Technical Updates: November 17, 2023
Hey everyone! Check out the latest Technical Updates since November 3rd. We’ll continue to update the editor community on bug fixes and product development updates on a bi-weekly basis!
- 1 Notable Changes
- 2 Known Issues
- 3 Development Updates
- 3.1 User-Generated Content (UGC) team
- 3.2 Traffic team
- Editors reported a cacheless refresh of the page after reporting a Quick Answer caused no "report issue" or "already reported" text to appear on any of the QAs. We’ve found a solution, and we’re happy to share that this bug is fixed!
- Editors reported a bug as they received n+1 number of notifications while only n would be visible for Reported Notifications. Within the notification center, editors will see the number of notifications next to the “Fandom” label i…
Special Technical Update: October 26, 2023
Hey y’all!
We wanted to provide you with a SPECIAL Technical Updates post this week since we just gave you one last week, and we’ll have another prepared for next Friday with more news and bug fixes. But we couldn’t possibly wait to share this piece of particular news about a major bug fix that we know, from previous comments, has been a top community pain point for you all. So, we wanted to get this news out to you early!
The Mark All As Read button is fixed! Yes, all of the notifications you receive in our Notifications Center can be properly cleared by the click of a button. We couldn’t reproduce this issue at first, but with the community’s help, we were finally able to track down the cause. This bug required a fix in multiple services, …
Technical Updates: October 20, 2023
Hey everyone! Check out the latest Technical Updates since October 6th. We’ll continue to update the editor community on bug fixes and product development updates on a bi-weekly basis!
- 1 Notable Changes
- 2 Known Issues
- 3 Development Updates
- 3.1 User-Generated Content (UGC) team
- 3.2 Traffic Team
- Editors experienced a 500 error when accessing Post History on wikis. We’re happy to announce that this has been fixed.
- If you edited an existing gallery in VisualEditor, it didn’t recognize the pre-existing content. Once editors added a new image, it created a new gallery under the existing one. The UGC was able to find a solution.
- User talk page editor had no minimum height, preventing editing on shorter screens. Our UGC Team found a fix and editors can edit th…
Editor Story: Exploring The Power of Community with Supeika
Our final editor story for this Hispanic Heritage Month series features Fandom Star Supeika! They contributed to our HHM celebration last year and this year will share their experience in the Fandom Community. A community grows because of the passion and hard work of the people who are part of it. Together, we forge strong bonds, lifelong friendships, and learn many things along the way. We're much better together, and Supeika does a wonderful job of reminding us why community is important. Read on!
Hi everyone! Talking about the hispanity is something that I'll always enjoy doing, even if I'm not perfect at that, because there are many stories to be told, many experiences to share, and while I can't put all of that on a single blog, I'm goi…
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with the Fandom Community
As we conclude Fandom’s Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration, we’d like to extend our heartfelt thanks to the editors and communities that contributed! Whether it be through blogs, editor stories, attending roundtables, or hosting your own events, your contributions matter and make a significant impact to the Fandom community. Together, we honored various makers in entertainment, ranging from Héctor’s list of video game developer studios continuing to see great success through their titles to the history of Fandom’s Hispanic communities through the words and journey’s of our editors.
We thought we would do something a little different with the concluding blog, and truly amplify the voices of our community members. This blog was written by th…