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Latest tech news
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News> from the
Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes.
Not all changes will affect you. Translations
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2020/37> are
available.
Changes later this week
- Normally pages can be moved to a title that has no existing page yet
or to a page that has only one revision, which is a redirect to the page to
be moved. A new user right allows editors to move pages over one-revision
pages that redirect to anywhere. [1]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T239277>
- [image: Recurrent item] The new version
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.36/wmf.8> of MediaWiki will
be on test wikis and
MediaWiki.org from 8 September. It will be on
non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 9 September. It will be on all
wikis from 10 September (calendar
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.36/Roadmap>).
- [image: Advanced item] All MediaWiki API
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:API> modules will now use
watchlist instead
of watch. This was inconsistent before. [2]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T247915>
Future changes
- The Wikipedia Android app
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team/Android> team might
work on patrolling tools in the future. You can let them know what tools
would be useful for you or for less experienced patrollers. See the page
on
mediawiki.org
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Apps/Team/Android/Patrolling_conversation>
.
- OTRS <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/OTRS> will be
updated to a new version. This will probably take around two days. OTRS
agents will not have access to the system during these days. Emails that
come in during the update will be delivered when the update is done. The
plan is to start around 08:00 UTC on 14 September. This could change. [3]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T187984>
- The Wikipedia Android app will send push notifications
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team/Android/AppEditorTasks#Push_Notifications_for_editors>
if
users want them. This could help you see for example when someone wrote on
your talk page or your edit was reverted. This will need Google Play
Services <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Google_Play_Services> to
work. It will also be possible to get the app without Google Play Services
but push notifications will not work. Google Play Services is also used to
make the app work for Android 4.4
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Android_KitKat> users. [4]
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team/Android#Updates>[5]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T146032>
- [image: Advanced item] Wikimedia code review could move to GitLab
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:GitLab>. It would be hosted on
Wikimedia servers. You can take part in the consultation
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/GitLab_consultation>.
- [image: Advanced item] Dropdown menus in the Vector skin
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Skin:Vector> use a
.menu class. This will not work in the future. Scripts can use nav ul
instead. .vectorTabs and .vectorMenu will also not work. Some scripts
need to be updated. You can read more in Phabricator
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T262092>.
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