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<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2018/34> are
available.
*Changes later this week*
- [image: Recurrent item] The new version
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.32/wmf.18> of MediaWiki will
be on test wikis and
MediaWiki.org from 21 August. It will be on
non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 August. It will be on all
wikis from 23 August (calendar
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.32/Roadmap>).
*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 22 August at 15:00 (UTC)
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20180822T15>.
See how to join
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting>.
*Future changes*
- The 2018 Community Wishlist Survey
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/2018_Community_Wishlist_Survey>
begins on 29 October. The survey decides what the Community Tech team
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Tech> will work on. You can
post proposals from 29 October to 11 November. You can vote on proposals
from 16 November to 30 November.
- [image: Advanced item] Legacy JavaScript global variables
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgLegacyJavaScriptGlobals> have
been deprecated for seven years. They will soon be removed from all wikis.
Gadgets and scripts that use them will stop working. You can test your
community's gadgets on "group0" wikis. For example Test Wikipedia
<https://test.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page> or
mediawiki.org
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki>. The legacy JavaScript global
variables are already disabled there. You can read the migration guide
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/ResourceLoader/Migration_guide_(users)#Global_wg_variables>
to fix old scripts. [1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T72470>
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//Johan Jönsson
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