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Latest *tech news https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News* from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2014/44 are available.

*Problems*

- There was an issue with files from Commons on October 21. You could only see those with names between 140 and 159 characters by visiting Commons itself. [1] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=72389 - There was a problem with cut and paste in VisualEditor in Firefox. It was fixed quickly. [2] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=72164 - There was a problem with editing math in VisualEditor. It was fixed quickly. [3] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=71829

*Software changes this week*

- The new version of MediaWiki will now come to Wikipedia sites every Wednesday, instead of every Thursday. [4] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2014-October/000998.html - The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf5 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.25/wmf5) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since October 23. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from October 28, and on all Wikipedias from October 29 (calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.25/Roadmap). - VisualEditor now uses autovalues https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:TemplateData for templates if they are in TemplateData. [5] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51428 [6] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52029 [7] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=71157 - VisualEditor's menu items now show their shortcuts beside them. [8] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=71855 - VisualEditor now opens faster when you click "edit". [9] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65453 - The rules for plurals in translations changed in some languages. Interface translations are currently not being updated from translatewiki.net; this process will start again on November 6. [10] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62861

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