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#p-namespaces
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Talk:
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namespaces. These will be extended to other talk namespaces, such as Wikipedia talk:
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pages (e.g., at the Village Pump). You can
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jquery.hoverIntent
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[110]__ARCHIVEDTALK__
magic word. There will also be a new .mw-archivedtalk
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[138]preload=MediaWiki:July
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can be commented out. OO.ui.PopupWidget
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__TOC__
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[163]{{DEFAULTSORT:...}}
keywords incorrectly appear as missing templates in VisualEditor. Developers are exploring how to fix this. In the meantime, those wishing to edit the default sortkey of a page are advised to switch to source editing.
[164]#wpReason
with #wpReason > input
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\
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.mbox-text
CSS class. This enables support for mbox templates that use divs instead of tables. Please make sure that the new styles won't affect other templates in your wiki.
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[175]|targets=
parameter is also deprecated and should not be used. You should make gadgets work on mobile or disable them based on the skin (with the |skins=
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en-ca
and en-gb
subpages with a transclusion of the base pages anymore. This makes it easier to maintain local overrides.
[187]action=growthsetmentorstatus
API will be deprecated with the new MediaWiki version. Bots or scripts calling that API should use the action=growthmanagementorlist
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jquery.hoverIntent
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or on()
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[110]__ARCHIVEDTALK__
magic word. There will also be a new .mw-archivedtalk
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[138]preload=MediaWiki:July
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__TOC__
(or its localized form) added during an edit. There is
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[163]{{DEFAULTSORT:...}}
keywords incorrectly appear as missing templates in VisualEditor. Developers are exploring how to fix this. In the meantime, those wishing to edit the default sortkey of a page are advised to switch to source editing.
[164]#wpReason
with #wpReason > input
. See
an example fix.
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\
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.mbox-text
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[175]|targets=
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en-ca
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subpages with a transclusion of the base pages anymore. This makes it easier to maintain local overrides.
[187]action=growthsetmentorstatus
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