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Recent software changes
- The latest version of MediaWiki (
1.23wmf18
) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on March 13. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on March 18, and all Wikipedia wikis on March 20 (
calendar
).
- You can now view smaller versions of PNG images bigger than 20 megapixels.
[1]
- You can now use the new search tool (
CirrusSearch
) on all
small
wikis. You can now enable it in your
Beta options
.
[2]
[3]
- You can read a
summary
of the Wikimedia technical report for February 2014.
[4]
VisualEditor news
- Searching for template parameters is now case-insensitive.
[5]
[6]
- Required template parameters now have an asterisk (
*
) next to their edit boxes.
[7]
- Several template dialogs are now smaller, and their insert buttons have changed wording.
[8]
Future software changes
Problems
- VisualEditor was slow to load on March 13 because of an
API
issue.
[12]
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