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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/2014/47 are available.

*Software changes this week*

- The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf8 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.25/wmf8) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since November 12. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from November 18, and on all Wikipedias from November 19 (calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.25/Roadmap). - The new search tool https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:CirrusSearch ("CirrusSearch") will be on the English Wikipedia from November 19. [1] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2014-November/001023.html

*Move from Bugzilla to Phabricator*

- The tool to track bugs will change on November 21. - You won't be able to add or edit bugs between November 21 and November 24. - You can make the change easier for you by creating your account https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Phabricator/Help#Creating_your_account. - Bugzilla https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/ will be frozen after the change. You will see, edit and report bugs in Phabricator https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/. - You can join two IRC chats https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/IRC_office_hours to learn more about the change. The chats will be on Tuesday, November 18 at 16:00 (UTC) http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20141118T16 and 23:00 UTC http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20141118T23. [2] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2014-November/001022.html

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