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now link to the original page and not the target page. This was done earlier and changed the used messages on some pages. This was a problem for wikis that customized the message. A new change fixed this by using the old messages with one more parameter for customization. Wikis that already changed
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to English Knowledge (XXG) in June. This will cause the block of a logged-out user to be reloaded if they change IPs. This means in most cases, you may no longer need to do /64 range blocks on residential IPv6 addresses in order to effectively block the end user. It will also help combat abuse from
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Some old web browsers will not be able to read the Wikimedia wikis. This is because they use an insecure way to connect to them. This means that we get less security for everyone else too. This affects about 0.08% of all traffic to the Wikimedia wikis. This affects for example those who read
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was changed to make it work better for mobile users. This caused some problems. The change was rolled back to fix them. The new version is now back on the wikis. MonoBook users can opt out from the new responsive design.
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users who translate between any two of Arabic, English, French, Japanese and Russian will be asked to be part of a research project. This is to create better tools for translating articles.
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of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 26 June. It will be on non-Knowledge (XXG) wikis and some Wikipedias from 27 June. It will be on all wikis from 28 June (
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of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 June. It will be on non-Knowledge (XXG) wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 June. It will be on all wikis from 14 June (
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of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 June. It will be on non-Knowledge (XXG) wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 June. It will be on all wikis from 7 June (
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You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on
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You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on
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You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on
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You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on
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in 2018 (e.g. a block from uploading or editing specific pages, categories, or namespaces, as opposed to a full-site block). Feedback on the concept may be left at
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can be used to verify that you are the true account owner in the event that your account is compromised and/or you are unable to log in.
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You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on
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You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on
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IRC office hour. There you can discuss tools to contribute on the mobile web for the existing MediaWiki skins. The meeting will be on
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You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on
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with the Arbitration Committee's spam filter inadvertently caused all messages sent to the committee through Knowledge (XXG) (i.e.
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that this was an "external effort to gain unauthorized access to random accounts". Under Knowledge (XXG) policy, administrators
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has been a beta feature on Wikimedia wikis with text written from left to right. It is now a normal feature. It is based on
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from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.
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from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.
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from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.
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from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.
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or had other formatting you could sometimes not edit it in the visual editor. This has now been fixed.
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You will not be able to edit some wikis between 06:00 and 06:30 UTC on 13 June. You can see if
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IP hoppers in general. For the time being, it only affects users of the desktop interface.
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If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the
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their customized messages will have to move the customization back again.
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did not work 24–28 May. This is also why last week's Tech News was late.
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The Wikimedia Foundation's Anti-Harassment Tools team will build
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All wikis that have not already done so will switch to use the
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has been optimised for mobile devices. It now looks different.
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for blocked mobile users to see why they were blocked.
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collects blogs about Wikimedia. It will now use the
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to let you see only users in temporary user groups.
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This is 274:unusually high level of failed login attempts 8: 839:There is no new MediaWiki version this week. 150:if they are in the event coordinator group. 1186:Thank you for quality articles such as 251:Special:EmailUser/Arbitration Committee 1102: 1086: 1063: 866: 850: 710: 694: 656: 473: 457: 434: 60:Administrators' newsletter – June 2018 44:Do not edit the contents of this page. 1107: 1015: 921: 871: 715: 601: 478: 282:are required to have strong passwords 59: 7: 591:for Android or iOS users can create 157:, all pages with content related to 65:News and updates for administrators 992: 798: 565: 342: 24: 1179: 1106: 1101: 1085: 1062: 1014: 920: 870: 865: 849: 739:move local wiki files to Commons 714: 709: 693: 655: 600: 477: 472: 456: 433: 259: 232: 175: 125: 98: 88: 77: 67:from the past month (May 2018). 29: 1197:for memory of absolute pleasure 1188:Malicious Software Removal Tool 1026:. Several bugs should be fixed. 140:successful request for comment 1: 1022:, our JupyterHub system, got 1192:Greenslopes Private Hospital 907:new filters for edit review 745:to the first wikis in June. 640:new filters for edit review 502:new filters for edit review 1234: 1163:23:10, 25 June 2018 (UTC) 983:21:47, 18 June 2018 (UTC) 789:21:55, 11 June 2018 (UTC) 605:There is a new version of 323:MediaWiki message delivery 1219:17:23, 26 June 2018 (UTC) 556:21:54, 4 June 2018 (UTC) 286:two-factor authentication 144:"event coordinator" group 131:Guideline and policy news 1155:Subscribe or unsubscribe 1036:When a link text was in 975:Subscribe or unsubscribe 781:Subscribe or unsubscribe 548:Subscribe or unsubscribe 413:your wiki is one of them 331:21:00, 1 June 2018 (UTC) 202:granular types of blocks 1049:Changes later this week 834:Changes later this week 633:Changes later this week 589:the Knowledge (XXG) app 428:Changes later this week 303:Discuss this newsletter 148:"account creator" group 1200:, - James, you are an 1113:27 June at 15:00 (UTC) 1092:26 June at 18:30 (UTC) 937:fix remaining errors. 877:20 June at 15:00 (UTC) 856:19 June at 18:30 (UTC) 721:13 June at 15:00 (UTC) 700:12 June at 18:30 (UTC) 684:18 June at 16:00 (UTC) 383:to do this instead of 276:was observed. 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