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Optimized Wikidata for viewing on mobile devices. You will be redirected to m.wikidata.org automatically when using a mobile device soon the same way it already happens on Wikipedia. (Editing will only be possible via the special pages!)
API custom summary will no longer override the autocomment (phabricator:T97247)
Paging and sorting has been added to Special:ListProperties and it now also shows the IDs of the properties
Worked more on making the edit summaries on the client more meaningful and readable
Introduced a limit of 250 different entities that can be used on a page in the client via arbitrary access. The limit does not apply to convenience functions in lua, such as mw.wikibase.label which use a TermLookup instead of loading a full entity to get labels. (phabricator:T93885)
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
VisualEditor will now automatically create a link when you type in or paste an ISBN, PMID, or RFC. [1][2]
The link editor in VisualEditor is now a bit wider. It's now the same width as the automatic citation tool. [3]
VisualEditor gadget authors can no longer use the backwards-compatibility module ext.visualEditor.viewPageTarget.init. Use ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.init instead. [4]
Gadget writers can now use mediawiki.ForeignApi to communicate between different Wikimedia wikis. [5]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from September 1. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from September 2. It will be on all Wikipedias from September 3 (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on September 1 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
The Wikidata API will be updated with breaking changes. This will probably happen on September 9. [6]
Hi, I notice you're on Wikipedia:List of administrator hopefuls. Wikipedia would benefit from more admins. If you have been editing for more than 12 months (preferably 24+ months), and have been editing fairly consistently for the past 6 months (preferably 12+ months) with at least 100 edits a month (this tool will help) - or an explanation for any gaps, and haven't been blocked in the past three years - or a good explanation for a recent block, don't have a recent history of edit warring or arguing with other editors, feel you can explain why you wish to be an admin, can demonstrate some understanding of Wikipedia's procedures and processes, or know where to go for guidance, and are confident enough to go through a RfA, please get in touch with me. We can talk about it some more, and if all looks OK, I'll nominate you. SilkTork✔Tea time 09:25, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
@SilkTork: Thank you for your appreciable response. There is no doubt that I'm interested in being an administrator on the English Wikipedia. I'm here on Wikipedia from last one year and have made nearly 7,000 edits which includes more than 40 articles. I know my these contributions are not that enough for the Wikimedia Foundation but begin an administrator I can be an assist to Wikipedia and can help a lot of contributors from the Republic of India and other nations. I've a good understanding of several local languages spoken in India, including English (I've made typo error but corrected once I noticed it) which is a positive point while helping volunteers on IRC channels. I never had any arguments over Wikipedia since I always try to resolve the issues by discussing the matters on the editor's or the article's talk page. Another thing, in the beginning of my contribution I made several mistakes which included nomination of Afds merely with no reliable references. If you still think I can be helpful to Wikipedia you can nominate my name. Thanks! — CutestPenguinHangout 14:03, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
Cool. Let's chat further here. SilkTork✔Tea time 11:42, 1 September 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
You can now mention up to 50 users in a post and they will get a notification. Previously you could notify up to 20 users. [7]
A new version of the Wikidata Toolkit has been released. It now has Wikibase API support. [8]
You can now use Wikidata to find all good or featured articles in a Wikipedia version. [9]
Problems
There was a problem with Tool Labs due to kernel issues. This has been fixed. [10]
The Content Translation tool published some pages with the same reference repeated several times. This has been fixed. [11][12]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from September 8. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from September 9. It will be on all Wikipedias from September 10 (calendar).
The maximum character length when you search for something on the Wikimedia wikis is now 300 characters. [13]
The notifications list has been split into two lists. As a first step, notifications about messages on your user talk page will be placed in the second list. Feedback is requested at the Echo talk page. [14][15]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on September 8 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
You can join the Wikitech ambassadors mailing list. The list is for Wikimedians interested in spreading information about Wikimedia technology news. See how to join.
Future changes
The Wikimedia mailing lists will be moved to a new server and the software will be upgraded. This will happen on September 9 at 14:00 (UTC). The mailing lists will not be working during the move. It can take up to four hours. [16]
Wikidata will soon be able to store measurements, such as a mountain's height or the distance between two places. [17][18]