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*Recent changes*

- You can filter Special:Log https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Special_page#Logs in more detail. You can filter different imports and new users. [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T109267[2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T16334 - You can use Telnet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Telnet to read Wikimedia wikis. [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Telnet_gateway - MediaWiki wikis can handle bigger file uploads. The new limit is 4 GB. [4] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T131895

*Changes this week*

- Wikimedia has a new backup data center in Dallas. Because of planned work on this, you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for a short period of time on both 19 April and 21 April. This will start at 14:00 UTC and last for 15 to 30 minutes. [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/Server_switch_2016 - There is no new Mediawiki version this week. This is because of the data center test.

*Meetings*

- [image: Octicons-sync.svg] You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on April 19 at 19:00 (UTC) http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=19&month=04&year=2016. See how to join https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/Weekly_triage_meetings. - [image: Octicons-tools.svg] You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is shadow namespaces https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T91162. The meeting will be on 20 April at 21:30 (UTC) http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=21&min=30&sec=0&day=20&month=04&year=2016. See how to join https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Architecture_meetings.

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