Author: ais523
Description:
Other relevant URLs: <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Village_pump_%
28technical%29&oldid=104535783#user_not_getting_orange_bar_for_new_messages>,
<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Village_pump_%28technical%
29&oldid=102932147#Strange_problem_with_new_messages>,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2007_February_28#IP_address.
Several times recently, users have reported problems with the new-messages bar when
logged out; the bar seems to get 'stuck' in either a state where it always shows, or a
state where it never shows. I'm not quite sure how to reproduce the bug, but one method
worked for me recently: go to Special:Mypage when logged out to discover what MediaWiki
is receiving your IP as, log in, edit your IP's User Talk page, log out again, and visit
the Main Page. Doing this doesn't cause the new-messages bar to come up (at least, not
when I tested it a few days ago on a wiki running MediaWiki 1.10-svn), but it ought to.
Version: 1.11.x
Severity: major
URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Village_pump_%28technical%29&oldid=113329299#IPs_and_the_new-message_bar