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*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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