View source for UDWiki:Administration/Policy Discussion/Update the Wiki Software (2)

This is another formal ''request'' for Kevan to update the MediaWiki software that is the backbone of the Urban Dead Wiki. As it stands, the MediaWiki software is over [[Special:Version|two years old.]] We are running version 1.9.3, this policy requests that Kevan updates the wiki to the current (stable) version, [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download 1.15.4].

This new release has a few years worth of bugfixes and new features, such as expiry dates on page protections, finer control over permissions, ability to merge page histories and image undeletion to be enabled by default. <small>There are likely more features that I have missed.</small>

It is also requested, that in the event of a software update that the following is done:
*That the [[UDWiki:Administration/Policy Discussion/Semi-protection|Semi-protection]] policy is implemented
*That the extension [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpecialNamespaces Special Namespaces] is installed. This will allow sysops to create namespaces without having to fiddle with the servers. Requests for the creation of a namespace will be done though [[A/PD|Policy Discussion]]. 
*It is also requested that the pseudo-namespace Guides: is turned into a proper namespace. This can be done though installation of the extension above (which would allow a sysop to create the namespace,) or manually by Kevan.
*It would also be appreciated if the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CheckUser CheckUser] extension is updated.

==Voting Section==
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===For===
#Author vote. {{User:Linkthewindow/Sig}} 14:06, 20 July 2010 (BST)
#Non author vote. [[Big Bash 3|<span style="color: #FF0000; font-size: 80%">&hearts;</span>]] [[User:MoonShine|<span style="color:Black">'''Moonie'''</span>]] <small><sup>[[User talk:MoonShine|Talk]] | [[User:MoonShine/Testimonials|Testimonials]]</sup></small> 14:10, 20 July 2010 (BST)
#There's not - a - single - reason why this shouldn't happen. --{{User:Spiderzed/Sandbox/Sig}} 14:18, 20 July 2010 (BST)
#Stagnation is death, progress.. isn't? I dunno. Seems good, though. [[User:Technical Pacifist|Technical Pacifist]] 14:19, 20 July 2010 (BST)
#Why not? --{{User:Evan_Arnoldi/sig}} 14:37, 20 July 2010 (BST)
#--{{User:DanceDanceRevolution/sig3}} 14:39, 20 July 2010 (BST)
#Yes, please. I can't count the number of times I've had to tell people, "Sorry, but it can't be done with this version of the software, even if you can do it on that other wiki," for the simplest of things. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 20:51, 20 July 2010 (BST)
#Chunky biscuits. --<span style="font-size:90%">[[User:Funt Solo|Funt Solo]]</span> <sup style="font-size:70%">[[Mod_Conspiracy|QT]]</sup> [[Image:Scotland flag.JPG|18px]] 20:52, 20 July 2010 (BST)
#Hey DDR, we might actually be able to get rid of those ghosts! {{:User:Red Hawk One/sig}} 21:00, 20 July 2010 (BST)
#:The ghosts will be protected and kept as historical pages <tt>:D</tt> {{User:Linkthewindow/Sig}} 22:12, 20 July 2010 (BST)
# <Cyrus>Can you dig it?</Cyrus> {{User:Misanthropy/Sig}} 21:25, 20 July 2010 (BST)
# I agree with that as well. New wiki is needed for a nice surviving! --[[User:SirButcher|HunButcher]] 22:06, 20 July 2010 (BST)
# Ham --{{User:Michaleson/sig}} 22:06, 20 July 2010 (BST)
#Goop. -{{User:Poodle of doom/sig 2}} 23:38, 20 July 2010 (BST)
#No reason not to. --[[User:KyleStyle|KyleStyle]] 23:54, 20 July 2010 (BST)
# Pretty please. With brains on top. --[[User:WanYao|WanYao]] 05:38, 21 July 2010 (BST)
# Of course. --[[User:Colette Hart|Colette Hart]] 08:27, 21 July 2010 (BST)
# Sounds like a good idea to me --[[User:Rooney|Rooney]] 12:23, 21 July 2010 (BST)
# --{{User:Drawde/Sig}} 14:54, 21 July 2010 (BST)
# Yup, maybe he'll listen now. --[[Image:Umbrella-White.png|14px]][[User:MisterGame|<span style= "color: maroon; background-color: white">'''''Thadeous Oakley''''']][[Image:Umbrella-White.png|14px]]</span> 09:52, 22 July 2010 (BST)
# Don't see why not. --{{:User:Alexander Dawkins/Sig}} 23:47, 22 July 2010 (BST)

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