Wikitech-ambassadors December 2017

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Re: [Wikitech-ambassadors] Tech News (2017, week 49)

by Brian Wolff

> > - There is an experimental onion service > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/A_Tor_Onion_Service_for_Wiki…> for > Wikimedia projects. [3] > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2017-November/089157.html> > > I'm concerned that this didn't note that the service was run by a third party. As its not run by Wikimedia, all traffic to that service may have been logged and intercepted by the person running it. People concerned with privacy *should not* use this service. That said, its kind of a moot point since the service got shut down. -- Brian Wolff

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Tech News (2017, week 49)

by Johan Jönsson

Hi, The latest technical newsletter is now available at < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2017/49>. Below is the English version. You can help write the next newsletter: whenever you see information about Wikimedia technology that you think should be distributed more broadly, you can add it to the next newsletter at < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/Next>. More information on how to contribute is available at < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News#contribute>. You can also contact me directly. As always, feedback (on- or off-list) is appreciated and encouraged. ——————————————————————————— العربية <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2017/49/ar> • ‎čeština <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2017/49/cs> • ‎English • ‎español <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2017/49/es> • ‎suomi <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2017/49/fi> • ‎français <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2017/49/fr> • ‎עברית <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2017/49/he> • ‎हिन्दी <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2017/49/hi> • ‎日本語 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2017/49/ja> • ‎ಕನ್ನಡ <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2017/49/kn> • ‎polski <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2017/49/pl> • ‎português do Brasil <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2017/49/pt-br> • ‎русский <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2017/49/ru> • ‎svenska <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2017/49/sv> • ‎українська <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2017/49/uk> • ‎中文 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2017/49/zh> Latest *tech news <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News>* from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2017/49> are available. *Recent changes* - It is now possible to upload MP3 files <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:MP3> to Commons. Only users with MP3 file upload rights <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:MP3_uploaders> can upload MP3 files. [1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T120288> - You can now use live updates <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:New_filters_for_edit…> for recent changes if you use the new filters <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Edit_Review_Improvements/…>. This feature updates the filtered recent changes every three seconds when you activate it. [2] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T173614> - There is an experimental onion service <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/A_Tor_Onion_Service_for_Wiki…> for Wikimedia projects. [3] <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2017-November/089157.html> *Changes later this week* - Very old versions of the Opera Web browser <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Opera_(web_browser)> are no longer supported. This means that technical development will not be tested to make sure it works with those Opera versions. Use Opera 15 or above or another browser if you have problems. [4] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T121517> - [image: Octicons-tools.svg] Almost 170 wikis with no high-priority errors in Linter <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Linter> categories will switch to use the Remex parsing library <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/RemexHtml>. This is to replace Tidy <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsing/Replacing_Tidy>. A few larger wikis such as German and Italian Wikipedia will also make this switch. It will happen on 5 December. Other wikis will be recommended to switch soon when they have fixed the errors that must be fixed. Tidy will be removed in the middle of 2018. [5] <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsing/Replacing_Tidy/Linter/Stats/2017-11-…> [6] <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsing/Replacing_Tidy/FAQ#What_will_editors…> - [image: Octicons-sync.svg] The new version <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.31/wmf.11> of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 December. It will be on all wikis from 7 December (calendar <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.31/Roadmap>). *Meetings* - [image: Octicons-sync.svg] You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 5 December at 19:30 (UTC) <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=18&min=30&sec=0&…>. See how to join <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Editing_team/Weekly_triage_meetings>. - [image: Octicons-tools.svg] You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 6 December at 16:00 (UTC) <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=16&min=00&sec=0&d…>. See how to join <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting>. *Future changes* - The 2017 Community Wishlist Survey <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2017_Community_Wishlist_Survey> will decide what the Community Tech <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Tech> team will work on next year. You can vote for wishes on the survey page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2017_Community_Wishlist_Survey> until 10 December. You can see what has happened to last year's wishes on the 2016 results page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2016_Community_Wishlist_Survey/Results>. - The Community Liaisons team at the Wikimedia Foundation is looking for active tech ambassadors <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/Ambassadors/List>. This is to make sure the Wikimedia communities get all the information they need about new features and can be involved in the technical development. [7] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T176476> *Tech news <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News> prepared by Tech News writers <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/Writers> and posted by bot <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/User:MediaWiki_message_d…> • Contribute <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News#contribute> • Translate <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2017/49> • Get help <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech> • Give feedback <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Tech/News> • Subscribe or unsubscribe <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery/Targets/Tech_ambass…>* //Johan Jönsson

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