Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-08-06/Technology report

Technology report

Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

This is a summary of recent technology and site configuration changes that affect the English Wikipedia. Note that not all changes described here are live as of press time; the English Wikipedia is currently running version 1.43.0-wmf.3 (b671e57), and changes with a version number higher than that will not yet be active.

Fixed bugs

It's now possible to create a redirect by using the URL-encoded version of the page name (e.g. #REDIRECT [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia%20Signpost]]). (This form worked in links before, but not in redirects.) (r24505, bug 10683)
The 'undo' link now always undoes the right revision (it previously failed in some cases when the diff view was accessed using diff=0 in the URL). (r24596, bug 10805)

New features

Links to blocked users' talk pages now appear in block log messages and Special:Ipblocklist. (r24612, bug 10655)

Configuration changes

The 'Upload file' link in the sidebar was changed to point to Wikipedia:Upload (the 'file upload wizard') rather than Special:Upload on the English Wikipedia.

Ongoing news

Internationalisation has been continuing as normal; help is always appreciated! See m:Localization statistics for how complete the translations of languages you know are, and post any updates to bugzilla.

Also this week: Committee makes statement on U.S. chapter — The Wikipedia Plays and review — WikiWorld — News and notes — Features and admins — Technology — Arbitration