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There is no longer a shortcut key to log out of the wiki. Formerly the key was "o", but logging out is relatively rare but inconvenient if done by accident, and the key is right next to "p" (the shortcut key for preview). The change will not take effect on wikis that have customized
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now display the number of characters added to or removed from a page for each edit. This will hopefully allow simple vandalism, such as page blanking, to be more easily spotted. Third-party vandalism-fighting tools have included such counts for some time.
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over multiple revisions now note the number of revisions they cover. Previously it was impossible to determine from the diff page alone whether the changes were made in a single edit or in multiple edits.
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elements by default. This allows them to be embedded in other Web pages without any problems. (
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for how complete the translations of languages you know are, and post any updates to
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arrow characters ↓ ↑ ↕ for sort direction buttons, but rather use icons taken from
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MediaWiki installations will no longer attempt to "break out" of HTML
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to the URL of a desired image (which may be an uploaded file). (
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Some updates were made to non-English messages, specifically:
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to restore the change, and likewise users of any wiki can add
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Internationalization help is always appreciated! See
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bug 218
r18220
Travis Derouin
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Wikimedia Commons
Tim Starling
r18220
archived story
Andrew Garrett
r18222

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