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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/2021/45 are available.

*Recent changes*

- Mobile IP editors are now able to receive warning notices indicating they have a talk page message on the mobile website (similar to the orange banners available on desktop). These notices will be displayed on every page outside of the main namespace and every time the user attempts to edit. The notice on desktop now has a slightly different colour. [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T284642[2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T278105

*Changes later this week*

- Wikidata will be read-only https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T294321 for a few minutes on 11 November. This will happen around 06:00 UTC https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1636610400. This is for database maintenance. [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T294321 - There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

*Future changes*

- In the future, unregistered editors will be given an identity that is not their IP address https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:IP_address. This is for legal reasons. A new user right will let editors who need to know the IPs of unregistered accounts to fight vandalism, spam, and harassment, see the IP. You can read the suggestions for how that identity could work https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IP_Editing:_Privacy_Enhancement_and_Abuse_Mitigation#IP_Masking_Implementation_Approaches_(FAQ) and discuss on the talk page https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:IP_Editing:_Privacy_Enhancement_and_Abuse_Mitigation .

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