Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-09-14/Technology report
{{Wikipedia:Signpost/Template:Signpost-article-start|Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News|By Aude and Jarry1250|14 September 2009}}
This is a summary of recent technology and site configuration changes that affect the English Wikipedia. Some bug fixes or new features described below have not yet gone live as of press time; the English Wikipedia is currently running version {{CURRENTVERSION}}, 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.
= Bots approved =
Three bots or bot tasks were approved this week, including:
- SmackBot XVII, for substituting existing uses of {{tl|lifetime}}, which may become subst: only.
- SDPatrolBot 3, for the adjustment of CSD tags
Also approved was Porchcropbot, an alternate account. There are a number of open discussions, including one that would involve the mass addition of material to a number of articles from a database. Anyone is free to comment.
=Bug fixes=
=New features=
- Development work is underway to add support for TIFF files in MediaWiki — something that is especially important for image restoration work. Along with TIFF support, there will be improved handling of PDF and DjVu files. [http://techblog.wikimedia.org/2009/09/full-tiff-support-is-comming/]
- Edits with user/IP suppression are now marked. (r56234, bug 20470)