Hi,

The latest technical newsletter is now available at < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2018/05%3E. Below is the English version.

You can help write the next newsletter: whenever you see information about Wikimedia technology that you think should be distributed more broadly, you can add it to the next newsletter at < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/Next%3E.

More information on how to contribute is available at < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News#contribute%3E. You can also contact me directly.

As always, feedback (on- or off-list) is appreciated and encouraged.

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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/2018/05 are available.

*Changes later this week*

- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

*Meetings*

- [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 31 January at 16:00 (UTC) http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=16&min=00&sec=0&day=31&month=01&year=2018. See how to join https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting.

*Future changes*

- [image: Advanced item] The Wikimedia Foundation is working on how to get less unmaintained code on Wikimedia wikis. This could be by finding maintainers or removing unmaintained features. They are now looking for feedback https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Code_stewardship_reviews/Feedback_solicitation on what do do with AbuseFilter https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Code_stewardship_reviews/Feedback_solicitation/AbuseFilter, the IRC RecentChanges feed https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Code_stewardship_reviews/Feedback_solicitation/IRCRecentChanges, the RelatedSites extension https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Code_stewardship_reviews/Feedback_solicitation/RelatedSites and TimedMediaHandler https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Code_stewardship_reviews/Feedback_solicitation/TimedMediaHandler. You can leave feedback on the linked talk pages. [1] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018-January/089439.html

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//Johan Jönsson --