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Recent changes
- WebM video files
have smaller file size but still be of the same quality. Creating WebM files will take longer time.
[1]
- The
new filters for edit review
tools and interface for watchlists will leave
beta
. This was supposed to already have happened but was delayed. For most wikis this will happen on 9 July. For the rest it will happen on 16 July.
[2]
- All wikis now use the
Remex parsing library
instead of
Tidy
. This could cause errors. You
can help
fix the errors.
[3]
Problems
- When you rolled back an edit it could get both the
Rollback
and
Undo
tags. This has been fixed.
[4]
- Rollbacks from autopatrolled users were not marked as patrolled. This has been fixed.
[5]
Changes later this week
- When you edit a link in the visual editor there will be two separate buttons to change which page the link goes to (target) or its text (label).
[6]
[7]
- On the mobile version you can find a link to an editor's contributions from their user page. Now this will work even if they haven't created a user page.
[8]
- When you edit a discussion on the mobile version you sometimes get your signature automatically added. This will now not happen if you have already added a signature manually. This is to avoid double signatures.
[9]
- Structured discussions
toolbars will have more style options.
[10]
- When you look at Wikimedia code in
Gerrit
there will be a new interface. It is on by default for new users. This is also true for developers. This is to make it easier to understand what is happening.
[11]
- The
new version
of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 10 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 11 July. It will be on all wikis from 12 July (
calendar
).
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
10 July 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
11 July at 15:00 (UTC)
. See
how to join
.
Future changes
- Today all administrators can edit
CSS
and
JavaScript
for the entire wiki. There will be a new user group for editing CSS and JavaScript. Administrators will no longer automatically be able to do this. This is because it is a security risk when all administrator accounts can edit JavaScript even if they never plan to or do not know how it works. You can
read more
.
[12]
- Page previews
will be on by default for new accounts.
[13]
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