formatted as specified by the error formatter parameters.
* action=compare can now handle arbitrary text, deleted revisions, and
returning users and edit comments.
+* (T164106) The 'rvdifftotext', 'rvdifftotextpst', 'rvdiffto',
+ 'rvexpandtemplates', 'rvgeneratexml', 'rvparse', and 'rvprop=parsetree'
+ parameters to prop=revisions are deprecated, as are the similarly named
+ parameters to prop=deletedrevisions, list=allrevisions, and
+ list=alldeletedrevisions. Use action=compare, action=parse, or
+ action=expandtemplates instead.
=== Action API internal changes in 1.30 ===
- * …
+ * ApiBase::getDescriptionMessage() and the "apihelp-*-description" messages are
+ deprecated. The existing message should be split between "apihelp-*-summary"
+ and "apihelp-*-extended-description".
=== Languages updated in 1.30 ===
MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated
"apihelp-query+revisions+base-paramvalue-prop-parsedcomment": "Parsed comment by the user for the revision.",
"apihelp-query+revisions+base-paramvalue-prop-content": "Text of the revision.",
"apihelp-query+revisions+base-paramvalue-prop-tags": "Tags for the revision.",
- "apihelp-query+revisions+base-paramvalue-prop-parsetree": "The XML parse tree of revision content (requires content model <code>$1</code>).",
+ "apihelp-query+revisions+base-paramvalue-prop-parsetree": "<span class=\"apihelp-deprecated\">Deprecated.</span> Use <kbd>[[Special:ApiHelp/expandtemplates|action=expandtemplates]]</kbd> or <kbd>[[Special:ApiHelp/parse|action=parse]]</kbd> instead. The XML parse tree of revision content (requires content model <code>$1</code>).",
"apihelp-query+revisions+base-param-limit": "Limit how many revisions will be returned.",
- "apihelp-query+revisions+base-param-expandtemplates": "Expand templates in revision content (requires $1prop=content).",
- "apihelp-query+revisions+base-param-generatexml": "Generate XML parse tree for revision content (requires $1prop=content; replaced by <kbd>$1prop=parsetree</kbd>).",
- "apihelp-query+revisions+base-param-parse": "Parse revision content (requires $1prop=content). For performance reasons, if this option is used, $1limit is enforced to 1.",
+ "apihelp-query+revisions+base-param-expandtemplates": "Use <kbd>[[Special:ApiHelp/expandtemplates|action=expandtemplates]]</kbd> instead. Expand templates in revision content (requires $1prop=content).",
+ "apihelp-query+revisions+base-param-generatexml": "Use <kbd>[[Special:ApiHelp/expandtemplates|action=expandtemplates]]</kbd> or <kbd>[[Special:ApiHelp/parse|action=parse]]</kbd> instead. Generate XML parse tree for revision content (requires $1prop=content).",
+ "apihelp-query+revisions+base-param-parse": "Use <kbd>[[Special:ApiHelp/parse|action=parse]]</kbd> instead. Parse revision content (requires $1prop=content). For performance reasons, if this option is used, $1limit is enforced to 1.",
"apihelp-query+revisions+base-param-section": "Only retrieve the content of this section number.",
- "apihelp-query+revisions+base-param-diffto": "Revision ID to diff each revision to. Use <kbd>prev</kbd>, <kbd>next</kbd> and <kbd>cur</kbd> for the previous, next and current revision respectively.",
- "apihelp-query+revisions+base-param-difftotext": "Text to diff each revision to. Only diffs a limited number of revisions. Overrides <var>$1diffto</var>. If <var>$1section</var> is set, only that section will be diffed against this text.",
- "apihelp-query+revisions+base-param-difftotextpst": "Perform a pre-save transform on the text before diffing it. Only valid when used with <var>$1difftotext</var>.",
+ "apihelp-query+revisions+base-param-diffto": "Use <kbd>[[Special:ApiHelp/compare|action=compare]]</kbd> instead. Revision ID to diff each revision to. Use <kbd>prev</kbd>, <kbd>next</kbd> and <kbd>cur</kbd> for the previous, next and current revision respectively.",
+ "apihelp-query+revisions+base-param-difftotext": "Use <kbd>[[Special:ApiHelp/compare|action=compare]]</kbd> instead. Text to diff each revision to. Only diffs a limited number of revisions. Overrides <var>$1diffto</var>. If <var>$1section</var> is set, only that section will be diffed against this text.",
+ "apihelp-query+revisions+base-param-difftotextpst": "Use <kbd>[[Special:ApiHelp/compare|action=compare]]</kbd> instead. Perform a pre-save transform on the text before diffing it. Only valid when used with <var>$1difftotext</var>.",
"apihelp-query+revisions+base-param-contentformat": "Serialization format used for <var>$1difftotext</var> and expected for output of content.",
- "apihelp-query+search-description": "Perform a full text search.",
+ "apihelp-query+search-summary": "Perform a full text search.",
"apihelp-query+search-param-search": "Search for page titles or content matching this value. You can use the search string to invoke special search features, depending on what the wiki's search backend implements.",
"apihelp-query+search-param-namespace": "Search only within these namespaces.",
"apihelp-query+search-param-what": "Which type of search to perform.",