In a message dated 11/29/2010 7:28:45 AM Pacific Standard Time, Platonides@gmail.com writes:
That behavior only works if the wiki is configured with $wgAllowExternalImages = true; in LocalSettings.php
Is this not the default setting? Or perhaps it was in an earlier release and then changed? I discovered that my own install has this ability, and I'm certain that I did not change any settings, not, at that time, having any idea how or even that a person could change settings.
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