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Последни софтуерни промени
- You can now change the style of links to disambiguation pages. This is done with the
mw-disambigCSS class. [1] [2] - There was a problem on right-to-left wikis with Wikidata log entries. The text was messy in watchlists and recent changes. The problem is now fixed. The same problem will be fixed soon for user names. [3] [4] [5]
- New users are randomly chosen for a test on 12 Wikipedias. They get messages with ideas of articles to edit. The ideas come from what they have already edited. [6]
Проблеми
- There was a problem with loading images on September 10. [7]
Новини за Визуалния редактор
- If you don't select text when you add a link, the link now shows a number. [8]
- The citation tool no longer offers to reuse a citation if there are none on the page yet. [9] [10]
- You can now use help buttons in the "Page settings" menu to see what the options are for. [11]
Предстоящи софтуерни промени
- The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf21) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since September 11. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on September 16, and on all Wikipedias on September 18 (calendar).
- These changes are coming with the new version:
- If you use Internet Explorer 7, JavaScript will no longer work. JavaScript tools and scripts will no longer work in that browser. You should update to a newer browser. [12] [13] [14]
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