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Security issue fixed; VisualEditor changes

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Problems

• There was a security issue on Wikimedia Labs. Many Labs tools were down after the issue was fixed. [1]

Software changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since January 14. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from February 3. It will be on all Wikipedias from February 4 (calendar).
• The "Save page" button in the VisualEditor toolbar is now blue rather than green. This is the same as on the mobile site. [2]
• You can now edit pages on the draft namespace with VisualEditor on the Russian Wikipedia and Hebrew Wikipedia. You can ask to get VisualEditor for a namespace on your wiki. When your community agrees, ask in Phabricator. [3] [4]

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• I think this is a good idea, however I think it would still be beneficial to replace the meta one with long-form ones on the occasions where major feature deployment happens, to allow for a more extended explanation/discussion of the deployment itself, maybe even with a title change to highlight the difference. Snowolf ^{How can I help?} 16:19, 10 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes; the larger question is whether the Signpost has someone (a) with the required tech knowledge to write such long-form articles, (b) not affiliated with the WMF, which is necessary for some topics, and (c) open on the required week. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 17:04, 10 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]