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Latest *tech news
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News>* from the
Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these
changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2014/29> are
available.
*Recent software changes*
- The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf13
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.24/wmf13>) was added to test
wikis and
MediaWiki.org on July 10. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis
on July 15, and to all Wikipedias on July 17 (calendar
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.24/Roadmap>).
- It is now possible to globally rename global (SUL) users. Please go to the
username changes page on Meta
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Steward_requests/Username_changes> if
you want to rename your account on all wikis. [1]
<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14862> [2]
<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/92468/>
- You can now read a summary
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Engineering/Report/2014/June/summary>
of
the Wikimedia technical report for June 2014.
- You can now read the latest issue
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/2014_07_12> of
the Wikidata newsletter and translate it
<https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Translate&group=page-Wikidata:Status+updates/2014+07+12&filter=!translated&action=translate>
into
your language.
*VisualEditor news*
- The tool to add templates and citations will now work for templates
that include HTML comments or templates in their titles. [3]
<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66724> [4]
<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/145055>
- The button to make images full size should now work correctly. [5]
<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66863> [6]
<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/144637> [7]
<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/144638/>
- References will now be shown in the default font size again. [8]
<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/144076/>
*Future software changes*
- CirrusSearch <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Search> will be enabled
as the primary search method on the Dutch (nl) and Japanese (ja) Wikipedias
on July 14, and on the Polish (pl) and Russian (ru) Wikipedias on July 16.
[9]
<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2014-July/077501.html>
- The Special:Version <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Version> page
will soon show the exact version of MediaWiki and all extensions installed
on your wiki (example
<http://en.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Special:Version#mw-version-ext>
). [10] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50879> [11]
<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53972>
- It will soon no longer be possible to order printed books of wiki
articles via PediaPress <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PediaPress>. You
will still be able to create PDF files. [12]
<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2014-July/077515.html>
- Pages that use {{DISPLAYTITLE:*title*}} more than once will soon show
a warning. You can use {{DISPLAYTITLE:*title*|noerror}} to hide it. [13]
<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/50449> [14]
<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/144870/>
- Pages that have the list of references added automatically will soon
be added to a tracking category
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:TrackingCategories>.
Administrators will be able to configure the name of the category
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Cite_error_refs_without_references_category&action=edit&redlink=1>
on
their wikis. [15] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67700>
[16] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/145474/>
- Administrators will soon be able to easily merge histories
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Merge_history> of
two pages using Special:MergeHistory
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MergeHistory>. [17]
<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66155> [18]
<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/144861/>
- Administrators will soon see links to delete files on Special:ListFiles
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles>. [19]
<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/144366/>
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Guillaume Paumier
Technical Communications Manager — Wikimedia Foundation