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Recent changes
Over the next three weeks, dark mode will become available for all users, both logged-in and logged-out, starting with the mobile web version. This fulfils one of thetop-requested community wishes,and improves low-contrast reading and usage in low-light settings. As part of these changes, dark mode will also work on User-pages and Portals. There is more information inthe latest Web team update.[1]
Logged-in users can now setglobal preferences for the text-size and dark-mode,thanks to a combined effort across Foundation teams. This allows Wikimedians using multiple wikis to set up a consistent reading experience easily, for example by switching between light and dark mode only once for all wikis.[2]
If you use a very old web browser some features might not work on the Wikimedia wikis. This affects Internet Explorer 11 and versions of Chrome, Firefox and Safari older than 2016. This change makes it possible to use newCSSfeatures and to send less code to all readers.[3][4]
Wikipedia Admins can customize local wiki configuration options easily usingCommunity Configuration.Community Configuration was created to allow communities to customize how some features work, because each language wiki has unique needs. At the moment, admins can configureGrowth featureson their home wikis, in order to better recruit and retain new editors. More options will be provided in the coming months.[5]
Editors interested in language issues that are related toUnicode standards,can now discuss those topics ata new conversation space in MediaWiki.org.The Wikimedia Foundation is now amember of the Unicode Consortium,and the coordination group can collaboratively review the issues discussed and, where appropriate, bring them to the attention of the Unicode Consortium.
Rivista BRICKS, Anno 7 Numero 4 Dicembre 2017, edita da AICA - Associazione Italiana per l'Informatica e il Calcolo Automatico e dalla Società Italiana di e-Learning (SIe-L):Vikidia e Wikiversità, la vera scuola dei ragazzi
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