User blog comment:Kirkburn/Technical Update: October 26, 2015/@comment-25024589-20151027123916


 * We have fixed an issue that caused Wikia Maps to occasionally be inaccessible (with an error message that the map server can not reached).

I honestly don't remember the last time I've bothered with Maps, so this doesn't affect me.


 * On Monobook, the JavaScript review process tab will be restored to working order.

Meanwhile, back on the Wikia skin...whenever I try to edit the Common.js on one of my wikis, it uses the mainspace page Source Editor instead.


 * Text labels in Facebook widgets/plugins will be localized according to a user's language preference (or the community's content language, for those not logged in).

My native language is English, so I probably won't experience much change from that.


 * On Insights, the 'used on' links will now point to the correct locations.

I've never even used Insights.


 * The unique (some might say 'bizarre') behaviour of Special:CSS is being retired - it will now redirect back to MediaWikia:Wikia.css, showing the standard CSS page editor.

No comment.


 * The special syntax highlighted editor currently used on portable infobox pages will be rolled out to all template pages, to give a consistent user experience. The existing user preference to disable syntax highlighting will turn this off.

Since I have the preference checked, this won't affect me.


 * [Username]/chat.js will added to the personal JS whitelist.

THANK YOU.


 * For performance reasons, the reply button will be switched off when a Message Wall thread reaches 500 replies. Existing threads that break this limit will continue to show normally, but new posts cannot be added.

My browser get laggy enough at ~180, though. http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110904040557/messaging/images/7/7b/Emoticon_hmm.png


 * Video view counts will be removed as this data is proving unreliable and thus unhelpful.

It is indeed unreliable and unhelpful on most of my wikis, as they default back to 0 every day regardless of how many times others have truly watched them.


 * We are continuing to investigate an issue where anchor links (e.g. "#3") within threads are not behaving correctly, getting 'stuck' on one number.

It is especially annoying when I try to respond to the ninth response on a thread but am anchored to the fifth instead. So, thank you for this.

And now, with all that said...on the Porter Robinson Wikia, random symbols show up underneath the image in a portable infobox whenever I create a page. The symbols disappear, however, after purging the page.

Any idea why?