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General

  • If you need help with anything at all, please leave a message right here on this talk page.
  • If there's something you need to discuss in private, email me in strictest confidence. Need to be autoconfirmed though, if not go and message me on a random WMF project that no one would ever be thinking of going to if you're not autoconfirmed (list of wikis here).
  • Feeling bored and want to have a chat, I'm more than happy to do so.
  • If you're having difficulty in accessing this talk page, go to b:User talk:SHB2000 or m:User talk:SHB2000. I check both talk pages frequently and get notifications on both. However, do not go to my English Wikipedia talk page. The English Wikipedia is not the centre of all WMF projects.
  • This page is also protected often due to the result of x-wiki vandals and long-term abusers. If that's the case, then go to my Meta-Wiki talk page.
  • The reply tool may not work on this page.
  • Rollbacks used (for personal reference)
  • I'm open to technical questions here, but at the same time, you may also get a better response at the travellers' pub.
  • Inquiries about my global sysop actions should preferably go on my Meta-Wiki talk page.

Archives

Main archives (current archive)

Other archives (mostly defunct nowadays)

  • Pub archive – all discussions swept from the pub
  • Barncompass archive – all barncompasses here (although I do have another copy of this on my userpage)

Docent

  • If you're here to ask me a docent question, then this is the place. Expect a reply within 1–7 days, unless you see a box saying that I'm travelling.
  • If this page is protected, then follow the same instructions for anons (or IP users) and go to my IP talk page or my Meta talk page.

Click here to message me – I will reply as soon as I can. All replies will be made directly underneath your message on this page. Do be aware though, that I do not use talkback. I do on the other hand, use pings as I've more or less given up on watchlists, but may not always ping you (usually, if the message has gone unanswered for about more than 12-18 hours, then I'd usually give a ping).

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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 Wikimedia Foundation has shared some guiding questions for the July 2026–June 2027 Annual Plan on Meta and Diff. These focus on global trends, faster and healthier experimentation, better support for newcomers, strengthening editors and advanced users, improving collaboration across projects, and growing and retaining readership. Feedback and ideas are welcome on the talk page.

Updates for editors

  • As part of the current work of Community Tech team on the Multiple watchlists project, the display of EditWatchlist will be updated as a first step towards multiple watchlists. Additionally, the pagination on Search will be updated too, as a part of the work on the Revamp pagination / page navigation wish. [1]
  • The Global Watchlist is a MediaWiki extension that lets you see your watchlists from different wikis on the same page. It was recently updated to look more like the regular Watchlist, such as preparing it for temporary accounts in IP masking (including rerouting user links to contributions pages), making page titles bold, and opening links in edit summaries and tags in new browser tabs. [2][3][4][5]
  • Recurrent item View all 28 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, the issue where global blocks did not have the option to disable sending emails, has now been fixed, and will be available for use in the week of January 13. [6]

Updates for technical contributors

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Tech News: 2026-04

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

Updates for editors

  • The tray shown on Special:Diff in mobile view has been redesigned. It is now collapsed by default, and incorporates a link to undo the edit being viewed, making it easier for mobile editors and reviewers to take action while keeping the interface uncluttered. [8]
  • The Global Watchlist lets you view your watchlists from multiple wikis on one page. The extension continues to improve — it now automatically determines the text direction (ensuring correct display of sites with unusual domain names) and shows detailed descriptions for log actions. Later this week, a new permanent link for page creations and CSS classes for each entry element will be added. [9][10][11][12]
  • Recurrent item View all 32 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, the previously observed issue in Vector 2022, where anchor link targets were obscured by the sticky header, has now been addressed. [13]

Updates for technical contributors

  • As mentioned in the October 2025 deprecation announcement, MediaWiki Interfaces team will begin sunsetting all transform endpoints containing a trailing slash from the MediaWiki REST API the week of January 26. Changes are expected to roll out to all wikis on or before January 30th. All API users currently calling them are encouraged to transition to the non-trailing slash versions. Both endpoint variations can be found, compared, and tested using the REST Sandbox. If you have questions or encounter any problems, please file a ticket in Phabricator to the #MW-Interfaces-Team board.
  • Interactive reference documentation for the Wikimedia REST API has moved. Requests to API docs previously hosted through RESTBase (e.g.: https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/) are now redirected to the REST Sandbox.
  • The WMF Wikidata Platform team (WDP) has published its January 2026 newsletter. It includes updates on the legacy full-graph endpoint decommissioning, the User-Agent policy change, the monthly Blazegraph migration office hours, and efforts to reduce regressions caused by the legacy endpoint shutdown. As a reminder, you can subscribe to the WDP newsletter!
  • Recurrent item Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki

Meetings and events

  • The Wikimedia Hackathon Northwestern Europe 2026 will take place on 13-14 March 2026 in Arnhem, the Netherlands. Applications opened mid-December and will close soon or when capacity is reached. It's a two-day, technically oriented hackathon bringing together Wikimedians from the region. Hope to see you there!

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