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Jpearson Jpearson 22 October 2022
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Technical Updates: October 21, 2022

Hey everyone!

Check out the latest Technical Updates since October 7, 2022. We’ll continue to update the editor community on bug fixes and product development updates on a bi-weekly basis!


  • 1 Notable Changes:
    • 1.1 Link Suggest
    • 1.2 Other
  • 2 Known Issues:
    • 2.1 Interactive Maps
    • 2.2 Mobile Editor
  • 3 Development Updates:
    • 3.1 Mobile Theming
    • 3.2 Mobile Editing
    • 3.3 Discussions AbuseFilter
    • 3.4 Discussions Moderation



  • We received reports of the link suggest dropdown showing an empty link suggestions box when scrolling down the editor. That issue is now resolved and you can seamlessly scroll without a blank box being left behind after selecting a suggestion and when scrolling outside the editor.
  • We also resolved the dropdown menu positioning in Link Suggest to ensure seamless scro…




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Jpearson Jpearson 7 October 2022
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Technical Updates: October 7, 2022

Hey everyone!

Check out the latest Technical Updates since September 23, 2022. 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 Mobile Theming
    • 3.2 Discussions AbuseFilter
    • 3.3 Discussions Moderation


  • The ability to partially block users - including blocking users just from posting on Discussions, which has been a long-term request - is live.
  • Cases of newly created wikis were throwing 503 errors and loading blank pages. That issue has been resolved.
  • Although not a bug, the current 20 character limit for Discussions categories is too low to support all naming use cases, particularly on international Discussions. Admins can now set Disc…



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Brandon Rhea Brandon Rhea 27 September 2022
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Technical Updates: September 23, 2022

Two weeks ago, on September 9th, you may have seen that we rebooted our Technical Update posts that contain updates on recent bug fixes and, for this new series, updates on product development initiatives like Mobile Theme Designer and Discussions moderation improvements. This is so we can consistently deliver news about improvements to the platform so our editor community remains up to date.

Check out the latest Technical Updates, below, since September 9th. We’ll continue to update you on bug fixes on a bi-weekly basis!


  • 1 Notable Fixes
    • 1.1 FandomMobile
    • 1.2 Interactive Maps
    • 1.3 Discussions AbuseFilter
    • 1.4 Discussions Moderation



  • In some cases on the Fandom app, and even rarer cases on mobile web, the mobile dark theme was unreadable after the introduc…




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Jpearson Jpearson 10 September 2022
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Technical Updates: September 9, 2022

Hey everyone!

If you’ve been searching for tech updates on the blog, look no further! We’ll share notable changes on the site every other Friday. This update is meant to keep the community informed of changes from our Creator Tools team that could potentially affect you and to ensure you are aware of what’s happening on the platform. If you have questions or need any support, reach out to our help desk or send any updates you have on the respective Discord channels.


That’s right! We wanted to make sure as many editors on the platform as possible could see that we’ve relaunched our Technical Updates series. We won’t send something like this every time we post a Technical Update, but we wanted to get this one in front of as many eyes as possib…


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DaNASCAT DaNASCAT 18 October 2017
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Technical Update: October 18, 2017

Here are the latest technical updates on FANDOM. Keep in mind that our system updates happen every Tuesday and Thursday - today's notes are for tomorrow's site update. Also note that we change hundreds of tiny details every week, so these are just the highlights.


As we announced on our Monday Technical Update post, FANDOM is shifting to a four-times-a-week release strategy. This change will begin next Monday, October 23rd. Releases will now occur on: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. FANDOM does not schedule code releases on Friday to prevent any bugged releases that might affect the site over the weekend.

As a result, this blog will be discontinued. This is the final Technical Updates blog. Technical Updates will now be posted on thi…


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DaNASCAT DaNASCAT 16 October 2017
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Technical Update: October 16, 2017

Here are the latest technical updates on FANDOM. Keep in mind that our system updates happen every Tuesday and Thursday - today's notes are for tomorrow's site update. Also note that we change hundreds of tiny details every week, so these are just the highlights.


First, we'd like to announce that code releases on FANDOM will now regularly occur four times a week. This change will begin next Monday, October 23rd. This is a direct result of our experiment back in August. Internally, the experiment found we had the capacity to release code additional times per week without impacting the QA process or causing additional bugs.

Releases will now occur on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. FANDOM does not schedule code releases on Friday to …


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DaNASCAT DaNASCAT 9 October 2017
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Technical Update: October 9, 2017

Here are the latest technical updates on FANDOM. Keep in mind that our system updates happen every Tuesday and Thursday - today's notes are for tomorrow's site update. Also note that we change hundreds of tiny details every week, so these are just the highlights.


  • We will fix an issue where Theme Designer incorrectly changes certain symbols in wiki names (e.g. apostrophes and ampersands).


Recent mobile app updates are listed on Apps Technical Updates, and detailed site CSS-related updates can be found at http://report.wikia.net

  • Tabber will be added to Special:TagsReport. Note: tabber will only be detected on pages edited after this change goes live.

Questions? Comments? Feel free to leave them below. And if you have additional bugs to report, pl…



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Kirkburn Kirkburn 4 October 2017
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Technical Update: October 4, 2017

Here are the latest technical updates on FANDOM. Keep in mind that our system updates happen every Tuesday and Thursday - today's notes are for tomorrow's site update. Also note that we change hundreds of tiny details every week, so these are just the highlights.


To offer a complete mobile fan experience for FANDOM, we released the FANDOM app. It is available for iOS and Android and allows you to follow the latest news on your favorite entertainment fandoms. Wiki content and Discussions remain available via our Community apps.


Recent mobile app updates are listed on Apps Technical Updates, and detailed site CSS-related updates can be found at http://report.wikia.net

  • We will fix an issue that caused Theme Designer's middle background color to …



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DaNASCAT DaNASCAT 3 October 2017
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Technical Update: October 2, 2017

Here are the latest technical updates on FANDOM. Keep in mind that our system updates happen every Tuesday and Thursday - today's notes are for tomorrow's site update. Also note that we change hundreds of tiny details every week, so these are just the highlights.


  • The template type bulk editing ability will be fixed.
  • We will fix an issue where certain ad types could cause the toolbar to become hidden.


Recent mobile app updates are listed on Apps Technical Updates, and detailed site CSS-related updates can be found at http://report.wikia.net

  • Due to long-term unreliability, the 'Last logged in' column on Special:ListUsers will be retired.

Questions? Comments? Feel free to leave them below. And if you have additional bugs to report, please send the…



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Rappy Rappy 20 September 2020
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Technical Update: September 27, 2017

Here are the latest technical updates on FANDOM. Keep in mind that our system updates happen every Tuesday and Thursday - today's notes are for tomorrow's site update. Also note that we change hundreds of tiny details every week, so these are just the highlights.


Recent mobile app updates are listed on Apps Technical Updates, and detailed site CSS-related updates can be found at http://report.wikia.net

  • If a community's main page is outside the main namespace, the wiki's wordmark and logo will no longer link to 'Main Page' instead of the correct page. (Previously noted, but additional fixes will be applied.)
  • We will fix an issue that could result in unintended Forum watchlist notifications.
  • We will fix an issue where using the deprecated 'counte…


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