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The latest tech newsletter is now available at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2013/42 . Below is the English version.

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Latest *tech newshttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News * from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translationshttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2013/42are available.

*New features*

- You can now choose which language to show for SVG files that contain several languages, using the "lang" option, like [[ File:Gerrit_patchset_25838_test.svg|lang=dehttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/test/thumb/4/45/Gerrit_patchset_25838_test.svg/langde-345px-Gerrit_patchset_25838_test.svg.png ]] for the German layer of File:Gerrit patchset 25838 test.svghttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gerrit_patchset_25838_test.svg . - Developers are looking for wiki communities to try the new search system. [1]http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2013-October/000426.html

*VisualEditorhttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/VisualEditor/Portalnews *

- You can now create and edit references inside media captions. [2]https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/50459 - You now need to press the "delete" key twice to delete a template, reference or image; the first time, they only become selected, to avoid accidental deletion of infoboxes and similar content. [3]https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/55336 - When you resize images, you will now still see them, and their size will also be seen in the center. [4]https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/54298 [5] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/54297

*Future*

- The new notifications systemhttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/w:en:Wikipedia:Notifications("Echo") will be added to almost all wikishttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Echo/Release_Plan_2013that don't already have it on October 22. It will notify you of changes and events that affect you. [6]http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2013-October/000441.html - MediaWiki 1.22wmf22https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.22/wmf22was added to test wikis on October 17. It will arrive to non-Wikipedia wikis on October 21 and all Wikipedia wikis on October 24 (calendarhttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.22/Roadmap ). - The interface to reset your password will soon be changedhttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Password_reset. [7]http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2013-October/000431.html

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