Changes to the MediaWiki software as of 19/06/2006
editThis list isn't exhaustive; it lists only things which English Wikipedia users are going to notice.
Enhancements
edit- Show user information in the "old revision" navigation area [Rob Church]
- Optional language selector links for user login/registration forms [Rob Church]
- Rename "ipusuccess" to "unblocked" and change format (now uses wiki text) [Rob Church]
- Add a caption attribute to
<gallery>tags [Rob Church] - Support MIME detection for DjVu files, allowing them to be uploaded [Brion Vibber]
- Show page source to blocked users on edit, or present their modifications if blocked during editing [Rob Church]
- Allow customisation of the submit button caption on Special:Export (use "export-submit") [Rob Church]
- Add user tool links on page histories [Rob Church]
Bug fixes
edit- Fix misbehaving
<br />in Special:Preferences [Rob Church] - Don't update new messages status on null edits [Rob Church]
- Fix incorrect form action in Special:Newimages when bot uploads shown [Rob Church]
- Return blank page for non-existent MediaWiki pages when requested with action=raw [Rob Church]
Changes to extensions used on Wikimedia web sites
edit- Show Special:Oversight and Special:HideRevision in Special:Specialpages, to users who are able to use them [Rob Church]
- The Patroller extension has been completed to alpha/beta testing standard [Rob Church]
- Allow throwing captchas when edits match arbitrary regular expressions [Brion Vibber]
- Have Special:Linksearch appear on the list of special pages [Rob Church]