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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/2019/51> are
available.
*Problems*
- The Linter extension
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Linter> helps
you find technical errors in articles. It did not show new changes last
week. This was because of an API
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Application_programming_interface>
problem.
It is now working again. [1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T240057>
- Special:Watchlist <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Watchlist> can
show the wrong information again. It does not always show which edits are
read and which are unread. This is because of a database problem. The
developers are working on solving the problem. [2]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218511>
*Changes later this week*
- You can get email notifications. You can get them immediately, a
summary every day or a summary once every week. If you choose a summary you
can soon choose not to get notifications you have already marked as read on
the wiki. [3] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T169386>
- The new version <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.35/wmf.11> of
MediaWiki will be on test wikis and
MediaWiki.org from 17 December. It will
be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 18 December. It will be
on all wikis from 19 December (calendar
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.35/Roadmap>).
*Meetings*
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the
meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 18
December at 16:00 (UTC)
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20191218T16>.
See how to join
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting>.
*Future changes*
- The partial blocks
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Community_health_initiative/Partial_blocks>
feature
is now stable. It will come to most wikis on 6 January. Your wiki can ask
to wait. Contact NKohli (WMF)
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:NKohli_(WMF)> if you don't
want it now. [4] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218626>
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