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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/2014/20> are available. *Recent software changes* - The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf4<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.24/wmf4>) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on May 8. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on May 13, and all Wikipedias on May 15 (calendar<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.24/Roadmap> ). *VisualEditor news* - A new citation system in VisualEditor was enabled on the English Wikipedia. It will soon be enabled on more wikis. [1]<https://mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/Design/Reference_Dialog> - Templates that were previously broken in VisualEditor should now appear correctly. [2]<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52499> *Future software changes* - It will soon be possible to move category description pages. Pages in changed categories will still have to be moved independently. [3]<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5451> [4] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/111096/> - You will soon be able to clear your watchlist<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Watchlist> with one click or through the API<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page> . [5] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13250> [6]<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/132500/> [7] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65058> [8]<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/132378/> - You will soon be able to link to Flow posts and workflows with Special:Flow. [9] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63510> [10] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/121306/> - The jQuery <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/en:jQuery> JavaScript library will soon be updated. Please check that your gadgets and scripts will still work. [11]<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2014-May/076340.html> - The Vector <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Vector> skin will work faster, as the sidebar will no longer collapse partly after being loaded. [12] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39035> [13]<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/131259/> [14] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/131349/> - MediaViewer<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:MultimediaViewer> will be enabled for all users on Wikimedia Commons on May 15<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Multimedia/Media_Viewer/Release_Plan> . Feedback<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Multimedia/About_Media_Viewer> is welcome. - An IRC discussion <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours> about Phabricator will take place on May 14 at 18:00 UTC on the channel #wikimedia-office on freenode (time conversion<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20140514T20> ). [15]<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2014-May/076332.html> - Toolserver tools will be stopped on June 30. Please make sure to change gadgets that link to the Toolserver<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Search&profile=advanced&search=toolserver&fulltext=Search&ns8=1&profile=advanced> to point to Tool Labs instead. [16]<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/toolserver-l/2014-May/006543.html> *Problems* - There were problems with generating file thumbnails for all wikis between May 3 and May 6 due to a configuration error. [17]<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=64622> [18] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/131670/> *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/2014/20> • 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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