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Yes, welcome! This site is dedicated to documenting the MediaWiki software, the software behind many wikis, including that of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Foundation projects.
Please, take a look at the following pages. They might prove useful to you as a newcomer here:

• Landing instructions
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If you have any questions, please ask me on my talk page. Once again, welcome, and I hope you quickly feel comfortable here, and find this site useful documentation of the MediaWiki software.

Thanks! Nemo 14:57, 15 September 2016 (UTC)

Priorities

Hi! In phabricator:p/ovasileva/ it looks like everything became high priority, are you sure? :) For instance, phabricator:T87336 is certainly not high priority (low impact, high effort, local/specific issue with workaround); the actual thing to fix is phabricator:T91683, which also has an easy solution. --Nemo 15:01, 15 September 2016 (UTC)

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Thank you! --EGalvez (WMF) (talk) 21:27, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Brilliant Idea Barnstar
	For Hovercards. L8 ManeValidus (talk) 03:18, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

Bad dates on Beta Features/Hovercards

Hi. As pointed out by srdjan_m on IRC, this edit has a bad date. There's no February 31, 2017. CKoerner seems to have duplicated the error in this edit. --MZMcBride (talk) 05:13, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

Your feedback matters: Final reminder to take the global Wikimedia survey

(Sorry to write in Engilsh)

Hello! This is a final reminder that the Wikimedia Foundation survey will close on 28 February, 2017 (23:59 UTC). The survey is available in various languages and will take between 20 and 40 minutes. Take the survey now.

If you already took the survey - thank you! We won't bother you again.

About this survey: You can find more information about this project here or you can read the frequently asked questions. This survey is hosted by a third-party service and governed by this privacy statement. If you need additional help, or if you wish to opt-out of future communications about this survey, send an email through EmailUser function to User:EGalvez (WMF) or surveys@wikimedia.org. About the Wikimedia Foundation: The Wikimedia Foundation supports you by working on the software and technology to keep the sites fast, secure, and accessible, as well as supports Wikimedia programs and initiatives to expand access and support free knowledge globally. Thank you! --EGalvez (WMF) (talk) 08:23, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

Midsummer

Hey, because after I logged out of my email account, I realized I hadn't specifically told you, just added it to my calendar – I'll be out of office tomorrow (because of w:en:Midsummer) and won't keep track of Reading/Web/PDF Functionality. Back again on Monday. (: /Johan (WMF) (talk) 19:59, 22 June 2017 (UTC)

¡Una barnstar para ti!

	El Barnstar original
	saludos a ti Olga, desde argentina indetectable Indetectable (talk) 18:39, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

Prototype testing.

Hello,

From a December newsletter on the Wikipedia in French, I've been informed your team looked for feedback on Reading/Web/Desktop Improvements/Prototype testing. I've finally got enough time to complete my comments (which are probably about the same than the post-its stuck on the poster at Wikimania 2019). But I realised that the announcement asking for feedback has been written some time ago.

Was it still okay to leave feedback on that page or was it too late? J. N. Squire (talk) 15:27, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

@J. N. Squire: Sure - that's completely fine. We'll continue gathering feedback throughout January (as well as publishing some more announcements on other wikis). Thanks for the feedback! OVasileva (WMF) (talk) 18:47, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

@OVasileva (WMF): You're welcome! J. N. Squire (talk) 13:33, 7 January 2020 (UTC)

Ticket

Hello, Olga!

I was wondering if the explanation I've given for the ticket (phab:T249676#6156299) was sufficient and the non-team-member perspective is understandable, or I need to do better? Thank you ;-) —Aron Man.🍂 edits🌾 02:49, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

Eliminated responses breakdown

Hi, I think Reading/Web/Desktop Improvements/Repository/Sentiment Survey should have a breakdown on the categories of eliminated responses, and maybe a breakdown on these that contained foul language Aaron Liu (talk) 16:15, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

Saraiki Wiktionary missing from www.wiktionary.org

Refer to https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T319137 Saraiki is missing in Wikipedia.org and Wiktionary.org Please look in to matter,Sraiki (talk) 15:59, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

Can't get rid of Wikimedia reading tool

Please see Talk:Reading/Web/Accessibility for reading#How do I close the "Wikimedia reading tool" window?. Jc3s5h (talk) 16:34, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

@Jc3s5h - thanks for the question! At the bottom of the tool, you'll see the copy: "Press continue to send us your design and publish our feedback on the next page. Click here to remove this tool." Just click on the link "here" and the tool should turn off. Let us know if you still have issues! OVasileva (WMF) (talk) 08:32, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

Buone feste

Hi, I wish you happy holidays and a happy new year, may it be full of beautiful wiki things! Pątąfişiķ 17:07, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

Great to hear from you @Patafisik! Happy new year to you as well. Hope to keep seeing you on the wikis. OVasileva (WMF) (talk) 10:40, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements

Hi. First of all excuse me if this isn't the right channel to talk to the team. I am an admin at Spanish Wikisource and have a big concern about this skin, but couldn't find anywhere else to express it. I personally love Vector 2022 and would very much like to continue using it!

My issue is that interproject (e.g. English Wikipedia to English Wikisource) links are not visible anymore! This affects profoundly to the reach of sister projects.

With the old vector, interproject links had the same salience as interlanguage links. They both were in the same column. Now, interlanguage links have their own shiny button, but interproject links are buried in the "Tools" menu (collapsable out of view).

The "Tools" menu is for editors, 1% of people that interact with the page. Interproject links are primarily for users. There is some redundant linking, though: In some Wikipedias, interproject links are down in the "Authority Control" table (a visual mess) inside the "External links" tab (collapsable out of view).

Maybe interproject links should have their own shiny button. Regards, Ignacio Rodríguez (talk) 22:53, 10 March 2024 (UTC)