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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/2015/51 are available.

*Changes this week*

- Meta will be able to use information from Wikidata. [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T117524 - [image: Octicons-sync.svg] The new version https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.27/wmf.9 of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 15 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 16 December. It will be on all Wikipedias from 17 December. (calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.27/Roadmap).

*Meetings*

- [image: Octicons-sync.svg] You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 15 December at 19:00 (UTC) http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=08&month=12&year=2015. See how to join https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/Weekly_triage_meetings. - [image: Octicons-tools.svg] You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is talking about the agenda for the Wikimedia Developer Summit https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Developer_Summit_2016. The meeting will be on 16 December at 22:00 (UTC) http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=22&min=00&sec=0&day=02&month=12&year=2015. See how to join https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Architecture_meetings. [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/E121

*Future changes*

- [image: Octicons-tools.svg] A new gadget https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Gadgets manager will come next year. The new gadget system is called Gadgets 2.0 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Gadgets_2.0. [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T31272

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//Johan Jönsson --