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Bucket: A potential replacement for Cargo and Semantic MediaWiki on Miraheze
2mon 19d ago by programming.dev/u/lens0021 in mediawiki@programming.dev from bucket.miraheze.org
Introducing NeoWiki and More at MUDCon
2mon 19d ago by programming.dev/u/lens0021 in mediawiki@programming.dev from professional.wiki
Renders Mermaid diagrams in MediaWiki using the <mermaid> tag
3mon 5d ago by programming.dev/u/lens0021 in mediawiki@programming.dev from www.mediawiki.orgWikipedia 25 Birthday mode is now live! - Tech/News/2026/10
3mon 18d ago by programming.dev/u/lens0021 in mediawiki@programming.dev from meta.wikimedia.org
WMF Warns OSM of API Restrictions Due to Inefficient Media Usage
4mon 9d ago by programming.dev/u/lens0021 in mediawiki@programming.dev from weeklyosm.euMiraheze is planning to upgrade to MediaWiki 1.45 in February - Miraheze Monthly
4mon 10d ago by programming.dev/u/lens0021 in mediawiki@programming.dev from meta.miraheze.org
DynamicPageList4 relesaed, was nearly completely rewritten
5mon 13d ago by programming.dev/u/lens0021 in mediawiki@programming.dev from github.com
This extension blurs images marked as NSFW in their file description, based on user preference
5mon 20d ago by programming.dev/u/lens0021 in mediawiki@programming.dev from github.comWikimedia Tech/News/2025/52
5mon 28d ago by programming.dev/u/lens0021 in mediawiki@programming.dev from meta.wikimedia.org
less.php v5.5 Released with the support for CSS4 #RRGGBBAA colors
Announcing MediaWiki 1.45.0
6mon 10d ago by programming.dev/u/lens0021 in mediawiki@programming.dev from lists.wikimedia.orgWikimediaCustomizations extension is a catch-all for Wikimedia-specific classes, hooks, messages, maintenance scripts etc
6mon 18d ago by programming.dev/u/lens0021 in mediawiki@programming.dev from www.mediawiki.orgCitizen: The most modern skin I've found. Turns out, it has dedicated documentation in the works
6mon 20d ago by programming.dev/u/lens0021 in mediawiki@programming.dev from starcitizentools.github.ioThe Abstract Wikipedia team has decided to rewrite the backend in Rust
6mon 21d ago by programming.dev/u/lens0021 in mediawiki@programming.dev from www.wikifunctions.org
Yet another MediaWiki extension to block aggressive AI crawler bots
6mon 23d ago by programming.dev/u/lens0021 in mediawiki@programming.dev from github.comUnifying our mobile and desktop domains – [[WM:TECHBLOG]]
6mon 25d ago by programming.dev/u/lens0021 in mediawiki@programming.dev from techblog.wikimedia.orgTech News: 2025-48
6mon 26d ago by programming.dev/u/lens0021 in mediawiki@programming.dev from meta.wikimedia.orgMediaWiki 1.45.0-rc.0 is ready for testing - MediaWiki-announce - lists.wikimedia.org
6mon 29d ago by programming.dev/u/lens0021 in mediawiki@programming.dev from lists.wikimedia.orgWP25EasterEggs provides animations on various Wikipedia pages in celebration of Wikipedia's 25th birthday
7mon 5d ago by programming.dev/u/lens0021 in mediawiki@programming.dev from www.mediawiki.orgWikimedia Tech News: 2025-45
7mon 17d ago by programming.dev/u/lens0021 in mediawiki@programming.dev from meta.wikimedia.org
Fandom Technical Updates: October 31, 2025
7mon 19d ago by programming.dev/u/lens0021 in mediawiki@programming.dev from community.fandom.comWikidata is turning 13!
7mon 22d ago by programming.dev/u/lens0021 in mediawiki@programming.dev from www.wikidata.org
MediaWiki 1.45 will be out in November
7mon 22d ago by programming.dev/u/lens0021 in mediawiki@programming.dev from phabricator.wikimedia.orgMediaWiki extension that provides REST API endpoints for reading and writing Semantic MediaWiki (SMW)
7mon 25d ago by programming.dev/u/lens0021 in mediawiki@programming.dev from www.mediawiki.orgThe SwaggerUI-based REST sandbox experience is now live on all wiki projects
7mon 19h ago by programming.dev/u/lens0021 in mediawiki@programming.dev from meta.wikimedia.org
Technical Updates: October 17, 2025 - Fandom
7mon 3d ago by programming.dev/u/lens0021 in mediawiki@programming.dev from community.fandom.com
Citizen skin v3.9.0 Release
7mon 3d ago by programming.dev/u/lens0021 in mediawiki@programming.dev from github.comKicking Off the Naming Contest for “Abstract Wikipedia” | Wikifunctions:Status updates/2025-10-15
8mon 5d ago by programming.dev/u/lens0021 in mediawiki@programming.dev from www.wikifunctions.orgWikidata community survey [2024] has been published
8mon 7d ago by programming.dev/u/lens0021 in mediawiki@programming.dev from lists.wikimedia.orgTech/News/2025/42 - Meta-Wiki
8mon 7d ago by programming.dev/u/lens0021 in mediawiki@programming.dev from meta.wikimedia.org
Miraheze temporarily reverted their plan to replace OpenAI with Ollama when reviewing wiki creation requests
8mon 8d ago by programming.dev/u/lens0021 in mediawiki@programming.dev from github.comWikiLambda, backend for Wikifunctions, rewrites itself from Node.js (!!) to Rust
8mon 9d ago by programming.dev/u/lens0021 in mediawiki@programming.dev from www.wikifunctions.orgMediaWiki 1.45-alpha will be branched as a beta on 28-10-2025 - Wikitech-l - lists.wikimedia.org
8mon 13d ago by programming.dev/u/lens0021 in mediawiki@programming.dev from lists.wikimedia.org
Approval Workflows for MediaWiki | ProWiki Blog
8mon 13d ago by programming.dev/u/lens0021 in mediawiki@programming.dev from www.pro.wikiWanda is a MediaWiki extension that provides an AI-powered chatbot interface for your wiki
8mon 13d ago by programming.dev/u/lens0021 in mediawiki@programming.dev from www.mediawiki.orgTech/News/2025/41 - Meta-Wiki
8mon 13d ago by programming.dev/u/lens0021 in mediawiki@programming.dev from meta.wikimedia.org