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*Recent changes*

- The software used to render SVG files has been updated to a new version, fixing many longstanding bugs in SVG rendering. [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T265549 - The HTML used to render all headings is being changed to improve accessibility https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Heading_HTML_changes. It was changed last week in some skins (Vector legacy and Minerva). Please test gadgets on your wiki on these skins and report any related problems https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T13555 so that they can be resolved before this change is made in Vector-2022. The developers are still considering the introduction of a Gadget API for adding buttons to section titles https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T337286 if that would be helpful to tool creators, and would appreciate any input you have on that. - The HTML markup used for citations by Parsoid https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Parsoid changed last week. In places where Parsoid previously added the mw-reference-text class, Parsoid now also adds the reference-text class for better compatibility with the legacy parser. More details are available https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Specs/HTML/2.8.0/Extensions/Cite/Announcement. [2] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1036705

*Problems*

- There was a bug with the Content Translation interface that caused the tools menus to appear in the wrong location. This has now been fixed. [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T366374

*Changes later this week*

- The new version https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.43/wmf.9 of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 11 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 12 June. It will be on all wikis from 13 June (calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.43/Roadmap). [4] https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments/Train[5] https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments/Yearly_calendar - The new version of MediaWiki includes another change to the HTML markup used for citations: Parsoid https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Parsoid will now generate a <span class="mw-cite-backlink"> wrapper for both named and unnamed references for better compatibility with the legacy parser. Interface administrators should verify that gadgets that interact with citations are compatible with the new markup. More details are available https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Specs/HTML/2.8.0/Extensions/Cite/Announcement. [6] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1035809 - On multilingual wikis that use the <translate> system, there is a feature that shows potentially-outdated translations with a pink background until they are updated or confirmed. From this week, confirming translations will be logged, and there is a new user-right that can be required for confirming translations if the community requests it https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Requesting_wiki_configuration_changes. [7] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T49177

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