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*Updates for editors*

   - The Reader Experience team
   <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Readers/Reader_Experience>
has
   developed a patch demo
   
<https://82db7c8d4b.catalyst.wmcloud.org/w/index.php?title=Regent%27s_Park&uselang=de>
that
   wraps the page toolbar onto two lines when there is not enough horizontal
   space for all the buttons. This aims to reduce crowding in the Vector 2022
   toolbar, which can occur on some language Wikipedias at certain screen
   widths. [1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T429518>
   - The Reader Experience team is planning to launch Reading Lists
   
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Readers/Reader_Experience/Reading_lists>,
   a Community Wishlist item
   
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2021/Mobile_and_apps/Have_Apps_reading_lists_available_on_Destop/Mobile>,
   which is currently available to try in beta, as a full feature in
   September. Before then, volunteer translator help is needed for string
   translations
   
<https://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special%3ATranslate&group=ext-readinglists&filter=&action=translate>
into
   a number of languages. The feature supports reading and learning goals on
   Wikipedia.
   - Next week, the table of contents on Wikimedia Commons file pages will
   be improved by consolidating the file page table of contents with the page
   table of contents. This will make it easier to understand a file page’s
   structure, navigate to specific sections, and share links to individual
   sections. [2] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T332644>
   - View all 24 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week
   
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/Recently_resolved_community_tasks>.
   For example, an issue where some TIFF
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TIFF> images failed to load after
   clicking their thumbnail, causing a broken image to be displayed instead of
   the full-size image, has now been fixed. [3]
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T429326>

*Updates for technical contributors*

   - The variable and function selector in AbuseFilter has been updated to
   support search and autocomplete. It will allow filter maintainers to find
   the desired variable or function more quickly. [4]
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T323698>
   - The MJPEG and VP8 formats are removed from the video player. The MP4
   format (MPEG-4 Part 2) is added instead, which provides higher quality
   videos to older iPhone devices. It may take a few weeks to retroactively
   update all existing videos. The default format for modern devices stays the
   same (VP9/WebM). [5] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T358266>
   - Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki
   <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.47/wmf.15>

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