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*Recent changes*
- You can now test the new advanced search function beta feature
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:AdvancedSearch> on
mediawiki.org. It makes it easier to use some of the special search
functions that most editors don't know exist. It will come to German and
Arabic Wikipedia this week. It will come to more wikis later. [1]
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2017-November/089148.html>
- You can now upload large files with the Internet Archive upload tool
<https://tools.wmflabs.org/ia-upload/commons/init>. Previously you could
not upload files larger than 100 MB. [2]
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikisource-l/2017-November/003365.html>
- You can now use the Timeless skin
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Skin:Timeless?useskin=timeless> on all
wikis. You can choose skins in Special:Preferences#Appearance
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering>
. [3] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T154371>
*Changes later this week*
- [image: Octicons-sync.svg] The new version
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.31/wmf.10> of MediaWiki will
be on test wikis and
MediaWiki.org from 28 November. It will be on
non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 November. It will be on all
wikis from 30 November (calendar
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.31/Roadmap>).
*Meetings*
- [image: Octicons-sync.svg] 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 28 November at
19:30 (UTC)
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=18&min=30&sec=0&year=2017&month=11&day=28>.
See how to join
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Editing_team/Weekly_triage_meetings>.
- [image: Octicons-tools.svg] You can join the technical advice meeting
on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The
meeting will be on 29 November at 16:00 (UTC)
<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=16&min=00&sec=0&day=29&month=11&year=2017>.
See how to join
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting>.
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