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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/2018/17> are
available.
*Recent changes*
- All Wikipedias now have Page Previews
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Page_Previews>.
- The iOS and Android apps now have synced reading lists
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Apps/Synced_Reading_Lists>.
This means you can save articles to a private list that can be seen on your
other devices if you use the apps.
- The icons in the 2010 wikitext editor
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:WikiEditor>
have
changed. [1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T191031>
- The visual editor and the 2017 wikitext ask you to write an edit
summary after you press Publish. This button now also shows an ellipsis
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:ellipsis>. This is to show that
pressing Publish is not the last step. [2]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T189803>
*Changes later this week*
- [image: Recurrent item] The new version
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.32/wmf.1> of MediaWiki will
be on test wikis and
MediaWiki.org from 24 April. It will be on
non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 25 April. It will be on all
wikis from 26 April (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 24 April at 18:30 (UTC)
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20180424T1830>.
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 25 April at 15:00 (UTC)
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20180425T15>.
See how to join
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting>.
*Future changes*
- <mapframe>
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Kartographer>
will come to most Wikipedias in May. This means that you can put
interactive maps in the articles. Nine Wikipedias that use a strict version
of flagged revisions
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:FlaggedRevs>
will not get this feature in May. [3]
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/User:JMatazzoni_(WMF)/mapframe-to-all-wikipedias-notice>
- The rollback function could change. This was a German community request
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/Rollback>.
All editors with rollback rights can leave feedback
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/Rollback/Feedback_round>
on the proposed solution. The last day to leave feedback is 4 May (UTC).
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//Johan Jönsson
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