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== What's new in 1.6 == | <html> | ||
<a id="What.27s_new_in_1.6" name="What.27s_new_in_1.6"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline">What's new in 1.6</span></h2> | |||
<p><b>User interface:</b> | |||
</p> | |||
<ul><li>The account creation form has been separated from the user login form. | |||
</li><li>Page protection/unprotection uses a new, expanded form | |||
</li><li>The user preferences have been redesigned. | |||
</li></ul> | |||
<p><b>Templates:</b> | |||
</p> | |||
<ul><li>Categories and "what links here" now update as expected when adding or removing links in a template. | |||
</li><li>Template parameters can now have default values, as {{{name|default value}}} | |||
</li></ul> | |||
<p><b>Uploads:</b> | |||
</p> | |||
<ul><li>Optional support for rasterizing SVG images to PNG for inline display | |||
</li></ul> | |||
<p><b>Feeds:</b> | |||
</p> | |||
<ul><li>Feed generation upgraded to Atom 1.0 | |||
</li><li>Diffs in RSS and Atom feeds are now colored for improved readability. | |||
</li></ul> | |||
<p><b>Database:</b> | |||
</p> | |||
<ul><li>MySQL 3.23.x support dropped; 4.0 or later required | |||
</li><li>Experimental support for Unicode mode of MySQL 4.1/5.0 (moderately tested) | |||
</li><li>Experimental Oracle support (not well tested!) | |||
</li></ul> | |||
<p><b>Anti-spam extension support:</b> | |||
</p> | |||
<ul><li><a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=SpamBlacklist_extension" title="meta:SpamBlacklist extension">SpamBlacklist extension</a> now has support for automated cleanup. | |||
</li><li>Support for a <a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=ConfirmEdit_extension" title="meta:ConfirmEdit extension">captcha extension</a> to restrict automated spam edits. | |||
</li></ul> | |||
<p><b>New special pages:</b> | |||
</p> | |||
<ul><li><a href="/index.php?title=Special:MostCategories" title="Special:MostCategories">Special:Mostcategories</a> - Articles with the most categories | |||
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Special:MostRevisions" title="Special:MostRevisions">Special:Mostrevisions</a> - Articles with the most revisions (edits) | |||
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Special:ListRedirects" title="Special:ListRedirects">Special:Listredirects</a> - A list of redirects | |||
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Special:MIMESearch" title="Special:MIMESearch">Special:MIMEsearch</a> - Search uploaded files by MIME type | |||
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Special:MostLinkedCategories" title="Special:MostLinkedCategories">Special:Mostlinkedcategories</a> - Most used categories | |||
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Special:MostLinkedFiles" title="Special:MostLinkedFiles">Special:Mostimages</a> - Most used images | |||
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Special:PrefixIndex" title="Special:PrefixIndex">Special:Prefixindex</a> - A simplified version of <a href="/index.php?title=Special:AllPages" title="Special:AllPages">Special:Allpages</a> | |||
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Special:WantedCategories" title="Special:WantedCategories">Special:Wantedcategories</a> - Categories that are used but don't exist | |||
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Special:UnwatchedPages" title="Special:UnwatchedPages">Special:Unwatchedpages</a> - <i>(sysop only)</i> Pages that don't have anybody watching them. | |||
</li></ul> | |||
<p>Numerous bug fixes and other behind-the-scenes changes have been made. | |||
</p> | |||
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</html> | |||
Latest revision as of 21:00, 18 July 2026
What's new in 1.6
User interface:
- The account creation form has been separated from the user login form.
- Page protection/unprotection uses a new, expanded form
- The user preferences have been redesigned.
Templates:
- Categories and "what links here" now update as expected when adding or removing links in a template.
- Template parameters can now have default values, as {{{name|default value}}}
Uploads:
- Optional support for rasterizing SVG images to PNG for inline display
Feeds:
- Feed generation upgraded to Atom 1.0
- Diffs in RSS and Atom feeds are now colored for improved readability.
Database:
- MySQL 3.23.x support dropped; 4.0 or later required
- Experimental support for Unicode mode of MySQL 4.1/5.0 (moderately tested)
- Experimental Oracle support (not well tested!)
Anti-spam extension support:
- SpamBlacklist extension now has support for automated cleanup.
- Support for a captcha extension to restrict automated spam edits.
New special pages:
- Special:Mostcategories - Articles with the most categories
- Special:Mostrevisions - Articles with the most revisions (edits)
- Special:Listredirects - A list of redirects
- Special:MIMEsearch - Search uploaded files by MIME type
- Special:Mostlinkedcategories - Most used categories
- Special:Mostimages - Most used images
- Special:Prefixindex - A simplified version of Special:Allpages
- Special:Wantedcategories - Categories that are used but don't exist
- Special:Unwatchedpages - (sysop only) Pages that don't have anybody watching them.
Numerous bug fixes and other behind-the-scenes changes have been made.
