1 = MediaWiki release notes =
7 This is a security and maintenance release of the MediaWiki 1.16 branch.
9 === Summary of selected changes in 1.16 ===
11 Selected changes since MediaWiki 1.15 that may be of interest:
13 * A new skin called Vector was added
15 * Watchlists now have RSS/Atom feeds. RSS feeds generally are now hidden,
16 since Atom is a better protocol and is supported by virtually all clients.
18 * It's now possible to block users from sending email via Special:Emailuser.
20 * The maintenance script system was overhauled. Most maintenance scripts now
21 have a useful help page when you run them with --help.
23 * AdminSettings.php is no longer required in order to run maintenance scripts.
24 You can just set $wgDBadminuser and $wgDBadminpassword in your
25 LocalSettings.php instead.
27 * The preferences system was overhauled. Preferences are stored in a more
28 compact format. Changes to site default preferences will automatically
29 affect all users who have not chosen a different preference.
31 * Support for SQLite was improved. Some broken features were fixed, and it
32 now has an efficient full-text search.
34 * The user groups ACL system was improved by allowing rights to be revoked,
35 instead of just granted.
37 * A new localisation caching system was introduced, which will make MediaWiki
38 faster for almost everyone, especially when lots of extensions are enabled.
40 By default, this new system makes a lot of database queries. If your database
41 is particularly slow, or if your system administrator limits your query count,
42 or if you want to squeeze as much performance as possible out of Mediawiki,
43 set $wgCacheDirectory to a writable path on the local filesystem. Make sure
44 you have the DBA extension for PHP installed, this will improve performance
47 == Changes since 1.16.2 ==
49 * (bug 28449) Fixed permissions checks in Special:Import which allowed users
50 without the 'import' permission to import pages from the configured import
52 * (bug 28235) Fixed XSS affecting IE 6 and earlier clients only, due to those
53 browsers looking for a file extension in the query string of the URL, and
54 ignoring the Content-Type header if one is found.
55 * (bug 28450) Fixed a CSS validation issue involving escaped comments, which
56 led to XSS for Internet Explorer clients and privacy loss for other clients.
58 == Changes since 1.16.1 ==
60 * (bug 26642) Fixed incorrect translated namespace due to a regression in the
62 * The interface translations were updated.
63 * (bug 27093, CVE-2011-0047): Fixed CSS injection vulnerability.
64 * (bug 27094) Fixed server-side arbitrary script inclusion vulnerability.
65 Affects Windows servers only. A malicious file with extension ".php" must
66 exist on the server for the exploit to be effective.
68 == Changes since 1.16.0 ==
70 * (bug 24981) Allow extensions to access SpecialUpload variables again
71 * (bug 24724) list=allusers was out by 1 (shows total users - 1)
72 * (bug 24166) Fixed API error when using rvprop=tags
73 * For wikis using French as a content language, Special:Téléchargement works
74 again as an alias for Special:Upload.
75 * (bug 25167) Correctly load JS fixes for IE6 (fixing a regression in 1.16.0)
76 * (bug 25248) Fixed paraminfo errors in certain API modules.
77 * The installer now has improved handling for situations where safe_mode is
78 active or exec() and similar functions are disabled.
79 * (bug 19593) Specifying --server in now works for all maintenance scripts.
80 * Fixed $wgLicenseTerms register globals.
81 * (bug 26561) Fixed clickjacking vulnerabilities by introducing support for
82 X-Frame-Options. The header value can be configured using $wgBreakFrames and
83 $wgEditPageFrameOptions.
85 == Changes since 1.16 beta 3 ==
87 * (bug 23769) Disabled HTML 5 client-side form validation. Was introduced in
88 1.16 beta 1, but is currently poorly supported by browsers.
89 * (bug 23175) Re-added window.ta variable for backwards compatibility.
90 * (bug 23264) Fixed breakage of various command line scripts due to extra line
91 endings being inserted by Maintenance::output().
92 * Fixed HTTP client functionality with safe_mode=On.
93 * Fixed parser tests broken in 1.16 beta 3.
94 * For Oracle DB backend: fixed parser tests and table prefix feature.
95 * (bug 23767) Fixed PHP warning when REQUEST_URI is blank (IIS issue).
96 * Fixed plural function for Northern Sami (se)
97 * (bug 23597) Fixed conflicts between ID attributes in the Vector skin and
98 parser-generated heading IDs. Renamed head, panel, head-base and page-base.
99 * Disabled $wgHitcounterUpdateFreq>1 feature on SQLite, does not work yet.
100 * (bug 23465) Don't ignore the predefined destination filename on
101 Special:Upload after following a red link to a file.
102 * In SQLite full-text search feature: fixed "move page" feature, was non-
104 * (bug 24565) Fixed Cache-Control headers sent from API modules, to protect
105 user privacy in the case where an attacker can access the wiki through the
106 same HTTP proxy as a logged-in user.
107 * Fixed an XSS vulnerability in profileinfo.php for installations with
108 $wgEnableProfileInfo = true (false by default)
109 * Fixed a case where an X-Vary-Options header was sent despite $wgUseXVO being
110 false. Fixed a minor header parsing issue when $wgUseXVO = true.
111 * Fixed a register_globals arbitrary inclusion vulnerability in
112 MediaWikiParserTest.php, introduced in 1.16 beta 1.
114 == Changes since 1.16 beta 2 ==
116 * Fixed bugs in the [[Special:Userlogin]] and [[Special:Emailuser]] handling of
118 * Fixed sorting in [[Special:Allmessages]]
119 * (bug 23113) Fixed title in the show/hide links on diff pages
120 * (bug 23117) Fixed API rollback, was returning "badtoken" for valid requests
121 * (bug 23127) Re-added missing $1 parameter to the uploadtext message
122 * Fixed a bug in the Vector skin where personal tools display behind the logo
123 * (bug 23139) Fixed a bug in edit conflict resolution, where both textboxes
124 showed the same text.
125 * (bug 23115, bug 23124) Fixed various problems with <title> and <h1> elements
126 in page views and previews when the language converter is enabled.
127 * (bug 23148) Fixed a local path disclosure vulnerability in ImageMagick image
128 scaling, which was introduced in 1.16 beta 1.
129 * Improved error checking on installer.
130 * (bug 22970) Fixed a JavaScript error in the upload destination conflict
132 * (bug 23167) Check the watch checkbox by default if the watchcreations
134 * (bug 23171) Improve IE6 version check to avoid false positives.
135 * (bug 23176) Fixed upload warning override feature "upload new version",
136 broken in 1.16 beta 1.
137 * Fixed regression in unwatch links sent out in notification emails. When the
138 mailing job was deferred via the job queue, the title was incorrect.
139 * (bug 23534) Fixed SQL query error in API list=allusers.
140 * Fixed a bug in uploads for non-JavaScript clients. An empty string was used
141 as the default destination filename, instead of the source filename as
143 * (bug 23371) Fixed CSRF vulnerability in "e-mail me my password", "create
144 account" and "create by e-mail" features of [[Special:Userlogin]]
145 * (bug 23687) Fixed XSS vulnerability affecting IE clients only, due to a CSS
147 * Fixed a DoS vulnerability in ImageMagick image scaling. ImageMagick
148 expanded wildcard characters "?" and "*" in image filenames, potentially
149 causing large numbers of images to be scaled in response to a single request.
150 The fix for this involves breaking the scaling of such image filenames until
151 ImageMagick 6.6.1-5 or later is deployed, see bug 23361 for more details.
152 * (bug 23608) Fixed invalid HTML in diff pages.
154 === Changes since 1.16 beta 1 ===
156 * Fixed errors in maintenance/patchSql.php
157 * (bug 19627) Fix regression from r57867 where HTMLForm would output
158 <element classes="foo bar"> rather than <element class="foo bar">
159 * Fixed broken "-r" option to maintenance/lag.php
160 * (bug 23076) Fixed login CSRF vulnerability. Logins now require a token to
161 be submitted along with the user name and password.
163 === Configuration changes in 1.16 ===
165 * (bug 18222) $wgMinimalPasswordLength default is now 1
166 * $wgSessionHandler can be used to configure session.save_handler
167 * $wgLocalFileRepo/$wgForeignFileRepos now have a 'fileMode' parameter to
168 be used when uploading/moving files
169 * (bug 18761) $wgHiddenPrefs is a new array for specifying preferences not
171 * $wgAllowRealName and $wgAllowUserSkin were deprecated in favor of
172 $wgHiddenPrefs[] = 'realname', but the former are still retained
173 for backwards-compatibility
174 * (bug 9257) $wgRCMaxAge now defaults to three months
175 * $wgDevelopmentWarnings can be set to true to show warnings about deprecated
176 functions and other potential errors when developing.
177 * Subpages are now enabled in the MediaWiki namespace by default. This is
178 mainly a cosmetic change, and does not in any way affect the MessageCache,
179 which was already effectively treating the namespace as if it had subpages.
180 * Oracle: maintenance/ora/user.sql script for creating DB user on oracle with
181 appropriate privileges. Creating this user with web-install page requires
182 oci8.privileged_connect set to On in php.ini.
183 * Removed UserrightsChangeableGroups hook introduced in 1.14
184 * Added $wgCacheDirectory, to replace $wgFileCacheDirectory,
185 $wgLocalMessageCache, and any other local caches which need a place to put
187 * $wgFileCacheDirectory is no longer set to anything by default, and so either
188 needs to be set explicitly, or $wgCacheDirectory needs to be set instead.
189 * $wgLocalMessageCache has been removed. Instead, set $wgUseLocalMessageCache
191 * Removed $wgEnableSerializedMessages and $wgCheckSerialized. Similar
192 functionality is now available via $wgLocalisationCacheConf.
193 * $wgMessageCache->addMessages() is deprecated. Messages added via this
194 interface will not appear in Special:AllMessages.
195 * $wgRegisterInternalExternals can be used to record external links pointing
197 * (bug 19907) $wgCrossSiteAJAXdomains and $wgCrossSiteAJAXdomainExceptions added
198 to control which external domains may access the API via cross-site AJAX.
199 * $wgMaintenanceScripts for extensions to add their scripts to the default list
200 * $wgMemoryLimit has been added, default value '50M'
201 * $wgExtraRandompageSQL is deprecated, the SpecialRandomGetRandomTitle hook
202 should be used instead
203 * (bug 20489) $wgIllegalFileChars added to override the default list of illegal
204 characters in file names.
205 * (bug 19646) $wgImgAuthDetails added to display reason access to uploaded file
206 was denied to users(img_auth only)
207 * (bug 19646) $wgImgAuthPublicTest added to test to see if img_auth set up
208 correctly (img_auth only)
209 * $wgUploadMaintenance added to disable file deletions and restorations during
211 * $wgCapitalLinkOverrides added to configure per-namespace capitalization
212 * (bug 21172) $wgSorbsUrl can now be an array with multiple DNSBL and renamed
213 to $wgDnsBlacklistUrls (backward compatibility kept)
214 * $wgEnableHtmlDiff has been removed
215 * (bug 3340) $wgBlockCIDRLimit added (default: 16) to configure the low end of
216 CIDR ranges for blocking
217 * $wgUseInstantCommons added for quick and easy enabling of Commons as a remote
219 * $wgDBAhandler added to choose a DBA handler when using CACHE_DBA
220 * $wgPreviewOnOpenNamespaces for extensions that create namespaces that behave
221 similarly to the category namespace.
222 * $wgEnableSorbs renamed to $wgDnsBlacklistUrls ($wgEnableSorbs kept for
223 backward compatibility)
224 * $wgUploadNavigationUrl now also affects images inline images that do not
225 exist. In that case the URL will get (?|&)wpDestFile=<filename> appended to
227 * If $wgLocaltimezone is null, use the server's timezone as the default for
228 signatures. This was always the behaviour documented in DefaultSettings.php
229 but has not been the actual behaviour for some time: instead, UTC was used
231 * Added $wgExtensionAssetsPath, to decouple assets serving from $wgScriptPath.
232 If not specified it will default to $wgScriptPath/extensions
233 * Added $wgCountTotalSearchHits to make search UI display total number of hits
234 with some search engines.
235 * Added $wgAdvertisedFeedTypes to decide what feed types (RSS, Atom, both, or
236 neither) MediaWiki advertises. Default is array( 'atom' ), so RSS is no
237 longer advertised by default (but it still works).
238 * Added $wgMemCachedTimeout, controls how long to wait for data from the
240 * New configuration variables $wgDebugTimestamps and $wgDebugPrintHttpHeaders
241 for controlling debug output.
242 * New $wgBlockDisablesLogin when set to true disallows blocked users from
244 * (bug 8790) Metadata edition ($wgUseMetadataEdit) has been moved to a separate
245 extension "MetadataEdit".
247 === New features in 1.16 ===
249 * A new skin called Vector was added
250 * Add CSS defintion of the 'wikitable' class to shared.css
251 * (bug 17163) Added MediaWiki:Talkpageheader which will be displayed when
253 * Superfluous border="0" removed from images
254 * Added new hook 'MessageCacheReplace' into MessageCache.php. For instance
255 to allow extensions to update caches in similar way as MediaWiki invalidates
256 a cached MonoBook sidebar
257 * Special:AllPages: Move hardcoded styles from code to CSS
258 * (bug 18529) New hook: SoftwareInfo for adding information about the software
260 * Added $wgExtPGAlteredFields to allow extensions to easily alter the data
261 type of columns when using the Postgres backend.
262 * (bug 16950) Show move log when viewing/creating a deleted page
263 * (bug 18242) Show the Subversion revision number per extensions in
265 * (bug 18420) Missing file revisions are handled gracefully now
266 * (bug 9219) Auth plugins can control editing RealName/Email/Nick preferences
267 * (bug 18466) Add note or warning when overruling a move (semi-)protection
268 * (bug 18342) insertTags works in edit summary box
269 * (bug 18411) The upload form also checks post_max_size
270 * Watchlist now has a specialized <div> tag that contains a unique class for
272 * Added Minguo calendar support for the Taiwan Chinese language
273 * Database: unionQueries function to be used for UNION sql construction, so
274 it can be overloaded on DB abstraction level for DB specific functionality
275 * (bug 18849) Implement Japanese and North Korean calendars
276 * (bug 5755) Introduce {{CURRENTMONTH1}} and {{LOCALMONTH1}} to display the
277 month number without the leading zero
278 * (bug 13456) categoriespagetext supports PLURAL
279 * (bug 18860) Blocks of IPs affecting registered users can now block email
280 * (bug 17093) Date and time are separate parameters in Special:BlockList
281 * (bug 11484) Added ISO speed rating to default collapsed EXIF metadata view
282 * (bug 14866) Messages 'recentchangeslinked-toolbox' and
283 'recentchangeslinked-toolbox' were added to allow more fine grained
284 customisation of the user interface
285 * DISPLAYTITLE now accepts a limited amount of wiki markup (the single-quote
287 * Special:Search now could search terms in all variant-forms. ONLY apply on
288 wikis enabled LanguageConverter.
289 * Add autopromote condition APCOND_BLOCKED to autopromote blocked users to
291 * Add $wgRevokePermissions as a means of restricting a group's rights. The
292 syntax is identical to $wgGroupPermissions, but users in these groups will
293 have these rights stripped from them.
294 * Added a PHP port of CDB (constant database), for improved local caching when
295 the DBA extension is not available.
296 * Introduced a new system for localisation caching. The system is based around
297 fast fetches of individual messages, minimising memory overhead and startup
298 time in the typical case. The database backend will be used by default, but
299 set $wgCacheDirectory to get a faster CDB-based implementation.
300 * Expanded the number of variables which can be set in the extension messages
302 * Added a feature to allow per-article process pool size control for the parsing
303 task, to limit resource usage when the cache for a heavily-viewed article is
304 invalidated. Requires an external daemon.
305 * (bug 19576) Moved the id attribues from the anchors accompanying section
306 headers to the <span class="mw-headline"> elements within the section headers,
307 removing the redundant anchor elements.
308 * Parser::setFunctionTagHook now can be used to add a new tag which is parsed at
310 * Added $wgShowArchiveThumbnails, allowing sysadmins to disable thumbnail
311 display for old versions of images.
312 * In watchlists and Special:RecentChanges, the difference in page size now
313 appears in dark green if bytes were added and dark red if bytes were removed.
314 * Added FSRepo configuration properties thumbUrl and thumbDir, to allow the
315 thumbnails to be stored in a separate location to the source images.
316 * If config/ directory is not executable, the command to make it executable
317 now asks the user to cd to the correct directory
318 * Add experimental new external authentication framework, ExternalAuth
319 * (bug 18768) Remove AdminSettings requirements. Maintenance environment
320 will still load it if it exists, but it's not required for anything
321 * (bug 19900) The "listgrouprights-key" message is now wrapped in a div with
322 class "mw-listgrouprights-key"
323 * (bug 471) Allow RSS feeds for watchlist, using an opt-in security token
324 * (bug 10812) Interwiki links can have names and descriptions, fetched from
325 message 'interwiki-desc-PREFIX', not really used anywhere yet though
326 * (bug 9691) Add type (signup or login) parameter to
327 AuthPlugin::ModifyUITemplate()
328 * (bug 14454) "Member of group(s)" in Special:Preferences causes language
330 * (bug 16697) Unicode combining characters are difficult to edit in some
332 * Parser test supports uploading results to remote CodeReview instance
333 * (bug 20013) Added CSS class "mw-version-ext-version" is wrapped on the
334 extension version in Special:Version
335 * (bug 20014) Added CSS class "mw-listgrouprights-right-name" is wrapped on the
336 right name in Special:ListGroupRights
337 * (bug 12920) New CoreParserFunction {{nse:...}} as an url-friendly equivalent
339 * (bug 16322) Allow maintenance scripts to accept DB user/pass over input or
341 * (bug 18566) Maintenance script to un/protect pages
342 * (bug 671) The HTML <abbr> tag is now permitted.
343 * RecentChanges now has a legend to explain what the Nmb! flags mean, and the
345 * (bug 15209) New hook BeforeInitialize called after everything has been setup
346 but before Mediawiki::performRequestForTitle()
347 * wgMainPageTitle variable now available to JavaScript code to identify the main
348 page link, so it doesn't have to be extracted from the link URLs.
349 * (bug 16836) Display preview of signature in user preferences and describe its
351 * The default output format is now HTML 5 instead of XHTML 1.0 Transitional.
352 This can be disabled by setting $wgHtml5 = false;. Specific features enabled
354 ** Some extra inputs will be autofocused, in supporting browsers.
355 ** The summary attribute has been removed from tables of contents. summary is
356 obsolete in HTML 5 and wasn't useful here anyway.
357 ** Unnecessary type="" attribute removed for CSS and JS.
358 ** If $wgWellFormedXml is set to false, some bytes will be shaved off of HTML
359 output by omitting some things like quotation marks where HTML 5 allows.
360 ** (bug 16921) maxlength enabled for page move comments
361 * The description message in $wgExtensionCredits can be an array with parameters
362 * New hook SpecialRandomGetRandomTitle allows extensions to modify the selection
363 criteria used by Special:Random and subclasses, or substitute a custom result,
364 deprecating the $wgExtraRandompageSQL config variable
365 * (bug 20318) Distinct CSS classes for ISBN/RFC/PMID special links added
366 * (bug 20404) Custom fields in the user creation form template can now have
367 detail labels in prefsectiontip divs.
368 * MakeSysop and MakeBot are now aliases for Special:UserRights
369 * IndexPager->mLimitsShown can now be an associative array of limit => text-to-
370 display-in-limit-form.
371 * (bug 18880) LogEventsList::showLogExtract() can now take a string-by-reference
372 and add its HTML to it, rather than having to go straight to $wgOut.
373 * Added $wgShowDBErrorBacktrace, to allow users to easily gather backtraces for
374 database connection and query errors.
375 * Show change block / unblock link on Special:Contributions if user is blocked
376 * Display note on Special:Contributions if the user is blocked, and provide an
377 excerpt from the block log.
378 * (bug 19646) New hook: ImgAuthBeforeStream for tests and functionality before
379 file is streamed to user, but only when using img_auth
380 * Note on non-existing user and user talk pages if user does not exist
381 * New hook ShowMissingArticle so extensions can modify the output for
383 * Admins could disable some variants using $wgDisabledVariants now. ONLY apply
384 on wikis enabled LanguageConverter.
385 * (bug 16310) Credits page now lists IP addresses rather than saying the number
386 of anonymous users that edited the page
387 * New permission 'sendemail' added. Default right for all registered users. Can
388 for example be used to prevent new accounts from sending spam.
389 * (bug 16979) Tracking categories for __INDEX__ and __NOINDEX__
390 * Two new hooks, ConfirmEmailComplete and InvalidateEmailComplete, which are
391 called after a user's email has been successfully confirmed or invalidated.
392 * (bug 19741) Moved the XCF files out of the main MediaWiki distribution, for
393 a smaller subversion checkout.
394 * (bug 13750) First letter capitalization can now be a per-namespace setting
395 * (bug 21073) "User does not exist" message no longer displayed on sub-sub-pages
397 * (bug 21095) Tracking categories produced by the parser (expensive parser
398 function limit exceeded, __NOINDEX__ tracking, etc) can now be disabled by
399 setting the system message ([[MediaWiki:expensive-parserfunction-category]]
401 * Added maintenance script sqlite.php for SQLite-specific maintenance tasks.
402 * Rewrote Special:Upload to allow easier extension.
403 * Upload errors that can be solved by changing the filename now do not require
405 * Added $wgRateLimitsExcludedIPs, to allow specific IPs to be whitelisted from
407 * (bug 21222) When $wgUseTeX is not enabled, <math> is no longer registered with
408 the parser so extensions are free to implement their own <math> tag
409 * (bug 21047) Wrap 'cannotdelete' into a div with the generic 'error' class and
410 an own 'mw-error-cannotdelete' class
411 * New hook AbortNewAccountAuto, called before account creation from AuthPlugin-
412 or ExtUser-driven requests.
413 * (bug 3480) The warning saying that the page has a history when deleting it now
414 contains the number of revisions in the history
415 * $wgStylePath and $wgLogo are now set in the default LocalSettings.php file.
416 * (bug 20186) Allow filtering history for revision deletion.
417 * New hook OtherBlockLogLink, called in Special:IPBlockList and Special:Block
418 to show links to block logs of other blocking extensions, i.e. GlobalBlocking
419 * Added search capabilities to SQLite backend
420 * rebuildtextindex.php maintenance script now supports databases other than
422 * upgrade1_5.php now requires to be run --update option to prevent confusion
423 * (bug 17662) Customizable default preload/editintro for new sections in the
424 respective addsection-preload and addsection-editintro messages
425 * Added maintenance script checkSyntax.php that checks for PHP syntax errors
426 and common coding mistakes
427 * Updated Unicode normalization tables
428 * (bug 21604) Spellcheck attribute for editsummary
429 * New wgCategories JavaScript global variable for userscripts.
430 * (bug 20717) Added checkboxes to hide users with bot and/or sysop group
431 membership in SpecialActiveusers
432 * Allow \pagecolor and \definecolor in texvc
433 * $wgTexvcBackgroundColor contains background color for texvc call
434 * (bug 21574) Redirects can now have "303 See Other" HTTP status
435 * EditPage refactored to allow extensions to derive new edit modes much easier.
436 * (bug 21826) Subsections of Special:Version now also have anchors
437 * (bug 19791) Add URL of file source as comment to thumbs (for ImageMagick)
438 * (bug 21946) Sorted wikitables do not properly handle minus signs
439 * (bug 18885) Red links for media files do not support shared repositories
440 * Added $wgFixArabicUnicode, to convert deprecated presentation forms in
441 Arabic text to their modern equivalents, and $wgFixMalayalamUnicode, to
442 convert ZWJ-based chillu sequences in Malayalam text to their Unicode 5.1
444 * (bug 22051) Returing false in SpecialContributionsBeforeMainOutput hook now
446 * Send new password e-mail in users preference language
447 * LanguageConverter now support nested using of manual convert syntax like
449 * Upload license preview now uses the API instead of action=ajax
450 * (bug 7346) Add <guid> to RSS to avoid duplicates
451 * (bug 19996) Added new hooks for Special:Search, which allow to further
453 * (bug 21936) When a revision has been patrolled, there's now a link back to the
455 * (bug 22315) SpecialRecentChangesQuery hook now pass $query_options and checks
457 * Separate unit test suites under t/ and tests/ were merged and moved to
459 * importImages.php maintenance script can now use the original uploader and
460 comment from another wiki.
461 * Support for Turck MMCache was removed
462 * (bug 14592) Warn users when they try to move their user page that their
463 account will not be renamed
464 * Show block log on non-existing user (talk) pages of currently blocked users
466 === Bug fixes in 1.16 ===
468 * (bug 18031) Make namespace selector on Special:Export remember the previous
470 * The svn-version version numbers on Special:Version have been removed
471 * (bug 17374) Special:Export no longer exports two copies of the same page
472 * (bug 18190) Proper parsing in MediaWiki:Sharedupload message
473 * (bug 17617) HTML cleanup for ImagePage
474 * (bug 17964) namespaceDupes.php no longer fails on an empty interwiki table
475 * Improved error handling for image moving
476 * (bug 17974) On Special:SpecialPages, restricted special pages are now marked
477 with <strong> tags, helps with text-based browsers
478 * (bug 18259) Special:DeletedContributions now also uses
479 MediaWiki:Sp-contributions-logs for the link to Special:Log
480 * Don't add empty title="" attributes to links to anchors on the current page
481 * (bug 18291) rebuildrecentchanges.php failed to add deletion log entries
482 * (bug 18304) rebuildrecentchanges.php got size changes wrong
483 * (bug 18170) Fixed a PHP warning in Parser::preSaveTransform() in PHP 5.3
484 * (bug 18289) Database connection error page now returns correct HTML
485 * "successbox", "errorbox" and related CSS classes are now available in all
487 * (bug 18316) Removed superfluous name="fulltext" from Special:Search
488 * (bug 18331) MediaWiki:Undelete-revision can now have wikitext
489 * The "noautoblock" flag is no longer displayed in the block log when blocking
491 * (bug 18009) $wgHooks and $wgExtensionFunctions now support closures
492 * (bug 17948) Maintenance scripts now exit(0) or exit(1) as appropriate
493 * (bug 18377) Time in Enhanced ChangesList lacking localisation
494 * (bug 12998) Allow <sup>, <sub>, etc. in DISPLAYTITLE
495 * (bug 1553) Lowercase navigation headings in German
496 * (bug 7830) Pending transactions failed to commit on loginToUse() error
497 * (bug 11613) session.save_handler being over-ridden
498 * (bug 11381) session.save_handler being set twice (causes error)
499 * (bug 17835) ForeignAPIRepo throwing error on first page load for file
500 * (bug 18115) ForeignAPIRepo cache isn't working
501 * Fixed a bug caused by LanguageConverter.php, which brings an abnormal '}-'
502 after some parsed math syntax.
503 * (bug 18441) rebuildrecentchanges.inc no longer ignores $wgLogRestrictions
504 * (bug 18317) Bolded selections in 1 | 3 | etc days on RecentChanges now use
505 <strong> instead of hardcoded styles
506 * (bug 18449) Fixed items number per column on category pages when the total is
508 * (bug 18121) maintenance/deleteArchivedRevisions.php no longer deletes
509 revisions when --delete is not passed
510 * (bug 13172) GPS coordinates in image Exif data are now actually displayed
511 * Overhaul of preferences system, includes the following bug fixes:
512 ** (bug 5363) Changes to default preferences now impact registered users.
513 ** (bug 14806) Hook to enable putting preferences in existing tabs.
514 ** (bug 17191) Registration date now listed on preferences page.
515 ** The user_properties table (now used for storing preferences) has been added
517 ** Note that this change will break some extensions which have not been adapted
519 * (bug 17020) Adding fallback encodings for Traditional and Simplified Chinese
520 languages while the the text is typed as URLs.
521 * (bug 17614) Prev / Next links are not shown if all results are shown
522 * (bug 18207) Strange spacing before [[irc:...]] links
523 * Removed float from the user login form in RTL interface - caused display
525 * (bug 15008) Redirect images are now subject to Bad image list rules
526 * (bug 6802) profileinfo.php now also work on other database servers than MySQL
527 * (bug 16925) Diffs no longer fail when $wgExternalDiffEngine is set to
528 'wikidiff' or 'wikidiff2' but extension is not installed
529 * (bug 18326) Chmod errors in file repos have been hidden
530 * (bug 18718) Comma after a } create a error in IE
531 * (bug 18716) Removed redundant class in Modern skin CSS for category links and
533 * (bug 18656) Use proper directory separators in wfMkdirParents()
534 * (bug 18549) Make Special:Blockip respect $wgEnableUserEmail and
536 * (bug 16912) Tooltips on images with link= disappear
537 * (bug 18389) Localise numbers in EXIF data
538 * (bug 18522) Wrap MediaWiki:Protect-cascadeon in a div for identification
539 * (bug 18438) Tweak HTML for preview bar for consistency and accessibility
540 * (bug 18432) Updated documentation for dumpBackup.php
541 * Fix array logic in Sanitizer::removeHTMLtags so that it doesn't strip good
542 tags that were redundantly defined.
543 * (bug 14118) SpecialPage::getTitleFor does not return a localised name
544 * (bug 18698) Renaming non entry point maintenance scripts from .inc.php to
546 * Deprecated methods Title::getInterwikiLink, Title::userCanCreate(),
547 Title::userCanEdit() and Title::userCanMove() have been removed
548 * Only show upload links on file description if $wgEnableUploads = true
550 * Don't say "You need to log in to upload/move", because it's possible that
551 uploading/moving is disabled for registered users as well (e.g. only sysops)
552 * (bug 18943) Handle invalid titles gracefully at Special:Mostlinked
553 * (bug 8873) Enable variant conversion in text on 'alt' and 'title' attributes
554 * (bug 10837) Introducing the StubUserVariant class to determine the variant
555 variable instead of using this to overrules the user language preference.
556 * (bug 19014) If user had deletedhistory right, but not undeleted right, then
557 show "view" instead of "view/restore" on logs.
558 * (bug 19017) TOC level calculation error in an odd case
559 * (bug 18999) CSS update for RTL interwiki links
560 * (bug 18925) history.js removes class names of list elements on initialization
561 * Multiple whitespace in TOC anchors is now stripped, for consistency with the
562 link from the edit comment
563 * (bug 19112) Preferences now respects $wgUseExternalEditor
564 * (bug 18173) MediaWiki now fails when unable to determine a client IP
565 * (bug 19170) Special:Version should follow the content language direction
566 * (bug 19160) maintenance/purgeOldText.inc is now compatible with PostgreSQL
567 * Fixed performance regression in "bad image list" feature
568 * Show user preference 'Use live preview' if $wgLivePreview is enabled only
569 * (bug 17014) Blocked users can no longer use Special:UserRights unless they
570 can add/remove *all* groups (have 'userrights' permission).
571 * (bug 19294) Always show Sp-contributions-footer(-anon)
572 * Attempts to restrict reading of pages while anonymous viewing is allowed
573 via extensions not using the userCan hook and via $wgRevokePermissions now
575 * (bug 8445) Multiple-character search terms are now handled properly for
577 * (bug 19450) Use formatNum for "Number of edits" in Special:Preferences
578 * (bug 11242) Check for MySQL storage engines during installation now checks
579 whether the engines are actually available
580 * (bug 19390) Omit the "printable version" link on the printable version
581 * (bug 18394) img_auth.php now respects userCan
582 * (bug 19509) Uploading to a file named '0' previously treated it as null input
583 and attempted to upload with the source name. Now warns about not having an
584 extension (since 0.ext is perfectly valid)
585 * (bug 19468) Enotif preferences are now only displayed when they are turned on
586 * (bug 19442) Show/hide options on watchlist only work once
587 * (bug 19602) PubMed Magic links now use updated NIH url
588 * (bug 19637) externallinks have links to self
589 * Don't load Opera 9.5 RTL fixes for Opera 9.6
590 * Remove five-year-old KHTMLFixes.css, which is unlikely to be relevant anymore
591 and was causing problems.
592 * Removed repetition of URIs in the title attributes of external links.
593 * (bug 19693) User name is now escaped in "Contributions for ..." link on
595 * (bug 19571) Override buildConcat for SQLite.
596 * Log in and log out links no longer return to page view when clicked from
597 history view, edit page, or something similar
598 * (bug 19513) RTL fixes for new Search UI
599 * (bug 16497) Special:Allmessages is paginated
600 * (bug 18708) CSS plainlinks class now available to all skins
601 * (bug 19590) Database error messages no longer have "MySQL" hardcoded as the
603 * (bug 19759) successbox on Special:Preferences now correctly aligned on
604 standard, nostalgia and cologneblue skin
605 * (bug 19814) interwiki links from file links ([[File:Foo.jpg|link=de:Test]])
606 are no longer recorded in the pagelinks table
607 * (bug 19784) date option "ISO 8601" produced illegal id
608 * (bug 19761) Removed autogenerated <meta keywords> tag with link data.
609 Keyword set was not useful, and is ignored by modern search engines anway.
610 * (bug 19827) Special:SpecialPages title is "Upload file
611 * (bug 19355) Added .xhtml, .xht to upload file extension blacklist
612 * (bug 19287) Workaround for lag on history page in Firefox 3.5
613 * (bug 19564) Updated docs/hooks.txt
614 * (bug 18751) Fix for buggage in profiling setup for some extensions on PHP 5.1
615 * (bug 17139) ts_resortTable inconsistent trimming makes date sorting fragile
616 * (bug 19445) Change oldimage table to use ON UPDATE CASCADE for FK to image
618 * (bug 14080) Short notation links to subpages didn't work in edit summaries
619 * (bug 17374) Special:Export no longer exports multiple copies of pages
620 * (bug 19818) Edits to user CSS/JS subpages can now be marked as patrolled by
621 users who can't edit them
622 * (bug 19839) Comments in log items are no more double escaped
623 * (bug 18161) Fix inconsistent separators in watchlist link toolbars with
624 "enhanced recent changes"
625 * (bug 16877) Moving a page over a redirect no longer leaves an orphan entry in
626 the recentchanges table
627 * (bug 16009) Limit selection forms based on Pager now links to the correct page
629 * The display of the language list on the preferences is more comply with the
631 * (bug 19849) Custom X-Vary-Options header now disabled unless $wgUseXVO is set
632 * (bug 19301) Duplicates entries in $wgAddGroups, $wgRemoveGroups,
633 $wgGroupsAddToSelf and $wgGroupsRemoveFromSelf are no more displayed on
634 Special:ListGroupRights
635 * (bug 18799) Special:Userlogin now handles correctly the returnto parameter
636 to not link back to Special:Userlogout when user's language isn't the same as
638 * (bug 19479) Show proper error message when unable to connect to PostgreSQL
639 database with username/password in MediaWiki's setup
640 * (bugs 18407, 18409) Special:Upload is now listed on Special:Specialpages only
641 if uploads are enabled and the user can access it
642 * (bug 17988) Spaces before [[Category:]] links are no longer ignored
643 * (bug 19957) All known-failing tests now marked disabled; added --run-disabled
644 option to parser test suite to run disabled tests if desired.
645 * (bug 16311) Make recent change flags (n/m/b) <abbr>s instead of <span>s
646 * (bug 15680) Split the edit tip message of user CSS/JS subpage into
647 "usercssyoucanpreview" and "userjsyoucanpreview" respectively.
648 * (bug 12110) Split the rights for editing users' CSS/JS subpage from
649 "editusercssjs" into "editusercss" and edituserjs" respectively.
650 * (bug 19394) RecentChanges feed URLs for log items with no revisions
651 (eg Newuser, Userrights) are no longer broken
652 * (bug 17395) Remote file descriptions use user language ($wgLang), not wiki
653 language ($wgContLang)
654 * (bug 11867) Lock error on redirect table when running orphans.php
655 * (bug 18930) initStats.php now refreshes active users count
656 * (bug 18699) Using the nosummary URL option no longer triggers the "You have
657 not provided a summary" warning for those who activated it in their
659 * (bug 18855) commandLine.inc and Maintenance.php are now properly included
661 * (bug 18497) Fixed broken style sheets in Opera fullscreen mode
662 * (bug 16084) Default memory limit has be increased to 50M, see $wgMemoryLimit
663 * (bug 17864/19519) Added proper input normalization in Special:UserRights
664 * (bug 20086) Add Hook to add extra statistics at the end of Special:Statistics
665 * (bug 19289) importDump.php can now handle bzip2 and 7zip
666 * (bug 20131) Fixed a PHP notice for users having the "rollback" right on
667 Special:RecentChangesLinked
668 * Do not transform EXIF fields with pure text to avoid results like
670 * (bug 20176) Fix login/logout links in skin CologneBlue
671 * (bug 20203) "Powered by Mediawiki" now has height/width on image tag
672 * (bug 20273) Fix broken output when no pages are found in the content
674 * (bug 20265) Make AncientPages and UnusedFiles work on SQLite
675 * Fixed XSS vulnerability for Internet Explorer clients (only pre-release
676 versions of MediaWiki were affected).
677 * (bug 14817) Moving a page to a subpage of itself moves it twice
678 * (bug 20289) $wgMaximumMovedPages should only count pages actually moved
679 * (bug 15248) Non-breaking spaces and certain other Unicode space characters
680 are now normalized to ordinary spaces in titles; if your wiki has existing
681 titles with such characters, run cleanupTitles.php and/or cleanupImages.php
682 * (bug 11143) Links containing invalid UTF-8 percent-code sequences are now
683 cleanly disabled instead of breaking parsing entirely on PHP 5.2.
684 * (bug 20296) Fixed an PHP warning in Language::getMagic() in PHP 5.3
685 * (bug 20358) Unprotect tab was missing accesskey; now same as protect tab.
686 * (bug 20317) Cleaned up default main page link accesskey settings
687 * (bug 20362) Special:Statistics now produces valid HTML when view counters are
689 * (bug 19857) maintenance/deleteRevision.php on last revision no longer breaks
691 * (bug 20365) Page name with with c/g/h/j/s/u + x are now correctly handled in
692 Special:MovePage with Esperanto as content language
693 * (bug 20364) Fixed regression in GIF metadata loading
694 * (bug 20299) MediaWiki:Move-subpages and MediaWiki:Move-talk-subpages can now
696 * (bug 15475) DatabaseBase::setFlag(), DatabaseBase::clearFlag() and
697 DatabaseBase::getFlag() now have documentation
698 * (bug 19966) MediaWiki:License-header is now used for the licensing header in
699 the file description page instead of MediaWiki:License
700 * (bug 20380) Links to history/deleted edits at the top of
701 Special:RevisionDelete are no more displayed when when doing log suppression
702 * (bug 8143) Localised parser function names are now correctly case insensitive
703 if they contain non-ASCII characters
704 * (bug 19055) maintenance/rebuildrecentchanges.php now purges
705 Special:Recentchanges's RSS and Atom feed cache
706 * The installer will now try to bypass PHP's max_execution_time
707 * (bug 20260) SQLite no longer tries to automatically create the database at
708 execution time, this now happens only at install time; if it is not available
709 at script execution, it now throws an exception
710 * Fixed EditFilterMerged hook so the hookError parameter serves a purpose
711 (analogous to EditFilter hook)
712 * (bug 2257) Tag extensions can expand template parameters provided to the tag,
713 by using a new parameter added to the recursiveTagParse function
714 * (bug 14900) __INDEX__ and __NOINDEX__ no longer override site config set in
715 $wgArticleRobotPolicies.
716 * (bug 20466) Hidden categories are no more displayed when printing
717 * (bug 20446) When changing user rights with User@remotewiki and remotewiki is
718 the local wiki, the user is now treated as the local user
719 * (bug 20494) OutputPage::getArticleBodyOnly() no longer requires an useless
721 * (bug 20136) Protection form JavaScript now synchronizes the expiry boxes on
722 any change, in addition to onkeyup.
723 * Don't link to "edit this page" on MediaWiki:Noarticletext if user is not
724 allowed to create page. Done via new message
725 MediaWiki:Noarticletext-nopermission
726 * Improved compatibility between the Vector skin and addPortletLink() from
727 wikibits.js: empty portlets are now present but hidden, adding an element to a
729 * (bug 19531) addPortletLink() now wraps inserted labels in a <span> element to
730 be compatible with the CSS for the Vector skin
731 * (bug 20578) Wrong localized image metadata - duplicated string?
732 * (bug 20556) Stub threshold's "other" <input> in Special:Preferences now has a
733 correct type="text" parameter
734 * (bug 482) Don't include TOC in the printable version if it has been hidden
735 * Adjust the time according to the user configuration on Special:Revisiondelete
736 * (bug 20624) Installation no longer allows "qqq" as the chosen language
737 * (bug 20634) The installer-created database user will now have all rights on
738 the database so that upgrades will go more smoothly.
739 * (bug 18180) Special:Export ignores limit, dir, offset parameters
740 * User::getBlockedStatus() works for all kinds of user objects and doesn't
741 assume the user object is equal to the current-user object ($wgUser)
742 * (bug 20517) Cancel link from edit page now returns to the old version when
743 editing an old version
744 * (bug 16902) Installer no longer shows warnings when exec() has been disabled
746 * (bug 20726) Title::getLatestRevID's documentation now says that the function
747 returns false if the page doesn't exist
748 * (bug 20751) ForeignApiRepo now urldecodes filenames when saving to local cache
749 * (bug 20730) Fix to Special:Version ViewVC link for branch checkouts
750 * (bug 20353) wfShellExec() was adding extra quotes on Windows Vista, causing
751 command line scripts to fail
752 * (bug 20702) Parser functions can now be used correctly in
753 MediaWiki:Missing-article
754 * (bug 14117) "redirected from" is now also shown on foreign file redirects
755 * (bug 17747) Only display thumbnail column in file history if the image can
757 * (bug 3421) Live preview no longer breaks user CSS/JS previews
758 * (bug 11264) The file logo on a file description page for documents (PDF, ...)
759 now links to the file rather than the file description page
760 * Password fields built with HTMLForm now still have the type="password"
761 attribute if $wgHtml5=false.
762 * (bug 20836) Preload now works for MediaWiki namespace
763 * (bug 20885) Search box no longer suggests unavailable special pages
764 * (bug 20948) "Create this page" on Special:Search is no longer displayed when
765 searching for special pages
766 * (bug 20524) Hideuser: Show nice error when trying to block hidden user without
768 * (bug 21026) Fixed file redirects on shared repos on non-English client wikis
769 * (bug 21030) Fixed schema choices from being overwritten by defining unique
770 field names per driver.
771 * (bug 21115) wgCanonicalSpecialPageName javascript variable is now always
772 false on non-special pages
773 * (bug 21113) "Other statistics" header on Special:Statistics is no more
774 displayed when there isn't any entry in it
775 * (bug 21114) Special:Contributions no longer shows diff links for new
777 * (bug 21116) MediaWiki:Templatesused, MediaWiki:Templatesusedpreview and
778 MediaWiki:Templatesusedsection now support plural
779 * (bug 21079) There is no more line wrapping between label and field in
781 * (bug 20256) Fixed SQL errors on Special:Recentchanges and
782 Special:Recentchangeslinked on SQLite backend
783 * (bug 20880) Fixed updater failure on SQLite backend
784 * (bug 21182) Fixed invalid HTML in Special:Listgrouprights
785 * (bug 20242) Installer no longer promts for user credentials for SQLite
787 * (bug 20911) Installer failed to create a SQLite database
788 * (bug 20847) Deprecated deprecated akeytt() removed in wikibits.js leaving
790 * (bug 21161) Changing $wgCacheEpoch now always invalidates file cache
791 * (bug 20268) Fixed row count estimation on SQLite backend
792 * (bug 20275) Fixed LIKE queries on SQLite backend
793 * (bug 21234) Moving subpages of titles containing \\ now works properly
794 * (bug 21006) maintenance/updateArticleCount.php now works again on PostgreSQL
795 * (bug 19319) Add activeusers-intro message at top of SpecialActiveUsers page
796 * (bug 21255) Fixed hostname construction for DNSBL checking
797 * (bug 18019) Users are now warned when moving a file to a name in use on a
798 shared repository and only users with the 'reupload-shared' permission can
800 * (bug 18909) Add missing Postgres INSERT SELECT wrapper
801 * User::isValidPassword now only returns boolean results,
802 User::getPasswordValidity can be used to get an error message string
803 * The error message shown in Special:ChangePassword now parses wiki markup
804 * (bug 19859) Removed experimental HTMLDiff feature
805 * Removed section edit links in edit conflict form
806 * Allow SpecialActiveusers to work on non-MySQL databases
807 * (bug 6579) Fixed protecting images from uploading only
808 * (bug 18609) Search index was empty for some pages
809 * (bug 13453) rebuildrecentchanges maintenance script works on PG again
810 * (bug 16583) Reduce false positives when checking for PHP (on upload, etc.)
811 * (bug 20112) Bitrotted tests in the t/ directory were failing.
812 * (bug 21470) MediaWiki:Sp-contributions-explain is now wrapped in a <p> with
813 id "mw-sp-contributions-explain"
814 * (bug 19159) Fixed \overleftrightarrow in texvc
815 * (bug 19391) Fix caching for Recent ChangesFeed.
816 * (bug 21455) Fixed "Watch this page" checkbox appearing on some special pages
817 even to non-logged in users
818 * (bug 21551) Rewrote the Squid purge HTTP client to provide a more robust and
819 general implementation of HTTP, allowing it to purge non-Squid caches such as
821 * Fixed corruption of long UDP debug log messages by using socket_sendto()
822 instead of fsockopen() with fwrite().
823 * (bug 16884) Fixed feed links in sidebar not complying with URL parameters
824 of the displayed page
825 * (bug 21403) memcached class renamed to MWMemecached to avoid conflict with
826 PHP's memcached extension
827 * (bug 21650) Both calls to SkinTemplateTabs hook are now compatible
828 * (bug 21672) Add missing Accept-Language to both Vary and XVO headers
829 * (bug 21679) "Edit block reasons" link at the bottom of Special:Blockip is now
830 only displayed to the users that have "editinterface" right
831 * (bug 21740) Attempting to protect a page that doesn't exist (salting) returns
833 * (bug 18762) both redirects and links get fixed one after another if
834 redirects-only switch is not present
835 * (bug 20159) thumbnails rerendered if older that $wgThumbnailEpoch
836 * Fixed a bug which in some situations causes the job queue to grow forever,
837 due to an infinite loop of job requeues.
838 * (bug 21523) File that can have multiple pages (djvu, pdf, ...) no longer have
839 the page selector when they have only one page
840 * (bug 21559) "logempty" message is now wrapped in a div with class
841 "mw-warning-logempty" when used in log extract
842 * (bug 20549) Parser tests were broken on SQLite backend
843 * (bug 21776) Interwiki urls like http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/cs: should give
844 a redirect instead of a baderror.
845 * (bug 21803) Special:MyContributions now keeps the query string parameters
846 * Redirecting special pages now keep query string paramters set to "0" (e.g.
848 * (bug 20765) Special:ListGroupRights no longer misses addables and removables
849 groups if there are duplicate entries
850 * (bug 21814) Message shown when rolling back an edit with a deleted username
851 now shows '(username deleted)' instead of broken user tool links
852 * (bug 21536) Fixed JavaScript error on Special:Search caused by an incorrect ID
853 * (bug 21535) RecentChanges RSS feed now always recognises the namespace filter,
854 previously it sometimes didn't due to caching.
855 * (bug 20388) ProfilerSimpleText no longer outputs comment on action=raw
856 * refreshLinks.php now purges orphaned redirect table rows
857 * (bug 2971) Swap links of hist & diff location on Special:Contributions for
858 consistency with RC/WL
859 * (bug 21986) Special page names were are now capitalized by content language
860 * If two log type have the same description, they're now both displayed in the
861 type selector on Special:Log
862 * (bug 20115) Special:Userlogin title says "Log in / create account" even if the
863 user can't create an account
864 * (bug 2658) Don't attempt to set the TZ environment variable.
865 * (bug 9794) User rights log entries for foreign user now links to the foreign
866 user's page if possible
867 * (bug 14717) Don't load nonexistent CSS fix files for non-Monobook skins
868 * (bug 22034) Use wfClientAcceptsGzip() in wfGzipHandler instead of
870 * (bug 19226) First line renders differently on many UI messages.
871 * (bug 21303) Comments are no longer stripped from MediaWiki:Common.js and
872 skin-specific JS pages
873 * (bug 5061) Use the more precise thumbcaption thumbimage and thumbinner classes
875 * Fixed bug involving unclosed "-{" markup in the language converter
876 * (bug 21870) No longer include Google logo from an external server on wiki error.
877 * (bug 22181) Do not truncate if the ellipsis actually make the string longer
878 * (bug 16039) Text disappearing after a bad image
879 * (bug 18784) Internal links like [[File:Foo|caption]] should read 'caption',
880 not 'File:Foo' when Foo is not an image
881 * (bug 21518) Special:UserRights no longer displays the user name box for users
882 that can only change their rights
883 * (bug 21593) Special:UserRights now lists automatic groups membership
884 * (bug 22364) Setting $wgUseExternalEditor to false no longer hides the reupload
886 * Fix bug introduced in MediaWiki 1.12: The author field in
887 $wgExtensionCredits is no longer sorted with sort() but rather used
888 as it appears in extensions as was the case before r30117 where it
889 was unintentionally sorted along with other fields.
890 * (bug 19334) Textarea no longer jumps when editing longer articles in IE8
891 * Truncate summary of page moves in revision comment field to avoid broken
893 * (bug 22540) ForeignApiRepos no longer try to store thumbnails that don't exist
894 * (bug 22551) Special:Resetpass now has a "Cancel" button that sends the user to
895 the page set in the &returnto parameter.
896 * (bug 19194) Search box in Modern skin doesn't focus with Safari/Chrome
897 * (bug 17790) Users instantly logged off on HughesNet
899 == API changes in 1.16 ==
900 * Added uiprop=changeablegroups to meta=userinfo
901 * Added usprop=gender to list=users
902 * (bug 18311) action=purge now works for images too
903 * Add parentid to prop=revisions output
904 * (bug 17832) action=delete returns 'unknownerror' instead of 'permissiondenied'
905 when the user is blocked
906 * (bug 18546) Added timestamp of new revision to action=edit output
907 * (bug 18554) Also list hidden revisions in list=usercontribs for privileged
909 * (bug 13049) "API must be accessed from the primary script entry point" error
910 * (bug 16422) Don't display help for format=jsonfm unless specifically requested
911 * Added PHP and database version to meta=siteinfo output
912 * (bug 18533) Add readonly message to meta=siteinfo output
913 * (bug 18518) Add clprop=hidden to prop=categories
914 * (bug 18710) Fixed internal error with empty parameter in action=paraminfo
915 * (bug 18709) Missing descriptions for some parameters in action=paraminfo
917 * (bug 18731) Show correct SVN links for extension modules in api.php?version
918 * (bug 18730) Add version information to action=paraminfo output
919 * (bug 18743) Add ucprop=size to list=usercontribs
920 * (bug 18749) Add generator flag to action=paraminfo output
921 * Make action=block respect $wgEnableUserEmail and $wgSysopEmailBans
922 * Made deleting file description pages without files possible
923 * (bug 18773) Add content flag to siprop=namespaces output
924 * (bug 18785) Add siprop=languages to meta=siteinfo
925 * (bug 14200) Added user and excludeuser parameters to list=watchlist and
927 * Added index, fromtitle and byteoffset fields to action=parse&prop=sections
929 * (bug 19313) action=rollback returns wrong revid on master/slave setups
930 * (bug 19323) action=parse doesn't return section tree on pages with Cite
932 * (bug 18720) Add anchor field to action=parse&prop=sections output
933 * (bug 19423) The initial file description page used caption in user lang
935 * (bug 17809) Add number of users in user groups to meta=siteinfo
936 * (bug 18533) Add readonly reason to readonly exception
937 * (bug 19528) Added XSLT parameter to API queries in format=xml
938 * (bug 19040) Fix prependtext and appendtext in combination with section
939 parameter in action=edit
940 * (bug 19090) Added watchlist parameter, deprecated watch and unwatch
941 parameter in action=edit
942 * Added fields to list=search output: size, wordcount, timestamp, snippet
943 * Where supported by backend, list=search adds a 'searchinfo' element with
944 optional info: 'totalhits' count and 'suggestion' alternate query term
945 * (bug 19907) $wgCrossSiteAJAXdomains added to allow specified (or all)
946 external domains to access api.php via AJAX, if the browser supports the
947 Access-Control-Allow-Origin HTTP header
948 * (bug 19999) Made metadata and properties of search results optional. Added
950 * (bug 20700) Add amprop=default to meta=allmessages to list default value for
952 * Don't parse magic words in meta=allmessages, output messages unparsed
953 * (bug 21105) list=usercontribs can now list contribs for User:0
954 * (bug 21085) list=deletedrevs no longer returns only one revision when
955 drcontinue param is passed
956 * (bug 21106) Deprecated parameters now tagged in action=paraminfo
957 * (bug 19004) Added support for tags
958 * (bug 21083) list=allusers no longer returns current timestamp for users
959 without registration date
960 * (bug 20967) action=edit allows creation of invalid titles
961 * (bug 19523) Add inprop=watched to prop=info
962 * (bug 21589) API: Separate summary and initial page text for uploads
963 * (bug 21817) list=usercontribs returns empty result for empty ucuser
964 * (bug 21441) meta=userinfo&uiprop=options no longer returns default options
965 for logged-in users under certain circumstances
966 * (bug 21945) Add chomp control in YAML
967 * Expand the thumburl to an absolute url to make it consistent with url and
969 * (bug 20233) ApiLogin::execute() doesn't handle LoginForm :: RESET_PASS
970 * (bug 22061) API: add prop=headitems to action=parse
971 * (bug 22240) API: include time in siteinfo
972 * (bug 22241) Quick edit is still using the deprecated watch parameter (API: Setting default for watch/unwatch wrongly set)
973 * (bug 22245) blfilterredirect=nonredirects in blredirect mode wrongly filtering
974 * (bug 22248) Output extension URLs in meta=siteinfo&siprop=extensions
975 * Support key-params arrays in 'descriptionmsg' in meta=siteinfo&siprop=extensions
976 * (bug 21922) YAML output should quote asterisk when used as key
977 * (bug 22297) safesubst: to allow substitution without breaking transclusion
978 * (bug 18758) API read of watchlist's wl_notificationtimestamp
979 * (bug 20809) Expose EditFormPreloadText via the API
980 * (bug 18427) Comment (edit summary) parser option for API
981 * (bug 18608) API should provide list of CSS styles to apply to rendered output
982 * (bug 18771) List possible errors in action=paraminfo
984 === Languages updated in 1.16 ===
986 MediaWiki supports over 330 languages. Many localisations are updated
987 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
988 changes to languages because of MediaZilla reports.
990 * Capiznon (cps) (new)
991 * North Frisian (frr) (new)
992 * Kirmanjki (kiu) (new)
993 * Komi-Permyak (koi) (new)
994 * Karachay-Balkar (krc) (new)
995 * Latgalian (ltg) (new)
996 * Hill Mari (mrj) (new)
997 * Prussian (prg) (new)
998 * Romagnol (rgn) (new)
1000 * Lower Silesian (sli) (new)
1001 * Picard (pcd) (new)
1002 * Uyghur (Arabic script) (ug-arab) (new)
1003 * Upper Franconian (vmf) (new)
1005 * Eastern Yiddish (ydd) (removed)
1006 * Iriga Bicolano (bto) (removed)
1007 * Ladin (lld) (removed)
1008 * Palembang (plm) (removed)
1009 * Megleno-Romanian (Greek script) (ruq-grek) (removed)
1010 * Tamazight (tzm) (removed)
1012 * (bug 18474) Sorani (ckb - Central Kurdish) (renamed from ku-arab)
1013 * Add PLURAL function for Scots Gaelic (gd)
1014 * Add Estonian letters äöõšüž to linktrail (et)
1015 * (bug 18776) Native name of Burmese language (my)
1016 * (bug 18806) Use correct unicode characters in spelling of native Chuvash
1018 * (bug 18864) Updated autonym for Zhuang language
1019 * (bug 18308) Updated date formatting in Occitan (oc)
1020 * (bug 19080) Added ăâîşţșțĂÂÎŞŢȘȚ to Romanion (ro) linktrail
1021 * (bug 19286) Correct commafying function in Polish (pl)
1022 * (bug 19441) Updated date formatting for Lithuanian
1023 * (bug 19630) Added ÄäÇçĞğŇňÖöŞşÜüÝýŽž to Turkmen (tk) linktrail
1024 * (bug 19949) New linktrail for Greek (el)
1025 * (bug 19809) Korean (North Korea) (ko-kp) (new)
1026 * (bug 19968) Fixed "Project talk" namespace name for Maltese (mt)
1027 * (bug 21168) Added áâãàéêçíóôõúü to Portuguese (pt) linktrail
1028 * (bug 21596) Change interwiki link for Kurdish (ku)
1032 MediaWiki 1.16 requires PHP 5.1 (5.2 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
1034 MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade.
1035 At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.
1040 1.16 has several database changes since 1.15, and will not work without schema
1043 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons reposito-
1044 ry, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise due to
1045 database schema changes.
1047 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
1048 new database fields are filled with data.
1050 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
1051 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
1052 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
1054 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
1059 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
1060 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
1061 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
1062 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
1063 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
1065 For notes on 1.15.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
1068 === Online documentation ===
1070 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
1071 built up on MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
1072 License (except for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in
1073 the public domain) :
1075 http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
1078 === Mailing list ===
1080 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
1083 http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
1085 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
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1089 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
1090 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
1095 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net