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Latest *tech news
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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/2016/21> are
available.
*Recent changes*
- You now see a warning message
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Restricted-displaytitle> on
pages that try to use {{DISPLAYTITLE
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/DISPLAYTITLE>}} but it doesn't work
because it doesn't match the page's actual title. [1]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T28546>
*Problems*
- Commons had problems with server lag. This meant that it took longer
time for files to turn up in categories. [2]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T135809>
*Changes this week*
- [image: Octicons-sync.svg] The new version
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.28/wmf.3> of MediaWiki will
be on test wikis and
MediaWiki.org from 24 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia
wikis and some Wikipedias from 25 May. It will be on all wikis from 26 May (
calendar <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.28/Roadmap>).
*Meetings*
- [image: Octicons-sync.svg] You can join the next meeting with the
VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs
you think are the most important. The meeting will be on May 24 at 19:00
(UTC)
<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=24&month=05&year=2016>.
See how to join
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/Weekly_triage_meetings>.
*Future changes*
- [image: Octicons-tools.svg] All HTTP access to Wikimedia sites and
APIs will stop working. Some bots still use HTTP. They will need to use
HTTPS instead. This will happen on June 12. [3]
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2016-May/085618.html>
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//Johan Jönsson
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