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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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by tech ambassadors
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Guillaume Paumier
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