This is a summary of recent technology and site configuration changes that affect the English Wikipedia. Note that not all changes described here are necessarily live as of press time; the English Wikipedia is currently running version 1.44.0-wmf.12 (8b8c762), and changes to the software with a version number higher than that will not yet be active. Configuration changes and changes to interface messages, however, become active immediately.

• The API now correctly outputs errors in JSON if that was the output format requested. (r37349, bug 14758)
• It is no longer possible to move an image to an invalid title. (r37474, bug 14772)

• It is now possible to patrol new pages via the enhanced recent changes interface. (bug 5502http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5502)
• It is now possible for bureaucrats to rename a user to a name already taken in the Single User Login system, as long as the global account and the local account have the same email address or password. (r37422, bug 13507)
• It's now possible to specify a number of entries to show in the RSS feed for a page history using the limit= URL parameter. (r37699, bug 14778)

• Internationalisation has been continuing as normal; help is always appreciated! See mw:Localisation statistics for how complete the translations of languages you know are, and post any updates to bugzilla or use Betawiki.

The Arbitration Committee closed one case last week, leaving two cases currently open.

• Yorkshirian: A case involving perceived incivility from Yorkshirian. As a result of the case, Yorkshirian was banned for one year.

• Geogre-William M. Connolley: A case involving wheel warring between Geogre and William M. Connolley. William M. Connolley inappropriately extended a block on Giano II, while Geogre inappropriately reversed the block, and reversed page protection on Giano's talk page. The case is currently in the voting phase; proposed remedies include:
  • Four different versions of a remedy modifying or removing remedy 2.2 in IRC. All versions are supported by two to three arbitrators, and opposed by one to two arbitrators.
  • A remedy suspending Geogre's administrative privileges for two weeks is supported by two arbitrators, and opposed by two.
  • Currently passing is a remedy prohibiting Geogre and Connolley from taking any administrative action with respect to Giano II.

• C68-FM-SV: A case involving disputes between Cla68, FeloniousMonk, SlimVirgin, JzG, and others. The case, which has seen little-to-no public input from arbitrators, is currently subject to a motion to dismiss, with the support of one arbitrator, and the opposition of one.