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The latest technical newsletter is now available at < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2019/32%3E. Below is the English version.

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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/2019/32 are available: Bahasa Indonesia https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/32/id • ‎Deutsch https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/32/de • ‎français https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/32/fr • ‎polski https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/32/pl • ‎português do Brasil https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/32/pt-br • ‎suomi https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/32/fi • ‎čeština https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/32/cs • ‎русский https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/32/ru • ‎українська https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/32/uk • ‎עברית https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/32/he • ‎العربية https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/32/ar • ‎中文 https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/32/zh • ‎日本語 https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2019/32/ja

*Changes later this week*

- [image: Recurrent item] The new version https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.34/wmf.17 of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 6 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 7 August. It will be on all wikis from 8 August (calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.34/Roadmap).

*Problems*

- A change in RelatedArticles extension https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:RelatedArticles accidentally enabled it for everyone, not just for mobile users. This has been fixed. [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T181242[2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T229644

*Meetings*

- [image: Recurrent item] [image: Advanced item] You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 7 August at 15:00 (UTC) https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20190807T15. See how to join https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting.

*Future changes*

- Today everyone can see IP addresses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:IP_addresses if someone edits without an account. In the future this could be more hidden. This is to protect unregistered editors so fewer can see their IP address. This would only happen after we make sure the tools for vandal fighting can still be effective. You can read more https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/IP_Editing:_Privacy_Enhancement_and_Abuse_Mitigation and comment https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:IP_Editing:_Privacy_Enhancement_and_Abuse_Mitigation .

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