Wikipedia:MediaWiki/DeveloperMemo/November2009

Developer Memo November 2009

Requests - enhancements

 * 1) Turn on RevisionDelete for English Wikipedia (bug #21165 from 20 October 2009). Discussion. See also  (RevDelete for all WMF admins) and blocking issue  (revdelete breaks diff links etc).
 * 2) Install the PovWatch extension on English Wikipedia (bug 20523). Discussion.
 * 3) bug 21318, from 27 October 2009, requests a switch to permit MediaWiki:Welcomecreation to be turned off, with new users being directed to their user talk page instead; and a new message, MediaWiki:Welcomecreation2 be created, which would be displayed on the user talk page of new users until they dismiss it (discussion).
 * 4) Enable sources for Special:Import on en.wiki (bug 20280 from 16 August 2009). Discussion.
 * 5) Add a link like Special:Contributions has (MediaWiki:Sp-contributions-explain), to Special:Search. bug 21391 of 2 November 2009.
 * 6) Proposal for a talkspace-specific sitenotice - of 1 Sep 2009. Discussion.

Requests - fixes

 * 1) Fix problems with old revision histories noted at bug 20757 (from 21 September 2009).
 * 2) Bug 323 ("Phase I usernames with underscores break the system." - 3 March 2004) also needs attention.
 * 3) bug 4745 from 24 January 2006 - "Section edit conflict expands edit box to entire article"