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Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes.
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*Recent changes*
- [image: Advanced item] The abuse filter function
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AbuseFilter> now has a faster
parser <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Parsing>. This is to shorten
the waiting time when you save an edit. [1]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T156095>
*Problems*
- There is a problem in the visual editor when you copy or delete text
with footnotes. It will be fixed soon. [2]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T234489>
*Changes later this week*
- [image: Recurrent item] The new version
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.35/wmf.1> of MediaWiki will
be on test wikis and
MediaWiki.org from 8 October. It will be on
non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 9 October. It will be on all
wikis from 10 October (calendar
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.35/Roadmap>).
*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 9 October at 15:00 (UTC)
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20191009T15>.
See how to join
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting>.
*Future changes*
- The Community Wishlist Survey
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2020> has a
new format. It will focus on wikis that typically get less support. It will
probably go back to the normal format next year. It is not decided exactly
how it will work this year. You can leave feedback
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Community_Wishlist_Survey_2020>.
- The URL <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:URL> of the Wikimedia wiki
main pages could be changed. This is because the current URLs cause several
problems. For example
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Main_Page would
be
https://www.wikidata.org/ instead. You can tell the developers
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T120085> if this would cause problems
for your wiki.
- There is a new technical community newsletter
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Community_Newsletter/2019/October>.
You can read more about the work of Wikimedia's technical community.
Subscribe
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Community_Newsletter/Subscribe> to
get the information in the future.
- [image: Advanced item] Outreachy
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Outreachy> is an internship program
for groups who are underrepresented in free and open-source software. There
are seven Wikimedia projects about coding, documentation and quality
assurance in the next round. Persons who fit the criteria can apply
<https://www.outreachy.org/apply/project-selection/#wikimedia>. The last
day to apply is 5 November.
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//Johan Jönsson