Hi,

The latest technical newsletter is now available at <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2017/46>.
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/2017/46> are
available.

*Changes later this week*

   - The diff you see when you compare two different versions of a page has
   changed on MediaWiki.org <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki> and the
   test wiki <https://test.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page>. This is to make
   it easier to find a text change in a moved paragraph. It will hopefully
   soon come to more wikis. You can report bugs in Phabricator
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T146781>. [1]
   <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2017-November/089099.html>
   - A new user group on Commons will be able to upload MP3 files
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:MP3>. The plan is to have this user
   group from 17 November. [2] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T180002>
   - Wikis using Flagged Revisions will get the New filters for Edit Review
   
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Edit_Review_Improvements/New_filters_for_edit_review>
by
   default on the recent changes pages. It will be possible to opt-out in user
   preferences. [3] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T178990>
   - [image: Octicons-sync.svg] The new version
   <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.31/wmf.8> of MediaWiki will
   be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 November. It will be on
   non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 November. It will be on all
   wikis from 16 November (calendar
   <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.31/Roadmap>).

*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 15 November at 16:00 (UTC)
   
<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=16&min=00&sec=0&day=15&month=11&year=2017>.
   See how to join
   <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting>.

*Future changes*

   - Support for uploading and viewing 3D models is coming soon to
   Wikimedia Commons. The feature will support the .STL file format
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:STL_(file_format)>. You can see an
   example on the test wiki
   <https://test.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Programmatically_created_crystal.stl>
   . [4] <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:3d>


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