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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/2023/40 are available.
*Recent changes*
- There is a new user preference https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering-advancedrendering for "Always enable safe mode https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Safemode". This setting will make pages load without including any on-wiki JavaScript or on-wiki stylesheet pages. It can be useful for debugging broken JavaScript gadgets. [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T342347 - Gadget definitions now have a new "contentModels" option https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Gadgets#Options. The option takes a list of page content models, like wikitext or css. Gadgets that use this option will only load on pages with the given content models.
*Changes later this week*
- The new version https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.41/wmf.29 of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 3 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 4 October. It will be on all wikis from 5 October (calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.41/Roadmap).
*Future changes*
- The Vector 2022 skin will no longer use the custom styles and scripts of Vector legacy (2010). The change will be made later this year or in early 2024. See how to adjust the CSS and JS pages on your wiki https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements/Features/Loading_Vector_2010_scripts. [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T331679
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