The latest technical newsletter is now available at <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2022/26>gt;.
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>gt;.
More information on how to contribute is available at <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News#contribute>gt;. You can also contact
me directly.
As always, feedback (on- or off-list) is appreciated and encouraged.
—————————————————————————————
Other languages: Bahasa Indonesia
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2022/26/id>, Deutsch
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2022/26/de>, English, français
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2022/26/fr>, italiano
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2022/26/it>, magyar
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2022/26/hu>, polski
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2022/26/pl>, português
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2022/26/pt>, português do Brasil
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2022/26/pt-br>, čeština
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2022/26/cs>, русский
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2022/26/ru>, українська
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2022/26/uk>, עברית
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2022/26/he>, العربية
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2022/26/ar>, فارسی
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2022/26/fa>, বাংলা
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2022/26/bn>, 中文
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2022/26/zh>, 日本語
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2022/26/ja>, 한국어
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2022/26/ko>
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/2022/26> are
available.
*Recent changes*
- Wikimedia Enterprise
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Enterprise>
API service now has self-service accounts with free on-demand requests and
monthly snapshots (API documentation
<https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/docs/>). Community access via database
dumps & Wikimedia Cloud Services
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Enterprise/FAQ#community-access>
continues.
- All Wikimedia wikis can now use Wikidata Lexemes in Lua
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Wiktionary#lua>
after creating local modules and templates. Discussions are welcome on
the project talk page
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Lexicographical_data#You_can_now_reuse_Wikidata_Lexemes_on_all_wikis>
.
*Changes later this week*
- The new version <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.39/wmf.18>
of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and
MediaWiki.org from 28 June. It will
be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 June. It will be on
all wikis from 30 June (calendar
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.39/Roadmap>).
- Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch
of their main database. It will be performed on 28 June at 06:00
UTC (targeted
wikis
<https://noc.wikimedia.org/conf/highlight.php?file=dblists/s7.dblist>).
[1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T311033>
- Some global and cross-wiki services will be in read-only for a few
minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on
30 June at 06:00 UTC. This will impact ContentTranslation, Echo,
StructuredDiscussions, Growth experiments and a few more services. [2]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T300472>
- Users will be able to sort columns within sortable tables in the
mobile skin. [3] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T233340>
*Future meetings*
- The next open meeting with the Web team
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements/Updates/Talk_to_Web>
about Vector (2022) will take place tomorrow (28 June). The following
meetings will take place on 12 July and 26 July.
*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_delivery>
•
Contribute
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News#contribute> •
Translate
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2022/26> •
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_ambassadors>.*