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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/2017/49 are available.

*Recent changes*

- It is now possible to upload MP3 files https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:MP3 to Commons. Only users with MP3 file upload rights https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:MP3_uploaders can upload MP3 files. [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T120288 - You can now use live updates https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:New_filters_for_edit_review/Live_updates for recent changes if you use the new filters https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Edit_Review_Improvements/New_filters_for_edit_review. This feature updates the filtered recent changes every three seconds when you activate it. [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T173614 - There is an experimental onion service https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/A_Tor_Onion_Service_for_Wikipedia for Wikimedia projects. [3] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2017-November/089157.html

*Changes later this week*

- Very old versions of the Opera Web browser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Opera_(web_browser) are no longer supported. This means that technical development will not be tested to make sure it works with those Opera versions. Use Opera 15 or above or another browser if you have problems. [4] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T121517 - [image: Octicons-tools.svg] Almost 170 wikis with no high-priority errors in Linter https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Linter categories will switch to use the Remex parsing library https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/RemexHtml. This is to replace Tidy https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsing/Replacing_Tidy. A few larger wikis such as German and Italian Wikipedia will also make this switch. It will happen on 5 December. Other wikis will be recommended to switch soon when they have fixed the errors that must be fixed. Tidy will be removed in the middle of 2018. [5] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsing/Replacing_Tidy/Linter/Stats/2017-11-20#Wikis_with_zero_high-priority_errors [6] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsing/Replacing_Tidy/FAQ#What_will_editors_need_to_do.3F - [image: Octicons-sync.svg] The new version https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.31/wmf.11 of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 December. It will be on all wikis from 7 December (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 5 December at 19:30 (UTC) https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=18&min=30&sec=0&year=2017&month=12&day=05. 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 6 December at 16:00 (UTC) http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=16&min=00&sec=0&day=06&month=12&year=2017. See how to join https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting.

*Future changes*

- The 2017 Community Wishlist Survey https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2017_Community_Wishlist_Survey will decide what the Community Tech https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Tech team will work on next year. You can vote for wishes on the survey page https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2017_Community_Wishlist_Survey until 10 December. You can see what has happened to last year's wishes on the 2016 results page https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2016_Community_Wishlist_Survey/Results. - The Community Liaisons team at the Wikimedia Foundation is looking for active tech ambassadors https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/Ambassadors/List. This is to make sure the Wikimedia communities get all the information they need about new features and can be involved in the technical development. [7] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T176476

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//Johan Jönsson