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= MediaWiki release notes =
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Security reminder: MediaWiki does not require PHP's register_globals
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setting since version 1.2.0. If you have it on, turn it *off* if you can.
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== MediaWiki 1.12 ==
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THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
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MediaWiki is now using a "continuous integration" development model with
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quarterly snapshot releases. The latest development code is always kept
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"ready to run", and in fact runs our own sites on Wikipedia.
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Release branches will continue to receive security updates for about a year
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from first release, but nonessential bugfixes and feature developments
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will be made on the development trunk and appear in the next quarterly release.
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Those wishing to use the latest code instead of a branch release can obtain
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it from source control: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN
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=== Configuration changes in 1.12 ===
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=== New features in 1.12 ===
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* (bug 10735) Add a warning for non-descriptive filenames at Special:Upload
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* Add {{filepath:}} parser function to get full path to an uploaded file,
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complementing {{fullurl:}} for pages.
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* (bug 11136) If using Postgres, search path is explicitly set if wgDBmwschema is
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not set to 'mediawiki', allowing multiple mediawiki instances per user.
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* (bug 11151) Add descriptive <title> to revision history page
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* (bug 5412) Add feed links for the site to all pages
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* (bug 11353) Add ability to retrieve raw section content via action=raw
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=== Bug fixes in 1.12 ===
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* Subpages are now indexed for searching properly when using PostgreSQL
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* (bug 3846) Suppress warnings from, e.g. open_basedir when scanning for
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ImageMagick, diff3 et al. during installation [patch by Jan Reininghaus]
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* (bug 7027) Shift handling of deletion permissions-checking to
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getUserPermissionsErrors.
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* Login and signup forms are now more correct for right-to-left languages.
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* (bug 5387) Block log items on RecentChanges don't make use of possible
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translations
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* (bug 11211) Pass, as a parameter to the protectedpagetext interface
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message, the level of protection.
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* (bug 9611) Supply the blocker and reason for the cantcreateaccounttext
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message.
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* (bug 8759) Fixed bug where rollback was allowed on protected pages for wikis
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where rollback is given to non-sysops.
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* (bug 8834) Split off permission for editing user JavaScript and CSS from
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editinterface to a new permission key editusercssjs.
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* (bug 11266) Set fallback language for Fulfulde (ff) to French
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* (bug 11179) Include image version deletion comment in public log
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* Fixed notice when accessing special page without read permission and whitelist
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is not defined
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* (bug 9252) Fix for tidy funkiness when using editintro mode
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* (bug 4021) Fix for MySQL wildcard search
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* (bug 10699) Fix for MySQL phrase search
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* (bug 11321) Fix width of gallerybox when option "width=xxx" is used
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* (bug 7890) Special:BrokenRedirects links deleted redirects to a non-existent page
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* Fix initial statistics when installing: add correct values
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* (bug 11342) Fix several 'returnto' links in permissions/error pages which
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linked to the main page instead of targetted page
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* Strike the link to the redirect rather than using an asterisk in Special:Listredirects
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* (bug 11355) Fix false positives in Safe Mode and other config detection
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when boolean settings are disabled with 'Off' via php_admin_value/php_value
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* (bug 11292) Fixed unserialize errors with Postgres by creating special Blob object.
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* (bug 11363) Make all metadata fields bytea when using Postgres.
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* (bug 11331) Add buildConcat() and use CASE not IF for DB compatibility. Make oldimage
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cascade delete via image table for Postgres, change fa_storage_key TEXT.
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* (bug 11438) Live Preview chops returned text
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* Show the right message on account creation when the user is blocked
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* (bug 11450) Fix creation of objectcache table on upgrade
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* Fix namespace selection after submit of Special:Newpages
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* Make input form of Special:Newpages nicer for RTL wikis
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* (bug 11462) Fix typo in LanguageGetSpecialPageAliases hook name
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=== API changes in 1.12 ===
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Full API documentation is available at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API
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* (bug 11275) Enable descending sort in categorymembers
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* (bug 11308) Allow the API to output the image metadata
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* (bug 11296) Temporary fix for escaping of ampersands inside links in pretty-printed
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help document.
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* (bug 11405) Expand templates implementation in the API
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* (bug 11218) Add option to feedwatchlist to display multiple revisions for each page.
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* (bug 11404) Provide name of exception caught in error code field of internal api
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error messages.
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=== Languages updated in 1.12 ===
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* Amharic (am) (new)
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* Arabic (ar)
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* Mapudungun (arn) (new)
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* Asturian (ast)
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* Samogitian (bat-smg)
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* Bikol Central (bcl)
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* Belarusian Taraskievica orthography (be-tarask)
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* Bulgarian (bg)
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* Bislama (bi) (new)
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* Bengali (bn)
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* Bishnupriya Manipuri (bpy)
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* Catalan (ca)
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* Breton (br)
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* Czech (cs)
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* Cassubian (csb)
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* Welsh (cy)
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* Danish (da)
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* German (de)
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* Lower Sorbian (dsb) (new)
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* Ewe (ee) (new)
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* Greek (el)
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* Spanish (es)
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* Extremaduran (ext)
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* Finnish (fi)
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* Persian (fa)
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* Võro (fiu-vro)
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* Faroese (fo)
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* Frisian (fy)
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* French (fr)
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* Cajun French (frc)
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* Franco-Provençal (frp)
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* Irish (ga)
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* Gön-gnŷ (gan) (new)
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* Galician (gl)
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* Ancient Greek (grc) (new)
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* Hakka (hak)
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* Hebrew (he)
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* Upper Sorbian (hsb)
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* Indonesian (id)
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* Icelandic (is)
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* Italian (it)
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* Japanese (ja)
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* Kazakh (kk)
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* Korean (ko)
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* Latin (la)
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* Limbugian (li)
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* Malay (ms)
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* Low Saxon (nds)
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* Dutch (nl)
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* Norwegian (no)
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* Portugese (pt)
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* Russian (ru)
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* Sakha (sah)
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* Sicilian (scn)
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* Sassarese (sdc) (new)
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* Seri (sei) (new)
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* Slovak (sk)
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* Serbian (Cyrillic) (sr-ec)
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* Sundanese (su)
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* Tamil (ta)
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* Tetun (tet) (new)
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* Walloon (wa)
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* Yiddish (yi)
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* Zhuang (za)
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* Zealandic (zea)
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== Compatibility ==
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MediaWiki 1.12 requires PHP 5 (5.1 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
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PHP 5.0.x fails on 64-bit systems due to serious bugs with array processing:
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http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34879
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Upgrade affected systems to PHP 5.1 or higher.
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MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade.
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At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.
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== Upgrading ==
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1.12 has several database changes since 1.11, and will not work without schema
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updates.
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If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
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new database fields are filled with data.
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If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
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changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
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break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
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See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
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=== Caveats ===
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Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
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produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
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set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
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cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
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MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
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For notes on 1.11.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
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=== Online documentation ===
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Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
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built up on MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
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License (except for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in
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the public domain) :
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http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
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=== Mailing list ===
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A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
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wikitech-l list:
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http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
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A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
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http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
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It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
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going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
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=== IRC help ===
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There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net
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