TULIPS/August 8th, 2024

Welcome to our seventh TULIPS (Thursday Updates & Logs Improving Platform Software)! You can read the previous one if you haven't yet.

These posts will be made whenever we have enough development updates to make a post, usually on Thursdays.

Live now

• Our new CAPTCHA system, Turnstile, is now available on wikis with VE. For nostalgia: What's 34 / 2?
• We have posted a new Customization Policy. The main points are:
  • Use best practices regarding accessibility
  • Do not interfere in any way with our branding or advertisements

Ticket system

We have updated our support portal! Here is the new arrangement:

• Create a new wiki
  • Create a new wiki
• For wiki admins
  • Request user rights change
  • Request an extension enabled on your wiki
  • Request analytics access
• Issues with existing wikis
  • General technical support
  • Report a bug
  • Request username change (limit 1 per account except under extenuating circumstances)
• General
  • General technical support (this form is duplicated since it can apply to a specific wiki or in a general case, but if this increases confusion we'll remove one copy of it)
  • Other
  • Suggest a new feature or improvement

Known issues

• Extension:InputBox doesn't permit empty fields when editing a page with real-time previews.
• Extension:RSS does not allow some safe HTML (e.g.  ). This will be addressed soon.