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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/2015/03 are available.

*Recent software changes*

- Rotated PDF files in landscape format used to show too small. They will now display correctly. You may need to purge older files. [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T83123 - You can now use the {{!}} magic word https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Magic_words instead of Template:! https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:!. Many wikis https://tools.wmflabs.org/cleanup/excl-template.php used the template to create a pipe (|) in tables and templates. You can delete the template. [2] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2014-December/001055.html

*Software changes this week*

- The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf14 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.25/wmf14) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since January 7. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from January 13. It will be on all Wikipedias from January 14 (calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.25/Roadmap). - A bug in VisualEditor sometimes added a ☀ (Sun) character. This is now fixed. [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T76916 - The search and replace tool in VisualEditor is now much faster in long pages. [4] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T78234 - The TemplateData editor now uses the same design as VisualEditor. [5] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T73746 [6] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T73077 [7] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T73078 - The thumb option is now shown in your language in the help of the classic editor toolbar. [8] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T40831

*Future changes*

- You can sign up https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_6R04ammTX8uoJFP to answer questions from designers. It will help them make editing easier. [9] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2015-January/001059.html

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