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| 前号 | 2015年第31週 (2015年7月27日(月曜日)) | 次号 |
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
最近の更新
- You can now use redirects to link to JavaScript pages. [1]
- You cannot use the compact user bar any more. [2]
- You can change your options to see bigger images. [3]
- You can watch short videos about how to use VisualEditor. [4]
- You can now edit pages linked in "what links here" more easily. [5]
問題点
- There was a problem with some Lua modules on July 22 and 23. Some pages using them did not list them in "what links here". You can fix those pages with a null edit: edit and save the page without making any change.
- There was a problem with the abuse filter page on big wikis on July 23. It was due to a code error. [6]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from July 28. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 29. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 30 (calendar).
- JavaScript authors: You cannot use
wgNoticeUserDatato get edit counts anymore. [7]
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on July 28 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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