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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/2022/05> are available. *Recent changes* - If a gadget should support the new ?withgadget URL parameter that was announced <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2022/02> 3 weeks ago, then it must now also specify supportsUrlLoad in the gadget definition (documentation <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Gadgets#supportsUrlLoad> ). [1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T29766> *Changes later this week* - The new version <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.38/wmf.20> of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 1 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 2 February. It will be on all wikis from 3 February (calendar <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.38/Roadmap>). *Future changes* - A change that was announced <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2021/16> last year was delayed. It is now ready to move ahead: - The user group oversight will be renamed suppress. This is for technical reasons <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T109327>. This is the technical name. It doesn't affect what you call the editors with this user right on your wiki. This is planned to happen in three weeks. You can comment in Phabricator <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T112147> if you have objections. As usual, these labels can be translated on translatewiki (direct links are available <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T112147>) or by administrators on your wiki. *Events* - You can vote on proposals in the Community Wishlist Survey <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2022> between 28 January and 11 February. The survey decides what the Community Tech team <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Community_Tech> will work on. *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/2022/05> • 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>.*
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