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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/2019/07> are
available.
*Recent changes*
- You can use the ambox
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Recommendations_for_mobile_friendly_articles_on_Wikimedia_wikis#Making_page_issues_(ambox_templates)_mobile_friendly>
CSS <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Cascading_Style_Sheets> class to
show page issues to mobile readers. When you use ambox there are classes
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Recommendations_for_mobile_friendly_articles_on_Wikimedia_wikis#Making_page_issues_(ambox_templates)_mobile_friendly>
you
can use.
*Changes later this week*
- [image: Recurrent item] The new version
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.33/wmf.17> of MediaWiki will
be on test wikis and
MediaWiki.org from 12 February. It will be on
non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 February. It will be on all
wikis from 14 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 13 February at 16:00 (UTC)
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20190213T16>.
See how to join
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting>.
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//Johan Jönsson