Re: Tech News 2026 - Issue 25

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On Mon, Jun 15, 2026 at 10:00=E2=80=AFAM Uzoma Ozurumba via Wikitech-l <
[email protected]> wrote:

>
>    - The Reader Growth team
>    <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Readers/Reader_Grow=
th> has
>    launched an Image Browsing
>    <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Readers/Reader_Grow=
th/Image_Browsing> beta
>    feature on the mobile web version of all Wikipedias. The feature shows=
 an
>    image carousel at the top of articles with 3 or more images. Editors c=
an
>    configure this feature with the following controls: to hide a specific
>    image from a page, either use class=3Dnotpageimage excluding it from
>    thumbnail previews, or class=3Dnoviewer excluding it from MediaViewer.
>    The carousel can also be disabled from a page entirely, with the magic=
 word
>    __NOMEDIAVIEWERCAROUSEL__. To submit feedback or flag bugs, please
>    visit the project page
>    <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Readers/Reader_Growth/Image_Brows=
ing>
>    .
>
>
Thanks for the shout-out to the Reader Growth team's mobile Image Browsing
carousel, which has finally made it to a beta deployment after a couple
rounds of experimental testing through Test Kitchen's A/B testing system!

I worked on this feature during my time on the Reader Growth team, and my
former colleagues there are lovely folks who deserve a nice round of
applause for getting this through the experimental gauntlet to a proper
beta rollout. :)

Please do give them feedback on what you like or if you encounter any edge
cases that don't quite work right -- see links in the original post. Bug
reports are love; but feedback on what you like is also love and goes a
long way. :) <3

-- brooke

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">On Mon, Jun 15, 2026 at 10:00=E2=80=AFAM =
Uzoma Ozurumba via Wikitech-l &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]=
dia.org">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:</div><div class=3D"g=
mail_quote gmail_quote_container"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=
=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding=
-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><ul style=3D"padding:0px;color:rgb(32,33,3=
4);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li style=3D"margin-bottom:0.1em"=
>The=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Read=
ers/Reader_Growth" title=3D"mw:Special:MyLanguage/Readers/Reader Growth" st=
yle=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);background:none;border-ra=
dius:2px" target=3D"_blank">Reader Growth team</a>=C2=A0has launched an=C2=
=A0<a href=3D"https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Readers/Rea=
der_Growth/Image_Browsing" title=3D"mw:Special:MyLanguage/Readers/Reader Gr=
owth/Image Browsing" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);ba=
ckground:none;border-radius:2px" target=3D"_blank">Image Browsing</a>=C2=A0=
beta feature on the mobile web version of all Wikipedias. The feature shows=
 an image carousel at the top of articles with 3 or more images. Editors ca=
n configure this feature with the following controls: to hide a specific im=
age from a page, either use=C2=A0<code style=3D"font-family:monospace,monos=
pace;background-color:rgb(248,249,250);color:rgb(16,20,24);border-color:rgb=
(218,221,227);border-style:solid;border-width:0.8px;border-radius:2px;paddi=
ng:1px 4px">class=3Dnotpageimage</code>=C2=A0excluding it from thumbnail pr=
eviews, or=C2=A0<code style=3D"font-family:monospace,monospace;background-c=
olor:rgb(248,249,250);color:rgb(16,20,24);border-color:rgb(218,221,227);bor=
der-style:solid;border-width:0.8px;border-radius:2px;padding:1px 4px">class=
=3Dnoviewer</code>=C2=A0excluding it from MediaViewer. The carousel can als=
o be disabled from a page entirely, with the magic word=C2=A0<code style=3D=
"font-family:monospace,monospace;background-color:rgb(248,249,250);color:rg=
b(16,20,24);border-color:rgb(218,221,227);border-style:solid;border-width:0=
.8px;border-radius:2px;padding:1px 4px">__NOMEDIAVIEWERCAROUSEL__</code>. T=
o submit feedback or flag bugs, please visit the=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://ww=
w.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Readers/Reader_Growth/Image_Browsing" title=3D"mw=
:Talk:Readers/Reader Growth/Image Browsing" style=3D"text-decoration:none;c=
olor:rgb(51,102,204);background:none;border-radius:2px" target=3D"_blank">p=
roject page</a>.</li></ul></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Than=
ks for the shout-out to the Reader Growth team&#39;s mobile Image Browsing =
carousel, which has finally made it to a beta deployment after a couple rou=
nds of experimental testing through Test Kitchen&#39;s A/B testing system!<=
br><br>I worked on this feature during my time on the Reader Growth team, a=
nd my former colleagues there are lovely folks who deserve a nice round of =
applause for getting this through the experimental gauntlet to a proper bet=
a rollout. :)<br><br>Please do give them feedback on what you like or if yo=
u encounter any edge cases that don&#39;t quite work right -- see links in =
the original post. Bug reports are love; but feedback on what you like is a=
lso love and goes a long way. :) &lt;3<br><br>-- brooke</div><div><br></div=
></div></div>

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