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*Recent changes*
- Kartographer
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Kartographer>
maps can now show geopoints from Wikidata, via QID or SPARQL query.
Previously, this was only possible for geoshapes and geolines. [1]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T307695> [2]
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/Geoinformation/Geopoints_via_QID>
- The Coolest Tool Award 2022
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Coolest_Tool_Award>
is looking for nominations. You can recommend tools until 12 October.
*Changes later this week*
- The new version <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.40/wmf.4>
of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and
MediaWiki.org from 4 October. It
will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 5 October. It will
be on all wikis from 6 October (calendar
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.39/Roadmap>).
- Talk pages on the mobile site
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:DiscussionTools#Mobile>
will change at the Arabic, Bangla, Chinese, French, Haitian Creole, Hebrew,
Korean, and Vietnamese Wikipedias. They should be easier to use and provide
more information. (Last week's release was delayed) [3]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T318302> [4]
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk_pages_project/Mobile>
- The scribunto-console API module will require a CSRF token
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Tokens>. This
module is documented as internal and use of it is not supported. [5]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T212071>
- The Vector 2022 skin will become the default across the smallest
Wikimedia projects. Learn more
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements#Deployment_plan_and_timeline>
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