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Not all changes will affect you. Translations <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2014/30> are available. *Recent software changes* - The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf14 <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.24/wmf14>) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on July 17. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on July 22, and to all Wikipedias on July 24 (calendar <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.24/Roadmap>). - CirrusSearch <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Search> was removed as the primary search method from Wikimedia Commons and the Spanish (es) Wikipedia due to a high server load. The plan to enable it on the Dutch (nl), Japanese (ja), Polish (pl) and Russian (ru) Wikipedias was also postponed to a later date. [1] <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2014-July/000830.html> [2] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/146455> [3] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/146755> - The tool that stores information about languages (CLDR <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CLDR>) was updated to its latest version <http://cldr.unicode.org/index/downloads/cldr-25>. You can still help translate <https://translatewiki.net/wiki/CLDR#Contribute_to_an_existing_locale> language names into your own language so they can be used in the sidebar and other places. [4] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/145455/> - Translation memory <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Translate/Translation_memories> for newly translatable pages should now offer more suggestions. [5] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/67921> [6] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/145770/> - A tool to convert MediaWiki pages to LaTeX <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaTeX> is now available <http://mediawiki2latex.wmflabs.org/> on Tool Labs <https://tools.wmflabs.org/>. [7] <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2014-July/077666.html> *VisualEditor news* - Tablet users visiting the mobile version of Wikimedia wikis will be able to use a special version of VisualEditor starting on July 31. You can test the new tool by choosing the beta version of the mobile view in the Settings menu. Feedback <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/Feedback> is welcome. [8] <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mobile-l/2014-July/007549.html> - All windows in VisualEditor have now a new design. Main action buttons will always be located in the top bar and will use simple words rather than icons. [9] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/139550/> - You can now easily open links inside the link editor, for example to see their target. [10] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54759> - Several bugs related to the positioning of the cursor around some items (like images and references) were fixed last week. [11] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67551> [12] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/144136/> [13] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67432> [14] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/145346/> [15] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67755> [16] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/146472/> *Future software changes* - It will soon be possible to watch individual discussions in the Topic namespace <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_default_namespaces#Flow> rather than whole pages for talk pages using Flow <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Flow>. [17] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/143186/> - You can give comments <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Winter> about the new version of Winter <http://unicorn.wmflabs.org/winter/>, a proposal to have a fixed toolbar at the top of wiki pages. [18] <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2014-July/077578.html> - An IRC meeting <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Bug_management/Triage/20140724> to organize Pywikibot <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Pywikibot> bugs will take place from July 24 to July 27 on the channel #pywikibot on freenode. [19] <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2014-July/000802.html> - A request for comments <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/API_roadmap> on how to improve MediaWiki API <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Main_page> was re-started on MediaWiki.org. Your feedback is welcome. *Problems* - Mailing lists <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists> were broken for about 16 hours between July 14 and July 15 due to a server problem. 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