Tech News 2026, Issue 18

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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/2026/18> are
available.

*Updates for editors*

   - There is a change in how new users are autoconfirmed that will improve
   anti-vandalism protection. Currently, users who have had an account for =
a
   few days and made a few edits are automatically added to the Autoconfirm=
ed
   users <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meta:Autoconfirmed_users> group.
   This configuration tends to be exploited by some vandals, who create
   accounts and start to use them only after some time. To mitigate this, t=
he
   configuration will be updated next week so that =E2=80=93 for the purpos=
e of
   becoming autoconfirmed =E2=80=93 the account age will be counted from th=
eir first
   edit, instead of registration date. The numeric value of the age thresho=
ld
   will remain the same. This change will be deployed only to wikis which
   require at least one edit as part of the autoconfirmation conditions. [1=
]
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T418484>
   - All Wikipedia users with new accounts and those who activated the
   "automatically enable most beta features" option in their preference can
   now use the reading lists
   <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Readers/Reader_Experi=
ence/WE3.3.4_Reading_lists>
beta
   feature to save articles for later reading. This helps organize reading
   interests in one place for convenient access.
   - [image: Recurrent item] View all 30 community-submitted tasks that
   were resolved last week
   <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/Recently_r=
esolved_community_tasks>.
   For example, the issue where infobox images have huge padding in Firefox=
,
   has been fixed. [2] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T423676>

*Updates for technical contributors*

   - As a reminder, the global API rate limits will be applied this week to
   identified API traffic. This is to help ensure fair use of infrastructur=
e
   <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Product_Insights/Responsible_R=
euse>.
   Bots running in Toolforge/WMCS or with the bot user right on any wiki
   should not be affected for now. However, all developers are advised to
   follow updated best practices. For more information, including the actua=
l
   rate limits, see Wikimedia APIs/Rate limits
   <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_APIs/Rate_limits> and Frequent=
ly
   Asked Questions
   <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_APIs/Rate_limits/FAQ>.
   - [image: Recurrent item] Detailed code updates later this week:
   MediaWiki <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.46/wmf.26>

*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
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delivery>
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=E2=80=A2 Translate
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2026/18> =E2=
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help <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech> =E2=80=A2 Give feedback
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ubscribe
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Uzoma Ozurumba (She/her)
Movement Communications Specialist (Product and Tech)
meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:UOzurumba_(WMF)

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font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px">Latest=C2=A0<b><a href=3D"https://me=
ta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News" class=3D"extiw" title=
=3D"m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb=
(51,102,204);background:none;border-radius:2px">tech news</a></b>=C2=A0from=
 the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these cha=
nges. Not all changes will affect you.=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://meta.wikimed=
ia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2026/18" class=3D"extiw" title=3D"=
m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2026/18" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color=
:rgb(51,102,204);background:none;border-radius:2px">Translations</a>=C2=A0a=
re available.</p><p style=3D"margin:0.5em 0px 1em;color:rgb(32,33,34);font-=
family:sans-serif;font-size:14px"><b>Updates for editors</b></p><ul style=
=3D"padding:0px;color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px">=
<li style=3D"margin-bottom:0.1em">There is a change in how new users are au=
toconfirmed that will improve anti-vandalism protection. Currently, users w=
ho have had an account for a few days and made a few edits are automaticall=
y added to the=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meta:Autocon=
firmed_users" title=3D"Meta:Autoconfirmed users" style=3D"text-decoration:n=
one;color:rgb(51,102,204);background:none;border-radius:2px">Autoconfirmed =
users</a>=C2=A0group. This configuration tends to be exploited by some vand=
als, who create accounts and start to use them only after some time. To mit=
igate this, the configuration will be updated next week so that =E2=80=93 f=
or the purpose of becoming autoconfirmed =E2=80=93 the account age will be =
counted from their first edit, instead of registration date. The numeric va=
lue of the age threshold will remain the same. This change will be deployed=
 only to wikis which require at least one edit as part of the autoconfirmat=
ion conditions.=C2=A0<a class=3D"external gmail-autonumber" href=3D"https:/=
/phabricator.wikimedia.org/T418484" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb=
(51,102,204);border-radius:2px;background:none;padding:0px">[1]</a></li><li=
 style=3D"margin-bottom:0.1em">All Wikipedia users with new accounts and th=
ose who activated the &quot;automatically enable most beta features&quot; o=
ption in their preference can now use the=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.media=
wiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Readers/Reader_Experience/WE3.3.4_Reading_=
lists" class=3D"extiw" title=3D"mw:Special:MyLanguage/Readers/Reader Experi=
ence/WE3.3.4 Reading lists" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(51,102,=
204);background:none;border-radius:2px">reading lists</a>=C2=A0beta feature=
 to save articles for later reading. This helps organize reading interests =
in one place for convenient access.</li><li style=3D"margin-bottom:0.1em"><=
span class=3D"gmail-skin-invert"><span title=3D"Recurrent item"><img alt=3D=
"Recurrent item" src=3D"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thum=
b/2/2e/Reload_icon_with_two_arrows.svg/20px-Reload_icon_with_two_arrows.svg=
.png?utm_source=3Dmeta.wikimedia.org&amp;utm_campaign=3Dparser&amp;utm_cont=
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l 30 community-submitted tasks that were=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://meta.wikim=
edia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/Recently_resolved_community_task=
s" class=3D"extiw" title=3D"m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/Recently resolve=
d community tasks" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);back=
ground:none;border-radius:2px">resolved last week</a>. For example, the iss=
ue where infobox images have huge padding in Firefox, has been fixed.=C2=A0=
<a class=3D"external gmail-autonumber" href=3D"https://phabricator.wikimedi=
a.org/T423676" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);border-r=
adius:2px;background:none;padding:0px">[2]</a></li></ul><p style=3D"margin:=
0.5em 0px 1em;color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px"><b=
>Updates for technical contributors</b></p><ul style=3D"padding:0px;color:r=
gb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px"><li style=3D"margin-bot=
tom:0.1em">As a reminder, the global API rate limits will be applied this w=
eek to identified API traffic. This is to help ensure=C2=A0<a href=3D"https=
://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Product_Insights/Responsible_Reuse" cla=
ss=3D"extiw" title=3D"mw:MediaWiki Product Insights/Responsible Reuse" styl=
e=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);background:none;border-radi=
us:2px">fair use of infrastructure</a>. Bots running in Toolforge/WMCS or w=
ith the bot user right on any wiki should not be affected for now. However,=
 all developers are advised to follow updated best practices. For more info=
rmation, including the actual rate limits, see=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.=
mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_APIs/Rate_limits" class=3D"extiw" title=3D"mw:=
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204);background:none;border-radius:2px">Wikimedia APIs/Rate limits</a>=C2=
=A0and=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_APIs/Rate_l=
imits/FAQ" class=3D"extiw" title=3D"mw:Wikimedia APIs/Rate limits/FAQ" styl=
e=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);background:none;border-radi=
us:2px">Frequently Asked Questions</a>.</li><li style=3D"margin-bottom:0.1e=
m"><span class=3D"gmail-skin-invert"><span title=3D"Recurrent item"><img al=
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rg/wiki/MediaWiki_1.46/wmf.26" class=3D"extiw" title=3D"mw:MediaWiki 1.46/w=
mf.26" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);background:none;=
border-radius:2px">MediaWiki</a></li></ul><p style=3D"margin:0.5em 0px 1em;=
color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px"><i><b><a href=3D=
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gnature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature" da=
ta-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><span style=3D"color:rgb(=
136,136,136)">Uzoma Ozurumba (She/her)</span><div style=3D"color:rgb(136,13=
6,136)">Movement Communications Specialist (Product and Tech)<br><div><a hr=
ef=3D"http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:UOzurumba_(WMF)" style=3D"color:r=
gb(17,85,204)" target=3D"_blank">meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:UOzurumba_(WM=
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