and should still be used in code meant to be compatible with v1.13 or older.
* MediaWiki can be forced to use private IPs forwarded by a proxy server by
using $wgUsePrivateIPs.
+* The 'BeforeWatchlist' hook has been removed due to internal changes in
+ Special:Watchlist. 'SpecialWatchlistQuery' should now be used by extensions
+ to customize the watchlist database query.
+
=== Migrated extensions ===
The following extensions are migrated into MediaWiki 1.14:
* (bug 16635) The "view and edit watchlist" page (Special:Watchlist/edit) now
includes a table of contents
* File objects returned by wfFindFile() are now cached by default
+* (bug 7492) Rights can now be assigned to specific IP addresses and ranges by
+ using $wgAutopromote (new defines: APCOND_ISIP and APCOND_IPINRANGE)
+* Add a 'change block' link to Special:IPBlockList and Special:Log
+* (bug 16459) Use native getElementsByClassName where possible, for better
+ performance in modern browsers
+* Enable \cancel and \cancelto in texvc (recompile required)
+* Added 'UserCryptPassword' and 'UserComparePasswords' hooks to allow extensions to implement
+ their own password hashing methods.
+* (bug 16760) Add CSS-class to action links of Special:Log
+* (bug 505) Time zones can now be specified by location in user preferences,
+ avoiding the need to manually update for DST. Patch by Brad Jorsch.
+* (bug 2585) HTTP 404 return code is now given for a page view if the page
+ does not exist, allowing spiders and link checkers to detect broken links.
+* Special:Log: Add 'change protection' link for unprotected pages too
+* Special:Log: Add log type specific CSS classes 'mw-logline-$logtype' to
+ 'li' elements
+* (bug 16754) Making arbitrary rows of sortable tables sticky:
+ |- class="unsortable"
+* Show subversion too even if a "normal" version number is available
+* (bug 16121) Add a note that a page move was without creating a redirect in the
+ move log
+* Image moving is now enabled for sysops by default
+* Make "Did you mean" search feature more noticeable
+* Added "Advanced search" link to the search form
=== Bug fixes in 1.14 ===
* (bug 5506) Links to files on foreign repositories are now shown consistently
as bluelinks e.g. in logs and edit summaries
* (bug 16623) Add missing </p> tag in Special:LockDB
-* (bug 1941) Explicitly tell browsers to use a monospaced font for textareas.
- Safari apparently defaults to a proportional font, which can make editing
- pages with preformatted text difficult
+* (bug 15849) Special:Movepage now throws a more specific error when trying to
+ move a title to an interwiki target
+* (bug 16638) 8-bit URL fallback encoding now set on additional languages using
+ Arabic script (Persian, Urdu, Sindhi, Punjabi)
+* (bug 16656) cleanupTitles and friends should now work in load-balanced
+ DB environments when $wgDBserver isn't set.
+* (bug 3691) Aspect ratio from viewBox attribute is now preserved for SVG
+ images which do not specify width and height attributes.
+* (bug 15027) Internet domain names and IP addresses can now be indexed and
+ searched sensibly with the default MySQL search backend.
+* (bug 11733) Fixed parameter validation in importTextFile.php
+* (bug 16712) Special:NewFiles updated to use "newer"/"older" paging messages
+ for clarity over "previous/next"
+* (bug 16612) Fixed "noprint" class for Modern skin print style
+* Section anchors now have an "id" attribute as well as a "name" attribute,
+ even when Tidy is not used
+* (bug 16026) revision-info, revision-info-current, cannotdelete,
+ redirectedfrom, historywarning and difference messages now use Wiki text
+ rather than raw HTML markup
+* (bug 13835) Fix rendering of {{filepath:Wiki.png|nowiki}}
+* (bug 16772) Special:Upload now correctly rejects files with spaces in the
+ file extension (e.g. Foo. jpg).
+* Image moving over an existing file no longer throws a database error
+* (bug 16786) Restored "redundant" links recently removed from Classic sidebar
+* (bug 16850) $wgActionPaths can have query strings now, previously, this broke
+ local URLs
+* (bug 16376) Mention in deleteBatch.php and moveBatch.php maintenance scripts
+ that STDIN can be used for page list
+* Sanitizer::decodeCharReferences() now decodes the XHTML "'" character
+ entity (loosely related to bug 14365)
=== API changes in 1.14 ===
* (bug 16613) action=protect doesn't tell when &cascade was set but cascading
protection wasn't allowed
* (bug 16626) action=delete now correctly handles empty "reason" param
+* (bug 15579) clshow considers all categories !hidden
+* (bug 16647) list=allcategories, prop=categories don't return "hidden"
+ property for hidden categories
+* New siprop parameter of 'extensions' to list all installed extensions
+* (bug 16672) Include canonical namespace name in
+ meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces.
+* (bug 16726) siprop=namespacealiases should also list localized aliases
+* (bug 16730) Added apprfiltercascade parameter to list=allpages to filter
+ cascade-protected pages
=== Languages updated in 1.14 ===