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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/2023/49 are available.

*Recent changes*

- The spacing between paragraphs on Vector 2022 has been changed from 7px to 14px to match the size of the text. This will make it easier to distinguish paragraphs from sentences. [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T351754 - The "Sort this page by default as" feature in VisualEditor is working again. You no longer need to switch to source editing to edit {{DEFAULTSORT:...}} keywords. [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T337398

*Changes later this week*

- There is no new MediaWiki version this week. [3] https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments/Train[4] https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments/Yearly_calendar - On 6 December, people who have the enabled the preference for "Show discussion activity" will notice the talk page usability improvements https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Talk_pages_project/Usability appear on pages that include the __NEWSECTIONLINK__ magic word. If you notice any issues, please share them with the team on Phabricator https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T352232.

*Future changes*

- The Toolforge Grid Engine shutdown process https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/News/Toolforge_Grid_Engine_deprecation will start on December 14. Maintainers of tools that still use this old system https://iw.toolforge.org/grid-deprecation should plan to migrate to Kubernetes, or tell the team your plans on Phabricator in the task about your tool, before that date. [5] https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/VIWWQKMSQO2ED3TVUR7KPPWRTOBYBVOA/ - Communities using Structured Discussions https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Structured_Discussions are being contacted regarding the upcoming deprecation of Structured Discussions https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Structured_Discussions/Deprecation. You can read more about this project, and share your comments, on the project's page https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Structured_Discussions/Deprecation .

*Events*

- Registration & Scholarship applications are now open for the Wikimedia Hackathon 2024 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2024 that will take place from 3–5 May in Tallinn, Estonia. Scholarship applications are open until 5 January 2024.

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