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After the next deployment, redirects will be automatically created when merging items.
Special:UnconnectedPages can now be queried via the query API, thanks to Ladsgroup.
Migrating away from an older serializer to the DataModel Serialization component.
Worked on a new time parser that can parse formats like M/D/Y, Y M D and so on.
Fixed a bug where a value could not be edited when save failed.
Made the snak type, badge and rank selectors position themselves after resizing the browser window and introduced a possibility to collapse the sitelinks sections.
Worked on a change in editing to be able to edit a statement and it’s references in one step.
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Changes this week
The
new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from July 21. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 22. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 23 (
calendar).
You now see more warnings in the image viewer. They tell you to be careful when using the image, for example if it shows a person.
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Meetings
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Future changes
Soon you won't be able to use MathJax to display math.
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Recent changes
You can now use redirects to link to JavaScript pages.
[3]
There was a problem with some Lua modules on July 22 and 23. Some pages using them did not list them in "
what links here". You can fix those pages with a null edit: edit and save the page without making any change.
There was a problem with the
abuse filter page on big wikis on July 23. It was due to a code error.
[8]
Changes this week
The
new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from July 28. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 29. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 30 (
calendar).
JavaScript authors: You cannot use wgNoticeUserData to get edit counts anymore.
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Meetings
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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.
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Recent changes
The ContentTranslation extension has been updated:
You can now type in list paragraphs on wikis with right-to-left scripts.
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Some user interface updates changed how details in the ContentTranslation extension look.
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The error page you see when the sites are not working is now simpler and easier to read. It also shows the Wikimedia logo.
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MediaWiki now supports redirects for CSS pages.
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Bots can't guess captchas unlimited times anymore.
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Problems
There was a problem with thumbnails on wikis with local images on July 24 and 25. It was due to a code error.
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The
new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from August 4. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from August 5. It will be on all Wikipedias from August 6 (
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