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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/2018/49 are available.

*Recent changes*

- Admins will not be able to unblock themselves if they are blocked by someone other than themselves. This is because it can cause damage if someone else takes over an admin account and other admins can't block them. If this is a problem for your community you can report it on Phabricator https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T150826. You can also ask questions on Meta https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech. There is a discussion on Phabricator https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T150826 about how to solve this if two admins fight with each other on a small wiki. [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T150826 - Small SVG images https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Scalable_Vector_Graphics are now bigger when you see them in MediaViewer https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:MediaViewer . [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T71237 - You can go to a section from the edit summary by clicking on the section name. Before this you had to click on the arrow. [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T165189 - When you jumped to a footnote that was referenced several times in an article it could be difficult to see where you were in the text. Now there are jump marks and highlights to help you find your way back. [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/Footnote_highlighting [5] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T194511

*Changes later this week*

- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

*Meetings*

- [image: Recurrent item] [image: Advanced item] You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 5 December at 16:00 (UTC) https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20181205T23 and at 23:00 (UTC) https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20181205T23. See how to join https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting.

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//Johan Jönsson