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Recent software changes
- The latest version of MediaWiki (
1.23wmf17
) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on March 6. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on March 11, and all Wikipedia wikis on March 13 (
calendar
).
- You can now use the new search tool (
CirrusSearch
) on all Wikiquote projects. You can now enable it in your
Beta options
.
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VisualEditor news
- It is now easier to edit templates. Complex tools are now in the "advanced" mode.
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- It is also easier to edit images. You now have more options and they are explained better.
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- VisualEditor adds fake blank lines so you can put your cursor there. They are now smaller and animated to be different from actual blank lines.
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- We have improved the tool to add special characters. The buttons are now larger. More changes are coming.
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- You can now use new keyboard shortcuts to undo the last action, clear formatting, and show the shortcut help window.
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Future software changes
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