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*Recent changes*
- The database size lists have been updated. These control special page
update frequency and which wikis use global abuse filters. [1]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T114613>
*Changes this week*
- The new version <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.27/wmf.3> of
MediaWiki will be on test wikis and
MediaWiki.org from October 13. It will
be on non-Wikipedia wikis from October 14. It will be on all Wikipedias
from October 15 (calendar
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.27/Roadmap>).
- You will be able to upload images to Wikimedia Commons using the
visual editor. When the image is uploaded it will be added to the article
you're editing. [2] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T40030>
- Pages that show citation error messages will automatically be placed
in a hidden category. [3] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T104792>
*Meetings*
- 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 13 October at 19:00 (UTC)
<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=13&month=10&year=2015>.
See how to join
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/Weekly_triage_meetings>.
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