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 * 2020-09
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2020-September/000263.html|MediaWiki 1.35.0 is now available.
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2020-September/000262.html|MediaWiki 1.31.10 and 1.34.4 maintenance releases are now available.
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2020-September/000260.html|MediaWiki 1.31.9 and 1.34.3 security releases are now available.
 * A 1>Special:MyLanguage/GitLab_consultation|proposal to explore GitLab for code review to supersede Gerrit 2>Talk:GitLab_consultation|welcomes your developer feedback.


 * 2020-11-24 to 2020-11-26
 * 1>semantic-mw:SMWCon Fall 2020|SMWCon Fall 2020 (online)


 * 2020-09-04
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2020-September/000258.html|MediaWiki 1.35.0-rc.3 pre-release is now ready for testing.

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Older news

 * 2020-08-21
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2020-August/000257.html|MediaWiki 1.35.0-rc.2 pre-release is now ready for testing.


 * 2020-08-07
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2020-August/000256.html|MediaWiki 1.35.0-rc.1 pre-release is now ready for testing.


 * 2020-07-31
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2020-July/000255.html|MediaWiki 1.35.0-rc.0 pre-release is now ready for testing.


 * 2020-06-24
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2020-June/000252.html|MediaWiki 1.31.8, 1.33.4 and 1.34.2 security releases are now available.


 * 2020-06-24
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2020-June/000253.html|MediaWiki 1.33.x versions are now end of life.


 * 2020-05-09 to 2020-05-10
 * 1>Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2020/Remote_Hackathon|Wikimedia Remote Hackathon 2020 (online)


 * 2020-03-30
 * The Wikimedia Technical blog has been launched.


 * 2020-04-01 to 2020-04-03
 * 1>Special:MyLanguage/EMWCon Spring 2020|Enterprise MediaWiki Conference (online)


 * 2020-03-26
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2020-March/000247.html|MediaWiki 1.31.7, 1.33.3 and 1.34.1 security releases are now available.


 * 2020-01-24
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2020-January/000245.html|MediaWiki 1.32.x versions are now end of life.


 * 2019-12-19
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2019-December/000242.html</>|MediaWiki 1.34.0 is now available.
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2019-December/000243.html</>|MediaWiki 1.31.6, 1.32.6 and 1.33.2 security releases are now available.


 * 2019-11-05
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2019-November/000240.html</>|MediaWiki 1.34.0-rc.1 pre-release is now ready for testing.


 * 2019-10-15
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2019-October/000238.html</>|MediaWiki 1.31.5 and 1.32.5 maintenance releases are now available.
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2019-October/000239.html</>|MediaWiki 1.34.0-rc.0 pre-release is now ready for testing.


 * 2019-10-07
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2019-October/000236.html</>|MediaWiki 1.31.4, 1.32.4 and 1.33.1 security releases are now available.


 * 2019-09-25 to 2019-09-27
 * [<tvar|url>https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/SMWCon_Fall_2019</> SMWCon Fall 2019] in Paris, France. A [<tvar|url>https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/SMWCon_Fall_2019#Live_Streaming</> live stream] is available.


 * 2019-07-02
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2019-July/000235.html</>|MediaWiki 1.33.0 is now available.
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2019-July/000234.html</>|MediaWiki 1.31.3 and 1.32.3 are now available.


 * 2019-06-07
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2019-June/000232.html</>|MediaWiki 1.27.7 is now available.


 * 2019-06-06
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2019-June/000230.html</>|MediaWiki 1.27.6, 1.30.2, 1.31.2, and 1.32.2 security releases are now available.


 * 2019-05-17 to 2019-05-19
 * European 1>Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Hackathon 2019</>|Wikimedia Hackathon in Prague, Czech Republic.


 * 2019-04-30
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2019-April/000228.html</>|MediaWiki 1.32.1 is now available.


 * 2019-04-03 to 2019-04-05 :
 * 1>Special:MyLanguage/EMWCon Spring 2019</>|Enterprise MediaWiki Conference in Daly City, USA.
 * 2019-01-11
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2019-January/000227.html</>|MediaWiki 1.32.0 is now available.


 * 2018-10-23 to 2018-12-13 :
 * A Wikimedia/MediaWiki development contest for 13-17 year old students is taking place. See 1>Special:MyLanguage/Google Code-in/2018</>|Google Code-in/2018 for more information.
 * 2018-09-20
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2018-September/000223.html</>|MediaWiki 1.31.1, 1.30.1, 1.29.3, 1.27.5 security releases are now available.


 * 2018-06-13:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2018-June/000221.html</>|MediaWiki 1.31.0 release is now available
 * 2017-12-12:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2017-December/000218.html</>|MediaWiki 1.30.0 release is now available
 * 2017-11-14:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2017-November/000216.html</>|MediaWiki 1.29.2, 1.28.3, 1.27.4 security releases are now available.
 * 2017-08-23:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2017-August/000213.html</>|MediaWiki 1.29.1 bugfix release is now available
 * 2017-07-13:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2017-July/000212.html</>|MediaWiki 1.29.0 release is now available
 * 2017-04-30:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2017-April/000209.html</>|MediaWiki 1.28.2, 1.27.3 security releases are now available.
 * 2017-04-11:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2017-April/000208.html</>|MediaWiki 1.23.17 bugfix release is now available (fixes issue in 1.23.16 for PHP 5.3 installs)
 * 2017-04-06:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2017-April/000207.html</>|MediaWiki 1.28.1, 1.27.2, 1.23.16 security releases are now available.
 * 2016-11-28:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2016-November/000203.html</>|MediaWiki 1.28.0 release is now available
 * 2016-08-22:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2016-August/000195.html</>|MediaWiki 1.27.1, 1.26.4, 1.23.15 security releases are now available.
 * 2016-08-02:
 * The 1>Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Developer Summit/2016</>|Wikimedia Developer Summit 2016 videos have been published to 2>c:Category:Wikimedia_Developer_Summit_2016</>|Commons.
 * 2016-06-28:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2016-June/000191.html</>|MediaWiki 1.27.0 release (LTS) is now available
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2016-June/000192.html</>|MediaWiki 1.25.x versions are now end of life.
 * 2016-05-20:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2016-May/000188.html</>|MediaWiki 1.26.3, 1.25.6, and 1.23.14 security releases are now available.
 * 2015-12-21:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2015-December/000187.html</>|MediaWiki 1.26.2, 1.25.5, 1.24.6, and 1.23.13 maintenance releases are now available.
 * 2015-12-17:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2015-December/000186.html</>|MediaWiki 1.26.1, 1.25.4, 1.24.5, and 1.23.12 security releases are now available.
 * 2015-11-25:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2015-November/000184.html</>|MediaWiki 1.26.0 is now available
 * 2015-10-16:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2015-October/000181.html</>|MediaWiki 1.25.3, 1.24.4, and 1.23.11 security releases are now available.
 * 2015-08-10:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2015-August/000179.html</>|MediaWiki 1.25.2, 1.24.3, and 1.23.10 security releases are now available.
 * 2015-06-30:
 * From 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-api-announce/2015-June/000084.html</>|MediaWiki 1.26wmf12 onwards, the old continuation mode of the API for <tvar|2> </> doesn't work (3>Special:MyLanguage/API:Query#Backwards_compatibility_of_continue</>|details).
 * 2015-06-12:
 * 1>wmfblog:2015/06/12/securing-wikimedia-sites-with-https/</>|Wikimedia sites begin requiring HTTPS (including API requests)
 * 2015-05-25:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2015-May/000178.html</>|MediaWiki 1.25.1 maintenance release is now available.
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2015-May/000176.html</>|MediaWiki 1.25.0 is now available, and 1.19 is officially EOL.
 * 2015-03-31:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2015-March/000175.html</>|MediaWiki 1.24.2, 1.23.9, and 1.19.24 security releases are now available.
 * 2015-02-11:
 * 1>Special:MyLanguage/Editing team/Weekly triage meetings</>|The VisualEditor project invites the community to participate in weekly triage meetings.
 * 2014-12-17:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2014-December/000173.html</>|MediaWiki 1.24.1, 1.23.8, 1.22.15 and 1.19.23 security releases are now available.
 * 2014-11-26:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2014-November/000169.html</>|MediaWiki 1.24.0 is now available.
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2014-November/000170.html</>|MediaWiki 1.23.7, 1.22.14 and 1.19.22 security releases are now available.
 * 2014-10-29:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2014-October/000166.html</>|MediaWiki 1.23.6, 1.22.13 and 1.19.21 releases are now available.
 * 2014-10-01:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2014-October/000163.html</>|MediaWiki 1.23.5, 1.22.12 and 1.19.20 security releases are now available.
 * 2014-09-24:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2014-September/000161.html</>|MediaWiki 1.23.4, 1.22.11 and 1.19.19 security and maintenance releases are now available.
 * 2014-08-27:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2014-August/000159.html</>|MediaWiki 1.23.3 and 1.22.10 maintenance releases are now available.
 * 2014-07-30:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2014-July/000157.html</>|MediaWiki 1.23.2, 1.22.9 and 1.19.18 security and maintenance releases are now available.
 * 2014-06-25:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2014-June/000155.html</>|MediaWiki 1.23.1, 1.22.8, 1.21.11 and 1.19.17 security and maintenance releases are now available.
 * 2014-06-05:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2014-June/000152.html</>|MediaWiki 1.23.0 is now available.
 * 2014-05-29:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2014-May/000151.html</>|MediaWiki 1.22.7, 1.21.10 and 1.19.16 security and maintenance releases are now available.
 * 2014-04-24:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2014-April/000149.html</>|MediaWiki 1.22.6 and 1.21.9 security releases are now available.
 * 1>mailarchive:wikitech-l/2014-April/076188.html</>|MediaWiki 1.23.0 release candidate is now available.
 * 2014-04-02:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2014-April/000147.html</>|MediaWiki 1.19.15 maintenance release is now available.
 * 2014-03-27:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2014-March/000145.html</>|MediaWiki 1.22.5, 1.21.8 and 1.19.14 security releases are now available.
 * 2014-03-11:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2014-March/000143.html</>|MediaWiki 1.19.13 security release is now available.
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2014-March/000143.html</>|MediaWiki 1.22.4 and 1.21.7 are now available.
 * 2014-02-27:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2014-February/000141.html</>|MediaWiki 1.22.3, 1.21.6, and 1.19.12 security releases are now available.
 * 2014-01-28:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2014-January/000140.html</>|MediaWiki 1.22.2, 1.21.5, and 1.19.11 security releases are now available.
 * 2014-01-13:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2014-January/000138.html</>|MediaWiki 1.22.1, 1.21.4, and 1.19.10 security releases are now available.
 * 2013-12-06:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-l/2013-December/042243.html</>|MediaWiki 1.22.0 is now available.
 * 2013-12-03:
 * 1>mailarchive:wikitech-l/2013-December/073344.html</>|MediaWiki 1.22.0rc3 is now available.
 * 2013-11-17:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-l/2013-November/042091.html</>|MediaWiki 1.22.0rc2 is now available.
 * 2013-11-14:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2013-November/000135.html</>|MediaWiki 1.21.3, 1.20.8 and 1.19.9 security releases are now available.
 * 2013-09-12:
 * 1>wmfblog:2013/09/12/vipsscaler-implementation-wikimedia-sites/</>|VipsScaler implementation by volunteer developer improves image handling on Wikimedia sites
 * 2013-09-03:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2013-September/000133.html</>|MediaWiki 1.21.2, 1.20.7 and 1.19.8 security releases are now available.
 * 2013-05-29:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-l/2013-May/041285.html</>|MediaWiki 1.21.1 bug fix release is now available.
 * 2013-05-25:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-l/2013-May/041231.html</>|MediaWiki 1.21.0 is now available.
 * 2013-05-21:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2013-May/000131.html</>|MediaWiki 1.20.6 and 1.19.7 security releases are now available.
 * 2013-05-09:
 * [<tvar|url>http://unicorn.wmflabs.org/flow/</> Watch & test the upcoming user discussion pages in Wikipedia / MediaWiki] (1>Special:MyLanguage/Flow/Interactive prototype</>|more)
 * 2013-04-30:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2013-April/000129.html</>|MediaWiki 1.20.5 and 1.19.6 security releases are now available.
 * 2013-04-17:
 * 1>Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia mobile engineering/Mobile QA/DeviceType Changes</>|Mobile testers: visit 3 pages. All mobile devices welcome!
 * 2013-04-15:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2013-April/000127.html</>|MediaWiki 1.20.4 and 1.19.5 security releases are now available.
 * 2013-04-09:
 * [<tvar|url>https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kiwix.kiwixmobile</> Kiwix for Android released]
 * 2013-04-08:
 * [<tvar|url>http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2013/wikimedia</> Wikimedia has been accepted into Google Summer of Code.]
 * 2013-04-04:
 * [<tvar|url>http://weekendtesting.com/archives/2883</> Join us this Saturday with Weekend Testing Americas and the upcoming Account creation UX]
 * 2013-03-13:
 * [<tvar|url>http://www.meetup.com/Wikipedia-Engineering-Meetup/events/106078042/</> Lua meets Wikipedia meetup in SF + video stream]
 * 2013-03-11:
 * 1>Special:MyLanguage/Selenium/Ruby/Workshops/Search features</>|QA weekly goal: browser automation testing for Wikipedia search
 * 2013-03-08:
 * 1>Special:MyLanguage/Amsterdam_Hackathon_2013</>|Wikimedia Hackathon in Amsterdam, May 24-26. Registration open.
 * 2013-03-06:
 * 1>Special:MyLanguage/Bug_management/Triage/20130307</>|Join our Bug Day tomorrow and help triaging MediaWiki - General reports.
 * 2013-03-04:
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2013-March/000125.html</>|MediaWiki 1.20.3 and 1.19.4 security releases are now available.
 * 2013-02-22:
 * Wikipedia starts supporting the Lua scripting language for writing templates
 * [<tvar|url>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ccTm_IdZBw</> Video: Wikimedia & wikiHow mobile updates]
 * 2013-02-21:
 * Smartphone photographers: join the 1>Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia mobile engineering/Mobile QA/Commons uploads</>|Wikimedia Commons mobile uploads testing week, starting on Feb 25.
 * The Signpost Technology report: Better templates and 3D buildings.
 * 2013-02-20:
 * [<tvar|url>https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale11x/presentations/mediawiki-extensions-gadgets-and-modules</> MediaWiki extensions, gadgets, and modules at SCALE 11x] - this weekend in Los Angeles.
 * 2013-02-11:
 * The MediaWiki community will apply to be part of the 1>Special:MyLanguage/Google Summer of Code/2013</>|2013 edition of Google Summer of Code ([<tvar|url>https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2013-February/066412.html</> announcement]).
 * 2013-02-08:
 * PageImages extension aims to return the single most appropriate thumbnail associated with an article.
 * [<tvar|url>https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/02/07/echo-a-new-notification-system-for-wikipedia/</> Echo: A new notification system for Wikipedia]
 * [<tvar|url>https://packagist.org/packages/mediawiki/core</> Mediawiki is on Packagist]
 * How to hack on Wikipedia presentation at FOSDEM - video & slides
 * 2013-02-05:
 * The Signpost Technology report: Wikidata team targets English Wikipedia deployment
 * Commons app project starts releasing nightly builds of Android version for testing.
 * 2013-02-04:
 * [<tvar|url>https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/02/01/from-duct-tape-to-puppets/</> From duct tape to puppets: How a new data center became an opportunity to do things right]
 * [<tvar|url>https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/02/01/wikipedia-mobile-hits-3-billion-monthly-page-views/</> Wikipedia Mobile Hits 3 Billion Monthly Page Views]
 * Kiwix project leader interview.
 * [<tvar|url>http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/02/01/wikimedia-idealab-is-an-experiment-in-user-friendly-grantmaking/</> Wikimedia IdeaLab is an experiment in user-friendly grantmaking] - applies to software projects as well.
 * 2013-01-31:


 * Our sessions at FOSDEM:
 * How MediaWiki is tested
 * Research / Data Analyst
 * How to hack on Wikipedia
 * GeoData: a new age of geotagging on Wikipedia - based on the GeoData extension
 * The Signpost technology report: Developers get ready for FOSDEM amid caching problems
 * 2013-01-30:
 * XOWA - A free, open-source, offline Wikipedia application (developer intro)
 * 2013-01-29:

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 * QA weekly goals:
 * Review 250 open bugs unchanged for more than one year
 * VisualEditor: Testing Non-Latin Characters Input and Behavior
 * 2013-01-26:
 * New Wikivoyage app for Android (Google Play link)
 * 2013-01-25:
 * MediaWiki SVN repository marked as read-only
 * Check the roadmap of Parsoid, the wikitext / HTML / RDF translator required by the VisualEditor extension.
 * Wikimedia Foundation is looking for: Technical Writer
 * 2013-01-23:
 * The Signpost technology report: Data centre migration successful
 * Wikimedians attending Wikimania 2013 in Hong Kong this August can apply for a scholarship (deadline: Feb 22)
 * 2013-01-19:
 * Wikimedia sites to move to primary data center in Ashburn, Virginia
 * Next Bug Day: Jan 29, 17:00-23:00 UTC
 * 2013-01-18:
 * New grants available from the Wikimedia Foundation for individual Wikimedians
 * New manual for using Pywikibot for Wikidata
 * Beautiful demo video showcasing Seizam's collaborative features
 * Strapping, a friendly starter theme for MediaWiki - in use at oVirt.org
 * Mailing list for Editor Engagement tech now open - see welcome message
 * 2013-01-17:
 * Video: Solr use in MediaWiki Translate extension, by Niklas Laxström
 * BlueSpice 1.20.1 patch release (notes)
 * How To Install MediaWiki on Rackspace Cloud Sites Video Guide
 * 2013-01-16:
 * Intermittent outages planned, first Wikidata client deployment - The Signpost Technology report
 * 2013-01-14:
 * Promotion, marketing & outreach at the new MediaWiki Group Promotion
 * MediaWiki Group San Francisco becomes our first local group
 * Putting together a list of MediaWiki vendors
 * 2013-01-11:
 * Wikimedia Foundation is looking for: Tools Lab Operations Engineer (Contractor)
 * Wikipedia Mobile Beta: a sandbox for new experimental features
 * A more efficient translation interface (includes demo video)
 * 2013-01-10:
 * Wikimedia engineering December 2012 report
 * 2013-01-09:
 * MediaWiki 1.21 is under development. Watch its wiki page and follow the thread at wikitech-l.
 * Looking ahead to 2013 - The Signpost Technology report
 * 2013-01-08:
 * Diff 0.4 released
 * 2013-01-07:
 * MediaWiki community metrics December report
 * BlueSpice MediaWiki 1.20 stable release now available
 * 2013-01-05:
 * Wikimedia Foundation is looking for: Site Reliability Engineer
 * 2013-01-03:
 * Natural Language Processing for MediaWiki: First major release of the Semantic Assistants Wiki-NLP Integration
 * Meet the Echo development team on Jan 8 and learn about the upcoming notifications framework for MediaWiki
 * MediaWiki Workshop in Kolkata this Saturday at MozTI@BESU
 * 2013-01-01:
 * Wikimedia’s Bug Management
 * 2012-12-04: 1.20.2 released
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2012-December/000123.html</>|MediaWiki 1.20.2 is now available.
 * 2012-11-30: 1.20.1, 1.19.3, 1.18.6 released
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2012-November/000122.html</>|MediaWiki 1.20.1, 1.19.3 and 1.18.6 security releases are now available.
 * 2012-11-07: 1.20.0 released
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2012-November/000120.html</>|MediaWiki 1.20.0 is now available.
 * 2012-08-31: 1.19.2, 1.18.5 released
 * 1>mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2012-August/000119.html</>|MediaWiki 1.19.2 and 1.18.5 security releases are now available.