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| قبل كده | 2018, week 45 (الاتنين 05 نوفمبر 2018) | بعد كده |
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
التغييرات الاخيره
- You can now use TemplateWizard to edit templates. This works only with the 2010 wikitext editor and not in the visual editor or the 2017 wikitext editor. If you click on
you can enter the information in a pop-up. You can turn on TemplateWizard in your beta feature preferences. [1]
Changes later this week
- You can choose to see edit conflicts in a two-column view. This is a beta feature. You can find it in your preferences. The interface for the two-column edit conflict will change. You can read more.
- When you edit with the visual editor you can use the "Automatic" citation tab. This helps you generate citations. You will now be able to write plain text citations or the title of a journal article or a book in this tab. This will search the Crossref and WorldCat databases and add the top result. [2]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 6 نوفمبر. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 7 نوفمبر. It will be on all wikis from 8 نوفمبر (calendar).
Meetings
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You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 7 نوفمبر at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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