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diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.24 b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.24
index dbc1214ecd..fa8ed0059e 100644
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+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.24
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ production.
 * MediaWiki will no longer run if register_globals is enabled. It has been
   deprecated for 5 years now, and was removed in PHP 5.4. For more information
   about why, see <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/register_globals>.
+* MediaWiki now requires PHP's iconv extension. openSUSE users may need to
+  install the php5-iconv package. Users of other systems may need to add
+  extension=iconv.so to php.ini or recompile PHP without --without-iconv.
+* MediaWiki will no longer function if magic quotes are enabled. It has
+  been deprecated for 5 years now, and was removed in PHP 5.4.
 * The server's canonical hostname is available as $wgServerName, which is
   exposed in both mw.config and ApiQuerySiteInfo.
 * Introduced $wgPagePropsHaveSortkey as a backwards-compatibility switch,
@@ -37,6 +42,8 @@ production.
   configurations are $wgDeletedDirectory and $wgHashedUploadDirectory.
 * The deprecated $wgUseCommaCount variable has been removed.
 * $wgEnableSorbs and $wgSorbsUrl have been removed.
+* The UserCryptPassword and UserComparePassword hooks are no longer called. Any extensions
+  using them must be updated to use the Password Hashing API.
 
 === New features in 1.24 ===
 * Added a new hook, "WhatLinksHereProps", to allow extensions to annotate
@@ -115,7 +122,22 @@ production.
 * (bug 67042) Added support for the HTML5 <rtc> tag for East Asian typography.
 * Upgrade Sinon.JS to 1.10.3.
 * Added the es5-shim polyfill for older or non-compliant javascript engines.
-* Upgrade jQuery Cookie to v1.2.0.
+* Upgrade jQuery Cookie to v1.3.1.
+* (bug 20476) Add a "viewsuppressed" user right to be able to view
+  suppressed content but not suppress it ("suppressrevision" right).
+* Added a new hook, "OutputPageScriptsForBottomQueue", to add modules to the
+  bottom queue that should be requested in a dedicated <script> request.
+* (bug 66440) The MediaWiki web installer will now allow you to choose the skins
+  to enable (from the ones included in download tarball) and decide which one
+  should be the default.
+* (bug 68085) Links of the form [[localInterwikiPrefix:languageCode:pageTitle]],
+  where localInterwikiPrefix is a member of the $wgLocalInterwikis array, will
+  no longer be displayed in the sidebar when $wgInterwikiMagic is true.
+* New special page, MyLanguages, to redirect users to subpages with localised
+  versions of a page. (Integrated from Extension:Translate)
+* MediaWiki now supports multiple password types, including bcrypt and PBKDF2.
+  The default type can be changed with $wgPasswordDefault and the type
+  configurations can be changed with $wgPasswordConfig.
 
 === Bug fixes in 1.24 ===
 * (bug 49116) Footer copyright notice is now always displayed in user language
@@ -142,6 +164,9 @@ production.
 * (bug 65757) MSSQL: Update script drops unnamed constraints to be prepared
   for future updates. Because it's doing so heuristically, it may fail or drop
   wrong constraints.
+* (bug 67870) wfShellExec() cuts off stdout at multiples of 8192 bytes.
+* $wgRunJobsAsync now works with private wikis (e.g. read requires login).
+* (bugs 57238, 65206) Blank pages can now be directly created.
 
 === Web API changes in 1.24 ===
 * action=parse API now supports prop=modules, which provides the list of
@@ -249,6 +274,14 @@ changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
 * Removed AjaxAddScript which has been obsolete since ResourceLoader and
   is unused by any modern extension.
 * Removed maintenance/nextJobDB.php; no longer in use.
+* Removed global function wfViewPrevNext(). (deprecated since 1.19)
+* Removed global function xmlsafe() from Export.php. (moved to OAIRepo extension)
+* Removed Title::userCanRead(). (deprecated since 1.19)
+* Removed maintenance script importTextFile.php. Use edit.php script instead.
+* A _from_namespace field has been added to the templatelinks, pagelinks,
+  and filelinks tables. Run update.php to apply this change to the schema.
+* Removed File::sha1Base36(). (deprecated since 1.19)
+* Removed File::getPropsFromPath(). (deprecated since 1.19)
 
 ==== Renamed classes ====
 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Expression to CLDRPluralRuleConverterExpression
@@ -293,6 +326,10 @@ changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
 * WatchlistEditor - Use SpecialEditWatchlist directly
 * FormatExif - Use FormatMetadata directly
 * RevertFileAction - Use RevertAction directly
+* HistoryPage - Use HistoryAction directly
+* RawPage - Use RawAction directly
+* StubContLang - Use Language::factory() instead
+* XMLReader2 - Use XMLReader directly
 
 == Compatibility ==