Hi, The latest tech newsletter is now available at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2014/07 . Below is the English version.
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Translations<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2014/07>are available. *Recent software changes* - The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf13<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.23/wmf13>) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on February 6. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on February 11, and all Wikipedia wikis on February 13 (calendar <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.23/Roadmap>). - The Vector search box was changed to fix old display and accessibility issues; for example, you can now use full-text search even if you have disabled JavaScript. Please report any problems you see. The option to disable the "simplified search bar" on Vector will also be removed. [1]<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/50660> [2] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/25127> [3]<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/24248> [4] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/82100/> [5]<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/99422/> - You are now notified<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Notifications>when someone adds a link to your user page on wikis where it didn't work before (wikis with dates in the year-month-day order, including Hungarian, Japanese, Korean and some variants of Chinese). [6]<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/108329/> *VisualEditor news* - You can now set media items' alt text and position, and directly set their size, in the media tool. [7] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/38129> [8] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/51293> - The gallery tool was improved and several issues were fixed. [9]<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/60307> [10] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/60502> [11]<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/60779> *Problems* - On February 3, all wikis were broken for about an hour due to a traffic balancing issue. [12]<https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Incident_documentation/20140203-LVS> - On February 6, some wikis were broken for about half an hour in total due to a problem with the Math<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Math>extension. *Future software changes* - Some methods from Scribunto's mw.message library<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Scribunto/Lua_reference_manual#Message_library>will be removed after February 18. If you use them in your templates or modules, please check to make sure that things will not break. [13]<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/60758> [14] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/110983/> - You will soon be able to use GettingStarted<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:GettingStarted>on 23 new Wikipedias. It helps new users by listing possible tasks<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Onboarding_new_Wikipedians>and giving help. The new version was also added to the English Wikipedia on February 7th. [15] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/111460/> - You will soon see results from other wikis when you use the new search tool (CirrusSearch <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Search>). [16]<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/44420> [17] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/105986/> - The WikiLove <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Wikilove> tool was redesigned and should also load faster. [18]<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/design/2014-February/001462.html> - Edits made with WikiLove or after a GettingStarted<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:GettingStarted>suggestion will be tagged <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Tags>. [19]<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/60911> [20] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/110315/> - It will soon no longer be possible to hide section editing links in your preferences. [21] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/52811> - You will soon be able to use the revision deletion<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:RevisionDelete>feature via the API. [22] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/23005> - You will soon be able to choose mobile view on non-mobile devices using a Beta Feature option. [23] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/36636> [24] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/102866/> - If you have questions about Universal Language Selector<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Language_Selector>, you can join an IRC meeting <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC> on February 12 at 17:00 UTC, in the #wikimedia-office channel on Freenode. [25]<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2014-February/074308.html> - Developers are preparing for Google Summer of Code 2014<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2014>. You can propose ideas<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mentorship_programs/Possible_projects#Featured_project_ideas>. [26]<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2014-February/000574.html> - bugzilla.wikimedia.org will be updated this week. You won't be able to access it from 22:00 UTC on February 12 until 01:00 UTC on February 13 at the latest. [27]<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2014-February/074347.html> - The <poem> tag will be renamed to <lines>. The old tag will still work. 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