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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/2018/47> are
available.
*Recent changes*
- You can vote on proposals in the Community Wishlist Survey
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2019>.
The survey decides what the Community Tech team
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Tech> will work on. You can
vote until 30 November.
- [image: Advanced item] There is an A/B test
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:A/B_testing> for sameAs data. This is
to make it easier to find the right information with a search engine. This
changes the metadata <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Metadata> for a
wiki page. It doesn't change how the page looks. [1]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T209306>
*Changes later this week*
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
*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 21 November at 15:00 (UTC)
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20181121T15>.
See how to join
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting>.
*Future changes*
- The Wikimedia wikis use templates to show readers there are problems
with the content on some pages. For example if there are no sources or the
page needs to be rewritten. The mobile website will soon show more
information when you use these templates. Some templates may need to be
updated. [2]
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018-November/091113.html>
- The Education Program extension
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Education_Program>
was
removed from all Wikimedia projects. The database tables
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Table_(database)> used by the
extension will be archived. This will happen in a month. If you want the
information on your wiki you should move it to a normal wiki page. [3]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T174802>
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//Johan Jönsson