Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2006-01-09/Technology report
Technology report
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
Plus signs now allowed in titles
Thanks to a recent change, plus signs are now allowed in titles. The most prominent article that was affected by this bug was C++, which had previously been located at C plus plus.
Last week in servers
Server-related events, problems, and changes included:
- 3 January - "amane" rebooted at colocation center, fixed.
- 7 January - In response to a registration flood, a user throttle was added to the English Wikipedia. brion noted that CAPTCHAs or other confirmation devices may be used in the future.
- Various SSL certificates added and replaced.
Discuss this story
The thing that this page really needs to mention is when new servers are going to be coming on line. This last week wikipedia has started bumping its head against its capacity limits again it seems. 62.31.55.223 20:32, 9 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]