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Web feeds no longer works

The web feeds no longer seem to work. The latest items in the RSS&Atom feeds are issues 50/51/52. Newer ones are not available. Muvon53 (talk) 09:50, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

Do u have a link pls? Always be explicit, wikimedia has many similar systems that ppl might be referring to, so its best to keep guessing out of the equation. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 19:21, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

fwiw I assumed earlier today that it was https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=featuredfeed&feed=technews&feedformat=rss (which shows the latest issue as Tech News issue #52, 2022 (December 26, 2022)). That's a Featured Feed which is apparently defined at MediaWiki:Ffeed-technews-page — I had no idea these were even a thing... — TheresNoTime (talk • they/them) 19:29, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

It’s probably broken because there’s no Tech/News/2023/7 (Tech/News/{{CURRENTYEAR}}/{{CURRENTWEEK}}); it should be Tech/News/{{#time:xno/xnW}} (Tech/News/2023/07). If my theory is correct, it’s been broken every year since 2015 between early January and mid-March (weeks 1 to 9)… —Tacsipacsi (talk) 01:37, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

@TheDJ Thanks for adding that reminder. +1! I write "links or examples always help!" to someone new, ~weekly!

@Tacsipacsi Thanks for diagnosing and explaining the fix!

@TheresNoTime Thanks for researching! Would you (as admin) be able to fix that for us, or should I add an edit-request on the MW string's talkpage? Quiddity (WMF) (talk) 21:17, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

@Quiddity (WMF) done, and looking at https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=featuredfeed&feed=technews&feedformat=rss I think it worked? Thanks for the fix Tacsipacsi! — TheresNoTime (talk • they/them) 21:33, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

But it doesn’t look particularly nice with all the navigation links, particularly the languages list… Maybe we should set up a template per mw:Extension:FeaturedFeeds#On-site configuration that transcludes just the interesting part? —Tacsipacsi (talk) 22:55, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

I just get seven new items in rss. It definitely works, thanks! IKhitron (talk) 11:59, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

Hmm. I've looked at the docs, but I don't entirely understand how limiting it works (just wrapping stuff in noinclude?), and whether the content even can be limited in a way that doesn't interfere with either MassMessages nor Translations? For now, I've added some links & notes for the relevant strings at Tech/News/Manual#Structural components of Tech/News. I might try some tests later this week, unless someone already familiar with it all jumps in to help before then! Quiddity (WMF) (talk) 02:21, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

I've stared at the docs and pages again, but still don't know how to best solve this.

I did remember the existence of enwiki's w:Template:Latest tech news, and I wonder if something along those lines could work? But I haven't used RSS in years, and I'm not sure how many people use this feed (is there any way to tell?), so I'm reluctant to experiment/disrupt. Any advice/help appreciated. -- Quiddity (WMF) (talk) 00:32, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

You can try the opposite direction. Create by script a new page Tech/News/feed/<date> with the relevant part only, by transclusion, or by automatic copy past, or even by subst:, and give it's name in that message. IKhitron (talk) 18:00, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

Community Wishlist Survey icon

I recently added a draft announcement to a Tech News and selected a nice gift icon () to signify a completed Community Wishlist Survey proposal. Is that okay, and if so, is there anywhere I can make a note to remind people to use it? — TheresNoTime (talk • they/them) 18:44, 14 March 2023 (UTC)

Sure, I've added it to the notes at Tech/News/Manual#Icons. I'll try to remember to add it, when a relevant item appears.

And thanks for adding the entry directly, and even using #special so I don't have to look it up! Quiddity (WMF) (talk) 20:11, 14 March 2023 (UTC)

I get a message "file not found" on this icon, here and in the news (and in the manual too). Want a screenshot? IKhitron (talk) 22:23, 14 March 2023 (UTC)

Looks like more T331820 :-/ — TheresNoTime (talk • they/them) 22:34, 14 March 2023 (UTC)

Maybe, don't know. Hope it will be fixed soon. IKhitron (talk) 22:38, 14 March 2023 (UTC)