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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. Translations are available.
Recent changes
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Problems
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Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 August. It will be on all wikis from 23 August (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 21 August at 18:30 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 22 August at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- For seven years, legacy JavaScript global variables have been deprecated. All Wikimedia wikis will soon have these removed, and gadgets and scripts that use these will stop working. You can test your communities gadgets on "group0" wikis, including Test Wikipedia and MediaWiki.org, which already have this disabled. You can read the migration guide to fix old scripts.
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