Hi,

The latest technical newsletter is now available at <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2018/23>.
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 • ‎čeština • ‎English • ‎فارسی • ‎suomi • ‎français • ‎עברית •
‎हिन्दी • ‎Bahasa Indonesia • ‎日本語 • ‎polski • ‎русский • ‎svenska •
‎українська • ‎粵語 • ‎中文

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/2018/23> are
available.

*Recent changes*

   - The MonoBook skin
   <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Skin:MonoBook> has
   been optimised for mobile devices. It now looks different. [1]
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195625>
   - Planet Wikimedia
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Planet_Wikimedia> collects
   blogs about Wikimedia. It will now use the Rawdog
   <https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Rawdog> feed aggregator
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:News_aggregator> to do this instead of
   Planet <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Planet_(software)>. [2]
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T180498>[3]
   <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018-May/090036.html>
   - Redirect links in Special:WhatLinksHere
   <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere> now link to the
   original page and not the target page. This was done earlier and changed
   the used messages on some pages. This was a problem for wikis that
   customized the message. A new change fixed this by using the old messages
   with one more parameter for customization. Wikis that already changed their
   customized messages will have to move the customization back again. [4]
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T189860>

*Problems*

   - You will not be able to edit some wikis between 06:00 and 06:30 UTC on
   13 June. You can see if your wiki is one of them
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195487>.
   - MassMessage
   <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/MassMessage> did not
   work 24–28 May. This is also why last week's Tech News was late. [5]
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195500>

*Changes later this week*

   - [image: Recurrent item] The new version
   <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.32/wmf.7> of MediaWiki will
   be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia
   wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 June. It will be on all wikis from 7 June (
   calendar <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.32/Roadmap>).

*Meetings*

   - [image: Recurrent item] 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 5 June at 18:30 (UTC)
   <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20180605T1830>.
   See how to join
   <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Editing_team/Weekly_triage_meetings>.
   - [image: Recurrent item] [image: Advanced item] You can join the
   technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers
   can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 6 June at 15:00 (UTC)
   <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20180606T15>.
   See how to join
   <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting>.

*Future changes*

   - The new filters for edit review
   
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Edit_Review_Improvements/New_filters_for_edit_review>
    tools and interface for watchlists will leave beta
   <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Beta>. This is
   planned to happen in June or early July. [6]
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T181193>[7]
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195993>

*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/2018/23> • 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

Reply via email to