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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/2022/05 are available.

*Recent changes*

- If a gadget should support the new ?withgadget URL parameter that was announced https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2022/02 3 weeks ago, then it must now also specify supportsUrlLoad in the gadget definition (documentation https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Gadgets#supportsUrlLoad ). [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T29766

*Changes later this week*

- The new version https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.38/wmf.20 of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 1 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 2 February. It will be on all wikis from 3 February (calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.38/Roadmap).

*Future changes*

- A change that was announced https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2021/16 last year was delayed. It is now ready to move ahead: - The user group oversight will be renamed suppress. This is for technical reasons https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T109327. This is the technical name. It doesn't affect what you call the editors with this user right on your wiki. This is planned to happen in three weeks. You can comment in Phabricator https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T112147 if you have objections. As usual, these labels can be translated on translatewiki (direct links are available https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T112147) or by administrators on your wiki.

*Events*

- You can vote on proposals in the Community Wishlist Survey https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2022 between 28 January and 11 February. The survey decides what the Community Tech team https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Community_Tech will work on.

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