Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-11-23/Technology report
{{Wikipedia:Signpost/Template:Signpost-article-start|Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News|By Kaldari and Aude|23 November 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 new bot task was approved this past week:
- AnomieBOT (task 34) – To update WP:BAG/Status and notify operators when {{tl|OperatorAssistanceNeeded}} is added to their active BRFAs.
=New features=
=Other news=
- Wikimedia Germany has purchased two new database servers for the toolserver, two smaller servers and a disk array. The smaller servers will provide redundancy for the NFS and LDAP, and the database servers will provide redundant access to the MySQL databases. [http://journal.toolserver.org/entry/2009/11/17/wherein-the-toolserver-becomes-more-reliable/]
- A [http://toolserver.org/~contests/ new system] has been set up on the toolserver for handling photo scavenger hunts, such as Wikipedia Takes The City. See main story for more information.
- Two new SVN committers were approved this week: Reedy to work on the API, and Abigor for work related to Wikiportrait. [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2009-November/045912.html]