[Mediawiki-l] Basic help

[WJhonson at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/29/2010 7:28:45 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
Platonides at 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.

W