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*Updates for editors*

- The CampaignEvents extension https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:CampaignEvents now includes a new group goal-setting feature, enabling organizers to set and track event goals such as the number of articles created and participating contributors in real time. Similarly, participants can work toward shared targets and see their collective impact as the event unfolds. The feature is now available on all Wikimedia wikis. Learn more in the documentation https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:CampaignEvents/Registration/Collaborative_contributions#Goal_setting . - The new watchlist labels https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Watchlist_labels feature (announced in Tech News 2026-07 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2026/07) is now available via VisualEditor, the source editor, and the 'watchstar' (or watch link, for skins that don't have a star icon). Previously it was only possible to assign labels via EditWatchlist https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:EditWatchlist. In all three places it is a new field following the expiry field. - View all 23 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/Recently_resolved_community_tasks. For example, the issue where talk pages on mobile with Parsoid are unusable after empty section headers, has now been fixed. [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T419171

*Updates for technical contributors*

- The sub-referencing feature https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/Sub-referencing, which lets editors add details to an existing reference without duplicating it, will be gradually rolled out to more wikis https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T414094 later this year. Wikis using the Reference Tooltips https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Reference_Tooltips gadget are encouraged to update their version (typically at MediaWiki:Gadget-ReferenceTooltips.js https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Gadget-ReferenceTooltips.js as shown here https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=1344408362) to ensure compatibility. Other reference-related gadgets may also be affected. [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T416304 - All Wikinews editions will be closed and switched to read-only mode on 4 May 2026. Content will remain accessible, but no new edits or articles can be added. This closure was approved by the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation following extended discussions. Read more https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard#Board_of_Trustees_Approves_Closure_of_Wikinews . - The Action API https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Action_API has had several formats for requested output. One of them, format=php, is being removed soon. Please ensure your scripts or bots use the JSON format https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Data_formats#Output. This removal should affect very few scripts and bots. [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T118538 - The Special:NamespaceInfo https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:NamespaceInfo page now includes namespace aliases. For example "WP" for the "Project" ("Wikipedia") namespace on the German Wikipedia. [4] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T381455 - Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.46/wmf.23

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