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The Information Center

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What is a wiki?

• Learn how to navigate
• Learn how to edit a page
• Get more help

The Reading Culture

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Install & configure MediaWiki

• Upgrade an existing MediaWiki installation
• Add features with third-party extensions
• Get more sysadmin help

The Knowledge Building Center

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Become a MediaWiki hacker

• Learn to use our APIs
• Write extensions or create your own skin
• Browse the developer docs and class reference
• Already a hacker? Visit the developer hub

The Experimental Learning Center

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What is a wiki?

• Learn how to navigate
• Learn how to edit a page
• Get more help

School Culture

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Virtual Maker Space

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Current version

• 1.27.0 – 2016-06-28
  
• 1.26.3 – 2016-05-20
  

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News

Recent news

2016-06-28

• Release MediaWiki 1.27.0 release (LTS) is now available
• Note Note: MediaWiki 1.25.x versions are now end of life.

2016-05-20

• Wikimedia Foundation is looking for: Tools Lab Operations Engineer (Contractor)
• Wikipedia Mobile Beta: a sandbox for new experimental features
• A more efficient translation interface (includes demo video)

2013-01-10

• Wikimedia engineering December 2012 report

2013-01-09

• MediaWiki 1.21 is under development. Watch its wiki page and follow the thread at wikitech-l.
• Looking ahead to 2013 - The Signpost Technology report

2013-01-08

• Diff 0.4 released

2013-01-07

• MediaWiki community metrics December report
• BlueSpice MediaWiki 1.20 stable release now available

2013-01-05

• Wikimedia Foundation is looking for: Site Reliability Engineer

2013-01-03

• Natural Language Processing for MediaWiki: First major release of the Semantic Assistants Wiki-NLP Integration
• Meet the Echo development team on Jan 8 and learn about the upcoming notifications framework for MediaWiki
• MediaWiki Workshop in Kolkata this Saturday at MozTI@BESU

2013-01-01

• Wikimedia’s Bug Management

2012-12-04: 1.20.2 released

• Maintenance update MediaWiki 1.20.2 is now available.

2012-11-30: 1.20.1, 1.19.3, 1.18.6 released

• Security MediaWiki 1.20.1, 1.19.3 and 1.18.6 security releases are now available.

2012-11-07: 1.20.0 released

• Release MediaWiki 1.20.0 is now available.

2012-08-31: 1.19.2, 1.18.5 released

• Security MediaWiki 1.19.2 and 1.18.5 security releases are now available.

2012-06-13: 1.19.1, 1.18.4, 1.17.5 released

• Security MediaWiki 1.19.1, MediaWiki 1.18.4 and MediaWiki 1.17.5 security releases now available.

2012-05-02: 1.19.0 released

• Release MediaWiki 1.19.0 is now available.

2012-04-26: 1.19.0 rc1 released

• Release MediaWiki 1.19.0 rc 1 is now available.

2012-04-26: 1.18.3 released

• Maintenance update MediaWiki 1.18.3 is now available.

2012-04-26: 1.17.4 released

• Maintenance update MediaWiki 1.17.4 is now available.

2012-03-27: Switch to Git: Complete for core & WMF extensions

• Release MediaWiki core + extensions WMF deploys have switched to Git (details).

2012-03-22: 1.19.0 beta2 released

• Maintenance update MediaWiki 1.19.0 beta 2 is now available.

2012-03-22: 1.18.2 released

• Security MediaWiki 1.18.2 security release is now available.

2012-03-22: 1.17.3 released

• Security MediaWiki 1.17.3 security release is now available.

2012-03-07: 1.19.0 beta1 released

• Release MediaWiki 1.19.0 beta 1 is now available.

2012-02-29: Switch to Git: March 21

• Release Postponing Git migration until March 21

2012-02-26: Switch to Git in one week

• Release MediaWiki core + extensions WMF deploys will switch from Subversion to Git on 3 March 2012.

2012-01-11: 1.18.1 released

• Security MediaWiki 1.18.1 security & maintenance release is now available.

2012-01-11: 1.17.2 released

• Security MediaWiki 1.17.2 security release is now available.

2011-11-28: 1.18.0 released

• Release MediaWiki 1.18.0 has been released.

2011-11-28: 1.17.1 released

• Security MediaWiki 1.17.1 security release is now available.

2011-11-18: 1.18.0rc1 released

• Maintenance update MediaWiki 1.18.0rc1 is now available.

2011-11-04: 1.18 beta1 released

• Release MediaWiki 1.18 beta 1 is now available.

2011-06-22: 1.17.0 released

• Release MediaWiki 1.17.0 has been released.

2011-06-14: 1.17.0rc1 released

• Maintenance update MediaWiki 1.17.0rc1 is now available.

2011-05-05: 1.17 beta 1 released

• Release MediaWiki 1.17 beta 1 is now available.

2011-05-05: 1.16.5 released

• Security MediaWiki 1.16.5 security release available.

2011-04-14: 1.16.4 released

• Security MediaWiki 1.16.4 security release available.

2011-04-12: 1.16.3 released

• Security MediaWiki 1.16.3 security release available.

2011-02-01: 1.16.2 released

• Security MediaWiki 1.16.2 security release available.

2011-01-04: 1.16.1 released

• Security MediaWiki 1.16.1 security release available.

2010-07-28: 1.16.0 and 1.15.5 released

• Security MediaWiki 1.16.0 and 1.15.5 security release available

2010-05-28: 1.15.4, 1.16.0beta3 released

• Security MediaWiki 1.15.4 and 1.16.0beta3 security release available

2010-04-07: 1.15.3, 1.16.0beta2 released

• Security MediaWiki 1.15.3 and 1.16.0beta2 security release available

2010-03-12: 1.16.0beta1 released

• Release MediaWiki 1.16.0beta1 release available

2010-03-08: 1.15.2 released

• Security MediaWiki 1.15.2 bugfix release available

2009-07-13: 1.15.1, 1.14.1 released

• Security MediaWiki 1.15.1 bugfix release available
• Security MediaWiki 1.14.1 bugfix release available

2009-06-10: 1.15.0 released

• Release MediaWiki 1.15.0 quarterly release available

2009-05-16: 1.15.0rc1 released

• Release MediaWiki 1.15.0rc1 release candidate available

2009-02-22: 1.14.0, 1.13.5 released

• Release MediaWiki 1.14.0 quarterly release available
• Maintenance update MediaWiki 1.13.5 bugfix release available

2009-02-07: 1.13.4, 1.12.4, 1.6.12, and 1.14.0rc1 released

• Security Security updates available
• Release MediaWiki 1.14.0rc1 release candidate available

2008-12-15: 1.13.3, 1.12.2, 1.6.11 released

• Security Security updates available

2008-10-02: 1.13.2, 1.12.1 released

• Security Security updates MediaWiki 1.13.2 and 1.12.1 available

2008-09-06: 1.13.1 released

• Maintenance update MediaWiki 1.13.1 bugfix release available

2008-08-14: 1.13.0 quarterly release

• Release MediaWiki 1.13.0 final release available, see Manual:Upgrading.

2008-08-11: 1.13.0rc2 release candidate

• Release MediaWiki 1.13.0rc2 release candidate available

2008-07-25: 1.13.0rc1 release candidate

• Release MediaWiki 1.13.0rc1 release candidate available.

2008-03-20: 1.12.0 quarterly release

• Release MediaWiki 1.12.0 final release available, see Manual:Upgrading.

2008-03-11: 1.12.0rc1 release candidate

• Release MediaWiki 1.12.0rc1 release candidate available.

2008-03-02: 1.11.2 security update, 1.10.4, 1.9.6 bugfix updates

• Security Security updates available.
• Maintenance update Bug fixes for regressions in previous security fix

2008-01-23: 1.11.1, 1.10.3, 1.9.5 security updates

• Security Security updates available.

2007-09-10: 1.11.0 new stable branch

• Release Quarterly branch available, see Manual:Upgrading to 1.11.

2007-09-10: 1.10.2, 1.9.4, 1.8.5 security updates

• Security Security updates available.

2007-09-05: 1.11.0 branch release candidate

• Release MediaWiki 1.11.0rc1 release candidate available.

2007-07-23

• MediaWiki 1.11.0 release will be held back until mid-August, after the Wikimania 2007 conference, to allow for better testing of new features.

2007-07-13: 1.10.1 bugfix release

• Maintenance update MediaWiki 1.10.1 update

2007-05-09: 1.10.0 new stable branch

• Release MediaWiki 1.10.0 final release available, see Manual:Upgrading to 1.10.

2007-05-04: 1.10.0 branch release candidate

• Maintenance update MediaWiki 1.10.0rc2 release candidate available.

2007-04-30: 1.10.0 branch release candidate

• Release MediaWiki 1.10.0rc1 release candidate available.

2007-04-12

• MediaWiki 1.10.0 release will be held back until the latter half of April to allow for better testing, performance tuning

2007-02-20: 1.9.3, 1.8.4, 1.7.3, 1.6.10 security fix releases

• Security Patched Internet Explorer-specific XSS vulnerability in non-default configuration (with experimental AJAX features enabled).

2007-02-04: 1.9.2 fix release

• Security Patched XSS vulnerability in sortable tables; all 1.9 users should upgrade.
• Maintenance update Fixes to Creative Commons license configuration, optional storage compression.

2007-01-24: 1.9.1 bug fix release

• Maintenance update Fixes to installation/upgrade, IIS, Opera/Mac and Firefox/X11 tooltip labels, security fix for optional DjVu support, and other fixes.

2007-01-10: 1.9.0 new stable branch

• Release Quarterly release updates, see also Upgrading to 1.9.

2007-01-09: 1.9.0rc2 testing release; 1.8.3, 1.7.2, 1.6.9 security fix releases

• Security Patched XSS vulnerability in non-default configuration (with experimental AJAX features enabled).

2006-10-13: 1.8.2 bug fix release

• Maintenance update Fix for non-ASCII namespaces on Windows servers.

2006-10-11: 1.8.1 bug fix release

• Maintenance update Installer PHP 5 check, register_globals paranoia, disabled potentially information-leaky backtraces.

2006-10-10: 1.8.0 new stable branch

• Release Quarterly release updates, see also Upgrading to 1.8.

2006-07-08: 1.7.1, 1.6.8 bug fix releases

• Maintenance update Fixed some installer issues in 1.7.
• Security Potential XSS with vulnerable PHP versions patched.

2006-07-07: 1.7.0 new stable branch

• Release Quarterly release updates, see also Upgrading to 1.7.

2006-06-06: Fix for XSS in 1.6 branch

• Security All 1.6 installations should upgrade to 1.6.7. 1.5.x and earlier may be affected by some problems with extensions.

2006-05-23: Fix for XSS in 1.6 branch

• Security All 1.6 installations should upgrade to 1.6.6. 1.5.x and earlier not affected.

2006-05-02: 1.6.5 more fixes

• Maintenance update Various fixes for other corner cases. 1.6.4 was slightly buggy.

2006-04-10: 1.6.3 installer fixes

• Maintenance update Installation on MySQL 4.0 older than 4.0.18 should work again.

2006-04-08: 1.6.2 extension fixes

• Maintenance update Extension tags with "/" in parameters work again. Some more installer fixlets.

2006-04-05: 1.6.1 installer fixes

• Maintenance update A few bugs affecting some installs on 1.6.0 fixed.

2006-04-05: 1.6.0 new stable branch

• Release Quarterly release brings fun new features, see also Upgrading to 1.6.

2006-03-26: 1.5.8 and 1.4.15 fix XSS injection bug

• Security HTML injection in encoded page links.
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