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*Recent changes*
- The design on Special:Log <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Log>
has changed. It will change again soon. Developers are working on
fixing problems. [1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T117737>
*Problems*
- Deployment of 1.32.0-wmf.13 has been partially delayed. All
deployments have been resumed and successfully done after bug fixes. [2]
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/engineering/2018-July/000577.html>
[3]
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/engineering/2018-July/000585.html>
- Deployment of 1.32.0-wmf.14 has been partially delayed. [4]
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/engineering/2018-July/000587.html>
[5]
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/engineering/2018-July/000589.html>
*Changes later this week*
- [image: Recurrent item] The new version
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.32/wmf.15> of MediaWiki will
be on test wikis and
MediaWiki.org from 31 July. It will be on
non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 August. It will be on all
wikis from 2 August (calendar
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.32/Roadmap>).
*Meetings*
- [image: Recurrent item] You can join the next meeting with the Editing
team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are
the most important. The meeting will be on 31 July at 18:30 (UTC)
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20180731T1830>.
See how to join
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Editing_team/Weekly_triage_meetings>.
- [image: Recurrent item] [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 1 August at 15:00 (UTC)
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20180801T15> as
well as at 23:00 (UTC)
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20180801T23>.
See how to join
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting>.
*Future changes*
- After a community discussion
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/special:MyLanguage/Creation_of_separate_user_group_for_editing_sitewide_CSS/JS>,
a new group for users will be created. "Interface administrators
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Interface_administrators>"
will be the only users allowed to edit interface pages like
MediaWiki:Common.css
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Common.css> or
MediaWiki:Common.js <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Common.js>.
This is done to avoid technical issues and improve security. That change
will be effective by the end of August 2018.
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