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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/2018/23> are
available.
*Recent changes*
- The MonoBook skin
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Skin:MonoBook> has
been optimised for mobile devices. It now looks different. [1]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195625>
- Planet Wikimedia
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Planet_Wikimedia> collects
blogs about Wikimedia. It will now use the Rawdog
<https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Rawdog> feed aggregator
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:News_aggregator> to do this instead of
Planet <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Planet_(software)>. [2]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T180498>[3]
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018-May/090036.html>
- Redirect links in Special:WhatLinksHere
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere> now link to the
original page and not the target page. This was done earlier and changed
the used messages on some pages. This was a problem for wikis that
customized the message. A new change fixed this by using the old messages
with one more parameter for customization. Wikis that already changed their
customized messages will have to move the customization back again. [4]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T189860>
*Problems*
- You will not be able to edit some wikis between 06:00 and 06:30 UTC on
13 June. You can see if your wiki is one of them
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195487>.
- MassMessage
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/MassMessage> did not
work 24–28 May. This is also why last week's Tech News was late. [5]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195500>
*Changes later this week*
- [image: Recurrent item] The new version
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.32/wmf.7> of MediaWiki will
be on test wikis and
MediaWiki.org from 5 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia
wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 June. It will be on all wikis from 7 June (
calendar <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.32/Roadmap>).
*Meetings*
- [image: Recurrent item] You can join the next meeting with the Editing
team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are
the most important. The meeting will be on 5 June at 18:30 (UTC)
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20180605T1830>.
See how to join
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Editing_team/Weekly_triage_meetings>.
- [image: Recurrent item] [image: Advanced item] You can join the
technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers
can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 6 June at 15:00 (UTC)
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20180606T15>.
See how to join
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting>.
*Future changes*
- The new filters for edit review
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Edit_Review_Improvements/New_filters_for_edit_review>
tools and interface for watchlists will leave beta
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Beta>. This is
planned to happen in June or early July. [6]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T181193>[7]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195993>
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//Johan Jönsson
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