Greetings, The latest tech newsletter is now available at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2013/43 . Below is the English version.
You can help write the next newsletter, and we welcome volunteers. More information on how to contribute is available at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News#contribute . You can also contact me directly. As always, feedback (on- or off-list) is appreciated and encouraged. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Latest *tech news<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News> * from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2013/43>are available. *New features* - The "Toolbox" section in the site sidebar is now called "Tools" in English. You can do the same in your language by editing the interface text<https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/MediaWiki:Toolbox>on translatewiki.net. Someone else may have already done it. [1]<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54910> *VisualEditor<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/VisualEditor/Portal>news * - On wikis with VisualEditor, you can now use it on pages in the File, Help and Category spaces. [2]<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55968> *Problems* - On October 22 (UTC), an error in the site settings caused *. wikimedia.org sites (like Meta-Wiki and Commons) to redirect to wikimediafoundation.org for a few hours. [3]<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56006> *Future* - MediaWiki 1.23wmf1 <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.23/wmf1>was added to test wikis on October 24. It will arrive to non-Wikipedia wikis on October 28 and all Wikipedia wikis on October 31 (calendar<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.23/Roadmap> ). - In the next days, servers in San Francisco will start providing (cached) content to users located in Oceania. If you are in that area and notice problems, please tell us. [4]<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2013-October/000452.html> - You will soon be able to test new features easily using the "Beta Features <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Beta_Features>" view. VisualEditor will be in the list on sites where it works and isn't automatically enabled. Another example is a set of changes in the article text style. *Tech news <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News>prepared by tech ambassadors<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/Ambassadors>and posted by Global message delivery <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery> • Contribute<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News#contribute> • Translate<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2013/43> • 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> .* -- Guillaume Paumier Technical Communications Manager — Wikimedia Foundation https://donate.wikimedia.org
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