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Recent changes
- Syntax highlighting
has been a beta feature on Wikimedia wikis with text written from left to right. It is now a normal feature. It is based on
CodeMirror
.
[1]
Changes later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on
19 June at 18:30 (UTC)
. See
how to join
.
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on
20 June at 15:00 (UTC)
. See
how to join
.
Future changes
- Some old web browsers will not be able to read the Wikimedia wikis. This is because they use an insecure way to connect to them. This means that we get less security for everyone else too. This affects about 0.08% of all traffic to the Wikimedia wikis. This affects for example those who read Wikipedia on a
PlayStation 3
.
[2]
[3]
- The
new filters for edit review
tools and interface for watchlists will leave
beta
. Because there is no new MediaWiki version this week it will happen on 25 June for most wikis. For the rest it will happen in early July.
[4]
[5]
- All wikis that have not already done so will switch to use the
Remex parsing library
on 5 July. This is
to replace Tidy
. You
can help
fix remaining errors.
[6]
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