Hi, The latest tech newsletter is now available at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2014/02 . Below is the English version.
You can help write the next newsletter: whenever you see information about Wikimedia technology that you think should be distributed more broadly, you can add it to the next newsletter at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/Next . More information on how to contribute is available at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News#contribute . You can also contact me directly. As always, feedback (on- or off-list) is appreciated and encouraged. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Latest *tech news <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News>* from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2014/02>are available. *Recent software changes* - The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf9<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.23/wmf9>) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on January 2. It will be enabled on non-Wikipedia wikis on January 7 and on all Wikipedia wikis on January 9 (calendar <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.23/Roadmap>). - The old note-taking site <https://etherpad-old.wikimedia.org> (Etherpad<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/en:Etherpad>) was removed on December 30, 2013. You can see most of the documents on the new site <https://etherpad.wikimedia.org>. [1]<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2013-December/073755.html> *Problems* - On January 2, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata and all Wikivoyage projects were broken for 2 hours due to language cache update issues. - On the same day, it was not possible to edit most wikis for about 30 minutes, due to a database replication problem. *Future software changes* - The new search tool (CirrusSearch<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Search>) will be added as the default search method for Italian Wikipedia, French Wikisource, Wikidata and all Wikivoyage sites, and as a second search method for the German Wikipedia and all Wikibooks sites on January 6. [2]<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2014-January/073846.html> - Spanish, French, Portuguese and Russian Wikipedia users will also be able to enable CirrusSearch in their Beta Features options<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures>. [3]<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2014-January/073846.html> - Plural form rules for some languages will be changed<https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Thread:Portal_talk:Ru/Plural_changes_in_many_languages>. Many translations of the user interface for Belarusian, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian and other languages will need to be changed. [4]<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56931> [5] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/105148/> [6]<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/104795/> - You will see a warning when you try to delete a page linked to from other pages. [7] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35485> [8] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/65162/> - You will be able to hide redirect pages on the list of protected pages<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ProtectedPages>. [9] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19233> [10]<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/104395/> - You will be able to use keyboard shortcuts in the Translate<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Translate>tool, by pressing Alt+1 and similar key groups. [11]<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/103072/> [12] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/104934/> - E-mails sent by MediaWiki will include the name of the site in their From: line. You will be able to change this name on your wiki by editing the MediaWiki:Emailsender page. [13]<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32770> [14] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/104707/> - Images viewed in the Beta Features media viewer<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MultimediaViewer>will load faster. [15] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56695> [16]<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/95282/> -- Guillaume Paumier Technical Communications Manager — Wikimedia Foundation
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