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*Feature news*

- Editors who want to re-use references but with different details such as page numbers, will be able to do so by the end of 2024, using a new sub-referencing https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/Sub-referencing#Sub-referencing_in_a_nutshell feature. You can read more about the project https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/Sub-referencing and how to test the prototype https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/Sub-referencing#Test . - Editors using tracking categories to identify which pages use specific extensions may notice that six of the categories have been renamed to make them more easily understood and consistent. These categories are automatically added to pages that use specialized MediaWiki extensions. The affected names are for: DynamicPageList https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Special:Translations?message=MediaWiki%3Aintersection-category&namespace=8, Kartographer https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Special:Translations?message=MediaWiki%3Akartographer-tracking-category&namespace=8, Phonos https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Special:Translations?message=MediaWiki%3Aphonos-tracking-category&namespace=8, RSS https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Special:Translations?message=MediaWiki%3Arss-tracking-category&namespace=8, Score https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Special:Translations?message=MediaWiki%3Ascore-use-category&namespace=8, WikiHiero https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Special:Translations?message=MediaWiki%3Awikihiero-usage-tracking-category&namespace=8. Wikis that have created the category locally should rename their local creation to match. Thanks to Pppery for these improvements. [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T347324 - [image: Advanced item] Technical volunteers who edit modules and want to get a list of the categories used on a page, can now do so using the categories property of mw.title objects https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Scribunto/Lua_reference_manual#Title_objects. This enables wikis to configure workflows such as category-specific edit notices. Thanks to SD001 for these improvements. [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T50175[3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T85372

*Bugs status*

- [image: Advanced item] Your help is needed to check if any pages need to be moved or deleted. A maintenance script was run to clean up unreachable pages (due to Unicode issues or introduction of new namespaces/namespace aliases). The script tried to find appropriate names for the pages (e.g. by following the Unicode changes or by moving pages whose titles on Wikipedia start with Talk:WP: so that their titles start with Wikipedia talk:), but it may have failed for some pages, and moved them to Special:PrefixIndex/T195546/ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:PrefixIndex/T195546/ instead. Your community should check if any pages are listed there, and move them to the correct titles, or delete them if they are no longer needed. A full log (including pages for which appropriate names could be found) is available in phab:P67388 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/P67388. - Editors who volunteer as mentors https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Growth/Mentorship to newcomers on their wiki are once again able to access lists of potential mentees who they can connect with to offer help and guidance. This functionality was restored thanks to a bug fix https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T372164. Thank you to Mbch331 for filing the bug report. You can read about that, and 18 other community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/Recently_resolved_community_tasks .

*Project updates*

- The application deadline for the Product & Technology Advisory Council https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Product_and_Technology_Advisory_Council/Proposal (PTAC) has been extended to September 16. Members will help by providing advice to Foundation Product and Technology leadership on short and long term plans, on complex strategic problems, and help to get feedback from more contributors and technical communities. Selected members should expect to spend roughly 5 hours per month for the Council, during the one year pilot. Please consider applying, and spread the word to volunteers you think would make a positive contribution to the committee.

*Learn more*

- The 2024 Coolest Tool Awards https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Coolest_Tool_Award#2024_Winners were awarded at Wikimania, in seven categories. For example, one award went to the ISA Tool, used for adding structured data to files on Commons, which was recently improved during the Wiki Mentor Africa Hackathon https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Wiki_Mentor_Africa_ISA_Hackathon_2024. You can see video demonstrations of each tool at the awards page. Congratulations to this year's recipients, and thank you to all tool creators and maintainers. - The latest Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Bulletin/2024/08-01 is available, and includes some highlights from Wikimania, an upcoming Language community meeting, and other news from the movement.

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