Tech/News/2018/40

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Vırnayışê peyêni

Ordinary pages can no longer be loaded as javascript. You could do this using ?action=raw&ctype=text/javascript in the URL. Only fully protected pages in the MediaWiki: namespace or user javascript subpages can be loaded as javascript now. This is for better security. [1][2]

Problemi

New and updated translations from translatewiki.net will not reach the wikis for a while. You can still translate messages on translatewiki.net. The Wikimedia wikis will be updated with the new translations later. This is because of work on the translation system. [3][4]

Vırnayışê hefte yê peyêni

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 2 Tışrino Verên. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 3 Tışrino Verên. It will be on all wikis from 4 Tışrino Verên (calendar).

Meetings

You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 3 Tışrino Verên at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
You can join the meeting with the Wikimedia Foundation Search Platform team. The meeting will be on 3 October at 15:00 UTC. See how to join if you want to know how the search function works or have questions.

Vırnayışê kı birê

Because of a data centre test you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for up to an hour on 10 October. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time. The time when you can't edit might be shorter than an hour. You can read more about this.

Xeberê Tekniki nusênê terefê nuskarê xeberê tekniki u terefê botan • ra iştirakê • Açarnayışi • Şo pheşti • peydrışte bırış • ezayin u veciyayış.