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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/2014/27> are available. *Recent software changes* - The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf11 <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.24/wmf11>) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on June 26. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on July 1, and to all Wikipedias on July 3 (calendar <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.24/Roadmap>). *VisualEditor news* - Context menus in VisualEditor will no longer flicker and disappear when you insert a new reference, formula, image, etc. [1] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66855> [2] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/141940/> - A bug that prevented relocating items due to cache was fixed last week. [3] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67040> [4] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/141949/> - VisualEditor will no longer scroll to the bottom of the page when you try to edit section 0. When you try to add a formula, VisualEditor will no longer scroll to the top of the page. [5] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66674> [6] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/141977/> [7] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66813> [8] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/141985/> - Links to category pages or file pages added with VisualEditor will now work correctly. [9] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50279> [10] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/142136/> *Future software changes* - You will no longer be able to upload files on wikis <https://tools.wmflabs.org/robin/?tool=uploadconfig> that do not have any copyright tags. [11] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/136520> [12] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66960> - 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. - CirrusSearch <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Search> will be enabled on June 30 as the primary search method on 34 new wikis, including the Czech (cs), Danish (da), Finnish (fi) and Hebrew (he) Wikipedias. [13] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/142590/> - All Wikimedia wikis will be using a security method called perfect forward secrecy <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/en:Forward_secrecy#Perfect_forward_secrecy> starting on July 1. If you see a problem, please report it. [14] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53259> [15] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/132393/> - Starting on July 1, it will be possible to globally rename global (SUL) users. [16] <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2014-June/000791.html> - You will soon see block information when you visit the contributions page or try to edit the user page or user talk page of a user who is affected by an IP range block <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/en:Classless_Inter-Domain_Routing#CIDR_notation> . [17] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/20790> [18] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/133988/> - You will soon be able to use {{!}} as a magic word <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Magic_words> to produce the pipe <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/en:Vertical_bar> character, for instance for use in tables <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Tables>. [19] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/136234/> *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/2014/27> • 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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