Thanks for your ideas. I re-imaged the server to start the upgrade process
again. Tried using mw-config from a browser (installing INTL, and all
other dependencies it suggested).
FYI, my 1.16 version used LocalSettings.php which I kept. I didn't start
it from scratch with the upgraded install...There is also an
AdminSettings.php which contains the MySQL login/pw for use by the
maintenance scripts.
The wikilinks work but they also got corrupted along with the article title.
E.g.,
http://www.hindupedia.org/en/Category:Concise_Encyclopedia_of_Hinduism
Has a link to an article entitled "Adbhuta BrÄ hmaṇa" which works (links
to
http://www.hindupedia.org/en/Adbhuta_Br%C3%84%C2%81hma%C3%A1%C2%B9%E2%80%A1a
)
The first link in the article has proper multi-byte characters ("Adbhuta
Brāhmaṇa literally means wonderful or strange Brāhmaṇa.")
This title should be "Adbhuta Brāhmaṇa
<http://www.hindupedia.com/en/Adbhuta_Br%C4%81hma%E1%B9%87a>"
Best Regards,
Krishna
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