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*Updates for editors*

   - On wikis with the Translate extension
   <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Translate>
enabled,
   users will notice that the FuzzyBot will now automatically create
   translated versions of categories used on translated pages. [1]
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T285463>
   - View all 29 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week
   
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/Recently_resolved_community_tasks>.
   For example, the submitted task to use the SecurePoll extension
   <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:SecurePoll> for
   English Wikipedia's special administrator election
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Wikipedia:Administrator_elections> was
   resolved on time. [2] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T371454>

*Updates for technical contributors*

   - [image: Advanced item] In 1.44.0-wmf-2
   <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.44/wmf.2>, the logic of
   Wikibase function getAllStatements changed to behave like
   getBestStatements. Invoking the function now returns a copy of values
   which are immutable. [3] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T270851>
   - Wikimedia REST API <https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/> users, such
   as bot operators and tool maintainers, may be affected by ongoing upgrades.
   The API will be rerouting some page content endpoints from RESTbase to the
   newer MediaWiki REST API
   <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:REST_API> endpoints.
   The impacted endpoints <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T374683> include
   getting page/revision metadata and rendered HTML content. These changes
   will be available on testwiki later this week, with other projects to
   follow. This change should not affect existing functionality, but active
   users of the impacted endpoints should verify behavior on testwiki, and
   raise any concerns on the related Phabricator ticket
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T374683>.

*In depth*

   - Admins and users of the Wikimedia projects where Automoderator is
   enabled
   
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Moderator_Tools/Automoderator#Usage>
can
   now monitor and evaluate important metrics related to Automoderator's
   actions. This Superset dashboard
   
<https://superset.wmcloud.org/superset/dashboard/unified-automoderator-activity-dashboard/>
calculates
   and aggregates metrics about Automoderator's behaviour on the projects in
   which it is deployed. Thanks to the Moderator Tools team for this
   Dashboard; you can visit the documentation page
   
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Moderator_Tools/Automoderator/Unified_Activity_Dashboard>
for
   more information about this work. [4]
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T369488>

*Meetings and events*

   - 21 November 2024 (8:00 UTC
   
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Event:Commons_community_discussion_-_21_November_2024_8:00_UTC>
    & 16:00 UTC
   
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Event:Commons_community_discussion_-_21_November_2024_16:00_UTC>)
   - Community call
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:WMF_support_for_Commons/Commons_community_calls>
with
   Wikimedia Commons volunteers and stakeholders to help prioritize support
   efforts for 2025-2026 Fiscal Year. The theme of this call is how content
   should be organised on Wikimedia Commons.

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