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Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes.
Not all changes will affect you. Translations
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available.
*Recent changes*
- A prototype for structured data
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Commons:Structured_data>
on
Commons is available now. [1]
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Structured_data#It.27s_alive.21>
- The RevisionSlider
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:RevisionSlider>
beta
feature can now be tested on
mediawiki.org, German Wikipedia, Arabic
Wikipedia and Hebrew Wikipedia.
*Problems*
- Renamed users on some wikis were not connected to their account on
other wikis between 20 July and 21 July. This has been fixed. [2]
<https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Incident_documentation/20160721-LocalRenameUserJob>
*Changes this week*
- [image: Octicons-sync.svg] The new version
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.28/wmf.13> of MediaWiki will
be on test wikis and
MediaWiki.org from 2 August. It will be on
non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 3 August. It will be on all
wikis from 4 August (calendar
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.28/Roadmap>).
*Meetings*
- [image: Octicons-sync.svg] You can join the next meeting with the
VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs
you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 2 August at
19:00 (UTC)
<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=02&month=08&year=2016>.
See how to join
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/Weekly_triage_meetings>.
- The next CREDIT showcase
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/CREDIT_showcase> will be on 3 August at
18:00 (UTC)
<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=18&min=00&sec=0&day=03&month=08&year=2016>.
This is to present and comment on new gadgets, small projects and works in
progress. See how to join
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/CREDIT_showcase#Details>.
- [image: Octicons-tools.svg] You can join the next meeting with the
Architecture committee. The topic this week is "notifications in core
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T128351>". The meeting will be on 3
August at 21:00 (UTC)
<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=21&min=00&sec=0&day=03&month=08&year=2016>.
See how to join <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Architecture_meetings>.
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