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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
New features
- The Beta Features announced before are now available on all Wikimedia wikis. You can test new features easily by changing your Beta preferences.
VisualEditor is one of those features on sites where it works and isn't
automatically enabled. There is also a new media viewer and changes in
the article text style. [1]
- Tools developers can now create tools that use the OAuth
protocol to connect to accounts on Wikimedia sites. As a user, you can
use those tools to make edits and other changes with your account
without giving the tool your password. [2]
Problems
Future
- There will be no major code changes on the week of November 25 because many developers will be on holiday for Thanksgiving.
- The editing interface of
Page: pages on Wikisource (working with the Proofread Page extension) will soon also work without JavaScript. [3]
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Guillaume Paumier
Technical Communications Manager — Wikimedia Foundation