"IRC Like /me" means, that when someone types "/me text" it will show as "*displayname text"

Language files, don't upload language files when you upgrade, it will ask you to apply changes as needed.

Permissions, for banned users will remain; the new perm matrix is for group based settings.

Your templates will work fine, they will be upgraded in the upgrade to be compatable with 7.3 changes.

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