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*Recent changes*
- The AbuseFilter
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:AbuseFilter>
condition limit was increased from 1000 to 2000. [1]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T309609>
- Some Global AbuseFilter
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Global_AbuseFilter#Locally_disabled_actions>
actions will no longer apply to local projects. [2]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T332521>
- Desktop users are now able to subscribe to talk pages by clicking on
the Subscribe link in the Tools menu. If you subscribe to a talk page, you
receive notifications
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Notifications> when
new topics are started on that talk page. This is separate from putting the
page on your watchlist or subscribing to a single discussion. [3]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T263821>
*Changes later this week*
- The new version <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.41/wmf.2>
of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and
MediaWiki.org from 28 March. It will
be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 March. It will be on
all wikis from 30 March (calendar
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.40/Roadmap>).
*Future changes*
- You will be able to choose visual diffs
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/VisualEditor/Diffs>
on all history pages
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Page_history>
at the Wiktionaries and Wikipedias. [4]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T314588>
- The legacy Mobile Content Service
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mobile_Content_Service> is going away in
July 2023. Developers are encouraged to switch to Parsoid or another API
before then to ensure service continuity. [5]
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/4MVQQTONJT7FJAXNVOFV3WWVVMCHRINE/>
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