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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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