…lso addressing a concern about the mobile versions of Wikipedia, so that mobile users will be able to edit directly the descriptions shown under the title of the page and in the search results. We began by rolling out this feature several weeks ago to a pilot group of Wikipedias …
…feature on all Wikimedia wikis since 2014. With compact language links enabled, users are shown a much shorter list of languages on the interlanguage link section of an article (see image). This will be enabled as a feature in the coming week for all users, which can be turned on…
Currently this bot carries out listing redlinked portals in the userspace of Dreamy Jazz. analytics Backend for a new distributed game which suggests descriptions for Wikidata items that lack descriptions using the content of Wikipedia distributed-game Unused tool (duplicate of s…
…lows global bots. This policy makes bot access requesting much easier for local users, operators, and stewards. To implement it we only need to create a redirect to this page from Project:Bot policy , and add a line at the top noting that it is used here. Please read the text at …
…the 2017 Wikitext Editor (beta) will be improved fundamentally This should help users understand better what the template expects, how to navigate the template, and how to add parameters. project page talk page In syntax highlighting CodeMirror extension), you can activate a colo…
…, women warriors in folklore, witches and witch hunting, fairy tales, and more. Users can help create new articles, expand or translate from a list of suggested articles. Organisers are requested to work on the following action items to sign up their communities for the project: …
…ent on the mobile home page, and it is a good time to do a little formatting so users get a mobile-friendly view, or to add to existing mobile content if some already exists. If you are an administrator, please consider helping with this change. There are instructions which are b…
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 spacing between paragraphs on Vector 2022 has been changed from 7px to 14px to match the size of t…
…or converting arbitrary links into property claims for Wikidata. Can be used in userscripts and other tools. wikidata Needed another domain to test RWS functionality on Chrome. See the sul3-rws-test tool for more information. sul3 pywikibot to support literature review (via check…
…the 2017 Wikitext Editor (beta) will be improved fundamentally This should help users understand better what the template expects, how to navigate the template, and how to add parameters. project page talk page In syntax highlighting CodeMirror extension), you can activate a colo…
…for more than 1 billion pageviews per month. On average 87% of active logged-in users of those wikis use Vector 2022. It would become the default for all logged-out users, and also all logged-in users who currently use Vector legacy. Logged-in users can at any time switch to any …
…e easily. This will be achieved by an interface, connected to the infobox, that users can access directly from their local wiki. The project is now at an early stage of development. A lot of user research has been done, and will continue to be done through the different phases of…
…ondi Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available. Weekly highlight The Editing team is working on a new check: Paste check . This check informs newcomers who past…
…isual diff tool was developed for the visual editor. It is now available to all users of the visual editor and the 2017 wikitext editor. When you review your changes, you can toggle between wikitext and visual diffs. You can also enable the new Beta Feature for "Visual diffs". Th…
… and MediaWiki:Vector.js which contain code that is executed in the browsers of users of the site.) A new user group, interface-admin , has been created. Starting four weeks from now, only members of this group will be able edit CSS/JS pages that they do not own (that is, any pag…