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Tech News: 2017-38
 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
 * You can now see contributions from an IP range at Special:Contributions. Before you could only see contributions from single IP addresses. Some older contributions from IP ranges could be missing at first because it will take some time to add them.
 * Flow has been re-scoped to become Structured Discussions and the development has restarted. Phabricator projects and repositories have been renamed.

Changes later this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 September. It will be on all wikis from 21 September (calendar).

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Future changes
 * We are replacing Tidy on Wikimedia wikis. Editors need to fix pages that could break. You can read the simplified instructions for editors. Some wikis have already switched. If your wiki would like to switch to the new format now, you can file a task.

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Tech News: 2017-39
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Recent changes
 * Wikitext syntax highlighting is a beta feature on Wikimedia wikis with text written from left to right. This beta feature is based on CodeMirror. You can now search through the entire article with +  or  +  when you edit. Before it just searched through a part of the article. The developers are also fixing a couple of other bugs.
 * Administrators on wikis that use Structured Discussions as a beta feature or by default can now create and move Structured Discussions boards. Structured Discussions was previously called Flow.

Changes later this week
 * You now get a notification when someone tries to log in to your account and fails. If they try from a device or IP address that have logged in to your account before you will be notified after five failed attempts. For security reasons you will soon get an email by default when someone tries to log in to your account and when someone logs in to your account from a new device or IP address. This can be turned off in your preferences.
 * Users with extremely old browsers (for example Netscape 2–4, released from 1995–1997) which do not support Unicode will no longer be able to edit. They should try to install a new browser.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 26 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 27 September. It will be on all wikis from 28 September. (calendar).

Meetings Future changes
 * Octicons-tools.svg You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 27 September at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.


 * The Wikimedia Foundation Readers department has proposed changing the mobile website. You can read more on mediawiki.org. This would be a big change.
 * You can't use OCG to create PDFs after 1 October. This is because of technical problems. You can still create PDFs. Tech News 2017/37 said the function to create PDFs from books would still work. It is now clear it will not work for the next few months. The developers are working on fixing this. You can read more on mediawiki.org.

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Arbitration
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Tech News: 2017-40
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Recent changes
 * You can now use preload features in the visual editor. This means you can create links to create new pages and some text will already be in the edit window when someone clicks on it.

Changes later this week
 * If you have turned on "" you will now get the 2017 wikitext editor. Before this you had to turn it on manually even though it is a beta feature.
 * Special:Block and Special:Unblock will get the OOUI look.
 * Octicons-tools.svg The jQuery library will be upgraded to version 3 on all Wiktionary wikis from 2 October. It will be on all non-Wikipedia wikis from 4 October. It will be on all wikis from 5 October.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 3 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 4 October. It will be on all wikis from 5 October (calendar).

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Future changes
 * A new feature called Reading Lists are coming to the Wikipedia mobile apps. First it will be in the Android version. Reading Lists are a private user preference where you can see lists of articles on multiple devices. You can give feedback on this feature.
 * The search function has used fallback languages for language analysis. This means a language could be analysed with the grammar of a completely unrelated language to find related words. This will be removed from most wikis the week starting with 9 October. You can read more and give feedback.

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A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks so much Dave! Yeah, imagine that, in 5 years time being asked to verify everything you add no matter how experienced you are 😂. That would just deter editors, and I have no idea why these editors are being stubborn, creating issues when the page has stood for years with no sources for operators. Surely they have things better to do with their editing than looking for trouble, sad really. I'm just going to keep doing what I'm doing with the article, even if certain editors try their best to get their way all the time, which is not going to work. How have you been recently anyway? College has been keeping me busy hence my lack of activity in recent months. Class 455  ( talk |stand clear of the doors!)  21:04, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
 * The way this place is going It really wouldn't surprise me if it became reality lol, Exactly I guess some people have too much time on their hands ... shame really...,
 * Yeah not too bad thanks :), Hows you ?, – Davey 2010 Talk 21:10, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Yeah I've been great thanks. Again, college coursework is keeping me busy, but I'm also beginning to apply for University. Scary to think that this time next year I'd probably be in a University, it makes me feel old to be honest lol. Exactly, this place is beginning to become a bit more policy focused, and is driving editors away. Back in August, I once corrected a small error - and as a result it turned into a talk page discussion, but as the famous phrase goes, "ain't nobody got time for dat", so I didnt bother too much ;). Class 455  ( talk |stand clear of the doors!)  21:17, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Arr cool well I hope you do get in and hope all goes well if you do :),
 * Haha can't believe I'm admitting it but that phrase is pretty much lodged in my head for life lol, Exactly we all have better things to do than to get into silly debates over rather silly things lol, – Davey 2010 Talk 21:35, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I hope so too. Fingers crossed it all goes well! Thanks again for your support. Class 455  ( talk |stand clear of the doors!)  22:22, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Great to see you back, Class455. I've just returned from my break, too, and I'm going through the university application process myself. What are you planning to study? Patient Zerotalk 09:13, 6 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Brilliant to hear from you . I was actually going to leave a message on your talk page on Sunday night to find out how you were but I got distracted by the dispute mentioned above. But now you've messaged me here, how have you been keeping? I'm not going to be back fully though, as obviously coursework is doing my head in, still Semi-Retired for now. I'm looking at courses in the Transport field, mainly Transport and business management. What about yourself?
 * No problem, don't worry about it :) Hope to see you back fully sometime - the holidays are a great time to engage in some anti-vandalism work. Some editors are just painfully awkward and stubborn, and I'm sorry you've had to deal with that, just as soon as you'd returned - good to hear it's been sorted, though. I've been doing good, thanks - same situation as you, lots of coursework to be done! I got my AS results in August - A in French, B in English Language and Literature, C in RE (looking to raise that to a B though). Transport sounds like a brilliant subject - it's good to study something that you've always been interested in. I've wanted to do Law since I was about 14 (so around the time I created this account! To think my 18th birthday's in 10 days) so that's what I intend to do. Take care, and I wish you the very best in your future endeavours! :) Patient Zerotalk 12:50, 6 October 2017 (UTC)
 * law sounds very interesting! You can get some really well paid jobs there. Best of luck for that! Unfortunately, the dispute has not been sorted as the same two editors have been edit warring at London Midland, despite the fact that a class of train exists in their fleet, but theres no source and as a result the page has been protected. I think this is getting out of control now and if this continues, and people start to take WP:V too seriously, I will have to raise this issue at ANI.  Maybe you'd like to add your input into both discussions?  Class 455  ( talk |stand clear of the doors!)  21:32, 6 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I'd be more than happy to help you out, both at the discussion and at ANI should you file a report - if they exceed WP:3RR report them at AN3 firstly, and go from there. Patient Zerotalk 10:19, 7 October 2017 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2017-41
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Recent changes
 * The number of active users listed by  and on Special:Statistics will now only include Wikidata edits as activity on Wikidata and not on other wikis too.
 * Previously you could create wiki links starting with two colons. Now you need to use one colon. :File:X.jpg now has to be File:X.jpg . There is now a new Linter category. You can see a list on Special:Linterrors/multi-colon-escape. The Linter extension helps you find technical errors in articles. You can read more about using Linter.

Problems
 * You will not be able to edit or upload files to Commons for around 30 minutes on 11 October. This will start at 06:00 UTC. This is because of work to let Commons show 3D models.

Changes later this week
 * The font in the edit window is monospace by default. Today you can change preferences to another font family or use "the browser default" instead of monospace. Switching to the browser default has only changed the font on Macs. The option to use browser default will be removed this week.
 * If you want to print a page or make a PDF of a page you can do so in the side menu. The way the pages look when you do this will change. You can read more on mediawiki.org.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 10 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 11 October. It will be on all wikis from 12 October (calendar).

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 * The TwoColConflict extension is a new way to solve edit conflicts. It makes it easier to copy and paste the relevant text to the text field. It has been a beta feature for the last five months. You can now try out the new interface on a page where you will actually get simulated edit conflicts. You can give feedback to the developers.

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 * Notifications are not working for some actions. For example some users don't get a notification when they are mentioned. The developers are working on fixing this.
 * Users on some wikis could not change their preferences. This has now been fixed.

Changes later this week
 * Editors and readers who still use Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP will not be able to use Wikipedia from 17 October. Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP can't connect securely to the wikis. When we allow them to do so it means that we get less security for everyone else. If you use Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP you can install Firefox 52 ESR instead. Around 0.1% of the traffic to the Wikimedia wikis comes from Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 17 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 18 October. It will be on all wikis from 19 October (calendar).

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Tech News: 2017-43
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 * When you search in some languages the search function could use specific other languages if the first language didn't work. This is called a fallback language. This didn't work properly and created bad searches. The search index is being fixed to work better.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 24 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 25 October. It will be on all wikis from 26 October (calendar).

Meetings
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Future changes
 * There is a Structured Commons community focus group for Commons and Wikidata contributors who want to give input on structured data on Wikimedia Commons. You can sign up to join it.

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 * A new function is now available to edit filter managers that will make it easier to look for multiple strings containing spoofed text.

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Tech News: 2017-45
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Recent changes
 * You will no longer see the patrol log on Special:Log unless you specifically select it.

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 * The 2017 Community Wishlist Survey begins on 6 November. You can post proposals from 19:00 UTC and until November 19.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 November. It will be on all wikis from 9 November (calendar).

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Future changes
 * URLs that link to sections on Wikimedia wikis with non-Latin scripts have looked like this:  instead of  . This will soon be fixed. Old links will still work.

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Tech News: 2017-46
<section begin="technews-2017-W46"/> Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Changes later this week
 * The diff you see when you compare two different versions of a page has changed on MediaWiki.org and the test wiki. This is to make it easier to find a text change in a moved paragraph. It will hopefully soon come to more wikis. You can report bugs in Phabricator.
 * A new user group on Commons will be able to upload MP3 files. The plan is to have this user group from 17 November.
 * Wikis using Flagged Revisions will get the New filters for Edit Review by default on the recent changes pages. It will be possible to opt-out in user preferences.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 November. It will be on all wikis from 16 November (calendar).

Meetings
 * Octicons-tools.svg You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 15 November at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes
 * Support for uploading and viewing 3D models is coming soon to Wikimedia Commons. The feature will support the .STL file format. You can see an example on the test wiki.

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Tech News: 2017-47
<section begin="technews-2017-W47"/> 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
 * If you use the Chrome web browser on Android you can see a download icon on the mobile website. You can download a formatted PDF. It will work in other mobile browsers in the future.
 * Octicons-tools.svg The abuse filter now has a function called . You can use it to store matches from regular expressions – one of each capturing group. You can read more in Phabricator.

Problems
 * Last week's MediaWiki version didn't come to all Wikipedias because of a database crash. It will be on all wikis on 20 November.

Changes later this week
 * There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

Meetings
 * Octicons-sync.svg 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 November at 19:30 (UTC). See how to join.
 * Octicons-tools.svg You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 22 November at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes
 * Language converter syntax will no longer work inside external links. Wikitext like  must be replaced. You will have to write   instead. This only affects languages with Language Converter enabled. Examples of such languages are Chinese and Serbian. This will happen next week.

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