It's possible that you're wrong :)
My Mediawiki install has always been this way.
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From: Bartosz DziewoĆski <matma.rex(a)gmail.com>
To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list <mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Wed, Jun 5, 2013 4:25 pm
Subject: Re: [MediaWiki-l] Changes on specific date
Well, then this is just accidental and these will be deleted sooner or later. I
bothered to find the variable's name and its doc page for you:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgRCMaxAge
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Matma Rex
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