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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/2015/47> are
available.
*Changes this week*
- You can use TemplateData
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:TemplateData> to indicate how
you want a template to be displayed in wikitext. Tools like VisualEditor
that edit templates will soon use this information. [1]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T64147>
- Echo notification icons in MonoBook will look more like other icons in
the theme. [2] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T112290>
- The Community Tech team
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Tech> is doing a community
wishlist survey
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Tech/Community_Wishlist_Survey_description>
to
understand what they should be working on. They are now accepting proposals
in all languages. You can create your proposal in the small box above
the blue button
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2015_Community_Wishlist_Survey#Instructions_for_submitting_a_proposal>
and
click it when you're done.
- Wikis can make the welcome notification link to a specific page. [3]
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T117509>
- [image: Octicons-sync.svg] The new version
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.27/wmf.7> of MediaWiki will
be on test wikis and
MediaWiki.org from November 17. It will be on
non-Wikipedia wikis from November 18. It will be on all Wikipedias from
November 19 (calendar
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.27/Roadmap>).
*Meetings*
- [image: Octicons-sync.svg] You can join the next meeting with the
VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs
you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 17 November at
19:00 (UTC)
<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=17&month=11&year=2015>.
See how to join
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/Weekly_triage_meetings>.
*Future changes*
- Internet Explorer 8 will no longer have JavaScript support. You will still
be able to browse and edit Wikipedia
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Compatibility#Grade_C>,
but will not be able to use some features. This can be solved by upgrading
to a newer version or switching to a different browser. The change will
happen in January 2016. [4] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T118303>
[5]
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2015-November/001286.html>
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//Johan Jönsson