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Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2014/18> are available. *Recent software changes* - The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf2<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.24/wmf2>) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on April 24. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on April 29, and all Wikipedias on May 1 (calendar<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.24/Roadmap> ). - You can now use interwiki prefix c: to link to pages on Wikimedia Commons. [1] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4676> *VisualEditor news* - You will soon be able to set content language and direction with VisualEditor. [2]<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/Beta_Features/Language> - VisualEditor now works on all Wikipedias after broken MediaWiki:Common.js pages (and similar) were fixed last week. [3]<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60842> - VisualEditor dialogs now use an animation of moving lines rather than animated GIF images. *Future software changes* - CirrusSearch <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Search> will be enabled as a beta feature on 41 new wikis, including Meta-Wiki and the Swedish (sv), Russian (ru), Polish (pl), Japanese (ja) and Chinese (zh) Wikipedias next week. This change means that CirrusSearch will now be enabled on all Wikimedia wikis. - MediaViewer<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:MultimediaViewer> will be enabled for all users on the French (fr) and Dutch (nl) Wikipedias on May 1 <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Multimedia/Media_Viewer/Release_Plan>. Feedback<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Multimedia/About_Media_Viewer> is welcome. [4] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/125034/> - The mobile version of Wikimedia wikis will soon include filters to limit the number of uploaded files that are copyright violations. [5]<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/127179/> - CodeEditor <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CodeEditor> will soon have a status bar about errors and warnings. [6]<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63294> [7] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/122601/> - You can test a new version of Winter<http://unicorn.wmflabs.org/winter/>, a proposal to have a fixed toolbar at the top of wiki pages. Comments<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Winter> are welcome. [8]<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/design/2014-April/001813.html> *Problems* - For about 30 minutes on April 21, there were problems with image scaling due to a high server load. [9]<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/multimedia/2014-April/000271.html> [10]<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/multimedia/2014-April/000276.html> - On April 22, it was not possible to use the Collection<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Collection> extension for about 90 minutes due to a server move. [11]<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/127658/> [12] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/127659/> *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/2014/18> • 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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