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*Recent software changes*

   - The latest version of MediaWiki
(1.23wmf20<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.23/wmf20>)
   was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on March 27. It will be added to
   non-Wikipedia wikis on April 1, and all Wikipedia wikis on April 3 (
   calendar <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.23/Roadmap>).
   - Typography Refresh
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Typography_refresh>was added to test
wikis and MediaWiki.org on March 27. You'll only see it
   if you use the Vector <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Vector> skin. For
   users on non-Wikipedia wikis, it will be enabled on April 1, and for
   Wikipedia users on April 3.
   - CirrusSearch <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Search>, the new search
   tool, was enabled as a beta feature on over 30 new wikis on March
27. [1]<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/121305/>
   [2] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/121305/>

*VisualEditor news*

   - Blocked users now see the same messages in VisualEditor as in the
   wikitext editor. [3]<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51454>
   [4] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52004>
   - The search box for re-using a reference in VisualEditor is now cleared
   after each use. [5]<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61959>
   - New links on sub-pages no longer point to the wrong location in
   VisualEditor. [6] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58314>
   - VisualEditor's media dialog no longer breaks when opening some types
   of images. [7] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62024>

*Future software changes*

   - You will not be able to use the
Wikitech<https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/>wiki for a short period
around 16:00 UTC on April 1 due to a server change.
   [8]<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2014-March/075489.html>
   - CirrusSearch <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Search> will become the
   main search engine for all non-Wikipedia wikis except Commons, Meta and
   Incubator on April 2.
   - You will soon be able to use a new special page listing duplicate
   files. [9] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/85446/>
   - Deleting a version of a file or a version of its description page will
   soon be shown differently in the logs.
[10]<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/115640/>

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