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Tech News: 2024-06
Latest tech news from de Wikimedia technical community. Please make you flow oda users about dese changes. No be all changes go affect you. Translations be available.
Recent changes
- De mobile site history pages now dey use de same HTML as de desktop history pages. If you hear of any problems wey dey relate to mobile history usage please make you point dem to de phabricator task.
- For chaw wikis top, admins fi now block users from dey make specific actions. Dese actions be: dey upload files, dey create fresh pages, dey move (dey rename) pages, den dey send thanks. De goal of dis feature be say make e allow admins apply blocks wey be adequate to de users' activity dem block. Learn more about "action blocks". [1][2]
Changes later dis week
De fresh version of MediaWiki go be for test wikis den MediaWiki.org top from 6 February. E go be for non-Wikipedia wikis den sam Wikipedias top from 7 February. E go be for all wikis top from 8 February (calendar). [3][4]- Talk pages permalinks wey na dem include diacritics den non-Latin-script be malfunctioning. Dem fix dis issue. [5]
Future changes
- 24 Wikipedias plus Reference Tooltips as default gadget dem dey encourage make dem remove dat default flag. Dis go make Reference Previews de fresh default give reference popups, dey lead to more consistent experience across wikis. For 46 Wikipedias plus less dan 4 interface admins, dem already schedule de change for mid-February, unless der be concerns. De older Reference Tooltips gadget go still remain usable den go override dis feature, if e be available for your wiki top den you enable am for your settings insyd. [6][7]
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