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Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/39> are available. *Recent changes* - If your wiki wants numerical sorting in categories <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Tech/Numerical_sorting_in_categories> you can request it after a community decision. See how to request it <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Tech/Numerical_sorting_in_categories/How_to_request> . [1] <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2016-September/001477.html> - When you edit text and mention <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Notifications/Notifications_types#Mentions> a new username they are notified if you add your signature. Before this only happened under certain conditions. [2] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T138938> - Users are notified if they are mentioned <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Notifications/Notifications_types#Mentions> in a section where you add your own signature even if you edit more than one section. Before, users were not notified if you edited more than one section in one edit. [3] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T141863> *Problems* - The MediaWiki version <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.28/wmf.19> that was supposed to come to the wikis two weeks ago was put on hold again because of new problems. The MediaWiki version <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.28/wmf.20> after it is now on all wikis. [4] <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2016-September/086564.html> [5] <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2016-September/086576.html> *Changes this week* - There will be no new MediaWiki version this week. [6] <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2016-September/086563.html> *Meetings* - You can join the next office hour with the Wikidata team. The meeting will be on September 27 at 16:00 (UTC) <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=16&min=00&sec=0&day=27&month=09&year=2016>. See how to join <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events#IRC_office_hours>. *Future changes* - [image: Octicons-tools.svg] Abandoned tools on Tool Labs <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Portal:Tool_Labs> could be taken over by other developers. There is a new discussion on Meta <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Abandoned_Labs_tools> about this. It will be discussed until 12 October and then voted on. 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