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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/2022/28 are available.
*Recent changes*
- In the Vector 2022 skin https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements, the page title is now displayed above the tabs such as Discussion, Read, Edit, View history, or More. Learn more https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements/Updates#Page_title/tabs_switch. [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T303549 - It is now possible to easily view most of the configuration settings that apply to just one wiki, and to compare settings between two wikis if those settings are different. For example: Japanese Wiktionary settings https://noc.wikimedia.org/wiki.php?wiki=jawiktionary, or settings that are different between the Spanish and Esperanto Wikipedias https://noc.wikimedia.org/wiki.php?wiki=eswiki&compare=eowiki. Local communities may want to discuss and propose changes https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Requesting_wiki_configuration_changes to their local settings. Details about each of the named settings can be found by searching MediaWiki.org https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Search. [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T308932 - The Anti-Harassment Tools team recently deployed https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/IP_Editing:_Privacy_Enhancement_and_Abuse_Mitigation/IP_Info_feature#May the IP Info Feature as a Beta Feature at all wikis https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures. This feature allows abuse fighters to access information about IP addresses. Please check our update on how to find and use the tool https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/IP_Editing:_Privacy_Enhancement_and_Abuse_Mitigation/IP_Info_feature#April. Please share your feedback using a link you will be given within the tool itself.
*Changes later this week*
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week. - Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 12 July at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis https://noc.wikimedia.org/conf/highlight.php?file=dblists/s3.dblist).
*Future changes*
- The Beta Feature for DiscussionTools https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:DiscussionTools will be updated throughout July. Discussions will look different. You can see some of the proposed changes https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Talk_pages_project/Usability/Prototype .
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