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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/2017/38> are available. *Recent changes* - You can now see contributions from an IP range <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Range_blocks#Non-technical_explanation> at Special:Contributions <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions>. Before you could only see contributions from single IP addresses <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:IP_address>. Some older contributions from IP ranges could be missing at first because it will take some time to add them. [1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T175105>[2] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T163562> - Flow has been re-scoped to become Structured Discussions <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Structured_Discussions> and the development has restarted <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Structured_Discussions#Development_status>. Phabricator projects and repositories have been renamed. [3] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T167928> *Changes later this week* - [image: Octicons-sync.svg] The new version <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.30/wmf.19> of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 September. It will be on all wikis from 21 September (calendar <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.30/Roadmap>). *Meetings* - [image: Octicons-sync.svg] You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 19 September at 18:30 (UTC) <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=11&month=04&year=2017>. See how to join <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Editing_team/Weekly_triage_meetings>. - [image: Octicons-tools.svg] You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 20 September at 15:00 (UTC) <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=15&min=00&sec=0&day=20&month=09&year=2017>. See how to join <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting>. *Future changes* - We are replacing <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsing/Replacing_Tidy/FAQ> Tidy <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:HTML_Tidy> on Wikimedia wikis. Editors need to fix pages that could break. You can read the simplified instructions for editors <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsing/Replacing_Tidy/FAQ#What_will_editors_need_to_do.3F>. Some wikis have already switched. If your wiki would like to switch to the new format now, you can file a task <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/edit/form/1/?projects=Parsing-Team,Tidy,Wikimedia-Site-requests&title=Enable%20RemexHTML%20on%20XXwiki&priority=10&parent=175706> . *Tech news <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News> prepared by Tech News writers <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/Writers> and posted by bot <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/2017/38> • 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>.* //Johan Jönsson
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