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Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

By Ral315, 20 February 2006

Last week in servers

Server-related events, problems, and changes included:

  • February 14-15 — Recovery from the crash of zwinger.
  • February 15 — mailman back online, upgraded to 2.1.7.
  • February 17 — srv55, srv57, srv61, and srv67 taken out of service due to bad RAM.
  • February 17 — Wikidiff2, a C++ port of the "compare differences" algorithm, disabled due to adverse effects on apaches.
  • February 18 — Wikidiff2 fixed, re-enabled.
  • February 20 — German Wiktionary enables sysop patrolling.


Also this week: Jimbo interview — Arbitrator resigns — China revisited — Wikimedia UK chapter — News and notes — Press coverage — Features and admins — B.R.I.O.N. — T.R.O.L.L.

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