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Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2014/36> are available. *Recent software changes* - You can now test a new Beta Feature <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Beta_Features/Other_projects_sidebar> to see links to other wikis in the sidebar. The links come from Wikidata. [1] <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2014-August/000875.html> [2] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66226> - You can now search pages that link to a page. Use the linksto: keyword in your search. [3] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69295> [4] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/153305/> - A redirect to a section now changes the URL in the address bar of your browser. If "Dog" redirects to "Animals#Dog", you now see "Animals#Dog" instead of "Dog#Dog". [5] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35045> [6] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/143852/> - If you are testing Flow, you now have a Flow tab in your Notifications. It is called "Messages". [7] <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Echo_(Notifications)/status#2014-08-monthly> *VisualEditor news* - You can no longer delete required fields in templates. [8] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60358> - We fixed many Internet Explorer bugs. If you use Internet Explorer 11, you will get VisualEditor next week. Support for earlier versions is coming next. [9] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/155182/> [10] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/155797/> [11] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/155810/> - VisualEditor now looks better in Monobook. [12] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/156723/> - We fixed a bug where some of your typing could be undone when you used "cut" (Ctrl+X). [13] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58724> - You will no longer see empty or deleted categories among the suggestions when you add a category. [14] <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70025> *Future software changes* - The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf19 <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.24/wmf19>) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since August 28. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on September 2, and on all Wikipedias on September 4 (calendar <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.24/Roadmap>). - There is a proposal to build a database on Commons for file data. It will make it easier to see the author, license and topics. You can give feedback <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data> on this idea. You can also come to the IRC <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/IRC> chat on September 3 at 18:00 (UTC) <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Structured+Data+IRC+discussion&iso=20140903T18&ah=1> in #wikimedia-office at freenode. [15] <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2014-August/000906.html> - You can give feedback on Media Viewer <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Community_Engagement_(Product)/Media_Viewer_consultation> until September 7. You can say what needs to be improved and ask other people to give feedback too. [16] <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2014-August/000903.html> - You can test a new version <http://en.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/User:Physikerwelt> of the tool to show math <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Math>. It uses MathML <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MathML>. Report bugs in bugzilla <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=MediaWiki%20extensions&component=Math&version=master&short_desc=Math-preview%20rendering%20problem> . - You will no longer be able to upload images from the mobile site. 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