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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/2022/44 are available.
*Recent changes*
- When using keyboard navigation on a Kartographer https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Kartographer map, the focus will become more visible. [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T315997 - In Special:RecentChanges, you can now hide the log entries for new user creations with the filter for "New users". [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T321155
*Changes later this week*
- The new version https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.40/wmf.8 of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 1 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 2 November. It will be on all wikis from 3 November (calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.40/Roadmap). - The maps dialog https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Kartographer in VisualEditor now has some help texts. [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T318818 - It is now possible to select the language of a Kartographer https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Kartographer map in VisualEditor via a dropdown menu. [4] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T318817 - It is now possible to add a caption to a Kartographer https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Kartographer map in VisualEditor. [5] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T318815 - It is now possible to hide the frame of a Kartographer https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Kartographer map in VisualEditor. [6] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T318813
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