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*Recent software changes*
- The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf12
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.24/wmf12>) was added to test
wikis and
MediaWiki.org on July 3. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis
on July 8, and to all Wikipedias on July 10 (calendar
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.24/Roadmap>).
- CirrusSearch <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Search> was enabled on
July 1 as the primary search method on 36 new wikis, including the
Norwegian (no), Portuguese (pt) and Ukrainian (uk) Wikipedias. [1]
<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/142606/>
- It is now possible to create Atom
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/en:Atom_(standard)> or RSS
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/en:RSS> feeds for Word of the Day, Word
of the Week and similar entries on Wiktionary wikis. [2]
<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66015> [3]
<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/136316/>
- You can now use a graphical interface
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/en:Graphical_user_interface> to edit
TemplateData
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/VisualEditor/Portal/TemplateData>
information
on the English (en), French (fr) and Italian (it) Wikipedias. [4]
<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67376> [5]
<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/143360/>
*VisualEditor news*
- Saving an edit with VisualEditor will now be much faster. [6]
<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66914> [7]
<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/141678/>
- You can now add a caption when you add a file to a page with
VisualEditor. You can also change the file to a different one and keep the
existing caption. [8]
<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51033> [9]
<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67170> [10]
<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/140813/>
- When you switch to the *Edit source* tab, you are now asked to keep
your changes. You no longer need to find the option in the menus. [11]
<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57462> [12]
<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/142064/> [13]
<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/143203/>
- The reference tool that adds empty <ref></ref> tags is now at the
bottom of the Cite menu, below references that use templates like {{Cite
web}}. [14] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/143227/>
- Context menus will no longer be shown over items that you can edit
directly, for example formulæ. [15]
<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66542> [16]
<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67306> [17]
<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/143393/>
*Future software changes*
- Starting on July 9, it will be possible to globally rename global (SUL)
users. The feature was first scheduled for July 1, but was delayed due to
bugs.
- A plan to enable CirrusSearch <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Search> as
the primary search method on the 11 largest Wikimedia wikis has now been
prepared. [18]
<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2014-July/077375.html>
- If you use references on a page, you will soon always see them at the
bottom of the page, even if you forget to add the <references /> tag (or
a template). [19] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66860>
[20] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/141583/>
- Black-and-white XCF
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/en:XCF_(file_format)> images will soon
display correctly. [21]
<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66323> [22]
<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/138213/>
- Description pages of SVG files will soon always show download links
for multiple resolutions (example
<http://commons.wikimedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/File:CC_some_rights_reserved.svg>).
The links were previously shown only for SVG files in large original
resolutions. [23] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6834>
[24] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/134855/>
*Problems*
- Between July 2-3, there were problems with loading pages on multiple
wikis due to a configuration issue. [25]
<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67420> [26]
<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/143494/>
- For a few hours on July 1, there were problems with uploading new
files on Wikimedia Commons due to a configuration error. [27]
<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67387> [28]
<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/143396/>
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