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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/2016/24 are available.

*Recent changes*

- Wikimedia wikis now use AuthManager https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:SessionManager_and_AuthManager. If you have new problems related to logging in or being logged in, report them https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User_talk:Tgr_(WMF). [1] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2016-June/001426.html - Visiting Special:Notifications https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Notifications doesn't automatically mark notifications as read anymore. You can go between read, unread or all notifications on Special:Notifications https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Notifications. Notifications on Special:Notifications https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Notifications are grouped by day. You can mark every daily group as read individually. Notifications are displayed by groups of 50 on Special:Notifications https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Notifications and you can find former notifications by using navigation arrows. [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T97057[3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T129176[4] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T132738[5] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T129363

*Changes this week*

- You can filter user contributions to hide minor edits. [6] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T16086 - It will be easier to edit galleries with the visual editor. [7] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T45037 - [image: Octicons-sync.svg] The new version https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.28/wmf.6 of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 June. It will be on all wikis from 16 June (calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.28/Roadmap).

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//Johan Jönsson