Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2006-06-26/Technology report
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Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
Last week in MediaWiki software
New functionality
- MIME detection of DjVu files enabled, allowing them to be uploaded. (Brion Vibber)
- Blocked users now able to view the source of a page in edit view, and view page modifications when attempting to edit. (Rob Church)
- Caption attributes now allowed in image galleries (example). (Rob Church)
- Customization of the submit button caption on Special:Export allowed via export-submit. (Rob Church)
Interface tweaks
- User tool links added on page histories. (Rob Church)
- User information shown in the "old revision" navigation area. (Rob Church)
- Optional language selector for user login/registration forms (not currently used on Wikipedia). (Rob Church)
- ipusuccess renamed to unblocked, now uses wikitext instead of HTML. (Rob Church)
Bug fixes
- Null edits no longer trigger the "new messages" bar. (Rob Church)
- Incorrect form action fixed in Special:Newimages. (Rob Church)
- Blank pages returned for non-existent MediaWiki pages requested with "action=raw". (Rob Church)
- Incorrect line break in Special:Preferences fixed. (Rob Church)
Last week in servers
Also this week: M.A.N.I.A. — Fair use — News and notes — Press coverage — Features and admins — B.R.I.O.N. — T.R.O.L.L.
