MediaWiki

Free wiki software used by @wikipedia and tens of thousands of other educational, fan, corporate and personal websites.

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2024-10-14 11:33:55

🗞️ #MediaWiki Insights: September edition is out now https://w.wiki/BXfG, In this edition:
📈 Congrats to 5 new volunteer contributors: Ivi104, Matrix, obamwonyi, Ahonc and Abhii5599. Who got their 1st patch merged in either MediaWiki core, extensions or services deployed in Wikimedia production.
Project Updates:
🗝️ Updates to #Wikimedia’s auth system, phase 3 of Single User Login (SUL)
🖥️ Parsoid Read Views rolled out to 22/26 #Wikivoyages
🧮 MathML rollout as part of Mathoid depreciation

2024-08-07 09:33:22

The future looks good! :mediawiki:
#Wikimania
https://cdn.masto.host/wikisworld/media_attachments/files/112/920/045/832/777/319/original/3500358194665bf9.jpg

2024-07-30 10:33:55

That's just #MediaWiki working flawlessly at scale :blobfoxdealwithitfingerguns:
@npub1kvn…hm73 https://wikis.world/@wikipedia/112874957046304581
--sf

2024-07-30 10:32:37

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@npub1pc4…6wu4 only one way to find out...

2024-07-20 00:18:35

The quarterly #Wikimedia Technical Community Newsletter shares highlights and news from the past quarter and information about events coming up in the next quarter.
The July edition is now available: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Technical_Community_Newsletter/2024/July

2024-07-11 21:28:47

#MediaWiki Insights: June edition is out now 📰 https://w.wiki/Adgh
Some highlights:
* 📈 Contributions to MediaWiki core over the past year, We’ve achieved a 25% increase in authors who have committed more than 5 patches
* Migration of the MediaWiki core metrics to the #Prometheus-capable #StatsLib library
* TK999 refactored the redirect storage to follow modern architecture standards
* Umherirrender worked on removing inline namespaces across core and extensions over the past months

2024-06-07 11:07:32

The #WikimediaFoundation Board of Trustees, Community Affairs Committee invites you to give feedback on a draft Procedure for Sibling Project Lifecycle.
This draft procedure outlines proposed steps and requirements for opening and closing #Wikimedia Sibling Projects, and aims to ensure any newly approved projects are set up for success.
You can find the details below, as well as the ways to give your feedback until the end of the day on June 23, 2024, anywhere on 🌏
🖥️ℹ️ https://w.wiki/A9nR

2024-05-16 18:32:08

Did someone say dark mode.. :blobfoxeyes:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Reading/Web/Accessibility_for_reading/Updates/2024-04

2024-05-04 14:42:11

🛠️ Nominations for your favourite tools in the fifth edition of the Coolest Tool Award close in 5 days!
Nominations are open until 2024-05-10. The top tools will be announced at #Wikimania 2024.
🖥️ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Coolest_Tool_Award#Coolest_Tool_Award_2024
#CoolestToolAward #Wikimedia #wmhack

2024-05-01 21:13:50

The #MediaWiki Insights: April edition has been published.
📰 Read on wiki: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/MediaWiki_Product_Insights/Reports/April_2024

2024-04-24 22:32:08

🧑‍💻🛠️ The #wikimedia developer satisfaction 2024 survey results are now released and show what's important to our #developer community—the parts of the developer experience that work well, and the parts that need more resources to improve.
➡️ Read it. Talk about it. And ask questions!: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Developer_Satisfaction_Survey/2024
https://cdn.masto.host/wikisworld/media_attachments/files/112/328/568/145/410/286/original/89638501f8e254a2.png

2024-04-17 21:59:53

Watch the livestream of #MediaWiki User and Developer Conference: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/MediaWiki_Users_and_Developers_Conference_2024#Remote_attendance #MWcon
https://cdn.masto.host/wikisworld/media_attachments/files/112/288/805/200/718/192/original/826a3c0bc0c1e454.jpg

2024-03-26 19:22:50

Come for the :3
Stay for the https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/How_to_contribute

2024-03-26 19:20:43

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@npub1fjg…m8gs do not tempt me.. >:3c

2024-03-26 19:18:59

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@npub18g0…0nlw totally didn't check that you can't use `:3` as a title on test.wiki before posting this ^^"
--Sammy

2024-03-26 19:14:52

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`:3` isn't a valid page title in #MediaWiki though unfortunately

2024-03-26 19:06:31

2023-11-09 09:03:23

The third issue of the #MediaWiki Insights newsletter by the #Wikimedia MediaWiki engineering group is now available.
It can be viewed in the 📧 mailing lists archives (https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/KVA77OGATZ2T2ZRGDJGIQFYQKWKJJARE/) or on wiki 📃(https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Product_Insights/Reports/October_2023)

2023-11-01 09:37:49

#Codex 1.0 has been released 🎉
Codex is the new design system for #Wikimedia projects which provides a library of design tokens, user interface components, and catalog of icons to use with these components, which is available to #MediaWiki extensions and gadgets
🛈 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Design_Systems_Team/Announcing_Codex_1.0

2023-10-27 10:13:21

SMWCon 2023 - the 20th Semantic #MediaWiki conference takes place at University Paderborn, Germany from December 11-13. Discuss the future of (Semantic)MediaWiki in the age of AI. #SMWCon
https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/SMWCon_Fall_2023
@npub1p42…m3rn #SemanticMW
https://cdn.masto.host/wikisworld/media_attachments/files/111/306/447/310/153/636/original/81d2482aece77f75.png

2023-06-26 10:08:41

nyaa~

2023-06-06 15:15:27

A new edition of #Wikimedia Tech News is out: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2023/23
Some of the highlighted #MediaWiki changes:
* Citation and footnote editing can now be started from the reference list when using the visual editor
* Clicking on a link to Special:RecentChanges will no longer unintentionally change your preferences
* Bots will no longer be prevented from making edits because of URLs that match the spam blacklist

2023-05-19 08:39:18

Happy second birthday to @npub1m5v…4q90 - thanks for hosting #MediaWiki development channels!
https://libera.chat/news/happy-2birthday-libera-chat

2023-05-10 01:15:38

Lots of great changes in this week's #Wikimedia Tech News
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2023/19
* Closing an image in MediaViewer will now return to the wiki page instead of going back in your browser history
* SyntaxHighlight now supports wikitext
* Preloading text to new pages/sections now supports preloading from localized MediaWiki interface messages
* OAuth apps using identification-only or basic authorizations won't require review
* jquery.tipsy is being removed from #MediaWiki core
And more!

2023-04-26 14:01:48

Can you write good?
#MediaWiki's technical documentation always needs improvements!
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation

2023-04-18 17:50:32

Do you know #[0]? Of course you do, you're on the fediverse!
There are a couple of 'good first tasks' like https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T319102 which could use your attention! 🦀

2023-04-17 23:47:54

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#[0] #[1] what's #[2]? :blobhaj_thonk:

2023-04-17 16:07:27

We've probably not posted about the #[0] #[1] yet have we....?
19th to the 21st May 2023, in sunny Athens! Still some spots left open too ✨
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2023