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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/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