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*Recent changes*
- Bureaucrats can now set users as confirmed
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Meta:Confirmed_users>.
Previously only stewards could do this on most wikis. Nothing will change
for wikis that have previously decided to let administrators set users as
confirmed. [1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T101983>
*Problems*
- The symbols in the language list that show that an article is good or
featured in that language doesn't work. Links to the Commons category in
the sidebar doesn't work either. The developers are working on fixing it.
[2] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T172592>[3]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T172805>
*Changes later this week*
- [image: Octicons-sync.svg] The new version
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.30/wmf.14> of MediaWiki will
be on test wikis and
MediaWiki.org from 15 August. It will be on
non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 16 August. It will be on all
wikis from 17 August (calendar
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.30/Roadmap>).
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