to new users log.
* $wgAllowImageTag can be set to true to whitelist the <img> tag in wikitext.
* (bug 12797) Add $wgGalleryOptions for adjusting of default gallery display
- options
+ options.
* $wgAllowUserCssPrefs option allows disabling CSS-based preferences; which can
improve page loading speed.
* (bug 22858) $wgLocalStylePath is by default set to the same value as
showing the current variant name. This is off by default, pending further
research into its user experience implications.
* Added $wgJQueryVersion, $wgJQueryMinified and $wgJQueryOnEveryPage (true by
- default) to configure loading of jQuery by MediaWiki
-* XmlFunctions.php has been removed. Use the Xml or Html classes as appropriate
+ default) to configure loading of jQuery by MediaWiki.
+* XmlFunctions.php has been removed. Use the Xml or Html classes as appropriate.
+* Added $wgSQLMode for setting database SQL modes - either performance (null)
+ or other reasons (such as enabling stricter checks)
+* $wgFileStore has been deprecated. The only usage $wgFileStore['deleted'] has
+ been turned into $wgDeletedDirectory
+* $wgDeletedDirectory has been added to specify what directory to place deleted
+ uploads in
=== New features in 1.17 ===
* (bug 10183) Users can now add personal styles and scripts to all skins via
- User:<name>/common.css and /common.js (if user css/js is enabled)
-* (bug 22748) Add anchors on Special:ListGroupRights
-* (bug 21981) Add parameter 'showfilename' to <nowiki><gallery></nowiki> to
- automatically apply the names of the individual files within the gallery
+ User:<name>/common.css and /common.js (if user css/js is enabled).
+* (bug 22748) Add anchors on Special:ListGroupRights.
+* (bug 21981) Add parameter 'showfilename' to <gallery> to automatically
+ apply the names of the individual files within the gallery.
* Future-proof redirection to fragments in Gecko, so things work a little nicer
if they fix <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=516293>.
-* Support git:// and mms:// protocols by default for external links
+* Support git:// and mms:// protocols by default for external links.
* (bug 15810) Blocked admins can no longer unblock themselves without the
- 'unblockself' permission (which they have by default)
+ 'unblockself' permission (which they have by default).
* (bug 18499) Added "enhanced" URL parameter to switch between old and enhanced
- changes list
+ changes list.
* (bug 22925) "sp-contributions-blocked-notice-anon" message now displayed when
- viewing contributions of a blocked IP address
+ viewing contributions of a blocked IP address.
* (bug 22474) {{urlencode:}} now takes an optional second paramter for type of
escaping.
-* Special:Listfiles now supports a username parameter
-* Special:Random carries over query string parameters
-* (bug 23206) Add Special::Search hook for detecting successful "Go"
+* Special:Listfiles now supports a username parameter.
+* Special:Random carries over query string parameters.
+* (bug 23206) Add Special::Search hook for detecting successful "Go".
* When visiting a "red link" of a deleted file, a deletion and move log excerpt
is provided on the Upload form.
* (bug 22647) Add category details in search results.
-* (bug 23276) Add hook to Special:NewPages to modify query
-* Add accesskey 's' and tooltip to 'Save' button at Special:Preferences
-* Add accesskey 'b' and tooltip to the summary field of edit mode
-* (bug 20186) Allow filtering Special:Contributions for RevisionDeleted edits
+* (bug 23276) Add hook to Special:NewPages to modify query.
+* Add accesskey 's' and tooltip to 'Save' button at Special:Preferences.
+* Add accesskey 'b' and tooltip to the summary field of edit mode.
+* (bug 20186) Allow filtering Special:Contributions for RevisionDeleted edits.
* ajaxwatch now uses the API and JQuery, and can be used to animate arbitrary
watch links, not just to watch the page the link is on.
* (bug 20976) "searchmenu-new-nocreate" message now displayed when when there
is no title match in search and the user has no rights to create pages.
-* (bug 23429) Added new hook WatchlistEditorBuildRemoveLine
+* (bug 23429) Added new hook WatchlistEditorBuildRemoveLine.
* (bug 18488) Added maintenance script refreshCategoryCounts.php
+* (bug 22844) Added support for WinCache object caching.
+* (bug 23580) Add two new events to LivePreview so that scripts can be
+ notified about the beginning and finishing of LivePreview actions.
+* (bug 21278) Now the sidebar allows inclusion of wiki markup.
+* (bug 23733) Add IDs to messages used on CSS/JS pages
+* (bug 21312) RevisionMove allows moving individual revisions of a page to
+ another page. Introducing 'revisionmove' user right; disabled by default;
+ experimental feature.
+* Show validity period of the login cookie in Special:UserLogin and
+ Special:Preferences
+* Interlanguage links display the page title in their tooltip.
+* (bug 23621) New Special:ComparePages to compare (diff) two articles.
+* (bug 4597) Provide support in Special:Contributions to show only "current"
+ contributions
+* (bug 17857) {{anchorencode}} acts more like how the parser creates section ids.
+* (bug 21477) \& can now be used in <math>
+* (bug 11641) \dotsc \dotsm \dotsi \dotso can now be used in <math>
+* (bug 21475) \mathtt and \textsf can now be used in <math>
+* texvc is now run via ulimit4.sh, to limit execution time.
+* SQLite now supports $wgSharedDB.
+* (bug 8507) Group file links by namespace:title on image pages
+* Stop emitting named entities, so we can use <!DOCTYPE html> while still being
+ well-formed XML
+* texvc now supports \bcancel and \xcancel in addition to \cancel and \cancelto
+* Added scriptExtension setting to $wgForeignFileRepos
+* ForeignApiRepo uses scriptDirUrl if apiBase not set
+* (bug 24212) Added MediaWiki:Filepage.css which is also included on foreign
+ client wikis.
+* (bug 14685) Double underscore magic word usage is now tracked in the
+ page_props table, as well as the behavioral magic words {{DEFAULTSORT}} and
+ {{DISPLAYTITLE}}
+* (bug 24045) MediaWiki:Ipb-needreblock is now wrapped in a div with class
+ "mw-ipd-needreblock"
=== Bug fixes in 1.17 ===
* (bug 17560) Half-broken deletion moved image files to deletion archive
- without updating database
+ without updating database.
* (bug 22666) Submitting user block form with an invalid user name no longer
- throws an error
+ throws an error.
* (bug 22665, bug 22667) User '0' can now be unblocked and have its block
- settings changed
+ settings changed.
* (bug 22606) The body of e-mail address confirmation message is now different
- when the address changed
-* (bug 22664) Special:Userrights now accepts '0' as a valid user name
-* (bug 5210) preload parser now parses <noinclude>, <includeonly> and redirects
+ when the address changed.
+* (bug 22664) Special:Userrights now accepts '0' as a valid user name.
+* (bug 5210) Preload parser now parses <noinclude>, <includeonly> and redirects.
* (bug 22709) IIS7 mishandles redirects generated by OutputPage::output() when
the URL contains a colon.
-* (bug 22353) Categorised recent changes now works again
+* (bug 22353) Categorised recent changes now works again.
* (bug 22747) "Reveal my e-mail address in notification e-mails" preference is
- now only displayed when relevant
-* (bug 22772) {{#special:}} parser function now works with subpages
-* (bug 18664) Relative URIs in interwiki links cause failed redirects
-* (bug 19270) Relative URIs in interwiki links break interwiki transclusion
+ now only displayed when relevant.
+* (bug 22772) {{#special:}} parser function now works with subpages.
+* (bug 18664) Relative URIs in interwiki links cause failed redirects.
+* (bug 19270) Relative URIs in interwiki links break interwiki transclusion.
* (bug 22903) Revdelete log entries now show in the user preferred language.
-* (bug 22905) Correctly handle <abbr> followed by ISBN
-* (bug 22940) Namespace aliases pointing to main namespace don't work
-* (bug 15810) Blocked admins can no longer block/unblock other users
+* (bug 22905) Correctly handle <abbr> followed by ISBN.
+* (bug 22940) Namespace aliases pointing to main namespace don't work.
+* (bug 15810) Blocked admins can no longer block/unblock other users.
* (bug 22876) Avoid possible PHP Notice if $wgDefaultUserOptions is not
- correctly set
+ correctly set.
* (bug 14952) Page titles are renormalized after html entities are removed so
that links with non-NFC character references work correctly.
* (bug 22991) wgUserGroups JavaScript variable now reports * group for
* (bug 22627) Remove PHP notice when deleting a page only hidden users edited.
* (bug 21520) Anonymous previews now also gives a warning about not being
logged in (anonpreviewwarning).
-* (bug 22935) image/x-ms-bmp mime type added for BMP files
-* (bug 23024) Special:ListFiles now escapes file names correctly
-* (bug 22867) "View source" tab is now only displayed if there's source text
+* (bug 22935) image/x-ms-bmp mime type added for BMP files.
+* (bug 23024) Special:ListFiles now escapes file names correctly.
+* (bug 22867) "View source" tab is now only displayed if there's source text.
* (bug 19393) Feeds now format dates in user language rather than content
- language
+ language.
* (bug 22852) "Served in" comment is now the time used to cache a single page
when using rebuildFileCache.php
-* (bug 22496) Viewing diff of a redirect page without specifying "oldid"
- parameter no longer makes the page displayed as being the redirect target
-* (bug 22918) Feed cache keys now use $wgRenderHashAppend
-* (bug 21916) Last-Modified header is now correct when outputting cached feed
-* (bug 20049) Fixed PHP notice in search highlighter that occurs in some cases
+* (bug 22496) Viewing diff of a redirect page without specifying "oldid".
+ parameter no longer makes the page displayed as being the redirect target.
+* (bug 22918) Feed cache keys now use $wgRenderHashAppend.
+* (bug 21916) Last-Modified header is now correct when outputting cached feed.
+* (bug 20049) Fixed PHP notice in search highlighter that occurs in some cases.
* (bug 23017) Special:Disambiguations now list pages in content namespaces
- rather than only main namespace
+ rather than only main namespace.
* (bug 23063) $wgMaxAnimatedGifArea is checked against the total size of all
frames, and $wgMaxImageArea against the size of the first frame, rather than
the other way around. Both now default to 12.5 megapixels. Also, images
- exceeding $wgMaxImageArea can still be embedded at original size
+ exceeding $wgMaxImageArea can still be embedded at original size.
* (bug 23078) "All public logs" option on Special:Log is now always the first
- item
-* (bug 16817) Group names in user rights log are now singular and in lowercase
+ item.
+* (bug 16817) Group names in user rights log are now singular and in lowercase.
* Special:Preferences no longer crashes if the wiki default date formatting
- style is not valid for the user's interface language
+ style is not valid for the user's interface language.
* (bug 23167) Check the watch checkbox by default if the watchcreations
- preference is set
+ preference is set.
* Maintenance script cleanupTitles is now able to fix titles stored
-in a negative namespace (which is invalid).
+ in a negative namespace (which is invalid).
* (bug 19858) Removed obsolete <big> in interface messages.
* (bug 21456) "Bad title" error when showing non-local interwiki pages no longer
- displays incorrect tabs
+ displays incorrect tabs.
* (bug 23190) Improved math representation for text browsers.
-* (bug 22015) Improved upload-by-url error handling and error display
-* (bug 17941) $wgMaxUploadSize is now honored by all upload sources
+* (bug 22015) Improved upload-by-url error handling and error display.
+* (bug 17941) $wgMaxUploadSize is now honored by all upload sources.
* (bug 23080) New usernames now limited to 235 bytes so that custom skin files
work.
* (bug 23075) Correct MediaTransformError default width in gallery.
* (bug 23313) Move watchlisthidepatrolled above token in watchlist preferences
to enhance preference grouping.
* (bug 23298) Interwiki links with prefix only in log summaries now link to the
- correct link
-* (bug 23284) Times are now rounded correctly
-* (bug 23375) Added ogv, oga, spx as extensions for ogg files
+ correct link.
+* (bug 23284) Times are now rounded correctly.
+* (bug 23375) Added ogv, oga, spx as extensions for ogg files.
* (bug 18408) All required permissions for uploading (upload, edit, create)
are now checked when loading Special:Upload. Toolbar link for Special:Upload
is no longer shown if the user does not have the required permissions.
* (Bug 23397) texvc in html mode renders \sim as ˜ not ∼
* (Bug 23241) Remove License selector, because it is not used when uploading a
new version.
-* (bug 23240) Add ID to namespace selector form on Special:Watchlist
+* (bug 23240) Add ID to namespace selector form on Special:Watchlist.
* The pipe | character in urls is now escaped.
-* (bug 23422) mp3 files can now be moved
+* (bug 23422) mp3 files can now be moved.
* (bug 23448) MediaWiki:Summary-preview is now displayed instead of
- MediaWiki:Subject-preview when previewing summary
-* (bug 23426) The {{REVISIONMONTH}} variable is now zero-padded and added new
- variable {{REVISIONMONTH1}} when unpadded version is needed.
+ MediaWiki:Subject-preview when previewing summary.
+* (bug 23426) The {{REVISIONMONTH}} variable is now zero-padded and added
+ new variable {{REVISIONMONTH1}} when unpadded version is needed.
+* Special:Userrights didn't recognize user as changing his/her own rights if
+ user did not capitalize first letter of username.
+* (bug 23507) Add styles for printing wikitables.
+* (bug 19586) Avoid JS errors in mwsuggest when using old browsers such
+ as Opera 8.
+* (bug 23563) Old skins now support $wgUploadNavigationUrl and take into
+ account upload rights.
+* (bug 1347) Render \phi in math using images, in order to create consistent
+ and correct render results.
+* (bug 16573) Render \epsilon in math using images, in order to create
+ consistent and correct render results.
+* (bug 22541) Support image redirects when using ForeignAPIRepo.
+* (bug 22967) Make edit summary length cut-off behave correctly for
+ multibyte characters.
+* (bug 8689) Long numeric lines no longer kill the parser.
+* (bug 23740) Article::doRedirect() now use $extraQuery parameter correctly if
+ the $noRedir parameter is set to true
+* (bug 23688) Correct mime types for Office 2007 OpenXML documents.
+* (bug 23787) Corrected $wgDefaultSkin's comment in DefaultSettings.php
+* (bug 23797) Xml::input() now allows '0' for the value parameter
+* (bug 23747) Make sure that on History pages, the RevDel button is not
+ accidently activated when hitting enter.
+* (bug 23845) Special:ListFiles now uses correct file names without underscores
+* Ask for permanent login in Special:Preferences only if $wgCookieExpiration > 0
+* (bug 16356) Repair dumpInterwiki.inc to use proper normalization.
+* (bug 24006) deleteArchivedRevisions.php maintenance script now longer throws
+ a fatal error
+* (bug 23465) Don't ignore the predefined destination filename on
+ Special:Upload after following a red link
+* Correct the escaping of the autosummary URI fragments.
+* (bug 23642) Recognize mime types of MS OpenXML documents.
+* (bug 22784) Normalise underscores and spaces in autocomments.
+* (bug 19910) Headings of the form ===+\s+ are now displayed as valid headings
+* (bug 24022) Only check file extensions on the uploadpage when needed.
+* (bug 24076) Recognize Office 2003 files with OpenXML trailers
+* (bug 24244) Updated comments in DefaultSettings.php to reflect Image: --> File:
+ namespace rename.
=== API changes in 1.17 ===
-* (bug 22738) Allow filtering by action type on query=logevent
-* (bug 22764) uselang parameter for action=parse
-* (bug 22944) API: watchlist options are inconsistent
-* (bug 22339) "Go" result should be available through the API
-* (bug 22868) don't list infinite block expiry date as "now" in API logevents
-* (bug 22290) prop=revisions now outputs "comment" field even when comment
- is empty, for consistency with list=recentchanges
-* (bug 19721) API action=help should have a way to just list for a specific module
-* (bug 23458) Add support for pageid parameter to action=parse requests
-* (bug 23460) Parse action should have a section option
-* (bug 21346) Make deleted images searchable by hash
-* (bug 23461) Normalise usage of parameter names in parameter descriptions
-
+* (bug 22738) Allow filtering by action type on query=logevent.
+* (bug 22764) uselang parameter for action=parse.
+* (bug 22944) API: watchlist options are inconsistent.
+* (bug 22868) don't list infinite block expiry date as "now" in API logevents.
+* (bug 22290) prop=revisions now outputs "comment" field even when comment.
+ is empty, for consistency with list=recentchanges.
+* (bug 19721) API action=help should have a way to just list for a specific module.
+* (bug 23458) Add support for pageid parameter to action=parse requests.
+* (bug 23460) Parse action should have a section option.
+* (bug 21346) Make deleted images searchable by hash.
+* (bug 23461) Normalise usage of parameter names in parameter descriptions.
+* (bug 23548) Allow access of another users watchlist through watchlistraw
+ using token and username.
+* (bug 23524) Api Modules as followup to bug 14473 (Add iwlinks table to
+ track inline interwiki link usage.
+* Add pltitles and tltemplates to prop=links and prop=templates respectively,
+ similar to prop=categories's clcategorie
+* (bug 23834) Invalid "thumbwidth" and "thumbheight" in "imageinfo" query when
+ thumbnailing larger than original image
+* (bug 23835) Need "thumbmime" result in "imageinfo" query
+* (bug 23851) Repair diff for file redirect pages
+* (bug 24009) Include implicit groups in action=query&list=users&usprop=groups
+* (bug 24016) API: Handle parameters specified in simple string syntax
+ ( 'paramname' => 'defaultval' ) correctly when outputting help
+* (bug 24089) Logevents causes PHP Notice if leprop=title isn't supplied
+* (bug 23473) Give description of properties on all modules
+* (bug 24136) unknownerror when adding new section without summary, but forceditsummary
+* (bug 16886) Sister projects box moves down the extract of the first result in IE 7.
+* (bug 22339) Added srwhat=nearmatch to list=search to get a "go" result
+* (bug 24303) Added new &servedby parameter to all actions which adds the hostname
+ that served the request to the result. It is also added unconditionally on error
+* (bug 24185) Titles in the Media and Special namespace are now supported for
+ title normalization in action=query. Special pages have their name resolved
+ to the local alias.
+* (bug 24296) Added converttitles parameter to convert titles to their
+ canonical language variant.
+
=== Languages updated in 1.17 ===
MediaWiki supports over 330 languages. Many localisations are updated