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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/2017/40> are available. *Recent changes* - You can now use preload <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Creating_pages_with_preloaded_text> features in the visual editor. This means you can create links to create new pages and some text will already be in the edit window when someone clicks on it. [1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T51622> *Changes later this week* - If you have turned on "Automatically enable all new beta features" you will now get the 2017 wikitext editor <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/2017_wikitext_editor>. Before this you had to turn it on manually even though it is a beta feature. [2] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T176181> - Special:Block <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Block> and Special:Unblock <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Unblock> will get the OOUI look <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/UX_standardization>. [3] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T107036> - [image: Octicons-tools.svg] The jQuery library will be upgraded to version 3 on all Wiktionary wikis from 2 October. It will be on all non-Wikipedia wikis from 4 October. It will be on all wikis from 5 October. [4] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T124742> - [image: Octicons-sync.svg] The new version <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.30/wmf.2> of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 3 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 4 October. It will be on all wikis from 5 October (calendar <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.31/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 3 October at 19:00 (UTC) <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=03&month=10&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 4 October at 15:00 (UTC) <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=15&min=00&sec=0&day=04&month=10&year=2017>. See how to join <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting>. *Future changes* - A new feature called Reading Lists are coming to the Wikipedia mobile apps. First it will be in the Android version. Reading Lists are a private user preference where you can see lists of articles on multiple devices. You can give feedback on this feature <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Apps/Synced_Reading_Lists> . [5] <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Synced_Reading_Lists> - The search function has used fallback languages <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Language#Fallback_languages> for language analysis. This means a language could be analysed with the grammar of a completely unrelated language to find related words. This will be removed from most wikis the week starting with 9 October. You can read more and give feedback <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Discovery/Disabling_Messaging_Fallbacks_for_Language_Analysis> . *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/2017/40> • 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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