Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2010-08-02/Technology report

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Perhaps I'm in a minority here, but I was delighted to wake up to the release of MediaWiki 1.16.0. Downloaded and installed it right away. It's very exciting. :) Reach Out to the Truth 00:17, 3 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I would support mandatory secure login and a minimum password length, at least for admins. Requiring the inclusion of numbers is a bad idea, however. The way most users respond to such mandates is very predictable and so they add little in the way of password strength and can even weaken passwords if the predictable digit at the end of a password replaces a more random letter. And shifting to numbers is awkward on devices like the iPhone or iPad.--agr (talk) 18:26, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It appears that Preibusch's comments have already inspired some new MediaWiki code, a JavaScript-based password complexity checker: rev:70520. Regards, HaeB (talk) 14:16, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]