Re: [Wikitech-ambassadors] Request for testing / early adoption of new cross-wiki search results

I think it would be best if we test it in at least one RTL wiki. I will mention this in the VP of Persian Wikipedia (FA WP). If it is meant to only be shown for select users and has no impact for others, I am wiling to volunteer myself as a tester. Huji On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 6:03 PM, Deborah

[Wikitech-ambassadors] Request for testing / early adoption of new cross-wiki search results

Hello, The Discovery Search team is looking for a few language specific Wikipedia sites that would be interested in helping with A/B testing for cross-wiki search results. These tests would evaluate if adding search results across wiki projects in the same language would be useful, relevant, and

Re: [Wikitech-ambassadors] Deprecation of magic links

Can we get global bots to do it? I know it's not part of their policy, maybe an exception or a discussion about it? Best On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 10:02 PM Legoktm wrote: > Hi all, > > With this weeks deployment of MediaWiki to Wikimedia sites, you'll > notice that

[Wikitech-ambassadors] Deprecation of magic links

Hi all, With this weeks deployment of MediaWiki to Wikimedia sites, you'll notice that magic links[1] now add tracking categories to identify their usage. As discussed in an RfC, magic links have some problems[2], and we would like to phase them out with interwiki links and templates instead.