Hi,

The latest technical newsletter is now available at < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2018/33%3E. Below is the English version.

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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/2018/33 are available.

*Recent changes*

- [image: Octicons-tools.svg] CSS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Cascading_Style_Sheets in templates can now be stored in a separate page on all wikis. This is called TemplateStyles https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:TemplateStyles. This is to make it easier to edit how templates look. [1] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018-August/090481.html

*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 14 August at 18:30 (UTC) https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20180814T1830. 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 15 August at 15:00 (UTC) https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20180815T15. See how to join https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting.

*Future changes*

- The developers are planning more ways to block users. This could be blocking someone from just a page or a namespace. You can read more https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Community_health_initiative/Per-user_page,_namespace,_and_upload_blocking. You can leave feedback on the talk page https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Community_health_initiative/Per-user_page,_namespace,_and_upload_blocking . [2] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2018-August/090842.html

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//Johan Jönsson --