந்த இணைப்பு வழக்கத்தை விட அதிக நேரம் சிகப்பாகவே இருக்கும். சில நீண்ட நேரம் ஓடும் துணுக்குகள் நிறுத்தப்பட வேண்டி இருக்கும்.
ஜூன் 28 வாரத்தில் மூல முடக்கம் இருக்கும். அத்தியாவசியமற்ற மூல பயன்கொள் நடக்காது.

தேவைப்பட்டால் இந்த திட்டம் ஒத்திவைக்கப்படலாம். நீங்கள் அட்டவணையை wikitech.wikimedia.org இல் படிக்கலாம். எந்த மாற்றங்களும் அட்டவணையில் அறிவிக்கப்படும். இது குறித்து மேலும் அறிவிப்புகள் இருக்கும். இந்த செயல்பாடு நடப்பதற்கு 30 நிமிடங்களுக்கு முன்பு அனைத்து விக்கிகளிலும் ஒரு பேனர் காண்பிக்கப்படும். தயவு செய்து இந்த தகவலை உங்கள் சமூகத்துடன் பகிர்ந்து கொள்ளுங்கள்.

SGrabarczuk (WMF) 01:19, 27 சூன் 2021 (UTC)[பதிலளி]

Tech News: 2021-26

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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.

Recent changes

Wikis with the Growth features now can configure Growth features directly on their wiki. This uses the new special page Special:EditGrowthConfig. [90]
Wikisources have a new OCR tool. If you don't want to see the "extract text" button on Wikisource you can add .ext-wikisource-ExtractTextWidget { display: none; } to your common.css page. [91]

Problems

You will be able to read but not edit the Wikimedia wikis for a few minutes on 29 June. This is planned at 14:00 UTC. [92][93]

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 29 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 30 June. It will be on all wikis from 1 July (calendar).

Future changes

Threshold for stub link formatting, thumbnail size and auto-number headings can be set in preferences. They are expensive to maintain and few editors use them. The developers are planning to remove them. Removing them will make pages load faster. You can read more and give feedback.
A toolbar will be added to the Reply tool's wikitext source mode. This will make it easier to link to pages and to ping other users. [94][95]

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16:32, 28 சூன் 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-27

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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.

Tech News

The next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 19 July.

Recent changes

AutoWikiBrowser is a tool to make repetitive tasks easier. It now uses JSON. Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPage has moved to Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPageJSON and Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Config. Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPage/Version has moved to Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPage/VersionJSON. The tool will eventually be configured on the wiki so that you don't have to wait until the new version to add templates or regular expression fixes. [96]

Problems

InternetArchiveBot helps saving online sources on some wikis. It adds them to Wayback Machine and links to them there. This is so they don't disappear if the page that was linked to is removed. It currently has a problem with linking to the wrong date when it moves pages from archive.is to web.archive.org. [97]

Changes later this week

The tool to find, add and remove templates will be updated. This is to make it easier to find and use the right templates. It will come to the first wikis on 7 July. It will come to more wikis later this year. [98][99]
There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

Future changes

Some Wikimedia wikis use Flagged Revisions or pending changes. It hides edits from new and unregistered accounts for readers until they have been patrolled. The auto review action in Flagged Revisions will no longer be logged. All old logs of auto-review will be removed. This is because it creates a lot of logs that are not very useful. [100]

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17:33, 5 சூலை 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-29

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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.

Recent changes

The tool to find, add and remove templates was updated. This is to make it easier to find and use the right templates. It was supposed to come to the first wikis on 7 July. It was delayed to 12 July instead. It will come to more wikis later this year. [101][102]
Special:UnconnectedPages lists pages that are not connected to Wikidata. This helps you find pages that can be connected to Wikidata items. Some pages should not be connected to Wikidata. You can use the magic word __EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__ on pages that should not be listed on the special page. [103]

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 20 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 21 July. It will be on all wikis from 22 July (calendar).

Future changes

How media is structured in the parser's HTML output will soon change. This can affect bots, gadgets, user scripts and extensions. You can read more. You can test it on Testwiki or Testwiki 2.
The parameters for how you obtain tokens in the MediaWiki API were changed in 2014. The old way will no longer work from 1 September. Scripts, bots and tools that use the parameters from before the 2014 change need to be updated. You can read more.

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15:31, 19 சூலை 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-30

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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.

Recent changes

A new version of MediaWiki came to the Wikimedia wikis the week before last week. This was not in Tech News because there was no newsletter that week.

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 27 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 28 July. It will be on all wikis from 29 July (calendar).

Future changes

If you use the Monobook skin you can choose to switch off responsive design on mobile. This will now work for more skins. If ⧼monobook-responsive-label⧽ is unticked you need to also untick the new preference Enable responsive mode. Otherwise it will stop working. Interface admins can automate this process on your wiki. You can read more.

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21:11, 26 சூலை 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-31

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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.

Recent changes

If your wiki uses markup like <div class="mw-content-ltr"> or <div class="mw-content-rtl"> without the required dir attribute, then these will no longer work in 2 weeks. There is a short-term fix that can be added to your local wiki's Common.css page, which is explained at T287701. From now on, all usages should include the full attributes, for example: <div class="mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr" lang="en"> or <div class="mw-content-rtl" dir="rtl" lang="he">. This also applies to some other HTML tags, such as span or code. You can find existing examples on your wiki that need to be updated, using the instructions at T287701.
Reminder: Wikimedia has migrated to the Libera Chat IRC network, from the old Freenode network. Local documentation should be updated.

Problems

Last week, all wikis had slow access or no access for 30 minutes. There was a problem with generating dynamic lists of articles on the Russian Wikinews, due to the bulk import of 200,000+ new articles over 3 days, which led to database problems. The problematic feature has been disabled on that wiki and developers are discussing if it can be fixed properly. [104][105]

Changes later this week

When adding links to a page using VisualEditor or the 2017 wikitext editor, disambiguation pages will now only appear at the bottom of search results. This is because users do not often want to link to disambiguation pages. [106]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 3 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 4 August. It will be on all wikis from 5 August (calendar).

Future changes

The team of the Wikipedia app for Android is working on communication in the app. The developers are working on how to talk to other editors and get notifications. You can read more. They are looking for users who want to test the plans. Any editor who has an Android phone and is willing to download the app can do this.
The Beta Feature for Discussion tools will be updated in the coming weeks. You will be able to subscribe to individual sections on a talk page at more wikis. You can test this now by adding ?dtenable=1 to the end of the talk page's URL (example).

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20:47, 2 ஆகத்து 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-32

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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

You can read but not edit 17 wikis for a few minutes on 10 August. This is planned at 05:00 UTC. This is because of work on the database. [107]

Changes later this week

The Wikimania Hackathon will take place remotely on 13 August, starting at 5:00 UTC, for 24 hours. You can participate in many ways. You can still propose projects and sessions.
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 10 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 11 August. It will be on all wikis from 12 August (calendar).
The old CSS <div class="visualClear"></div> will not be supported after 12 August. Instead, templates and pages should use <div style="clear:both;"></div>. Please help to replace any existing uses on your wiki. There are global-search links available at T287962.

Future changes

The Wikipedia Library is a place for Wikipedia editors to get access to sources. There is an extension which has a new function to tell users when they can take part in it. It will use notifications. It will start pinging the first users in September. It will ping more users later. [108]
Vue.js will be the JavaScript framework for MediaWiki in the future. [109]

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16:21, 9 ஆகத்து 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-33

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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.

Recent changes

You can add language links in the sidebar in the new Vector skin again. You do this by connecting the page to a Wikidata item. The new Vector skin has moved the language links but the new language selector cannot add language links yet. [110]

Problems

There was a problem on wikis which use the Translate extension. Translations were not updated or were replaced with the English text. The problems have been fixed. [111][112][113]

Changes later this week

A revision tag will soon be added to edits that add links to disambiguation pages. This is because these links are usually added by accident. The tag will allow editors to easily find the broken links and fix them. If your wiki does not like this feature, it can be hidden. [114]
Would you like to help improve the information about tools? Would you like to attend or help organize a small virtual meetup for your community to discuss the list of tools? Please get in touch on the Toolhub Quality Signal Sessions talk page. We are also looking for feedback from tool maintainers on some specific questions.
In the past, edits to any page in your user talk space ignored your mute list, e.g. sub-pages. Starting this week, this is only true for edits to your talk page. [115]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 17 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 18 August. It will be on all wikis from 19 August (calendar).

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19:28, 16 ஆகத்து 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-34

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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.

Recent changes

The Score extension (<score> notation) has been re-enabled on public wikis and upgraded to a newer version. Some musical score functionality may no longer work because the extension is only enabled in "safe mode". The security issue has been fixed and an advisory published.

Problems

You will be able to read but not edit some wikis for a few minutes on 25 August. This will happen around 06:00 UTC. This is for database maintenance. During this time, operations on the CentralAuth will also not be possible.

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 24 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 25 August. It will be on all wikis from 26 August (calendar).

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21:58, 23 ஆகத்து 2021 (UTC)

Read-only reminder

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A maintenance operation will be performed on Wednesday August 25 06:00 UTC. It should only last for a few minutes.

This will affect your wiki as well as 11 other wikis. During this time, publishing edits will not be possible.

Also during this time, operations on the CentralAuth will not be possible (GlobalRenames, changing/confirming e-mail addresses, logging into new wikis, password changes).

For more details about the operation and on all impacted services, please check on Phabricator.

A banner will be displayed 30 minutes before the operation.

Please help your community to be aware of this maintenance operation. நன்றி!

20:35, 24 ஆகத்து 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-35

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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.

Recent changes

Some musical score syntax no longer works and may needed to be updated, you can check Category:Pages with score rendering errors on your wiki for a list of pages with errors.

Problems

Musical scores were unable to render lyrics in some languages because of missing fonts. This has been fixed now. If your language would prefer a different font, please file a request in Phabricator. [116]

Changes later this week

The parameters for how you obtain tokens in the MediaWiki API were changed in 2014. The old way will no longer work from 1 September. Scripts, bots and tools that use the parameters from before the 2014 change need to be updated. You can read more about this.
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 31 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 September. It will be on all wikis from 2 September (calendar).

Future changes

You will be able to read but not edit Commons for a few minutes on 6 September. This will happen around 05:00 UTC. This is for database maintenance.
All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes in the week of 13 September. More information will be published in Tech News later. It will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks. [117]

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16:01, 30 ஆகத்து 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-36

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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.

Recent changes

The wikis that have Growth features deployed have been part of A/B testing since deployment, in which some newcomers did not receive the new features. Now, all of the newcomers on 21 of the smallest of those wikis will be receiving the features. [118]

Changes later this week

There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

Future changes

In 2017, the provided jQuery library was upgraded from version 1 to 3, with a compatibility layer. The migration will soon finish, to make the site load faster for everyone. If you maintain a gadget or user script, check if you have any JQMIGRATE errors and fix them, or they will break. [119][120]
Last year, the Portuguese Wikipedia community embarked on an experiment to make log-in compulsory for editing. The impact report of this trial is ready. Moving forward, the Anti-Harassment Tools team is looking for projects that are willing to experiment with restricting IP editing on their wiki for a short-term experiment. Learn more.

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15:20, 6 செப்டம்பர் 2021 (UTC)

The 2022 Community Wishlist Survey will happen in January

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Hello everyone,

We hope all of you are as well and safe as possible during these trying times! We wanted to share some news about a change to the Community Wishlist Survey 2022. We would like to hear your opinions as well.

Summary:

We will be running the Community Wishlist Survey 2022 in January 2022. We need more time to work on the 2021 wishes. We also need time to prepare some changes to the Wishlist 2022. In the meantime, you can use a dedicated sandbox to leave early ideas for the 2022 wishes.

Proposing and wish-fulfillment will happen during the same year

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In the past, the Community Tech team has run the Community Wishlist Survey for the following year in November of the prior year. For example, we ran the Wishlist for 2021 in November 2020. That worked well a few years ago. At that time, we used to start working on the Wishlist soon after the results of the voting were published.

However, in 2021, there was a delay between the voting and the time when we could start working on the new wishes. Until July 2021, we were working on wishes from the Wishlist for 2020.

We hope having the Wishlist 2022 in January 2022 will be more intuitive. This will also give us time to fulfill more wishes from the 2021 Wishlist.

Encouraging wider participation from historically excluded communities

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We are thinking how to make the Wishlist easier to participate in. We want to support more translations, and encourage under-resourced communities to be more active. We would like to have some time to make these changes.

A new space to talk to us about priorities and wishes not granted yet

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We will have gone 365 days without a Wishlist. We encourage you to approach us. We hope to hear from you in the talk page, but we also hope to see you at our bi-monthly Talk to Us meetings! These will be hosted at two different times friendly to time zones around the globe.

We will begin our first meeting September 15th at 23:00 UTC. More details about the agenda and format coming soon!

Brainstorm and draft proposals before the proposal phase

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If you have early ideas for wishes, you can use the new Community Wishlist Survey sandbox. This way, you will not forget about these before January 2022. You will be able to come back and refine your ideas. Remember, edits in the sandbox don't count as wishes!

Feedback

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What should we do to improve the Wishlist pages?
How would you like to use our new sandbox?
What, if any, risks do you foresee in our decision to change the date of the Wishlist 2022?
What will help more people participate in the Wishlist 2022?

Answer on the talk page (in any language you prefer) or at our Talk to Us meetings.

SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 00:24, 7 செப்டம்பர் 2021 (UTC)

Server switch

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இச்செய்தியை பிறிதொரு மொழியில் படிக்கவும் • Please help translate to your language

அவர்கள் எல்லா போக்குவரத்தையும் முதல் நிலை தரவு மையத்திற்கு, செவ்வாய், செப்டம்பர் 14 2021 அன்று மறு-மாற்றம் செய்வர்.

செவ்வாய், செப்டம்பர் 14 2021 அன்று நீங்கள் அதிக பட்சமாக ஒரு மணி நேரத்திற்கு தொகுக்க முடியாது. சோதனை தொடங்கும் நேரம்: 14:00 UTC (07:00 PDT, 10:00 EDT, 15:00 WEST/BST, 16:00 CEST, 19:30 IST, 23:00 JST, மற்றும் நியூசிலாந்தில் புதன், செப்டம்பர் 15 அன்று 02:00 NZST).
இந்த நேரங்களில் நீங்கள் தொகுக்கவோ அல்லது சேமிக்கவோ முயன்றால், நீங்கள் ஒரு பிழை செய்தியை காண்பீர். இந்த நிமிடங்களில் எந்த தொகுப்பும் தொலையாது என நம்புகிறோம், ஆனால் எங்களால் அதை உறுதி செய்ய இயலாது. நீங்கள் அந்த பிழை செய்தியை கண்டால், தயவு செய்து எல்லாம் இயல்பு நிலைக்கு திரும்பும் வரை காத்திருக்கவும். அதன் பின் நீங்கள் உங்கள் தொகுப்பை சேமிக்க முடியும். இருப்பினும், முன்னெச்சரிக்கையாக உங்கள் மாற்றங்களை ஓர் பிரதி எடுத்து கொள்வதை நாங்கள் பரிந்துரைக்கிரோம்.

பிற விளைவுகள்:

பின்புல வேலைகள் மந்தமாக இருக்கும். மேலும் அவற்றில் சில கைவிடப்படலாம். சிகப்பு இணைப்புகள் வழக்கமான வேகத்தில் புதுப்பிக்கப்படாமல் போகலாம். நீங்கள் வேறு எங்கேனும் இணைக்கப்பட்ட ஒரு கட்டுரையை உருவாக்கினால், அந்த இணைப்பு வழக்கத்தை விட அதிக நேரம் சிகப்பாகவே இருக்கும். சில நீண்ட நேரம் ஓடும் துணுக்குகள் நிறுத்தப்பட வேண்டி இருக்கும்.
மற்ற வாரங்களைப் போலவே மூல பயன்கொள் நடக்கும் என்று நாங்கள் எதிர்பார்க்கிறோம். இருப்பினும், சில சூழ்நிலைகளில் செயல்பாட்டிற்கு பிறகு தேவைப்பட்டால் மூல முடக்கம் சரியான நேரத்தில் நடக்கலாம்.

SGrabarczuk (WMF) (பேச்சு) 00:46, 11 செப்டம்பர் 2021 (UTC)

Talk to the Community Tech

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Hello!

As we have recently announced, we, the team working on the Community Wishlist Survey, would like to invite you to an online meeting with us. It will take place on September 15th, 23:00 UTC on Zoom, and will last an hour. Click here to join.

Agenda

How we prioritize the wishes to be granted
Why we decided to change the date from November 2021 to January 2022
Update on the disambiguation and the real-time preview wishes
Questions and answers

Format

The meeting will not be recorded or streamed. Notes without attribution will be taken and published on Meta-Wiki. The presentation (first three points in the agenda) will be given in English.

We can answer questions asked in English, French, Polish, and Spanish. If you would like to ask questions in advance, add them on the Community Wishlist Survey talk page or send to sgrabarczuk@wikimedia.org.

Natalia Rodriguez (the Community Tech manager) will be hosting this meeting.

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Tech News: 2021-37

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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.

Recent changes

45 new Wikipedias now have access to the Growth features. [121]
A majority of Wikipedias now have access to the Growth features. The Growth team has published an FAQ page about the features. This translatable FAQ covers the description of the features, how to use them, how to change the configuration, and more.

Problems

All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on 14 September. This is planned at 14:00 UTC. [122]

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 September. It will be on all wikis from 16 September (calendar).
Starting this week, Wikipedia in Italian will receive weekly software updates on Wednesdays. It used to receive the updates on Thursdays. Due to this change, bugs will be noticed and fixed sooner. [123]
You can add language links in the sidebar in the new Vector skin again. You do this by connecting the page to a Wikidata item. The new Vector skin has moved the language links but the new language selector cannot add language links yet. [124]
The syntax highlight tool marks up code with different colours. It now can highlight 23 new code languages. Additionally, golang can now be used as an alias for the Go programming language, and a special output mode has been added to show a program's output. [125][126]

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15:35, 13 செப்டம்பர் 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-38

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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.

Recent changes

Growth features are now deployed to almost all Wikipedias. For the majority of small Wikipedias, the features are only available for experienced users, to test the features and configure them. Features will be available for newcomers starting on 20 September 2021.
MediaWiki had a feature that would highlight local links to short articles in a different style. Each user could pick the size at which "stubs" would be highlighted. This feature was very bad for performance, and following a consultation, has been removed. [127]
A technical change was made to the MonoBook skin to allow for easier maintenance and upkeep. This has resulted in some minor changes to HTML that make MonoBook's HTML consistent with other skins. Efforts have been made to minimize the impact on editors, but please ping Jon (WMF) on wiki or in phabricator if any problems are reported.

Problems

There was a problem with search last week. Many search requests did not work for 2 hours because of an accidental restart of the search servers. [128]

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 September. It will be on all wikis from 23 September (calendar).
The meta=proofreadpage API has changed. The piprop parameter has been renamed to prpiprop. API users should update their code to avoid unrecognized parameter warnings. Pywikibot users should upgrade to 6.6.0. [129]

Future changes

The Reply tool will be deployed to the remaining wikis in the coming weeks. It is currently part of "Discussion tools" in Beta features at most wikis. You will be able to turn it off in Editing Preferences. [130]
The previously announced change to how you obtain tokens from the API has been delayed to September 21 because of an incompatibility with Pywikibot. Bot operators using Pywikibot can follow T291202 for progress on a fix, and should plan to upgrade to 6.6.1 when it is released.

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18:32, 20 செப்டம்பர் 2021 (UTC)

இந்திய விக்கிமூலத் தொடர்தொகுப்பு 2021 முடிவுகள்

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அனைவருக்கும் வணக்கம். தமிழ் முதலிடம் : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic_Wikisource_Proofreadthon_August_2021/Result முதல் இரண்டு இடங்களை பெற்ற மாணவிகளான, பாத்திமா, சரண்யா நமது தமிழ் விக்கிமீடிய முத்துகள். தொடரட்டும் அவர்களது பங்களிப்புகள். உடன் இணைந்து பங்களித்த பிற பள்ளி ஆசிரியைகளுக்கும் வாழ்த்துக்கள். த♥உழவன்^(உரை) 01:51, 24 செப்டம்பர் 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-39

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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.

Recent changes

iOS 15 has a new function called Private Relay (Apple website). This can hide the user's IP when they use Safari browser. This is like using a VPN in that we see another IP address instead. It is opt-in and only for those who pay extra for iCloud. It will come to Safari users on OSX later. There is a technical discussion about what this means for the Wikimedia wikis.

Problems

Some gadgets and user-scripts add items to the portlets (article tools) part of the skin. A recent change to the HTML may have made those links a different font-size. This can be fixed by adding the CSS class .vector-menu-dropdown-noicon. [131]

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 September. It will be on all wikis from 30 September (calendar).
The GettingStarted extension was built in 2013, and provides an onboarding process for new account holders in a few versions of Wikipedia. However, the recently developed Growth features provide a better onboarding experience. Since the vast majority of Wikipedias now have access to the Growth features, GettingStarted will be deactivated starting on 4 October. [132]
A small number of users will not be able to connect to the Wikimedia wikis after 30 September. This is because an old root certificate will no longer work. They will also have problems with many other websites. Users who have updated their software in the last five years are unlikely to have problems. Users in Europe, Africa and Asia are less likely to have immediate problems even if their software is too old. You can read more.
You can receive notifications when someone leaves a comment on user talk page or mentions you in a talk page comment. Clicking the notification link will now bring you to the comment and highlight it. Previously, doing so brought you to the top of the section that contained the comment. You can find more information in T282029.

Future changes

The Reply tool will be deployed to the remaining wikis in the coming weeks. It is currently part of "Discussion tools" in Beta features at most wikis. You will be able to turn it off in Editing Preferences. See the list of wikis. [133]

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22:23, 27 செப்டம்பர் 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-40

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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.

Recent changes

A more efficient way of sending changes from Wikidata to Wikimedia wikis that show them has been enabled for the following 10 wikis: mediawiki.org, the Italian, Catalan, Hebrew and Vietnamese Wikipedias, French Wikisource, and English Wikivoygage, Wikibooks, Wiktionary and Wikinews. If you notice anything strange about how changes from Wikidata appear in recent changes or your watchlist on those wikis you can let the developers know.

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 October. It will be on all wikis from 7 October (calendar).
Some gadgets and bots that use the API to read the AbuseFilter log might break. The hidden property will no longer say an entry is implicit for unsuppressed log entries about suppressed edits. If your bot needs to know this, do a separate revision query. Additionally, the property will have the value false for visible entries; previously, it wasn't included in the response. [134]
A more efficient way of sending changes from Wikidata to Wikimedia wikis that show them will be enabled for all production wikis. If you notice anything strange about how changes from Wikidata appear in recent changes or your watchlist you can let the developers know.

Future changes

You can soon get cross-wiki notifications in the iOS Wikipedia app. You can also get notifications as push notifications. More notification updates will follow in later versions. [135]
The JavaScript variables wgExtraSignatureNamespaces, wgLegalTitleChars, and wgIllegalFileChars will soon be removed from mw.config. These are not part of the "stable" variables available for use in wiki JavaScript. [136]
The JavaScript variables wgCookiePrefix, wgCookieDomain, wgCookiePath, and wgCookieExpiration will soon be removed from mw.config. Scripts should instead use mw.cookie from the "mediawiki.cookie" module. [137]

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16:32, 4 அக்டோபர் 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-41

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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.

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 October. It will be on all wikis from 14 October (calendar).

The "auto-number headings" preference is being removed. You can read phab:T284921 for the reasons and discussion. This change was previously announced. A JavaScript snippet is available which can be used to create a Gadget on wikis that still want to support auto-numbering.

Meetings

You can join a meeting about the Desktop Improvements. A demonstration version of the newest feature will be shown. The event will take place on Tuesday, 12 October at 16:00 UTC. See how to join.

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15:30, 11 அக்டோபர் 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-42

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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.

Recent changes

Toolhub is a catalogue to make it easier to find software tools that can be used for working on the Wikimedia projects. You can read more.

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 October. It will be on all wikis from 21 October (calendar).

Future changes

The developers of the Wikipedia Android app are working on communication in the app. You can now answer questions in survey to help the development.
3–5% of editors may be blocked in the next few months. This is because of a new service in Safari, which is similar to a proxy or a VPN. It is called iCloud Private Relay. There is a discussion about this on Meta. The goal is to learn what iCloud Private Relay could mean for the communities.
Wikimedia Enterprise is a new API for those who use a lot of information from the Wikimedia projects on other sites. It is a way to get big commercial users to pay for the data. There will soon be a copy of the Wikimedia Enterprise dataset. You can read more. You can also ask the team questions on Zoom on 22 October 15:00 UTC.

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20:53, 18 அக்டோபர் 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-43

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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.

Recent changes

The Coolest Tool Award 2021 is looking for nominations. You can recommend tools until 27 October.

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 26 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 27 October. It will be on all wikis from 28 October (calendar).

Future changes

Diff pages will have an improved copy and pasting experience. The changes will allow the text in the diff for before and after to be treated as separate columns and will remove any unwanted syntax. [138]
The version of the Liberation fonts used in SVG files will be upgraded. Only new thumbnails will be affected. Liberation Sans Narrow will not change. [139]

Meetings

You can join a meeting about the Community Wishlist Survey. News about the disambiguation and the real-time preview wishes will be shown. The event will take place on Wednesday, 27 October at 14:30 UTC. See how to join.

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20:08, 25 அக்டோபர் 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-44

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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.

Recent changes

There is a limit on the amount of emails a user can send each day. This limit is now global instead of per-wiki. This change is to prevent abuse. [140]

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 2 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 3 November. It will be on all wikis from 4 November (calendar).

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20:28, 1 நவம்பர் 2021 (UTC)

ஆங்கில விக்கிமூலத்தில் முதற்கூட்டுப்பங்களிப்பு

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en:Index:Tamil_proverbs.pdf என்ற நூல் 1874 ஆம் ஆண்டு உருவானது. இந்நூலில் உள்ள ஒவ்வொரு தமிழ் பழமொழியும், ஆங்கிலத்தில் மொழிபெயர்க்கப்பட்டு, தேவைப்படும் இடங்களில் ஆங்கில விளக்கவரையும் கொண்டு கட்டமைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. இந்நூலில் மொத்தம் 6156 தமிழ் பழமொழிகள் உள்ளன. ஒரே தமிழ் சொல்லானது, வெவ்வேறு இடங்களில், அந்த பழமொழியின் பொருண்மைக்கு ஏற்ப, வெவ்வேறு ஆங்கிலச்சொற்களைக் கொண்டு மொழிபெயர்க்கப்பட்டுள்ளது இதன் சிறப்பாகும். ஆங்கில விக்கிமூலத்தில் கூட்டுழைப்பாக, சிறந்த விக்கிநுட்பங்களோடு வெள்ளோட்ட முயற்சியாக, இந்த150 ஆண்டு பழமையான படவடிவ நூலானாது(PDF), பனுவல் வடிவமாக மாற்ற எடுத்துக் கொள்ளப்பட்டது. 2021 ஆம் ஆண்டு செப்டம்பர் மாதம் 29 முதல் இதில் 40 பங்களிப்பாளர்கள் ஈடுபட்டு, நவம்பர்4 அன்று இந்நூலின் எழுத்துவடிவ பணியை முடித்தனர். en:Tamil_Proverbs என்ற முழுமையான பனுவல் வடிவத்தினைப் பார்வையிடுக. எளிமையாக பதிவிறக்க இங்குள்ள download என்பதை அழுத்தி, தேவைப்படும் வடிவங்களில் பதிவிறக்கம் செய்து கொள்ளலாம். மேலும், இந்த இணைப்பில் 10 க்கும் மேற்பட்ட வடிவங்களிலும், பதிவிறக்கிக் கொள்ளலாம். இத்தகைய கூட்டுப்பணி எளிமையாக உருவாவதற்கான முக்கிய காரணம், அவர்களின் வழிகாட்டுதல் பக்கமாகும். அது தமிழில் சிறப்புற உருவாக்கப்படவில்லை. எனவே, en:Help:Beginner's guide to proofreading ஆங்கில விக்கிமூலப் பக்கத்தினைக்கொண்டு தொடங்கலாம் என்று எண்ணுகிறேன். இப்பக்கமானது பத்துக்கும் மேற்பட்ட மொழிகளில் உள்ளது. அனைவருக்கும் இது அடிப்படையான பக்கமென்பதால், s:உதவி:புதிதாக தொடங்குபவர்களுக்கான மெய்ப்பு வழிகாட்டி என்ற பக்கத்தினை கூட்டாக வளர்த்தெடுப்போம். தங்களது எண்ணங்களை, s:உதவி பேச்சு:புதிதாக தொடங்குபவர்களுக்கான மெய்ப்பு வழிகாட்டி என்ற உரையாடற்பக்கத்தில் தெரியப்படுத்துங்கள்.--த♥உழவன்^(உரை) 10:15, 7 நவம்பர் 2021 (UTC)[பதிலளி]

Tech News: 2021-45

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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.

Recent changes

Mobile IP editors are now able to receive warning notices indicating they have a talk page message on the mobile website (similar to the orange banners available on desktop). These notices will be displayed on every page outside of the main namespace and every time the user attempts to edit. The notice on desktop now has a slightly different colour. [141][142]

Changes later this week

Wikidata will be read-only for a few minutes on 11 November. This will happen around 06:00 UTC. This is for database maintenance. [143]
There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

Future changes

In the future, unregistered editors will be given an identity that is not their IP address. This is for legal reasons. A new user right will let editors who need to know the IPs of unregistered accounts to fight vandalism, spam, and harassment, see the IP. You can read the suggestions for how that identity could work and discuss on the talk page.

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20:36, 8 நவம்பர் 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-46

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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.

Recent changes

Most large file uploads errors that had messages like "stashfailed" or "DBQueryError" have now been fixed. An incident report is available.

Problems

Sometimes, edits made on iOS using the visual editor save groups of numbers as telephone number links, because of a feature in the operating system. This problem is under investigation. [144]
There was a problem with search last week. Many search requests did not work for 2 hours because of a configuration error. [145]

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 November. It will be on all wikis from 18 November (calendar).

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22:06, 15 நவம்பர் 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-47

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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.

Changes later this week

There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
The template dialog in VisualEditor and in the new wikitext mode Beta feature will be heavily improved on a few wikis. Your feedback is welcome.

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20:02, 22 நவம்பர் 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-48

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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.

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 December. It will be on all wikis from 2 December (calendar).

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21:15, 29 நவம்பர் 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-49

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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

MediaWiki 1.38-wmf.11 was scheduled to be deployed on some wikis last week. The deployment was delayed because of unexpected problems.

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 December. It will be on all wikis from 9 December (calendar).
At all Wikipedias, a Mentor Dashboard is now available at Special:MentorDashboard. It allows registered mentors, who take care of newcomers' first steps, to monitor their assigned newcomers' activity. It is part of the Growth features. You can learn more about activating the mentor list on your wiki and about the mentor dashboard project.
The predecessor to the current MediaWiki Action API (which was created in 2008), action=ajax, will be removed this week. Any scripts or bots using it will need to switch to the corresponding API module. [146]
An old ResourceLoader module, jquery.jStorage, which was deprecated in 2016, will be removed this week. Any scripts or bots using it will need to switch to mediawiki.storage instead. [147]

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21:59, 6 திசம்பர் 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-50

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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.

Recent changes

There are now default short aliases for the "Project:" namespace on most wikis. E.g. On Wikibooks wikis, [[WB:]] will go to the local language default for the [[Project:]] namespace. This change is intended to help the smaller communities have easy access to this feature. Additional local aliases can still be requested via the usual process. [148]

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 December. It will be on all wikis from 16 December (calendar).

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22:27, 13 திசம்பர் 2021 (UTC)

சொற்குவை சொற்கள் பதிவேற்றம்

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தமிழக அரசின் சொற்குவைச் சொற்களை விக்சனரியில் வெளியிட அகரமுதலி திட்ட இயக்ககம் முடிவு செய்து அதனை கார்க்கி அறக்கட்டளையின் வழியாகப் பதிவேற்றம் செய்ய திட்டமிட்டுள்ளனர். அதனடிப்படையில் சில ஆயிரம் சொற்களும் ஏற்றியுள்ளனர். அதில் தமிழ் விளக்கமில்லாத சொற்களும் பிழையான சொற்களும் இருப்பதால் அக்கணக்கு தடை செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது. இது தொடர்பாக இயக்ககத்தினரிடம் பேசினேன். முந்தைய அணுகுமுறை போல சொற்குவை சொற்களை முழுமையாகப் பொதுத்தளத்தில் வெளியிடத் தற்போதைக்கு இயலாதென அறிகிறேன். அதனால் சிறு சிறு தொகுதியாக வெளியிட்டுச் சமூக ஒப்புதலைப் பெற்றுப் பதிவேற்றம் செய்யலாம் எனப் பரிந்துரைத்துள்ளேன். இதுவரை ஏற்றிய சொற்களை என்ன செய்வது? அடுத்து இதனை எப்படிக் கூட்டு முயற்சியாக விக்சனரியை வளர்த்தெடுப்பதென மற்றவர்களும் கருத்தினை அளிக்கலாம். -Neechalkaran (பேச்சு) 14:20, 16 திசம்பர் 2021 (UTC)[பதிலளி]

பதிவேற்றிய நபரை நான் தற்காலிக தடைசெய்து, அவருக்கு மாதிரி திட்டபக்கமொன்றினைக் காட்டி, உரையாட கூறியுள்ளேன். தவறான சொல் ஒன்றினையும் இணைத்துள்ளேன். அதுபோல மேலும் பல உள்ளன. பலரின் கருத்துகளை வாங்க, (community consensus) விக்கிப்பீடியாவிலும் அறிவித்துள்ளேன். அது குறித்த உரிமம் விக்கிக்கு உகந்ததல்ல. பொதுகள உரிமத்தில் உள்ளதென அவர் சான்றாவணத்தை தர வழிகாட்டலாம். அவர் தமிழ் வளர்ச்சி துறை என கூறிகிறார். கார்க்கி அறக்கட்டளையும் ஈடுபடுவதாகத் தெரிகிறது. குழப்பமாக உள்ளது. நல்ல முயற்சிகள் நடைபெறுவதால் உரியவர், விக்கிதிட்ட பக்கமொன்றில் உரையாடுதல் நலம். அதுவே விக்கிவிதிகள் ஆகும். நீங்கள் (Neechalkaran ) விக்சனரி மேலணுக்கராக (sysop) இருப்பதால், சிறப்பாக இதனை முன்னெடுத்து செல்வீர்கள் என நம்புகிறேன்.--த♥உழவன்^(உரை) 03:18, 17 திசம்பர் 2021 (UTC)[பதிலளி]
- @Neechalkaran, Info-farmer: இதை முறையாகச் செயற்படுத்தினால் நற்பயன் விளையும். அவர்களுக்கு நாமே ஒரு நல்ல வடிவமைப்பு மாதிரியைக் காட்டி விளக்கலாம். விளக்கமில்லாமல் வெறும் ஆங்கில இணைத்தொடர்கள் மட்டுமிருப்பின் பட்டியல் பக்கங்களாக உருவாக்கும்படி கோரலமெனத் தோன்றுகிறது. ஒத்துழைப்பு அணுகுமுறை கொள்வோம். புதிதாக வரும் பங்களிப்பாளர்கள் தனிநபரோ, இவ்வாறான அமைப்போ நமது முறைமைகளையும் கொள்கைகளையும் முழுவதும் உள்வாங்காமல் இருக்கக்கூடும். அவ்விடங்களில் சற்று நயமாக எடுத்துரைத்து அவர்களைச் சிறந்த பங்களிப்பாளராக வளர்த்தெடுக்கலாம். -- Sundar (பேச்சு) 12:50, 17 திசம்பர் 2021 (UTC)[பதிலளி]

இற்றை: இன்று இது தொடர்பாகத் திடீர் கூட்டத்திற்குத் தமிழ் வளர்ச்சித் துறையினர் அழைத்தனர். கார்க்கி அறக்கட்டளை இதற்கான பணியாணை வாங்கியுள்ளனர் என்றும் அவர்கள் கணக்கின் வழியே தான் அரசின் சொற்களை உள்ளீடு செய்யப் போகிறார்கள் என்றும் அறிகிறேன். அவர்களுக்குத் தொழில்நுட்பம் தெரிந்திருந்தாலும் விக்சனரி கொள்கைகள் குறித்துத் தெரியவில்லை என்றனர். விக்சனரி சமூகம் சார்பாக ஒத்துழைப்பு வழங்குகிறோம் என்பதை உறுதியளித்தேன். மேலும் கூட்டுச் சொற்களில் தமிழ்த் தலைச்சொல்லுக்கு ஆங்கில விளக்கம் என்ற வகையில்லாமல் ஆங்கிலச் சொல்லுக்குத் தமிழ் விளக்கம் என்று கொடுக்கும் முறையை வலியுறுத்தினேன். முழுமையான சொல் தரவுகளைப் பொதுவுரிமை அறிவிப்புடன் வெளியிட வலியுறுத்தினேன். திட்டப்பக்கத்தினை உருவாக்கியுள்ளேன். பேச்சுப் பக்கத்தில் சில கேள்விகளும் இட்டுள்ளேன். ஆர்வமுள்ளவர்கள் இதில் இணைந்து வழிகாட்டுங்கள். தமிழ் விக்சனரியை முதலிடத்திற்குக் கொண்டு செல்ல கரம் கோர்ப்போம். -Neechalkaran (பேச்சு) 14:24, 17 திசம்பர் 2021 (UTC)[பதிலளி]

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