Hi, The latest tech newsletter is now available at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2014/13 . Below is the English version.
You can help write the next newsletter: whenever you see information about Wikimedia technology that you think should be distributed more broadly, you can add it to the next newsletter at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/Next . 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/2014/13>are available. *Recent software changes* - The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf19<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.23/wmf19>) 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 <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.23/Roadmap>). *VisualEditor news* - You can now double-click or press the ↲ Enter key on an image or template to change its settings. [1]<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50996> [2] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54827> - Pages that don't exist will now show as red links in the edit mode. [3]<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37901> - You will no longer be able to try to use VisualEditor on pages translated using the Translate<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Translate>extension, and you will see a warning if you try to edit pages marked for translation. [4] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50284> - You will now see a full warning, including the most recent log entry, when you try to edit protected pages with VisualEditor. [5]<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51215> *Future software changes* - Typography Refresh <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Typography_refresh>will be enabled for test wiki and MediaWiki.org users who use the Vector <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/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<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Beta_Features/Hovercards>tool as a beta feature<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures>on all wikis from March 26. - You will soon be able to include the Whatlinkshere<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere>special page in other pages. [6] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35486> [7]<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/106625/> *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/2014/13> • 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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