Wikimedia Engineering/Report/2013/August/summary


 * This content is prepared for inclusion in the August 2013 Wikimedia Foundation report. It is a shorter and simpler version of the full Wikimedia engineering report for August 2013 that does not assume specialized technical knowledge.

Major news in August include: A [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/08/01/future-https-wikimedia-projects/ discussion about using the secure HTTP protocol] on Wikimedia sites, followed by a [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/08/28/https-default-logged-in-users-wikimedia-sites/ switch to that protocol for all registered users]; The [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/08/30/notifications-launch-on-mobile/ launch of the Notifications feature] on the mobile site; A discussion about [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/08/30/team-wikimedia-security-has-a-spot-for-you/ how security issues are handled] in our community; The Wikimania conference, which was notably [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/08/02/join-the-language-engineer-team-at-wikimania-in-hong-kong-next-week/ an opportunity for the Language engineering team] to meet with users and improve language support, particularly [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/08/23/restoring-the-forgotten-javanese-script-through-wikimedia/ for the Javanese language]; A much-anticipated [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/08/09/wikimedias-email-response-upgrade/ upgrade of the software used by our volunteer e-mail response team], OTRS.