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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/2018/40> are
available.
*Recent changes*
- Ordinary pages can no longer be loaded as javascript
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:JavaScript>. You could do this using
?action=raw&ctype=text/javascript in the URL
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:URL>. Only fully protected pages in
the MediaWiki: namespace or user javascript subpages can be loaded as
javascript now. This is for better security. [1]
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2018-September/001955.html>
[2]
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018-September/090882.html>
*Problems*
- New and updated translations from
translatewiki.net
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/w:translatewiki.net> will not reach the
wikis for a while. You can still translate messages on
translatewiki.net.
The Wikimedia wikis will be updated with the new translations later. This
is because of work on the translation system. [3]
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2018-September/001951.html>
[4]
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018-September/090882.html>
*Changes later this week*
- [image: Recurrent item] The new version
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.32/wmf.24> of MediaWiki will
be on test wikis and
MediaWiki.org from 2 October. It will be on
non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 3 October. It will be on all
wikis from 4 October (calendar
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.32/Roadmap>).
*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 3 October at 15:00 (UTC)
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20181003T15>.
See how to join
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting>.
- You can join the meeting with the Wikimedia Foundation Search Platform
team. The meeting will be on 3 October at 15:00 UTC
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20181003T15>.
See how to join
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours#Upcoming_office_hours> if
you want to know how the search function works or have questions.
*Future changes*
- Because of a data centre test you will be able to read but not edit
the wikis for up to an hour on 10 October. This will start at 14:00 (UTC)
<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=14&min=00&sec=0&day=10&month=10&year=2018>.
You might lose edits if you try to save during this time. The time when you
can't edit might be shorter than an hour. You can read more about this
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/Server_switch_2018_2>
.
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//Johan Jönsson