Wikitech-ambassadors August 2018

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Tech News (2018, week 32)
by Johan Jönsson 07 Aug '18

07 Aug '18

Hi, The latest technical newsletter is now available at < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2018/32>. Below is the English version. You can help write the next newsletter: whenever you see information about Wikimedia technology that you think should be distributed more broadly, you can add it to the next newsletter at < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/Next>. More information on how to contribute is available at < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News#contribute>. You can also contact me directly. As always, feedback (on- or off-list) is appreciated and encouraged. ——————————————————————————— Other languages: العربية • ‎čeština • ‎English • ‎فارسی • ‎suomi • ‎français • ‎עברית • ‎हिन्दी • ‎italiano • ‎日本語 • ‎한국어 • ‎polski • ‎русский • ‎svenska • ‎українська • ‎中文 Latest *tech news <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News>* from the 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/2018/32> are available. *Recent changes* - Special:NewPages <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:NewPages> now has the OOUI look <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/UX_standardization>. [1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T117739> *Problems* - The MediaWiki version that was released two weeks ago was late to some Wikimedia wikis. This was because of bugs. It was on all wikis 30 July. [2] <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Incident_documentation/20180724-Train> [3] <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/engineering/2018-July/000591.html> *Changes later this week* - [image: Recurrent item] The new version <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.32/wmf.16> of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 August. It will be on all wikis from 9 August (calendar <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.32/Roadmap>). *Meetings* - [image: Recurrent item] 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 7 August at 18:30 (UTC) <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20180807T1830>. See how to join <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Editing_team/Weekly_triage_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 8 August at 15:00 (UTC) <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20180808T15>. See how to join <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting>. *Tech news <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News> prepared by Tech News writers <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/Writers> and posted by bot <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/User:MediaWiki_message_d…> • Contribute <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News#contribute> • Translate <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2018/32> • Get help <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech> • Give feedback <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Tech/News> • Subscribe or unsubscribe <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery/Targets/Tech_ambass…>.* //Johan Jönsson

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Wikitech-ambassadors August 2018