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<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.
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available.
*Recent software changes*
- The latest version of MediaWiki
(
1.23wmf15<https://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 (
CirrusSearch<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Search>)
was added to the Italian Wikiquote and all Wikiversity projects. Users can
now enable it in their Beta
options<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsecti…es>.
[1] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/114156/>
[
2]<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/114169/>
- The Universal Language
Selector<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Lan…
enabled
on all Wikimedia wikis
again<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Langua…14>.
You can enable web fonts in your ULS options (see
how<https://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
MassMessage<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MassMessage>tool
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%29>will 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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