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Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes.
Not all changes will affect you. Translations
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2018/50> are
available.
*Changes later this week*
- [image: Recurrent item] The new version
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.33/wmf.8> of MediaWiki will
be on test wikis and
MediaWiki.org from 11 December. It will be on
non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 12 December. It will be on all
wikis from 13 December (calendar
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.33/Roadmap>).
*Meetings*
- [image: Recurrent item] [image: Advanced item] You can join the
technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers
can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 12 December at 16:00 (UTC)
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20181212T16>.
See how to join
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting>.
*Future changes*
- New accounts will need passwords that are at least 8 characters long.
Admins, interface admins, bureaucrats, oversighters, CentralNotice admins,
global renamers, check users, stewards and some other user groups will need
passwords that are at least 10 characters long. This is because an attacker
could cause damage to the wikis if they took over these accounts. [1]
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Security_Team/Password_strengthening_2019>
[2] <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Password_policy>
- When you hover over a footnote it will show you the reference as a
pop-up. This is so you don't have to jump down to the bottom of the page to
see a reference. This will happen in 2019. Some wikis already have gadgets
that do this. You will be able to turn it off. [3]
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/ReferencePreviews>
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//Johan Jönsson