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Have you noticed any actual development on Wikipedia? Only thing that changes from the user perspective is that the donation request get more and more annoying

by xyzzyz 4y ago

Have you noticed any actual development on Wikipedia? Only thing that changes from the user perspective is that the donation request get more and more annoying every year.

woodruffw 4y ago
I noticed the new editor. I can't say I'm a huge fan of it, but I did notice it. I don't know how long ago they added the hover infoboxes, but I also noticed those. But that's a relatively small feature, at least from my perspective.
mistrial9 4y ago
wikimedia labs built a world-class setup with many new services and tech, for one example
bawolff 4y ago
You shouldn't notice much of it. Sysadmins are paid to make sure wikipedia doesn't have random downtime. Time spent on bugfixing should only be noticed if someone screws up. If you want to see what people are doing - the git repo is public. https://github.com/wikimedia https://github.com/wikimedia
autoexec 4y ago
I have noticed some changes like in how they handle media, but most of their development must be backend work because for the most part you shouldn't notice a bunch of changes. The site should be kept as simple and unobtrusive as possible. The only feature I really want them to have that they don't is dark mode.
- akolbe 4y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dark_mode_(gadget) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dark_mode_(gadget) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dark_mode https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dark_mode
  - autoexec 4y ago
    I did find that, and I'm glad they have something, but I'd prefer not to sign up for or need to be logged into an account. I'd also rather not have to audit/edit an extension. Ideally they'd have a URL for it, like https://dm.en.wikipedia.org https://dm.en.wikipedia.org I'm guessing I'll end up either using an extension or writing something up in Greasemonkey. There might even already be a userscript out there I can use.
    - account42 4y ago
      Ideally they made their site responsive and respected the prefers-color-scheme CSS media query. Having people share m.wikipedia.org links is annoying enough and there is no reason for it at all.
lapinot 4y ago
I've noticed that now the language selector is a two seemingly random places depending on ?? (the classical places is on the left, an exhaustive list ordered alphabetically; the new place that is sometimes there is on the top right, in a drop down list, ordered by some obscure relevance metric).
themitigating 4y ago
How does the donation request get more annyoing each year?
- xyzzyz 4y ago
  It’s bigger and harder to get rid of.
ryan_lane 4y ago
Most of the development isn't reader facing. It's editor facing (WYSIWYG editor/etc, toolforge), community developer facing (wikimedia cloud services/toolforge/etc), improvements to the infrastructure (CDN data centers/DR/etc), wikidata improvements (which you see as a reader, but don't know you see as a reader), and lots of other things. I'm pretty sure there's a public roadmap somewhere, and you could always follow through their bug system or PRs. Everything is developed in the open, even the infrastructure (disclaimer: I founded wikimedia cloud services, and opened up the infrastructure development).

by xyzzyz 4y ago

Have you noticed any actual development on Wikipedia? Only thing that changes from the user perspective is that the donation request get more and more annoying every year.

woodruffw 4y ago

I noticed the new editor. I can't say I'm a huge fan of it, but I did notice it. I don't know how long ago they added the hover infoboxes, but I also noticed those. But that's a relatively small feature, at least from my perspective.

mistrial9 4y ago

wikimedia labs built a world-class setup with many new services and tech, for one example

bawolff 4y ago

You shouldn't notice much of it. Sysadmins are paid to make sure wikipedia doesn't have random downtime. Time spent on bugfixing should only be noticed if someone screws up. If you want to see what people are doing - the git repo is public. https://github.com/wikimedia https://github.com/wikimedia

autoexec 4y ago

I have noticed some changes like in how they handle media, but most of their development must be backend work because for the most part you shouldn't notice a bunch of changes. The site should be kept as simple and unobtrusive as possible. The only feature I really want them to have that they don't is dark mode.

akolbe 4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dark_mode_(gadget) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dark_mode_(gadget) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dark_mode https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dark_mode
- autoexec 4y ago
  I did find that, and I'm glad they have something, but I'd prefer not to sign up for or need to be logged into an account. I'd also rather not have to audit/edit an extension. Ideally they'd have a URL for it, like https://dm.en.wikipedia.org https://dm.en.wikipedia.org I'm guessing I'll end up either using an extension or writing something up in Greasemonkey. There might even already be a userscript out there I can use.
  - account42 4y ago
    Ideally they made their site responsive and respected the prefers-color-scheme CSS media query. Having people share m.wikipedia.org links is annoying enough and there is no reason for it at all.

lapinot 4y ago

I've noticed that now the language selector is a two seemingly random places depending on ?? (the classical places is on the left, an exhaustive list ordered alphabetically; the new place that is sometimes there is on the top right, in a drop down list, ordered by some obscure relevance metric).

themitigating 4y ago

How does the donation request get more annyoing each year?

xyzzyz 4y ago
It’s bigger and harder to get rid of.

ryan_lane 4y ago

Most of the development isn't reader facing. It's editor facing (WYSIWYG editor/etc, toolforge), community developer facing (wikimedia cloud services/toolforge/etc), improvements to the infrastructure (CDN data centers/DR/etc), wikidata improvements (which you see as a reader, but don't know you see as a reader), and lots of other things. I'm pretty sure there's a public roadmap somewhere, and you could always follow through their bug system or PRs. Everything is developed in the open, even the infrastructure (disclaimer: I founded wikimedia cloud services, and opened up the infrastructure development).