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Latest *tech news https://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. Translations https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2014/33 are available.

*Recent software changes*

- Due to the Wikimania 2014 https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/ conference, there were no MediaWiki changes this week. The latest version of MediaWiki ( 1.24wmf16 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.24/wmf16) will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on August 12, and to all Wikipedias on August 14 (calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.24/Roadmap). [1] http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2014-August/000870.html - Bureaucrats on all Wikivoyage wikis are no longer able to merge https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:UserMerge two accounts into one. [2] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/152255/

*VisualEditor news*

- Tablet users visiting the mobile version of non-Wikipedia wikis will be able to use VisualEditor starting on August 12. The feature will also be enabled on all Wikipedias on August 14. [3] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/150751/

*Future software changes*

- Internet Explorer 6 users will soon see a JavaScript https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript-free version of Wikimedia wikis; JavaScript tools and scripts will no longer work on that browser. If you use Internet Explorer 6, make sure to update to a newer browser! [4] http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2014-August/000872.html [5] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Compatibility#Grade_C [6] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/152072/ - If you visit a special page that requires you to be logged-in, you will soon be automatically redirected to the log-in page https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:UserLogin instead of seeing a warning. [7] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15484 [8] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/148144/ - You will now always see recent changes to the source language text when editing a translation with the Translate https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Translate extension. [9] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47608 [10] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/151104/ - An IRC meeting to discuss VisualEditor will take place on August 14 at 09:00 UTC on the channel #wikimedia-office on freenode (time conversion http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20140814T0900 ). [11] http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2014-July/073539.html

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