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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/2022/02 are available.
*Recent changes*
- [image: Advanced item] A oauth_consumer variable has been added to the AbuseFilter https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/AbuseFilter to enable identifying changes made by specific tools. [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T298281 - [image: Advanced item] Gadgets are now able to directly include JSON pages https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/ResourceLoader/Migration_guide_(users)#Package_Gadgets. This means some gadgets can now be configured by administrators without needing the interface administrator permission, such as with the Geonotice gadget. [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T198758 - [image: Advanced item] Gadgets can now specify page actions https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Gadgets#Options on which they are available. For example, |actions=edit,history will load a gadget only while editing and on history pages. [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T63007 - [image: Advanced item] Gadgets can now be loaded on demand with the withgadget URL parameter. This can be used to replace an earlier snippet https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Snippets/Load_JS_and_CSS_by_URL that typically looks like withJS or withCSS. [4] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T29766 - [image: Advanced item] At wikis where the Mentorship system is configured https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Communities/How_to_configure_the_mentors%27_list, you can now use the Action API to get a list of a mentor's https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Mentor_dashboard mentees. [5] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T291966 - The heading on the main page can now be configured using MediaWiki:Mainpage-title-loggedin https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Mainpage-title-loggedin for logged-in users and MediaWiki:Mainpage-title https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Mainpage-title for logged-out users. Any CSS that was previously used to hide the heading should be removed. [6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Small_wiki_toolkits/Starter_kit/Main_page_customization#hide-heading [7] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T298715 - Four special pages (and their API counterparts) now have a maximum database query execution time of 30 seconds. These special pages are: RecentChanges, Watchlist, Contributions, and Log. This change will help with site performance and stability. You can read more details about this change https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/IPJNO75HYAQWIGTHI5LJHTDVLVOC4LJP/ including some possible solutions if this affects your workflows. [8] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T297708 - The sticky header https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements/Features/Sticky_Header has been deployed for 50% of logged-in users on more than 10 wikis https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements/Frequently_asked_questions#pilot-wikis. This is part of the Desktop Improvements https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements. See how to take part in the project https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements/Participate .
*Changes later this week*
- [image: Recurrent item] The new version https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.38/wmf.17 of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 11 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 12 January. It will be on all wikis from 13 January (calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.38/Roadmap).
*Events*
- Community Wishlist Survey 2022 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2022 begins. All contributors to the Wikimedia projects can propose for tools and platform improvements. The proposal phase takes place from 10 January 18:00 UTC to 23 January 18:00 UTC. Learn more https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Community_Wishlist_Survey/FAQ .
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