* The deprecated $wgEditEncoding variable has been removed; it was only used
for Esperanto language character conversion. You are now recommended to use
input methods provided by the UniversalLanguageSelector extension.
+* When $wgPingback is true, MediaWiki will periodically ping
+ https://www.mediawiki.org/beacon with basic information about the local
+ MediaWiki installation. This data includes, for example, the type of system,
+ PHP version, and chosen database backend. This behavior is off by default.
=== New features in 1.28 ===
* User::isBot() method for checking if an account is a bot role account.
=== Bug fixes in 1.28 ===
=== Action API changes in 1.28 ===
+* Added 'maxarticlesize' property to action=query&meta=siteinfo which contains
+ the value of $wgMaxArticleSize.
+* Property 'modulemessages' from action=parse&prop=modules was removed
+ (deprecated since 1.26).
=== Action API internal changes in 1.28 ===
* Added a new hook, 'ApiMakeParserOptions', to allow extensions to better
* Deprecated APIEditBeforeSave hook in favor of EditFilterMergedContent.
* The 'UploadVerification' hook is deprecated. Use 'UploadVerifyFile' instead.
* SiteConfiguration::isLocalVHost() was removed (deprecated since 1.25).
+* The 'UserLoginComplete' hook has a new parameter to differentiate between actual
+ login and visiting the login page while already logged in.
+* ResourceLoader::makeLoaderURL() was removed (deprecated since 1.24).
+* $.fn.liveAndTestAtStart was removed (deprecated since 1.24).
== Compatibility ==