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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/2022/24 are available.

*Recent changes*

- All wikis can now use Kartographer https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Kartographer maps. Kartographer maps now also work on pages with pending changes https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Pending_changes. [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/Geoinformation#Project_descriptions [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T307348

*Changes later this week*

- The new version https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.39/wmf.16 of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 June. It will be on all wikis from 16 June (calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.39/Roadmap). - Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 14 June at 06:00 UTC (targeted wikis https://noc.wikimedia.org/conf/highlight.php?file=dblists/s6.dblist). [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T300471 - Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Growth/Tools/Add_a_link" (Abkhazian Wikipedia, Achinese Wikipedia, Adyghe Wikipedia, Afrikaans Wikipedia, Akan Wikipedia, Alemannisch Wikipedia, Amharic Wikipedia, Aragonese Wikipedia, Old English Wikipedia, Aramaic Wikipedia, Egyptian Arabic Wikipedia, Asturian Wikipedia, Atikamekw Wikipedia, Avaric Wikipedia, Aymara Wikipedia, Azerbaijani Wikipedia, South Azerbaijani Wikipedia). This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T304110. The communities can configure how this feature works locally https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Community_configuration. [4] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T304548 - The New Topic Tool https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:DiscussionTools#New_topic_tool will be deployed for all editors at Commons, Wikidata, and some other wikis soon. You will be able to opt out from within the tool and in Preferences https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing-discussion. [5] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Talk_pages_project/New_discussion [6] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T287804

*Future meetings*

- The next open meeting with the Web team https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements/Updates/Talk_to_Web about Vector (2022) will take place today (13 June). The following meetings will take place on: 28 June, 12 July, 26 July.

*Future changes*

- By the end of July, the Vector 2022 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements skin should be ready to become the default across all wikis. Discussions on how to adjust it to the communities' needs will begin in the next weeks. It will always be possible to revert to the previous version on an individual basis. Learn more https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements/Updates/2022-04_for_the_largest_wikis .

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