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Latest *tech news https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News* from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translationshttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2014/09are available.

*Recent software changes*

- The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf15https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.23/wmf15) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on February 20. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on February 25, and all Wikipedia wikis on February 27 (calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.23/Roadmap). - The new search tool (CirrusSearchhttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Search) was added to the Italian Wikiquote and all Wikiversity projects. Users can now enable it in their Beta optionshttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures. [1] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/114156/ [2]https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/114169/ - The Universal Language Selectorhttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Language_Selectorwas enabled on all Wikimedia wikis againhttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Language_Selector/Announcement_Feb2014. You can enable web fonts in your ULS options (see howhttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ULS-font-checkbox.png ).

*VisualEditor news*

- You will soon be able to add and edit __STATICREDIRECT__, __[NO]INDEX__and __[NO]NEWEDITSECTION__ in the page settings menu. [3]https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57173 [4] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57167 [5]https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57168 - You will soon be able to use the Ctrl+Alt+S or ⌘+Opt+S shortcuts to open the save window in VisualEditor. [6]https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50897 [7] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/110434/ - You will soon be able to preview your edit summary when checking your changes in the save window. [8]https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42139 [9] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/112490/

*Future software changes*

- You will soon be able to use the <categorytree> tag again. [10]https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59798 - You will soon be able to post messages with the MassMessagehttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MassMessagetool in all talk namespaces. [11] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60132 [12]https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/94698/ - Notifications https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Echo_%28Notifications%29will soon work in all namespaces. [13] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55491[14]https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56311 [15] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/93508/

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