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*Updates for editors*

- You can nominate your favorite tools https://wikimediafoundation.limesurvey.net/359761?lang=en for the sixth edition of the Coolest Tool Award https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Coolest_Tool_Award. Nominations are anonymous and will be open until June 25. You can re-use the survey to nominate multiple tools. - [image: Recurrent item] View all 33 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/Recently_resolved_community_tasks .

*Updates for technical contributors*

- [image: Recurrent item] Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.45/wmf.6

*In depth*

- Foundation staff and technical volunteers use Wikimedia APIs to build the tools, applications, features, and integrations that enhance user experiences. Over the coming years, the MediaWiki Interfaces team will be investing in Wikimedia web (HTTP) APIs to better serve technical volunteer needs and protect Wikimedia infrastructure from potential abuse. You can read more about their plans to evolve the APIs in this Techblog post https://techblog.wikimedia.org/2025/06/12/apis-as-a-product-investing-in-the-current-and-next-generation-of-technical-contributors/ .

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