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Latest *tech news <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News>* from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2022/50> are available. *Recent changes* - An A/B test has begun <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Talk_pages_project/Mobile> at 15 Wikipedias for DiscussionTools on mobile <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:DiscussionTools#Mobile>. Half of the editors on the mobile web site <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Reading/Web/Mobile> will have access to the Reply tool and other features. [1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T321961> - The character = cannot be used in new usernames, to make usernames work better with templates. Existing usernames are not affected. [2] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T254045> *Changes later this week* - The new version <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.40/wmf.14> of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 13 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 14 December. It will be on all wikis from 15 December (calendar <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.40/Roadmap>). - The HTML markup used by DiscussionTools <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:DiscussionTools> to show discussion metadata below section headings <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Talk_pages_project/Usability#Phase_1:_Topic_containers> will be inserted after these headings, not inside of them. This change improves the accessibility of discussion pages for screen reader software. [3] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T314714> *Events* - The fourth edition of the Coolest Tool Award <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Coolest_Tool_Award> will happen online on Friday 16 December 2022 at 17:00 UTC <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1671210002>! The event will be live-streamed on YouTube in the MediaWiki channel <https://www.youtube.com/user/watchmediawiki> and added to Commons afterwards. *Tech news <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News> prepared by Tech News writers <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/Writers> and posted by bot <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/User:MediaWiki_message_delivery> • Contribute <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News#contribute> • Translate <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2022/50> • Get help <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech> • Give feedback <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Tech/News> • Subscribe or unsubscribe <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery/Targets/Tech_ambassadors>.*
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