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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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