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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/2015/33> are
available.
*Recent changes*
- MediaWiki can now hide the signature button when you edit a content
page. [1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T7645>
- The "Your preferences have been saved" message has changed. You can
now see more easily what was saved when you change preferences several
times. [2] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T19496>
- You can now play Ogg video files in some browsers that don't support
this format. This solution uses JavaScript and works on desktop browsers
only for now. It will work on mobile later. [3]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T63823>
- You can now use the same tools to edit style in VisualEditor on mobile
as in desktop browsers. [4] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T107797>
- It is now easier to see if there is a JavaScript error in a user or
site script. [5] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T106736>
- JavaScript authors:
- You can no longer use the Sajax library. You can see a list
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T55120#1514802> of pages to fix.
[6]
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2015-August/001229.html>
[7] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T55120>
- You can no longer use document.write on Wikimedia wikis. You can see
a list <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/P1832> of pages to fix. [8]
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2015-August/001225.html>
[9] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T107399>
- The content translation tool now works better. It is easier to use
math, and useless tags are no longer added. [10]
<https://cxupdate.wordpress.com/2015/08/07/2015-08-06/>
*Problems*
- More edits have been rejected due to loss of session data lately. This
is now fixed. [11] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T102199>
- Importing a Lua
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Scribunto> module
sometimes didn't work. This is now fixed. [12]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T91170>
- Text was sometimes lost in the content translation tool. One part of
the problem is now fixed. [13]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T104059>
*Changes this week*
- The new version <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.26/wmf18> of
MediaWiki will be on test wikis and
MediaWiki.org from August 11. It will
be on non-Wikipedia wikis from August 12. It will be on all Wikipedias from
August 13 (calendar
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.26/Roadmap>).
- UploadWizard
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/commons:Special:UploadWizard> is
getting a new look. The look of buttons and checkboxes has already changed.
This week, UploadWizard gets a new date picker. The other text fields will
change soon. [14] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T97426>
- You can now test VisualEditor on mobile devices of all sizes. [15]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T85630>
*Meetings*
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the
meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The
meeting will be on August 11 at 19:00 (UTC)
<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=11&month=08&year=2015>.
See how to join
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/Weekly_triage_meetings>.
*Future changes*
- Some things in the watchlist will get a new look. [16]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T99256>
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