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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/2018/27 are available.

*Recent changes*

- The database for tags https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Tags will be changed. This will happen on 2 July on French Wikipedia and 9 July on all other wikis. Please report https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T185355 if recent changes get slower or you can't save edits. This could especially affect editors who use the database on ToolForge. [1] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata-tech/2018-June/001283.html

*Problems*

- Last week's MediaWiki update was rolled back. This was because of a database problem. [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T198350

*Changes later this week*

- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

*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 3 July at 18:30 (UTC) https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20180703T1830. 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 4 July at 15:00 (UTC) https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20180704T15. See how to join https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting.

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