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  "textContent": "Latest **tech\nnews** from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.\n\n**Weekly highlight**\n\n  * Wikimedia Enterprise has increased the free usage limits for its API offerings. The monthly request limit for the On-demand API has increased from 5,000 to 50,000 requests, while the Snapshot API limit has increased from 15 to 30 requests per month. In addition, Structured Contents snapshots are now available for free accounts. These changes expand access to Wikimedia Enterprise data for developers, researchers, and organizations using Wikimedia content. [1]\n\n\n\n**Updates for editors**\n\n  * The refreshed\nExplore Feed, now called the Home Feed, is rolling out to 50% of users of the Wikipedia Android app. The Home Feed helps readers discover relevant content through two new tabs:  _Community_ and  _For You_. The Community tab provides a scrollable feed of curated content and updates from the broader Wikimedia community and movement, while the  _For You_ tab offers a full-screen, swipeable experience that shows content tailored to a user’s interests. The redesign is part of a broader effort to improve discovery and enhance the learning experience in the Wikipedia app.\n  * The Which\ncame first? daily trivia game is now available in the beta version of the Wikipedia iOS app in English, German, French, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, and Turkish. The game uses historical events from Wikipedia’s “On This Day” content and challenges readers to guess which of two events happened first. The game was previously released on Android. Communities interested in making the game available in their languages can read\nthe instructions and requirements.\n  * \nSub-referencing, a new MediaWiki feature that allows editors to reuse references with different details, will begin rolling out to Wikimedia wikis following a successful pilot phase. Deployment will start on 8 June for most Group\n1 wikis and French Wikipedia, with additional Wikipedia language editions receiving the feature over the coming months. Communities are encouraged to prepare by checking for untranslated Cite\nextension messages in their language and reviewing any use of Reference\nTooltips, which may require updates to support the new functionality. Wikis using Reference\nPreviews do not need to take any action. Communities may also wish to create the  _cite-tracking-category-ref-details_ tracking\ncategory as a hidden category using `__HIDDENCAT__` (or a dedicated template), and connect it to the corresponding Wikidata item d:Q129764848. [2]\n  * The Page\nPreviews experiment on mobile web has concluded. The team decided not to roll out the feature after the results showed no statistically significant impact on reader retention, as the primary success metric was retention improvement. Page Previews, which are already available on desktop and in the apps, display a thumbnail, lead paragraph, and link to the full article when readers tap a blue link. The experiment tested this experience on mobile web across six Wikipedias.\n  * The user\ninterface icon library will be updated later this week\nor next week. Most of the ~300 icons have been slightly refined and ~30 new icons have been added. These changes improve the icons to make them more consistent and comprehensible, and provide more visual balance when they are used in groups.\n  * The Universal\nLanguage Selector (ULS) interface in MediaWiki, which helps users select content in other languages, has been updated. The new version improves speed and accessibility, and users of Wikimedia projects can now pin languages for quicker language switching. The deployment to Wikimedia sites will happen gradually in the coming weeks. You can test it now as a beta feature by selecting beta\nfeatures in your profile preferences and share your feedback on the\nproject page.\n  * View all 21 community-submitted tasks that were resolved\nlast week. For example, an issue where the Pageviews Analysis dashboard on pageviews.wmcloud.org stopped updating graph data in May 2026, affecting all users, has been fixed. [3]\n\n\n\n**Updates for technical contributors**\n\n  * The function signature for `mw.util.addPortletLink()` has been simplified. Developers can now pass a configuration object instead of a list of positional parameters when creating portlet links. The previous function signature remains supported for backwards compatibility. For example, instead of: `mw.util.addPortletLink('p-cactions', '#', 'Stub', 'ca-stubtag', 'Add a stub tag to this page');` use `mw.util.addPortletLink('p-cactions', { href: '#', text: 'Stub', id: 'ca-stubtag', tooltip: 'Add a stub tag to this page' });`. Script maintainers are encouraged to review existing uses of `addPortletLink()` and update them where appropriate. This change will be available on all wikis from 11 June. Thanks to community volunteer Gerges for contributing this improvement. [4]\n  * **Community Wishlist discussion** : Product & Technology introduced\nchanges meant to increase the number and complexity of wishes fulfilled, including the disbanding of the Community Tech team. They are engaging\nin discussions about a proposed\ndirection for the wishlist from community members. Includes ways to structure annual voting, better tracking of wishes, removing focus areas, and staffing\nupdates.\n  * Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki\n\n\n\n_**Tech\nnews** prepared by Tech\nNews writers and posted by bot • Contribute • Translate • Get\nhelp • Give\nfeedback • Subscribe\nor unsubscribe._",
  "title": "Tech News 2026 – Issue 24"
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