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Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

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By Ral315

Last week in MediaWiki software

New functionality

  • Image undeletion enabled (see related story)
  • Indicator added to show that an edit in recent changes, watchlists, etc. was made by a bot account. (Rob Church)
  • Custom namespaces can now be deemed content via site configuration. (Rob Church)
  • Magic word {{NUMBEROFADMINS}} added; current value: 846. (Rob Church)
  • Magic word __NOGALLERY__ added; the word suppresses image galleries in category views. (Magnus Manske)
  • Special page Special:Uncategorizedimages (not currently active). (Rob Church)
  • Smart auto-comments added when changing an existing page to a redirect. (Rob Church)

Interface tweaks

  • Timestamp associated with the current version of a page now shown when viewing diffs. (Brion Vibber)
  • MediaWiki:Nogomatch was replaced by MediaWiki:Noexactmatch, which requires only one parameter instead of two. (Rob Church)

Bug fixes

  • Improved cache updates for pages linking to other pages, speeding up a common MediaWiki operation. (Tim Starling)

Last week in servers

  • Search engine upgraded
  • ImageMagick upgraded
  • srv42 reinstalled, handling job queue on English Wikipedia.


Also this week: Counsel hired — Semi-protection — M.A.N.I.A. — Image undeletion — Adam Carr — News and notes — Press coverage — Features and admins — B.R.I.O.N. — T.R.O.L.L.

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