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*Recent changes*
- You can show Special:RecentChanges
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges> on a page by
using {{Special:RecentChanges}}. You can now use tag filters by using
{{Special:RecentChanges/tagfilter=tagname}}. [1]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T142878>
- The notification badge is coloured if you have notifications. When you
check the notification the badge will now turn grey on all wikis instead of
just the local one. [2] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T134855>
- Colours used in the Wikimedia wikis' main interface changed slightly.
This is to make them easier to see
<http://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/visual-audio-contrast-contrast.html>
for
readers and editors with reduced eyesight. [3]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T109915>
*Changes this week*
- Hidden HTML comments will be more visible when you edit with the
visual editor. <!-- You write hidden HTML comments like this. --> [4]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T147089>
- [image: Octicons-sync.svg] The new version
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.28/wmf.22> of MediaWiki will
be on test wikis and
MediaWiki.org from 11 October. It will be on
non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 12 October. It will be on all
wikis from 13 October (calendar
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.28/Roadmap>).
*Meetings*
- [image: Octicons-sync.svg] You can join the next meeting with the
VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs
you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 11 October at
19:00 (UTC)
<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=11&month=10&year=2016>.
See how to join
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/Weekly_triage_meetings>.
- [image: Octicons-tools.svg] You can join the next meeting with the
Architecture committee. The topics this week is CREDITS files
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T139300>. The meeting will be on 12
October at 21:00 (UTC)
<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=21&min=00&sec=0&day=12&month=10&year=2016>.
See how to join <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Architecture_meetings>.
*Future changes*
- Language converter syntax will soon no longer work inside external
links. Wikitext like http://-{zh-cn:foo.com;
zh-hk:bar.com;
zh-tw:baz.com
}- must be replaced. You will have to write -{zh-cn:
http://foo.com ;
zh-hk:
http://bar.com ;
zh-tw:http://baz.com }- instead. This only
affects languages with Language Converter enabled. Examples of such
languages are Chinese and Serbian. [5]
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons_talk%3AWikiProject_Templates&type=revision&diff=208221135&oldid=168939481>
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