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*Recent changes*
- You can now use global preferences
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:GlobalPreferences> on
Wikimedia wikis. You can set them on the global preferences page
<https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:GlobalPreferences>. [1]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T16950>
- You can now see a new log of pages being created at Special:Log/create
<https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Log/create>. It includes
pages which are later deleted. It is now available on all Wikimedia wikis
except Commons and Wikidata. [2]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T12331>
- You can see how many pageviews a wiki had from specific
countries. The Wikistats2
maps
<https://stats.wikimedia.org/v2/#/sv.wikipedia.org/reading/page-views-by-country/normal%7Cmap%7C2-Year~2016060100~2018071100%7C~total>
have now been updated. [3]
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018-July/090327.html>
*Changes later this week*
- Your watchlist will show changes from the last seven days instead of
three. If you have already set a length preference it will not change.
[4] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T194414>
- [image: Recurrent item] The new version
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.32/wmf.13> of MediaWiki will
be on test wikis and
MediaWiki.org from 17 July. It will be on
non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 18 July. It will be on all
wikis from 19 July (calendar
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.32/Roadmap>).
*Meetings*
- [image: Recurrent item] 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 17 July at 18:30 (UTC)
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20180717T1830>.
See how to join
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Editing_team/Weekly_triage_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 18 July at 15:00 (UTC)
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20180718T15>.
See how to join
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting>.
*Future changes*
- Some articles have messages to readers about problems with the
article. For example that it does not cite sources or might not be neutral.
Readers do not see these messages on the mobile version. The developers now
want to show them. You can read more and leave feedback
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Projects/Mobile_Page_Issues>
.
- You can use <inputbox> to create search boxes for specific pages. For
example to search the archives of a community discussion page. Instead of
prefix:Page name you will see a text that explains which pages are
being searched. You can read more and leave feedback
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T198318>.
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