I just added a "special:maintenance" page to the CVS. The purpose is to provide a collection of useful functions to keep the 'pedia running smoothly and to find some often occuring obstacles.
Currently, it is limited to sysops only, as some of the functions use quite some resources. So, if anyone updates the live site, it won't collapse;) (Can somebody please check if I added that page to the sidebar in the standard skin? I know I did it for CologneBlue, which is now the standard skin;)
Existing functions on that page are: * Find articles that REDIRECT to a REDIRECT. I didn't include an "autofix" function - too dangerous, I suppose, without further testing. WARNING: This function uses the LIKE SQL statement to look for "#REDIRECT %"! * Find articles that link to themselves. Nice and fast one. Lists many user pages, though, if they signed it somewhere... * Find article that explicitely link to their own "Talk:" page. Also quite fast. * Uploaded files and where they are used. By popular demand;) WARNING: This uses LIKE "%URL%" for *every* uploaded file!!! Also, it might not work on all filenames, especially those with special chars. Needs serious workover.
BTW, I noticed that when I edit an existing article (not a new one, strangely), I am not logged in for that page, and I don't have the "minor change" option as a result. Hitting "Preview" logs me in again. I couldn't reproduce that on my local copy. Can anyone please check?
Magnus