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Tech News: 2024-37
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Weekly highlight
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Feature news
- This week, the standard syntax highlighter will receive new colors that make them compatible in dark mode. This is the first of many changes to come as part of a major upgrade to syntax highlighting. You can learn more about what's to come on the help page. [1] [2]
- The lua functions
entity:getSitelink()andmw.wikibase.getSitelink(qid)will have their logic unified for tracking different aspects of sitelinks, this will reduce junk notifications from inconsistent sitelinks tracking. [3]
Project updates
- All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on September 25. This is planned at 15:00 UTC. More information will be published in Tech News and will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks. [4]
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Learn more
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- To learn more about the technology behind the Wikimedia projects, you can now watch sessions from the technology track at Wikimania 2024 on Commons. This week, check out:
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