Hi,

The latest technical newsletter is now available at <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/36>.
Below is the English version.

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Latest *tech news
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News>* from the
Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes.
Not all changes will affect you. Translations
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/36> are
available.

*Recent changes*

   - Word-level diffs now work in longer paragraphs. [1]
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T128697>
   - Interactive maps now have a frame by default. This is to make them
   look like other multimedia objects. This affects all Wikivoyages, the
   Catalan, Hebrew, Macedonian Wikipedias and Meta. [2]
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T128913>
   - [image: Octicons-tools.svg] When you preview the
   MediaWiki:Captcha-ip-whitelist
   <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Captcha-ip-whitelist> page it
   will show a validation output of the listed IP addresses
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:IP_address> instead of the list of
   addresses only. This can help you to identify if your whitelist rules will
   work or not. [3] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T129757>

*Changes this week*

   - You will be able to use <maplink>
   
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Kartographer#.3Cmaplink.3E>
on
   all Wikipedias. It creates a link to a full screen map. [4]
   <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2016-August/086391.html>
   [5] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T144062>
   - Sometimes when you mention another user they don't get a notification.
   You will be able to get a notification when you successfully send out a
   mention to someone or be told if they did not get a notification. This will
   be opt-in. [6] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T144181>[7]
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T143101>
   - [image: Octicons-sync.svg] The new version
   <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.28/wmf.18> of MediaWiki will
   be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 6 September. It will be on
   non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 7 September. It will be on all
   wikis from 8 September (calendar
   <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.28/Roadmap>).

*Meetings*

   - [image: Octicons-sync.svg] You can join the next meeting with the
   VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs
   you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 6 September at
   19:00 (UTC)
   
<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=06&month=09&year=2016>.
   See how to join
   <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/Weekly_triage_meetings>.

*Future changes*

   - [image: Octicons-tools.svg] The CheckUser extension
   <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:CheckUser>
could
   work differently in the future. There is a Request for Comments
   <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/CheckUser_requirements>
to
   figure out how. [8] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T139810>

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