Notices by MediaWiki (mediawiki@wikis.world)

@tchambers could also ask @taavi — they wrote the https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:RealMe extension which adds rel=me to MediaWiki :)

💻 Do you interact with the #Wikimedia or #MediaWiki APIs?
The @wikimediafoundation is looking for feedback.

ℹ️ https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/6ZRT4V5KA7JVJ6FXLJHAMII3MXVOZGYH/

Did @theresnotime's question about owning #Blåhaj's make the cut to be included in the the #WikimediaFoundation Developer Satisfaction Survey?

There is only one way to find out!

The survey closes on the 2025-01-03 and helps us measure developer satisfaction, and prioritize work on tools and platforms for our technical contributors.

🔗 https://w.wiki/CLdi

📣 #MediaWiki 1.41 will be end of life on 31 December 2024 as per the MediaWiki version lifecycle.

1.41.5 is expected to be the last release for this branch.

It is recommended to upgrade either to MediaWiki 1.42, which will be supported until June 2025 or the next LTS version, 1.43 (due to be released soon), which will be supported until at least December 2027.

📄 https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/mediawiki-announce@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/5NYC4UZLY3MWQZ6DYJAUQRJG2ZHZFBJ6/

It's a few days late, But this year is our 10th anniversary of the #WikimediaFoundation started it's final steps in the #Bugzilla to #Phabricator migration, On the 2014-11-21 the import of the old Bugzilla archives into the Phabricator started, access to Phabricator to the public was reopened 2014-11-24.

That's just #MediaWiki working flawlessly at scale :blobfoxdealwithitfingerguns:

@wikipedia https://wikis.world/@wikipedia/112874957046304581

--sf

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

nyaa~

#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

@josh @wikidata Soon™ (or at least enabling users to verify against their user page) ✨

Hello Fediverse! MediaWiki is free #wiki software used by #Wikipedia, @wikidata, and tens of thousands of other educational, fan, corporate and personal websites.

Follow for updates on the MediaWiki software, release announcements, wiki showcases and more!

This account is intended to be operated by community members in a collaborative manner, just like a wiki.

Our website for more details on the project (a wiki of course): <https://www.mediawiki.org/>

#introduction #FOSS #PHP #Wikimedia

WMF CPTO Selena Deckelmann has given an update on her listening tour:

https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/04/14/selenas-listening-tour/

It discusses the need for common goals, having a strategy for #MediaWiki support, third-party re-use of #Wikimedia content, having impact at scale with limited resources, relationship with the English #Wikipedia, support for technical volunteers and much more.

It's really worth a read in full.

And then read (and participate in!) the follow-up discussion on wikitech-l: https://w.wiki/6ar6