Tech News 2026 - Issue 28

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Latest *tech news
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Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes.
Not all changes will affect you. Translations
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2026/28> are
available.

*Updates for editors*

   - View all 34 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week
   <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/Recently_r=
esolved_community_tasks>.
   For example, an issue where the search bar results on Wikidata, showed
   English results instead of using the correct language fallback for users=
 of
   language variants, has now been fixed. Search suggestions will now follo=
w
   the expected language fallback chain. [1]
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T429769>

*Updates for technical contributors*

   - In preparation for Celebrate Women campaign
   <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Event:Celebrate_Wome=
n>
planned
   for March 2027, the Wikimedia Foundation=E2=80=99s Content Enablement te=
am
   <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation=
/Advancement/Community_Growth/Content_Enablement>
has
   launched a 22-question survey to better understand technical contributio=
ns
   by women+ (anyone who identifies as a woman) across Wikimedia projects. =
The
   survey takes approximately 15=E2=80=9320 minutes to complete and will re=
main open
   until 20 July 2026. The questions
   <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Celebrate_Women/Tech=
nical_contributions_survey>
are
   also available on-wiki for review in advance.
   - The Score extension
   <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Score> now
   supports rendering music scores as SVG images in addition to PNG,
   addressing a long-standing feature request
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T49578> and resolving historical
   image quality issues. Both formats are now provided to clients, with PNG=
 in
   the src attribute and SVG in the srcset attribute.
   - The new Parsoid <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Parsoid>
parser continues
   to be deployed to additional wikis
   <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Parsoid/Parser_Unific=
ation/Updates>,
   making it easier to introduce new reading and editing features. It was
   enabled on French Wikipedia, bringing total progress to covering 78.9% o=
f
   Wikipedia page views. Rollout to English Wikipedia desktop will progress
   through this week.
   - Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki
   <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.47/wmf.10>

*In depth*

   - The Wikimedia Hackathon 2026 recap blog post
   <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/06/29/wikimedia-hackathon-2026-building=
-collaborating-and-shaping-the-future-together/>
is
   now live. It highlights the projects, sessions, and social activities fr=
om
   this year=E2=80=99s event, and shares initial plans for the 2027 Wikimed=
ia
   Hackathon.

*Tech news
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News> prepared
by Tech News writers
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/Writers> and
posted by bot
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=E2=80=A2 Translate
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family:sans-serif;font-size:14px">Latest=C2=A0<b><a href=3D"https://meta.wi=
kimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News" class=3D"extiw" title=3D"m:S=
pecial:MyLanguage/Tech/News" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(51,102=
,204);background:none;border-radius:2px">tech news</a></b>=C2=A0from the Wi=
kimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. N=
ot all changes will affect you.=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://meta.wikimedia.org/=
wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2026/28" class=3D"extiw" title=3D"m:Speci=
al:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2026/28" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(51=
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lable.</p><p style=3D"margin:0.5em 0px 1em;color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:=
sans-serif;font-size:14px"><b>Updates for editors</b></p><ul style=3D"paddi=
ng:0px;color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px"><li style=
=3D"margin-bottom:0.1em">View all 34 community-submitted tasks that were=C2=
=A0<a href=3D"https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/=
Recently_resolved_community_tasks" class=3D"extiw" title=3D"m:Special:MyLan=
guage/Tech/News/Recently resolved community tasks" style=3D"text-decoration=
:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);background:none;border-radius:2px">resolved las=
t week</a>. For example, an issue where the search bar results on Wikidata,=
 showed English results instead of using the correct language fallback for =
users of language variants, has now been fixed. Search suggestions will now=
 follow the expected language fallback chain.=C2=A0<a class=3D"external gma=
il-autonumber" href=3D"https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T429769" target=3D=
"_blank" rel=3D"noopener noreferrer" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rg=
b(51,102,204);border-radius:2px;background:none;padding:0px">[1]</a></li></=
ul><p style=3D"margin:0.5em 0px 1em;color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-se=
rif;font-size:14px"><b>Updates for technical contributors</b></p><ul style=
=3D"padding:0px;color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px">=
<li style=3D"margin-bottom:0.1em">In preparation for=C2=A0<a href=3D"https:=
//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Event:Celebrate_Women" class=
=3D"extiw" title=3D"m:Special:MyLanguage/Event:Celebrate Women" style=3D"te=
xt-decoration:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);background:none;border-radius:2px"=
>Celebrate Women campaign</a>=C2=A0planned for March 2027, the Wikimedia Fo=
undation=E2=80=99s=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:=
MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation/Advancement/Community_Growth/Content_Enable=
ment" class=3D"extiw" title=3D"m:Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation/Ad=
vancement/Community Growth/Content Enablement" style=3D"text-decoration:non=
e;color:rgb(51,102,204);background:none;border-radius:2px">Content Enableme=
nt team</a>=C2=A0has launched a 22-question survey to better understand tec=
hnical contributions by women+ (anyone who identifies as a woman) across Wi=
kimedia projects. The survey takes approximately 15=E2=80=9320 minutes to c=
omplete and will remain open until 20 July 2026. The=C2=A0<a href=3D"https:=
//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Celebrate_Women/Technical_cont=
ributions_survey" class=3D"extiw" title=3D"m:Special:MyLanguage/Celebrate W=
omen/Technical contributions survey" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rg=
b(51,102,204);background:none;border-radius:2px">questions</a>=C2=A0are als=
o available on-wiki for review in advance.</li><li style=3D"margin-bottom:0=
.1em">The=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage=
/Extension:Score" class=3D"extiw" title=3D"mw:Special:MyLanguage/Extension:=
Score" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);background:none;=
border-radius:2px">Score extension</a>=C2=A0now supports rendering music sc=
ores as SVG images in addition to PNG, addressing a long-standing=C2=A0<a h=
ref=3D"https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T49578" class=3D"extiw" title=3D"p=
hab:T49578" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);background:=
none;border-radius:2px">feature request</a>=C2=A0and resolving historical i=
mage quality issues. Both formats are now provided to clients, with PNG in =
the=C2=A0<code style=3D"font-family:monospace,monospace;background-color:rg=
b(248,249,250);color:rgb(16,20,24);border-color:rgb(218,221,227);border-sty=
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de>=C2=A0attribute and SVG in the=C2=A0<code style=3D"font-family:monospace=
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s:2px;padding:1px 4px">srcset</code>=C2=A0attribute.</li><li style=3D"margi=
n-bottom:0.1em">The new=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki=
/Parsoid" class=3D"extiw" title=3D"wikitech:Parsoid" style=3D"text-decorati=
on:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);background:none;border-radius:2px">Parsoid</a=
>=C2=A0parser=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLang=
uage/Parsoid/Parser_Unification/Updates" class=3D"extiw" title=3D"mw:Specia=
l:MyLanguage/Parsoid/Parser Unification/Updates" style=3D"text-decoration:n=
one;color:rgb(51,102,204);background:none;border-radius:2px">continues to b=
e deployed to additional wikis</a>, making it easier to introduce new readi=
ng and editing features. It was enabled on French Wikipedia, bringing total=
 progress to covering 78.9% of Wikipedia page views. Rollout to English Wik=
ipedia desktop will progress through this week.</li><li style=3D"margin-bot=
tom:0.1em">Detailed code updates later this week:=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://w=
ww.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.47/wmf.10" class=3D"extiw" title=3D"mw:Me=
diaWiki 1.47/wmf.10" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);ba=
ckground:none;border-radius:2px">MediaWiki</a></li></ul><p style=3D"margin:=
0.5em 0px 1em;color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px"><b=
>In depth</b></p><ul style=3D"padding:0px;color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:s=
ans-serif;font-size:14px"><li style=3D"margin-bottom:0.1em">The Wikimedia H=
ackathon 2026=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/06/29/wikimed=
ia-hackathon-2026-building-collaborating-and-shaping-the-future-together/" =
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ing-collaborating-and-shaping-the-future-together/" style=3D"text-decoratio=
n:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);background:none;border-radius:2px">recap blog =
post</a>=C2=A0is now live. It highlights the projects, sessions, and social=
 activities from this year=E2=80=99s event, and shares initial plans for th=
e 2027 Wikimedia Hackathon.</li></ul><p style=3D"margin:0.5em 0px 1em;color=
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