Hi,
The latest technical newsletter is now available at < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/46%3E. Below is the English version.
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(In case anyone is wondering about the recent attacks and two-factor authentication being made available: The newsletter was already in translation by then. It'll be included next week.)
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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/2016/46 are available.
*Recent changes*
- When you edit with the visual editor you can use meta + shift + k to add a reference. The meta key is often the control key or command key. [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T99299
*Changes this week*
- [image: Octicons-sync.svg] The new version https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.29/wmf.3 of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from November 15. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from November 16. It will be on all wikis from November 17 (calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.29/Roadmap). - In Special:Preferences https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences you can choose which language menus and buttons will be in. If there is no translation for that language, MediaWiki has a list of fallback languages https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Fallback_languages. A fallback language is a language many will understand better than English. MediaWiki will now use English when there is no Ukrainian translation. [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T39314
*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 15 November at 19:00 (UTC) http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=15&month=11&year=2016. See how to join https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/Weekly_triage_meetings.
*Future changes*
- Magic links https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Magic_links might not work in the future. [3] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2016-November/001500.html
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//Johan Jönsson