Hi, The latest tech newsletter is now available at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2014/06 . Below is the English version.
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Translations<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2014/06>are available. *Recent software changes* - The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf12<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.23/wmf12>) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on January 30. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on February 4, and all Wikipedia wikis on February 6 (calendar <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.23/Roadmap>). - Global AbuseFilter<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AbuseFilter>rules are now active on all small wikis <https://noc.wikimedia.org/conf/small.dblist>. [1]<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60408> [2] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/109435/> - The buttons used in pages like log-in, account creation and search are now using the same colors and styles<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/UX_standardization>. [3] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58297> [4]<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/103494/> - You can now link to diffs using [[Special:Diff/12345]] and similar links. [5] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/63395/> - There is no longer an option to hide tables of contents on all pages. [6] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52813> - Searching in the File: namespace on Wikimedia Commons is now faster, after a bug was fixed on January 29. [7]<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/110191/> - All Wikimedia wikis now have high-resolution favicons<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/en:Favicon>. [8] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45036> *VisualEditor news* - You can now see a list of keyboard shortcuts by pressing Ctrl+/ inside VisualEditor. [9] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/107153/> *Future software changes* - Edits and files hidden with the Oversight<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Oversight>tool will be moved to the RevisionDelete <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:RevisionDelete>system. The Oversight tool will then be removed from Wikimedia wikis. [10] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60373> [11]<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18598> [12] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/18229/> - For languages where not all sister projects exist, you will be able to link to other language projects using double interwikis (:ko:v, :v:ko, etc.). [13] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/94716/> - It will soon be possible to use the GettingStarted<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:GettingStarted>tool on other wikis than the English Wikipedia. You can translate it on Translatewiki.net<https://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special:MessageGroupStats&x=D&group=ext-gettingstarted&suppressempty=1&language=>. [14]<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2014-January/000561.html> - You will soon be able to include the Special:Contributions<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions>page into other pages. [15] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/106320/> - You will be able to see where a file is used inside MultimediaViewer<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MultimediaViewer>, the new tool for viewing media files. [16]<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60087> [17] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/107993/> - It will soon be possible to send MassMessage<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MassMessage>messages using the API. [18] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/87311/> - You will soon see audio statistics on the Special:TimedMediaHandler<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:TimedMediaHandler>page. [19] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/97998/> *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 MediaWiki message delivery <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/2014/06> • 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
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