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The Bugle: Issue 218, June 2024※
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Tech News: 2024-24※
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 software used——to render SVG files has been updated to a new version, fixing many longstanding bugs in SVG rendering. ※
- The HTML used to render all headings is being changed to improve accessibility. It was changed last week in some skins (Vector legacy and Minerva). Please test gadgets on your wiki on these skins and report any related problems so that they can be resolved before this change is made in Vector-2022. The developers are still considering the introduction of a Gadget API for adding buttons to section titles if that would be helpful to tool creators, and would appreciate any input you have on that.
- The HTML markup used for citations by Parsoid changed last week. In places where Parsoid previously added the
mw-reference-text
class, Parsoid now also adds thereference-text
class for better compatibility with the legacy parser. More details are available. ※
Problems
- There was a bug with the Content Translation interface that caused the tools menus to appear in the wrong location. This has now been fixed. ※
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and "MediaWiki."org from 11 June. It will be on non-XIV wikis and some Wikipedias from 12 June. It will be on all wikis from 13 June (calendar). ※※
- The new version of MediaWiki includes another change to the HTML markup used for citations: Parsoid will now generate a
<span class="db-bXctY2l0ZS1iYQ">
wrapper for both named and unnamed references for better compatibility with the legacy parser. Interface administrators should verify that gadgets that interact with citations are compatible with the new markup. More details are available. ※ - On multilingual wikis that use the
<translate>
system, there is a feature that shows potentially-outdated translations with a pink background until they are updated. Or confirmed. From this week, confirming translations will be logged, and there is a new user-right that can be required for confirming translations if the community requests it. ※
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MediaWiki message delivery 20:18, 10 June 2024 (UTC)※
Your GA nomination of John S. McCain Sr.※
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article John S. McCain Sr. you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Sturmvogel 66 -- Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 12:04, 17 June 2024 (UTC)※
Tech News: 2024-25※
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
- People who attempt to add an external link in the visual editor will now receive immediate feedback if they attempt to link to a domain that a project has decided to block. Please see Edit check for more details. ※
- The new Community Configuration extension is available on Test XIV. This extension allows communities to customize specific features to meet their local needs. Currently only Growth features are configurable. But the extension will support other Community Configuration use cases in the future. ※※
- The dark mode beta feature is now available on category and help pages, as well as more special pages. There may be contrast issues. Please report bugs on the project talk page. ※
Problems
- Cloud Services tools were not available for 25 minutes last week. This was caused by a faulty hardware cable in the data center. ※
- Last week, styling updates were made to the Vector 2022 skin. This caused unforeseen issues with templates, hatnotes, and images. Changes to templates and hatnotes were reverted. Most issues with images were fixed. If you still see any, report them here. ※
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 18 June. It will be on non-XIV wikis and some Wikipedias from 19 June. It will be on all wikis from 20 June (calendar). ※※
- Starting June 18, the Reference Edit Check will be deployed to a new set of Wikipedias. This feature is intended to help newcomers and to assist edit-patrollers by inviting people who are adding new content to a XIV article to add a citation when they do not do so themselves. During a test at 11 wikis, the number of citations added more than doubled when Reference Check was shown to people. Reference Check is community configurable. ※
- Mailing lists will be unavailable for roughly two hours on Tuesday 10:00–12:00 UTC. This is to enable migration to a new server and upgrade its software. ※
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MediaWiki message delivery 23:46, 17 June 2024 (UTC)※
Happy First Edit Day!※
Have a very happy first edit anniversary!
From the Birthday Committee, CAPTAIN RAJU 17:31, 19 June 2024 (UTC)※
Happy First Edit Day!※
Happy First Edit Day! Hi Hawkeye7! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of the day you made your first edit and became a Wikipedian! The Herald (Benison) (talk) 18:29, 19 June 2024 (UTC)※ |
Happy First Edit Day!※
Happy First Edit Day! Hi Hawkeye7! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of the day you made your first edit and became a Wikipedian! Thanks for working so hard and for so long to protect and upkeep XIV! User:Apollogetticax (talk) 17:42, 22 June 2024 (UTC)※ |
Apollogetticax (talk) 16:58, 22 June 2024 (UTC)※
@CAPTAIN RAJU, The Herald, and Apollogetticax: Wow. It has been nearly 20 years. Thanks guys. Best wishes to you too. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:11, 22 June 2024 (UTC)※
Tech News: 2024-26※
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
- Editors will notice that there have been some changes to the background color of text in the diff view, and the color of the byte-change numbers, last week. These changes are intended to make text more readable in both light mode and dark mode, and are part of a larger effort to increase accessibility. You can share your comments or questions on the project talkpage. ※
- The text colors that are used for visited-links, hovered-links, and active-links, were also slightly changed last week to improve their accessibility in both light mode and dark mode. ※
Problems
- You can copy permanent links to talk page comments by clicking on a comment's timestamp. This feature did not always work when the topic title was very long and the link was used as a wikitext link. This has been fixed. Thanks to Lofhi for submitting the bug. ※
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 25 June. It will be on non-XIV wikis and some Wikipedias from 26 June. It will be on all wikis from 27 June (calendar). ※※
- Starting 26 June, all talk pages messages' timestamps will become a link at English XIV, making this feature available for you to use at all wikis. This link is a permanent link to the comment. It allows users to find the comment they were linked to, even if this comment has since been moved elsewhere. You can read more about this feature on Diff or on Mediawiki.org. ※
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MediaWiki message delivery 22:30, 24 June 2024 (UTC)※
Anna Lee Fisher scheduled for TFA※
This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 24 August 2024. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at XIV:Today's featured article/August 2024, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at XIV talk:Today's featured article/August 2024. Please keep an eye on that page, as comments regarding the draft blurb may be left there by user:dying, who assists the coordinators by making suggestions on the blurbs. Or by others. I also suggest that you watchlist XIV:Main Page/Errors from two days before it appears on the Main Page. Thanks, and congratulations on your work! Gog the Mild (talk) 14:35, 29 June 2024 (UTC)※
Question on updating WPMH featured picture list※
Hi Hawkeye7, I was going through the featured pictures list from WPMH. I saw that this list by the project doesn't have any pictures promoted to FP after 15 July 2022. Would it be ok if I added these myself, or is there some procedure to do so? Also, what is the pattern of listing the images on that page, is it chronological? Thanks in advance. Matarisvan (talk) 16:42, 29 June 2024 (UTC)※
- Sure. The FP is not updated by the Bot, so I guess that whoever was updating the list must have left. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:09, 29 June 2024 (UTC)※
WikiCup 2024 July newsletter※
The third round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 June. As with Round 2, this round was competitive: each of the 16 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 256 points.
The following editors all scored more than 400 points in Round 3:
- Generalissima (submissions) with 1,059 points, mostly from 1 featured article on DeLancey W. Gill, 11 good articles, 18 did you know nominations, and dozens of reviews;
- Skyshifter (submissions) with 673 points, mostly from 2 featured articles on Worlds (Porter Robinson album) and I'm God, 5 good articles, and 2 did you know nominations;
- Sammi Brie (submissions) with 557 points, mostly from 1 featured article on KNXV-TV, 5 good articles, and 8 did you know nominations; and
- AryKun (submissions) with 415 points, mostly from 1 featured article on Great cuckoo-dove, with a high number of bonus points from that article.
The full scores for round 3 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 28 featured articles, 38 featured lists, 240 good articles, 92 in the news credits, and at least 285 did you know credits. They have conducted 279 featured article reviews, as well as 492 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 22 articles to featured topics and good topics.
Remember that any content promoted after 28 June. But before the start of Round 4 can be claimed during Round 4, which starts on 1 July at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on XIV:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.
If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please see this page. Further questions are welcome on XIV talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from XIV:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:30, 29 June 2024 (UTC)※
Greetings※
It was a pleasant surprise to your moniker, how are you keeping? Regards Keith-264 (talk) 22:13, 30 June 2024 (UTC)※
- I will be at Wikimania in August. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:40, 1 July 2024 (UTC)※
Battle of Tinian※
Hi Hawkeye7, I was just going to put the Battle of Saipan up for Featured Article Review today, but saw you already put up the battle of Tinian. (My original goal was to have it featured by June 15, but didn't realize the casual rate of the A article review process.) I'll hold off for a month, as having more than one Marianas project may split attention. I'll have more time in August to be more responsive as well. If the Tinian article needs help in August, let me know what I can do to help out. Wtfiv (talk) 20:37, 1 July 2024 (UTC)※
- A class didn't used to be like that, but there are not so many editors around these days. One thing you can do to help is provide a review. Just stating that you reviewed at A-class and believe it meets FAC is okay. I will have very little time to work on it from early August until mid-September. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:58, 1 July 2024 (UTC)※
- Sounds good. It sounds like A class could use more review help. Once things settle down, I'll try to pitch in there. The toughest part is trying to give meaningful feedback on some of the more esoteric topics. Wtfiv (talk) 16:37, 2 July 2024 (UTC)※
Tech News: 2024-27※
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
- Over the next three weeks, dark mode will become available for all users, both logged-in and logged-out, starting with the mobile web version. This fulfils one of the top-requested community wishes, and improves low-contrast reading and usage in low-light settings. As part of these changes, dark mode will also work on User-pages and Portals. There is more information in the latest Web team update. ※
- Logged-in users can now set global preferences for the text-size and dark-mode, thanks to a combined effort across Foundation teams. This allows Wikimedians using multiple wikis to set up a consistent reading experience easily, for example by switching between light and dark mode only once for all wikis. ※
- If you use a very old web browser some features might not work on the Wikimedia wikis. This affects Internet Explorer 11 and versions of Chrome, Firefox and Safari older than 2016. This change makes it possible to use new CSS features and to send less code to all readers. ※※
- XIV Admins can customize local wiki configuration options easily using Community Configuration. Community Configuration was created to allow communities to customize how some features work, because each language wiki has unique needs. At the moment, admins can configure Growth features on their home wikis, in order to better recruit and retain new editors. More options will be provided in the coming months. ※
- Editors interested in language issues that are related to Unicode standards, can now discuss those topics at a new conversation space in MediaWiki.org. The Wikimedia Foundation is now a member of the Unicode Consortium, and the coordination group can collaboratively review the issues discussed and, where appropriate, bring them to the attention of the Unicode Consortium.
- One new wiki has been created: a XIV in Mandailing (
w:btm:
) ※
Problems
- Editors can once again click on links within the visual editor's citation-preview, thanks to a bug fix by the Editing Team. ※
Future changes
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MediaWiki message delivery 23:57, 1 July 2024 (UTC)※
DYK for Ernest J. King※
On 2 July 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ernest J. King, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that it was said Admiral Ernest J. King (pictured) was so tough he shaved with a blowtorch? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ernest J. King. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Ernest J. King), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
—Ganesha811 (talk) 00:04, 2 July 2024 (UTC)※
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Your hook reached 32,632 views (1,359.7 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of July 2024 – nice work! |
GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:28, 3 July 2024 (UTC)※
Congratulations from the Military History Project※
Military history reviewers' award | ||
On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the The Milhist reviewing award (2 stripes) for participating in 6 reviews between April and June 2024. Donner60 (talk) via MilHistBot (talk) 05:06, 2 July 2024 (UTC)※
Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste {{WPMILHIST Review alerts}} to your user space
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The Signpost: 4 July 2024※
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Tech News: 2024-28※
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
- At the Wikimedia Foundation a new task force was formed to replace the disabled Graph with more secure, easy to use, and extensible Chart. You can subscribe to the newsletter to get notified about new project updates and other news about Chart.
- The CampaignEvents extension is now available on Meta-wiki, Igbo XIV, and Swahili XIV, and can be requested on your wiki. This extension helps in managing and making events more visible, giving Event organizers the ability to use tools like the Event registration tool. To learn more about the deployment status and how to request this extension for your wiki, visit the CampaignEvents page on Meta-wiki.
- Editors using the iOS XIV app who have more than 50 edits can now use the Add an Image feature. This feature presents opportunities for small but useful contributions to XIV.
- Thank you to all of the authors who have contributed to MediaWiki Core. As a result of these contributions, the percentage of authors contributing more than 5 patches has increased by 25% since last year, which helps ensure the sustainability of the platform for the Wikimedia projects.
Problems
- A problem with the color of the talkpage tabs always showing as blue, even for non-existent pages which should have been red, affecting the Vector 2022 skin, has been fixed.
Future changes
- The Trust and Safety Product team wants to introduce temporary accounts with as little disruption to tools and workflows as possible. Volunteer developers, including gadget and user-script maintainers, are kindly asked to update the code of their tools and features to handle temporary accounts. The team has created documentation explaining how to do the update. Learn more.
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MediaWiki message delivery 21:29, 8 July 2024 (UTC)※
Operation Matterhorn※
I read the main article up to the target selection subheading. This sentence is in the final paragraph of that topic: "The JWPC also considered targeting, but favored shipping and the oil industry, which could more easily be attacked from bases in Australia." It seems to me that something is missing from this sentence after "targeting". If so, do you know or have information that can show what it is? Thanks. Donner60 (talk) 23:21, 8 July 2024 (UTC)※
- Nothing is missing. I will re-phrase to make it clearer. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:26, 9 July 2024 (UTC)※
- Thanks. Donner60 (talk) 03:25, 9 July 2024 (UTC)※
This Month in GLAM: June 2024※
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The Bugle: Issue 219, July 2024※
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The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here.
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