In T266155#9766334, @Bawolff wrote:

I think if we did deliver the wrong thumbsize, it only makes sense to deliver one larger then the requested size. Browsers will scale it client side, and its always better to downscale then upscale. The performance degredation is probably be not that bad - the larger thumbs would only be shown to first person to view the page. A small slowdown to image viewing for a single user seems not that bad, and better then never loading the image at all.

I think the biggest problem is that it is very unclear how feasible this would be to implement on varnish side.

Maybe an alternative solution would be to have client side detect and try and re-request, although in the case of overload that might just make things worse

Fri, Mar 21, 11:11 PM · MW-1.42-notes (1.42.0-wmf.7; 2023-11-28), MW-1.40-notes (1.40.0-wmf.24; 2023-02-20), serviceops, StructuredDataOnCommons, SRE, MediaWiki-File-management, Thumbor, Commons

zdev renamed T389611: Don't show parenthesis if a Wikidata item has no label in user's language nor English from Don't show parathesis if a Wikidata item has no label in user's language nor English to Don't show parenthesis if a Wikidata item has no label in user's language nor English.

Fri, Mar 21, 3:51 PM · AutosuggestSitelink, Community-Tech

Mar 17 2025

zdev added a comment to T259141: Remove printableversion mode.

I linked mw:Help:Printing to this ticket. It was already mentioned that this feature was deprecated but there was an info like "It appears a warning box". I also specified that it the future it will be removed.

Mar 17 2025, 11:27 PM · Technical-Debt (Deprecation process), MediaWiki-General

Restricted Application added a project to T167956: Deprecate printable version mode: MediaWiki-Platform-Team.

I linked mw:Help:Printing to this ticket. It was already mentioned that this feature was deprecated but there was an info like "It appears a warning box".

Mar 17 2025, 7:47 PM · MediaWiki-Platform-Team, User-notice-archive, RW-Feature-DI-Collapsible-Sidebar (Passed QA), MW-1.35-notes, MW-1.36-notes (1.36.0-wmf.1; 2020-07-21), Web-Team-Backlog-Archived (Kanbanana-FY-2020-21), Tech Ambassadors & Translators, Performance-Team (Radar), Desktop Improvements (Vector 2022), MediaWiki-ResourceLoader, Technical-Debt, MediaWiki-General

zdev updated the task description for T248416: [EPIC] Drop MediaWiki:Mobile.css and MediaWiki:Mobile.js in favor of TemplateStyles and MediaWiki:Minerva.css.

Mar 17 2025, 5:19 PM · Web Team Essential Work 2025, MobileFrontend, Epic, User-Jdlrobson

zdev added a comment to T254671: Remove "is overqualified" rule from ace/csslint in CodeEditor extension.

Also the recommended media queries in mw:Recommendations for night mode compatibility on Wikimedia wikis generates two warnings of this type, see:

Mar 17 2025, 12:50 AM · TemplateStyles, Editing-team, CodeEditor

zdev triaged T367876: suggested improvements for TemplateStyles inspector in the visual editor as Low priority.

Mar 17 2025, 12:08 AM · VisualEditor, TemplateStyles

zdev changed the status of T354050: Allow grid-template-columns: subgrid; from Open to Stalled.

Mar 17 2025, 12:04 AM · Patch-For-Review, TemplateStyles, css-sanitizer

Mar 16 2025

zdev added a comment to T361934: Support CSS variable fallbacks in template styles.

In T368637: Allow use of CSS `var()` for CSS `border` in css-sanitizer it was asked why the sanitizer cannot accept a border-color rule with only a single var(...) as its value.

Mar 16 2025, 11:09 PM · Web-Team-Backlog-Archived (FY2023-24 Q4 Sprint 2), Patch-For-Review, css-sanitizer, TemplateStyles, FY2023-24-WE 2.1 Typography and palette customizations

zdev created T389023: Page preview generation with small SVG files.

Mar 16 2025, 10:02 PM · Page-Previews (Tracking), PageImages

zdev added a comment to T252249: PageImages extension: Code stewardship review.

Yes I've seen it but it seems that a temporary solution is taking too long and is becoming permanent (and it is in good company...).

Mar 16 2025, 4:06 PM · PageImages, Code-Stewardship-Reviews

zdev updated the task description for T388990: Add table of contents to GlobalUsage.

Mar 16 2025, 3:47 PM · GlobalUsage

zdev updated the task description for T388990: Add table of contents to GlobalUsage.

Mar 16 2025, 3:42 PM · GlobalUsage

zdev updated the task description for T388990: Add table of contents to GlobalUsage.

Mar 16 2025, 3:41 PM · GlobalUsage

zdev updated the task description for T388990: Add table of contents to GlobalUsage.

Mar 16 2025, 3:38 PM · GlobalUsage

zdev added a comment to T388990: Add table of contents to GlobalUsage.

In T388990#10639207, @Peachey88 wrote:

Can you explain how we could actually improve the page? For example a TOC with all the projects listed?

Mar 16 2025, 3:35 PM · GlobalUsage

zdev added a comment to T252249: PageImages extension: Code stewardship review.

Updates? I don't think that this extension is "maintained" as the future is precarious and nebulous.

Mar 16 2025, 1:12 PM · PageImages, Code-Stewardship-Reviews

Mar 15 2025

zdev updated subscribers of T388913: Outreachy 30: Create an experience for Wikipedia on Minecraft Education.

Mar 15 2025, 11:50 PM · Developer-Outreach, Outreachy (Round 30)

zdev renamed T388990: Add table of contents to GlobalUsage from Improve Global Usage list to Improve Global Usage list on Wikimedia Commons.

Mar 15 2025, 11:33 PM · GlobalUsage

zdev created T388990: Add table of contents to GlobalUsage.

Mar 15 2025, 11:24 PM · GlobalUsage

zdev updated the task description for T376522: Add PD-textlogo to list of default reasons an image might be in the public domain in the Upload Wizard.

Mar 15 2025, 9:28 PM · Structured-Data-Backlog, UploadWizard

zdev added a comment to T376522: Add PD-textlogo to list of default reasons an image might be in the public domain in the Upload Wizard.

Yeah I'll support it. But consider that newbies are probably not aware of the complexities, deformities, counterintuitiveness and peculiarities behind copyright rules.

Mar 15 2025, 7:09 PM · Structured-Data-Backlog, UploadWizard

zdev renamed T388976: Update the Wikimedia Commons "Commons:Commons SVG Checker" page from Update [[c:Commons SVG Checker]] page to Update the Wikimedia Commons "Commons:Commons SVG Checker" page.

Mar 15 2025, 5:56 PM · Commons, Wikimedia-SVG-rendering

zdev created T388976: Update the Wikimedia Commons "Commons:Commons SVG Checker" page.

Mar 15 2025, 5:55 PM · Commons, Wikimedia-SVG-rendering

Mar 14 2025

zdev added a comment to T28741: Migrate file tables to a modern layout (image/oldimage; file/filerevision; add primary keys).

In T28741#10541452, @Ladsgroup wrote:

In T28741#10541414, @VirginiaPoundstone wrote:

@Ladsgroup do you have a timeline for this migration?

It depends on how fast the migration script will go. Since we are waiting for text table migration to finish before starting image table migration on commons. I think the data will be migrated in two months.

I suggest writing the code behind a feature flag and ready to flip the switch once the migration of data is done since we can't wait long with both data schema in place.

For most other wikis, the data migration is done already.

Mar 14 2025, 1:28 PM · Data-Engineering-Radar, Wikimedia-database-table-cleanup, MW-1.44-notes (1.44.0-wmf.13; 2025-01-21), Patch-For-Review, MediaWiki-Platform-Team (Radar), Data-Engineering, Data-Persistence, Commons, Multimedia, Schema-change, MediaWiki-File-management

zdev added a comment to T388646: Fatal DBUnexpectedError: "Database servers in cluster26 are overloaded.".

Mar 14 2025, 1:27 PM · Commons, Wikimedia-production-error

zdev updated the task description for T381629: Remove rows about file metadata from text table.

Mar 14 2025, 1:21 PM · Patch-For-Review, Commons, MediaWiki-File-management

zdev updated the task description for T356405: Add PHP 8.2 and PHP 8.3 to https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Compatibility#PHP once they're officially supported.

Mar 14 2025, 1:20 PM · PHP 8.3 support, PHP 8.2 support, Documentation, MediaWiki-Documentation

Mar 13 2025

zdev added a comment to T381906: Decide how to make Liquid Threads "read only" .

In T381906#10413571, @Pppery wrote:

I don't like how much I feel like I'm the only person keeping this project from collapsing into a tide of chaos, but fine.

Is there a timeframe on when the LQT->Flow conversion script is likely to be done?

Mar 13 2025, 4:45 PM · Trust and Safety Product Team, Growth-Team, Editing-team (Kanban Board), Temporary accounts, MediaWiki-extensions-LiquidThreads, IP-Masking-Growth-Team

zdev updated the task description for T388774: VE doesn't save my edit on it.wikipedia.org.

Mar 13 2025, 11:54 AM · Wikimedia-production-error

zdev renamed T388774: VE doesn't save my edit on it.wikipedia.org from VE doesn't save my edit to VE doesn't save my edit on it.wikipedia.org.

Mar 13 2025, 11:49 AM · Wikimedia-production-error

zdev merged T388774: VE doesn't save my edit on it.wikipedia.org into T388722: Error: No class registered by that key: null.

Mar 13 2025, 11:48 AM · Verified, MW-1.44-notes (1.44.0-wmf.20; 2025-03-11), Regression, Editing-team (Kanban Board), Wikimedia-production-error, EditCheck, VisualEditor

zdev merged task T388774: VE doesn't save my edit on it.wikipedia.org into T388722: Error: No class registered by that key: null.

Mar 13 2025, 11:48 AM · Wikimedia-production-error

zdev changed the subtype of T388774: VE doesn't save my edit on it.wikipedia.org from "Bug Report" to "Production Error".

Mar 13 2025, 11:47 AM · Wikimedia-production-error

zdev created T388774: VE doesn't save my edit on it.wikipedia.org.

Mar 13 2025, 11:47 AM · Wikimedia-production-error

Mar 12 2025

zdev merged T388668: Internal error while trying to edit a Meta wiki page into T388646: Fatal DBUnexpectedError: "Database servers in cluster26 are overloaded.".

Mar 12 2025, 1:39 PM · Commons, Wikimedia-production-error

zdev merged task T388668: Internal error while trying to edit a Meta wiki page into T388646: Fatal DBUnexpectedError: "Database servers in cluster26 are overloaded.".

Mar 12 2025, 1:39 PM · Wikimedia-production-error

zdev changed the subtype of T388668: Internal error while trying to edit a Meta wiki page from "Bug Report" to "Production Error".

Mar 12 2025, 1:33 PM · Wikimedia-production-error

zdev created T388668: Internal error while trying to edit a Meta wiki page.

Mar 12 2025, 1:33 PM · Wikimedia-production-error

Mar 11 2025

zdev closed T59159: Flow: syntax highlighting tags (GeSHi) don't get styled as Declined.

The Flow extension, now StructuredDiscussion is now unmaintained and is being undeployed from Wikimedia wikis (see T332022: [Epic] Undeploying StructuredDiscussions (Flow)).

Mar 11 2025, 4:44 PM · Growth-Team-Filtering, Growth-Team, SyntaxHighlight, StructuredDiscussions

zdev added a parent task for T361407: Add short-to-type aliases for <syntaxhighlight> and <syntaxhighlight inline>: T251116: Have a shorter name for <syntaxhighlight>.

Mar 11 2025, 4:10 PM · SyntaxHighlight

zdev added a subtask for T251116: Have a shorter name for <syntaxhighlight>: T361407: Add short-to-type aliases for <syntaxhighlight> and <syntaxhighlight inline>.

Mar 11 2025, 4:10 PM · SyntaxHighlight

zdev changed the subtype of T217944: Support backticks (`) for code samples (as in Markdown) from "Task" to "Feature Request".

Mar 11 2025, 4:09 PM · MediaWiki-Parser

zdev added a subtask for T361407: Add short-to-type aliases for <syntaxhighlight> and <syntaxhighlight inline>: T217944: Support backticks (`) for code samples (as in Markdown).

Mar 11 2025, 4:06 PM · SyntaxHighlight

zdev added a parent task for T217944: Support backticks (`) for code samples (as in Markdown): T361407: Add short-to-type aliases for <syntaxhighlight> and <syntaxhighlight inline>.

Mar 11 2025, 4:06 PM · MediaWiki-Parser

zdev added a parent task for T311518: Add ``` as shorthand for <syntaxhighlight>: T361407: Add short-to-type aliases for <syntaxhighlight> and <syntaxhighlight inline>.

Mar 11 2025, 4:05 PM · Patch-For-Review, SyntaxHighlight

zdev added a subtask for T361407: Add short-to-type aliases for <syntaxhighlight> and <syntaxhighlight inline>: T311518: Add ``` as shorthand for <syntaxhighlight>.

Mar 11 2025, 4:05 PM · SyntaxHighlight

Mar 8 2025

zdev added a comment to T106240: SVG files color cannot be overriden.

In T106240#10250074, @Chealer wrote:

Side note about color accuracy

I noticed while sorting all our check mark variants that the color of some PNG conversions are slightly incorrect. The body of the check mark in the SVG has a color different from the body in the PNG, although the difference is hard to notice from naked eye. Cases I noticed:

Green_check.svg, which has #088908 instead of the specified #118811.

Check-green.svg, which has #008100 instead of the specified #008000.

Purging the cache does not fix. If someone is aware of this bug, please let me know if it is tracked.

Mar 8 2025, 8:39 PM · Structured-Data-Backlog, Structured Data Engineering, Wikimedia-SVG-rendering

zdev created T388318: Color accuracy from generated thumbnails.

Mar 8 2025, 8:39 PM · Thumbor, Wikimedia-SVG-rendering, SVG

Mar 6 2025

zdev updated the task description for T388033: Archive the Model extension.

Mar 6 2025, 2:12 AM · translatewiki.net, MediaWiki-extensions-Other, Wikimedia-GitHub, Diffusion-Repository-Administrators, Projects-Cleanup

zdev added a comment to T388050: License message not appearing after switching from visual to source mode.

In T388050#10608106, @Dylsss wrote:

I can reproduce on all wikis but you have to start out in visual editing and then switch to wikitext editing. Somehow the action of switching the editor seems to remove the message altogether.

Mar 6 2025, 1:58 AM · MW-1.44-notes (1.44.0-wmf.22; 2025-03-25), VisualEditor, MediaWiki-Redirects