Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2006-02-06/Technology report

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Technology report

Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

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Last (two) weeks in servers

Server-related events, problems, and changes included:

26 January — ImageMagick 6.2.6 installed on all servers.
26 January — Spam blacklist disabled, following reports of bugs.
28 January — AFD, VFD, and other deletion pages added to Wikipedia's Robots.txt file.
29 January — Captcha images added to registration and some editing pages on smaller Wikimedia projects.
30 January — Blank passwords disabled (see related story)
1 February — Message trimmed from wikimediafr-l mailing list for privacy reasons.

Also this week: From the editor — Userbox warring — Password security — ArbCom update — Cartoon chaos — Politicians and Wikipedia — News and notes — Press coverage — Features and admins — B.R.I.O.N. — T.R.O.L.L.

In this issue

6 February 2006

From the editor

Userbox warring

Password security

Politicians and Wikipedia

Features and admins

Technology report

Arbitration report

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