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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/2016/32> are
available.
*Recent changes*
- In notifications, the icon for Notices has been changed from a
speech-bubble icon ([image: Echo chat icon.svg]) to a tray icon ([image:
Echo tray icon.svg]) for consistency. The Alerts icon has been
redesigned too. The colors have been changed for accessibility. [1]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T140900>
*Problems*
- If you use the wikEd gadget
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WikEd>, changes you made were
not kept when you switched from the wikitext editor to the visual editor
while you were editing. This has now been fixed. [2]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T135747>
*Changes this week*
- Wikimedia search will now ignore question marks at the end of the
sentences or words you use when you search. Until now the question mark was
just a wildcard <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildcard_character>. [3]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T133711>
- On Commons, UploadWizard
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:UploadWizard> will now be
available on mobile, rather than just the old upload form. This should
reduce the workload for the community in reviewing images. [4]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T97169>
- When you edit with the visual editor a puzzle symbol tells you there
is an invisible template in the article. It will now mention the name of
the template. [5] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T141861>
- The button to read something in another language will move for mobile
users. This will happen on 9 August. [6]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T129505>
- When someone mentions you and links to your user page you get a
notification. You will now get a notification when you mention yourself
this way. [7] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T138080>
- [image: Octicons-sync.svg] The new version
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.28/wmf.14> of MediaWiki will
be on test wikis and
MediaWiki.org from 9 August. It will be on
non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 August. It will be on all
wikis from 11 August (calendar
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.28/Roadmap>).
- A message on Notifications panel will invite users to try
Special:Notifications
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Notifications> page. [8]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T141414>
*Meetings*
- [image: Octicons-sync.svg] You can join the next meeting with the
VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs
you think are the most important. The meeting will be on August 9 at
19:00 (UTC)
<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=09&month=08&year=2016>.
See how to join
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/Weekly_triage_meetings>.
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