Technical Updates: August 23, 2024
Eyo! Another two weeks have gone, another technical update blog gets published, the last one of August already! For those new to the series, that's how it goes: every two weeks we'll post a technical update blog in which we'll share some of the changes that users may see affecting the platform, some bug fixes, things that are in the works, running or upcoming experiments etc. This is also another great way to share feedback on some of the experiments, but please remember that love or hate it, tell us why, so the actionable feedback can be relayed to the relevant team. Alright, let's see what happened the past two weeks!
- 1 Notable Changes
- 2 Recent Fixes
- 3 Development Updates
- 3.1 Platform team
- 3.2 User Experience (UX) Team
- 3.3 User Generated Content (UG…
Technical Updates: August 9, 2024
Hiya, lovely people! In this first of two blogs of August, spaced two weeks apart, I'll walk you through some of the more public-facing bug fixes, platform changes, and experiments that may be ongoing or will be upcoming. The comment section is also an excellent opportunity to ask questions or raise awareness about something that's on your mind regarding Fandom. Remember that when you're reporting something to include a link to where you're experiencing the issue, a screenshot if it is something visible, as well as steps to reproduce your issue. With all that said, let's dive in!
- 1 Recent Fixes
- 2 Fixes in Development
- 3 Development Updates
- 3.1 Engagement
- 3.2 Monetization
- 3.3 User Experience (UX) Team
- 3.4 User-Generated Content (UGC) team
- The category and …
Technical Updates: July 26, 2024
Hey hey, we're halfway through the Summer months already, and the last week of July also brings the second Technical Updates blog of July. With this blog series we aim to inform you about some of the bugs that have been fixed the past 2 weeks, experiments we are running or are about to run, and other general platform changes we may have made. The comment section also gives you another platform to reach out to us with questions or concerns.
- Having tested and retested it, both with and without the help of several helpful communities, the CodeMirror update is being rolled out to all wikis. This extension provides the syntax highlighting in MediaWiki's wikitext editor. Those using the 2010 source editor will notice some changes in the layout as …
Technical Updates: July 12, 2024
Eyo, my lovely people. Time keeps flying by. Feels like yesterday that I posted the last tech blog for June, and now we're already 2 weeks further, so I'm here with the first tech blog of July! As you know, we use these technical update posts to keep you all in the loop of what's happening on the platform by providing you with insights on some of the bugs that got fixed, changes we rolled out, and experiments we're running. If there's anything not clear or you have something to report, don't hesitate to reach out in the comments!
- 1 Notable Changes
- 2 Recent Fixes
- 3 Development Updates
- 3.1 Engagement
- 3.2 News & Ratings (N&R) team
- 3.3 User-Generated Content (UGC) team
- Announced in May already but in effect since this week, non-emailconfirmed accounts are n…