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*Recent changes* - It is now possible for local administrators to add new links to the bottom of the site Tools menu without JavaScript. Documentation is available <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Interface/Sidebar#Add_or_remove_toolbox_sections>. [1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T6086> - The message name for the definition of the tracking category of WikiHiero has changed from "MediaWiki:Wikhiero-usage-tracking-category" to "MediaWiki:Wikihiero-usage-tracking-category". [2] <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/wikihiero/+/1035855> - One new wiki has been created: a Wikipedia in Kadazandusun <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5317225> (w:dtp: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dtp:>) [3] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T365220> *Changes later this week* - The new version <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.43/wmf.8> of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 4 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 5 June. It will be on all wikis from 6 June (calendar <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.43/Roadmap>). [4] <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments/Train>[5] <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments/Yearly_calendar> *Future changes* - Next week, on wikis with the Vector 2022 skin as the default, logged-out desktop users will be able to choose between different font sizes. The default font size will also be increased for them. This is to make Wikimedia projects easier to read. Learn more <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Accessibility_for_reading/Updates/2024-06_deployments> . *Tech news <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News> prepared by Tech News writers <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/Writers> and posted by bot <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/User:MediaWiki_message_delivery> • Contribute <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News#contribute> • Translate <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2024/23> • Get help <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech> • Give feedback <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Tech/News> • Subscribe or unsubscribe <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery/Targets/Tech_ambassadors>.* -- Nick "Quiddity" Wilson (he/him) Movement Communications Specialist Wikimedia Foundation
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