Hi,
The latest technical newsletter is now available at < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2019/09%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/2019/09 are available.
*Recent changes*
- There is a new version https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=324715238&mt=8 of the iOS Wikipedia app https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Apps/iOS_FAQ. It has for example syntax highlighting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Syntax_highlighting and new toolbars to make it easier to write wikitext. It also has night mode, a find-on-page function and other things. You can give feedback and suggestions https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Apps. [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team/iOS/Editing_program
*Changes later this week*
- When you look at your watchlist or the recent changes page you can use the new filters for edit review https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Edit_Review_Improvements/New_filters_for_edit_review. There you can choose tags to filter different edits. Empty tags will no longer be shown. [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T182219 - [image: Recurrent item] The new version https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.33/wmf.19 of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 26 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 27 February. It will be on all wikis from 28 February (calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.33/Roadmap).
*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 27 February at 16:00 (UTC) https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20190227T16. See how to join https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting.
*Future changes*
- The Wikipedia app https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Apps for Android will invite users to add Wikidata descriptions to Wikidata objects that have Wikipedia articles but no Wikidata descriptions. It will only invite users who have added a number of Wikidata descriptions in the app without being reverted. This is to avoid spam and bad edits. You can read more https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team/Android/AppEditorTasks and leave feedback https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Apps/Team/Android/AppEditorTasks .
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//Johan Jönsson