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Translations <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2014/25> are available. *Reminder* - You can subscribe to the wikitech-ambassadors <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-ambassadors> mailing list to get news more quickly and to send feedback or report problems. *Recent software changes* - The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf9 <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.24/wmf9>) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on June 12. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on June 17, and to all Wikipedias on June 19 (calendar <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.24/Roadmap>). - You can now read a summary <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_engineering_report/2014/May/summary> of the Wikimedia technical report for May 2014. *VisualEditor news* - You can now easily see the target of a link or other information using the context menu. [1] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/137191/> - When you edit a reference, you can now empty it and click the "use an existing reference" button to switch it to re-use another reference. [2] <http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65689> [3] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/136599/> - You can now add and edit {{DISPLAYTITLE}} and __DISAMBIG__ in the page settings menu. [4] <http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56868> [5] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/129065/> [6] <http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61073> [7] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/133037/> - The tool to insert special characters is now wider and simpler; the order of mathematical symbols is now correct. [8] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/138111/> [9] <http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60626> [10] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/138304/> *Future software changes* - Media Viewer <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:MultimediaViewer> will be enabled by default on all wikis on June 19. Feedback <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Multimedia/About_Media_Viewer> is welcome. [11] <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2014-June/000740.html> - You will no longer be able to use navigation popups <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/w:Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation_popups> and Hovercards <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Popups> at the same time. [12] <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2014-June/000742.html> - You will no longer see image thumbnails on search results pages on Wikibooks and Wikisource wikis. [13] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66455> [14] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/139048/1> - It will soon be possible to globally rename global (SUL) users. [15] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14862> [16] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/92468/> - Tablet users will be redirected to the mobile view of Wikimedia wikis starting on June 17. [17] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/138517/> - The special page that lists most linked-to templates <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MostLinkedTemplates> will soon include pages from all namespaces; it will also be renamed to Special:MostTranscludedPages. [18] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/137967/> - An IRC discussion <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours> about Phabricator will take place on June 17 at 17:30 UTC on the channel #wikimedia-office on freenode (time conversion <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20140617T1530>). You can also read a blog post <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/10/on-our-way-to-phabricator/>about the upcoming switch to Phabricator. - You can now comment on the draft 2014-15 goals <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Engineering/2014-15_Goals> of the Wikimedia Foundation engineering department. [19] <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2014-June/000739.html> *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/2014/25> • 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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