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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/2014/51 are available.
*Recent software changes*
- You may see a new tool https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MobileFrontend/WikiGrok tested on the mobile site of the English Wikipedia. It asks simple questions to make the article better. In the future, your answers will go to Wikidata. [1] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mobile-l/2014-December/008407.html - You can watch a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yr5z9Ix2f8 to learn how to use Phabricator to manage projects. [2] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2014-December/079829.html - You can test a new version https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/12/10/content-translation-announcing-version-3/ of the Content Translation tool.
*Software changes this week*
- The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf12 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.25/wmf12) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since December 10. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from December 16. It will be on all Wikipedias from December 17 ( calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.25/Roadmap). [3] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2014-December/001051.html - You can now find and replace text in VisualEditor. You can open the tool via the menu, Ctrl+F or Cmd+F. [4] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T50368 - VisualEditor now doesn't change the space at the end of a text that you make bold. [5] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T53023 - The "Apply changes" button in the reference window of VisualEditor is now disabled until you make a change. [6] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T76928
*Future changes*
- The star image of the watchlist may change soon. [7] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T56307 [8] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/178048 - You won't be able to use Phabricator on December 18, 2014. It will be down between 00:00 and 08:00 (UTC) http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Phabricator+unavailable&iso=20141218T00&p1=1440&ah=8 . [9] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2014-December/079816.html [10] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T76773
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