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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/2014/14are available.

*Recent software changes*

- The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf20https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.23/wmf20) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on March 27. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on April 1, and all Wikipedia wikis on April 3 ( calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.23/Roadmap). - Typography Refresh https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Typography_refreshwas added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on March 27. You'll only see it if you use the Vector https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Vector skin. For users on non-Wikipedia wikis, it will be enabled on April 1, and for Wikipedia users on April 3. - CirrusSearch https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Search, the new search tool, was enabled as a beta feature on over 30 new wikis on March 27. [1]https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/121305/ [2] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/121305/

*VisualEditor news*

- Blocked users now see the same messages in VisualEditor as in the wikitext editor. [3]https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51454 [4] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52004 - The search box for re-using a reference in VisualEditor is now cleared after each use. [5]https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61959 - New links on sub-pages no longer point to the wrong location in VisualEditor. [6] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58314 - VisualEditor's media dialog no longer breaks when opening some types of images. [7] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62024

*Future software changes*

- You will not be able to use the Wikitechhttps://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/wiki for a short period around 16:00 UTC on April 1 due to a server change. [8]http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2014-March/075489.html - CirrusSearch https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Search will become the main search engine for all non-Wikipedia wikis except Commons, Meta and Incubator on April 2. - You will soon be able to use a new special page listing duplicate files. [9] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/85446/ - Deleting a version of a file or a version of its description page will soon be shown differently in the logs. [10]https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/115640/

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