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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/2018/35 are available.

*Recent changes*

- You can now see moved paragraphs in diffs in the mobile view. It also works on all languages in the desktop view. [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T199800 - Bureaucrats on all Wikimedia wikis can now remove the interface admin https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Interface_administrators user right. [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T202298

*Problems*

- Some diffs show lines in the wrong order. The developers are working on fixing it. [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T197157

*Changes later this week*

- The message you see when you thank a user will change. This is to make it easier to understand. [4] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T159302 - AWB https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser will stop adding using AWB in the edit summary. Instead it will add a tag https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Tags that says AWB. [5] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T111663 - [image: Advanced item] Some abuse filter https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:AbuseFilter variables have changed. They are now easier to understand for non-experts. The old variables will still work but filter editors are encouraged to replace them with the new ones. You can find the list of changed variables on mediawiki.org https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AbuseFilter/Rules_format#Variables. They have a note which says Deprecated. Use ... instead. An example is article_text which is now page_title. [6] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T173889 - [image: Advanced item] Abuse filters can now use how old a page is. The variable is page_age. [7] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T30844 - [image: Recurrent item] The new version https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.32/wmf.19 of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 August. It will be on all wikis from 30 August (calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.32/Roadmap).

*Meetings*

- [image: Recurrent item] You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 28 August at 18:30 (UTC) https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20180828T1830. See how to join https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Editing_team/Weekly_triage_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 29 August at 15:00 (UTC) https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20180829T15. See how to join https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting.

*Future changes*

- Because of a data centre test you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for up to an hour on 12 September and 10 October. This will start at 14:00 (UTC) http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=14&min=00&sec=0&day=12&month=09&year=2018. You might lose edits if you try to save during this time. The time when you can't edit might be shorter than an hour. You can read more about this https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/Server_switch_2018 .

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//Johan Jönsson --