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*Recent changes*
- MediaWiki now has a stable interface policy for frontend code
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Stable_interface_policy/frontend> that
more clearly defines how we deprecate MediaWiki code and wiki-based code
(e.g. gadgets and user scripts). Thank you to everyone who contributed to
the content and discussions. [1]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T346467>[2]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T344079>
*Changes later this week*
- The new version <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.41/wmf.27>
of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and
MediaWiki.org from 19 September. It
will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 September. It
will be on all wikis from 21 September (calendar
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.41/Roadmap>).
- All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on September 20. This is
planned at 14:00 UTC.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/Server_switch>
[3] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T345263>
- All wikis will have a link in the sidebar that provides a short URL of
that page, using the Wikimedia URL Shortener
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_URL_Shortener>.
[4] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T267921>
*Future changes*
- The team investigating the Graph Extension posted a proposal for
reenabling it
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Graph/Plans#Proposal> and they
need your input.
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