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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/2023/06 are available.

*Recent changes*

- In the Vector 2022 skin https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements, logged-out users using the full-width toggle will be able to see the setting of their choice even after refreshing pages or opening new ones. This only applies to wikis where Vector 2022 is the default. [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T321498

*Changes later this week*

- The new version https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.40/wmf.22 of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 February. It will be on all wikis from 9 February (calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.40/Roadmap). - Previously, we announced when some wikis would be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. These switches will not be announced any more, as the read-only time has become non-significant. Switches will continue to happen at 7AM UTC on Tuesdays and Thursdays. [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T292543#8568433 - Across all the wikis, in the Vector 2022 skin, logged-in users will see the page-related links such as "What links here" in a new side menu https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements/Features/Page_tools. It will be displayed on the other side of the screen. This change had previously been made on Czech, English, and Vietnamese Wikipedias. [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T328692 - Community Wishlist Survey 2023 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2023 will stop receiving new proposals on Monday, 6 February 2023, at 18:00 UTC https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1675706431. Proposers should complete any edits by then, to give time for translations https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Community_Wishlist_Survey/Help_us and review. Voting will begin on Friday, 10 February.

*Future changes*

- Gadgets and user scripts will be changing to load on desktop and mobile sites. Previously they would only load on the desktop site. It is recommended that wiki administrators audit the gadget definitions https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition prior to this change, and add skins=… for any gadgets which should not load on mobile. More details are available https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T328610.

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