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Tech News: 2026-25
[edit]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
- The Reader Growth team has launched an Image Browsing beta feature on the mobile web version of all Wikipedias. The feature shows an image carousel at the top of articles with 3 or more images. Editors can configure this feature with the following controls: to hide a specific image from a page, either use
class=notpageimageexcluding it from thumbnail previews, orclass=noviewerexcluding it from MediaViewer. The carousel can also be disabled from a page entirely, with the magic word__NOMEDIAVIEWERCAROUSEL__. To submit feedback or flag bugs, please visit the project page. - Wikitables can now be sorted in descending order on the first click by adding
data-sort-order="desc"to the header cell. Previously, by default, clicking a column header for the first time sorts it in ascending order. This addition to a Wikitable gives it more control and flexibility, while the default behavior for subsequent clicks remains unchanged. [1]
Updates for editors
- The Article guidance feature is currently being tested with some editors creating new articles on the Simple English, French, and Turkish Wikipedias. The experiment will soon begin on the Arabic and Bangla Wikipedias as well. This feature gives editors community-curated guidance to help them create articles that follow community standards. Experienced editors can continue creating or adapting outlines for specific article types that are commonly created by less experienced contributors. The outlines guide less experienced editors in creating high-quality articles. A quick guide to markups used in outlines can be found on this page. Example outlines that can be adapted and instructions for how to adapt them are on this section of the project page.
- Wikis that wish to replace the "indefinitely" button in Special:Block for temporary accounts (for example, wikis that block temporary users only until account expiration) will be able to do so by creating MediaWiki:ipb-indefinite-expiry-temporary-account with the block duration they want. [2]
View all 41 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.
Updates for technical contributors
- By the end of June, a valid user-agent string will be required for automated dumps downloads from the dumps.wikimedia.org website. Automated requests that provide a generic or empty user-agent will be blocked. This extends enforcement of the long standing user-agent policy. Access to dumps through Wikimedia Cloud Services will not change.
- The roll out of global API rate limits is now complete, with limits enforced across all APIs and at the documented levels for all groups. Bots running in Toolforge/WMCS or with the bot user right on any wiki remain exempt. All bots should continue to follow the documented best practices to avoid being rate limited.
- The API Portal wiki will be read only starting this week (June 15-18). The following week (June 22-25), all API Portal wiki URLs will redirect to Wikimedia APIs on mediawiki.org. Learn more on the project page.
- Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki
Meetings and events
- On June 17th at 6pm UTC the WMF will be holding Discord call focused on a code review. We've heard through the Developer Satisfaction Survey that volunteers are struggling with code review and we'd like to discuss these experiences with the goal of surfacing workable solutions. You can join the call via the Wikimedia Community Discord server.
- The Latin American Wikimedia Conference will host a regional hackathon that will bring together the Wikimedia movement’s technical community including developers, system administrators, data scientists, and users with extended rights. Interested technical contributors can apply for a scholarship to participate until June 21 at midnight (Bolivia time, UTC-4).
- Sign up for Wikimania Team Challenges to join this special event. The Team challenges will take place online and in person from July 21 to 22, before Wikimania conference. Everyone is welcome, regardless of skills or Wikimania registration. Teams will work on 10 important challenges supporting the Wikimedia community. For details, visit the Team Challenges page and register there. Registration closes on June 20th at 11pm UTC.
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MediaWiki message delivery 16:47, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
I tried to add an article and thought i did it correctly why isn't it showing up when I do a search? --FHRRMC1 (talk) 17:28, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
- @FHRRMC1, hello, welcome to Wikipedia! The content you wrote is in your sandbox, a place where you can work on content without it affecting articles. If you want to write a new article about a topic, be sure to check out the introduction to Wikipedia editing and also our notability guideline. In order for a topic to be included on Wikipedia, it must have significant coverage in reliable sources which are independent of the topic. On a quick look, it doesn't look like Buckskin Johnny Wango would be notable. Please lmk if you have questions :) Vermont (🐿️—🏳️🌈) 17:53, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
Your nomination of Frisch–Waugh–Lovell theorem is under review
[edit]Your good article nomination of the article Frisch–Waugh–Lovell theorem is 
under review. See the review page for more information. This may take up to 7 days; feel free to contact the reviewer with any questions you might have. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of The Blue Rider -- The Blue Rider (talk) 23:43, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
Question from Yaman upadhyaya on Free license (00:16, 17 June 2026)
[edit]भिन्सेन्त विलम फन गोख (३० मार्च १८५३ – २९ जुलाई १८९०) एक नेदरल्यान्डेली उत्तर प्रभावोत्पादी चित्रकार थिए। उनी मरणोपरान्त पश्चिमी कला इतिहासमा सबैभन्दा प्रसिद्ध र प्रभावशाली व्यक्तित्वहरू मध्ये एक थिए। सानै उमेरदेखि चित्रकला सुरु गरेका उनले बीसको दशकको मध्यपछि आफ्नो जीवनको अन्तिम दुई वर्षमा असङ्ख्य प्रसिद्ध चित्रहरू चित्रित गरेका थिए। उनीद्वारा बनाइएका अधिकांश चित्रहरूमा भूपरिदृश्य, सूर्यमुखी, गहुँको खेतहरू आदि समावेश छन्। एक दशकको अवधिमा उनले २,१०० भन्दा बढी चित्रहरू बनाए जसमा ८६० तेलचित्र, १,३०० भन्दा बढी जलनाला, रेखाचित्र तथा भूदृश्यहरू समावेश छन्। उनका प्रारम्भिक कार्यहरू अधिकतम स्थिर जीवन र कृषक श्रमिकहरूको चित्रणमा रङ्गहरूद्वारा सङ्केत गरिएको थियो जसले उनका पछिका चित्रकर्महरूलाई त्यसबाट छुट्टाएको थियो। व्यावसायिक रूपमा असफल भएपनि उनले बनाएका चित्रहरू निकै प्रसिद्ध रहेका छन्। लामो समयदेखि मानसिक रोगबाट पीडित उनले ३७ वर्षको उमेरमा आत्महत्या गरेका थिए। (पूरा पढ्नुहोस्...)
भर्खरै प्रदर्शित: देवनागरी लिपिबागमती नदी --Yaman upadhyaya (talk) 00:16, 17 June 2026 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue 242, June 2026
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June 2026 GAN Backlog Drive notice
[edit]Hi there! Thanks for signing up for the June 2026 GAN backlog drive! We have noticed that you have made little to no reviews during the drive. We, the coordinators, would appreciate if you'd pick up at least one GAN to review until the end of the month! Thank you. Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 12:26, 18 June 2026 (UTC)
Question from Charles gultom (19:51, 20 June 2026)
[edit]Hello, my name is Charles Gultom (not real) I wish to edit Wikipedia with passion and my idea to edit more in countries "batak toba languages section" since it's underedited and many country seem missing I wish to work in Wikipedia more but I am still new to this editing thing how I should start?. --Charles gultom (talk) 19:51, 20 June 2026 (UTC)
- @Charles gultom: Welcome to Wikipedia! I'd recommend maybe picking one article to start out with improving. But first, check out the introduction to editing on Wikipedia. Let me know if you have questions :) Vermont (🐿️—🏳️🌈) 00:56, 21 June 2026 (UTC)
Question from Mojavellama (23:44, 20 June 2026)
[edit]- Note: Mojavellama's mentor Endrabcwizart is away.
Hello, my sandbox currently contains a redirect to the article Pallett Mountain. Is there a way to remove this so I can use my sandbox again without creating complications to the Pallett Mountain article? Thanks in advance for your guidance. --Mojavellama (talk) 23:44, 20 June 2026 (UTC)
- @Mojavellama, yep, done! See User:Mojavellama/sandbox. For the future: if you've been redirected to an article, there'll typically be a
Redirected from User:Mojavellama/sandbox
note in the top left of the page's contents. If you then click the redirect page's name, it'll load it without redirecting you, and you can then edit the page and remove the redirect. Best, Vermont (🐿️—🏳️🌈) 01:02, 21 June 2026 (UTC)- Thanks so much! Very helpful! Mojavellama (talk) 03:18, 21 June 2026 (UTC)
Question from Mohammed Javid Ali (21:55, 22 June 2026)
[edit]How do i create a citation --Mohammed Javid Ali (talk) 21:55, 22 June 2026 (UTC)
- @Mohammed Javid Ali: Good question! What do you want to cite? Vermont (🐿️—🏳️🌈) 03:25, 23 June 2026 (UTC)
Tech News: 2026-26
[edit]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
- Growth features are now available at Wikidata. This update enables access to Mentorship (if configured), Impact module, the Help Panel, and a simplified Newcomer Homepage (without Suggested Edits). Wikidata administrators are still configuring the features through Community Configuration.
Updates for editors
- The special page Special:RangeCalculator has been created. It allows users to find an IP range without needing to rely on external tools. Until now, this tool was only available to CheckUsers. [3]
- Sub-referencing is a new MediaWiki feature that allows editors to reuse references with different details. It will be deployed to most small and medium-sized Wikipedia language versions on June 23. The FAQ lists possible actions to take on your wiki to support the deployment. Check the rollout plan for the next deployment steps. [4]
- Starting next week, users will get a notification when they are blocked or unblocked from editing, or if this block changes. [5]
- View all 32 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.
Updates for technical contributors
- Starting next week, abuse filters that are set to "require CAPTCHA verification" will begin to also affect users with the
skipcaptcharight, which includes most autoconfirmed users. Bots are exempted. This change only affects edits that trigger an abuse filter. Theskipcaptcharight will continue to exempt users from having to solve CAPTCHAs in the ordinary course of using the wikis. [6] - Reference documentation for the Lift Wing API has moved from the API Portal to the interactive REST Sandbox.
- The API Portal wiki is now closed. For API documentation, see Wikimedia APIs on mediawiki.org. All API Portal wiki URLs (https://api.wikimedia.org/wiki/) will redirect to the mediawiki.org page starting June 22. [7]
- Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki
Meetings and events
- Join an online call on 25 June at 2:30pm UTC to meet the current Wikimedia interns for Google Summer of Code and Outreachy. Interns will provide an overview of their projects and a brief demo of their work so far. Attendees are encouraged to share ideas and connections in their community.
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MediaWiki message delivery 13:03, 23 June 2026 (UTC)
Question from Michael Longoria Sr (22:52, 23 June 2026)
[edit]Hello, I would like to create an entry. --Michael Longoria Sr (talk) 22:52, 23 June 2026 (UTC)