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== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2014/25|Tech News: 2014-25]] ==

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Latest '''[[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News|tech news]]''' from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2014/25|Translations]] are available.

'''Reminder'''

* You can subscribe to the [[mail:wikitech-ambassadors|wikitech-ambassadors]] mailing list to get news more quickly and to send feedback or report problems.

'''Recent software changes'''

* The latest version of MediaWiki ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.24/wmf9|1.24wmf9]]) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on June 12. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on June 17, and to all Wikipedias on June 19 ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.24/Roadmap|calendar]]).

* You can now read a [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia engineering report/2014/May/summary|summary]] of the Wikimedia technical report for May 2014.

'''VisualEditor news'''

* You can now easily see the target of a link or other information using the context menu. [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/137191/]

* When you edit a reference, you can now empty it and click the "use an existing reference" button to switch it to re-use another reference. [http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65689] [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/136599/]

* You can now add and edit <code><nowiki>{{DISPLAYTITLE}}</nowiki></code> and <code><nowiki>__DISAMBIG__</nowiki></code> in the page settings menu. [http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56868] [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/129065/] [http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61073] [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/133037/]

* The tool to insert special characters is now wider and simpler; the order of mathematical symbols is now correct. [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/138111/] [http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60626] [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/138304/]

'''Future software changes'''

* [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Extension:MultimediaViewer|Media Viewer]] will be enabled by default on all wikis on June 19. [[mw:Talk:Multimedia/About Media Viewer|Feedback]] is welcome. [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2014-June/000740.html]

* You will no longer be able to use [[m:w:Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation popups|navigation popups]] and [[mw:Extension:Popups|Hovercards]] at the same time. [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2014-June/000742.html]

* You will no longer see image thumbnails on search results pages on Wikibooks and Wikisource wikis. [https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66455] [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/139048/1]

* It will soon be possible to globally rename global (<abbr title="Single User Login">SUL</abbr>) users. [https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14862] [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/92468/]

* Tablet users will be redirected to the mobile view of Wikimedia wikis starting on June 17. [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/138517/]

* The special page that [[Special:MostLinkedTemplates|lists most linked-to templates]] will soon include pages from all namespaces; it will also be renamed to <code><nowiki>Special:MostTranscludedPages</nowiki></code>. [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/137967/]

* An [[m:IRC office hours|IRC discussion]] about Phabricator will take place on June 17 at 17:30 UTC on the channel #wikimedia-office on freenode ([http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20140617T1530 time conversion]). You can also read a [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/10/on-our-way-to-phabricator/ blog post] about the upcoming switch to Phabricator.

* You can now comment on the draft [[mw:Wikimedia Engineering/2014-15 Goals|2014-15 goals]] of the Wikimedia Foundation engineering department. [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2014-June/000739.html]

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