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'''Kawachan 1.6''' is the branch of [[Kawachan]] you are reading right now. It was released on February 18, 2011, the third anniversary of Kawachan. This page will list updates made to it. See [[Kawachan 1.5]] for the previous branch.

== Kawachan 1.6.2.3 (June 12, 2011) ==
*'''Feature:''' There is now support for private wikis (where users must log in to view anything).

== Kawachan 1.6.2.2.1 (May 26, 2011) ==
*'''Fix:''' Non-managers viewing a gallery no longer see error messages.
*'''Fix:''' Data tables are now sorted correctly, instead of by only the first character in the column.

== Kawachan 1.6.2.2 (May 17, 2011) ==
*'''Feature:''' Registrations are now supported on an invite-only basis.

== Kawachan 1.6.2.1 (May 1, 2011) ==
*'''Fix:''' Display division navboxes more reliably (doesn't require purge now).
*'''Change:''' Pull division navboxes out of main page content, and improve their styling.

== Kawachan 1.6.2 (April 6, 2011) ==
*'''Fix:''' Factored out new config setting $wgkStatsEpoch.
*'''Change:''' Replaced Special:SpecialPages with a new {{NS|Tools}} module, which includes :Gallery and :Division links, removes unnecessary ones, and respects the user's list columns setting.
*'''Feature:''' Add list of all galleries.
*'''Feature:''' Added pagination to :Updates.
*'''Feature:''' Added ExPar #if command.
*'''Feature:''' Added ExPar #video command.

== Kawachan 1.6.1 (February 19, 2011) ==
*'''Fix:''' Avoided division by zero in {{NS|Statistics}} module.
*'''Fix:''' Disable {{NS|BestPages}} module when page quality ratings are disabled.
*'''Fix:''' Minor bugfix in setting user's ads limit.
*'''Fix:''' Factored out the root path into a config setting, so the wiki doesn't have to be installed at /.
*'''Fix:''' Factored out namespaces into a config setting.
*'''Fix:''' Avoided a warning that appears when saving account settings with ads disabled.
*'''Change:''' Made namespace detection more secure.
*'''Feature:''' You can now embed an image by its box number and caption.
*'''Feature:''' Embedded images are now cached per-page to reduce database queries and fix duplicate key errors when using the same image more than once on the same page.
*'''Feature:''' The width of the sidebar is now a user preference in {{NS|Account}}.
*'''Feature:''' Preferences code has been rewritten so it now uses a new extensible format, which upgrades seamlessly.

== Kawachan 1.6 (February 18, 2011) ==
*'''Fix:''' Deleting a page now removes it from the lists of pages in its categories.
*'''Feature:''' "Pages in this category" lists are now sorted alphabetically and arranged in columns like {{NS|BestPages}}.
*'''Feature:''' Brand new {{NS|AddFile}} page, which should be much easier than before.
*'''Feature:''' Functionality for editing galleries (boxes) has been brought back and improved.
*'''Feature:''' Links to existing but empty pages are now colored gray.
*'''Feature:''' You can now choose how many columns to view link lists in. As usual, the option is in {{NS|Account}}.
*'''Feature:''' [[Division]]s: organize pages from multiple categories together.

== Kawachan 1.6pre3 (February 16, 2011) ==
*'''Fix:''' Infobox widget now works more securely and doesn't break everything in certain circumstances that manifested while adding the new file system.
*'''Feature:''' New file system!
**'''Change:''' Files now use 26-character MD5-CF hashes instead of the old (and obsolete) 48-character TI hashes. They should be much more manageable now - not only are hashes shorter, but they also no longer include '-' or '_' characters, which undermined word selection.
**'''Change:''' Files are no longer categorized directly onto pages; instead, they are categorized into "fileboxes", which can then be embedded in a page. As such, the gallery sidebar, which automatically picked up every file on the page, has been removed. To put a gallery in the sidebar, put the box code for it in an infobox.
**'''Feature:''' ExPar commands [#box] and [#img] have been added to replace the gallery widget and the old hackish image embedding code.
**Note: this update came out early because of the aforementioned important bugfix. As such, most features to do with files are still unavailable.

== Kawachan 1.6pre2.1 (February 11, 2011) ==
*'''Fix:''' [[Special:WhatLinksHere]] now works with titles with special characters in them again
*'''Fix:''' The {{NS|LinksFrom}} page now works again and now displays title text on links consistent with other pages
*'''Fix:''' Category parsing now cooperates with MediaWiki's "first character of title must be uppercase" rule
*'''Fix:''' HTML/URL escape codes no longer get inappropriately displayed in body text links
*'''Fix:''' Links to redirects link to the redirecting page again, not directly to the target page
*'''Fix:''' Corrected link counting in rating sidebar widget
*'''Fix:''' Pages including {{[[Template:Empty]]}} are no longer treated as articles by the Statistics page and the counter on the front page
*'''Feature:''' Rating sidebar widget now auto-detects Links and Categories qualities
*'''Feature:''' You can now categorize using pages which are redirects

== Kawachan 1.6pre2 (February 10, 2011) ==
*'''Feature:''' Brand new [[ontology]] system, to replace MediaWiki's category system which has proved inadequate for so long.

== Kawachan 1.6pre1 (February 3, 2011) ==
*'''Upgrade:''' MediaWiki upgraded to [[Special:Version|1.16.2]].
*'''Removed:''' Winter extension removed, because it's freaking annoying.
*'''Removed:''' Files no longer work. A brand new gallery system is in development and file embedding will return with Kawachan 1.6.
*'''Change:''' New [[ExPar]] syntax: <tt><nowiki><[ ... ]></nowiki></tt>. The original one hasn't been removed yet, but will be later. This replaces all Winter commands, such as #linkfarm, #db-parse and #audio. It has also obsoleted the <nowiki>{{DB parser}}</nowiki> template. You might notice that this was the syntax used for embedding images, which is one reason why image support has been temporarily removed.