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*Recent changes*
- Toolhub <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Toolhub> is a catalogue to
make it easier to find software tools that can be used for working on the
Wikimedia projects. You can read more
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/LF4SSR4QRCKV6NPRFGUAQWUFQISVIPTS/>
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*Changes later this week*
- [image: Recurrent item] The new version
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.38/wmf.5> of MediaWiki will
be on test wikis and
MediaWiki.org from 19 October. It will be on
non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 October. It will be on all
wikis from 21 October (calendar
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.38/Roadmap>).
*Future changes*
- The developers of the Wikipedia Android app
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team/Android> are working
on communication in the app
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team/Android/Communication>.
You can now answer questions in survey
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team/Android/Communication/UsertestingOctober2021>
to help the development.
- 3–5% of editors may be blocked in the next few months. This is because
of a new service in Safari, which is similar to a proxy
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Proxy_server> or a VPN
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:VPN>. It is called iCloud Private
Relay. There is a discussion about this
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Apple_iCloud_Private_Relay>
on Meta. The goal is to learn what iCloud Private Relay could mean for the
communities.
- Wikimedia Enterprise
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Enterprise>
is a new API <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:API> for those who use a
lot of information from the Wikimedia projects on other sites. It is a way
to get big commercial users to pay for the data. There will soon be a copy
of the Wikimedia Enterprise dataset. You can read more
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-ambassadors@lists.wikimedia.org/message/B2AX6PWH5MBKB4L63NFZY3ADBQG7MSBA/>.
You can also ask the team questions on Zoom
<https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/88994018553> on 22 October 15:00 UTC
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=15&min=00&sec=0&day=22&month=10&year=2021>
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