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*Changes later this week*
- The new version <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.40/wmf.5> of
MediaWiki will be on test wikis and
MediaWiki.org from 11 October. It will
be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 12 October. It will be
on all wikis from 13 October (calendar
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.39/Roadmap>).
- On some wikis, Kartographer
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Kartographer>
maps
in full size view will be able to display nearby articles. After a feedback
period, more wikis will follow. [1]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T316782>[2]
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/Geoinformation/Nearby_articles>
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