This is a summary of recent technology and site configuration changes that affect the English Wikipedia. Note that not all changes described here are necessarily live as of press time; the English Wikipedia is currently running version 1.43.0-wmf.6 (5e1ad30), and changes to the software with a version number higher than that will not yet be active. Configuration changes and changes to interface messages, however, become active immediately.
Fixed bugs
An error in a software update this week meant that making null edits to sections ended up blanking them instead; it was fixed shortly afterwards. (
r40107,
bug 15340)
The "invert selection" checkbox in multiple namespace selection (such as on
Special:Search) now correctly inverts a selection consisting of (main) and no other namespaces. (
r40113,
bug 15342)
Sortable tables now correctly sort currencies written with the yen sign. (
r40314,
bug 15405)
The API now always informs a user or bot of the length of time it has to wait when login attempts via the API have been throttled. (
r40446,
bug 15479)
Anonymous users again receive the new-messages bar when a user edits their user-talk page. (N.B. This bug was a different one to the infamous bug 9213, despite having similar symptoms, and much easier to fix.) (
r40461,
bug 15292)
Editing anonymously via the API no longer causes an internal server error. (
r40493,
bug 15420)
When blocking a user via the API, a request to disable autoblocks is now honoured. (
r40494,
bug 15486)
It's now again possible to search for pages with a particular prefix via the API when that prefix ends with a slash. (
r40432,
bug 15471)
New features
A new magic word {{NUMBERINGROUP}} counts the number of users in a particular user group (such as the number of bureaucrats or rollbackers); for instance: {{NUMBERINGROUP:rollbacker}} gives 6,830. (
r40116,
bug 13471)
EXIF data extracted from images (which is shown below the image as metadata) now contains information about the flash settings used to make the image, if available. (
r40164,
bug 11884)
When a user attempts to edit a protected page, the relevant excerpt from the protection log which explains why the page is protected is now shown on the edit page. (
r40509,
bug 6179)
Default values for the input boxes on the protection form can now be given via the URL on links to it. (
r40518,
bug 12750)
CSS classes have been added to the text areas of semi-protected and of protected pages (thus allowing them to be styled differently, if required). (
r40519,
bug 11825)
It's now possible to request the API to give information about the type of log action when asking for log entries from Recent Changes. (
r40529,
bug 15492)
A mistake by developers led to the accidental deletion of the most current version of about 3000 images; all but 496 were recovered almost immediately from duplicate images, caches, and recent backups.
[1] (A list of the images that were missing at that point is at
m:Missing images 2008-09.) Since then, many other of the images have been recovered, and it is believed that fewer than 50 of them are still missing.
Ongoing news
Internationalisation has been continuing as normal; help is always appreciated! See
mw:Localisation statistics for how complete the translations of languages you know are, and post any updates to
bugzilla or use
Betawiki.
This is a summary of recent technology and site configuration changes that affect the English Wikipedia. Note that not all changes described here are necessarily live as of press time; the English Wikipedia is currently running version 1.43.0-wmf.6 (5e1ad30), and changes to the software with a version number higher than that will not yet be active. Configuration changes and changes to interface messages, however, become active immediately.
Fixed bugs
An error in a software update this week meant that making null edits to sections ended up blanking them instead; it was fixed shortly afterwards. (
r40107,
bug 15340)
The "invert selection" checkbox in multiple namespace selection (such as on
Special:Search) now correctly inverts a selection consisting of (main) and no other namespaces. (
r40113,
bug 15342)
Sortable tables now correctly sort currencies written with the yen sign. (
r40314,
bug 15405)
The API now always informs a user or bot of the length of time it has to wait when login attempts via the API have been throttled. (
r40446,
bug 15479)
Anonymous users again receive the new-messages bar when a user edits their user-talk page. (N.B. This bug was a different one to the infamous bug 9213, despite having similar symptoms, and much easier to fix.) (
r40461,
bug 15292)
Editing anonymously via the API no longer causes an internal server error. (
r40493,
bug 15420)
When blocking a user via the API, a request to disable autoblocks is now honoured. (
r40494,
bug 15486)
It's now again possible to search for pages with a particular prefix via the API when that prefix ends with a slash. (
r40432,
bug 15471)
New features
A new magic word {{NUMBERINGROUP}} counts the number of users in a particular user group (such as the number of bureaucrats or rollbackers); for instance: {{NUMBERINGROUP:rollbacker}} gives 6,830. (
r40116,
bug 13471)
EXIF data extracted from images (which is shown below the image as metadata) now contains information about the flash settings used to make the image, if available. (
r40164,
bug 11884)
When a user attempts to edit a protected page, the relevant excerpt from the protection log which explains why the page is protected is now shown on the edit page. (
r40509,
bug 6179)
Default values for the input boxes on the protection form can now be given via the URL on links to it. (
r40518,
bug 12750)
CSS classes have been added to the text areas of semi-protected and of protected pages (thus allowing them to be styled differently, if required). (
r40519,
bug 11825)
It's now possible to request the API to give information about the type of log action when asking for log entries from Recent Changes. (
r40529,
bug 15492)
A mistake by developers led to the accidental deletion of the most current version of about 3000 images; all but 496 were recovered almost immediately from duplicate images, caches, and recent backups.
[1] (A list of the images that were missing at that point is at
m:Missing images 2008-09.) Since then, many other of the images have been recovered, and it is believed that fewer than 50 of them are still missing.
Ongoing news
Internationalisation has been continuing as normal; help is always appreciated! See
mw:Localisation statistics for how complete the translations of languages you know are, and post any updates to
bugzilla or use
Betawiki.
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