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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/2021/17 are available.

*Recent changes*

- Templates have parameters that can have specific values. It is possible to suggest values for editors with TemplateData https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:TemplateData. You can soon see them as a drop-down list in the visual editor. This is to help template users find the right values faster. [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T273857[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/Suggested_values_for_template_parameters [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:WMDE_Technical_Wishes/Suggested_values_for_template_parameters

*Changes later this week*

- [image: Recurrent item] The new version https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.37/wmf.3 of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 27 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 28 April. It will be on all wikis from 29 April (calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.37/Roadmap).

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//Johan Jönsson