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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 (
1.23wmf18) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on March 13. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on March 18, and all Wikipedia wikis on March 20 (
calendar).
You can now view smaller versions of PNG images bigger than 20 megapixels.
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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 (
1.23wmf19) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on March 20. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on March 25, and all Wikipedia wikis on March 27 (
calendar).
VisualEditor news
You can now double-click or press the ↲ Enter key on an image or template to change its settings.
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Pages that don't exist will now show as red links in the edit mode.
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You will no longer be able to try to use VisualEditor on pages translated using the
Translate extension, and you will see a warning if you try to edit pages marked for translation.
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You will now see a full warning, including the most recent log entry, when you try to edit protected pages with VisualEditor.
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Future software changes
Typography Refresh will be enabled for test wiki and MediaWiki.org users who use the
Vector skin on March 27. For users on non-Wikipedia wikis, it will be enabled on April 1, and for Wikipedia users on April 3. If you don't use Vector as your skin, you will not be affected.
You will be able to use the
Hovercards tool as a
beta feature on all wikis from March 26.
You will soon be able to include the
Whatlinkshere special page in other pages.
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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 (
1.23wmf20) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on March 27. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on April 1, and all Wikipedia wikis on April 3 (
calendar).
Typography Refresh was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on March 27. You'll only see it if you use the
Vector skin. For users on non-Wikipedia wikis, it will be enabled on April 1, and for Wikipedia users on April 3.
CirrusSearch, the new search tool, was enabled as a beta feature on over 30 new wikis on March 27.
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VisualEditor news
Blocked users now see the same messages in VisualEditor as in the wikitext editor.
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The search box for re-using a reference in VisualEditor is now cleared after each use.
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New links on sub-pages no longer point to the wrong location in VisualEditor.
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VisualEditor's media dialog no longer breaks when opening some types of images.
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Future software changes
You will not be able to use the
Wikitech wiki for a short period around 16:00 UTC on April 1 due to a server change.
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CirrusSearch will become the main search engine for all non-Wikipedia wikis except Commons, Meta and Incubator on April 2.
You will soon be able to use a new special page listing duplicate files.
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Deleting a version of a file or a version of its description page will soon be shown differently in the logs.
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