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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/2017/45 are available.
*Recent changes*
- You will no longer see the patrol log on Special:Log https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Log unless you specifically select it. [1] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/384197
*Changes later this week*
- The 2017 Community Wishlist Survey https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/2017_Community_Wishlist_Survey begins on 6 November. You can post proposals from 19:00 UTC http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=06&month=11&year=2017 and until November 19. - [image: Octicons-sync.svg] The new version https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.31/wmf.7 of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 November. It will be on all wikis from 9 November (calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.31/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 8 November at 16:00 (UTC) http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=16&min=00&sec=0&day=08&month=11&year=2017. See how to join https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting.
*Future changes*
- URLs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:URL that link to sections on Wikimedia wikis with non-Latin scripts have looked like this: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%... instead of https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%.... This will soon be fixed. Old links will still work. [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T152540[3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T75092
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//Johan Jönsson