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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/2020/30> are
available.
*Recent changes*
- A temporary fix helped wikis make their main pages more mobile
friendly. This was in 2012. It has not been recommended since 2017. The
mobile main page special casing stopped working 14 July. 60 wikis now have
main pages that don't work well on mobile. You can see which ones, how to
fix it and how to get help in Phabricator
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T254287>. This is the same problem
that was reported in Tech News 2020/24
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2020/24>
and 2020/26
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2020/26>.
*Problems*
- There is a problem with the interlanguage links. The interlanguage
links are the links that help you find a specific page in a different
language. The sorting is broken. The developers are working on a solution.
[1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T257625>
- Some users keep getting the notifications for the same event. Some of
these are old events. [2] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T257714>
- Some users have trouble logging in. This is probably a browser cookie
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:HTTP_cookie> problem. The developers
are working on understanding the problem. If you have trouble logging in
you can see the details on Phabricator
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T258121>. [3]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T258121>
*Changes later this week*
- [image: Recurrent item] The new version
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.36/wmf.1> of MediaWiki will
be on test wikis and
MediaWiki.org from 21 July. It will be on
non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 July. It will be on all
wikis from 23 July (calendar
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.36/Roadmap>).
*Future changes*
- There is a Printable version link. This will disappear. That is
because web browsers today can create a printable version or show how it
will look in print anyway. [4]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T167956>
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