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Latest tech news from de Wikimedia technical community. Please flow oda users about dese changes. No be all changes go affect you. Translations be available.
Recent changes
- De
Special:Bookpage (as well as de associated "Create a book" functionality) provide by de old Collection extension dem remove am from all Wikisource wikis, as na ebe broken. Dis no dey affect de ability make you download normal books, wey dem provide by de Wikisource extension. [1] - Wikitech now dey use de next-generation Parsoid wikitext parser by default make e generate all pages insyd de Talk namespace. Make you report any problems for de Known Issues discussion page top. You fi use de ParserMigration extension take control de use of Parsoid; spy de ParserMigration help documentation for more details.
- Dem plete maintenance for etherpad. If you encounter any issues, please make you indicate for dis ticket insyd.
Gadgets dey allow interface admins make dem create custom features plus CSS den JavaScript. De GadgetdenGadget_definitionnamespaces dengadgets-definition-edituser right na dem reserve for experiment insyd 2015, buh dem neva use am. Na dese be visible for Special:Search den Special:ListGroupRights top. De unused namespaces den user rights now nu dem remove dem. Dem no move pages, wey no changes dey hia make dem do. [2]- Usability improvement to de "Add a citation" insyd Wikipedia workflow dem make am, na dem move de insert button go de popup header. [3]
Changes later dis week
De fresh version of MediaWiki go be for test wikis den MediaWiki.org top from 5 March. E go be for non-Wikipedia wikis den sam Wikipedias top from 6 March. E go be for all wikis top from 7 March (calendar). [4][5]
Future changes
- All wikis go be read-only for few minutes for March 20. Dis dem plan for 14:00 UTC. Dem go publish more information insyd Tech News wey dem sanso go post am for individual wikis top insyd de weeks wey dey cam. [6]
- De HTML markup of headings den section edit links dem go change am later dis year make e improve accessibility. Spy Heading HTML changes for details. De fresh markup go be de same as in de fresh Parsoid wikitext parser. You fi test your gadget anaa stylesheet plus de fresh markup if you add
?useparsoid=1go your URL (more info) anaa turn on Parsoid read views insyd your user options (more info).
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