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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/2017/34 are available.
*Recent changes*
- You can now test the new Timeless skin https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Skin:Timeless?useskin=timeless on the test wiki https://test.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page and mediawiki.org https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki. You can turn it on in your preferences. You can report bugs in Phabricator https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/timeless/. It will come to more wikis soon. [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T154371[2] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2017-August/088603.html - Your watchlist can now have the option to unwatch pages. You have to turn this on in your preferences. [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T2424 - If a table has several columns you can often choose which column you want to use to sort the table. This has not worked for some columns for readers who have used Firefox or Safari. This has now been fixed. [4] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T126886 - The RelatedArticles extension https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:RelatedArticles has shown related pages on Wikivoyages. You will now see the related pages at the end of the article together with an image. Previously the links were in the sidebar. Wikis that want this extension can request it on Phabricator https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/wikimedia-site-requests/.
*Changes later this week*
- Videos will now be played in the WebM format https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:WebM in all browsers. Previously some browsers used Ogg Theora https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Theora (.ogv). If you use Safari, Internet Explorer or Edge you may see slower playback speed at high resolutions. Instead we will get better quality and smaller file size. You can still upload video as Ogg files. They are automatically converted to WebM. This doesn't affect Ogg audio files. [5] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T172445 - The default font in the edit window will change for some users this week. Instead of using the browser default, it will be monospace. Users can change this in their preferences. This should only change this for some users on Macs and iOS devices. [6] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T171201 - [image: Octicons-sync.svg] The new version https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.30/wmf.15 of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 22 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 23 August. It will be on all wikis from 24 August (calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.30/Roadmap).
*Meetings*
- [image: Octicons-tools.svg] You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 23 August at 15:00 (UTC) http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=15&min=00&sec=0&day=23&month=08&year=2017. See how to join https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting. - [image: Octicons-sync.svg] 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 22 August at 19:00 (UTC) http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=22&month=08&year=2017. See how to join https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Editing_team/Weekly_triage_meetings.
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//Johan Jönsson