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* '''Major version update''' - Mediawiki has been updated to latest release. If there are any problems that should appear, please let me know. -- [[User:Toresbe|Tore]] ([[User talk:Toresbe|talk]]) 16:13, 15 April 2018 (CEST)
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* '''Orphans''' - If you look at the list of [[Special:LonelyPages|orphaned pages]], we have quite a few - and I have just done a ''lot'' of work reducing the number. If you create a page, ''you'' will know it is there - but others probably will not, unless it is linked to by something else. Please make doing that a part of your routine! [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 22:56, 14 January 2024 (CET)
** We're currently experiencing a problem where non-logged-in users see ''old'' versions of some pages. You can check for this by going to a page's 'History' tab (which also does not show recent versions, on affected pages), and in the 'From month' pulldown menu, select '{{LOCALMONTHNAME}}', and then hit 'Go'; all the versions ''do'' show up. Clicking on the most recent version in that list will get you the most recent text. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 12:55, 23 May 2018 (CEST)
 
** Uploading of content (images, etc) is also currently broken. Regular article editing works, though. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 16:44, 17 June 2018 (CEST)
 
  
* '''Category work''' - As a result of an observation about Web crawlers being able to find all our content pages, I've started a major campaign to improve categories, make sure all articles are tagged, etc. I have some queries; see [[Help talk:Introduction to Categories|here]] (the best place I could think of to discuss them, since we've had similar discussions there before). [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 00:40, 11 June 2018 (CEST)
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* '''Expandable navigation boxes''' - For navigation boxes which have gotten too large, there is now a way to hide part of them behind an 'Expand/Collapse' button; see [[Help:Introduction to Templates]], which now contains instructions for both kinds. An example of an expandable one may be seen [[Template:Nav_PDP-11|here]]. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 21:39, 29 December 2023 (CET)
 
 
* '''New register headers''' - Following the example of [[:Template:16bit-header‎]] and [[:Template:16bit-bitout‎]], a number of new register templates for other word-lengths have been created: see [[Help:Introduction to Templates#Registers|here]] for details. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 19:08, 16 January 2018 (CET)
 
  
 
''Older news is [[Computer History Wiki:Older News|here]].''
 
''Older news is [[Computer History Wiki:Older News|here]].''
  
 
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Latest revision as of 14:06, 15 March 2024

  • Orphans - If you look at the list of orphaned pages, we have quite a few - and I have just done a lot of work reducing the number. If you create a page, you will know it is there - but others probably will not, unless it is linked to by something else. Please make doing that a part of your routine! Jnc (talk) 22:56, 14 January 2024 (CET)
  • Expandable navigation boxes - For navigation boxes which have gotten too large, there is now a way to hide part of them behind an 'Expand/Collapse' button; see Help:Introduction to Templates, which now contains instructions for both kinds. An example of an expandable one may be seen here. Jnc (talk) 21:39, 29 December 2023 (CET)

Older news is here.