Wikitech-ambassadors July 2021

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The Wikimedia Enterprise API project
by Liam Wyatt 11 Oct '21

11 Oct '21

Dear Wikitech/Wikitech-Ambassadors, Over the last few months, a small team at the Wikimedia Foundation has been working on a project that has been discussed by many people in our movement for many years: building ‘enterprise grade’ services for the high-volume commercial reusers of Wikimedia content. I am pleased to say that in a remarkably short amount of time (considering the complexity of the issues: technical, strategic, legal, and financial) we now have something worthy of showing to the community, and we are asking for your feedback. Allow me to introduce you to the Wikimedia Enterprise API project – formerly codenamed “okapi”. While the general idea for Wikimedia Enterprise predates the current movement strategy process, its recommendations [0] identify an enterprise API as one possible solution to both “Increase the sustainability of our movement” and “Improve User Experience.” That is, to simultaneously create a new revenue stream to protect Wikimedia’s sustainability, and improve the quality and quantity of Wikimedia content available to our many readers who do not visit our websites directly (including more consistent attribution). Moreover, it does so in a way that is true to our movement’s culture: with open source software, financial transparency, non-exclusive contracts or content, no restrictions on existing services, and free access for Wikimedia volunteers who need it. The team believes we are on target to achieve those goals and so we have written a lot of documentation you get your feedback about our progress and where it could be further improved before the actual product is ‘launched’ in the next few months. We have been helped in this process over the last several months by the approximately 100 individual volunteers (from many corners of the wikiverse) and representatives of affiliate organisations who have reviewed our plans and provided invaluable direction. Pointing out weaknesses and opportunities, or areas lacking clarity and documentation in our drafts. A essay describing the “why?” and the “how?” of this project is now on Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise/Essay Also now published on Meta are an extensive FAQ [1] and operating principles [2]. Much of this documentation is already available in French, German, Italian, and Spanish. For technical specifics, the new documentation on MediaWiki.org describes the product strategy and roadmap, work currently underway, design documents, as well as infrastructure decisions and future plans: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise The team is particularly interested in your feedback on how we have designed the checks and balances to this project - to ensure it is as successful as possible at achieving those two goals described above while staying true to the movement’s values and culture. For example: Is everything covered appropriately in the “Principles” list? Is the technical documentation on MediaWiki.org clear? Are the explanations in the “FAQ” about free-access for community, or project’s legal structure, or the financial transparency (etc.) sufficiently detailed? Meet the team and Ask Us Anything: The central place to provide written feedback about the project in general is on the talkpage of the documentation on Meta at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Enterprise Equally, for technical comments or questions the talkpage on MediaWiki.org: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Enterprise <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Enterprise> On this Friday (March 19) we will be hosting two “Office hours” conversations where anyone can come and give feedback or ask questions: - 13:00 UTC via Zoom at https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/95580273732 - 22:00 UTC via Zoom at https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/92565175760 (note: this is Saturday in Asia/Oceania) Other “office hours” meetings can be arranged on-request on a technical platform of your choosing; and we will organise more calls in the future. We will also be attending the next SWAN meetings (on March 21) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Wikimedia_Affiliates_Network, and also the next of the Wikimedia Clinics https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics Moreover, we would be very happy to accept any invitation to attend an existing group call that would like to discuss this topic (e.g. an affiliate’s members’ meeting). On behalf of the Wikimedia Enterprise team, *Liam Wyatt [Wittylama]* WikiCite <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCite> Program Manager & Wikimedia Enterprise <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Okapi> Community Liaison Wikimedia Foundation [0] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recomme… [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise/FAQ [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise/Principles

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Line numbering coming soon for syntax highlighting
by Johanna Strodt 22 Sep '21

22 Sep '21

// sorry for cross-posting Hello everyone, Here is another change from WMDE’s Technical Wishes team concerning syntax highlighting: Soon, line numbers will be shown in wikitext editors when you have the syntax highlighting feature (CodeMirror <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CodeMirror> extension) enabled.[1] The change will make it easier to detect line breaks and to refer to a particular line in discussions. More information can be found on this project page. [2] We plan to deploy this with this week’s Mediawiki train, so it should be on wikis from April 13-15. As a first step, it will be available on the template namespace only. Deployment on other namespaces is planned for the near future. If you have any feedback, please let us know on the project’s talk page. [3] We hope line numbering will be useful to you! Johanna for the Technical Wishes team [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CodeMirror [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/Line_Numbering [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Talk_Technical_Wishes/Line_Numbering -- Johanna Strodt Projektmanagerin Kommunikation Communitys Technische Wunschliste Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 https://wikimedia.de Unsere Vision ist eine Welt, in der alle Menschen am Wissens der Menschheit teilhaben, es nutzen und mehren können. Helfen Sie uns dabei! https://spenden.wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.

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Tech News (2021, week 30)
by Johan Jönsson 26 Jul '21

26 Jul '21

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Tech News (2021, week 28)
by Johan Jönsson 19 Jul '21

19 Jul '21

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Magic word to hide mainspace soft redirects from article count?
by Deryck Chan 15 Jul '21

15 Jul '21

Hello Ambassadors, Is there a magic word that one can use on soft redirect templates (e.g. interwiki to Wiktionary) such that they do not appear in article counts? --Deryck [[User:Deryck Chan]]

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Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation annual plan published
by Mehrdad Pourzaki 13 Jul '21

13 Jul '21

Hi everyone, Platform evolution is one of three priority areas for the Wikimedia Foundation for fiscal year 21-22. Some of you took part in related discussions in December and January, such as around improving user experience. There are interesting product and technology developments in the pipeline — including great work that will continue from this year to next and new streams of work to better support a thriving movement and respond to a rapidly-changing world of technology. Inviting you to read more about the Foundation's Annual Plan on Diff <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/07/13/wikimedia-foundation-fy21-22-annual-p…> and to attend related conversations with the Product and Technology departments, as well as others, when they happen soon. Please see below from Wikimedia-l. Apologies for cross-posting. Regards, Mehrdad *Mehrdad Pourzaki* Senior Movement Communications Specialist wikimediafoundation.org *"By 2030, Wikimedia will become the essential infrastructure of the ecosystem of free knowledge, and anyone who shares our vision will be able to join us." * Hello everyone, The Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan for this fiscal year - which runs from July 1, 2021 until June 30, 2022 - is now published. You can read an overview of the Annual Plan on Diff <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/07/13/wikimedia-foundation-fy21-22-annual-p…> [1], and review the full Annual Plan and its supporting materials, including videos, on our Meta-Wiki <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Med…>page. [2] Translations of the Meta page and video subtitles into Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Russian, and Spanish are underway and will be completed in the next few days. The Foundation’s executive team will also be hosting a series of live Annual Plan Conversations <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Med…> at the end of the month to answer questions from communities. [3] An update about the Annual Plan Conversations will be shared here next week. Best, Kelsi Stine-Rowe Senior Project Manager Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> [1] https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/07/13/wikimedia-foundation-fy21-22-annual-p… [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Med… [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Med… -- Kelsi Stine-Rowe (she/her) Senior Project Manager Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> "Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment." _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]… To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave(a)lists.wikimedia.org

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Upcoming parser HTML changes for media: Test your scripts, gadgets, bots, extensions
by Arlo Breault 13 Jul '21

13 Jul '21

Hello all, We'd like to inform you of a change coming in how media is structured in the parser's HTML output. It has been [in the works for quite some time][1]. The new structure was prototyped in Parsoid's output since its inception and outlined in [its specification][2]. The proposed change has gone through the [RFC process][3] and an implementation to output this new structure in MediaWiki's core parser was [recently merged][4], gated behind a flag. So far, it has been enabled on testwiki and testwiki2. There are [a number of known issues][5] but we don't expect to see many rendering differences since we've done some [extensive visual diff testing][6]. Templates won't be impacted; the old CSS styles will remain, for now. However, where we do expect work is needed is with code interacting with the page, be it user scripts, gadgets, extensions, bots, or other things. If you'd like to help us out and get ahead of the changes before they have the potential to interfere with your workflow, please visit these wikis and test them out. You can file tasks in Phabricator with the Parsoid-Media-Structure project tag. Thanks, The Parsing Team [1]: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsing/Media_structure [2]: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Specs/HTML/2.2.0#Media [3]: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T118517 [4]: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/core/+/507512 [5]: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/5428/ [6]: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T266149

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A bundle of changes related to adding templates to a page and removing them
by Timur Vorkul 06 Jul '21

06 Jul '21

Hi all, finding, inserting and removing templates becomes now easier on a group of wikis with the new bundle of changes from WMDE’s Technical Wishes team. All other wikis will follow over the course of this year. In the VisualEditor, 2017 wikitext editor and 2010 WikiEditor, an improved search will help you find relevant templates even if you’re not sure of their exact name. The search will look for matches for your keyword within the entire template name, not just its beginning [1]. In VisualEditor, a back button will be added to the “Insert a template” dialog, making it easier to explore different templates [1]. For the same dialog, a warning will appear if you have entered data and close the form without saving. In the past, all changes were just lost [1]. Last but not least, it will be clearer how to remove a template from a page with the new “delete” button next to the “edit” button in a template’s context menu of the VisualEditor [2]. We plan to deploy these improvements on German, Greek, Malay, Twi, French, Hungarian, Turkish, Hebrew, Finnish Wikipedia and English Wikivoyage & Nauruan Wiktionary on 7th of July. If you have any feedback, please let us know on the projects’ talk pages [3] [4]. [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/Finding_and_inserting… [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/Removing_a_template_f… [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:WMDE_Technical_Wishes/Finding_and_inse… [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:WMDE_Technical_Wishes/Removing_a_templ… Timur for the Technical Wishes team -- Timur Vorkul Technische Wünsche Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23–24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 https://wikimedia.de Bleiben Sie auf dem neuesten Stand! Aktuelle Nachrichten und spannende Geschichten rund um Wikimedia, Wikipedia und Freies Wissen im Newsletter: Zur Anmeldung <https://www.wikimedia.de/newsletter/>. Unsere Vision ist eine Welt, in der alle Menschen am Wissen der Menschheit teilhaben, es nutzen und mehren können. Helfen Sie uns dabei! https://spenden.wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland — Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.

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Tech News (2021, week 27)
by Johan Jönsson 05 Jul '21

05 Jul '21

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