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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/2016/17> are
available.
*Problems*
- Wikimedia tested a new data center last week. This meant that the
wikis could be read but not edited for 45 minutes on April 19 and for 20
minutes on April 21. [1]
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2016-April/001391.html>
- When the data center was tested, new edits were not shown in the
recent changes log for 20 minutes. They are in the logs now. You can read
more about how to find the edits
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2016-April/001393.html>
.
- Unread notifications were sometimes counted incorrectly. This has now
been fixed. [2] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T129726>
*Changes this week*
- Wikimedia Commons will have better access to Wikidata. They can use
data from any page on Wikidata on any page on Commons. This will happen on
April 26. [3]
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons:Village_pump&diff=prev&oldid=192993817>
- It will be easier to choose if you want to watch files you have
uploaded with the upload wizard. [4]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T33313>
- [image: Octicons-sync.svg] The new version
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.27/wmf.22> of MediaWiki will
be on test wikis and
MediaWiki.org from April 26. It will be on
non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from April 27. It will be on all
wikis from April 28 (calendar
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.27/Roadmap>).
*Meetings*
- [image: Octicons-sync.svg] You can join the next meeting with the
VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs
you think are the most important. The meeting will be on April 26 19:00
(UTC)
<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=26&month=04&year=2016>.
See how to join
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/Weekly_triage_meetings>.
*Future changes*
- The "Save page" button when you edit will be called "Publish"
instead.
This is to help new editors understand what it does. It already works like
this on some wikis. [5] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T131132>
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