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*Problems*
- You can read but not edit 17 wikis for a few minutes on 10 August. This is planned at 05:00 UTC https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1628571650. This is because of work on the database. [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T287449
*Changes later this week*
- The Wikimania Hackathon https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/2021:Hackathon will take place remotely on 13 August, starting at 5:00 UTC, for 24 hours. You can participate in many ways. You can still propose projects and sessions. - [image: Recurrent item] The new version https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.37/wmf.18 of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 10 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 11 August. It will be on all wikis from 12 August (calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.37/Roadmap). - [image: Advanced item] The old CSS <div class="visualClear"></div> will not be supported after 12 August. Instead, templates and pages should use <div style="clear:both;"></div>. Please help to replace any existing uses on your wiki. There are global-search links available at T287962 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T287962.
*Future changes*
- The Wikipedia Library https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/The_Wikipedia_Library is a place for Wikipedia editors to get access to sources. There is an extension https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:TheWikipediaLibrary which has a new function to tell users when they can take part in it. It will use notifications. It will start pinging the first users in September. It will ping more users later. [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T288070 - [image: Advanced item] Vue.js https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Vue.js will be the JavaScript https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:JavaScript framework for MediaWiki in the future. [3] https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/SOZREBYR36PUNFZXMIUBVAIOQI4N7PDU/
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//Johan Jönsson