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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/2022/25 are available.
*Recent changes*
- The Wikipedia App for Android https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Apps/Team/Android now has an option for editing the whole page at once, located in the overflow menu (three-dots menu ). [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T103622 - Some recent database changes may affect queries using the Quarry tool https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Quarry. Queries for site_stats at English Wikipedia, Commons, and Wikidata will need to be updated. Read more https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T306589. - A new user_global_editcount variable can be used in abuse filters https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseFilter to avoid affecting globally active users. [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T130439
*Changes later this week*
- The new version https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.39/wmf.17 of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 June. It will be on all wikis from 23 June (calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.39/Roadmap). - Users of non-responsive skins (e.g. MonoBook or Vector) on mobile devices may notice a slight change in the default zoom level. This is intended to optimize zooming and ensure all interface elements are present on the page (for example the table of contents on Vector 2022). In the unlikely event this causes any problems with how you use the site, we'd love to understand better, please ping Jon (WMF) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jon_(WMF) to any on-wiki conversations. [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T306910
*Future changes*
- The Beta Feature for DiscussionTools https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:DiscussionTools will be updated throughout July. Discussions will look different. You can see some of the proposed changes https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Talk_pages_project/Usability/Prototype . - Parsoid's HTML output will soon stop annotating file links with different typeof attribute values, and instead use mw:File for all types. Tool authors should adjust any code that expects: mw:Image, mw:Audio, or mw:Video. [4] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T273505
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