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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/2014/22> are available. *Recent software changes* - The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf6<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.24/wmf6>) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on May 22. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on May 27, and all Wikipedias on May 29 (calendar<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.24/Roadmap> ). - MediaViewer<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:MultimediaViewer> will be enabled on all Wikisource wikis on May 29, and on the German (de) and English (en) Wikipedias on June 3. Feedback<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Multimedia/About_Media_Viewer> is welcome. *VisualEditor news* - VisualEditor's welcome message and wikitext warning now say that you can switch to source mode editing and keep your edits without saving them. [1] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57699> [2]<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/133639/> [3] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57700> [4]<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/133637/> - A bug that caused files not to appear after saving edits in the File: namespace was fixed last week. [5]<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65349> [6] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/133897/> - VisualEditor tabs will no longer appear in namespaces where VisualEditor is disabled. [7]<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=64142> [8] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65292> - It is now possible to edit inline images with VisualEditor; many minor bugs related to images have also been fixed. [9]<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/120808/> - VisualEditor will no longer convert spaces to underscores inside links to pages in namespaces that include spaces in their names. [10]<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62229> *Future software changes* - Wikimedia Labs will stop working for about 10 minutes around 18:00 UTC on May 30 due to a server upgrade. [11]<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/labs-l/2014-May/002562.html> - It will soon no longer be possible to upload different files under the same name at the same time using the UploadWizard<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:UploadWizard> tool. [12] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54750> [13]<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/133434/> - Links to TIFF, DjVu or PDF files created with the syntax [[File:Name.ext|thumb|page 15 is my favourite]] will now show an image caption if there is any text after page number; previously they caused the given page to appear. [14]<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/133403/> [15] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/133401/> [16]<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/133400/> - You will soon see information about global blocks for IP addresses on their contributions page on your local wiki. [17]<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52673> [18] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/133986/> *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/2014/22> • 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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