Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent software changes
- The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf12)
was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on January 30. It will be
added to non-Wikipedia wikis on February 4, and all Wikipedia wikis on
February 6 (calendar).
- Global AbuseFilter rules are now active on all small wikis. [1] [2]
- The buttons used in pages like log-in, account creation and search are now using the same colors and styles. [3] [4]
- You can now link to diffs using
[[Special:Diff/12345]]
and similar links. [5] - There is no longer an option to hide tables of contents on all pages. [6]
- Searching in the
File:
namespace on Wikimedia Commons is now faster, after a bug was fixed on January 29. [7] - All Wikimedia wikis now have high-resolution favicons. [8]
VisualEditor news
- You can now see a list of keyboard shortcuts by pressing Ctrl+/ inside VisualEditor. [9]
Future software changes
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