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Latest *tech news https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News* from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translationshttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2014/12are available.
*Recent software changes*
- The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf18https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.23/wmf18) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on March 13. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on March 18, and all Wikipedia wikis on March 20 ( calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.23/Roadmap). - You can now view smaller versions of PNG images bigger than 20 megapixels. [1] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/117809/ - You can now use the new search tool (CirrusSearchhttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Search) on all smallhttps://noc.wikimedia.org/conf/highlight.php?file=small.dblistwikis. You can now enable it in your Beta optionshttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures. [2] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/118482/ [3]https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/118638/ - You can read a summaryhttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_engineering_report/2014/February/summaryof the Wikimedia technical report for February 2014. [4]http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2014-February/000585.html
*VisualEditor news*
- Searching for template parameters in now case-insensitive. [5]https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51673 [6] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/117305/ - Required template parameters now have an asterisk (***) next to their edit boxes. [7] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/117327/ - Several template dialogs are now smaller, and their insert buttons have changed wording. [8]https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50998
*Future software changes*
- You will soon see an error message if you try to log-in or register with an invalid or taken username. [9]https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/117437/ - You can now test first version of a tool that includes OpenStreetMaphttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/en:OpenStreetMapmaps inside the UploadWizard https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:UploadWizard. Commentshttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:UploadWizard_OSM_map_embeddingare welcome. [10] http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/design/2014-March/001665.html - You will soon be able to use the Hovercardshttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Beta_Features/Hovercardstool as a beta featurehttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures. [11]http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2014-March/000624.html
*Problems*
- VisualEditor was slow to load on March 13 because of an APIhttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/en:APIissue. [12]https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Incident_documentation/20140313-API-Parsoid
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