Tech News 2026 - Issue 26

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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/2026/26> are
available in 16 languages.

*Weekly highlight*

   - Growth features
   <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Feature_summar=
y>
    are now available at Wikidata
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T418115>. This update enables access
   to Mentorship (if configured
   <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Growth/Mentorshi=
p>),
   Impact module, the Help Panel, and a simplified Newcomer Homepage (witho=
ut
   Suggested Edits). Wikidata administrators are still configuring the
   features through Community Configuration.

*Updates for editors*

   - The special page Special:RangeCalculator
   <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:RangeCalculator> has been
   created. It allows users to find an IP range without needing to rely on
   external tools. Until now, this tool was only available to CheckUsers.
   [1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T268429>
   - Sub-referencing
   <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/WMDE_Technical_Wishe=
s/Sub-referencing>
is
   a new MediaWiki feature that allows editors to reuse references with
   different details. It will be deployed to most small and medium-sized
   Wikipedia language versions on June 23. The FAQ
   <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/WMDE_Technical_Wishe=
s/Sub-referencing#deployment>
lists
   possible actions to take on your wiki to support the deployment.
Check the rollout
   plan <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T414094> for the next deployment
   steps. [2] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T428902>
   - Starting next week, users will get a notification when they are
   blocked or unblocked from editing, or if this block changes. [3]
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T100974>
   - View all 32 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week
   <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/Recently_r=
esolved_community_tasks>
   .

*Updates for technical contributors*

   - Starting next week, abuse filters that are set to "require CAPTCHA
   verification" will begin to also affect users with the skipcaptcha right=
,
   which includes most autoconfirmed users. Bots are exempted. This change
   only affects edits that trigger an abuse filter. The skipcaptcha right
   will continue to exempt users from having to solve CAPTCHAs in the ordin=
ary
   course of using the wikis. [4]
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T402595>
   - Reference documentation for the Lift Wing API
   <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Machine_Learning/LiftWing/API> has
   moved from the API Portal to the interactive REST Sandbox
   <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?api=3Dlift-wing&title=3DSpec=
ial%3ARestSandbox>
   .
   - The API Portal wiki is now closed. For API documentation, see Wikimedi=
a
   APIs on mediawiki.org
   <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_APIs>. All
   API Portal wiki URLs (https://api.wikimedia.org/wiki/) will redirect to
   the mediawiki.org page starting June 22. [5]
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T427537>
   - Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki
   <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.47/wmf.8>

*Meetings and events*

   - Join an online call on 25 June at 2:30pm UTC to meet the current
   Wikimedia interns for Google Summer of Code
   <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/2026> and Outreach=
y
   <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreachy/Round_32>. Interns will
   provide an overview of their projects and a brief demo of their work so
   far. Attendees are encouraged to share ideas and connections in their
   community
   <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/event:Google_Summer_of_Code/Summer_2026_=
June_Internship_open_session>
   .

*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>
=E2=80=A2 Contribute
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News#contribute>
=E2=80=A2 Translate
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2026/26> =E2=
=80=A2 Get
help <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech> =E2=80=A2 Give feedback
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Tech/News> =E2=80=A2 Subscribe or uns=
ubscribe
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery/Targets/Tech_ambas=
sadors>.*

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Beno=C3=AEt Evellin - Trizek (he/him)

Senior Movement Communications Specialist (Product & Tech)
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div><p style=3D"margin:0.5em 0px 1em;color:rgb(32,33,34);=
font-family:sans-serif">Latest=C2=A0<b style=3D""><a href=3D"https://meta.w=
ikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News" class=3D"extiw" title=3D"m:=
Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(51,10=
2,204);background:none;border-radius:2px">tech news</a></b>=C2=A0from the W=
ikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. =
Not all changes will affect you.=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://meta.wikimedia.org=
/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2026/26" class=3D"extiw" title=3D"m:Spec=
ial:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2026/26" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(5=
1,102,204);background:none;border-radius:2px">Translations</a>=C2=A0are ava=
ilable in 16 languages.</p><p style=3D"margin:0.5em 0px 1em;color:rgb(32,33=
,34);font-family:sans-serif"><b>Weekly highlight</b></p><ul style=3D"paddin=
g:0px;color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif"><li style=3D"margin-botto=
m:0.1em"><a href=3D"https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growt=
h/Feature_summary" class=3D"extiw" title=3D"mw:Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Fe=
ature summary" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);backgrou=
nd:none;border-radius:2px">Growth features</a>=C2=A0are=C2=A0<a href=3D"htt=
ps://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T418115" class=3D"extiw" title=3D"phab:T4181=
15" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);background:none;bor=
der-radius:2px">now available at Wikidata</a>. This update enables access t=
o Mentorship (<a href=3D"https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/=
Help:Growth/Mentorship" class=3D"extiw" title=3D"mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help=
:Growth/Mentorship" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);bac=
kground:none;border-radius:2px">if configured</a>), Impact module, the Help=
 Panel, and a simplified Newcomer Homepage (without Suggested Edits). Wikid=
ata administrators are still configuring the features through Community Con=
figuration.</li></ul><p style=3D"margin:0.5em 0px 1em;color:rgb(32,33,34);f=
ont-family:sans-serif"><b>Updates for editors</b></p><ul style=3D"padding:0=
px;color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif"><li style=3D"margin-bottom:0=
.1em">The special page=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Spec=
ial:RangeCalculator" title=3D"Special:RangeCalculator" style=3D"text-decora=
tion:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);background:none;border-radius:2px">Special:=
RangeCalculator</a>=C2=A0has been created. It allows users to find an IP ra=
nge without needing to rely on external tools. Until now, this tool was onl=
y available to CheckUsers.=C2=A0<a class=3D"external gmail-autonumber" href=
=3D"https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T268429" style=3D"text-decoration:non=
e;color:rgb(51,102,204);border-radius:2px;background:none;padding:0px">[1]<=
/a></li><li style=3D"margin-bottom:0.1em"><a href=3D"https://meta.wikimedia=
.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/Sub-referencing" class=
=3D"extiw" title=3D"m:Special:MyLanguage/WMDE Technical Wishes/Sub-referenc=
ing" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);background:none;bo=
rder-radius:2px">Sub-referencing</a>=C2=A0is a new MediaWiki feature that a=
llows editors to reuse references with different details. It will be deploy=
ed to most small and medium-sized Wikipedia language versions on June 23. T=
he=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/WMDE_=
Technical_Wishes/Sub-referencing#deployment" class=3D"extiw" title=3D"m:Spe=
cial:MyLanguage/WMDE Technical Wishes/Sub-referencing" style=3D"text-decora=
tion:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);background:none;border-radius:2px">FAQ</a>=
=C2=A0lists possible actions to take on your wiki to support the deployment=
. Check the=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T414094" clas=
s=3D"extiw" title=3D"phab:T414094" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(=
51,102,204);background:none;border-radius:2px">rollout plan</a>=C2=A0for th=
e next deployment steps.=C2=A0<a class=3D"external gmail-autonumber" href=
=3D"https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T428902" style=3D"text-decoration:non=
e;color:rgb(51,102,204);border-radius:2px;background:none;padding:0px">[2]<=
/a></li><li style=3D"margin-bottom:0.1em">Starting next week, users will ge=
t a notification when they are blocked or unblocked from editing, or if thi=
s block changes.=C2=A0<a class=3D"external gmail-autonumber" href=3D"https:=
//phabricator.wikimedia.org/T100974" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rg=
b(51,102,204);border-radius:2px;background:none;padding:0px">[3]</a></li><l=
i style=3D"margin-bottom:0.1em">View all 32 community-submitted tasks that =
were=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tec=
h/News/Recently_resolved_community_tasks" class=3D"extiw" title=3D"m:Specia=
l:MyLanguage/Tech/News/Recently resolved community tasks" style=3D"text-dec=
oration:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);background:none;border-radius:2px">resol=
ved last week</a>.</li></ul><p style=3D"margin:0.5em 0px 1em;color:rgb(32,3=
3,34);font-family:sans-serif"><b>Updates for technical contributors</b></p>=
<ul style=3D"padding:0px;color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif"><li st=
yle=3D"margin-bottom:0.1em">Starting next week, abuse filters that are set =
to &quot;require CAPTCHA verification&quot; will begin to also affect users=
 with the=C2=A0<code style=3D"font-family:monospace,monospace;background-co=
lor:rgb(248,249,250);color:rgb(16,20,24);border-color:rgb(218,221,227);bord=
er-style:solid;border-width:0.8px;border-radius:2px;padding:1px 4px">skipca=
ptcha</code>=C2=A0right, which includes most autoconfirmed users. Bots are =
exempted. This change only affects edits that trigger an abuse filter. The=
=C2=A0<code style=3D"font-family:monospace,monospace;background-color:rgb(2=
48,249,250);color:rgb(16,20,24);border-color:rgb(218,221,227);border-style:=
solid;border-width:0.8px;border-radius:2px;padding:1px 4px">skipcaptcha</co=
de>=C2=A0right will continue to exempt users from having to solve CAPTCHAs =
in the ordinary course of using the wikis.=C2=A0<a class=3D"external gmail-=
autonumber" href=3D"https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T402595" style=3D"tex=
t-decoration:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);border-radius:2px;background:none;p=
adding:0px">[4]</a></li><li style=3D"margin-bottom:0.1em">Reference documen=
tation for the=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Machine_=
Learning/LiftWing/API" class=3D"extiw" title=3D"wikitech:Machine Learning/L=
iftWing/API" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);background=
:none;border-radius:2px">Lift Wing API</a>=C2=A0has moved from the API Port=
al to the interactive=C2=A0<a class=3D"external gmail-text" href=3D"https:/=
/wikitech.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?api=3Dlift-wing&amp;title=3DSpecial%3AR=
estSandbox" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);border-radi=
us:2px;background:none;padding:0px">REST Sandbox</a>.</li><li style=3D"marg=
in-bottom:0.1em">The API Portal wiki is now closed. For API documentation, =
see=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikim=
edia_APIs" class=3D"extiw" title=3D"mw:Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia APIs" s=
tyle=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);background:none;border-r=
adius:2px">Wikimedia APIs on mediawiki.org</a>. All API Portal wiki URLs (<=
a class=3D"external gmail-free" href=3D"https://api.wikimedia.org/wiki/" st=
yle=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);border-radius:2px;word-br=
eak:break-all;background:none;padding:0px">https://api.wikimedia.org/wiki/<=
/a>) will redirect to the <a href=3D"http://mediawiki.org">mediawiki.org</a=
> page starting June 22.=C2=A0<a class=3D"external gmail-autonumber" href=
=3D"https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T427537" style=3D"text-decoration:non=
e;color:rgb(51,102,204);border-radius:2px;background:none;padding:0px">[5]<=
/a></li><li style=3D"margin-bottom:0.1em">Detailed code updates later this =
week:=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.47/wmf.8" =
class=3D"extiw" title=3D"mw:MediaWiki 1.47/wmf.8" 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"><b>Meetings and events</b></p><ul style=3D"padding:0px;color:rg=
b(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif"><li style=3D"margin-bottom:0.1em">Join =
an online call on 25 June at 2:30pm UTC to meet the current Wikimedia inter=
ns for=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code=
/2026" class=3D"extiw" title=3D"mw:Google Summer of Code/2026" style=3D"tex=
t-decoration:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);background:none;border-radius:2px">=
Google Summer of Code</a>=C2=A0and=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.mediawiki.or=
g/wiki/Outreachy/Round_32" class=3D"extiw" title=3D"mw:Outreachy/Round 32" =
style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);background:none;border-=
radius:2px">Outreachy</a>. Interns will provide an overview of their projec=
ts and a brief demo of their work so far. Attendees are encouraged to=C2=A0=
<a href=3D"https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/event:Google_Summer_of_Code/Summe=
r_2026_June_Internship_open_session" class=3D"extiw" title=3D"mw:event:Goog=
le Summer of Code/Summer 2026 June Internship open session" style=3D"text-d=
ecoration:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);background:none;border-radius:2px">sha=
re ideas and connections in their community</a>.</li></ul><p style=3D"margi=
n:0.5em 0px 1em;color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif"><i style=3D""><=
b style=3D""><a href=3D"https://meta.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-radiu=
s:2px">Tech news</a></b>=C2=A0prepared by=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://meta.wiki=
media.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/Writers" class=3D"extiw" title=
=3D"m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/Writers" style=3D"text-decoration:none;c=
olor:rgb(51,102,204);background:none;border-radius:2px">Tech News writers</=
a>=C2=A0and posted by=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Speci=
al:MyLanguage/User:MediaWiki_message_delivery" class=3D"extiw" title=3D"m:S=
pecial:MyLanguage/User:MediaWiki message delivery" style=3D"text-decoration=
:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);background:none;border-radius:2px">bot</a>=C2=
=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLang=
uage/Tech/News#contribute" class=3D"extiw" title=3D"m:Special:MyLanguage/Te=
ch/News" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);background:non=
e;border-radius:2px">Contribute</a>=C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://=
meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2026/26" class=3D"exti=
w" title=3D"m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2026/26" style=3D"text-decoratio=
n:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);background:none;border-radius:2px">Translate</=
a>=C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech" cla=
ss=3D"extiw" title=3D"m:Tech" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(51,10=
2,204);background:none;border-radius:2px">Get help</a>=C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0=
<a href=3D"https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Tech/News" class=3D"extiw" =
title=3D"m:Talk:Tech/News" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(51,102,2=
04);background:none;border-radius:2px">Give feedback</a>=C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=
=A0<a href=3D"https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery/Targe=
ts/Tech_ambassadors" class=3D"extiw" title=3D"m:Global message delivery/Tar=
gets/Tech ambassadors" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);=
background:none;border-radius:2px">Subscribe or unsubscribe</a>.</i></p></d=
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"><div><span><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin=
-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0=
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e-space:pre-wrap">Beno=C3=AEt Evellin - Trizek </span><span style=3D"font-s=
ize:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;ver=
tical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(he/him)</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr=
" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=
=3D"font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:trans=
parent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Senior Movement Commun=
ications Specialist (Product &amp; Tech)</span></p><a href=3D"https://wikim=
ediafoundation.org/" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:8pt;font-fa=
mily:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:bas=
eline;white-space:pre-wrap">Wikimedia Foundation</span></a><span style=3D"f=
ont-size:8pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparen=
t;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></span><br></div></=
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