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The latest technical newsletter is now available at < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2018/17%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/2018/17 are available.

*Recent changes*

- All Wikipedias now have Page Previews https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Page_Previews. - The iOS and Android apps now have synced reading lists https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Apps/Synced_Reading_Lists. This means you can save articles to a private list that can be seen on your other devices if you use the apps. - The icons in the 2010 wikitext editor https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:WikiEditor have changed. [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T191031 - The visual editor and the 2017 wikitext ask you to write an edit summary after you press Publish. This button now also shows an ellipsis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:ellipsis. This is to show that pressing Publish is not the last step. [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T189803

*Changes later this week*

- [image: Recurrent item] The new version https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.32/wmf.1 of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 24 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 25 April. It will be on all wikis from 26 April (calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.32/Roadmap).

*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 24 April at 18:30 (UTC) https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20180424T1830. 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 25 April at 15:00 (UTC) https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20180425T15. See how to join https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting.

*Future changes*

- <mapframe> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Kartographer will come to most Wikipedias in May. This means that you can put interactive maps in the articles. Nine Wikipedias that use a strict version of flagged revisions https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:FlaggedRevs will not get this feature in May. [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/User:JMatazzoni_(WMF)/mapframe-to-all-wikipedias-notice - The rollback function could change. This was a German community request https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/Rollback. All editors with rollback rights can leave feedback https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/Rollback/Feedback_round on the proposed solution. The last day to leave feedback is 4 May (UTC).

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//Johan Jönsson --