Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-10-26/Technology report
{{Wikipedia:Signpost/Template:Signpost-article-start|Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News|By Aude|26 October 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=
One bot task was approved this past week:
- Kumar Appaiah Bot (task 1) – adding coordinates for places in India.
=Bug fixes=
- The $wgStylePath and $wgLogo configuration settings were re-added to the default LocalSettings.php file. (r58133)
- The warning seen when deleting a page with history has been changed so that the number of revisions for that page is displayed as part of the warning. (r58087, bug 3480)
- Users will now be warned when moving a file to a name already in use on a shared repository, such as Wikimedia Commons. (r58079, bug 18019)
- Moving subpages of titles containing \\ now works properly. (r58008, bug 21234)
=New features=
- MaxSem has fixed several issues related to SQLite database support for MediaWiki. [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:SQLite] [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Code/MediaWiki/author/maxsem]
=Other news=
- Tim Starling and other remote tech staff were in San Francisco this past week for tech and all-staff meetings. [http://www.flickr.com/photos/blueoxen/4028875464/]