Has the parser just been changed with regards to tildes (~~~~) inside
HTML comments? It appears they used to be ignored, and are now
suddenly being replaced en masse the next time someone edits the page
(and can't be easily reverted - it just changes the sig to the
reverter's instead). See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_creation/2006-06-02-ear…
for an example.
I distinctly remember there was a way to add a title to a special page
simply by entering in a URL, then adding the title to the wiki edit
field, and then saving. The new "writing a new special page" how-to is
very confusing - and it wants me to write PHP to get the title to show
up. There was an easier way...
I can't find this how-to anywhere- though I'm sure it used to exist. FX
can you walk me through how you've added a wiki page title to a special
page?
Thanks!
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[mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Rick DeNatale
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 2:33 PM
To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list
Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Re: How to create a new Special page
On 5/13/05, FxParlant <f-x.p(a)laposte.net> wrote:
> Hello;
> There is a paragraph on how to create a special page in the FAQ
>
>
>
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meta:FAQ#How_do_I_add_my_own_dynamic_cont
ent_to_MediaWiki.3F
>
> It's not so difficult. At the end,it says you have to create a simple
> page and write the name of your special page in it. If you forget this
> the title of your special page will have < and > around. I
haven't
> got a clue why creating a page with the name in it solves this, but it
works
That page seems to have changed, it now just has a pointer to an
article about writing an extension which really doesn't seem to build
a special page.
I just figured out how to build a new special page which is like the
Uncategorized pages page, but looks at the Image namespace. I wrote it
up at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Writing_a_new_special_page
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I'm currently trying to adapt several gadgets that are meant for wikis using the Monobook/Vector skins to the Monaco skin, and so far, I've managed to successfully port over the UTC Clock gadget and Sandbox page gadget to Monaco, but aside from those I've been having trouble since, frankly, my knowledge of Javascript/JQuery is slim and I'm not familiar with all the variables used in writing user scripts. I've fairly decent with CSS style sheets, but I still need help with Javascript, so does anyone know of some good resources I could look into, preferably tailored for writing scripts on MediaWiki?
Also, if anyone wants to see what I have done so far (and have released publicly), the wiki I have been testing my live gadget/user script code on is here:
https://mediawikitesters.orain.org/wiki/Main_Page
Hey all,
This is a quick note to highlight that in three weeks' time, the REL1_45
branch will be created for MediaWiki core and each of the extensions and
skins in Wikimedia git, with some (the 'tarball') included as sub-modules
of MediaWiki itself[0]. This is the first step in the release process for
MediaWiki 1.45, which should be out in November 2025, approximately six
months
after MediaWiki 1.44.
The branches will reflect the code as of the last 'alpha' branch for the
release, 1.45.0-wmf.25, which will be deployed to Wikimedia wikis in the
week beginning 28 October 2025 for MediaWiki itself and those extensions
and skins available there.
After that point, patches that land in the main development branch of
MediaWiki and its bundled extensions and skins will be instead be slated
for the MediaWiki 1.45 release unless specifically backported[1].
If you are working on a new feature that you wish to land for the release,
you now have a few days to finish your work and land it in the development
branch; feature changes should not be backported except in an urgent case.
If your work might not be complete in time, and yet should block release
for everyone else, please file a task against the `mw-1.45-release` project
on Phabricator.[2]
If you have tickets that are already tagged for `mw-1.45-release`, please
finish them, untag them, or reach out to get them resolved in the next few
weeks.
We hope to issue the first release candidate, 1.45.0-rc.0, two weeks after
the branch point, and if all goes well, to release MediaWiki 1.45.0 a few
weeks after that.
[0]: <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Bundled_extensions_and_skins>
[1]: <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Backporting_fixes>
[2]: <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/mw-1.45-release/>
Hi all,
On Thursday we will be issuing a security and maintenance release to all
supported branches of MediaWiki.
The new releases will be:
- 1.39.14
- 1.43.4
- 1.44.1
This will also resolve security issues in bundled extensions, along with
bug fixes included for maintenance reasons.
These security issues also affect many unsupported versions of MediaWiki.
We will make the fixes available in the respective release branches and
master in git. Tarballs will be available for the above mentioned point
releases as well.
A summary of some of the security fixes that have gone into non-bundled
MediaWiki extensions will also follow later.
As a reminder, MediaWiki 1.35 became end of life (EOL) in December 2023,
MediaWiki 1.40 became EOL in June 2024, MediaWiki 1.41 became EOL in
December 2024 and MediaWiki 1.42 became EOL at the end of June 2025.
MediaWiki 1.39 (the old LTS before 1.43) becomes EOL in December 2025. It
is strongly recommended to upgrade to 1.43 (the next LTS after 1.39), which
will be supported until December 2027.
More information on these timelines can be viewed on the Version lifecycle
page at [1].
[1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Version_lifecycle