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diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.18 b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.18
index fa535c7409..d0119054d5 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.18
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.18
@@ -177,16 +177,17 @@ production.
 * (bug 29441) Expose CapitalLinks config in JS to allow modules to properly
   handle titles on case-sensitive wikis.
 * (bug 29397) Implement mw.Title module in core.
-* In MySQL 4.1.9+ with replication enabled, the slave lag should come from
-  SHOW SLAVE STATUS instead of SHOW PROCESSLIST.
+* In MySQL 4.1.9+ with replication enabled, fetch the slave lag from SHOW SLAVE 
+  STATUS instead of SHOW PROCESSLIST. This ensures that lag is reported 
+  correctly in the case where there are no write events occurring. Note that 
+  the DB user now needs to have the REPLICATION CLIENT privilege if you are 
+  using replication.
 * Language codes in $wgDummyLanguageCodes are now excluded on localization
   statistics (maintenance/language/transstat.php)
 * (bug 29586) Make the (next 200) links on categories link directly to
   the relevant section of the category.
 * (bug 29109) Allow the automatic edit summary for redirect creation
   show the first bit of the new redirect page.
-* (bug 5800) Added $formCallback as a parameter to the hook
-  EditPage::showEditForm:initial.
 * (bug 29723) mw.util.wikiGetlink() now defaults to wgPageName.
 * (bug 29680) Add GetDefaultSortkey hook to override the default sortkey.
 * (bug 16699) {{#language:}} accepts second parameter to specify the language in
@@ -203,6 +204,11 @@ production.
   Configuration is similar to $wgAutopromote (see DefaultSettings.php)
 * The PerformRetroactiveAutoblock hook was added to allow overriding or complementing 
   retroactive autoblock handling. This runs when blocking a user with the 'autoblock' option. 
+* MediaWiki now supports using protocol-relative URLs in links, interwiki
+  targets and $wgServer.
+* Introduced $wgVaryOnXFPForAPI which will cause the API to send
+  Vary: X-Forwarded-Proto headers.
+* New maintenance script to refresh image metadata (maintenance/refreshImageMetadata.php)
 
 === Bug fixes in 1.18 ===
 * mw.util.getScript has been implemented (like wfScript in GlobalFunctions.php)
@@ -229,8 +235,6 @@ production.
 * If an edit summary exceeds 250 bytes and is truncated, add an ellipse.
 * (bug 26638) Database error pages display correctly in RTL languages.
 * (bug 26187) Confirmrecreate no longer parses the edit summary.
-* (bug 25506) Exception is thrown if OutputPage::parse is called inside a tag
-  hook, which would reset parser state.
 * (bug 26208) Mark directionality of some interlanguage links.
 * (bug 26034) Make the "View / Read" tab in content_navigation style tabs remain
   selected when the action is "purge".
@@ -432,6 +436,14 @@ production.
 * (bug 27427) mw.util.getParamValue shouldn't return value from hash even if
   param is only present in hash.
 * Installer checked for magic_quotes_runtime instead of register_globals.
+* (bug 30131) XCache with variable caching disabled no longer used for variable caching (CACHE_ACCEL)
+* $wgSVGMaxSize is now applied to the smaller of width or height, making very wide pano/timeline/diagram SVGs renderable at saner sizes
+* (bug 30219) The page shown when LocalSettings.php does not exist was broken on
+  Windows servers.
+* (bug 30074) Moving user JS subpages resulted in JS errors because
+  #REDIRECT [[Foo]] is invalid JS
+* Tracking categories are no longer shown in footer for special pages
+* $wgOverrideSiteFeed no longer double escapes urls.
 
 === API changes in 1.18 ===
 * BREAKING CHANGE: action=watch now requires POST and token.
@@ -585,6 +597,7 @@ changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
 * Jamaican Creole English (jam) (new).
 * Khowar (khw) (new).
 * Liv (liv) (new).
+* Kichwa (qug) (new).
 * Tokipona (tp) (removed) 'tokipona' is still  valid.
 * (bug 17160) Gender specific display text for User namespace.
 * Link trail added for sl and sh.
@@ -609,6 +622,8 @@ changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
 * Removed legacy wgAjaxWatch javascript global object, no longer in use.
 * (bug 28556) Upload support for MacBinary files has been removed (Used by
   Internet Explorer 5 for Mac OS 9)
+* On wiki farm setups using $wgConf, 'wgCanonicalServer' is now expected to be
+  set for all wikis. This was already the case for 'wgServer'.
 
 == Compatibility ==