2016-09-12 20:06 GMT+02:00 Johan Jönsson <[email protected]>: > Hi, > > The latest technical newsletter is now available at < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/37>. > Below is the English version. >
And for the poor souls on the list who don't speak the language of Hašek, Havel and Čapek, in English: Other languages: العربية <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2016/37/ar> • čeština <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2016/37/cs> • Ελληνικά <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2016/37/el> • English • español <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2016/37/es> • suomi <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2016/37/fi> • français <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2016/37/fr> • עברית <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2016/37/he> • italiano <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2016/37/it> • norsk bokmål <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2016/37/nb> • polski <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2016/37/pl> • português <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2016/37/pt> • português do Brasil <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2016/37/pt-br> • русский <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2016/37/ru> • shqip <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2016/37/sq> • svenska <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2016/37/sv> • українська <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2016/37/uk> • Tiếng Việt <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2016/37/vi> • ייִדיש <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2016/37/yi> • 中文 <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2016/37/zh> Latest *tech news <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News>* from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/37> are available. *Recent changes* - The Wikimedia Commons app for Android can now show nearby places that need photos. [1] <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2016-September/086429.html> - <maplink> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Kartographer#.3Cmaplink.3E> and <mapframe> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Kartographer#.3Cmapframe.3E_usage> can now use geodata <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Kartographer#GeoShapes_external_data> from Open Street Map <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Open_Street_Map> if Open Street Map has defined a region and given it an ID in Wikidata. You can use this to draw on the map and add information. [2] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T134086>[3] <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2016-September/001469.html> *Changes this week* - The RevisionSlider <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:RevisionSlider> will be available as a beta feature on all wikis from 13 September. This will make it easier to navigate between diffs in the page history. [4] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T143421> - [image: Octicons-tools.svg] A new user right will allow most users to change the content model <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:ChangeContentModel> of pages. [5] <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2016-September/001468.html> [6] <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2016-September/001470.html> - [image: Octicons-sync.svg] The new version <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.28/wmf.19> of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 13 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 14 September. It will be on all wikis from 15 September (calendar <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.28/Roadmap>). *Meetings* - [image: Octicons-sync.svg] You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 13 September at 19:00 (UTC) <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=13&month=09&year=2016>. See how to join <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/Weekly_triage_meetings>. *Future changes* - When you search on the Wikimedia wikis in the future you could see results from sister projects in your language. You can read more and discuss how this could work <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2016-September/001466.html> . *Tech news <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News> prepared by tech ambassadors <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/Ambassadors> and posted by bot <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/User:MediaWiki_message_delivery> • Contribute <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News#contribute> • Translate <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/37> • Get help <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech> • Give feedback <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Tech/News> • Subscribe or unsubscribe <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery/Targets/Tech_ambassadors>.* //Johan Jönsson, with apologies
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