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*Updates for editors* - Event organizers who host collaborative activities on multiple wikis <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/CampaignEvents/Deployment_status#Global_Deployment_Plan>, including Bengali, Japanese, and Korean Wikipedias, will have access to the CampaignEvents extension <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:CampaignEvents> this week. Also, admins in the Wikipedia where the extension is enabled will automatically be granted the event organizer right soon. They won't have to manually grant themselves the right before they can manage events as requested by a community <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T386861>. - [image: Recurrent item] View all 19 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/Recently_resolved_community_tasks> . *Updates for technical contributors* - The release of the next major version of Codex <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Codex>, the design system for Wikimedia, is scheduled for 29 April 2025. Technical editors will have access to the release by the week of 5 May 2025. This update will include a number of breaking changes <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Codex/Release_Timeline/2.0#Breaking_changes> and minor visual changes <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Codex/Release_Timeline/2.0#Visual_changes>. Instructions on handling the breaking and visual changes are documented on this page <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Codex/Release_Timeline/2.0>. Pre-release testing is reported in T386298 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T386298>, with post-release issues tracked in T392379 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T392379> and T392390 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T392390>. - Users of Wiki Replicas <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Wiki_Replicas> will notice that the database views of ipblocks, ipblocks_ipindex, and ipblocks_compat are now deprecated <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T390767>. Users can query the block <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Block_table> and block_target <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Block_target_table> new views that mirror the new tables in the production database instead. The deprecated views will be removed entirely from Wiki Replicas in June, 2025. - [image: Recurrent item] Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.44/wmf.27> *In depth* - The latest quarterly Language and Internationalization Newsletter <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Language_and_Product_Localization/Newsletter/2025/April> is now available. This edition includes an overview of the improved Content Translation Dashboard Tool <https://test.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ContentTranslation&campaign=contributionsmenu&to=es&filter-type=automatic&filter-id=previous-edits&active-list=suggestions&from=en#/> , support for new languages <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Language_and_Product_Localization/Newsletter/2025/April#Language_Support_for_New_and_Existing_Languages> , highlights from the Wiki Loves Ramadan campaign <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Language_and_Product_Localization/Newsletter/2025/April#Wiki_Loves_Ramadan_Articles_Made_In_Content_Translation_Mobile_Workflow> , results from the Language Onboarding Experiment <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Research:Languages_Onboarding_Experiment_2024_-_Executive_Summary>, an analysis of topic diversity in articles, and information on upcoming community meetings and events. *Meetings and events* - The Let's Connect Learning Clinic <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Grants:Knowledge_Sharing/Connect/Calendar> will take place on April 29 at 14:30 UTC <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1745937000>. This edition will focus on "Understanding and Navigating Conflict in Wikimedia Projects". You can register now <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Event:Learning_Clinic_%E2%80%93_Understanding_and_Navigating_Conflict_in_Wikimedia_Projects_(Part_1)> to attend. - The 2025 Wikimedia Hackathon <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2025>, which brings the global technical community together to connect, brainstorm, and hack existing projects, will take place from May 2 to 4th, 2025, at Istanbul, Turkey. -- Uzoma Ozurumba (She/her) Movement Communications Specialist (Product and Tech) meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:UOzurumba_(WMF)
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