Hi,
The latest technical newsletter is now available at < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2019/41%3E. Below is the English version.
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Latest *tech news https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News* from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2019/41 are available.
*Recent changes*
- [image: Advanced item] The abuse filter function https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AbuseFilter now has a faster parser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Parsing. This is to shorten the waiting time when you save an edit. [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T156095
*Problems*
- There is a problem in the visual editor when you copy or delete text with footnotes. It will be fixed soon. [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T234489
*Changes later this week*
- [image: Recurrent item] The new version https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.35/wmf.1 of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 8 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 9 October. It will be on all wikis from 10 October (calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.35/Roadmap).
*Meetings*
- [image: Recurrent item] [image: Advanced item] You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 9 October at 15:00 (UTC) https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20191009T15. See how to join https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting.
*Future changes*
- The Community Wishlist Survey https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2020 has a new format. It will focus on wikis that typically get less support. It will probably go back to the normal format next year. It is not decided exactly how it will work this year. You can leave feedback https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Community_Wishlist_Survey_2020. - The URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:URL of the Wikimedia wiki main pages could be changed. This is because the current URLs cause several problems. For example https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Main_Page would be https://www.wikidata.org/ instead. You can tell the developers https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T120085 if this would cause problems for your wiki. - There is a new technical community newsletter https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Community_Newsletter/2019/October. You can read more about the work of Wikimedia's technical community. Subscribe https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Community_Newsletter/Subscribe to get the information in the future. - [image: Advanced item] Outreachy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Outreachy is an internship program for groups who are underrepresented in free and open-source software. There are seven Wikimedia projects about coding, documentation and quality assurance in the next round. Persons who fit the criteria can apply https://www.outreachy.org/apply/project-selection/#wikimedia. The last day to apply is 5 November.
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//Johan Jönsson