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Latest *tech news https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News* from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2014/31 are available.

*Recent software changes*

- The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf15 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.24/wmf15) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on July 24. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on July 29, and to all Wikipedias on July 31 (calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.24/Roadmap). - You can now download https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Huggle/Download the latest version of the anti-vandalism tool Huggle https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Huggle.

*VisualEditor news*

- You can now create, edit, and view HTML comments https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML_element#Comments in VisualEditor. [1] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49603 [2] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/140773/ - The cancel button in VisualEditor toolbar has been removed. You can still use the Read tab and the Back button in your browser to cancel your edit. [3] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/147682/ - If you try to use a template which has no suggested or required parameters in TemplateData https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/VisualEditor/Portal/TemplateData, you will now be asked to add the parameters. [4] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55925 [5] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/148233/ - You will no longer be able to edit a page if you can't create it, for example on pages protected against recreation. [6] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67550 [7] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/144275/

*Future software changes*

- You will soon be able to filter Meta-Wiki's user rights log https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=rights&user=&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter=&hide_patrol_log=1&hide_review_log=1&hide_thanks_log=1 by wiki and user. [8] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10545 [9] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/48661/ - Wikidata https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/ will soon be able to store data about article status, for example "good article" or "featured article". If your wiki has highlighted content, please make sure it is on Wikidata's list https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Development/Badges. [10] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40810 - It will soon be possible to directly create empty pages, for example in the user namespace. [11] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57238 [12] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/145899/

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