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Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes.
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available.
*Recent software changes*
- Rotated PDF files in landscape format used to show too small. They
will now display correctly. You may need to purge older files. [1]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T83123>
- You can now use the {{!}} magic word
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Magic_words> instead
of Template:! <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:!>. Many wikis
<https://tools.wmflabs.org/cleanup/excl-template.php> used the template
to create a pipe (|) in tables and templates. You can delete the
template. [2]
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2014-December/001055.html>
*Software changes this week*
- The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf14
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.25/wmf14>) has been on test
wikis and
MediaWiki.org since January 7. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis
from January 13. It will be on all Wikipedias from January 14 (calendar
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.25/Roadmap>).
- A bug in VisualEditor sometimes added a ☀ (Sun) character. This is now
fixed. [3] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T76916>
- The search and replace tool in VisualEditor is now much faster in long
pages. [4] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T78234>
- The TemplateData editor now uses the same design as VisualEditor. [5]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T73746> [6]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T73077> [7]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T73078>
- The thumb option is now shown in your language in the help of the
classic editor toolbar. [8] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T40831>
*Future changes*
- You can sign up
<https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_6R04ammTX8uoJFP> to answer
questions from designers. It will help them make editing easier. [9]
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2015-January/001059.html>
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