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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/2016/31 are available.

*Recent changes*

- A prototype for structured data https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Commons:Structured_data on Commons is available now. [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Structured_data#It.27s_alive.21 - The RevisionSlider https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:RevisionSlider beta feature can now be tested on mediawiki.org, German Wikipedia, Arabic Wikipedia and Hebrew Wikipedia.

*Problems*

- Renamed users on some wikis were not connected to their account on other wikis between 20 July and 21 July. This has been fixed. [2] https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Incident_documentation/20160721-LocalRenameUserJob

*Changes this week*

- [image: Octicons-sync.svg] The new version https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.28/wmf.13 of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 2 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 3 August. It will be on all wikis from 4 August (calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.28/Roadmap).

*Meetings*

- [image: Octicons-sync.svg] You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 2 August at 19:00 (UTC) http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=02&month=08&year=2016. See how to join https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/Weekly_triage_meetings. - The next CREDIT showcase https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/CREDIT_showcase will be on 3 August at 18:00 (UTC) http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=18&min=00&sec=0&day=03&month=08&year=2016. This is to present and comment on new gadgets, small projects and works in progress. See how to join https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/CREDIT_showcase#Details. - [image: Octicons-tools.svg] You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is "notifications in core https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T128351". The meeting will be on 3 August at 21:00 (UTC) http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=21&min=00&sec=0&day=03&month=08&year=2016. See how to join https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Architecture_meetings.

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//Johan Jönsson