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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/2018/38> are
available.
*Recent changes*
- The Wikimedia Commons mobile app
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Commons:Mobile_app>
has
a new version. Images uploaded using Nearby are now automatically added to
the associated Wikidata item. You can browse other images on Commons. You
can see your achievements and your upload statistics. It has also fixed
some bugs. [1]
<https://cookiesandcodeblog.wordpress.com/2018/08/10/commons-app-version-2-8-beta/>
- [image: Advanced item] MediaWiki web requests now have a time limit of
60 seconds for GET requests and 200 seconds for POST requests. [2]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T97192>
*Problems*
- You could not see the menu on the notifications page on the mobile
version. This has now been fixed. [3]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T192475>
*Changes later this week*
- Special:AncientPages
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:AncientPages> can hide
disambiguation pages. [4] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T76287>
- [image: Recurrent item] The new version
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.32/wmf.18> of MediaWiki will
be on test wikis and
MediaWiki.org from 18 September. It will be on
non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 19 September. It will be on
all wikis from 20 September (calendar
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.32/Roadmap>).
*Meetings*
- [image: Recurrent item] [image: Advanced item] You can join the
technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers
can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 19 September at 15:00 (UTC)
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20180919T15>.
See how to join
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting>.
*Future changes*
- The developers
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Team> are
testing new mobile web navigation. You can use it and give feedback
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Reading/Web/Advanced_mobile_contributions/Navigation_prototype_feedback>
.
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//Johan Jönsson