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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/2014/24> are available. *Recent software changes* - The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf8 <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.24/wmf8>) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on June 5. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on June 10, and to all Wikipedias on June 12 (calendar <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.24/Roadmap>). - You can now use guided tours <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Guided_tours> on the Arabic (ar), Bengali (bn) and Norwegian (no) Wikipedias. If you want this tool on your wiki, you need to translate it <https://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special:Translate&group=ext-guidedtour&filter=&action=translate> and ask in Bugzilla <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/>. [1] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/137533/> [2] <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2014-June/000723.html> *VisualEditor news* - You should no longer be able to add empty references with VisualEditor. [3] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=64715> [4] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/136436/> - The "use an existing reference" button in the reference tool is now shown as disabled, rather than hidden, when the reference has content. [5] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65689> [6] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/136443/> [7] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/136599/> - You will now see category contents again after saving an edit to a category page with VisualEditor. [8] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=64239> [9] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/136311/> *Future software changes* - MediaViewer <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:MultimediaViewer> will be enabled by default on all wikis on June 12. Feedback <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Multimedia/About_Media_Viewer> is welcome. [10] <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2014-June/000728.html> - You will be able to use information from Wikidata <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/d:> directly in Wikiquote pages starting on June 10. [11] <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2014-June/000728.html> - On wikis with the Translate <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Translate> extension enabled, translation administrators will soon be able to use the page migration <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Translate/Mass_migration_tools> tool to import existing translations to the new system. [12] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/137571/> [13] <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/translators-l/2014-June/002598.html> - You will soon see metadata on file description pages for Ogg files (example video <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/testwiki:File:Traffic-Experiment-Reveals-the-Nature-of-Car-Following-pone.0094351.s001.ogv#metadata> , example audio <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/testwiki:File:Ar-%D8%A3%D9%87%D8%AF%D9%89.ogg#metadata>). Some metadata with non-English characters may need to be purged or transcoded to UTF-8 before they show correctly. [14] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/108203> [15] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/137535> - Templates containing <ref> or <references> tags will no longer need dummy parameters to prevent caching. [16] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31834> [17] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/99792/> [18] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/99793/> - You will no longer be able to use Special:Thanks <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Thanks> directly. The page will soon show an error message when you visit it. [19] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63509> [20] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/125941/> - Hovercards <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Beta_Features/Hovercards> will no longer flicker. [21] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65433> *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/2014/24> • 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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