Hello all,

I would like to announce the release of MediaWiki Language Extension Bundle 2016.10. This bundle is The bundle is compatible with MediaWiki 1.26 and 1.27 or above and requires PHP 5.5.9 or above.

Next MLEB is expected to be released in 3 months. If there are major changes or important bug fixes, we will do intermediate release. Please give us your feedback at [[Talk:MLEB|https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:MLEB]].

* Download: https://translatewiki.net/mleb/MediaWikiLanguageExtensionBundle-2016.10.tar.... * sha256sum: f82ac16b1a71433d68066c684c2e67379d3c435d1938044a9f0f0582cb6549b3

Quick links: * Installation instructions are at: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MLEB * Announcements of new releases will be posted to a mailing list: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-i18n * Report bugs to: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/ * Talk with us at: #mediawiki-i18n @ Freenode

Release notes for each extension are below.

-- Kartik Mistry

== Highlights and upgrade notes == * Easy way to access wikitext editor from Special:Translate. T48955 * Special:Translate now works with MobileFrontend. T102922 * Special:Translate now works better in mobile devices. T146134 * WebAPI module to query user's babel languages. * The style of ULS's dialogs have been updated and polished to be more streamlined (for real this time, was incorrectly claimed to be included in 2016.08).

== Babel == * Kunal Mehta made is possible to store babel languages in the database for efficient querying if a configuration option is enabled. * Kunal Mehta added an WebAPI module to query user's babel languages. * Kunal Mehta made it possible to read user's babel languages from a central wiki if a configuration option is enabled. T95877 * Ricordisamoa added a configuration option that can be used to set namespace limits to restrict for which pages are automatically categorized to babel categories. T69334 * Niklas Laxström removed references to non-existing configuration option BabelPreferISO639_3. * Kunal Mehta made the new babel database table to start populating automatically if it exists. * Kunal Mehta changed the main babel category no longer include users who set the skill level to zero. T146909

== CLDR and LocalisationUpdate == * Maintenance and localisation updates only.

== CleanChanges == * Niklas Laxström fixed a minor issue causing unnecessary code to load on certain configurations. T146476

== Translate == * Glaisher improved how Translate checks and enforces restrictions for non-translatable languages. * C0nnex taught Translate to support new authentication method for Microsoft Translate API. T46679 * Niklas Laxström removed the broken new line handling from Microsoft Translate API support. T60121 * Jon Robson and Niklas Laxström made Special:Translate work with Mobile Frontend. T102922 * Niklas Laxström polished Special:Translate to work better in mobile devices. T146134 * Glaisher added way to access wikitext editor from Special:Translate. T48955 * Federico Leva and Niklas Laxström made "hide own translations" button in Special:Translate only appear when relevant. T50972 * Erik Moeller added support for explicitly chosen namespace constant in wfAddNamespace. * Niklas Laxström fixed an issue causing email confirmation emails to be sent twice for sandbox users. T147570 * Erik Moeller added support for CLDR-style plural keywords to JSON file format support.

== UniversalLanguageSelector == * Amir Aharoni changed "Language search" to "Search for a language". T138235 * New design implemented by Niklas Laxström was imported from jquery.uls. * Niklas Laxström improved language change tooltip positioning. T145483 * Amir Aharoni documented available hooks and added one new hook. T145755 * Fomafix improved and simplified the way the CSS is loaded for ULS triggers to avoid flash. * Ed Sanders updated beta feature image to use proper layout and colours. T144428 * Niklas Laxström fixed an issue that caused unparsed plural syntax appear in the compact language links. T148117