MediaWiki-l June 2025

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Recent parser change regarding tildes in comments?
by Thomas Dalton 16 Aug '25

16 Aug '25

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.

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Magnolia677 deserved the death threats I made to her because she was attacking me and calling my edits stupid
by MidAtlanticBaby . 10 Aug '25

10 Aug '25

So apparently y'all care more about the people that hurt me than y'all care about me? So y'all are going to IGNORE THE FACT that Magnolia677 WENT OFF ON me because i was making a bunch of edits to Florida county articles that she and 3 other admins didnt like me making and then I got REPORTED by ANOTHER EDITOR to ANI for STANDING UP for myself against her ATTACKING me? And y'all are gonna ASSUME i made the death threats for no reason for my own fucking ENJOYMENT? Y'all are ALLOWED to be an asshole to me and im not supposed to be an asshole to you back? Do y'all not have any respect for other people or their emotions? Is that like y'all's GOAL, to MAKE people suffer for the rest of THEIR FUCKING LIFE when they get blocked on a wiki and they GET MAD about it and take it out RIGHTFULLY on the person that blocked them? Are y'all nothing but some sadistic ass racist ass motherfuckers who want everything to go THEIR WAY and who want to control OTHER PEOPLE'S emotions or how they feel about their block? Are y'all JUSTIFYING Magnolia's and Drmies' actions towards me because theyre white and I'M black?

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MediaWiki 1.42 is End of Life
by Sam Reed 30 Jun '25

30 Jun '25

As per the MediaWiki version lifecycle[1], I would like to announce the formal end of life (EOL) of MediaWiki 1.42 as of Monday June 30, 2025. 1.42.7 is expected to be the last release for this branch. This means that MediaWiki 1.42 will no longer receive maintenance or security backports. It is therefore strongly discouraged that you continue to use it. It is recommended to upgrade either to the next LTS, 1.43, which will be supported until December 2027, or to the soon to be released MediaWiki 1.44, which will be supported until at least June 2026. Thanks! [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Version_lifecycle

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Security and maintenance release: 1.39.13 / 1.42.7 / 1.43.2
by Sam Reed 30 Jun '25

30 Jun '25

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Security pre-release announcement: 1.39.13 / 1.42.7 / 1.43.2
by Sam Reed 27 Jun '25

27 Jun '25

Hi all, On Monday we will be issuing a security and maintenance release to all supported branches of MediaWiki. The new releases will be: - 1.39.13 - 1.42.7 - 1.43.2 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 and MediaWiki 1.41 became EOL in December 2024. MediaWiki 1.42 becomes EOL at the end of June 2025. MediaWiki 1.39 (the old LTS before 1.43) becomes EOL in November 2025. It is strongly recommended to upgrade to 1.43 (the next LTS after 1.39), which will be supported until December 2027. [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Version_lifecycle

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by michael.adams9864＠gmail.com 27 Jun '25

27 Jun '25

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New version of Canasta for MediaWiki 1.43
by Yaron Koren 24 Jun '25

24 Jun '25

Hello, We are pleased to announce that version 3.0 of the MediaWiki distribution Docker image Canasta has been released, which includes MediaWiki 1.43. (Canasta only supports LTS MediaWiki versions, so the version included before was 1.39.) Other improvements and additions in this new Canasta version include: - Much of the code was split off into a separate Docker image, "CanastaBase", making it much easier to create a Canasta-based MediaWiki distribution that holds a different set of extensions and skins (or other changes). - The Postfix utility was added, allowing for email support out-of-the-box. - Direct usage of the "Recommended Revisions" listings ( https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Recommended_Revisions) for the set of extensions and skins, which is hopefully a further step toward a standardization of these listings as a sort of best practices resource. You can read more about, and download, Canasta here: https://canasta.wiki/ You can also read more about it on mediawiki.org: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Canasta -Yaron and the other Canasta developers -- WikiWorks · MediaWiki Consulting · http://wikiworks.com

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23 Jun '25

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MediaWiki 1.44.0-rc.0 is ready for testing
by Mateus Santos 12 Jun '25

12 Jun '25

I'm pleased to announce the immediate availability of MediaWiki 1.44.0-rc.0, the first release candidate for 1.44.0. Download links are at the end of the e-mail. The tag has been signed and pushed to Git. This is not a final release, and should not be used for production websites. Known issues are tracked in Phabricator on the release workboard [1]. As with every release of MediaWiki, a large number of changes have landed in the six months of development (since 1.43.0 was cut), and you should read over the preliminary release notes as part of assuring yourself of areas that may have issues with your configuration, your skins, and/or your extensions. As always, please try out the release candidate in a test environment and do report any issues that you discover. Please use the #MW-1.44-Release [2] tag in Phabricator when reporting issues specific to this release, to make sure that we find them as quickly as possible. It is expected that MediaWiki 1.44 will become final at the end of June 2025. This date may slip if blockers are identified. Preliminary release notes: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/g/mediawiki/core/+/REL1_44/RELEASE-NOTES-1.44 Open Bugs: [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/mw-1.44-release/ Bug report form: [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/edit/form/1/?tags=MW-1.44-… ********************************************************************** Download: https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.44/mediawiki-1.44.0-rc.0.tar.gz https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.44/mediawiki-1.44.0-rc.0.zip Download without bundled extensions: https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.44/mediawiki-core-1.44.0-rc.0.ta… https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.44/mediawiki-core-1.44.0-rc.0.zip GPG signatures: https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.44/mediawiki-core-1.44.0-rc.0.ta… https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.44/mediawiki-core-1.44.0-rc.0.zi… https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.44/mediawiki-1.44.0-rc.0.tar.gz.… https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.44/mediawiki-1.44.0-rc.0.zip.sig Public keys: https://www.mediawiki.org/keys/keys.html

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New extension brings faceted search
by Jeroen De Dauw 10 Jun '25

10 Jun '25

Hi everyone, We are proud to announce the immediate availability of a faceted search experience for Wikibase. The new Wikibase Faceted Search extension enhances the standard search page with filtering capabilities via user-friendly UIs. Learn more: * Demo video on YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxKWpTQBrqk> * Release announcement <https://professional.wiki/en/news/wikibase-faceted-search-released> * Wikibase Faceted Search documentation <https://professional.wiki/en/extension/wikibase-faceted-search> Best -- Jeroen De Dauw | CEO Professional.Wiki <https://www.Professional.Wiki> Create your wiki in seconds via ProWiki <https://www.Pro.Wiki> cloud hosting. We are MediaWiki, Wikibase, and software development experts. Professional Wiki GmbH, Tieckstraße 24, 10115 Berlin Geschäftsführung: Jeroen De Dauw, Karsten Hoffmeyer Handelsregister: Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, HRB 246887 B Sitz: Berlin, USt-IdNr.: DE356328845

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