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/2018/30> are
available:
العربية <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2018/30/ar> • čeština
<https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2018/30/cs> • Esperanto
<https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2018/30/eo> • español
<https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2018/30/es> • suomi
<https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2018/30/fi> • français
<https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2018/30/fr> • עברית
<https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2018/30/he> • हिन्दी
<https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2018/30/hi> • 日本語
<https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2018/30/ja> • polski
<https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2018/30/pl> • русский
<https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2018/30/ru> • svenska
<https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2018/30/sv> • 粵語
<https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2018/30/yue> • 中文
<https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2018/30/zh>
(Because of Wikimania travel and other issues, this issue has been
exceptionally distributed today.)
*Recent changes*
- When you log in to your account you can choose to keep being logged
in. This checkbox now works better than before on the mobile version for
users without JavaScript. [1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T196947>
- Wikis that use Citoid <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Citoid> can
automatically generate citations for Swedish news sites. This only works in
the visual editor. This now works for Swedish public service radio
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Sveriges_radio>. More will come.
Others could use this to add news sites in other languages in the future.
[2] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T187023>
- Editors can do max 90 edits per minute. This is new since last month.
This does not affect bots or administrators. [3]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T56515>
*Changes later this week*
- [image: Recurrent item] The new version
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.32/wmf.14> of MediaWiki will
be on test wikis and
MediaWiki.org from 24 July. It will be on
non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 25 July. It will be on all
wikis from 26 July (calendar
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.32/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 25 July at 15:00 (UTC)
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20180725T15>.
See how to join
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting>.
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by Tech News writers
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/Writers> and
posted by bot
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/User:MediaWiki_message_delivery>
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Benoît Evellin (Trizek)
Community Liaison
Wikimedia Foundation