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changes. Not all changes will affect you.
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*Recent software changes*
- The latest version of MediaWiki
(
1.23wmf12<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.23/wmf12>)
was added to test wikis and
MediaWiki.org on January 30. It will be added
to non-Wikipedia wikis on February 4, and all Wikipedia wikis on February 6
(calendar <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.23/Roadmap>).
- Global
AbuseFilter<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AbuseFilter>rules
are now active on all small
wikis <https://noc.wikimedia.org/conf/small.dblist>.
[
1]<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60408>
[2] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/109435/>
- The buttons used in pages like log-in, account creation and search are
now using the same colors and
styles<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/UX_standardization>on>.
[3] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58297>
[
4]<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/103494/>
- You can now link to diffs using [[Special:Diff/12345]] and similar
links. [5] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/63395/>
- There is no longer an option to hide tables of contents on all pages.
[6] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52813>
- Searching in the File: namespace on Wikimedia Commons is now faster,
after a bug was fixed on January 29.
[
7]<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/110191/>
- All Wikimedia wikis now have high-resolution
favicons<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/en:Favicon>on>.
[8] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45036>
*VisualEditor news*
- You can now see a list of keyboard shortcuts by pressing Ctrl+/ inside
VisualEditor. [9] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/107153/>
*Future software changes*
- Edits and files hidden with the
Oversight<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Oversight>tool will
be moved to the
RevisionDelete
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:RevisionDelete>system. The
Oversight tool will then be removed from Wikimedia wikis.
[10] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60373>
[
11]<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18598>
[12] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/18229/>
- For languages where not all sister projects exist, you will be able to
link to other language projects using double interwikis (:ko:v, :v:ko,
etc.). [13] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/94716/>
- It will soon be possible to use the
GettingStarted<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:GettingStarted&g…
on other wikis than the English Wikipedia. You can translate it on
Translatewiki.net<https://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special:Messag…ty=1&language=>.
[
14]<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2014-Janua…
- You will soon be able to include the
Special:Contributions<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributi…
into other pages.
[15] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/106320/>
- You will be able to see where a file is used inside
MultimediaViewer<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MultimediaView…er>,
the new tool for viewing media files.
[
16]<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60087>
[17] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/107993/>
- It will soon be possible to send
MassMessage<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MassMessage>mess…
using the API.
[18] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/87311/>
- You will soon see audio statistics on the
Special:TimedMediaHandler<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:TimedM…t;page.
[19] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/97998/>
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