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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/2013/50are available.
*New features*
- You can now see a legend on Special:RecentChangeshttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChangesand Special:Watchlist https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Watchlistthat explains the symbols used. [1] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52005 - If your wiki is testing the new search tool ("CirrusSearchhttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Search"), you can now test it by adding "New search" in your Beta features preferenceshttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures. [2]http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2013-December/000519.html
*VisualEditor https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/VisualEditor/Portal*
- The toolbar is now simpler; all text styles (bold, italics, underline, subscript, etc.) are in the same menu, and the "More" menu is called "Insert". [3]https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?oldid=842405#2013-12-12_.28MW_1.23wmf7.29 - You can now use a basic tool to add special characters to your text. You can add more characters (useful in your language) by editing the MediaWiki interface on translatewiki.nethttps://translatewiki.net/wiki/MediaWiki:Visualeditor-specialcharinspector-characterlist-insert/en . - The tool to add and edit mathematical text is now called "formula". [4]https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53251
*Problems*
- There was a problem with the "Create a book" tool (Collectionhttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Collection); books could only be exported to PDF format. The change has been undone. [5]http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2013-December/000521.html - The log-in system for external tools ("OAuth") was broken on wikis that tested the new search tool. It was fixed last week. [6]http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2013-December/073610.html [7]http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2013-December/073622.html - Because of a bug, this newsletter is delivered to users using the new MediaWiki message deliveryhttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/User:MediaWiki_message_delivery, and to community pages using the old EdwardsBothttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:EdwardsBot. [8] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57464
*Future*
- MediaWiki 1.23wmf7 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.23/wmf7was added to test wikis on December 12. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on December 17 and all Wikipedia wikis on December 19 (calendarhttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.23/Roadmap ). - You will soon be able to select the language of SVG images that have translations using a drop-down menu on the image page. (see examplehttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/testwiki:File:Gerrit_patchset_25838_test.svg) [9] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/95746/ - GLAMToolsethttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/commons:Commons:GLAMToolset_project, a tool to help GLAMhttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/GLAMgroups (like museums) upload many pictures to Commons, will be added to Commons on December 17. [10]https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/w/oldid=91999#Week_of_December_16 - A Draft namespace https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Draft_namespacewill be added to the English Wikipedia to make it easier to create new pages. You will be able to use VisualEditor for drafts if you have enabled it. [11] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57569 [12]https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=585884239#Draft_namespace_being_enabled_soon
*Other*
- You can read the summary of the technical reporthttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_engineering_report/2013/November/summaryfor November 2013 to learn more about VisualEditor, Mobile and other features. [13]http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2013-December/000518.html
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