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*Recent changes*
- You can use the new termbox
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Development/Termbox> interface
if you edit Wikidata on a mobile device. This is to edit labels,
descriptions and aliases easier on the mobile pages. [1]
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2019-August/013355.html>
- [image: Recurrent item] The new version
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.34/wmf.20> of MediaWiki has
been deployed during the last week.
- The previously announced change of positions of the "Wikidata item"
link on all wikis has been rollbacked due to unexpected cache issues. [2]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T66315#5431632>
- The limit for rollbacks has been increased from 10 to 100 rollbacks
per minute. [3] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T228708>
- The advanced version of the edit review pages (Recent Changes,
Watchlist, and Related Changes) now include two new filters. These filters
are for "All contents" and "All discussions". They will filter the
view to
just those namespaces. However the "All discussions" filter does not
include pseudo talk pages, like discussions that are in the *Project:*
or *Wikipedia:* namespaces. But it will include changes happening
on *Project
talk:* or the *Wikipedia talk:*. [4]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T201520>
*Changes later this week*
- [image: Recurrent item] The new version
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.34/wmf.21> of MediaWiki will
be on test wikis and
MediaWiki.org from 3 September. It will be on
non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 4 September. It will be on all
wikis from 5 September (calendar
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.34/Roadmap>).
- When you log in, the software checks your password to see if it
follows the Password policy
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Password_policy>.
From this week, it will also complain if your password is one of the most
common passwords in the world. If your password is not strong enough,
please consider to change your password
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:PasswordReset> for a stronger
password <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Password_strength>. [5]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T151425>
*Meetings*
- [image: Recurrent item] [image: Advanced item] You can join the
technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers
can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 4 September at 15:00 (UTC)
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20190904T15>.
See how to join
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting>.
*Future changes*
- You will be able to read but not to edit Wikidata for up to 30 minutes
on September 10 at 05:00 (UTC)
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20190910T05>.
[6] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T230788>
- You will be able to read but not to edit some mid-sized wikis for up
to 30 minutes September 17 at 05:00 (UTC)
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20190917T05>.
You can see which wikis
<https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wikimedia/operations-mediawiki-config/master/dblists/s2.dblist>
. [7] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T230788>
- You will be able to read but not to edit some mid-sized wikis for up
to 30 minutes September 24 at 05:00 (UTC)
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20190924T05>.
You can see which wikis
<https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wikimedia/operations-mediawiki-config/master/dblists/s3.dblist>
. [8] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T230788>
- You will be able to read but not to edit Wikimedia Commons for up to
30 minutes on September 26 at 05:00 (UTC)
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20190926T05>.
[9] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T230788>
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