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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/2015/41 are available.

*Recent changes*

- The link editor in the visual editor now shows results below the search box. This improves the usability on desktop and mobile. [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T101169 - The description at Special:ChangeEmail https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ChangeEmail now clearly explains that the page can also be used to remove your email. [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T98799

*Changes this week*

- The new version https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.27/wmf.2 of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from October 6. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from October 7. It will be on all Wikipedias from October 8 (calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.27/Roadmap). - UploadWizard will remind users to add a category. [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T51710 - UploadWizard's category selectors will be easier to use. [4] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T112764 - A new Cite https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:Cite error will be shown if a named reference is defined more than once in the same article. [5] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T85386

*Meetings*

- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on 6 October at 19:00 (UTC) http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=6&month=10&year=2015. See how to join https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/Weekly_triage_meetings.

*Future changes*

- Wikidata requests your input on how to improve the editing of Wikidata's data in other locations https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Client_editing_input, such as Wikipedias.

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//Johan Jönsson