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*Feature news* - AbuseFilter <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:AbuseFilter> editors and maintainers can now make a CAPTCHA show if a filter matches an edit <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:AbuseFilter/Actions#Show_a_CAPTCHA>. This allows communities to quickly respond to spamming by automated bots. [1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T20110> - Stewards <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Stewards> can now specify if global blocks should prevent account creation. Before this change <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T17273> by the Trust and Safety Product <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Trust_and_Safety_Product> Team, all global blocks would prevent account creation. This will allow stewards to reduce the unintended side-effects of global blocks on IP addresses. *Project updates* - Nominations are open on Wikitech <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help_talk:Toolforge/Toolforge_standards_committee#August_2024_committee_nominations> for new members to refresh the Toolforge standards committee <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Toolforge/Toolforge_standards_committee>. The committee oversees the Toolforge Right to fork policy <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Toolforge/Right_to_fork_policy> and Abandoned tool policy <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Toolforge/Abandoned_tool_policy> among other duties. Nominations will remain open until at least 2024-08-26. - One new wiki has been created: a Wikipedia in West Coast Bajau <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2880037> (w:bdr: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/bdr:>) [2] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T371757> *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/2024/33> • 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>.*
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