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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/2018/24 are available.

*Recent changes*

- In the Wikipedia app https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Apps for Android or iOS users can create reading lists https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Apps/Synced_Reading_Lists. The reading lists can be seen on different devices if you are logged in to your account. There is now a browser extension so you can add pages to your reading list from a web browser. At the moment it works with Firefox and Chrome. [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Reading_list_browser_extension - [image: Advanced item] There is a new version of Pywikibot https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Pywikibot. Pywikibot is a tool to automate tasks on MediaWiki wikis. [2] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/pywikibot/2018-June/009842.html

*Problems*

- The MonoBook skin https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Skin:MonoBook was changed to make it work better for mobile users. This caused some problems. The change was rolled back to fix them. The new version is now back on the wikis. MonoBook users can opt out from the new responsive design. [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195625

*Changes later this week*

- The new filters for edit review https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Edit_Review_Improvements/New_filters_for_edit_review tools and interface for watchlists will leave beta https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Beta. For most wikis this will happen on 18 June. For the rest it will happen on 25 June. [4] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T181193[5] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195993

- [image: Recurrent item] The new version https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.32/wmf.8 of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 June. It will be on all wikis from 14 June (calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.32/Roadmap).

*Meetings*

- You can join the Readers Web team https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Team IRC office hour. There you can discuss tools to contribute on the mobile web for the existing MediaWiki skins. The meeting will be on 18 June at 16:00 (UTC) https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20180618T16. See how to join https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/IRC_office_hours. - [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 12 June at 18:30 (UTC) https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20180612T1830. 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 13 June at 15:00 (UTC) https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20180613T15. See how to join https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting.

*Future changes*

- You will be able to move local wiki files to Commons https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/Move_files_to_Commons and keep their original data intact. This is planned to come https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T190716 to the first wikis in June.

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//Johan Jönsson --