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Recent news
- 2013-05-09
- 2013-04-30
MediaWiki 1.20.5 and 1.19.6 security releases are now available.
- 2013-04-17
- 2013-04-15
MediaWiki 1.20.4 and 1.19.5 security releases are now available.
- 2013-04-09
- 2013-04-08
- 2013-04-04
- 2013-03-13
- 2013-03-11
- 2013-03-08
Older news
- 2013-03-06
- 2013-03-04
MediaWiki 1.20.3 and 1.19.4 security releases are now available.
- 2013-02-22
- Wikipedia starts supporting the Lua scripting language for writing templates
- Video: Wikimedia & wikiHow mobile updates
- 2013-02-21
- Smartphone photographers: join the Wikimedia Commons mobile uploads testing week, starting on Feb 25.
- The Signpost Technology report: Better templates and 3D buildings.
- 2013-02-20
- MediaWiki extensions, gadgets, and modules at SCALE 11x - this weekend in Los Angeles.
- 2013-02-11
- The MediaWiki community will apply to be part of the 2013 edition of Google Summer of Code (announcement).
- 2013-02-08
- PageImages extension aims to return the single most appropriate thumbnail associated with an article.
- Echo: A new notification system for Wikipedia
- Mediawiki is on Packagist
- How to hack on Wikipedia presentation at FOSDEM - video & slides
- 2013-02-05
- The Signpost Technology report: Wikidata team targets English Wikipedia deployment
- Commons app project starts releasing nightly builds of Android version for testing.
- 2013-02-04
- From duct tape to puppets: How a new data center became an opportunity to do things right
- Wikipedia Mobile Hits 3 Billion Monthly Page Views
- Kiwix project leader interview.
- Wikimedia IdeaLab is an experiment in user-friendly grantmaking - applies to software projects as well.
- 2013-01-31
- 2013-01-30
- 2013-01-29
- 2013-01-26
- 2013-01-25
- MediaWiki SVN repository marked as read-only
- Check the roadmap of Parsoid, the wikitext / HTML / RDF translator required by the VisualEditor extension.
- Wikimedia Foundation is looking for: Technical Writer
- 2013-01-23
- 2013-01-19
- 2013-01-18
- New grants available from the Wikimedia Foundation for individual Wikimedians
- New manual for using Pywikipediabot for Wikidata
- Beautiful demo video showcasing Seizam's collaborative features
- Strapping, a friendly starter theme for MediaWiki - in use at oVirt.org
- Mailing list for Editor Engagement tech now open - see welcome message
- 2013-01-17
- Video: Solr use in MediaWiki Translate extension, by Niklas Laxström
- BlueSpice 1.20.1 patch release (notes)
- How To Install MediaWiki on Rackspace Cloud Sites Video Guide
- 2013-01-16
- Intermittent outages planned, first Wikidata client deployment - The Signpost Technology report
- 2013-01-14
- Promotion, marketing & outreach at the new MediaWiki Group Promotion
- MediaWiki Group San Francisco becomes our first local group
- Putting together a list of MediaWiki vendors
- 2013-01-11
- 2013-01-10
- 2013-01-09
- MediaWiki 1.21 is under development. Watch its wiki page and follow the thread at wikitech-l.
- Looking ahead to 2013 - The Signpost Technology report
- 2013-01-08
- 2013-01-07
- 2013-01-05
- 2013-01-03
- 2013-01-01
- 2012-12-04: 1.20.2 released
MediaWiki 1.20.2 is now available.
- 2012-11-30: 1.20.1, 1.19.3, 1.18.6 released
MediaWiki 1.20.1, 1.19.3 and 1.18.6 security releases are now available.
- 2012-11-07: 1.20.0 released
MediaWiki 1.20.0 is now available.
- 2012-08-31: 1.19.2, 1.18.5 released
MediaWiki 1.19.2 and 1.18.5 security releases are now available.
- 2012-06-13: 1.19.1, 1.18.4, 1.17.5 released
MediaWiki 1.19.1, MediaWiki 1.18.4 and MediaWiki 1.17.5 security releases now available.
- 2012-05-02: 1.19.0 released
MediaWiki 1.19.0 is now available.
- 2012-04-26: 1.19.0 rc1 released
MediaWiki 1.19.0 rc 1 is now available.
- 2012-04-26: 1.18.3 released
MediaWiki 1.18.3 is now available.
- 2012-04-26: 1.17.4 released
MediaWiki 1.17.4 is now available.
- 2012-03-27: Switch to Git: Complete for core & WMF extensions
- 2012-03-22: 1.19.0 beta2 released
MediaWiki 1.19.0 beta 2 is now available.
- 2012-03-22: 1.18.2 released
MediaWiki 1.18.2 security release is now available.
- 2012-03-22: 1.17.3 released
MediaWiki 1.17.3 security release is now available.
- 2012-03-07: 1.19.0 beta1 released
MediaWiki 1.19.0 beta 1 is now available.
- 2012-02-29: Switch to Git: March 21
- 2012-02-26: Switch to Git in one week
- 2012-01-11: 1.18.1 released
MediaWiki 1.18.1 security & maintenance release is now available.
- 2012-01-11: 1.17.2 released
MediaWiki 1.17.2 security release is now available.
- 2011-11-28: 1.18.0 released
MediaWiki 1.18.0 has been released.
- 2011-11-28: 1.17.1 released
MediaWiki 1.17.1 security release is now available.
- 2011-11-18: 1.18.0rc1 released
MediaWiki 1.18.0rc1 is now available.
- 2011-11-04: 1.18 beta1 released
MediaWiki 1.18 beta 1 is now available.
- 2011-06-22: 1.17.0 released
MediaWiki 1.17.0 has been released.
- 2011-06-14: 1.17.0rc1 released
MediaWiki 1.17.0rc1 is now available.
- 2011-05-05: 1.17 beta 1 released
MediaWiki 1.17 beta 1 is now available.
- 2011-05-05: 1.16.5 released
MediaWiki 1.16.5 security release available.
- 2011-04-14: 1.16.4 released
MediaWiki 1.16.4 security release available.
- 2011-04-12: 1.16.3 released
MediaWiki 1.16.3 security release available.
- 2011-02-01: 1.16.2 released
MediaWiki 1.16.2 security release available.
- 2011-01-04: 1.16.1 released
MediaWiki 1.16.1 security release available.
- 2010-07-28: 1.16.0 and 1.15.5 released
- 2010-05-28: 1.15.4, 1.16.0beta3 released
- 2010-04-07: 1.15.3, 1.16.0beta2 released
- 2010-03-12: 1.16.0beta1 released
MediaWiki 1.16.0beta1 release available
- 2010-03-08: 1.15.2 released
MediaWiki 1.15.2 bugfix release available
- 2009-07-13: 1.15.1, 1.14.1 released
MediaWiki 1.15.1 bugfix release available
MediaWiki 1.14.1 bugfix release available
- 2009-06-10: 1.15.0 released
MediaWiki 1.15.0 quarterly release available
- 2009-05-16: 1.15.0rc1 released
MediaWiki 1.15.0rc1 release candidate available
- 2009-02-22: 1.14.0, 1.13.5 released
MediaWiki 1.14.0 quarterly release available
MediaWiki 1.13.5 bugfix release available
- 2009-02-07: 1.13.4, 1.12.4, 1.6.12, and 1.14.0rc1 released
Security updates available
MediaWiki 1.14.0rc1 release candidate available
- 2008-12-15: 1.13.3, 1.12.2, 1.6.11 released
Security updates available
- 2008-10-02: 1.13.2, 1.12.1 released
Security updates MediaWiki 1.13.2 and 1.12.1 available
- 2008-09-06: 1.13.1 released
MediaWiki 1.13.1 bugfix release available
- 2008-08-14: 1.13.0 quarterly release
MediaWiki 1.13.0 final release available, see Manual:Upgrading.
- 2008-08-11: 1.13.0rc2 release candidate
MediaWiki 1.13.0rc2 release candidate available
- 2008-07-25: 1.13.0rc1 release candidate
MediaWiki 1.13.0rc1 release candidate available.
- 2008-03-20: 1.12.0 quarterly release
MediaWiki 1.12.0 final release available, see Manual:Upgrading.
- 2008-03-11: 1.12.0rc1 release candidate
MediaWiki 1.12.0rc1 release candidate available.
- 2008-03-02: 1.11.2 security update, 1.10.4, 1.9.6 bugfix updates
Security updates available.
Bug fixes for regressions in previous security fix
- 2008-01-23: 1.11.1, 1.10.3, 1.9.5 security updates
Security updates available.
- 2007-09-10: 1.11.0 new stable branch
Quarterly branch available, see Manual:Upgrading to 1.11.
- 2007-09-10: 1.10.2, 1.9.4, 1.8.5 security updates
Security updates available.
- 2007-09-05: 1.11.0 branch release candidate
MediaWiki 1.11.0rc1 release candidate available.
- 2007-07-23: MediaWiki 1.11.0 release will be held back until mid-August, after the Wikimania 2007 conference, to allow for better testing of new features.
- 2007-07-13: 1.10.1 bugfix release
- 2007-05-09: 1.10.0 new stable branch
MediaWiki 1.10.0 final release available, see Manual:Upgrading to 1.10.
- 2007-05-04: 1.10.0 branch release candidate
MediaWiki 1.10.0rc2 release candidate available.
- 2007-04-30: 1.10.0 branch release candidate
MediaWiki 1.10.0rc1 release candidate available.
- 2007-04-12: MediaWiki 1.10.0 release will be held back until the latter half of April to allow for better testing, performance tuning
- 2007-02-20: 1.9.3, 1.8.4, 1.7.3, 1.6.10 security fix releases
Patched Internet Explorer-specific XSS vulnerability in non-default configuration (with experimental AJAX features enabled).
- 2007-02-04: 1.9.2 fix release
Patched XSS vulnerability in sortable tables; all 1.9 users should upgrade.
Fixes to Creative Commons license configuration, optional storage compression.
- 2007-01-24: 1.9.1 bug fix release
Fixes to installation/upgrade, IIS, Opera/Mac and Firefox/X11 tooltip labels, security fix for optional DjVu support, and other fixes.
- 2007-01-10: 1.9.0 new stable branch
Quarterly release updates, see also Upgrading to 1.9.
- 2007-01-09: 1.9.0rc2 testing release; 1.8.3, 1.7.2, 1.6.9 security fix releases
Patched XSS vulnerability in non-default configuration (with experimental AJAX features enabled).
- 2006-10-13: 1.8.2 bug fix release
Fix for non-ASCII namespaces on Windows servers.
- 2006-10-11: 1.8.1 bug fix release
Installer PHP 5 check, register_globals paranoia, disabled potentially information-leaky backtraces.
- 2006-10-10: 1.8.0 new stable branch
Quarterly release updates, see also Upgrading to 1.8.
- 2006-07-08: 1.7.1, 1.6.8 bug fix releases
Fixed some installer issues in 1.7.
Potential XSS with vulnerable PHP versions patched.
- 2006-07-07: 1.7.0 new stable branch
Quarterly release updates, see also Upgrading to 1.7.
- 2006-06-06: Fix for XSS in 1.6 branch
All 1.6 installations should upgrade to 1.6.7. 1.5.x and earlier may be affected by some problems with extensions.
- 2006-05-23: Fix for XSS in 1.6 branch
All 1.6 installations should upgrade to 1.6.6. 1.5.x and earlier not affected.
- 2006-05-02: 1.6.5 more fixes
Various fixes for other corner cases. 1.6.4 was slightly buggy.
- 2006-04-10: 1.6.3 installer fixes
Installation on MySQL 4.0 older than 4.0.18 should work again.
- 2006-04-08: 1.6.2 extension fixes
Extension tags with "/" in parameters work again. Some more installer fixlets.
- 2006-04-05: 1.6.1 installer fixes
A few bugs affecting some installs on 1.6.0 fixed.
- 2006-04-05: 1.6.0 new stable branch
Quarterly release brings fun new features, see also Upgrading to 1.6.
- 2006-03-26: 1.5.8 and 1.4.15 fix XSS injection bug
HTML injection in encoded page links.
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