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Latest *tech news
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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/2015/21> are
available.
*Recent changes*
- You can watch a video <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7DTn9jHnI0> about
the new graph tool.
*Changes this week*
- The new version <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.26/wmf6> of
MediaWiki has been on test wikis and
MediaWiki.org since May 13. It will be
on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 19. It will be on all Wikipedias from May
20 (calendar <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.26/Roadmap>).
- References are now always in the right order. Also, the reference list
now only shows references used on the page. [1]
<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/181112/>
- You can no longer create an account with a colon ':' in it. If you
already have one, it still works. [2]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T98757>
- The toolbar in VisualEditor now looks different. It is easier to see
the icons. [3] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T86693>
- You won't be able to use e-mail lists for a few hours
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=17&min=00&sec=0&day=19&month=05&year=2015&ah=2>
on
Tuesday. [4]
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2015-May/081737.html>
[5] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T99098>
- UploadWizard now shows better matches when you add a category to your
file. [6] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T40785>
- A test about VisualEditor
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:VisualEditor%27s_effect_on_newly_registered_editors/May_2015_study>
will
start on the English Wikipedia on Thursday. [7]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=662372304#A.2FB_Testing_for_VisualEditor_to_begin_May_21st>
*Meetings*
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the
meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The
meeting will be on May 21 at 15:00 (UTC)
<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=15&min=00&sec=0&day=21&month=05&year=2015>.
See how to join <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:VisualEditor/Portal>
.
- You can join a technical meeting
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2015> in France this
week.
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