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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 software changes
Rotated PDF files in landscape format used to show too small. They will now display correctly. You may need to purge older files. [1]
You can now use the {{!}}magic word instead of Template:!. Many wikis used the template to create a pipe (|) in tables and templates. You can delete the template. [2]
Software changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf14) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since January 7. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from January 13. It will be on all Wikipedias from January 14 (calendar).
A bug in VisualEditor sometimes added a ☀ (Sun) character. This is now fixed. [3]
The search and replace tool in VisualEditor is now much faster in long pages. [4]
The TemplateData editor now uses the same design as VisualEditor. [5][6][7]
The thumb option is now shown in your language in the help of the classic editor toolbar. [8]
Future changes
You can sign up to answer questions from designers. It will help them make editing easier. [9]
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Recent changes
You can download the new version of the Wikipedia app for Android. The new version shows lead images, better galleries and content from Wikidata. It also has many other new features.[10][11]
Programs and bots still can't read information about images on many wikis. You can see the list of wikis with the most files to fix. Wikipedia in Italian, Indonesian and Japanese language have the most files to fix. On the biggest wikis you should use bots. Bots can add information templates to groups of files. You can ask other tech users to help you.
Problems
All JavaScript on Commons was broken for a few minutes on Tuesday. It was because of old code in the HotCat tool. The same problem happened on some Wikipedias on Wednesday. It is now fixed. [12]
Software changes this week
There are no software changes this week and next week due to annual meetings. [13]
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 software changes
You can now translate articles with the new ContentTranslation tool on several wikis. [14]
This week
There are no software changes this week due to annual meetings. [15]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
There was a security issue on Wikimedia Labs. Many Labs tools were down after the issue was fixed. [18]
Software changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since January 14. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from February 3. It will be on all Wikipedias from February 4 (calendar).
The "Save page" button in the VisualEditor toolbar is now blue rather than green. This is the same as on the mobile site. [19]
You can now edit pages on the draft namespace with VisualEditor on the Russian Wikipedia and Hebrew Wikipedia. You can ask to get VisualEditor for a namespace on your wiki. When your community agrees, ask in Phabricator. [20][21]
Some contents have been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether they should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at their entry.
If you created these pages, please note that the fact that they have been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with them, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues.
Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!
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MediaWiki was reverted to the previous version on February 4. It was because of a performance issue. It was restored later. [23]
UploadWizard was broken on February 4 because of the revert of MediaWiki. [24]
All sites were broken for 30 minutes on February 5. It was due to a network problem. [25]
Software changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since February 5. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from February 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from February 11 (calendar).
You can have one user page for all wikis. Your Meta user page will show if you don't have a user page on a wiki. You can test this tool on test wikis. [26][27][28]
You can search for media files in VisualEditor more easily. Images are bigger and you see the size and license. [29][30]
It is easier to review your changes when you save the page in VisualEditor. The window is wider. [31]
You can read the latest news about VisualEditor. You can now join weekly meetings with developers. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The first meeting is on February 11 at 20:00 (UTC).
Future changes
Administrators will soon be able to delete change tags used fewer than 5,000 times. [32]
In the future you will be able to have personal lists of articles on the mobile site. [33]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Software changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since February 11. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from February 17. It will be on all Wikipedias from February 18 (calendar).
You can now change the order of categories in VisualEditor using drag-and-drop. [37]
In VisualEditor, you now need to make a change before you can "Apply Changes" to citations and templates. [38]
The way the cursor moves in VisualEditor is changing. Your browser now handles the cursor directly. Most of you will see no change. In right-to-left text, the cursor now moves in a 'visible' rather than 'logical' way. This is like other sites but you may be surprised at first. [39]
Meetings
The VisualEditor Team had their first public bug triage meeting on February 11. They will post the results on the meeting page. [40]
You can join the second weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on February 18 at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join. [41]
You can join a meeting with the developers of the Content Translation tool. It will be on February 18 at 13:00 (UTC). [42]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since February 18. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from February 25. It will be on all Wikipedias from February 26 (calendar).
It is now easier to see template fields in VisualEditor. The fields are bigger. [47]
It is now easier to see when a button is disabled in VisualEditor. [48]
Sometimes when you copy-pasted a template in VisualEditor, it was replaced by HTML. This problem is now fixed. [49]
Tools in Labs will stop working for a few hours on February 24. [50]
Meetings
You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on February 26 at 00:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
At the moment you need to log in to edit Wikimedia wikis on mobile devices. You can say if anyone should be allowed to edit on the mobile sites. The discussion ends on March 15.
Images in the interface will soon work better in Opera 12. [51]
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 software changes
A Lua function to use Wikidata has changed. You need to update the pages that use it. [52]
You can use the Content Translation tool on Wikipedia in Uzbek and Minangkabau. You need to enable it in your Beta options.
You can now hide banners if you don't have an account. [53][54]
Software changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since February 25. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 3. It will be on all Wikipedias from March 4 (calendar).
You can use the Content Translation tool on Wikipedia in Punjabi and Kyrgyz. You can ask for the tool in other languages.
Editing the fake blank line in VisualEditor is now simpler. This change also fixed a few bugs. [55][56][57][58]
The TemplateData editor now warns you if a related page already has TemplateData. [59]
The TemplateData table now tells you if a template doesn't take any parameters. [60]
Meetings
You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on March 4 at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
You can join technical meetings in France and Mexico this year. You will be able to ask for help if you can't pay yourself. [61]
Future changes
You will be able to get a direct link for a section of a page. [62]
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
You can now create books on almost all wikis. It doesn't work yet on wikis using the language converter. [63][64]
VisualEditor had problems with categories in Safari. It sometimes moved or removed the categories. The issue is now fixed. [65][66][67]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since March 4. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from March 11 (calendar).
In VisualEditor the "Edit beta" button is now called "Edit" on the English Wikipedia. [68][69]
The feedback tool in VisualEditor now looks like the other tools. It also asks for information about your browser to help fix bugs. [70][71]
You now see the VisualEditor toolbar even if the rest of the page is still loading. [72][73]
You now see more information when you edit a link, a reference or other items in VisualEditor. You also see a clearer edit button in those tools. [74][75]
If you use the ContentTranslation tool you now see red links in the list of articles in other languages. The link is red if the article doesn't exist in the language of your options or of your browser. You can translate the article by clicking on the red link.
Meetings
You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on March 11 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
You can join a technical meeting in France in May. You can ask for help if you can't pay yourself. [76]
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 servers that resize images are using new software. You should report new problems that you notice with images. [79]
It is now easier to add special characters in VisualEditor. You can edit the list of characters for your wiki. [81][82]
Problems
Wikis were broken for a few minutes on Thursday due to a code error.
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since March 11. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 17. It will be on all Wikipedias from March 18 (calendar).
A puzzle piece icon () now shows hidden templates in VisualEditor. You can edit the template by clicking the icon. For example, you can now edit anchor templates. [83][84]
You can now add examples, and details about old parameters, in TemplateData. [85][86]
Meetings
You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on March 18 at 23:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
The list of bad user names on your wiki will no longer work. The global list will replace it. You can ask to add rules for bad user names on Meta. [87][88]
You can comment on how you want to see Wikidata edits in your watchlist on other wikis. [89]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since March 18. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 24. It will be on all Wikipedias from March 25 (calendar).
The text of a reference is now more visible when you click on it. It has a blue background. Many wikis already have the blue color. Those wikis can now remove it from their CSS page. [91]
VisualEditor is now much faster. For many users it is now at least as fast as the wikitext editor. [92][93][94]
When you add a list of references in VisualEditor, you now see it right away. You can still change its group by editing it. [95]
Meetings
You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on March 25 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
Talk pages using "LiquidThreads" on mediawiki.org will soon use the new system. [96]
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
You can now hide site banners even if you don't have an account. [97]
You can now add citations more easily with VisualEditor on the French and Italian Wikipedia. The tool adds the information when you add some types of links. In the future you will be able to add this tool to your wiki. [98][99][100]
All sites should now be faster if you have a recent browser. [101]
You could see a serious bug when editing some templates with VisualEditor. It was fixed quickly. [102]
VisualEditor could break when you edited an image. The issue was fixed quickly. [103]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since March 25. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 31. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 1 (calendar).
VisualEditor is now the main editing tool on 53 more Wikipedias. [104]
You can now edit the mobile site of all wikis without an account. [105]
You can test a new tool on the beta mobile site on the English Wikipedia. With the new tool, you can create lists of articles. [106]
You can now see that VisualEditor is opening even if you're not looking at the top of the page. [107]
VisualEditor doesn't leave empty titles with just nowiki tags any more. [108][109][110][111]
You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 1 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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
You can join a new email list for important news about Wikimedia Labs. [113]
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 1. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from April 7. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 8 (calendar).
You can now add the same special characters with VisualEditor as with the wikitext editor. [123]
Many bugs around copy-paste in VisualEditor are now fixed. [124][125]
You can now use basic tools of VisualEditor in the new talk tool. You can add links, bold and italics. You can also mention people. [126]
Meetings
You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 8 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
You can again comment on how you want to see Wikidata edits in your watchlist on other wikis. [127]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 8. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from April 14. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 15 (calendar).
Developers will start to rename 1.5 million accounts on Wednesday. After that all accounts will be unique and will work on all wikis. [133][134]
All users can now test link previews ("Hovercards") on several Wikipedias. [135]
Meetings
You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 15 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Hi Mono, you have great photo editing and logo skills! I was just wondering, I love the older logo of the Articles for Creation ([136]), where it has 2 pages instead of one. I was wondering why that logo was used but than changed back to the logo with one page? Thanks! CookieMonster755 (talk) 03:38, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
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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
There was sometimes a problem when saving a page in VisualEditor. It is now fixed on all wikis. [137]
VisualEditor sometimes showed empty warnings for wikis using Flagged Revisions. This is now fixed on all wikis. [138]
You can get the new version of the Wikipedia app for iOS. With it you can share facts with your friends. [139]
If you write JavaScript, you should stop using importScript and importStylesheet. [140]
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 15. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from April 21. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 22 (calendar).
Developers are renaming 1.5 million accounts. After that all accounts will be unique and will work on all wikis. [142][143][144]
If your wiki has the auto-fill tool for citations, you can now use it when you edit a reference. [145]
You can now give examples for template options in TemplateData. [146]
Meetings
You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 22 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
You will soon be able to add and remove tags on edits. [147][148]
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
All accounts are now unique and work on all wikis. [149][150]
You can read a report from experts who tested the security of MediaWiki. [151]
There was a problem between VisualEditor and an antivirus software. It is now fixed. [152]
You can help test VisualEditor to see if it works in your language. [153]
Problems
Some Labs tools had problems due to a software bug. [154]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 22. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from April 28. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 29 (calendar).
It is now clearer that you can delete several rows and columns when you edit tables in VisualEditor. [155]
You now see more information when you search for a template in VisualEditor. [156]
You can now cancel when you add citations on desktop, or edit links on mobile, in VisualEditor. [157]
You can now see the list of other formats for videos only after they're ready. [158]
Meetings
You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 29 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
There was a rare problem with VisualEditor. The text of another wiki could be added to your edit. The issue is now fixed. [160][161]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 29. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 5. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 6 (calendar).
It is now easier to add a link in VisualEditor. You can see an image and a description about the page. [162]
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 6 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
You can join an event in France on May 22−25. You need to sign up before May 8. [164]
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
You can now make charts and maps on your wiki with the new "graph" tool. If you have an old browser, you will see images instead. It uses a tool called Vega; you can learn how to use it and write help pages for your wiki. You can use the Vega edit tool to make charts and copy the code to your wiki. Charts and maps use complex code and you should put them into templates. In the future, you will be able to create charts with VisualEditor. [165][166][167]
You can apply for technical jobs to develop tools for the community. [168]
The logos of all wikis are now in a new place. It will make pages load faster. You can still ask to change the logo. You can also use local CSS for brief changes. [169][170]
Problems
There was a problem that caused slow editing. [171]
Pages were sometimes removed from your watchlist in VisualEditor. This problem is now fixed. [172]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 6. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 12. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 13 (calendar).
You can now use data from Wikidata on more pages. The page doesn't need to be linked to the Wikidata item. It works on a few wikis and more wikis will be added soon. [173][174]
You should get fewer errors when you add files to Commons. [175]
When you use an external link to link to a wiki page, VisualEditor now converts it to a wiki link. [176]
When you add a link in VisualEditor, you see pages that match what you type. It is now easier to see where they match. [177]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 13 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 13. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 19. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 20 (calendar).
References are now always in the right order. Also, the reference list now only shows references used on the page. [178]
You can no longer create an account with a colon ':' in it. If you already have one, it still works. [179]
The toolbar in VisualEditor now looks different. It is easier to see the icons. [180]
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 21 at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
VisualEditor was broken for 30 minutes on Tuesday. The problem was due to a tool it uses. [185]
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 20. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 26. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 27 (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 28 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 13. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 19. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 20 (calendar).
References are now always in the right order. Also, the reference list now only shows references used on the page. [189]
You can no longer create an account with a colon ':' in it. If you already have one, it still works. [190]
The toolbar in VisualEditor now looks different. It is easier to see the icons. [191]
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 21 at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
VisualEditor was broken for 30 minutes on Tuesday. The problem was due to a tool it uses. [196]
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 20. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 26. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 27 (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 28 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
Many wikis were slow for a few hours on Wednesday due to a code error. Sometimes the pages did not load at all and showed an error. [200]
Some tools in Labs were broken on Wednesday and Thursday. [201]
Edit tags added by the software were broken on all wikis from May 23 to May 28. [202][203]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 27. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 2. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 3 (calendar).
You won't be able to use e-mail lists for a few hours on Tuesday. [204]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 3 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 9. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 11 (calendar). [205][206]
If you use the Monobook skin, the buttons and other controls now look more the same in VisualEditor and other tools. [207]
When you edit links and other items in VisualEditor, you now need to apply your change before closing the tool. [208]
The title of dialogs is now easier to see when it is near long buttons. [209]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 9 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Dear sir/madam,
I've noticed you have deleted an image that I had uploaded recently. I have permission to upload that image directly from the designer, so I don't fully understand why it has been deleted. Could you please undelete it? Thank you in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pabloj (talk • contribs)
@Pabloj: Hi Pablo, welcome to Commons! I deleted the image (File:IndieGo_Alley_Festival.png) because it was licensed under the wrong type of Creative Commons license. Commons cannot accept files that have a non-commercial or no-derivatives clause in the Creative Commons license. However, if the owner is willing to license it under the right kind of Creative Commons license (one that allows commercial use and derivative works), it can be re-uploaded to Commons. Please click here for instructions so that we can document the author's consent to these licensing conditions. Please let me know if you have any questions. You can also post questions at Commons:Village_pump/Copyright and experienced Commons users will respond to your question. Thanks! —Mono (how to reply) 00:56, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
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
Users have created more than 5000 articles with the new translation tool. [212]
Editing a page is now faster. This is because some statistics about edit filters were removed. [213]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from 17 June. It will be on all Wikipedias from 18 June (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 16 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 13. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 19. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 20 (calendar).
References are now always in the right order. Also, the reference list now only shows references used on the page. [219]
You can no longer create an account with a colon ':' in it. If you already have one, it still works. [220]
The toolbar in VisualEditor now looks different. It is easier to see the icons. [221]
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 21 at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
VisualEditor was broken for 30 minutes on Tuesday. The problem was due to a tool it uses. [226]
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 20. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 26. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 27 (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 28 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
Many wikis were slow for a few hours on Wednesday due to a code error. Sometimes the pages did not load at all and showed an error. [230]
Some tools in Labs were broken on Wednesday and Thursday. [231]
Edit tags added by the software were broken on all wikis from May 23 to May 28. [232][233]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 27. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 2. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 3 (calendar).
You won't be able to use e-mail lists for a few hours on Tuesday. [234]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 3 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 9. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 11 (calendar). [235][236]
If you use the Monobook skin, the buttons and other controls now look more the same in VisualEditor and other tools. [237]
When you edit links and other items in VisualEditor, you now need to apply your change before closing the tool. [238]
The title of dialogs is now easier to see when it is near long buttons. [239]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 9 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Dear sir/madam,
I've noticed you have deleted an image that I had uploaded recently. I have permission to upload that image directly from the designer, so I don't fully understand why it has been deleted. Could you please undelete it? Thank you in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pabloj (talk • contribs)
@Pabloj: Hi Pablo, welcome to Commons! I deleted the image (File:IndieGo_Alley_Festival.png) because it was licensed under the wrong type of Creative Commons license. Commons cannot accept files that have a non-commercial or no-derivatives clause in the Creative Commons license. However, if the owner is willing to license it under the right kind of Creative Commons license (one that allows commercial use and derivative works), it can be re-uploaded to Commons. Please click here for instructions so that we can document the author's consent to these licensing conditions. Please let me know if you have any questions. You can also post questions at Commons:Village_pump/Copyright and experienced Commons users will respond to your question. Thanks! —Mono (how to reply) 00:56, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
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
Users have created more than 5000 articles with the new translation tool. [242]
Editing a page is now faster. This is because some statistics about edit filters were removed. [243]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from 17 June. It will be on all Wikipedias from 18 June (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 16 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 13. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 19. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 20 (calendar).
References are now always in the right order. Also, the reference list now only shows references used on the page. [249]
You can no longer create an account with a colon ':' in it. If you already have one, it still works. [250]
The toolbar in VisualEditor now looks different. It is easier to see the icons. [251]
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 21 at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
VisualEditor was broken for 30 minutes on Tuesday. The problem was due to a tool it uses. [256]
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 20. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 26. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 27 (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 28 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
Many wikis were slow for a few hours on Wednesday due to a code error. Sometimes the pages did not load at all and showed an error. [260]
Some tools in Labs were broken on Wednesday and Thursday. [261]
Edit tags added by the software were broken on all wikis from May 23 to May 28. [262][263]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 27. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 2. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 3 (calendar).
You won't be able to use e-mail lists for a few hours on Tuesday. [264]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 3 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 9. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 11 (calendar). [265][266]
If you use the Monobook skin, the buttons and other controls now look more the same in VisualEditor and other tools. [267]
When you edit links and other items in VisualEditor, you now need to apply your change before closing the tool. [268]
The title of dialogs is now easier to see when it is near long buttons. [269]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 9 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Dear sir/madam,
I've noticed you have deleted an image that I had uploaded recently. I have permission to upload that image directly from the designer, so I don't fully understand why it has been deleted. Could you please undelete it? Thank you in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pabloj (talk • contribs)
@Pabloj: Hi Pablo, welcome to Commons! I deleted the image (File:IndieGo_Alley_Festival.png) because it was licensed under the wrong type of Creative Commons license. Commons cannot accept files that have a non-commercial or no-derivatives clause in the Creative Commons license. However, if the owner is willing to license it under the right kind of Creative Commons license (one that allows commercial use and derivative works), it can be re-uploaded to Commons. Please click here for instructions so that we can document the author's consent to these licensing conditions. Please let me know if you have any questions. You can also post questions at Commons:Village_pump/Copyright and experienced Commons users will respond to your question. Thanks! —Mono (how to reply) 00:56, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
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
Users have created more than 5000 articles with the new translation tool. [272]
Editing a page is now faster. This is because some statistics about edit filters were removed. [273]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from 17 June. It will be on all Wikipedias from 18 June (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 16 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 13. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 19. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 20 (calendar).
References are now always in the right order. Also, the reference list now only shows references used on the page. [279]
You can no longer create an account with a colon ':' in it. If you already have one, it still works. [280]
The toolbar in VisualEditor now looks different. It is easier to see the icons. [281]
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 21 at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
VisualEditor was broken for 30 minutes on Tuesday. The problem was due to a tool it uses. [286]
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 20. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 26. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 27 (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 28 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
Many wikis were slow for a few hours on Wednesday due to a code error. Sometimes the pages did not load at all and showed an error. [290]
Some tools in Labs were broken on Wednesday and Thursday. [291]
Edit tags added by the software were broken on all wikis from May 23 to May 28. [292][293]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 27. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 2. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 3 (calendar).
You won't be able to use e-mail lists for a few hours on Tuesday. [294]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 3 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 9. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 11 (calendar). [295][296]
If you use the Monobook skin, the buttons and other controls now look more the same in VisualEditor and other tools. [297]
When you edit links and other items in VisualEditor, you now need to apply your change before closing the tool. [298]
The title of dialogs is now easier to see when it is near long buttons. [299]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 9 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Dear sir/madam,
I've noticed you have deleted an image that I had uploaded recently. I have permission to upload that image directly from the designer, so I don't fully understand why it has been deleted. Could you please undelete it? Thank you in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pabloj (talk • contribs)
@Pabloj: Hi Pablo, welcome to Commons! I deleted the image (File:IndieGo_Alley_Festival.png) because it was licensed under the wrong type of Creative Commons license. Commons cannot accept files that have a non-commercial or no-derivatives clause in the Creative Commons license. However, if the owner is willing to license it under the right kind of Creative Commons license (one that allows commercial use and derivative works), it can be re-uploaded to Commons. Please click here for instructions so that we can document the author's consent to these licensing conditions. Please let me know if you have any questions. You can also post questions at Commons:Village_pump/Copyright and experienced Commons users will respond to your question. Thanks! —Mono (how to reply) 00:56, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
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
Users have created more than 5000 articles with the new translation tool. [302]
Editing a page is now faster. This is because some statistics about edit filters were removed. [303]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from 17 June. It will be on all Wikipedias from 18 June (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 16 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 13. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 19. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 20 (calendar).
References are now always in the right order. Also, the reference list now only shows references used on the page. [309]
You can no longer create an account with a colon ':' in it. If you already have one, it still works. [310]
The toolbar in VisualEditor now looks different. It is easier to see the icons. [311]
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 21 at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
VisualEditor was broken for 30 minutes on Tuesday. The problem was due to a tool it uses. [316]
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 20. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 26. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 27 (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 28 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
Many wikis were slow for a few hours on Wednesday due to a code error. Sometimes the pages did not load at all and showed an error. [320]
Some tools in Labs were broken on Wednesday and Thursday. [321]
Edit tags added by the software were broken on all wikis from May 23 to May 28. [322][323]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 27. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 2. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 3 (calendar).
You won't be able to use e-mail lists for a few hours on Tuesday. [324]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 3 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 9. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 11 (calendar). [325][326]
If you use the Monobook skin, the buttons and other controls now look more the same in VisualEditor and other tools. [327]
When you edit links and other items in VisualEditor, you now need to apply your change before closing the tool. [328]
The title of dialogs is now easier to see when it is near long buttons. [329]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 9 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Dear sir/madam,
I've noticed you have deleted an image that I had uploaded recently. I have permission to upload that image directly from the designer, so I don't fully understand why it has been deleted. Could you please undelete it? Thank you in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pabloj (talk • contribs)
@Pabloj: Hi Pablo, welcome to Commons! I deleted the image (File:IndieGo_Alley_Festival.png) because it was licensed under the wrong type of Creative Commons license. Commons cannot accept files that have a non-commercial or no-derivatives clause in the Creative Commons license. However, if the owner is willing to license it under the right kind of Creative Commons license (one that allows commercial use and derivative works), it can be re-uploaded to Commons. Please click here for instructions so that we can document the author's consent to these licensing conditions. Please let me know if you have any questions. You can also post questions at Commons:Village_pump/Copyright and experienced Commons users will respond to your question. Thanks! —Mono (how to reply) 00:56, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
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
Users have created more than 5000 articles with the new translation tool. [332]
Editing a page is now faster. This is because some statistics about edit filters were removed. [333]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from 17 June. It will be on all Wikipedias from 18 June (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 16 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 13. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 19. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 20 (calendar).
References are now always in the right order. Also, the reference list now only shows references used on the page. [339]
You can no longer create an account with a colon ':' in it. If you already have one, it still works. [340]
The toolbar in VisualEditor now looks different. It is easier to see the icons. [341]
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 21 at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
VisualEditor was broken for 30 minutes on Tuesday. The problem was due to a tool it uses. [346]
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 20. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 26. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 27 (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 28 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
Many wikis were slow for a few hours on Wednesday due to a code error. Sometimes the pages did not load at all and showed an error. [350]
Some tools in Labs were broken on Wednesday and Thursday. [351]
Edit tags added by the software were broken on all wikis from May 23 to May 28. [352][353]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 27. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 2. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 3 (calendar).
You won't be able to use e-mail lists for a few hours on Tuesday. [354]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 3 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 9. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 11 (calendar). [355][356]
If you use the Monobook skin, the buttons and other controls now look more the same in VisualEditor and other tools. [357]
When you edit links and other items in VisualEditor, you now need to apply your change before closing the tool. [358]
The title of dialogs is now easier to see when it is near long buttons. [359]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 9 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Dear sir/madam,
I've noticed you have deleted an image that I had uploaded recently. I have permission to upload that image directly from the designer, so I don't fully understand why it has been deleted. Could you please undelete it? Thank you in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pabloj (talk • contribs)
@Pabloj: Hi Pablo, welcome to Commons! I deleted the image (File:IndieGo_Alley_Festival.png) because it was licensed under the wrong type of Creative Commons license. Commons cannot accept files that have a non-commercial or no-derivatives clause in the Creative Commons license. However, if the owner is willing to license it under the right kind of Creative Commons license (one that allows commercial use and derivative works), it can be re-uploaded to Commons. Please click here for instructions so that we can document the author's consent to these licensing conditions. Please let me know if you have any questions. You can also post questions at Commons:Village_pump/Copyright and experienced Commons users will respond to your question. Thanks! —Mono (how to reply) 00:56, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
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
Users have created more than 5000 articles with the new translation tool. [362]
Editing a page is now faster. This is because some statistics about edit filters were removed. [363]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from 17 June. It will be on all Wikipedias from 18 June (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 16 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 13. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 19. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 20 (calendar).
References are now always in the right order. Also, the reference list now only shows references used on the page. [369]
You can no longer create an account with a colon ':' in it. If you already have one, it still works. [370]
The toolbar in VisualEditor now looks different. It is easier to see the icons. [371]
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 21 at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
VisualEditor was broken for 30 minutes on Tuesday. The problem was due to a tool it uses. [376]
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 20. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 26. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 27 (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 28 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
Many wikis were slow for a few hours on Wednesday due to a code error. Sometimes the pages did not load at all and showed an error. [380]
Some tools in Labs were broken on Wednesday and Thursday. [381]
Edit tags added by the software were broken on all wikis from May 23 to May 28. [382][383]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 27. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 2. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 3 (calendar).
You won't be able to use e-mail lists for a few hours on Tuesday. [384]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 3 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 9. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 11 (calendar). [385][386]
If you use the Monobook skin, the buttons and other controls now look more the same in VisualEditor and other tools. [387]
When you edit links and other items in VisualEditor, you now need to apply your change before closing the tool. [388]
The title of dialogs is now easier to see when it is near long buttons. [389]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 9 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Dear sir/madam,
I've noticed you have deleted an image that I had uploaded recently. I have permission to upload that image directly from the designer, so I don't fully understand why it has been deleted. Could you please undelete it? Thank you in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pabloj (talk • contribs)
@Pabloj: Hi Pablo, welcome to Commons! I deleted the image (File:IndieGo_Alley_Festival.png) because it was licensed under the wrong type of Creative Commons license. Commons cannot accept files that have a non-commercial or no-derivatives clause in the Creative Commons license. However, if the owner is willing to license it under the right kind of Creative Commons license (one that allows commercial use and derivative works), it can be re-uploaded to Commons. Please click here for instructions so that we can document the author's consent to these licensing conditions. Please let me know if you have any questions. You can also post questions at Commons:Village_pump/Copyright and experienced Commons users will respond to your question. Thanks! —Mono (how to reply) 00:56, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
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
Users have created more than 5000 articles with the new translation tool. [392]
Editing a page is now faster. This is because some statistics about edit filters were removed. [393]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from 17 June. It will be on all Wikipedias from 18 June (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 16 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 13. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 19. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 20 (calendar).
References are now always in the right order. Also, the reference list now only shows references used on the page. [399]
You can no longer create an account with a colon ':' in it. If you already have one, it still works. [400]
The toolbar in VisualEditor now looks different. It is easier to see the icons. [401]
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 21 at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
VisualEditor was broken for 30 minutes on Tuesday. The problem was due to a tool it uses. [406]
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 20. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 26. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 27 (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 28 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
Many wikis were slow for a few hours on Wednesday due to a code error. Sometimes the pages did not load at all and showed an error. [410]
Some tools in Labs were broken on Wednesday and Thursday. [411]
Edit tags added by the software were broken on all wikis from May 23 to May 28. [412][413]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 27. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 2. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 3 (calendar).
You won't be able to use e-mail lists for a few hours on Tuesday. [414]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 3 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 9. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 11 (calendar). [415][416]
If you use the Monobook skin, the buttons and other controls now look more the same in VisualEditor and other tools. [417]
When you edit links and other items in VisualEditor, you now need to apply your change before closing the tool. [418]
The title of dialogs is now easier to see when it is near long buttons. [419]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 9 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Dear sir/madam,
I've noticed you have deleted an image that I had uploaded recently. I have permission to upload that image directly from the designer, so I don't fully understand why it has been deleted. Could you please undelete it? Thank you in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pabloj (talk • contribs)
@Pabloj: Hi Pablo, welcome to Commons! I deleted the image (File:IndieGo_Alley_Festival.png) because it was licensed under the wrong type of Creative Commons license. Commons cannot accept files that have a non-commercial or no-derivatives clause in the Creative Commons license. However, if the owner is willing to license it under the right kind of Creative Commons license (one that allows commercial use and derivative works), it can be re-uploaded to Commons. Please click here for instructions so that we can document the author's consent to these licensing conditions. Please let me know if you have any questions. You can also post questions at Commons:Village_pump/Copyright and experienced Commons users will respond to your question. Thanks! —Mono (how to reply) 00:56, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
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
Users have created more than 5000 articles with the new translation tool. [422]
Editing a page is now faster. This is because some statistics about edit filters were removed. [423]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from 17 June. It will be on all Wikipedias from 18 June (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 16 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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
Some wikis can now be used only with HTTPS. This includes the English, Russian and Chinese Wikipedias, among others. Soon all wikis will use only HTTPS for all users. [429][430]
You can't use HTTPS wikis with Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP. You need to use another browser. [431]
Problems
On June 15, search was broken on all wikis for several hours. [432][433][434]
Many Labs tools were broken for several days. Almost all of them are back now. They may be missing some data for the last 10 days. [438][439][440]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 23. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 24. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 25 (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 23 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 13. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 19. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 20 (calendar).
References are now always in the right order. Also, the reference list now only shows references used on the page. [441]
You can no longer create an account with a colon ':' in it. If you already have one, it still works. [442]
The toolbar in VisualEditor now looks different. It is easier to see the icons. [443]
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 21 at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
VisualEditor was broken for 30 minutes on Tuesday. The problem was due to a tool it uses. [448]
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 20. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 26. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 27 (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 28 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
Many wikis were slow for a few hours on Wednesday due to a code error. Sometimes the pages did not load at all and showed an error. [452]
Some tools in Labs were broken on Wednesday and Thursday. [453]
Edit tags added by the software were broken on all wikis from May 23 to May 28. [454][455]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 27. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 2. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 3 (calendar).
You won't be able to use e-mail lists for a few hours on Tuesday. [456]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 3 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 9. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 11 (calendar). [457][458]
If you use the Monobook skin, the buttons and other controls now look more the same in VisualEditor and other tools. [459]
When you edit links and other items in VisualEditor, you now need to apply your change before closing the tool. [460]
The title of dialogs is now easier to see when it is near long buttons. [461]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 9 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Dear sir/madam,
I've noticed you have deleted an image that I had uploaded recently. I have permission to upload that image directly from the designer, so I don't fully understand why it has been deleted. Could you please undelete it? Thank you in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pabloj (talk • contribs)
@Pabloj: Hi Pablo, welcome to Commons! I deleted the image (File:IndieGo_Alley_Festival.png) because it was licensed under the wrong type of Creative Commons license. Commons cannot accept files that have a non-commercial or no-derivatives clause in the Creative Commons license. However, if the owner is willing to license it under the right kind of Creative Commons license (one that allows commercial use and derivative works), it can be re-uploaded to Commons. Please click here for instructions so that we can document the author's consent to these licensing conditions. Please let me know if you have any questions. You can also post questions at Commons:Village_pump/Copyright and experienced Commons users will respond to your question. Thanks! —Mono (how to reply) 00:56, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
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
Users have created more than 5000 articles with the new translation tool. [464]
Editing a page is now faster. This is because some statistics about edit filters were removed. [465]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from 17 June. It will be on all Wikipedias from 18 June (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 16 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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
Some wikis can now be used only with HTTPS. This includes the English, Russian and Chinese Wikipedias, among others. Soon all wikis will use only HTTPS for all users. [471][472]
You can't use HTTPS wikis with Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP. You need to use another browser. [473]
Problems
On June 15, search was broken on all wikis for several hours. [474][475][476]
Many Labs tools were broken for several days. Almost all of them are back now. They may be missing some data for the last 10 days. [480][481][482]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 23. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 24. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 25 (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 23 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 13. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 19. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 20 (calendar).
References are now always in the right order. Also, the reference list now only shows references used on the page. [483]
You can no longer create an account with a colon ':' in it. If you already have one, it still works. [484]
The toolbar in VisualEditor now looks different. It is easier to see the icons. [485]
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 21 at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
VisualEditor was broken for 30 minutes on Tuesday. The problem was due to a tool it uses. [490]
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 20. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 26. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 27 (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 28 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
Many wikis were slow for a few hours on Wednesday due to a code error. Sometimes the pages did not load at all and showed an error. [494]
Some tools in Labs were broken on Wednesday and Thursday. [495]
Edit tags added by the software were broken on all wikis from May 23 to May 28. [496][497]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 27. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 2. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 3 (calendar).
You won't be able to use e-mail lists for a few hours on Tuesday. [498]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 3 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 9. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 11 (calendar). [499][500]
If you use the Monobook skin, the buttons and other controls now look more the same in VisualEditor and other tools. [501]
When you edit links and other items in VisualEditor, you now need to apply your change before closing the tool. [502]
The title of dialogs is now easier to see when it is near long buttons. [503]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 9 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Dear sir/madam,
I've noticed you have deleted an image that I had uploaded recently. I have permission to upload that image directly from the designer, so I don't fully understand why it has been deleted. Could you please undelete it? Thank you in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pabloj (talk • contribs)
@Pabloj: Hi Pablo, welcome to Commons! I deleted the image (File:IndieGo_Alley_Festival.png) because it was licensed under the wrong type of Creative Commons license. Commons cannot accept files that have a non-commercial or no-derivatives clause in the Creative Commons license. However, if the owner is willing to license it under the right kind of Creative Commons license (one that allows commercial use and derivative works), it can be re-uploaded to Commons. Please click here for instructions so that we can document the author's consent to these licensing conditions. Please let me know if you have any questions. You can also post questions at Commons:Village_pump/Copyright and experienced Commons users will respond to your question. Thanks! —Mono (how to reply) 00:56, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
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
Users have created more than 5000 articles with the new translation tool. [506]
Editing a page is now faster. This is because some statistics about edit filters were removed. [507]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from 17 June. It will be on all Wikipedias from 18 June (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 16 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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
Some wikis can now be used only with HTTPS. This includes the English, Russian and Chinese Wikipedias, among others. Soon all wikis will use only HTTPS for all users. [513][514]
You can't use HTTPS wikis with Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP. You need to use another browser. [515]
Problems
On June 15, search was broken on all wikis for several hours. [516][517][518]
Many Labs tools were broken for several days. Almost all of them are back now. They may be missing some data for the last 10 days. [522][523][524]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 23. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 24. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 25 (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 23 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 13. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 19. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 20 (calendar).
References are now always in the right order. Also, the reference list now only shows references used on the page. [525]
You can no longer create an account with a colon ':' in it. If you already have one, it still works. [526]
The toolbar in VisualEditor now looks different. It is easier to see the icons. [527]
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 21 at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
VisualEditor was broken for 30 minutes on Tuesday. The problem was due to a tool it uses. [532]
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 20. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 26. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 27 (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 28 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
Many wikis were slow for a few hours on Wednesday due to a code error. Sometimes the pages did not load at all and showed an error. [536]
Some tools in Labs were broken on Wednesday and Thursday. [537]
Edit tags added by the software were broken on all wikis from May 23 to May 28. [538][539]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 27. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 2. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 3 (calendar).
You won't be able to use e-mail lists for a few hours on Tuesday. [540]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 3 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 9. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 11 (calendar). [541][542]
If you use the Monobook skin, the buttons and other controls now look more the same in VisualEditor and other tools. [543]
When you edit links and other items in VisualEditor, you now need to apply your change before closing the tool. [544]
The title of dialogs is now easier to see when it is near long buttons. [545]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 9 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Dear sir/madam,
I've noticed you have deleted an image that I had uploaded recently. I have permission to upload that image directly from the designer, so I don't fully understand why it has been deleted. Could you please undelete it? Thank you in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pabloj (talk • contribs)
@Pabloj: Hi Pablo, welcome to Commons! I deleted the image (File:IndieGo_Alley_Festival.png) because it was licensed under the wrong type of Creative Commons license. Commons cannot accept files that have a non-commercial or no-derivatives clause in the Creative Commons license. However, if the owner is willing to license it under the right kind of Creative Commons license (one that allows commercial use and derivative works), it can be re-uploaded to Commons. Please click here for instructions so that we can document the author's consent to these licensing conditions. Please let me know if you have any questions. You can also post questions at Commons:Village_pump/Copyright and experienced Commons users will respond to your question. Thanks! —Mono (how to reply) 00:56, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
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
Users have created more than 5000 articles with the new translation tool. [548]
Editing a page is now faster. This is because some statistics about edit filters were removed. [549]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from 17 June. It will be on all Wikipedias from 18 June (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 16 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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
Some wikis can now be used only with HTTPS. This includes the English, Russian and Chinese Wikipedias, among others. Soon all wikis will use only HTTPS for all users. [555][556]
You can't use HTTPS wikis with Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP. You need to use another browser. [557]
Problems
On June 15, search was broken on all wikis for several hours. [558][559][560]
Many Labs tools were broken for several days. Almost all of them are back now. They may be missing some data for the last 10 days. [564][565][566]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 23. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 24. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 25 (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 23 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 13. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 19. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 20 (calendar).
References are now always in the right order. Also, the reference list now only shows references used on the page. [567]
You can no longer create an account with a colon ':' in it. If you already have one, it still works. [568]
The toolbar in VisualEditor now looks different. It is easier to see the icons. [569]
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 21 at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
VisualEditor was broken for 30 minutes on Tuesday. The problem was due to a tool it uses. [574]
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 20. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 26. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 27 (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 28 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
Many wikis were slow for a few hours on Wednesday due to a code error. Sometimes the pages did not load at all and showed an error. [578]
Some tools in Labs were broken on Wednesday and Thursday. [579]
Edit tags added by the software were broken on all wikis from May 23 to May 28. [580][581]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 27. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 2. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 3 (calendar).
You won't be able to use e-mail lists for a few hours on Tuesday. [582]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 3 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 9. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 11 (calendar). [583][584]
If you use the Monobook skin, the buttons and other controls now look more the same in VisualEditor and other tools. [585]
When you edit links and other items in VisualEditor, you now need to apply your change before closing the tool. [586]
The title of dialogs is now easier to see when it is near long buttons. [587]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 9 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Dear sir/madam,
I've noticed you have deleted an image that I had uploaded recently. I have permission to upload that image directly from the designer, so I don't fully understand why it has been deleted. Could you please undelete it? Thank you in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pabloj (talk • contribs)
@Pabloj: Hi Pablo, welcome to Commons! I deleted the image (File:IndieGo_Alley_Festival.png) because it was licensed under the wrong type of Creative Commons license. Commons cannot accept files that have a non-commercial or no-derivatives clause in the Creative Commons license. However, if the owner is willing to license it under the right kind of Creative Commons license (one that allows commercial use and derivative works), it can be re-uploaded to Commons. Please click here for instructions so that we can document the author's consent to these licensing conditions. Please let me know if you have any questions. You can also post questions at Commons:Village_pump/Copyright and experienced Commons users will respond to your question. Thanks! —Mono (how to reply) 00:56, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
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
Users have created more than 5000 articles with the new translation tool. [590]
Editing a page is now faster. This is because some statistics about edit filters were removed. [591]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from 17 June. It will be on all Wikipedias from 18 June (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 16 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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
Some wikis can now be used only with HTTPS. This includes the English, Russian and Chinese Wikipedias, among others. Soon all wikis will use only HTTPS for all users. [597][598]
You can't use HTTPS wikis with Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP. You need to use another browser. [599]
Problems
On June 15, search was broken on all wikis for several hours. [600][601][602]
Many Labs tools were broken for several days. Almost all of them are back now. They may be missing some data for the last 10 days. [606][607][608]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 23. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 24. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 25 (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 23 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 13. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 19. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 20 (calendar).
References are now always in the right order. Also, the reference list now only shows references used on the page. [609]
You can no longer create an account with a colon ':' in it. If you already have one, it still works. [610]
The toolbar in VisualEditor now looks different. It is easier to see the icons. [611]
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 21 at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
VisualEditor was broken for 30 minutes on Tuesday. The problem was due to a tool it uses. [616]
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 20. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 26. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 27 (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 28 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
Many wikis were slow for a few hours on Wednesday due to a code error. Sometimes the pages did not load at all and showed an error. [620]
Some tools in Labs were broken on Wednesday and Thursday. [621]
Edit tags added by the software were broken on all wikis from May 23 to May 28. [622][623]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 27. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 2. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 3 (calendar).
You won't be able to use e-mail lists for a few hours on Tuesday. [624]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 3 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 9. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 11 (calendar). [625][626]
If you use the Monobook skin, the buttons and other controls now look more the same in VisualEditor and other tools. [627]
When you edit links and other items in VisualEditor, you now need to apply your change before closing the tool. [628]
The title of dialogs is now easier to see when it is near long buttons. [629]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 9 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Dear sir/madam,
I've noticed you have deleted an image that I had uploaded recently. I have permission to upload that image directly from the designer, so I don't fully understand why it has been deleted. Could you please undelete it? Thank you in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pabloj (talk • contribs)
@Pabloj: Hi Pablo, welcome to Commons! I deleted the image (File:IndieGo_Alley_Festival.png) because it was licensed under the wrong type of Creative Commons license. Commons cannot accept files that have a non-commercial or no-derivatives clause in the Creative Commons license. However, if the owner is willing to license it under the right kind of Creative Commons license (one that allows commercial use and derivative works), it can be re-uploaded to Commons. Please click here for instructions so that we can document the author's consent to these licensing conditions. Please let me know if you have any questions. You can also post questions at Commons:Village_pump/Copyright and experienced Commons users will respond to your question. Thanks! —Mono (how to reply) 00:56, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
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
Users have created more than 5000 articles with the new translation tool. [632]
Editing a page is now faster. This is because some statistics about edit filters were removed. [633]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from 17 June. It will be on all Wikipedias from 18 June (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 16 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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
Some wikis can now be used only with HTTPS. This includes the English, Russian and Chinese Wikipedias, among others. Soon all wikis will use only HTTPS for all users. [639][640]
You can't use HTTPS wikis with Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP. You need to use another browser. [641]
Problems
On June 15, search was broken on all wikis for several hours. [642][643][644]
Many Labs tools were broken for several days. Almost all of them are back now. They may be missing some data for the last 10 days. [648][649][650]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 23. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 24. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 25 (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 23 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 13. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 19. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 20 (calendar).
References are now always in the right order. Also, the reference list now only shows references used on the page. [651]
You can no longer create an account with a colon ':' in it. If you already have one, it still works. [652]
The toolbar in VisualEditor now looks different. It is easier to see the icons. [653]
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 21 at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
VisualEditor was broken for 30 minutes on Tuesday. The problem was due to a tool it uses. [658]
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 20. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 26. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 27 (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 28 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
Many wikis were slow for a few hours on Wednesday due to a code error. Sometimes the pages did not load at all and showed an error. [662]
Some tools in Labs were broken on Wednesday and Thursday. [663]
Edit tags added by the software were broken on all wikis from May 23 to May 28. [664][665]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 27. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 2. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 3 (calendar).
You won't be able to use e-mail lists for a few hours on Tuesday. [666]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 3 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 9. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 11 (calendar). [667][668]
If you use the Monobook skin, the buttons and other controls now look more the same in VisualEditor and other tools. [669]
When you edit links and other items in VisualEditor, you now need to apply your change before closing the tool. [670]
The title of dialogs is now easier to see when it is near long buttons. [671]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 9 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Dear sir/madam,
I've noticed you have deleted an image that I had uploaded recently. I have permission to upload that image directly from the designer, so I don't fully understand why it has been deleted. Could you please undelete it? Thank you in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pabloj (talk • contribs)
@Pabloj: Hi Pablo, welcome to Commons! I deleted the image (File:IndieGo_Alley_Festival.png) because it was licensed under the wrong type of Creative Commons license. Commons cannot accept files that have a non-commercial or no-derivatives clause in the Creative Commons license. However, if the owner is willing to license it under the right kind of Creative Commons license (one that allows commercial use and derivative works), it can be re-uploaded to Commons. Please click here for instructions so that we can document the author's consent to these licensing conditions. Please let me know if you have any questions. You can also post questions at Commons:Village_pump/Copyright and experienced Commons users will respond to your question. Thanks! —Mono (how to reply) 00:56, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
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
Users have created more than 5000 articles with the new translation tool. [674]
Editing a page is now faster. This is because some statistics about edit filters were removed. [675]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from 17 June. It will be on all Wikipedias from 18 June (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 16 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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
Some wikis can now be used only with HTTPS. This includes the English, Russian and Chinese Wikipedias, among others. Soon all wikis will use only HTTPS for all users. [681][682]
You can't use HTTPS wikis with Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP. You need to use another browser. [683]
Problems
On June 15, search was broken on all wikis for several hours. [684][685][686]
Many Labs tools were broken for several days. Almost all of them are back now. They may be missing some data for the last 10 days. [690][691][692]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 23. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 24. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 25 (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 23 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 13. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 19. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 20 (calendar).
References are now always in the right order. Also, the reference list now only shows references used on the page. [693]
You can no longer create an account with a colon ':' in it. If you already have one, it still works. [694]
The toolbar in VisualEditor now looks different. It is easier to see the icons. [695]
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 21 at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
VisualEditor was broken for 30 minutes on Tuesday. The problem was due to a tool it uses. [700]
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 20. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 26. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 27 (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 28 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
Many wikis were slow for a few hours on Wednesday due to a code error. Sometimes the pages did not load at all and showed an error. [704]
Some tools in Labs were broken on Wednesday and Thursday. [705]
Edit tags added by the software were broken on all wikis from May 23 to May 28. [706][707]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 27. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 2. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 3 (calendar).
You won't be able to use e-mail lists for a few hours on Tuesday. [708]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 3 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 9. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 11 (calendar). [709][710]
If you use the Monobook skin, the buttons and other controls now look more the same in VisualEditor and other tools. [711]
When you edit links and other items in VisualEditor, you now need to apply your change before closing the tool. [712]
The title of dialogs is now easier to see when it is near long buttons. [713]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 9 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Dear sir/madam,
I've noticed you have deleted an image that I had uploaded recently. I have permission to upload that image directly from the designer, so I don't fully understand why it has been deleted. Could you please undelete it? Thank you in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pabloj (talk • contribs)
@Pabloj: Hi Pablo, welcome to Commons! I deleted the image (File:IndieGo_Alley_Festival.png) because it was licensed under the wrong type of Creative Commons license. Commons cannot accept files that have a non-commercial or no-derivatives clause in the Creative Commons license. However, if the owner is willing to license it under the right kind of Creative Commons license (one that allows commercial use and derivative works), it can be re-uploaded to Commons. Please click here for instructions so that we can document the author's consent to these licensing conditions. Please let me know if you have any questions. You can also post questions at Commons:Village_pump/Copyright and experienced Commons users will respond to your question. Thanks! —Mono (how to reply) 00:56, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
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
Users have created more than 5000 articles with the new translation tool. [716]
Editing a page is now faster. This is because some statistics about edit filters were removed. [717]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from 17 June. It will be on all Wikipedias from 18 June (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 16 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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
Some wikis can now be used only with HTTPS. This includes the English, Russian and Chinese Wikipedias, among others. Soon all wikis will use only HTTPS for all users. [723][724]
You can't use HTTPS wikis with Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP. You need to use another browser. [725]
Problems
On June 15, search was broken on all wikis for several hours. [726][727][728]
Many Labs tools were broken for several days. Almost all of them are back now. They may be missing some data for the last 10 days. [732][733][734]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 23. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 24. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 25 (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 23 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
When you read a page on the mobile site, you can now see a link to go to its talk page. [737]
The code coloring tool has changed. You can now use many more languages. It now also works on mobile. [738][739][740]
You can look at a new site to learn how to reuse data from Wikimedia sites. [741]
Problems
JavaScript was broken on some wikis due to a code error. VisualEditor and other tools that use JavaScript were broken. [742]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 30. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 1. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 2 (calendar).
You can now use a tool in VisualEditor to add and edit code in color. [743]
When you edit a sentence in the Translate tool, it can show you older translations. They help you save time if they look alike. The older translations should now work better. If you see problems, you should report them. [744]
If you are an admin or have other special rights, you now need a strong password. [745]
Bot and JavaScript coders: The old continuation mode of the API for action=query doesn't work any more. [746]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 30 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future
When you create a new account, it will also create one on Meta-Wiki and mediawiki.org. [747]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 13. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 19. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 20 (calendar).
References are now always in the right order. Also, the reference list now only shows references used on the page. [748]
You can no longer create an account with a colon ':' in it. If you already have one, it still works. [749]
The toolbar in VisualEditor now looks different. It is easier to see the icons. [750]
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 21 at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
VisualEditor was broken for 30 minutes on Tuesday. The problem was due to a tool it uses. [755]
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 20. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 26. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 27 (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 28 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
Many wikis were slow for a few hours on Wednesday due to a code error. Sometimes the pages did not load at all and showed an error. [759]
Some tools in Labs were broken on Wednesday and Thursday. [760]
Edit tags added by the software were broken on all wikis from May 23 to May 28. [761][762]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 27. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 2. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 3 (calendar).
You won't be able to use e-mail lists for a few hours on Tuesday. [763]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 3 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 9. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 11 (calendar). [764][765]
If you use the Monobook skin, the buttons and other controls now look more the same in VisualEditor and other tools. [766]
When you edit links and other items in VisualEditor, you now need to apply your change before closing the tool. [767]
The title of dialogs is now easier to see when it is near long buttons. [768]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 9 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Dear sir/madam,
I've noticed you have deleted an image that I had uploaded recently. I have permission to upload that image directly from the designer, so I don't fully understand why it has been deleted. Could you please undelete it? Thank you in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pabloj (talk • contribs)
@Pabloj: Hi Pablo, welcome to Commons! I deleted the image (File:IndieGo_Alley_Festival.png) because it was licensed under the wrong type of Creative Commons license. Commons cannot accept files that have a non-commercial or no-derivatives clause in the Creative Commons license. However, if the owner is willing to license it under the right kind of Creative Commons license (one that allows commercial use and derivative works), it can be re-uploaded to Commons. Please click here for instructions so that we can document the author's consent to these licensing conditions. Please let me know if you have any questions. You can also post questions at Commons:Village_pump/Copyright and experienced Commons users will respond to your question. Thanks! —Mono (how to reply) 00:56, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
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
Users have created more than 5000 articles with the new translation tool. [771]
Editing a page is now faster. This is because some statistics about edit filters were removed. [772]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from 17 June. It will be on all Wikipedias from 18 June (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 16 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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
Some wikis can now be used only with HTTPS. This includes the English, Russian and Chinese Wikipedias, among others. Soon all wikis will use only HTTPS for all users. [778][779]
You can't use HTTPS wikis with Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP. You need to use another browser. [780]
Problems
On June 15, search was broken on all wikis for several hours. [781][782][783]
Many Labs tools were broken for several days. Almost all of them are back now. They may be missing some data for the last 10 days. [787][788][789]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 23. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 24. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 25 (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 23 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
When you read a page on the mobile site, you can now see a link to go to its talk page. [792]
The code coloring tool has changed. You can now use many more languages. It now also works on mobile. [793][794][795]
You can look at a new site to learn how to reuse data from Wikimedia sites. [796]
Problems
JavaScript was broken on some wikis due to a code error. VisualEditor and other tools that use JavaScript were broken. [797]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 30. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 1. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 2 (calendar).
You can now use a tool in VisualEditor to add and edit code in color. [798]
When you edit a sentence in the Translate tool, it can show you older translations. They help you save time if they look alike. The older translations should now work better. If you see problems, you should report them. [799]
If you are an admin or have other special rights, you now need a strong password. [800]
Bot and JavaScript coders: The old continuation mode of the API for action=query doesn't work any more. [801]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 30 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future
When you create a new account, it will also create one on Meta-Wiki and mediawiki.org. [802]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 13. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 19. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 20 (calendar).
References are now always in the right order. Also, the reference list now only shows references used on the page. [803]
You can no longer create an account with a colon ':' in it. If you already have one, it still works. [804]
The toolbar in VisualEditor now looks different. It is easier to see the icons. [805]
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 21 at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
VisualEditor was broken for 30 minutes on Tuesday. The problem was due to a tool it uses. [810]
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 20. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 26. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 27 (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 28 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
Many wikis were slow for a few hours on Wednesday due to a code error. Sometimes the pages did not load at all and showed an error. [814]
Some tools in Labs were broken on Wednesday and Thursday. [815]
Edit tags added by the software were broken on all wikis from May 23 to May 28. [816][817]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 27. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 2. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 3 (calendar).
You won't be able to use e-mail lists for a few hours on Tuesday. [818]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 3 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 9. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 11 (calendar). [819][820]
If you use the Monobook skin, the buttons and other controls now look more the same in VisualEditor and other tools. [821]
When you edit links and other items in VisualEditor, you now need to apply your change before closing the tool. [822]
The title of dialogs is now easier to see when it is near long buttons. [823]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 9 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Dear sir/madam,
I've noticed you have deleted an image that I had uploaded recently. I have permission to upload that image directly from the designer, so I don't fully understand why it has been deleted. Could you please undelete it? Thank you in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pabloj (talk • contribs)
@Pabloj: Hi Pablo, welcome to Commons! I deleted the image (File:IndieGo_Alley_Festival.png) because it was licensed under the wrong type of Creative Commons license. Commons cannot accept files that have a non-commercial or no-derivatives clause in the Creative Commons license. However, if the owner is willing to license it under the right kind of Creative Commons license (one that allows commercial use and derivative works), it can be re-uploaded to Commons. Please click here for instructions so that we can document the author's consent to these licensing conditions. Please let me know if you have any questions. You can also post questions at Commons:Village_pump/Copyright and experienced Commons users will respond to your question. Thanks! —Mono (how to reply) 00:56, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
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
Users have created more than 5000 articles with the new translation tool. [826]
Editing a page is now faster. This is because some statistics about edit filters were removed. [827]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from 17 June. It will be on all Wikipedias from 18 June (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 16 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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
Some wikis can now be used only with HTTPS. This includes the English, Russian and Chinese Wikipedias, among others. Soon all wikis will use only HTTPS for all users. [833][834]
You can't use HTTPS wikis with Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP. You need to use another browser. [835]
Problems
On June 15, search was broken on all wikis for several hours. [836][837][838]
Many Labs tools were broken for several days. Almost all of them are back now. They may be missing some data for the last 10 days. [842][843][844]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 23. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 24. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 25 (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 23 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
When you read a page on the mobile site, you can now see a link to go to its talk page. [847]
The code coloring tool has changed. You can now use many more languages. It now also works on mobile. [848][849][850]
You can look at a new site to learn how to reuse data from Wikimedia sites. [851]
Problems
JavaScript was broken on some wikis due to a code error. VisualEditor and other tools that use JavaScript were broken. [852]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 30. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 1. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 2 (calendar).
You can now use a tool in VisualEditor to add and edit code in color. [853]
When you edit a sentence in the Translate tool, it can show you older translations. They help you save time if they look alike. The older translations should now work better. If you see problems, you should report them. [854]
If you are an admin or have other special rights, you now need a strong password. [855]
Bot and JavaScript coders: The old continuation mode of the API for action=query doesn't work any more. [856]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 30 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future
When you create a new account, it will also create one on Meta-Wiki and mediawiki.org. [857]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 13. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 19. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 20 (calendar).
References are now always in the right order. Also, the reference list now only shows references used on the page. [858]
You can no longer create an account with a colon ':' in it. If you already have one, it still works. [859]
The toolbar in VisualEditor now looks different. It is easier to see the icons. [860]
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 21 at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
VisualEditor was broken for 30 minutes on Tuesday. The problem was due to a tool it uses. [865]
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 20. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 26. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 27 (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 28 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
Many wikis were slow for a few hours on Wednesday due to a code error. Sometimes the pages did not load at all and showed an error. [869]
Some tools in Labs were broken on Wednesday and Thursday. [870]
Edit tags added by the software were broken on all wikis from May 23 to May 28. [871][872]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 27. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 2. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 3 (calendar).
You won't be able to use e-mail lists for a few hours on Tuesday. [873]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 3 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 9. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 11 (calendar). [874][875]
If you use the Monobook skin, the buttons and other controls now look more the same in VisualEditor and other tools. [876]
When you edit links and other items in VisualEditor, you now need to apply your change before closing the tool. [877]
The title of dialogs is now easier to see when it is near long buttons. [878]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 9 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Dear sir/madam,
I've noticed you have deleted an image that I had uploaded recently. I have permission to upload that image directly from the designer, so I don't fully understand why it has been deleted. Could you please undelete it? Thank you in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pabloj (talk • contribs)
@Pabloj: Hi Pablo, welcome to Commons! I deleted the image (File:IndieGo_Alley_Festival.png) because it was licensed under the wrong type of Creative Commons license. Commons cannot accept files that have a non-commercial or no-derivatives clause in the Creative Commons license. However, if the owner is willing to license it under the right kind of Creative Commons license (one that allows commercial use and derivative works), it can be re-uploaded to Commons. Please click here for instructions so that we can document the author's consent to these licensing conditions. Please let me know if you have any questions. You can also post questions at Commons:Village_pump/Copyright and experienced Commons users will respond to your question. Thanks! —Mono (how to reply) 00:56, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
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
Users have created more than 5000 articles with the new translation tool. [881]
Editing a page is now faster. This is because some statistics about edit filters were removed. [882]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from 17 June. It will be on all Wikipedias from 18 June (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 16 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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
Some wikis can now be used only with HTTPS. This includes the English, Russian and Chinese Wikipedias, among others. Soon all wikis will use only HTTPS for all users. [888][889]
You can't use HTTPS wikis with Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP. You need to use another browser. [890]
Problems
On June 15, search was broken on all wikis for several hours. [891][892][893]
Many Labs tools were broken for several days. Almost all of them are back now. They may be missing some data for the last 10 days. [897][898][899]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 23. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 24. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 25 (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 23 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
When you read a page on the mobile site, you can now see a link to go to its talk page. [902]
The code coloring tool has changed. You can now use many more languages. It now also works on mobile. [903][904][905]
You can look at a new site to learn how to reuse data from Wikimedia sites. [906]
Problems
JavaScript was broken on some wikis due to a code error. VisualEditor and other tools that use JavaScript were broken. [907]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 30. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 1. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 2 (calendar).
You can now use a tool in VisualEditor to add and edit code in color. [908]
When you edit a sentence in the Translate tool, it can show you older translations. They help you save time if they look alike. The older translations should now work better. If you see problems, you should report them. [909]
If you are an admin or have other special rights, you now need a strong password. [910]
Bot and JavaScript coders: The old continuation mode of the API for action=query doesn't work any more. [911]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 30 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future
When you create a new account, it will also create one on Meta-Wiki and mediawiki.org. [912]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 13. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 19. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 20 (calendar).
References are now always in the right order. Also, the reference list now only shows references used on the page. [913]
You can no longer create an account with a colon ':' in it. If you already have one, it still works. [914]
The toolbar in VisualEditor now looks different. It is easier to see the icons. [915]
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 21 at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
VisualEditor was broken for 30 minutes on Tuesday. The problem was due to a tool it uses. [920]
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 20. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 26. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 27 (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 28 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
Many wikis were slow for a few hours on Wednesday due to a code error. Sometimes the pages did not load at all and showed an error. [924]
Some tools in Labs were broken on Wednesday and Thursday. [925]
Edit tags added by the software were broken on all wikis from May 23 to May 28. [926][927]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 27. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 2. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 3 (calendar).
You won't be able to use e-mail lists for a few hours on Tuesday. [928]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 3 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 9. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 11 (calendar). [929][930]
If you use the Monobook skin, the buttons and other controls now look more the same in VisualEditor and other tools. [931]
When you edit links and other items in VisualEditor, you now need to apply your change before closing the tool. [932]
The title of dialogs is now easier to see when it is near long buttons. [933]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 9 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Dear sir/madam,
I've noticed you have deleted an image that I had uploaded recently. I have permission to upload that image directly from the designer, so I don't fully understand why it has been deleted. Could you please undelete it? Thank you in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pabloj (talk • contribs)
@Pabloj: Hi Pablo, welcome to Commons! I deleted the image (File:IndieGo_Alley_Festival.png) because it was licensed under the wrong type of Creative Commons license. Commons cannot accept files that have a non-commercial or no-derivatives clause in the Creative Commons license. However, if the owner is willing to license it under the right kind of Creative Commons license (one that allows commercial use and derivative works), it can be re-uploaded to Commons. Please click here for instructions so that we can document the author's consent to these licensing conditions. Please let me know if you have any questions. You can also post questions at Commons:Village_pump/Copyright and experienced Commons users will respond to your question. Thanks! —Mono (how to reply) 00:56, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
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
Users have created more than 5000 articles with the new translation tool. [936]
Editing a page is now faster. This is because some statistics about edit filters were removed. [937]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from 17 June. It will be on all Wikipedias from 18 June (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 16 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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
Some wikis can now be used only with HTTPS. This includes the English, Russian and Chinese Wikipedias, among others. Soon all wikis will use only HTTPS for all users. [943][944]
You can't use HTTPS wikis with Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP. You need to use another browser. [945]
Problems
On June 15, search was broken on all wikis for several hours. [946][947][948]
Many Labs tools were broken for several days. Almost all of them are back now. They may be missing some data for the last 10 days. [952][953][954]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 23. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 24. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 25 (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 23 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
When you read a page on the mobile site, you can now see a link to go to its talk page. [957]
The code coloring tool has changed. You can now use many more languages. It now also works on mobile. [958][959][960]
You can look at a new site to learn how to reuse data from Wikimedia sites. [961]
Problems
JavaScript was broken on some wikis due to a code error. VisualEditor and other tools that use JavaScript were broken. [962]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 30. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 1. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 2 (calendar).
You can now use a tool in VisualEditor to add and edit code in color. [963]
When you edit a sentence in the Translate tool, it can show you older translations. They help you save time if they look alike. The older translations should now work better. If you see problems, you should report them. [964]
If you are an admin or have other special rights, you now need a strong password. [965]
Bot and JavaScript coders: The old continuation mode of the API for action=query doesn't work any more. [966]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 30 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future
When you create a new account, it will also create one on Meta-Wiki and mediawiki.org. [967]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 13. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 19. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 20 (calendar).
References are now always in the right order. Also, the reference list now only shows references used on the page. [968]
You can no longer create an account with a colon ':' in it. If you already have one, it still works. [969]
The toolbar in VisualEditor now looks different. It is easier to see the icons. [970]
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 21 at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
VisualEditor was broken for 30 minutes on Tuesday. The problem was due to a tool it uses. [975]
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 20. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 26. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 27 (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 28 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
Many wikis were slow for a few hours on Wednesday due to a code error. Sometimes the pages did not load at all and showed an error. [979]
Some tools in Labs were broken on Wednesday and Thursday. [980]
Edit tags added by the software were broken on all wikis from May 23 to May 28. [981][982]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 27. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 2. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 3 (calendar).
You won't be able to use e-mail lists for a few hours on Tuesday. [983]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 3 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 9. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 11 (calendar). [984][985]
If you use the Monobook skin, the buttons and other controls now look more the same in VisualEditor and other tools. [986]
When you edit links and other items in VisualEditor, you now need to apply your change before closing the tool. [987]
The title of dialogs is now easier to see when it is near long buttons. [988]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 9 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Dear sir/madam,
I've noticed you have deleted an image that I had uploaded recently. I have permission to upload that image directly from the designer, so I don't fully understand why it has been deleted. Could you please undelete it? Thank you in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pabloj (talk • contribs)
@Pabloj: Hi Pablo, welcome to Commons! I deleted the image (File:IndieGo_Alley_Festival.png) because it was licensed under the wrong type of Creative Commons license. Commons cannot accept files that have a non-commercial or no-derivatives clause in the Creative Commons license. However, if the owner is willing to license it under the right kind of Creative Commons license (one that allows commercial use and derivative works), it can be re-uploaded to Commons. Please click here for instructions so that we can document the author's consent to these licensing conditions. Please let me know if you have any questions. You can also post questions at Commons:Village_pump/Copyright and experienced Commons users will respond to your question. Thanks! —Mono (how to reply) 00:56, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
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
Users have created more than 5000 articles with the new translation tool. [991]
Editing a page is now faster. This is because some statistics about edit filters were removed. [992]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from 17 June. It will be on all Wikipedias from 18 June (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 16 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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
Some wikis can now be used only with HTTPS. This includes the English, Russian and Chinese Wikipedias, among others. Soon all wikis will use only HTTPS for all users. [998][999]
You can't use HTTPS wikis with Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP. You need to use another browser. [1,000]
Many Labs tools were broken for several days. Almost all of them are back now. They may be missing some data for the last 10 days. [1,007][1,008][1,009]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 23. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 24. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 25 (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 23 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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
Long lines in code blocks now look better. [1,010]
When you read a page on the mobile site, you can now see a link to go to its talk page. [1,012]
The code coloring tool has changed. You can now use many more languages. It now also works on mobile. [1,013][1,014][1,015]
You can look at a new site to learn how to reuse data from Wikimedia sites. [1,016]
Problems
JavaScript was broken on some wikis due to a code error. VisualEditor and other tools that use JavaScript were broken. [1,017]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 30. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 1. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 2 (calendar).
You can now use a tool in VisualEditor to add and edit code in color. [1,018]
When you edit a sentence in the Translate tool, it can show you older translations. They help you save time if they look alike. The older translations should now work better. If you see problems, you should report them. [1,019]
If you are an admin or have other special rights, you now need a strong password. [1,020]
Bot and JavaScript coders: The old continuation mode of the API for action=query doesn't work any more. [1,021]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 30 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future
When you create a new account, it will also create one on Meta-Wiki and mediawiki.org. [1,022]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 13. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 19. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 20 (calendar).
References are now always in the right order. Also, the reference list now only shows references used on the page. [1,023]
You can no longer create an account with a colon ':' in it. If you already have one, it still works. [1,024]
The toolbar in VisualEditor now looks different. It is easier to see the icons. [1,025]
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 21 at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
VisualEditor was broken for 30 minutes on Tuesday. The problem was due to a tool it uses. [1,030]
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 20. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 26. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 27 (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 28 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
Many wikis were slow for a few hours on Wednesday due to a code error. Sometimes the pages did not load at all and showed an error. [1,034]
Some tools in Labs were broken on Wednesday and Thursday. [1,035]
Edit tags added by the software were broken on all wikis from May 23 to May 28. [1,036][1,037]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 27. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 2. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 3 (calendar).
You won't be able to use e-mail lists for a few hours on Tuesday. [1,038]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 3 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 9. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 11 (calendar). [1,039][1,040]
If you use the Monobook skin, the buttons and other controls now look more the same in VisualEditor and other tools. [1,041]
When you edit links and other items in VisualEditor, you now need to apply your change before closing the tool. [1,042]
The title of dialogs is now easier to see when it is near long buttons. [1,043]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 9 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Dear sir/madam,
I've noticed you have deleted an image that I had uploaded recently. I have permission to upload that image directly from the designer, so I don't fully understand why it has been deleted. Could you please undelete it? Thank you in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pabloj (talk • contribs)
@Pabloj: Hi Pablo, welcome to Commons! I deleted the image (File:IndieGo_Alley_Festival.png) because it was licensed under the wrong type of Creative Commons license. Commons cannot accept files that have a non-commercial or no-derivatives clause in the Creative Commons license. However, if the owner is willing to license it under the right kind of Creative Commons license (one that allows commercial use and derivative works), it can be re-uploaded to Commons. Please click here for instructions so that we can document the author's consent to these licensing conditions. Please let me know if you have any questions. You can also post questions at Commons:Village_pump/Copyright and experienced Commons users will respond to your question. Thanks! —Mono (how to reply) 00:56, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
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
Users have created more than 5000 articles with the new translation tool. [1,046]
Editing a page is now faster. This is because some statistics about edit filters were removed. [1,047]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from 17 June. It will be on all Wikipedias from 18 June (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 16 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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
Some wikis can now be used only with HTTPS. This includes the English, Russian and Chinese Wikipedias, among others. Soon all wikis will use only HTTPS for all users. [1,053][1,054]
You can't use HTTPS wikis with Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP. You need to use another browser. [1,055]
Many Labs tools were broken for several days. Almost all of them are back now. They may be missing some data for the last 10 days. [1,062][1,063][1,064]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 23. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 24. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 25 (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 23 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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
Long lines in code blocks now look better. [1,065]
When you read a page on the mobile site, you can now see a link to go to its talk page. [1,067]
The code coloring tool has changed. You can now use many more languages. It now also works on mobile. [1,068][1,069][1,070]
You can look at a new site to learn how to reuse data from Wikimedia sites. [1,071]
Problems
JavaScript was broken on some wikis due to a code error. VisualEditor and other tools that use JavaScript were broken. [1,072]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 30. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 1. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 2 (calendar).
You can now use a tool in VisualEditor to add and edit code in color. [1,073]
When you edit a sentence in the Translate tool, it can show you older translations. They help you save time if they look alike. The older translations should now work better. If you see problems, you should report them. [1,074]
If you are an admin or have other special rights, you now need a strong password. [1,075]
Bot and JavaScript coders: The old continuation mode of the API for action=query doesn't work any more. [1,076]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 30 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future
When you create a new account, it will also create one on Meta-Wiki and mediawiki.org. [1,077]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 13. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 19. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 20 (calendar).
References are now always in the right order. Also, the reference list now only shows references used on the page. [1,078]
You can no longer create an account with a colon ':' in it. If you already have one, it still works. [1,079]
The toolbar in VisualEditor now looks different. It is easier to see the icons. [1,080]
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 21 at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
VisualEditor was broken for 30 minutes on Tuesday. The problem was due to a tool it uses. [1,085]
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 20. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 26. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 27 (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 28 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
Many wikis were slow for a few hours on Wednesday due to a code error. Sometimes the pages did not load at all and showed an error. [1,089]
Some tools in Labs were broken on Wednesday and Thursday. [1,090]
Edit tags added by the software were broken on all wikis from May 23 to May 28. [1,091][1,092]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 27. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 2. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 3 (calendar).
You won't be able to use e-mail lists for a few hours on Tuesday. [1,093]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 3 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 9. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 11 (calendar). [1,094][1,095]
If you use the Monobook skin, the buttons and other controls now look more the same in VisualEditor and other tools. [1,096]
When you edit links and other items in VisualEditor, you now need to apply your change before closing the tool. [1,097]
The title of dialogs is now easier to see when it is near long buttons. [1,098]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 9 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Dear sir/madam,
I've noticed you have deleted an image that I had uploaded recently. I have permission to upload that image directly from the designer, so I don't fully understand why it has been deleted. Could you please undelete it? Thank you in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pabloj (talk • contribs)
@Pabloj: Hi Pablo, welcome to Commons! I deleted the image (File:IndieGo_Alley_Festival.png) because it was licensed under the wrong type of Creative Commons license. Commons cannot accept files that have a non-commercial or no-derivatives clause in the Creative Commons license. However, if the owner is willing to license it under the right kind of Creative Commons license (one that allows commercial use and derivative works), it can be re-uploaded to Commons. Please click here for instructions so that we can document the author's consent to these licensing conditions. Please let me know if you have any questions. You can also post questions at Commons:Village_pump/Copyright and experienced Commons users will respond to your question. Thanks! —Mono (how to reply) 00:56, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
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
Users have created more than 5000 articles with the new translation tool. [1,101]
Editing a page is now faster. This is because some statistics about edit filters were removed. [1,102]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from 17 June. It will be on all Wikipedias from 18 June (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 16 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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
Some wikis can now be used only with HTTPS. This includes the English, Russian and Chinese Wikipedias, among others. Soon all wikis will use only HTTPS for all users. [1,108][1,109]
You can't use HTTPS wikis with Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP. You need to use another browser. [1,110]
Many Labs tools were broken for several days. Almost all of them are back now. They may be missing some data for the last 10 days. [1,117][1,118][1,119]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 23. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 24. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 25 (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 23 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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
Long lines in code blocks now look better. [1,120]
When you read a page on the mobile site, you can now see a link to go to its talk page. [1,122]
The code coloring tool has changed. You can now use many more languages. It now also works on mobile. [1,123][1,124][1,125]
You can look at a new site to learn how to reuse data from Wikimedia sites. [1,126]
Problems
JavaScript was broken on some wikis due to a code error. VisualEditor and other tools that use JavaScript were broken. [1,127]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 30. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 1. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 2 (calendar).
You can now use a tool in VisualEditor to add and edit code in color. [1,128]
When you edit a sentence in the Translate tool, it can show you older translations. They help you save time if they look alike. The older translations should now work better. If you see problems, you should report them. [1,129]
If you are an admin or have other special rights, you now need a strong password. [1,130]
Bot and JavaScript coders: The old continuation mode of the API for action=query doesn't work any more. [1,131]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 30 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future
When you create a new account, it will also create one on Meta-Wiki and mediawiki.org. [1,132]
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
On the mobile site, you now see more information when you search for a page. It now shows the description from Wikidata. [1,133]
Problems
The code of long pages is not colored any more. You may see this problem on the pages of long gadgets. [1,134]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from July 7. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 8. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 9 (calendar).
The "Page information" tool shows how many users watch the page. You can now see how many are active. [1,135][1,136]
You can now translate articles into English with the new translation tool. [1,137]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on July 7 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 13. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 19. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 20 (calendar).
References are now always in the right order. Also, the reference list now only shows references used on the page. [1,138]
You can no longer create an account with a colon ':' in it. If you already have one, it still works. [1,139]
The toolbar in VisualEditor now looks different. It is easier to see the icons. [1,140]
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 21 at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
VisualEditor was broken for 30 minutes on Tuesday. The problem was due to a tool it uses. [1,145]
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 20. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 26. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 27 (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 28 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
Many wikis were slow for a few hours on Wednesday due to a code error. Sometimes the pages did not load at all and showed an error. [1,149]
Some tools in Labs were broken on Wednesday and Thursday. [1,150]
Edit tags added by the software were broken on all wikis from May 23 to May 28. [1,151][1,152]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 27. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 2. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 3 (calendar).
You won't be able to use e-mail lists for a few hours on Tuesday. [1,153]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 3 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 9. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 11 (calendar). [1,154][1,155]
If you use the Monobook skin, the buttons and other controls now look more the same in VisualEditor and other tools. [1,156]
When you edit links and other items in VisualEditor, you now need to apply your change before closing the tool. [1,157]
The title of dialogs is now easier to see when it is near long buttons. [1,158]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 9 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Dear sir/madam,
I've noticed you have deleted an image that I had uploaded recently. I have permission to upload that image directly from the designer, so I don't fully understand why it has been deleted. Could you please undelete it? Thank you in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pabloj (talk • contribs)
@Pabloj: Hi Pablo, welcome to Commons! I deleted the image (File:IndieGo_Alley_Festival.png) because it was licensed under the wrong type of Creative Commons license. Commons cannot accept files that have a non-commercial or no-derivatives clause in the Creative Commons license. However, if the owner is willing to license it under the right kind of Creative Commons license (one that allows commercial use and derivative works), it can be re-uploaded to Commons. Please click here for instructions so that we can document the author's consent to these licensing conditions. Please let me know if you have any questions. You can also post questions at Commons:Village_pump/Copyright and experienced Commons users will respond to your question. Thanks! —Mono (how to reply) 00:56, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
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
Users have created more than 5000 articles with the new translation tool. [1,161]
Editing a page is now faster. This is because some statistics about edit filters were removed. [1,162]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from 17 June. It will be on all Wikipedias from 18 June (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 16 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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
Some wikis can now be used only with HTTPS. This includes the English, Russian and Chinese Wikipedias, among others. Soon all wikis will use only HTTPS for all users. [1,168][1,169]
You can't use HTTPS wikis with Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP. You need to use another browser. [1,170]
Many Labs tools were broken for several days. Almost all of them are back now. They may be missing some data for the last 10 days. [1,177][1,178][1,179]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 23. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 24. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 25 (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 23 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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
Long lines in code blocks now look better. [1,180]
When you read a page on the mobile site, you can now see a link to go to its talk page. [1,182]
The code coloring tool has changed. You can now use many more languages. It now also works on mobile. [1,183][1,184][1,185]
You can look at a new site to learn how to reuse data from Wikimedia sites. [1,186]
Problems
JavaScript was broken on some wikis due to a code error. VisualEditor and other tools that use JavaScript were broken. [1,187]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 30. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 1. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 2 (calendar).
You can now use a tool in VisualEditor to add and edit code in color. [1,188]
When you edit a sentence in the Translate tool, it can show you older translations. They help you save time if they look alike. The older translations should now work better. If you see problems, you should report them. [1,189]
If you are an admin or have other special rights, you now need a strong password. [1,190]
Bot and JavaScript coders: The old continuation mode of the API for action=query doesn't work any more. [1,191]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 30 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future
When you create a new account, it will also create one on Meta-Wiki and mediawiki.org. [1,192]
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
On the mobile site, you now see more information when you search for a page. It now shows the description from Wikidata. [1,193]
Problems
The code of long pages is not colored any more. You may see this problem on the pages of long gadgets. [1,194]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from July 7. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 8. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 9 (calendar).
The "Page information" tool shows how many users watch the page. You can now see how many are active. [1,195][1,196]
You can now translate articles into English with the new translation tool. [1,197]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on July 7 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 13. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 19. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 20 (calendar).
References are now always in the right order. Also, the reference list now only shows references used on the page. [1,198]
You can no longer create an account with a colon ':' in it. If you already have one, it still works. [1,199]
The toolbar in VisualEditor now looks different. It is easier to see the icons. [1,200]
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 21 at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
VisualEditor was broken for 30 minutes on Tuesday. The problem was due to a tool it uses. [1,205]
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 20. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 26. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 27 (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 28 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
Many wikis were slow for a few hours on Wednesday due to a code error. Sometimes the pages did not load at all and showed an error. [1,209]
Some tools in Labs were broken on Wednesday and Thursday. [1,210]
Edit tags added by the software were broken on all wikis from May 23 to May 28. [1,211][1,212]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 27. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 2. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 3 (calendar).
You won't be able to use e-mail lists for a few hours on Tuesday. [1,213]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 3 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 9. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 11 (calendar). [1,214][1,215]
If you use the Monobook skin, the buttons and other controls now look more the same in VisualEditor and other tools. [1,216]
When you edit links and other items in VisualEditor, you now need to apply your change before closing the tool. [1,217]
The title of dialogs is now easier to see when it is near long buttons. [1,218]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 9 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Dear sir/madam,
I've noticed you have deleted an image that I had uploaded recently. I have permission to upload that image directly from the designer, so I don't fully understand why it has been deleted. Could you please undelete it? Thank you in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pabloj (talk • contribs)
@Pabloj: Hi Pablo, welcome to Commons! I deleted the image (File:IndieGo_Alley_Festival.png) because it was licensed under the wrong type of Creative Commons license. Commons cannot accept files that have a non-commercial or no-derivatives clause in the Creative Commons license. However, if the owner is willing to license it under the right kind of Creative Commons license (one that allows commercial use and derivative works), it can be re-uploaded to Commons. Please click here for instructions so that we can document the author's consent to these licensing conditions. Please let me know if you have any questions. You can also post questions at Commons:Village_pump/Copyright and experienced Commons users will respond to your question. Thanks! —Mono (how to reply) 00:56, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
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
Users have created more than 5000 articles with the new translation tool. [1,221]
Editing a page is now faster. This is because some statistics about edit filters were removed. [1,222]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from 17 June. It will be on all Wikipedias from 18 June (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 16 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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
Some wikis can now be used only with HTTPS. This includes the English, Russian and Chinese Wikipedias, among others. Soon all wikis will use only HTTPS for all users. [1,228][1,229]
You can't use HTTPS wikis with Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP. You need to use another browser. [1,230]
Many Labs tools were broken for several days. Almost all of them are back now. They may be missing some data for the last 10 days. [1,237][1,238][1,239]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 23. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 24. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 25 (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 23 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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
Long lines in code blocks now look better. [1,240]
When you read a page on the mobile site, you can now see a link to go to its talk page. [1,242]
The code coloring tool has changed. You can now use many more languages. It now also works on mobile. [1,243][1,244][1,245]
You can look at a new site to learn how to reuse data from Wikimedia sites. [1,246]
Problems
JavaScript was broken on some wikis due to a code error. VisualEditor and other tools that use JavaScript were broken. [1,247]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 30. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 1. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 2 (calendar).
You can now use a tool in VisualEditor to add and edit code in color. [1,248]
When you edit a sentence in the Translate tool, it can show you older translations. They help you save time if they look alike. The older translations should now work better. If you see problems, you should report them. [1,249]
If you are an admin or have other special rights, you now need a strong password. [1,250]
Bot and JavaScript coders: The old continuation mode of the API for action=query doesn't work any more. [1,251]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 30 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future
When you create a new account, it will also create one on Meta-Wiki and mediawiki.org. [1,252]
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
On the mobile site, you now see more information when you search for a page. It now shows the description from Wikidata. [1,253]
Problems
The code of long pages is not colored any more. You may see this problem on the pages of long gadgets. [1,254]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from July 7. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 8. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 9 (calendar).
The "Page information" tool shows how many users watch the page. You can now see how many are active. [1,255][1,256]
You can now translate articles into English with the new translation tool. [1,257]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on July 7 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
) now shows hidden templates in VisualEditor. You can edit the template by clicking the icon. For example, you can now edit anchor templates. [83] [84]
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