This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the
current talk page.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.
Translations are available.
Recent software changes
The latest version of MediaWiki (
1.24wmf11) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on June 26. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on July 1, and to all Wikipedias on July 3 (
calendar).
VisualEditor news
Context menus in VisualEditor will no longer flicker and disappear when you insert a new reference, formula, image, etc.
[1][2]
A bug that prevented relocating items due to cache was fixed last week.
[3][4]
VisualEditor will no longer scroll to the bottom of the page when you try to edit section 0. When you try to add a formula, VisualEditor will no longer scroll to the top of the page.
[5][6][7][8]
Links to category pages or file pages added with VisualEditor will now work correctly.
[9][10]
Future software changes
You will no longer be able to upload files on
wikis that do not have any copyright tags.
[11][12]
Toolserver tools will be stopped on June 30. Please make sure to change gadgets
that link to the Toolserver to point to Tool Labs instead.
CirrusSearch will be enabled on June 30 as the primary search method on 34 new wikis, including the Czech (cs), Danish (da), Finnish (fi) and Hebrew (he) Wikipedias.
[13]
All Wikimedia wikis will be using a security method called
perfect forward secrecy starting on July 1. If you see a problem, please report it.
[14][15]
Starting on July 1, it will be possible to globally rename global (
SUL) users.
[16]
You will soon see block information when you visit the contributions page or try to edit the user page or user talk page of a user who is affected by an
IP range block.
[17][18]
You will soon be able to use {{!}} as a
magic word to produce the
pipe character, for instance for use in
tables.
[19]
As part of the Outreach Program for Women
d:User:User:Thepwnco is continuing improving all help pages to help new users understand Wikidata better. At the same time
w:User:Discoveranjali is helping with social media outreach and creating presentations workshops about Wikidata.
More work on redirects. They are taking shape. Done with much of the groundwork. We've seen the first one! :D
Continued work on user interface redesign mockups
Monolingual text datatype is also taking shape but needs more user interface love to make it intuitive.
Investigated making Wikidata.org its own client so you can for example get access to better Lua functions for access to an item's label on a discussion page. Outcome: Should be possible but needs some more work.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.
Translations are available.
Tech News updates
We are looking for
contributors to help write a new issue every week. If you would like to help, please
contact us.
Recent software changes
The latest version of MediaWiki (
1.24wmf12) 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).
CirrusSearch was enabled on July 1 as the primary search method on 36 new wikis, including the Norwegian (no), Portuguese (pt) and Ukrainian (uk) Wikipedias.
[20]
It is now possible to create
Atom or
RSS feeds for Word of the Day, Word of the Week and similar entries on Wiktionary wikis.
[21][22]
Saving an edit with VisualEditor will now be much faster.
[25][26]
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.
[27][28][29]
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.
[30][31][32]
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}}.
[33]
Context menus will no longer be shown over items that you can edit directly, for example formulæ.
[34][35][36]
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 as the primary search method on the 11 largest Wikimedia wikis has now been prepared.
[37]
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).
[38][39]
Black-and-white
XCF images will soon display correctly.
[40][41]
Description pages of SVG files will soon always show download links for multiple resolutions (
example). The links were previously shown only for SVG files in large original resolutions.
[42][43]
Problems
Between July 2-3, there were problems with loading pages on multiple wikis due to a configuration issue.
[44][45]
For a few hours on July 1, there were problems with uploading new files on Wikimedia Commons due to a configuration error.
[46][47]
Mexico report: Edit-a-thon of Museo Soumaya; simulthaneous edit-a-thon in Argentina, Mexico and Spain about Spanish Exile; new cultural partner of Wikimedia México
Netherlands report: Music edit-a-thon; Library workshops; Videos, maps and Japanese art donations; Wiki Loves Earth
Sweden report: Wiki Loves Monuments is being prepared for Sweden
Hi Daniel, I missed your tutorial session since it was conflicting with my SIG schedule. I hope that the tutorial lured a lot fo pleople. Maybe we can meet at the next meeting. :-) Best, --
Giuseppe (
talk) 04:02, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for the note. We only had a small group of attendees, but they were interested and participated lively. Looking forward to the next time. --Daniel Mietchen (
talk) 04:14, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
Two new GuidedTours (aka interactive tutorials) have been released—we now have one on editing items and one on editing statements! Both tours are available from the
Wikidata:Tours portal and feedback can be left on the talk page at
Wikidata_talk:Tours. The work was a combined effort of
User:Bene* and Outreach Program for Women intern
User:Thepwnco.
We passed another milestone \o/ 10 million items now have an "instance of" or "subclass of" statement making it easy to tell what the item is about.
Bene* worked with the dev team this week. He pushed forward support for storing badges (eg featured article) on Wikidata and implemented the first two guided tours.
CTRL+ click and middle click on a search result in the entity selector now opens the result in a new tab.
Further progress on redirects
Fixed a number of annoyances with the entity selector
Continued work on mockups for new user interface
Investigated what issues come up if we make wikidata.org its own client. Things look good so we will probably enable it soonish. This will mean you can link Wikidata pages in items and access the data in them on other pages on Wikidata.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.
Translations are available.
Recent software changes
The latest version of MediaWiki (
1.24wmf13) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on July 10. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on July 15, and to all Wikipedias on July 17 (
calendar).
The tool to add templates and citations will now work for templates that include HTML comments or templates in their titles.
[50][51]
The button to make images full size should now work correctly.
[52][53][54]
References will now be shown in the default font size again.
[55]
Future software changes
CirrusSearch will be enabled as the primary search method on the Dutch (nl) and Japanese (ja) Wikipedias on July 14, and on the Polish (pl) and Russian (ru) Wikipedias on July 16.
[56]
The
Special:Version page will soon show the exact version of MediaWiki and all extensions installed on your wiki (
example).
[57][58]
It will soon no longer be possible to order printed books of wiki articles via
PediaPress. You will still be able to create PDF files.
[59]
Pages that use {{DISPLAYTITLE:''title''}} more than once will soon show a warning. You can use {{DISPLAYTITLE:''title''|noerror}} to hide it.
[60][61]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.
Translations are available.
Recent software changes
The latest version of MediaWiki (
1.24wmf14) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on July 17. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on July 22, and to all Wikipedias on July 24 (
calendar).
CirrusSearch was removed as the primary search method from Wikimedia Commons and the Spanish (es) Wikipedia due to a high server load. The plan to enable it on the Dutch (nl), Japanese (ja), Polish (pl) and Russian (ru) Wikipedias was also postponed to a later date.
[67][68][69]
The tool that stores information about languages (
CLDR) was updated to its
latest version. You can still
help translate language names into your own language so they can be used in the sidebar and other places.
[70]
Tablet users visiting the mobile version of Wikimedia wikis will be able to use a special version of VisualEditor starting on July 31. You can test the new tool by choosing the beta version of the mobile view in the Settings menu.
Feedback is welcome.
[74]
All windows in VisualEditor have now a new design. Main action buttons will always be located in the top bar and will use simple words rather than icons.
[75]
You can now easily open links inside the link editor, for example to see their target.
[76]
Several bugs related to the positioning of the cursor around some items (like images and references) were fixed last week.
[77][78][79][80][81][82]
Future software changes
It will soon be possible to watch individual discussions in the
Topic namespace rather than whole pages for talk pages using
Flow.
[83]
You can
give comments about the new version of
Winter, a proposal to have a fixed toolbar at the top of wiki pages.
[84]
An
IRC meeting to organize
Pywikibot bugs will take place from July 24 to July 27 on the channel #pywikibot on freenode.
[85]
Greetings! You have been randomly selected to receive an invitation to participate in the
request for comment on Talk:Mensuration. Should you wish to respond to the invitation, your contribution to this discussion will be very much appreciated! If in doubt, please see
suggestions for responding. If you do not wish to receive these types of notices, please remove your name from
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Legobot (
talk) 00:01, 28 July 2014 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.
Translations are available.
Recent software changes
The latest version of MediaWiki (
1.24wmf15) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on July 24. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on July 29, and to all Wikipedias on July 31 (
calendar).
You can now
download the latest version of the anti-vandalism tool
Huggle.
The cancel button in VisualEditor toolbar has been removed. You can still use the Read tab and the Back button in your browser to cancel your edit.
[89]
If you try to use a template which has no suggested or required parameters in
TemplateData, you will now be asked to add the parameters.
[90][91]
You will no longer be able to edit a page if you can't create it, for example on pages protected against recreation.
[92][93]
Wikidata will soon be able to store data about article status, for example "good article" or "featured article". If your wiki has highlighted content, please make sure it is on
Wikidata's list.
[96]
It will soon be possible to directly create empty pages, for example in the user namespace.
[97][98]
Wikidata's new Main page is almost ready to go live, but is still in need of a visually-appealing banner! Got an idea for an eye-catching design that represents what Wikidata's all about? Submit proposals before August 11 at
d:Wikidata:Portal Redesign/Banner
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.
Translations are available.
Tech News updates
Tech News will be
presented at the
Wikimania 2014 conference in London! If you will be attending the conference, please join us in Auditorium 2 at 14:30 local time on Sunday, August 10.
Recent software changes
The latest version of MediaWiki (
1.24wmf16) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on July 31. Due to the
Wikimania 2014 conference, it will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on August 12, and to all Wikipedias on August 14 (
calendar).
[99]
You can now test a new tool to render wiki pages as PDF files.
[100][101][102]
You can now download an update to the
archive of Wikimedia Commons files (uploaded up to December 31, 2013). If you have free space on your computer, please help preserve the files.
[103]
New users using the mobile Commons site now need to make 75 edits before they can upload a file.
[104][105]
VisualEditor news
You will no longer see an edit confirmation message after making a
null edit with VisualEditor.
[106][107]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.
Translations are available.
Recent software changes
Due to the
Wikimania 2014 conference, there were no MediaWiki changes this week. The latest version of MediaWiki (
1.24wmf16) will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on August 12, and to all Wikipedias on August 14 (
calendar).
[123]
Bureaucrats on all Wikivoyage wikis are no longer able to
merge two accounts into one.
[124]
VisualEditor news
Tablet users visiting the mobile version of non-Wikipedia wikis will be able to use VisualEditor starting on August 12. The feature will also be enabled on all Wikipedias on August 14.
[125]
Future software changes
Internet Explorer 6 users will soon see a
JavaScript-free version of Wikimedia wikis; JavaScript tools and scripts will no longer work on that browser. If you use Internet Explorer 6, make sure to update to a newer browser!
[126][127][128]
If you visit a special page that requires you to be logged-in, you will soon be automatically redirected to the
log-in page instead of seeing a warning.
[129][130]
You will now always see recent changes to the source language text when editing a translation with the
Translate extension.
[131][132]
An IRC meeting to discuss VisualEditor will take place on August 14 at 09:00 UTC on the channel #wikimedia-office on freenode (
time conversion).
[133]
Greetings! You have been randomly selected to receive an invitation to participate in the
request for comment on Talk:Historicity of Jesus. Should you wish to respond to the invitation, your contribution to this discussion will be very much appreciated! If in doubt, please see
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Legobot (
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This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the
current talk page.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.
Translations are available.
Recent software changes
The latest version of MediaWiki (
1.24wmf11) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on June 26. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on July 1, and to all Wikipedias on July 3 (
calendar).
VisualEditor news
Context menus in VisualEditor will no longer flicker and disappear when you insert a new reference, formula, image, etc.
[1][2]
A bug that prevented relocating items due to cache was fixed last week.
[3][4]
VisualEditor will no longer scroll to the bottom of the page when you try to edit section 0. When you try to add a formula, VisualEditor will no longer scroll to the top of the page.
[5][6][7][8]
Links to category pages or file pages added with VisualEditor will now work correctly.
[9][10]
Future software changes
You will no longer be able to upload files on
wikis that do not have any copyright tags.
[11][12]
Toolserver tools will be stopped on June 30. Please make sure to change gadgets
that link to the Toolserver to point to Tool Labs instead.
CirrusSearch will be enabled on June 30 as the primary search method on 34 new wikis, including the Czech (cs), Danish (da), Finnish (fi) and Hebrew (he) Wikipedias.
[13]
All Wikimedia wikis will be using a security method called
perfect forward secrecy starting on July 1. If you see a problem, please report it.
[14][15]
Starting on July 1, it will be possible to globally rename global (
SUL) users.
[16]
You will soon see block information when you visit the contributions page or try to edit the user page or user talk page of a user who is affected by an
IP range block.
[17][18]
You will soon be able to use {{!}} as a
magic word to produce the
pipe character, for instance for use in
tables.
[19]
As part of the Outreach Program for Women
d:User:User:Thepwnco is continuing improving all help pages to help new users understand Wikidata better. At the same time
w:User:Discoveranjali is helping with social media outreach and creating presentations workshops about Wikidata.
More work on redirects. They are taking shape. Done with much of the groundwork. We've seen the first one! :D
Continued work on user interface redesign mockups
Monolingual text datatype is also taking shape but needs more user interface love to make it intuitive.
Investigated making Wikidata.org its own client so you can for example get access to better Lua functions for access to an item's label on a discussion page. Outcome: Should be possible but needs some more work.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.
Translations are available.
Tech News updates
We are looking for
contributors to help write a new issue every week. If you would like to help, please
contact us.
Recent software changes
The latest version of MediaWiki (
1.24wmf12) 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).
CirrusSearch was enabled on July 1 as the primary search method on 36 new wikis, including the Norwegian (no), Portuguese (pt) and Ukrainian (uk) Wikipedias.
[20]
It is now possible to create
Atom or
RSS feeds for Word of the Day, Word of the Week and similar entries on Wiktionary wikis.
[21][22]
Saving an edit with VisualEditor will now be much faster.
[25][26]
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.
[27][28][29]
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.
[30][31][32]
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}}.
[33]
Context menus will no longer be shown over items that you can edit directly, for example formulæ.
[34][35][36]
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 as the primary search method on the 11 largest Wikimedia wikis has now been prepared.
[37]
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).
[38][39]
Black-and-white
XCF images will soon display correctly.
[40][41]
Description pages of SVG files will soon always show download links for multiple resolutions (
example). The links were previously shown only for SVG files in large original resolutions.
[42][43]
Problems
Between July 2-3, there were problems with loading pages on multiple wikis due to a configuration issue.
[44][45]
For a few hours on July 1, there were problems with uploading new files on Wikimedia Commons due to a configuration error.
[46][47]
Mexico report: Edit-a-thon of Museo Soumaya; simulthaneous edit-a-thon in Argentina, Mexico and Spain about Spanish Exile; new cultural partner of Wikimedia México
Netherlands report: Music edit-a-thon; Library workshops; Videos, maps and Japanese art donations; Wiki Loves Earth
Sweden report: Wiki Loves Monuments is being prepared for Sweden
Hi Daniel, I missed your tutorial session since it was conflicting with my SIG schedule. I hope that the tutorial lured a lot fo pleople. Maybe we can meet at the next meeting. :-) Best, --
Giuseppe (
talk) 04:02, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for the note. We only had a small group of attendees, but they were interested and participated lively. Looking forward to the next time. --Daniel Mietchen (
talk) 04:14, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
Two new GuidedTours (aka interactive tutorials) have been released—we now have one on editing items and one on editing statements! Both tours are available from the
Wikidata:Tours portal and feedback can be left on the talk page at
Wikidata_talk:Tours. The work was a combined effort of
User:Bene* and Outreach Program for Women intern
User:Thepwnco.
We passed another milestone \o/ 10 million items now have an "instance of" or "subclass of" statement making it easy to tell what the item is about.
Bene* worked with the dev team this week. He pushed forward support for storing badges (eg featured article) on Wikidata and implemented the first two guided tours.
CTRL+ click and middle click on a search result in the entity selector now opens the result in a new tab.
Further progress on redirects
Fixed a number of annoyances with the entity selector
Continued work on mockups for new user interface
Investigated what issues come up if we make wikidata.org its own client. Things look good so we will probably enable it soonish. This will mean you can link Wikidata pages in items and access the data in them on other pages on Wikidata.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.
Translations are available.
Recent software changes
The latest version of MediaWiki (
1.24wmf13) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on July 10. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on July 15, and to all Wikipedias on July 17 (
calendar).
The tool to add templates and citations will now work for templates that include HTML comments or templates in their titles.
[50][51]
The button to make images full size should now work correctly.
[52][53][54]
References will now be shown in the default font size again.
[55]
Future software changes
CirrusSearch will be enabled as the primary search method on the Dutch (nl) and Japanese (ja) Wikipedias on July 14, and on the Polish (pl) and Russian (ru) Wikipedias on July 16.
[56]
The
Special:Version page will soon show the exact version of MediaWiki and all extensions installed on your wiki (
example).
[57][58]
It will soon no longer be possible to order printed books of wiki articles via
PediaPress. You will still be able to create PDF files.
[59]
Pages that use {{DISPLAYTITLE:''title''}} more than once will soon show a warning. You can use {{DISPLAYTITLE:''title''|noerror}} to hide it.
[60][61]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.
Translations are available.
Recent software changes
The latest version of MediaWiki (
1.24wmf14) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on July 17. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on July 22, and to all Wikipedias on July 24 (
calendar).
CirrusSearch was removed as the primary search method from Wikimedia Commons and the Spanish (es) Wikipedia due to a high server load. The plan to enable it on the Dutch (nl), Japanese (ja), Polish (pl) and Russian (ru) Wikipedias was also postponed to a later date.
[67][68][69]
The tool that stores information about languages (
CLDR) was updated to its
latest version. You can still
help translate language names into your own language so they can be used in the sidebar and other places.
[70]
Tablet users visiting the mobile version of Wikimedia wikis will be able to use a special version of VisualEditor starting on July 31. You can test the new tool by choosing the beta version of the mobile view in the Settings menu.
Feedback is welcome.
[74]
All windows in VisualEditor have now a new design. Main action buttons will always be located in the top bar and will use simple words rather than icons.
[75]
You can now easily open links inside the link editor, for example to see their target.
[76]
Several bugs related to the positioning of the cursor around some items (like images and references) were fixed last week.
[77][78][79][80][81][82]
Future software changes
It will soon be possible to watch individual discussions in the
Topic namespace rather than whole pages for talk pages using
Flow.
[83]
You can
give comments about the new version of
Winter, a proposal to have a fixed toolbar at the top of wiki pages.
[84]
An
IRC meeting to organize
Pywikibot bugs will take place from July 24 to July 27 on the channel #pywikibot on freenode.
[85]
Greetings! You have been randomly selected to receive an invitation to participate in the
request for comment on Talk:Mensuration. Should you wish to respond to the invitation, your contribution to this discussion will be very much appreciated! If in doubt, please see
suggestions for responding. If you do not wish to receive these types of notices, please remove your name from
Wikipedia:Feedback request service. —
Legobot (
talk) 00:01, 28 July 2014 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.
Translations are available.
Recent software changes
The latest version of MediaWiki (
1.24wmf15) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on July 24. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on July 29, and to all Wikipedias on July 31 (
calendar).
You can now
download the latest version of the anti-vandalism tool
Huggle.
The cancel button in VisualEditor toolbar has been removed. You can still use the Read tab and the Back button in your browser to cancel your edit.
[89]
If you try to use a template which has no suggested or required parameters in
TemplateData, you will now be asked to add the parameters.
[90][91]
You will no longer be able to edit a page if you can't create it, for example on pages protected against recreation.
[92][93]
Wikidata will soon be able to store data about article status, for example "good article" or "featured article". If your wiki has highlighted content, please make sure it is on
Wikidata's list.
[96]
It will soon be possible to directly create empty pages, for example in the user namespace.
[97][98]
Wikidata's new Main page is almost ready to go live, but is still in need of a visually-appealing banner! Got an idea for an eye-catching design that represents what Wikidata's all about? Submit proposals before August 11 at
d:Wikidata:Portal Redesign/Banner
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.
Translations are available.
Tech News updates
Tech News will be
presented at the
Wikimania 2014 conference in London! If you will be attending the conference, please join us in Auditorium 2 at 14:30 local time on Sunday, August 10.
Recent software changes
The latest version of MediaWiki (
1.24wmf16) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on July 31. Due to the
Wikimania 2014 conference, it will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on August 12, and to all Wikipedias on August 14 (
calendar).
[99]
You can now test a new tool to render wiki pages as PDF files.
[100][101][102]
You can now download an update to the
archive of Wikimedia Commons files (uploaded up to December 31, 2013). If you have free space on your computer, please help preserve the files.
[103]
New users using the mobile Commons site now need to make 75 edits before they can upload a file.
[104][105]
VisualEditor news
You will no longer see an edit confirmation message after making a
null edit with VisualEditor.
[106][107]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.
Translations are available.
Recent software changes
Due to the
Wikimania 2014 conference, there were no MediaWiki changes this week. The latest version of MediaWiki (
1.24wmf16) will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on August 12, and to all Wikipedias on August 14 (
calendar).
[123]
Bureaucrats on all Wikivoyage wikis are no longer able to
merge two accounts into one.
[124]
VisualEditor news
Tablet users visiting the mobile version of non-Wikipedia wikis will be able to use VisualEditor starting on August 12. The feature will also be enabled on all Wikipedias on August 14.
[125]
Future software changes
Internet Explorer 6 users will soon see a
JavaScript-free version of Wikimedia wikis; JavaScript tools and scripts will no longer work on that browser. If you use Internet Explorer 6, make sure to update to a newer browser!
[126][127][128]
If you visit a special page that requires you to be logged-in, you will soon be automatically redirected to the
log-in page instead of seeing a warning.
[129][130]
You will now always see recent changes to the source language text when editing a translation with the
Translate extension.
[131][132]
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