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Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes.
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available.
*Recent changes*
- You can now test the new Timeless skin
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Skin:Timeless?useskin=timeless>
on the test wiki <https://test.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page> and
mediawiki.org <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki>. You can turn
it on in your preferences. You can report bugs in Phabricator
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/timeless/>. It will come to more
wikis soon. [1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T154371>[2]
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2017-August/088603.html>
- Your watchlist can now have the option to unwatch pages. You have to
turn this on in your preferences. [3]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T2424>
- If a table has several columns you can often choose which column you
want to use to sort the table. This has not worked for some columns for
readers who have used Firefox or Safari. This has now been fixed. [4]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T126886>
- The RelatedArticles extension
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:RelatedArticles> has shown
related pages on Wikivoyages. You will now see the related pages at the end
of the article together with an image. Previously the links were in the
sidebar. Wikis that want this extension can request it on Phabricator
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/wikimedia-site-requests/>.
*Changes later this week*
- Videos will now be played in the WebM format
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:WebM> in all browsers. Previously some
browsers used Ogg Theora <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Theora> (.ogv).
If you use Safari, Internet Explorer or Edge you may see slower playback
speed at high resolutions. Instead we will get better quality and smaller
file size. You can still upload video as Ogg files. They are automatically
converted to WebM. This doesn't affect Ogg audio files. [5]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T172445>
- The default font in the edit window will change for some users this
week. Instead of using the browser default, it will be monospace. Users can
change this in their preferences. This should only change this for some
users on Macs and iOS devices. [6]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T171201>
- [image: Octicons-sync.svg] The new version
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.30/wmf.15> of MediaWiki will
be on test wikis and
MediaWiki.org from 22 August. It will be on
non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 23 August. It will be on all
wikis from 24 August (calendar
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.30/Roadmap>).
*Meetings*
- [image: Octicons-tools.svg] You can join the technical advice meeting
on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The
meeting will be on 23 August at 15:00 (UTC)
<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=15&min=00&sec=0&day=23&month=08&year=2017>.
See how to join
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting>.
- [image: Octicons-sync.svg] 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 22 August at 19:00
(UTC)
<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=22&month=08&year=2017>.
See how to join
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Editing_team/Weekly_triage_meetings>.
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