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Recent software changes

• You can now use {{ #lsth: PageName | SectionName }} to transclude a section by its title. [1]

Problems

• MediaWiki was reverted to the previous version on February 4. It was because of a performance issue. It was restored later. [2]
• UploadWizard was broken on February 4 because of the revert of MediaWiki. [3]
• All sites were broken for 30 minutes on February 5. It was due to a network problem. [4]

Software changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since February 5. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from February 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from February 11 ( calendar ).
• You can have one user page for all wikis. Your Meta user page will show if you don't have a user page on a wiki. You can test this tool on test wikis. [5] [6] [7]
• You can search for media files in VisualEditor more easily. Images are bigger and you see the size and license. [8] [9]
• It is easier to review your changes when you save the page in VisualEditor. The window is wider.? [10]
• You can read the latest news about VisualEditor . You can now join weekly meetings with developers. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The first meeting is on February 11 at 20:00 (UTC) .

Future changes

• Administrators will soon be able to delete change tags used fewer than 5,000 times. [11]
• In the future you will be able to have personal lists of articles on the mobile site. [12]

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