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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. Translations https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2014/28 are available.

*Tech News updates*

- We are looking for contributors https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News#contribute to help write a new issue every week. If you would like to help, please contact us https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Tech/News.

*Recent software changes*

- The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf12 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.24/wmf12) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on July 3. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on July 8, and to all Wikipedias on July 10 (calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.24/Roadmap). - CirrusSearch https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Search was enabled on July 1 as the primary search method on 36 new wikis, including the Norwegian (no), Portuguese (pt) and Ukrainian (uk) Wikipedias. [1] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/142606/ - It is now possible to create Atom https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/en:Atom_(standard) or RSS https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/en:RSS feeds for Word of the Day, Word of the Week and similar entries on Wiktionary wikis. [2] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66015 [3] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/136316/ - You can now use a graphical interface https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/en:Graphical_user_interface to edit TemplateData https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/VisualEditor/Portal/TemplateData information on the English (en), French (fr) and Italian (it) Wikipedias. [4] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67376 [5] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/143360/

*VisualEditor news*

- Saving an edit with VisualEditor will now be much faster. [6] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66914 [7] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/141678/ - You can now add a caption when you add a file to a page with VisualEditor. You can also change the file to a different one and keep the existing caption. [8] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51033 [9] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67170 [10] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/140813/ - When you switch to the *Edit source* tab, you are now asked to keep your changes. You no longer need to find the option in the menus. [11] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57462 [12] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/142064/ [13] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/143203/ - The reference tool that adds empty <ref></ref> tags is now at the bottom of the Cite menu, below references that use templates like {{Cite web}}. [14] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/143227/ - Context menus will no longer be shown over items that you can edit directly, for example formulæ. [15] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66542 [16] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67306 [17] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/143393/

*Future software changes*

- Starting on July 9, it will be possible to globally rename global (SUL) users. The feature was first scheduled for July 1, but was delayed due to bugs. - A plan to enable CirrusSearch https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Search as the primary search method on the 11 largest Wikimedia wikis has now been prepared. [18] http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2014-July/077375.html - If you use references on a page, you will soon always see them at the bottom of the page, even if you forget to add the <references /> tag (or a template). [19] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66860 [20] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/141583/ - Black-and-white XCF https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/en:XCF_(file_format) images will soon display correctly. [21] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66323 [22] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/138213/ - Description pages of SVG files will soon always show download links for multiple resolutions (example http://commons.wikimedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/File:CC_some_rights_reserved.svg). The links were previously shown only for SVG files in large original resolutions. [23] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6834 [24] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/134855/

*Problems*

- Between July 2-3, there were problems with loading pages on multiple wikis due to a configuration issue. [25] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67420 [26] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/143494/ - For a few hours on July 1, there were problems with uploading new files on Wikimedia Commons due to a configuration error. [27] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67387 [28] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/143396/

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