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*Recent changes*
- The
www.wikibooks.org and
www.wikiquote.org portal pages now use an
automated update system. Other project portals
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Project_portals> will be updated over
the next few months. [1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T273179>
*Problems*
- Last week, some wikis were in read-only mode for a few minutes because
of an emergency switch of their main database (targeted wikis
<https://noc.wikimedia.org/conf/highlight.php?file=dblists/s7.dblist>).
[2] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T313383>
*Changes later this week*
- The new version <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.39/wmf.22>
of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and
MediaWiki.org from 26 July. It will
be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 27 July. It will be on
all wikis from 28 July (calendar
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.39/Roadmap>).
- The external link icon will change slightly in the skins Vector legacy
and Vector 2022. The new icon uses simpler shapes to be more recognizable
on low-fidelity screens. [3] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T261391>
- Administrators will now see buttons on user pages for "Change block"
and "Unblock user" instead of just "Block user" if the user is
already
blocked. [4] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T308570>
*Future meetings*
- The next open meeting with the Web team
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements/Updates/Talk_to_Web>
about Vector (2022) will take place tomorrow (26 July).
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