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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/2018/37> are
available.
*Recent changes*
- When you added or edited a template with the visual editor the input
boxes were very big. This has been fixed. The input boxes will now be
smaller until you click on them. Then they will change size to fit the text.
[1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T200834>
*Problems*
- Some diffs showed lines in the wrong order. This was fixed last week.
[2] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T197157>
- Marking a cross-wiki notification as read didn't work every time. The
other wiki was not updated. This has now been fixed. [3]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T121930>
- <maplink> did not work for a few days. This was because of a bug. This
has now been fixed. [4] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T203427>
- {{subst:REVISIONUSER}} is used by some templates. For a period edits
saved with {{subst:REVISIONUSER}} would save the previous user's name
and not your username. This is now fixed. Edits made before the bug was
fixed will still be wrong and need to be corrected. [5]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T203583>
- When you move a page the title still shows the old page name. The
developers are working on fixing this. [6]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T203661>
*Changes later this week*
- Because of a data centre test you will be able to read but not edit
the wikis for up to an hour on 12 September and 10 October. This will start
at 14:00 (UTC)
<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=14&min=00&sec=0&day=12&month=09&year=2018>.
You might lose edits if you try to save during this time. The time when you
can't edit might be shorter than an hour. You can read more about this
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/Server_switch_2018>
.
- Because of the data centre test
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/Server_switch_2018>
there will be no new version of MediaWiki this week. Changes for this
week will come next week instead.
*Meetings*
- [image: Recurrent item] You can join the next meeting with the Editing
team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are
the most important. The meeting will be on 11 September at 18:30 (UTC)
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20180911T1830>.
See how to join
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Editing_team/Weekly_triage_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 12 September at 15:00 (UTC)
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20180912T15>.
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> work
on making the wikis work better on mobile phones. There is a list of
common problems when making content easier to read in the mobile view
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Recommendations_for_mobile_friendly_articles>.
You can add things to the page and ask others to help.
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//Johan Jönsson
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