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Problems

• There was an issue with files from Commons on October 21. You could only see those with names between 140 and 159 characters by visiting Commons itself. [1]
• There was a problem with cut and paste in VisualEditor in Firefox. It was fixed quickly. [2]
• There was a problem with editing math in VisualEditor. It was fixed quickly. [3]

Software changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will now come to Wikipedia sites every Wednesday, instead of every Thursday. [4]
• The new version of MediaWiki ( 1.25wmf5 ) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since October 23. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from October 28, and on all Wikipedias from October 29 ( calendar ).
• VisualEditor now uses autovalues for templates if they are in TemplateData. [5] [6] [7]
• VisualEditor's menu items now show their shortcuts beside them. [8]
• VisualEditor now opens faster when you click "edit". [9]
• The rules for plurals in translations changed in some languages. Interface translations are currently not being updated from translatewiki.net; this process will start again on November 6. [10]

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