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| ankstesnis | 2017 m., 36 savaitė (2017 rugsėjo 04, pirmadienis) | kitas |
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Naujausi pakeitimai
- The RevisionSlider user interface has changed. You can now select revisions by clicking on the bars. You can move the blue knob past the yellow one and the yellow one will move along, and the other way around. [1][2]
Problemos
- Some users have problems loading very large watchlists. It is working better than earlier but the problem has not been solved. The developers are working on fixing it. Until it has been fixed you can turn on "Expand watchlist to show all changes, not just the most recent" in your preferences and see if it helps. [3]
Pakeitimai šią savaitę
- New filters for edit review is a beta feature to improve recent changes pages. It will work on watchlists from 5 September. [4]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 Rugsėjis. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 Rugsėjis. It will be on all wikis from 7 Rugsėjis (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 5 Rugsėjis at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
You can see a presentation about and discuss the new Technical Committee on 5 September at 17:30 (UTC). There will be a presentation on YouTube and a discussion in #wikimedia-officeon Freenode. You can use the web chat. [5]
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