Tech/News/2014/06

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Recent software changes

The latest version of MediaWiki ( 1.23wmf12 ) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on January 30. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on February 4, and all Wikipedia wikis on February 6 ( calendar ).
Global AbuseFilter rules are now active on all small wikis . [1] [2]
The buttons used in pages like log-in, account creation and search are now using the same colors and styles . [3] [4]
You can now link to diffs using [[Special:Diff/12345]] and similar links. [5]
There is no longer an option to hide tables of contents on all pages. [6]
Searching in the File: namespace on Wikimedia Commons is now faster, after a bug was fixed on January 29. [7]
All Wikimedia wikis now have high-resolution favicons . [8]

VisualEditor news

You can now see a list of keyboard shortcuts by pressing Ctrl+ / inside VisualEditor. [9]

Future software changes

Edits and files hidden with the Oversight tool will be moved to the RevisionDelete system. The Oversight tool will then be removed from Wikimedia wikis. [10] [11] [12]
For languages where not all sister projects exist, you will be able to link to other language projects using double interwikis ( :ko:v, :v:ko, etc.). [13]
It will soon be possible to use the GettingStarted tool on other wikis than the English Wikipedia. You can translate it on Translatewiki.net . [14]
You will soon be able to include the Special:Contributions page into other pages. [15]
You will be able to see where a file is used inside MultimediaViewer , the new tool for viewing media files. [16] [17]
It will soon be possible to send MassMessage messages using the API. [18]
You will soon see audio statistics on the Special:TimedMediaHandler page. [19]

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