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*Recent changes*
- Several bugs related to the latest updates to the UploadWizard on Wikimedia Commons have been fixed. For more information, see T365107 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T365107 and T365119 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T365119. - In March 2024 a new addPortlet https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/ResourceLoader/Core_modules#addPortlet API was added to allow gadgets to create new portlets (menus) in the skin. In certain skins this can be used to create dropdowns. Gadget developers are invited to try it and give feedback https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T361661. - Some CSS in the Minerva skin has been removed to enable easier community configuration. Interface editors should check the rendering on mobile devices for aspects related to the classes: .collapsible, .multicol, .reflist, .coordinates, .topicon. Further details are available on replacement CSS https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T361659 if it is needed.
*Changes later this week*
- The new version https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.43/wmf.7 of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 May. It will be on all wikis from 30 May (calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.43/Roadmap). [1] https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments/Train[2] https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments/Yearly_calendar - When you visit a wiki where you don't yet have a local account, local rules such as edit filters can sometimes prevent your account from being created. Starting this week, MediaWiki takes your global rights into account when evaluating whether you can override such local rules. [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T316303
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