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Latest *tech news
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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/2016/03> are
available.
*Recent changes*
- You will be able to find or mark bugs and suggestions in Phabricator
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Phabricator> that are
specific for your language or wiki. [1]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T91286>
- Notifications have been upgraded with more detailed and
easier-to-access information. See the documentation
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Notifications>.
Cross-wiki notifications will be available soon on the two test wikis.
[2] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T123570>
*Changes this week*
- The visual editor uses the TemplateData extension
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:TemplateData> to make editing
templates easier. You will now get a warning when you edit a TemplateData
form and leave it without saving. [3]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T106382>
- [image: Octicons-tools.svg] MediaWiki will get a new authentication
and authorization system called AuthManager. This is planned to happen in a
month or two. Some bots will need to change how they log in. Two new and
more stable authentication methods will be available now: Owner-only
OAuth <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:OAuth> credentials and
bot passwords. You can read more about the change
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2016-January/084501.html>
. [4] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T121113>
- [image: Octicons-sync.svg] The new version
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.27/wmf.11> of MediaWiki will
be on test wikis and
MediaWiki.org from 19 January. It will be on
non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 January. It will be on all
Wikipedias from 21 January (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 19 January at
20:00 (UTC)
<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=20&min=00&sec=0&day=19&month=01&year=2016>.
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 governance model. The
meeting will be on 20 January at 22:00 (UTC)
<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=22&min=00&sec=0&day=20&month=01&year=2016>.
See how to join <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Architecture_meetings>.
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//Johan Jönsson