This was my bad, as I didn't clarify, but just to avoid confusion - the language converter changes are not happening next week - they already happened last week. They have been live since November 13.
Thanks, Brian On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 7:20 PM, Johan Jönsson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > The latest technical newsletter is now available at < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2017/46>. > 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. > > ——————————————————————————— > > *Other languages: *العربية > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2017/47/ar> • বাংলা > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2017/47/bn> • čeština > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2017/47/cs> • *English* • > suomi <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2017/47/fi> • français > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2017/47/fr> • עברית > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2017/47/he> • हिन्दी > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2017/47/hi> • italiano > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2017/47/it> • 日本語 > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2017/47/ja> • ಕನ್ನಡ > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2017/47/kn> • 한국어 > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2017/47/ko> • polski > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2017/47/pl> • português do > Brasil <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2017/47/pt-br> • > svenska <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2017/47/sv> • > українська <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2017/47/uk> • 中文 > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2017/47/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/2017/47> are > available. > > *Recent changes* > > - If you use the Chrome web browser on Android > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Android_(operating_system)> you can > see a download icon on the mobile website. You can download a formatted > PDF. It will work in other mobile browsers in the future. [1] > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Reading/Web/Projects/Mobile_PDFs> > - [image: Octicons-tools.svg] The abuse filter now has a function > called get_matches. You can use it to store matches from regular > expressions – one of each capturing group. You can read more in > Phabricator <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T179957>. > > *Problems* > > - Last week's MediaWiki version didn't come to all Wikipedias because > of a database crash. It will be on all wikis on 20 November. [2] > <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T180714>[3] > <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T178635>[4] > > <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Incident_documentation/20171116-s5-dewiki-wikidata> > > *Changes later this week* > > - There is no new MediaWiki version this week. > > *Meetings* > > - [image: Octicons-sync.svg] You can join the next meeting with the > Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you > think are the most important. The meeting will be on 21 November at > 19:30 (UTC) > > <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=30&sec=0&year=2017&month=11&day=21>. > See how to join > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Editing_team/Weekly_triage_meetings>. > - [image: Octicons-tools.svg] You can join the technical advice > meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for > advice. The meeting will be on 22 November at 16:00 (UTC) > > <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=16&min=00&sec=0&day=22&month=11&year=2017>. > See how to join > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting>. > > *Future changes* > > - Language converter syntax will no longer work inside external links. > Wikitext like http://-{zh-cn:foo.com; zh-hk:bar.com; zh-tw:baz.com}-must > be replaced. You will have to write -{zh-cn: http://foo.com ; zh-hk: > http://bar.com ; zh-tw:http://baz.com }- instead. This only affects > languages with Language Converter enabled. Examples of such languages are > Chinese and Serbian. This will happen next week. [5] > <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T119158>[6] > > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2017-November/001730.html> > > *Tech news > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News> prepared > by Tech News writers > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/Writers> 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/2017/47> • 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-ambassadors mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-ambassadors > >
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