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Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/49> are available. *Recent changes* - You can choose to see users from specific user groups in Special:ActiveUsers <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ActiveUsers> . [1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T116354> - Everyone can now see Special:UserRights <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:UserRights>. Previously only those who could change user rights could. Other users got an error message. [2] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T27319> - ORES <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Objective_Revision_Evaluation_Service> can now show how likely an edit is to be damaging to the wiki with different colours. This only works for languages that have trained ORES <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_labels> to recognize damaging edits. [3] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T144922> *Changes this week* - You will now see categories with 0 pages in Special:Categories <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Categories>. Previously you did not see empty categories there. [4] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T12915> - [image: Octicons-sync.svg] The new version <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.29/wmf.5> of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 6 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 7 December. It will be on all wikis from 8 December (calendar <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.29/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 6 December at 20:00 (UTC) <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=20&min=00&sec=0&day=06&month=12&year=2016>. See how to join <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/Weekly_triage_meetings>. *Future changes* - The 2016 Community Wishlist Survey <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2016_Community_Wishlist_Survey> will decide what the Community Tech <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Tech> team will work on next year. You vote for wishes on the survey page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2016_Community_Wishlist_Survey> until 12 December. 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