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ankstesnis | 2018 m., 17 savaitė (2018 balandžio 23, pirmadienis) | kitas |
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Naujausi pakeitimai
- All Wikipedias now have Page Previews.
- The iOS and Android apps now have synced reading lists. This means you can save articles to a private list that can be seen on your other devices if you use the apps.
- The icons in the 2010 wikitext editor have changed. [1]
- The visual editor and the 2017 wikitext ask you to write an edit summary after you press
Publish
. This button now also shows an ellipsis. This is to show that pressingPublish
is not the last step. [2]
Pakeitimai šią savaitę
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 24 Balandis. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 25 Balandis. It will be on all wikis from 26 Balandis (calendar).
Susitikimai
- 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 24 Balandis 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 25 Balandis at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- <mapframe> will come to most Wikipedias in May. This means that you can put interactive maps in the articles. Nine Wikipedias that use a strict version of flagged revisions will not get this feature in May. [3]
- The rollback function could change. This was a German community request. All editors with rollback rights can leave feedback on the proposed solution. The last day to leave feedback is 4 May (UTC).
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