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*Recent software changes*
- The latest version of MediaWiki
(
1.23wmf20<https://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_refresh>was 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
Wikitech<https://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.htm…
- 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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