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Problems

• You will be able to read but not to edit Wikimedia Commons for 30 minutes on19 June at 05:00 (UTC). This is to fix a hardware problem.[1]

Changes later this week

• MIDI files can soon be played without theScore extension. You can then add them with[[File:Filename.midi]]. Lateroverride_midi andoverride_audio will stop working. Instead you will need to add the MIDI file below the music score.[2]
• A new video player will soon replace the old one. You will be able to enable it as a beta feature inyour preferences. It will later be enabled for everyone if there are no big problems.[3]
• Thenew version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 18 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 19 June. It will be on all wikis from 20 June (calendar).

Meetings

• You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on19 June at 15:00 (UTC). Seehow to join.

Future changes

• Some gadgets and user scripts still use the oldwgEnableAPI andwgEnableWriteAPI values. These values are always true. They will soon be removed. This might break the gadgets and scripts. You should fix your gadgets to not use these values.[4]

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Latesttech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.Translations are available.

Problems

• Thenew version of MediaWiki for last week was not fully released due to issues. It was removed from most wikis on Tuesday and from test wikis on Thursday.[5]
• Most wikis were slow and then briefly read-only last week due to one of the database servers having a problem. It is now replaced.[6]

Changes later this week

• Thenew version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 25 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 26 June. It will be on all wikis from 27 June (calendar).

Meetings

• You can watch or join the nextWikimedia Language showcase. It will be about the usage of Machine Translation in Wikimedia projects. The showcase will be on26 June at 13:00 (UTC). A recording will be kept for later viewing
• You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on26 June at 15:00 (UTC). Seehow to join.

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Recent changes

• The development ofWikidata Bridge has started. The goal is to allow Wikidata edits from Wikipedia.[7]

Problems

• Sometimes pages load slowly for users routed to the Amsterdam data center. Investigation is in progress.[8]
• Wikidata query service was overloaded between 11:50 UTC until 13:15 UTC on June 24. It has been fixed.[9]

Changes later this week

• You will be able to read but not to edit all wikis for a short amount of time, on 3 July at 06:00 (UTC). This is to move a database.[10]
• There is no deployment of a new version of MediaWiki on the wikis this week (calendar).

Meetings

• You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on3 July at 15:00 (UTC). Seehow to join.

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Recent changes

• For event organizers, if yourequest a temporary lift of the IP cap for mass account creation, this will now also raise the edit rate limit for those new accounts at the event, which will prevent another bottleneck.[11]
• Administrators at all Wiktionary, Wikivoyage, and Wikisource wikis are now able to use the newpartial blocks feature.[12]

Changes later this week

• Thenew version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 July. It will be on all wikis from 11 July (calendar).
• The design of MediaWiki's software windows will change for desktop users. Layout will be simpler, buttons will be bolder and clearer, and close buttons will be just icons. This is like the mobile design. This will affect ContentTranslation, VisualEditor, TemplateWizard, and other tools.[13]

Meetings

• You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on10 July at 15:00 (UTC). Seehow to join.

Future changes

• Wikidata will be in read-only mode on 30 July from 05:00 to 05:30 UTC because of a server switch.[14]
• There will be a change in the name format of new Wikidata RDF dumps starting on 15 July.[15]

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Recent changes

• The mobile web will get more advanced editing tools. Seven more Wikipedias can use them now. This works for Arabic, Indonesian, Italian, Persian, Japanese, Spanish and Thai Wikipedia. You can try the tools on the mobile web and give feedback.[16]

Changes later this week

• The abuse filter system user will soon do maintenance edits on broken abuse filters. This user is calledEdit filter and has administrator rights. This is meant to fix technical problems. It will not do any other changes. Youcan read more.
• Thenew version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 July. It will be on all wikis from 18 July (calendar).

Meetings

• You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on17 July at 15:00 (UTC). Seehow to join.

Future changes

• TheWikipedia app for Android will invite users to add image captions to images on Commons. It will only invite users who have added a number of edits in the app without being reverted. This is to avoid spam and bad edits. You canread more andleave feedback.[17]

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Recent changes

• Communities interested by easing newcomers' first steps can now benefit from the Growth team experiments on their wikis. Checkthe conditions and the request process.
• TheCoolest Tool Award 2019 is looking for nominations. You can recommend tools by July 29. The awarded tools will be presented at Wikimania.[18]

Problems

• The release of the last version of MediaWiki (1.34.0-wmf.14) has been blocked for groups 1 and 2.[19]

Changes later this week

• Phabricator database will be moved to a different server. Writes will be blocked on Thursday 25 July, between 05:30 and 06:00 AM UTC. Reads will remain unaffected.[20]
• Thenew version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 July. It will be on all wikis from 25 July (calendar).

Meetings

• You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on24 July at 15:00 (UTC). Seehow to join.

Future changes

• Some items in the visual editor will change later this week. This will make it easier to edit links, citations, and templates on both desktop and mobile.[21][22]
• Withadvanced search turned on you will be able to choose the sorting order of the search results when you do a search.[23][24]
• Users who edit from IP addresses whitelisted on arequest for temporary lift of the IP cap for mass account creation will bypass CAPTCHAs. This will happen in August. If you think this should not happen for some reason, pleaselet us know.
• The variableuser_wpzero will be removed from AbuseFilter.A list of filters needing a fix is provided.

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Problems

• Wikidata will be in read-only mode on 30 July from 05:00 to 05:30 UTC because of a server switch.[25]

Changes later this week

• Thenew version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 31 July. It will be on all wikis from 1 August (calendar).

Meetings

• You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on31 July at 15:00 (UTC). Seehow to join.

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Changes later this week

• Thenew version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 6 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 7 August. It will be on all wikis from 8 August (calendar).

Problems

• A change inRelatedArticles extension accidentally enabled it for everyone, not just for mobile users. This has been fixed.[26][27]

Meetings

• You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on7 August at 15:00 (UTC). Seehow to join.

Future changes

• Today everyone can seeIP addresses if someone edits without an account. In the future this could be more hidden. This is to protect unregistered editors so fewer can see their IP address. This would only happen after we make sure the tools for vandal fighting can still be effective. You canread more andcomment.

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Recent changes

• Editors using the mobile website on Wikipedia can opt-in to newadvanced features via your settings page. This will give access to more interface links, special pages, and tools. Feedback on the discussion page is appreciated.[28]
• Due to the absence of volunteer maintenance of Cologne Blue skin, the link to activate it will be hidden. The skin will still work, but editors using it are encouraged to switch to another skin.[29]

Changes later this week

• Due to Wikimania, there is no deployment this week.[30]

Meetings

• You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on13 August at 15:00 (UTC). Seehow to join.

Future changes

• The "Wikidata item" link will be moved from "Tools" to "In other projects" section on all Wikimedia projects, starting on August 21.Full announcement,Phabricator task.

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