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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/2020/29> are
available.
*Recent changes*
- Users can thank <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Thanks> others
for their edits. Checkusers
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CheckUser> can now see user
data related to that action. This can help identify sock puppets
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Sock_puppetry> who
harass others using thanks. [1]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T252226>
*Problems*
- Everyone was logged out a couple of weeks ago to fix a security
problem. The problem was not entirely fixed. Because of this everyone was
logged out once again last week. [2]
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2020-June/093543.html>
[3]
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2020-July/002327.html>
*Changes later this week*
- Wikis that are not for one specific language can translate
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Translate>
pages.
Sometimes parts of translations are outdated or missing. Outdated
translations are marked with a pink background. Missing translations will
also be marked in the future. This markup can sometimes break things. It
can soon be disabled by using <translate nowrap></translate> on the
source page. [4] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T256625>
- [image: Recurrent item] The new version
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.35/wmf.41> of MediaWiki will
be on test wikis and
MediaWiki.org from 14 July. It will be on
non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 July. It will be on all
wikis from 16 July (calendar
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.35/Roadmap>).
*Future changes*
- [image: Advanced item] Wikimedia code review plans to use GitLab
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:GitLab>. It would be hosted on
Wikimedia servers. [5]
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2020-July/093577.html>
[6]
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Community_Newsletter/2020/July>
[7] <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic:Vpbt50rwxgb2r6qn>[8]
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2020-July/093607.html>
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