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*Updates for editors*

- Users of Wikimedia sites will now be warned when they create a redirect https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Redirects to a page that doesn't exist. This will reduce the number of broken redirects to red links in our projects. [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T326057 - View all 42 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/Recently_resolved_community_tasks. For example, Pywikibot https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Pywikibot/Overview, which automates work on MediaWiki sites, was upgraded to 9.5.0 on Toolforge. [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T378676

*Updates for technical contributors*

- On wikis that use the FlaggedRevs extension https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:FlaggedRevs, pages created or moved by users with the appropriate permissions are marked as flagged automatically. This feature has not been working recently, and changes fixing it should be deployed this week. Thanks to Daniel and Wargo for working on this. [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T379218[4] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T368380

*In depth*

- There is a new Diff post https://diff.wikimedia.org/2024/11/05/say-hi-to-temporary-accounts-easier-collaboration-with-logged-out-editors-with-better-privacy-protection about Temporary Accounts, available in more than 15 languages. Read it to learn about what Temporary Accounts are, their impact on different groups of users, and the plan to introduce the change on all wikis.

*Meetings and events*

- Technical volunteers can now register for the 2025 Wikimedia Hackathon https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2025, which will take place in Istanbul, Turkey. Application for travel and accommodation scholarships https://pretix.eu/wikimedia/hackathon2025/ is open from *November 12 to December 10 2024*. The registration for the event will close in mid-April 2025. The Wikimedia Hackathon is an annual gathering that unites the global technical community to collaborate on existing projects and explore new ideas. - Join the Wikimedia Commons community calls https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Commons:WMF_support_for_Commons/Commons_community_calls this week to help prioritize support for Commons which will be planned for 2025–2026. The theme will be how content should be organised on Wikimedia Commons. This is an opportunity for volunteers who work on different things to come together and talk about what matters for the future of the project. The calls will take place *November 21, 2024, 8:00 UTC https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Event:Commons_community_discussion_-_21_November_2024_8:00_UTC and 16:00 UTC https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Event:Commons_community_discussion_-_21_November_2024_16:00_UTC* . - A Language community meeting https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Language_and_Product_Localization/Community_meetings#29_November_2024 will take place *November 29, 16:00 UTC* to discuss updates and technical problem-solving.

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