The latest technical newsletter is now available at < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2022/02>. Below is the English version.
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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/2022/02> are available. *Recent changes* - [image: Advanced item] A oauth_consumer variable has been added to the AbuseFilter <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/AbuseFilter> to enable identifying changes made by specific tools. [1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T298281> - [image: Advanced item] Gadgets are now able to directly include JSON pages <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/ResourceLoader/Migration_guide_(users)#Package_Gadgets>. This means some gadgets can now be configured by administrators without needing the interface administrator permission, such as with the Geonotice gadget. [2] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T198758> - [image: Advanced item] Gadgets can now specify page actions <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Gadgets#Options> on which they are available. For example, |actions=edit,history will load a gadget only while editing and on history pages. [3] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T63007> - [image: Advanced item] Gadgets can now be loaded on demand with the withgadget URL parameter. This can be used to replace an earlier snippet <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Snippets/Load_JS_and_CSS_by_URL> that typically looks like withJS or withCSS. [4] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T29766> - [image: Advanced item] At wikis where the Mentorship system is configured <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Communities/How_to_configure_the_mentors%27_list>, you can now use the Action API to get a list of a mentor's <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Mentor_dashboard> mentees. [5] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T291966> - The heading on the main page can now be configured using MediaWiki:Mainpage-title-loggedin <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Mainpage-title-loggedin> for logged-in users and MediaWiki:Mainpage-title <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Mainpage-title> for logged-out users. Any CSS that was previously used to hide the heading should be removed. [6] <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Small_wiki_toolkits/Starter_kit/Main_page_customization#hide-heading> [7] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T298715> - Four special pages (and their API counterparts) now have a maximum database query execution time of 30 seconds. These special pages are: RecentChanges, Watchlist, Contributions, and Log. This change will help with site performance and stability. You can read more details about this change <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/IPJNO75HYAQWIGTHI5LJHTDVLVOC4LJP/> including some possible solutions if this affects your workflows. [8] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T297708> - The sticky header <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements/Features/Sticky_Header> has been deployed for 50% of logged-in users on more than 10 wikis <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements/Frequently_asked_questions#pilot-wikis>. This is part of the Desktop Improvements <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements>. See how to take part in the project <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements/Participate> . *Changes later this week* - [image: Recurrent item] The new version <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.38/wmf.17> of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 11 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 12 January. It will be on all wikis from 13 January (calendar <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.38/Roadmap>). *Events* - Community Wishlist Survey 2022 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2022> begins. All contributors to the Wikimedia projects can propose for tools and platform improvements. The proposal phase takes place from 10 January 18:00 UTC to 23 January 18:00 UTC. 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