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#R%C3%A9sum%C3%A9
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[9]Changes later this week
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. All the other modules are now deprecated aliases and should be removed.
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00:56, 25 January 2018 (UTC)
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17:07, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
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gallery widths="150px"
. You could use em
or %
instead of px
but it would make no difference. You can now only use 150px
or nothing (150
). If you write something else, instead of treating it like px
, it will not work.
[48]Yes
or No
it will say Thank
and Cancel
. It will also be easier to understand that all thanks are public.
[49]Meetings
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20:51, 5 February 2018 (UTC)
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{{reflist}}
, would not get updated as you edited. Now they will update as you edit, but you will no longer be able to visually edit them as templates.
[57]contains_all
that you may use to check if one or more strings are all contained in another given string.
[58]Meetings
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21:59, 12 February 2018 (UTC)
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{{sfn}}
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[64]
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22:55, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
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19:52, 26 February 2018 (UTC)
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Problems
#R%C3%A9sum%C3%A9
instead of #Résumé
even if MediaWiki did not encode it that way. This happened in early December. This problem has been solved. The fix will be in Chrome 64 (23 January) or Chrome 65 (6 March).
[9]Changes later this week
ext.wikiEditor
. All the other modules are now deprecated aliases and should be removed.
[14]Meetings
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18:45, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
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23:56, 22 January 2018 (UTC)
Latest news from the Wikimedia Global Collaboration team, about Notifications, Structured discussions, Edit Review Improvements and Content translation. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.
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00:56, 25 January 2018 (UTC)
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17:07, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
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Recent changes
Problems
Changes later this week
gallery widths="150px"
. You could use em
or %
instead of px
but it would make no difference. You can now only use 150px
or nothing (150
). If you write something else, instead of treating it like px
, it will not work.
[48]Yes
or No
it will say Thank
and Cancel
. It will also be easier to understand that all thanks are public.
[49]Meetings
Future changes
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20:51, 5 February 2018 (UTC)
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{{reflist}}
, would not get updated as you edited. Now they will update as you edit, but you will no longer be able to visually edit them as templates.
[57]contains_all
that you may use to check if one or more strings are all contained in another given string.
[58]Meetings
Future changes
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21:59, 12 February 2018 (UTC)
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Problems
{{sfn}}
are not visible in the references list whilst editing.
[64]
[65]Changes later this week
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22:55, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
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19:52, 26 February 2018 (UTC)