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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/2016/39 are available.

*Recent changes*

- If your wiki wants numerical sorting in categories https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Tech/Numerical_sorting_in_categories you can request it after a community decision. See how to request it https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Tech/Numerical_sorting_in_categories/How_to_request . [1] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2016-September/001477.html - When you edit text and mention https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Notifications/Notifications_types#Mentions a new username they are notified if you add your signature. Before this only happened under certain conditions. [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T138938 - Users are notified if they are mentioned https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Notifications/Notifications_types#Mentions in a section where you add your own signature even if you edit more than one section. Before, users were not notified if you edited more than one section in one edit. [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T141863

*Problems*

- The MediaWiki version https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.28/wmf.19 that was supposed to come to the wikis two weeks ago was put on hold again because of new problems. The MediaWiki version https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.28/wmf.20 after it is now on all wikis. [4] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2016-September/086564.html [5] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2016-September/086576.html

*Changes this week*

- There will be no new MediaWiki version this week. [6] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2016-September/086563.html

*Meetings*

- You can join the next office hour with the Wikidata team. The meeting will be on September 27 at 16:00 (UTC) http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=16&min=00&sec=0&day=27&month=09&year=2016. See how to join https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events#IRC_office_hours.

*Future changes*

- [image: Octicons-tools.svg] Abandoned tools on Tool Labs https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Portal:Tool_Labs could be taken over by other developers. There is a new discussion on Meta https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Abandoned_Labs_tools about this. It will be discussed until 12 October and then voted on. [7] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T87730

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//Johan Jönsson