Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2006-06-19/Technology report
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Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
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: 1,161. (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.
