[WikiEN-l] Software updates

[Anthere]

--- Erik Moeller <erik_moeller at gmx.de> wrote:
> We're now up to the latest Wikipedia software
> version on the English  
> Wikipedia. Some changes I and others made in the
> last weeks:
> 
> 1) There is a new feature called "oldest articles"
> (colloq. "ancient  
> pages"). Currently this inevitably lists first all
> the imported articles  
> from the phase I software that have not been edited
> yet ever since.  
> Hopefully, as these become updated, this feature
> will allow us to  
> systematically go through our old material and make
> sure it is in good  
> shape and up to date.
> 
> 2) Sysops will note that the page deletion feature
> now auto-pastes the  
> content of pages that are smaller than 500 bytes
> into the deletion comment  
> (only the first 150 characters). It also does so if
> the current revision  
> is blanked and the previous revision contains text
> that can be pasted.
> 
> 3) The deletion feature now indicates if you are
> about to delete a page  
> that has a history.
> 
> 4) The "New pages" list now shows the bytesize of
> each page, making it  
> easier to pick nice, long articles for the Main
> Page.
> 
> 5) Some minor layout stuff, some by me, some by
> others. Notably, the ugly  
> "It was last modified" sentence at the bottom of
> each page has been fixed.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Erik

Is it planned to make it available to other wikis as
well ? 2 and 3 in particular

Ant

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