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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/2017/49> are
available.
*Recent changes*
- It is now possible to upload MP3 files
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:MP3> to Commons. Only users with MP3
file upload rights
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:MP3_uploaders> can upload
MP3 files. [1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T120288>
- You can now use live updates
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:New_filters_for_edit_review/Live_updates>
for
recent changes if you use the new filters
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Edit_Review_Improvements/New_filters_for_edit_review>.
This feature updates the filtered recent changes every three seconds when
you activate it. [2] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T173614>
- There is an experimental onion service
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/A_Tor_Onion_Service_for_Wikipedia>
for
Wikimedia projects. [3]
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2017-November/089157.html>
*Changes later this week*
- Very old versions of the Opera Web browser
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Opera_(web_browser)> are no longer
supported. This means that technical development will not be tested to make
sure it works with those Opera versions. Use Opera 15 or above or another
browser if you have problems. [4]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T121517>
- [image: Octicons-tools.svg] Almost 170 wikis with no high-priority
errors in Linter
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Linter>
categories
will switch to use the Remex parsing library
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/RemexHtml>. This is to replace Tidy
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsing/Replacing_Tidy>. A few larger
wikis such as German and Italian Wikipedia will also make this switch. It
will happen on 5 December. Other wikis will be recommended to switch soon
when they have fixed the errors that must be fixed. Tidy will be removed in
the middle of 2018. [5]
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsing/Replacing_Tidy/Linter/Stats/2017-11-20#Wikis_with_zero_high-priority_errors>
[6]
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsing/Replacing_Tidy/FAQ#What_will_editors_need_to_do.3F>
- [image: Octicons-sync.svg] The new version
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.31/wmf.11> of MediaWiki will
be on test wikis and
MediaWiki.org from 5 December. It will be on
non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 December. It will be on all
wikis from 7 December (calendar
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.31/Roadmap>).
*Meetings*
- [image: Octicons-sync.svg] 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 5 December at 19:30
(UTC)
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=18&min=30&sec=0&year=2017&month=12&day=05>.
See how to join
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Editing_team/Weekly_triage_meetings>.
- [image: Octicons-tools.svg] You can join the technical advice meeting
on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The
meeting will be on 6 December at 16:00 (UTC)
<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=16&min=00&sec=0&day=06&month=12&year=2017>.
See how to join
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting>.
*Future changes*
- The 2017 Community Wishlist Survey
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2017_Community_Wishlist_Survey> will
decide what the Community Tech
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Tech> team will work on next
year. You can vote for wishes on the survey page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2017_Community_Wishlist_Survey> until
10 December. You can see what has happened to last year's wishes on the 2016
results page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2016_Community_Wishlist_Survey/Results>.
- The Community Liaisons team at the Wikimedia Foundation is
looking for active
tech ambassadors <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/Ambassadors/List>.
This is to make sure the Wikimedia communities get all the information they
need about new features and can be involved in the technical development.
[7] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T176476>
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