Hi,
The latest technical newsletter is now available at < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2018/23%3E. Below is the English version.
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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/2018/23 are available.
*Recent changes*
- The MonoBook skin https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Skin:MonoBook has been optimised for mobile devices. It now looks different. [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195625 - Planet Wikimedia https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Planet_Wikimedia collects blogs about Wikimedia. It will now use the Rawdog https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Rawdog feed aggregator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:News_aggregator to do this instead of Planet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Planet_(software). [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T180498[3] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018-May/090036.html - Redirect links in Special:WhatLinksHere https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere now link to the original page and not the target page. This was done earlier and changed the used messages on some pages. This was a problem for wikis that customized the message. A new change fixed this by using the old messages with one more parameter for customization. Wikis that already changed their customized messages will have to move the customization back again. [4] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T189860
*Problems*
- You will not be able to edit some wikis between 06:00 and 06:30 UTC on 13 June. You can see if your wiki is one of them https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195487. - MassMessage https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/MassMessage did not work 24–28 May. This is also why last week's Tech News was late. [5] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195500
*Changes later this week*
- [image: Recurrent item] The new version https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.32/wmf.7 of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 June. It will be on all wikis from 7 June ( calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.32/Roadmap).
*Meetings*
- [image: Recurrent item] You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 5 June at 18:30 (UTC) https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20180605T1830. See how to join https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Editing_team/Weekly_triage_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 6 June at 15:00 (UTC) https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20180606T15. See how to join https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting.
*Future changes*
- The new filters for edit review https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Edit_Review_Improvements/New_filters_for_edit_review tools and interface for watchlists will leave beta https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Beta. This is planned to happen in June or early July. [6] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T181193[7] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195993
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//Johan Jönsson --