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Latest *tech news https://meta.m.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.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2014/35 are available.
VisualEditor news
- There was a error when you put your cursor directly after a reference list. It is now fixed. [1] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=68588 - You can now add colors to links in the editor using gadgets. You can do this to see links to redirects or disambiguation pages.[2] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/150824/ - If you use Internet Explorer, you will soon be able to use VisualEditor. [3] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50085 [4] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69503 [5] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/153980/
*Future software changes*
- The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf18 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.24/wmf18) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since August 21. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on August 26, and on all Wikipedias on August 28 (calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.24/Roadmap). - After August 26, you will have a central JavaScript https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyPage/global.js and CSS page https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyPage/global.css. They will be on Meta-Wiki and will work on all wikis. Read more on the help page https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:GlobalCssJs. [6] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2014-August/000893.html
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