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Latest *tech news
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News>* from the
Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these
changes. Not all changes will affect you.
Translations<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/New…
are
available.
*Recent software changes*
- The latest version of MediaWiki
(
1.24wmf4<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.24/wmf4>)
was added to test wikis and
MediaWiki.org on May 8. It will be added to
non-Wikipedia wikis on May 13, and all Wikipedias on May 15
(
calendar<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.24/Roadmap>
).
*VisualEditor news*
- A new citation system in VisualEditor was enabled on the English
Wikipedia. It will soon be enabled on more wikis.
[
1]<https://mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/Design/Reference_Dialog>
- Templates that were previously broken in VisualEditor should now
appear correctly. [
2]<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52499>
*Future software changes*
- It will soon be possible to move category description pages. Pages in
changed categories will still have to be moved independently.
[
3]<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5451>
[4] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/111096/>
- You will soon be able to clear your
watchlist<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Watchlist> with
one click or through the
API<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page>
. [5] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13250>
[
6]<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/132500/>
[7] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65058>
[
8]<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/132378/>
- You will soon be able to link to Flow posts and workflows with
Special:Flow. [9] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63510>
[10] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/121306/>
- The jQuery <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/en:jQuery> JavaScript
library will soon be updated. Please check that your gadgets and scripts
will still work.
[
11]<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2014-May/076340.html…
- The Vector <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Vector> skin will work
faster, as the sidebar will no longer collapse partly after being loaded.
[12] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39035>
[
13]<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/131259/>
[14] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/131349/>
-
MediaViewer<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:…
will
be enabled for all users on Wikimedia Commons on May
15<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Multimedia/Media_Viewer/Release_Plan&g…
.
Feedback<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Multimedia/About_Media_View…
is
welcome.
- An IRC discussion <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours> about
Phabricator will take place on May 14 at 18:00 UTC on the channel
#wikimedia-office on freenode (time
conversion<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=2014…
). [
15]<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2014-May/076332.html…
- Toolserver tools will be stopped on June 30. Please make sure to
change gadgets that link to the
Toolserver<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Search&a…
to
point to Tool Labs instead.
[
16]<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/toolserver-l/2014-May/006543.ht…
*Problems*
- There were problems with generating file thumbnails for all wikis
between May 3 and May 6 due to a configuration error.
[
17]<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=64622>
[18] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/131670/>
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Guillaume Paumier
Technical Communications Manager — Wikimedia Foundation