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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/2017/50 are available.

*Recent changes*

- URLs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:URL that link to sections on Wikimedia wikis with non-Latin scripts have looked like this: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%... instead of https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%.... This has now been fixed on all wikis. Old links will still work. [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T152540 - A new tag https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Tags marks edits where a redirect was created or removed. This still works when the editor writes something else in the edit summary. You can see the tags for example in the recent changes feed, article history, user contributions or on your watchlist. [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T73236 - If you use Chrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Google_Chrome on Android https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Android_(operating_system), you can now use the print to PDF button to create a PDF of an article. [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T179914 - Filter by number of edits or filter by time range have been grouped on a same menu on the recent changes page if you use the new filters. The "View newest changes" link is now more prominent. [4] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T177926 - Some of the web fonts that were provided by the Universal Language Selector https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Language_Selector extension are being removed. This is to reduce the load time on pages. The web fonts were added many years ago https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Universal_Language_Selector/WebFonts to help users read text in scripts which did not have fonts or had broken fonts. This is not the case any more. You can check the status page https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Universal_Language_Selector/WebFonts/WebFonts_Status for a list of all web fonts and whether they are currently being used and especially for special requirements. [5] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T180422

*Changes later this week*

- [image: Octicons-sync.svg] The new version https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.31/wmf.12 of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 December. It will be on all wikis from 14 December (calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.31/Roadmap).

*Meetings*

- [image: Octicons-sync.svg] You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 12 December at 19:30 (UTC) https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=18&min=30&sec=0&year=2017&month=12&day=12. See how to join https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Editing_team/Weekly_triage_meetings. - [image: Octicons-tools.svg] You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 13 December at 16:00 (UTC) http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=16&min=00&sec=0&day=13&month=12&year=2017. See how to join https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting.

*Future changes*

- You can discuss new or improved blocking tools https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Community_health_initiative/Blocking_tools_and_improvements with the Wikimedia Foundation Anti-Harassment Tools team https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Community_health_initiative#Anti-Harassment_Tools. They will work on building better blocking tools. Leave comments on the talk page https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Talk:Community_health_initiative/Blocking_tools_and_improvements .

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//Johan Jönsson