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*Recent changes*
- Syntax highlighting
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Syntax_highlighting> has been a beta
feature on Wikimedia wikis with text written from left to right. It is now
a normal feature. It is based on CodeMirror
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:CodeMirror>.
[1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T185030>
*Changes later this week*
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
*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 19 June at 18:30 (UTC)
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20180619T1830>.
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 20 June at 15:00 (UTC)
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20180620T15>.
See how to join
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting>.
*Future changes*
- Some old web browsers will not be able to read the Wikimedia wikis.
This is because they use an insecure way to connect to them. This means
that we get less security for everyone else too. This affects about 0.08%
of all traffic to the Wikimedia wikis. This affects for example those who
read Wikipedia on a PlayStation 3
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:PlayStation_3>. [2]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T147202>[3]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T196371>
- The new filters for edit review
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Edit_Review_Improvements/New_filters_for_edit_review>
tools and interface for watchlists will leave beta
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Beta>. Because there
is no new MediaWiki version this week it will happen on 25 June for most
wikis. For the rest it will happen in early July. [4]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T181193>[5]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195993>
- [image: Advanced item] All wikis that have not already done so will
switch to use the Remex parsing library
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/RemexHtml> on 5 July.
This is to replace Tidy
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsing/Replacing_Tidy>. You can help
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2018-June/001867.html>
fix remaining errors. [6]
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsing/Replacing_Tidy/FAQ#What_will_editors_need_to_do.3F>
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