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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/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. Learn more
   
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Community_Wishlist_Survey/FAQ>
   .

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