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<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.
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available.
*Recent software changes*
- The latest version of MediaWiki
(
1.23wmf19<https://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
Translate<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Translate>extensionension,
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_refresh>will 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
Hovercards<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Beta_Features/Hovercards>to…
as a beta
feature<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsecti…
all wikis from March 26.
- You will soon be able to include the
Whatlinkshere<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere>s…
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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