Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2015-10-07/Technology report

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

Recent changes

The link editor in the visual editor now shows results below the search box. This improves the usability on desktop and mobile. [1]

The description at Special:ChangeEmail now clearly explains that the page can also be used to remove your email. [2]

Changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from October 6. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from October 7. It will be on all Wikipedias from October 8 (calendar).

UploadWizard will remind users to add a category. [3]

UploadWizard's category selectors will be easier to use. [4]

A new Cite error will be shown if a named reference is defined more than once in the same article. [5]

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on 6 October at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

Wikidata requests your input on how to improve the editing of Wikidata's data in other locations, such as Wikipedias.

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