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Latest *tech news https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News* from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2019/48 are available.

*Changes later this week*

- The mobile beta mode will be disabled to have less maintenance. The developers will focus on the desktop improvements https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements project. You can turn on advanced mobile contributions mode https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Reading/Web/Advanced_mobile_contributions if you want to see the categories. You could also jump back to the top. This can instead be done with a gadget or user script https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:User:Jdlrobson/scripts/backtotop.js. [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T237290 - Parsoid https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsoid is software we use for the visual editor, content translation, Flow and the Android app. This has been rewritten. It will come to the wikis gradually over the next two weeks. It has been tested, but there could be some diffs or previews that don't look right. If you see any you can report them https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T229015. [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T229015 - The new version https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.35/wmf.8 of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 26 November. It will be on the other wikis next week (calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.35/Roadmap). This is because of holidays.

*Meetings*

- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 27 November at 16:00 (UTC) https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20191127T16. See how to join https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting.

*Future changes*

- You will switch between the article and the talk page in a new way in the mobile view in the future. It will use tabs. This is more like in the desktop view. [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T230695

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//Johan Jönsson