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Latest *tech news
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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/Википедия#.D0.98.D1.81.D1.82.D0.BE.D1.80.D0.B…
instead
of
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Википедия#История. 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