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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.
Problems
- There was an issue with files from Commons on October 21. You could only see those with names between 140 and 159 characters by visiting Commons itself. [1]
- There was a problem with cut and paste in VisualEditor in Firefox. It was fixed quickly. [2]
- There was a problem with editing math in VisualEditor. It was fixed quickly. [3]
Software changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will now come to Wikipedia sites every Wednesday, instead of every Thursday. [4]
- The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf5) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since October 23. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from October 28, and on all Wikipedias from October 29 (calendar).
- VisualEditor now uses autovalues for templates if they are in TemplateData. [5] [6] [7]
- VisualEditor's menu items now show their shortcuts beside them. [8]
- VisualEditor now opens faster when you click "edit". [9]
- The rules for plurals in translations changed in some languages. Interface translations are currently not being updated from translatewiki.net; this process will start again on November 6. [10]
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Guillaume Paumier