Hi,
The latest technical newsletter is now available at < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2019/23%3E. Below is the English version.
You can help write the next newsletter: whenever you see information about Wikimedia technology that you think should be distributed more broadly, you can add it to the next newsletter at < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/Next%3E.
More information on how to contribute is available at < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News#contribute%3E. You can also contact me directly.
As always, feedback (on- or off-list) is appreciated and encouraged.
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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/2019/33 are available.
*Recent changes*
- Editors using the mobile website on Wikipedia can opt-in to new advanced features https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Advanced_mobile_contributions via your settings page. This will give access to more interface links, special pages, and tools. Feedback on the discussion page is appreciated. [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T228916 - Due to the absence of volunteer maintenance of Cologne Blue skin, the link to activate it will be hidden. The skin will still work, but editors using it are encouraged to switch to another skin. [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T223824
*Changes later this week*
- Due to Wikimania, there is no deployment this week. [3] https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments#Week_of_August_12th
*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 13 August at 15:00 (UTC) https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20190813T15. See how to join https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting.
*Future changes*
- The "Wikidata item" link will be moved from "Tools" to "In other projects" section on all Wikimedia projects, starting on August 21st. Full announcement https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2019-August/013316.html , Phabricator task https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T66315.
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//Johan Jönsson