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Latest *tech news https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News* from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translationshttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2014/13are available.

*Recent software changes*

- The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf19https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.23/wmf19) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on March 20. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on March 25, and all Wikipedia wikis on March 27 ( calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.23/Roadmap).

*VisualEditor news*

- You can now double-click or press the ↲ Enter key on an image or template to change its settings. [1]https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50996 [2] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54827 - Pages that don't exist will now show as red links in the edit mode. [3]https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37901 - You will no longer be able to try to use VisualEditor on pages translated using the Translatehttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Translateextension, and you will see a warning if you try to edit pages marked for translation. [4] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50284 - You will now see a full warning, including the most recent log entry, when you try to edit protected pages with VisualEditor. [5]https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51215

*Future software changes*

- Typography Refresh https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Typography_refreshwill be enabled for test wiki and MediaWiki.org users who use the Vector https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Vector skin on March 27. For users on non-Wikipedia wikis, it will be enabled on April 1, and for Wikipedia users on April 3. If you don't use Vector as your skin, you will not be affected. - You will be able to use the Hovercardshttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Beta_Features/Hovercardstool as a beta featurehttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatureson all wikis from March 26. - You will soon be able to include the Whatlinksherehttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHerespecial page in other pages. [6] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35486 [7]https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/106625/

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