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Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these
changes. Not all changes will affect you.
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available.
*Recent software changes*
- The latest version of MediaWiki
(
1.23wmf21<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.23/wmf21>)
was scheduled to be deployed to test wikis and
MediaWiki.org on April 3,
however it was temporarily put on hold due to localization issues. (
calendar <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.23/Roadmap>).
- Typography
Refresh<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Typography_ref…
enabled on non-Wikipedia wikis on April 1, and on all Wikipedias on
April 3. You'll only see it if you use the
Vector<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Vector>skint;skin.
- CirrusSearch
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Search>was enabled
as the primary search method on over 400 non-Wikipedia wikis on
April 2. [1] <https://https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/123246/>
*Future software changes*
- A new special page (Special:TrackingCategories) will soon list
all the tracking
categories<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Tracki…
a wiki.
[2] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60333>
[
3]<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/112323/>
- All Wikiquote projects will start using language links from Wikidata
on April 8.
[
4]<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikiquote-l/2014-March/000157.ht…
- The
Hovercards<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Beta_Featur…
will soon work with right-to-left languages.
[5] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62970>
[
6]<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62970>
- You will soon be able to download files directly from
MediaViewer<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:…er>,
the new multimedia tool. [7] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/120738/>
-
MediaViewer<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:…
be enabled for all users on
MediaWiki.org on April 10.
Comments<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Multimedia/About_Media_View…
welcome.
- You can help check that users can read
CAPTCHAs<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/en:CAPTCHA>in your language.
[
8]<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2014-April/…
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