2016-09-12 20:06 GMT+02:00 Johan Jönsson jjonsson@wikimedia.org:
Hi,
The latest technical newsletter is now available at < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/37%3E. Below is the English version.
And for the poor souls on the list who don't speak the language of Hašek, Havel and Čapek, in English:
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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/2016/37 are available.
*Recent changes*
- The Wikimedia Commons app for Android can now show nearby places that need photos. [1] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2016-September/086429.html - <maplink> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Kartographer#.3Cmaplink.3E and <mapframe> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Kartographer#.3Cmapframe.3E_usage can now use geodata https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Kartographer#GeoShapes_external_data from Open Street Map https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Open_Street_Map if Open Street Map has defined a region and given it an ID in Wikidata. You can use this to draw on the map and add information. [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T134086[3] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2016-September/001469.html
*Changes this week*
- The RevisionSlider https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:RevisionSlider will be available as a beta feature on all wikis from 13 September. This will make it easier to navigate between diffs in the page history. [4] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T143421 - [image: Octicons-tools.svg] A new user right will allow most users to change the content model https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:ChangeContentModel of pages. [5] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2016-September/001468.html [6] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2016-September/001470.html - [image: Octicons-sync.svg] The new version https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.28/wmf.19 of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 13 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 14 September. It will be on all wikis from 15 September (calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.28/Roadmap).
*Meetings*
- [image: Octicons-sync.svg] You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 13 September at 19:00 (UTC) http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=13&month=09&year=2016. See how to join https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/Weekly_triage_meetings.
*Future changes*
- When you search on the Wikimedia wikis in the future you could see results from sister projects in your language. You can read more and discuss how this could work https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2016-September/001466.html .
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//Johan Jönsson, with apologies