טעכ/נײַעס/2014/21
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| פריערדיקער | 2014, וואָך 21 (מאָנטאָג 19 מאַי 2014) | נעקסטער |
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טעכ־נײַעס דערהײַנטיקונגען
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לעצטיקע ווײַכווארג ענדערונגען
- The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf5) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on May 15. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on May 20, and all Wikipedias on May 22 (calendar).
- The jQuery JavaScript library was updated on May 16. Please check that your gadgets and scripts still work. [1] [2] [3]
- MediaViewer was enabled for all users on the Kannada (kn) and Telugu (te) Wikipedias on May 13. It will be enabled on the German (de), English (en), Italian (it) and Russian (ru) Wikipedias and on all Wikisource wikis on May 22. Feedback is welcome. [4] [5]
- VisualEditor was added as a beta feature to Wikimedia Commons on May 15. You can enable it in your preferences. [6] [7]
- You can read a summary of the Wikimedia technical report for April 2014.
VisualEditor news
- VisualEditor's buttons and icons can now be accessed using keyboard keys. [8] [9]
- VisualEditor's new citation tool now matches templates like
{{cite_web}}and not just{{Cite web}}. [10] [11] - VisualEditor's welcome message will no longer be shown to users who have already seen it. [12] [13]
- VisualEditor now shows a clearer message when you cancel an edit. [14]
- The toolbar of the PageTriage extension will no longer be visible inside VisualEditor. [15] [16]
Future software changes
- User ID number will no longer be visible in preferences. [17] [18]
פראבלעמען
- For several hours on May 16, there were problems with loading gadgets on some wikis due to a server problem. [19]
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