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*Recent changes*
- The mobile site history pages now use the same HTML as the desktop
history pages. If you hear of any problems relating to mobile history usage
please point them to the phabricator task
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T353388>.
- On most wikis, admins can now block users from making specific
actions. These actions are: uploading files, creating new pages, moving
(renaming) pages, and sending thanks. The goal of this feature is to allow
admins to apply blocks that are adequate to the blocked users'
activity. Learn
more about "action blocks"
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Community_health_initiative/Partial_blocks#action-blocks>
. [1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T242541>[2]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T280531>
*Changes later this week*
- The new version <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.42/wmf.17> of
MediaWiki will be on test wikis and
MediaWiki.org from 6 February. It will
be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 7 February. It will be
on all wikis from 8 February (calendar
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.42/Roadmap>). [3]
<https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments/Train>[4]
<https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments/Yearly_calendar>
- Talk pages permalinks that included diacritics and non-Latin script
were malfunctioning. This issue is fixed. [5]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T356199>
*Future changes*
- 24 Wikipedias
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/ReferencePreviews#24WPs>
with Reference Tooltips
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Reference_Tooltips> as
a default gadget are encouraged to remove that default flag. This would
make Reference Previews
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Reference_Previews>
the
new default for reference popups, leading to a more consistent experience
across wikis. For 46 Wikipedias
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/ReferencePreviews#46WPs>
with
less than 4 interface admins, the change is already scheduled for
mid-February, unless there are concerns
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:WMDE_Technical_Wishes/ReferencePreviews#Reference_Previews_to_become_the_default_for_previewing_references_on_more_wikis.>.
The older Reference Tooltips gadget will still remain usable and will
override this feature, if it is available on your wiki and you have enabled
it in your settings. [6]
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/ReferencePreviews#Reference_Previews_to_become_the_default_for_previewing_references_on_more_wikis>
[7] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T355312>
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