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Latest *tech news
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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/2016/46> are
available.
*Recent changes*
- When you edit with the visual editor you can use meta + shift + k to
add a reference. The meta key is often the control key or command key.
[1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T99299>
*Changes this week*
- [image: Octicons-sync.svg] The new version
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.29/wmf.3> of MediaWiki will
be on test wikis and
MediaWiki.org from November 15. It will be on
non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from November 16. It will be on all
wikis from November 17 (calendar
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.29/Roadmap>).
- In Special:Preferences
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences> you can choose
which language menus and buttons will be in. If there is no translation for
that language, MediaWiki has a list of fallback languages
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Fallback_languages>. A fallback language
is a language many will understand better than English. MediaWiki will now
use English when there is no Ukrainian translation. [2]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T39314>
*Meetings*
- [image: Octicons-sync.svg] You can join the next meeting with the
VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs
you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 15 November at
19:00 (UTC)
<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=15&month=11&year=2016>.
See how to join
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/Weekly_triage_meetings>.
*Future changes*
- Magic links <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Magic_links> might
not work in the future. [3]
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2016-November/001500.html>
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