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Special:WantedTemplates

Hi, I have been cleaning up Special:WantedTemplates and your script page is transcluding Template:\s*(?:translationsource. This is due to a quirk in the backend software thinking that your script page is transcluding this template, even if the text is inside of a string. It would be great if you could add

// <nowiki>

to the top of your script page, and

// </nowiki>

to the bottom of your script page. This won't impact the functionality because the <nowiki>...</nowiki> are inside of javascript comments, but it will prevent the backend software from parsing your javascript page as wikitext. You will know if it worked if Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:\s*(?:translationsource no longer shows your script page. Thanks! Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 19:52, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 22, 2025)

Hello, CFA. The article for improvement of the week is: Garden Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Headquarters • Pneumatics Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot ^talk 00:05, 26 May 2025 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions[reply]

Tech News: 2025-22

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Weekly highlight

A community-wide discussion about a very delicate issue for the development of Abstract Wikipedia is now open on Meta: where to store the abstract content that will be developed through functions from Wikifunctions and data from Wikidata. The discussion is open until June 12 at Abstract Wikipedia/Location of Abstract Content, and every opinion is welcomed. The decision will be made and communicated after the consultation period by the Foundation.

Updates for editors

Since last week, on all wikis except the largest 20, people using the mobile visual editor will have additional tools in the menu bar, accessed using the new + toolbar button. To start, the new menu will include options to add: citations, hieroglyphs, and code blocks. Deployment to the remaining wikis is scheduled to happen in June.
The #ifexist parser function will no longer register a link to its target page. This will improve the usefulness of Special:WantedPages, which will eventually only list pages that are the target of an actual red link. This change will happen gradually as the source pages are updated. [1]
This week, the Moderator Tools team will launch a new filter to Recent Changes, starting at Indonesian Wikipedia. This new filter highlights edits that are likely to be reverted. The goal is to help Recent Changes patrollers identify potentially problematic edits. Other wikis will benefit from this filter in the future.
Upon clicking an empty search bar, logged-out users will see suggestions of articles for further reading. The feature will be available on both desktop and mobile. Readers of Catalan, Hebrew, and Italian Wikipedias and some sister projects will receive the change between May 21 and mid-June. Readers of other wikis will receive the change later. The goal is to encourage users to read the wikis more. Learn more.
Some users of the Wikipedia Android app can use a new feature for readers, WikiGames, a daily trivia game based on real historical events. The release has started as an A/B test, available to 50% of users in the following languages: English, French, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, and Turkish.
The Newsletter extension that is available on MediaWiki.org allows the creation of various newsletters for global users. The extension can now publish new issues as section links on an existing page, instead of requiring a new page for each issue. [2]
View all 32 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.

Updates for technical contributors

The previously deprecated ipblocks views in Wiki Replicas will be removed in the beginning of June. Users are encouraged to query the new block and block_target views instead.
Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki

Meetings and events

Wikidata and Sister Projects is a multi-day online event that will focus on how Wikidata is integrated to Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects. The event runs from May 29 – June 1. You can read the Program schedule and register.

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MediaWiki message delivery 20:02, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia Newsletter #204 is out: Rolling out to five Wiktionaries; Calculating with today's date

There is a new update for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions. Please, come and read it!

In this issue, we talk about our latest deployment on five Wiktionaries, we showcase a couple of functions about dates, we remind you of ongoing discussions and upcoming presentations, and we take a look at the latest software developments.

Want to catch up with the previous updates? Check our archive!

Also, we remind you that if you have questions or ideas to discuss, the next Volunteers' Corner will be held on June 2, at 17:30 UTC (link to the meeting).

Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 14:38, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 23, 2025)

Hello, CFA. The article for improvement of the week is: Remote sensing Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Garden • Headquarters Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot ^talk 00:05, 2 June 2025 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions[reply]

Tech News: 2025-23