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Latest *tech news https://meta.m.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.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2014/40 are available.

*Recent software changes*

- On Commons, you can now see what files are most used across all wikis https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MostGloballyLinkedFiles. You can also see the same list for deleted or uncreated files https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:GloballyWantedFiles. [1] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/143755 [2] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/143828 - There are now many more translations for language names. [3] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.mediawiki.i18n/891/focus=2804

*Software changes this week*

- The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf1 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.25/wmf1) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since September 25. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on September 30, and on all Wikipedias on October 2 (calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.25/Roadmap). - Errors from Scribunto (Lua) are now shown on the page. Before, you had to click on "Script error" to see them. [4] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=71038 [5] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/143061/ - You can add an "autovalue https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:TemplateData#Auto_value" for a field in TemplateData. When users add the template to a page, the value will be added automatically. An example is when a clean-up template shows the date it was added. [6] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51428 - If you change a user preference but don't save it, it now asks if you want to save it. [7] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55966 [8] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/92677/ - The PDF export tool has changed. The new one has better language support but it doesn't offer ZIM and EPUB formats. [9] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2014-September/000955.html

*Future changes*

- You can watch a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fpkHyCGX1Y showing Phabricator, the new tool to track bugs. You can also read more about the move from Bugzilla https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Phabricator/versus_Bugzilla . - JavaScript authors: Many old methods will be removed soon. Please check your scripts and gadgets and replace the old methods by the new ones if needed. [10] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2014-September/000953.html

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