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Latest *tech news
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News>* from the
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/2017/26> are
available.
*Recent changes*
- The <inputbox
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:InputBox>>
has a new searchfilter parameter. You can add values like
searchfilter=insource:foo. It will add that to the user's search query.
[1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T147951>
*Changes this week*
- [image: Octicons-sync.svg] The new version
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.30/wmf.7> of MediaWiki will
be on test wikis and
MediaWiki.org from 27 June. It will be on
non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 28 June. It will be on all
wikis from 29 June (calendar
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.30/Roadmap>).
- Users will be able to choose whether they want to see Wikidata changes
in enhanced watchlist/recent changes. Previously, this was disabled for
everyone. [2] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T46874>
*Meetings*
- [image: Octicons-sync.svg] You can join the next meeting with the
Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you
think are the most important. The meeting will be on 27 June at 19:00
(UTC)
<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=27&month=06&year=2017>.
See how to join
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Editing_team/Weekly_triage_meetings>.
- You can join the next WMF Language team office hour, an open session
to talk about Wikimedia Language projects. The meeting will be on 27
June at 13:00 UTC
<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=13&min=00&sec=0&day=27&month=06&year=2017>
. [3]
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-i18n/2017-June/001126.html>
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