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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/2017/36 are available.
*Tech News*
- We are asking Tech News readers five questions to make the newsletter better. You can answer the questions here https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/Reader_feedback/2017. We are grateful for every reply we get.
*Recent changes*
- The RevisionSlider https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/RevisionSlider user interface has changed. You can now select revisions by clicking on the bars. You can move the blue knob past the yellow one and the yellow one will move along, and the other way around. [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T173566[2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T172092
*Problems*
- Some users have problems loading very large watchlists. It is working better than earlier but the problem has not been solved. The developers are working on fixing it. Until it has been fixed you can turn on "Expand watchlist to show all changes, not just the most recent" in your preferences and see if it helps. [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T171027
*Changes later this week*
- New filters for edit review https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Edit_Review_Improvements/New_filters_for_edit_review is a beta feature to improve recent changes pages. It will work on watchlists from 5 September. [4] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2017-August/001648.html - [image: Octicons-sync.svg] The new version https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.30/wmf.17 of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 September. It will be on all wikis from 7 September (calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.30/Roadmap).
*Meetings*
- [image: Octicons-sync.svg] You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 5 September at 19:00 (UTC) http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=05&month=09&year=2017. See how to join https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Editing_team/Weekly_triage_meetings. - [image: Octicons-tools.svg] You can see a presentation about and discuss the new Technical Committee https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Technical_Committee on 5 September at 17:30 (UTC) http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=17&min=30&sec=0&day=05&month=09&year=2017. There will be a presentation on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtH-EmGmOWs and a discussion in #wikimedia-office on Freenode https://freenode.net/kb/answer/chat. You can use the web chat https://webchat.freenode.net/. [5] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2017-August/088651.html
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//Johan Jönsson