Hi,
The latest technical newsletter is now available at < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2019/08%3E. Below is the English version.
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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/2019/08 are available.
*Recent changes*
- When you thank https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Thanks someone on the mobile web you will now have two seconds to cancel the thank. This is in case you clicked on the thank button by accident. [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T63737
*Changes later this week*
- [image: Recurrent item] The new version https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.33/wmf.18 of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 February. It will be on all wikis from 21 February (calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.33/Roadmap).
*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 20 February at 16:00 (UTC) https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20190220T16. See how to join https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting.
*Future changes*
- There is a proposal to add a red link to mobile search results if there is no page with that name. This is how it works on desktop. You can leave feedback https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Readers/Web/Advanced_mobile_contributions . [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T211006
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//Johan Jönsson