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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/2015/19 are available.

*Recent changes*

- You can now chat with other users https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Conpherence in Phabricator. [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T91392 - There was a rare problem with VisualEditor. The text of another wiki could be added to your edit. The issue is now fixed. [2] https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Incident_documentation/20150424-Parsoid [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T97155

*Changes this week*

- The new version https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.26/wmf4 of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 29. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 5. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 6 (calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.26/Roadmap). - It is now easier to add a link in VisualEditor. You can see an image and a description about the page. [4] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T76397

*Meetings*

- You can join a meeting with the Language team. The meeting will be on May 5 at 14:30 (UTC) http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=14&min=30&sec=0&day=05&month=05&year=2015 . [5] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2015-April/081639.html - You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 6 at 18:00 (UTC) http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=18&min=00&sec=0&day=06&month=05&year=2015. See how to join https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:VisualEditor/Portal . - You can join an event in France on May 22−25. You need to sign up before May 8. [6] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2015-April/081600.html

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