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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

  • When using keyboard navigation on a Kartographer map, the focus will become more visible. [1]
  • In Special:RecentChanges, you can now hide the log entries for new user creations with the filter for "New users". [2]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 1 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 2 November. It will be on all wikis from 3 November (calendar).
  • The maps dialog in VisualEditor now has some help texts. [3]
  • It is now possible to select the language of a Kartographer map in VisualEditor via a dropdown menu. [4]
  • It is now possible to add a caption to a Kartographer map in VisualEditor. [5]
  • It is now possible to hide the frame of a Kartographer map in VisualEditor. [6]

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