Hey,
Starting with version 1.24wmf21 (which will be deployed to production wikis
starting 11 September), MediaWiki will no longer execute JavaScript code on
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 (previously the cutoff was MSIE6, as of last
month).
This is for the same reasons that we stopped JavaScript on MSIE6 [*] – the
browser is not actively supported by its manufacturer, and this prevents
users with this browser from experiencing a number of bugs.
As with last week, this change will be communicated through tech news as
well, but please help carry this message into your communities as
appropriate.
[*] -
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2014-August/0008…
Yours,
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James D. Forrester
Product Manager, Editing
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
jforrester(a)wikimedia.org | @jdforrester