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| ankstesnis | 2017 m., 43 savaitė (2017 spalio 23, pirmadienis) | kitas |
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Naujausi pakeitimai
You can use ccnorm_contains_anywhen you create an abuse filter. This can be used to look for multiple words or phrases within a string. It will find words where some characters have been replaced. You can read more in the documentation. [1]
Pakeitimai šią savaitę
- When you search in some languages the search function could use specific other languages if the first language didn't work. This is called a fallback language. This didn't work properly and created bad searches. The search index is being fixed to work better. [2]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 24 Spalis. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 25 Spalis. It will be on all wikis from 26 Spalis (calendar).
Susitikimai
- 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 24 Spalis at 18:30 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 25 Spalis at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- There is a Structured Commons community focus group for Commons and Wikidata contributors who want to give input on structured data on Wikimedia Commons. You can sign up to join it. [3]
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