Project:News/Archive/2014

December 2014

 * 2014-12-25: We now have a new deployment system (nicknamed oregano). This means we can test updates before we deploy them to production and rollback to the previous version very quickly if we need to.
 * 2014-12-24: for about 60 minutes because PHP had crashed with segmentation fault and did not restart automatically. Apologies for the inconvenience and merry Christmas if you happen to celebrate it.
 * 2014-12-19: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Sentry (1).
 * 2014-12-19: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Page Notice (1).
 * 2014-12-15: Support was added for MediaWiki extension XML Content Extension (1).
 * 2014-12-15: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Reveal Email (1).
 * 2014-12-09: for 10 minutes due to broken code update. We will be working on a system to avoid most of these issues before pushing code to production.
 * 2014-12-08: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Multimedia Player (1).
 * 2014-12-08: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Pages List (9).
 * 2014-12-05: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Google Analytics Top Pages (2).
 * 2014-12-01: Support was added for MediaWiki skin Metrolook (3).

November 2014

 * 2014-11-25: Support was added for MediaWiki extension LDAP Authorization (1).
 * 2014-11-25: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Ms Wiki Editor (1).
 * 2014-11-25: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Ms Insert (2).
 * 2014-11-25: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Ms Links (3).
 * 2014-11-20: for 30 minutes due to configuration mistake
 * 2014-11-15: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Pluggable Auth (2).
 * 2014-11-12: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Php Tags Widgets (1).
 * 2014-11-12: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Simple SAML php (1).
 * 2014-11-12: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Open ID Connect (2).
 * 2014-11-10: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Viki Semantic Title (2).
 * 2014-11-10: Support was added for MediaWiki extension VIKI (9).
 * 2014-11-07: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Semantic Dependency (1).
 * 2014-11-07: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Hierarchy Builder (13).
 * 2014-11-02: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Collapsible Vector (5).

October 2014

 * 2014-10-31: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Whos Online (2).
 * 2014-10-30: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Fixed Header Table (1).
 * 2014-10-29: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Debug Mode (1).
 * 2014-10-29: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Contributions List (1).
 * 2014-10-25: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Wiki Grok (1).
 * 2014-10-14: Support was added for MediaWiki extension WikEd Diff (3).
 * 2014-10-14: Support was added for MediaWiki Action API (79).
 * 2014-10-12: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Mantle (1).
 * 2014-10-08: Support was added for MediaWiki skin Grey Stuff (4).
 * 2014-10-05: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Mobile Detect (1).
 * 2014-10-03 7 UTC: HHVM restarted, had died during the night.
 * 2014-09-30—2014-10-03: HHVM in the latest release no longer crashes all the time. It's now used by default and the webserver falls back to the usual PHP interpreter when HHVM is down; the BetaFeatures option was removed; the timeout is now 10 seconds, some long pages like Special:RecentChanges occasionally fail.

September 2014

 * 2014-09-30: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Global User Page - Central (1). Disabled in December 2014
 * 2014-09-27: Special:Search works again: the search reindex completed after running three days. It was made necessary by an upgrade.
 * 2014-09-26: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Capiunto (1).
 * 2014-09-25: Support was added for MediaWiki skin Splash (1).
 * 2014-09-18: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Graph (1).
 * 2014-09-17: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Recent Activity Feed (3).
 * 2014-09-17: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Sacred Text (1).
 * 2014-09-17: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Tooltip (1).
 * 2014-09-17: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Pure Wiki Deletion (19).
 * 2014-09-15: Support was added for MediaWiki skin Daddio (1).
 * 2014-09-07: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Sandbox Link (4).
 * 2014-09-03: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Cite This Page (6).
 * 2014-09-03: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Image Metrics (1).
 * 2014-09-01: Special:SearchTranslations allows editing translations without leaving the search results list. The feature used to have a bug on translatewiki.net.

August 2014

 * 2014-08-29: Site made HTTPS-only.
 * 2014-08-29: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Screenplay (1).
 * 2014-08-28: for about ten minutes after 10.46 UTC for a LocalisationCache issue.
 * 2014-08-27: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Code Mirror (1).
 * 2014-08-27: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Php Tags SMW (3).
 * 2014-08-26: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - Formatting Help (22).
 * 2014-08-26: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - Context Menu (16).
 * 2014-08-07: Support was added for MediaWiki skins; only Vector is included in Wikimedia main.
 * 2014-08-01: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Tabs (5).

July 2014

 * 2014-07-29: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - RSS Feeder (9).
 * 2014-07-29: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - Statistics (11).
 * 2014-07-29: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - Count Things (50).
 * 2014-07-26: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Vine (1).
 * 2014-07-26: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - Namespace Manager (25).
 * 2014-07-26: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - Flexiskin (42).
 * 2014-07-23: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - Smart List (38).
 * 2014-07-23: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - Review (71).
 * 2014-07-21: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - Group Manager (20).
 * 2014-07-21: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - Notifications (32).
 * 2014-07-21: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - Readers (11).
 * 2014-07-21: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - C Syntax Highlight (6).
 * 2014-07-18: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - RSS Standards (13).
 * 2014-07-18: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - Namespace Css (1).
 * 2014-07-14: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Fundraising Translate Workflow (1).
 * 2014-07-12: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Mixed Namespace Search Suggestions (1).
 * 2014-07-12: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Anchor Handler (1).
 * 2014-07-11: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Php Tags Wiki (1).
 * 2014-07-11: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Php Tags (2).
 * 2014-07-11: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - Visual Editor (33).
 * 2014-07-11: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - Responsible Editors (48).
 * 2014-07-11: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - Insert Magic (60).
 * 2014-07-11: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - Page Templates (33).
 * 2014-07-11: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - Insert File (63).
 * 2014-07-11: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - Extended Search (94).
 * 2014-07-11: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - User Preferences (1).
 * 2014-07-11: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - Permission Manager (35).
 * 2014-07-11: ElasticSearch reindex completed at 15 UTC.
 * 2014-07-10: Translation memory and Special:SearchTranslations now use ElasticSearch instead of Solr.
 * 2014-07-10: Server maintenance is in progress. Server might be slow or unreachable. Apologies for the inconvenience.
 * 2014-07-10: for about 10 hours to reinstall the server.
 * 2014-07-09: for about 90 minutes to upgrade to Ubuntu 2014.04.
 * 2014-07-08: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - Safer Edit (19).
 * 2014-07-08: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - Preferences (3).
 * 2014-07-09: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Swift Mailer (3).
 * 2014-07-08: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - Dashboards (10).
 * 2014-07-08: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - Pages Visited (10).
 * 2014-07-08: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - UE Module PDF (16).
 * 2014-07-08: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - Who Is Online (12).
 * 2014-07-08: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - Wanted Article (35).
 * 2014-07-08: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - Secure File Store (8).
 * 2014-07-04: Search was switched to CirrusSearch.
 * 2014-07-04: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - Shout Box (23).
 * 2014-07-04: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - Inter Wiki Links (21).
 * 2014-07-04: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - Wiki Admin (5).
 * 2014-07-04: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - Top Menu Bar Customizer (5).
 * 2014-07-04: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - Wiki Admin (5).
 * 2014-07-01: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - Watch List (7).

June 2014

 * 2014-06-30: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Add Messages (1).
 * 2014-06-28: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Google Login (29).
 * 2014-06-24: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - Blog (22).
 * 2014-06-25: Support was added for MediaWiki extension MonoBook Skin (1).
 * 2014-06-25: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Odbc Database (9).
 * 2014-06-25: Support was added for MediaWiki extension List Signup (13).
 * 2014-06-25: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Activity Monitor (3).
 * 2014-06-24: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - Universal Export (26).
 * 2014-06-22: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Fundraising Chart (1).
 * 2014-06-18: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Bounce Handler (1).
 * 2014-06-18: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Commons Messages (1).
 * 2014-06-17: Downtime for about 3 hours (6–9 UTC) due to external reasons (host).
 * 2014-06-10: Support was added for MediaWiki extension User Groups (21).
 * 2014-06-10: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Url Shortener (8).
 * 2014-06-11: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - Extension Info (11).
 * 2014-06-10: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Namespace HTML (1).
 * 2014-06-10: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - Page Access (6).
 * 2014-06-10: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - Insert Category (10).
 * 2014-06-10: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - Extended Edit Bar (23).
 * 2014-06-03: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - Hide Title (1).
 * 2014-06-03: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Zero Portal (3).
 * 2014-06-03: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - Avatars (16).
 * 2014-06-01: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Iframe Page (3).
 * 2014-06-01: Support was added for MediaWiki extension If Templates (1).

May 2014

 * 2014-05-24: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Zero Banner (38).
 * 2014-05-19: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Simple Changes (4).
 * 2014-05-19: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Site Settings (54).
 * 2014-05-11: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Extra Language Link (8).
 * 2014-05-10: Support was added for the new project Huggle (576).
 * 2014-05-08: Support was added for the new project Europeana 1914-1918 (1.370).
 * 2014-05-08: Support for Okawix was dropped. The product has not been actively developed for over 1 year.
 * 2014-05-08: Please help translate language names in CLDR: ask access via email. 18 new translators got access so far.
 * 2014-05-07: Since around April 7, Wikimedia projects have had intermittent problems fetching some new translations. If a new translation is not live within 48 hours, please report it on bugzilla.
 * 2014-05-05: For about an hour due to security update. HHVM users were not affected.
 * 2014-05-03: CLDR have added 100+ language names to their database of items which can be localised, in response to a request from us. The CLDR survey tool will be open from 8 May to 19 June for addition of new translations.

April 2014

 * 2014-04-25: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - Article Info (24).
 * 2014-04-25: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - State Bar (8).
 * 2014-04-23: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - Widget Bar (7).
 * 2014-04-23: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - Authors (11).
 * 2014-04-23: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Auth_remoteuser (1).
 * 2014-04-09: Support was removed for "MediaWiki most used" message group.
 * 2014-04-06: Support was added for MediaWiki extension View Files (4).
 * 2014-04-03: Downtime for about 20 minutes due to configuration error
 * 2014-04-01: Downtime for about 60 minutes, except for those using hhvm?
 * 2014-04-01: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - Credits (4).
 * 2014-04-01: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Blue Spice - ExtJS - Portal (9).

March 2014

 * 2014-03-31: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Nuke DPL (9).
 * 2014-03-28: for about 30 minutes.
 * 2014-03-27: Support was added for the new project NFC Ring Control (82).
 * 2014-03-25: Support was added for the new project NOCC (325).
 * 2014-03-21: HHVM/HipHop beta enabled.
 * 2014-03-20: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Semantic Sifter (3).
 * 2014-03-13: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Wikimedia Contact Page Messages (45).
 * 2014-03-11: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Semantic Highcharts (14).
 * 2014-03-10: Support for Shapado was dropped. The product has not been actively developed for over 1 year.
 * 2014-03-10: Support for WikiReader was dropped. The product has not been actively developed for over 1 year.
 * 2014-03-07: for about 5-10 minutes after 13.04 UTC with error 502/504.
 * 2014-03-04: Support was re-enabled for MediaWiki extension Account Info (12).

February 2014

 * 2014-02-18: Support was added for the 2014 iOS version of the Wikipedia app (13).
 * 2014-02-11: Support requests tracking works again after a nasty configuration issue started in December was solved.
 * 2014-02-10: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Popups (2).
 * 2014-02-06: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Global Contributions (5).
 * 2014-02-06: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Php Tags Functions (4).
 * 2014-02-06: HTTP Strict Transport Security enabled, you can now enjoy it with browser supporting it like Firefox (more info: EFF). Please report on Support if some parts of the interface are not loaded (shouldn't happen).
 * 2014-02-05: A bug was fixed on Special:MainPage that for some days made it not load most resources, like project icons and stats and the translation interface.
 * 2014-02-05: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Mobile App (1).
 * 2014-02-05: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Page Tools (1).
 * 2014-02-04: Please update translations for MantisBT 1.2.16.
 * 2014-02-02: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Yet Another Keywords (1).

January 2014

 * 2014-01-28: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Social Profile (1).
 * 2014-01-24: Support was added for MediaWiki extension PubSubHubbub (1).
 * 2014-01-14: Support was added for MediaWiki extension MediaWiki Chat (42).
 * 2014-01-10: Support was added for MediaWiki extension Content Translation (2).
 * 2014-01-09: Support was removed for MediaWiki extension Assert Edit. Functionality was moved into core.

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