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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

You can use the phab: and phabricator: interwikis to link to https://phabricator.wikimedia.org. [1] [2]
The Tracked template on mediawiki.org now works with Phabricator. You should do the same on your wiki if you have a similar template. [3] [4]
You can look at Special:MediaStatistics to see what kind of files are on your wiki. [5]
A new tool can now create thumbnails of large TIFF images. This concerns files larger than 50 megapixels. These thumbnails are also sharpened. You can comment on Commons. [6]
The Media Viewer tool has a clearer link to the file page. It also has buttons to download, share and embed the file. You can enlarge images by clicking on them. [7]
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Changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf2) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since 2 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from 7 October, and on all Wikipedias from 9 October (calendar).
If you make a code mistake when editing a Lua script, you won't be able to save your edit. [8] [9]
On Thursday, the tool to edit TemplateData will come to 30 more wikis. [10] [11]
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Future changes

You can look at the plan of the Mobile team for their future work. [12]
More changes to Media Viewer are coming. It will be easier to disable it, and you will see the caption below the image. [13]

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-* <code>phab:</code> and <code>phabricator:</code> have been [[phab:T454|added to the interwiki map]] in order to link to https://phabricator.wikimedia.org conveniently. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2014-October/000962.html]
+* You can use the <code>phab:</code> and <code>phabricator:</code> interwikis to link to https://phabricator.wikimedia.org. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T454] [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2014-October/000962.html]
-* [[mw:Template:Tracked|Template:Tracked]] in mediawiki.org [[phab:T177|now supports Phabricator parameters]]. Other projects using this template are encouraged to update their versions. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2014-October/000962.html]
+* The [[mw:Template:Tracked|Tracked]] template on mediawiki.org now works with Phabricator. You should do the same on your wiki if you have a similar template. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T177] [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2014-October/000962.html]
-* New page [[Special:MediaStatistics]] to list what file types a wiki has. [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/150131/]
+* You can look at [[Special:MediaStatistics]] to see what kind of files are on your wiki. [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/150131/]
-* VIPS has been experimentally enabled to scale large (greater than 50 megapixel) tiff images. Such files will also have different sharpening applied. Feedback welcomed at [[Commons:VP#Experimenting_with_using_VIPS_to_render_large_tiff_files|Commons]]. [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/164476]
+* A new tool can now create thumbnails of large [[m:w:TIFF|TIFF]] images. This concerns files larger than 50 [[m:w:Pixel#Megapixel|megapixels]]. These thumbnails are also [[m:w:Unsharp masking|sharpened]]. You can comment [[m:commons:Commons:VP#Experimenting with using VIPS to render large tiff files|on Commons]]. [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/164476]
-* Media Viewer has been updated, based on community feedback. Improvements include a clearer link to the file description page, separate buttons for download, share and embed functions and an easier way to enlarge images by clicking on them, among others. Further improvements are planned in the coming weeks, such as an easier way to disable Media Viewer for personal use and displaying captions below the images.
+* The [[m:mw:Multimedia/Media Viewer|Media Viewer]] tool has a clearer link to the file page. It also has buttons to download, share and embed the file. You can enlarge images by clicking on them. [https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?oldid=1203037#2014-09-monthly]
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-If you make a code mistake when editing a Lua script, you now won't be able to save it, like for JSON pages.</translate> [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/160367/] [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2014-September/078806.html]
+If you make a code mistake when editing a Lua script, you won't be able to save your edit.</translate> [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/160367/] [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2014-September/078806.html]
-* <translate>On Thursday, the editing tool for TemplateData will be made available on another 30 wikis.</translate> [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/157477/] [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:TemplateData]
+* <translate>On Thursday, the tool to edit TemplateData will come to 30 more wikis.</translate> [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/157477/] [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:TemplateData]
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-* [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mobile-l/2014-October/008112.html]
+* You can look at the plan of the Mobile team for their future work. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mobile-l/2014-October/008112.html]
+* More changes to Media Viewer are coming. It will be easier to disable it, and you will see the caption below the image. [https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?oldid=1203037#2014-09-monthly]
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