Requests for comment

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This is a requests for comment system that allows MediaWiki developers and users to draft large ideas for the future of MediaWiki.

In draft

Feature	Status
Mobile support in MediaWiki core	2012-04-06 — Migrate MobileFrontend into Core
Dismissable notices	2012-03-31 — brainstorming!
ResourceLoader CSS Extensions	2012-03-07 — Proposal for adding extensions to css within ResourceLoader.
Structured data push notification support for recent changes	2012-02-22 — RFC page created
Documentation overhaul	2011-12-15 — RFC page created
Entrypoint Routing and 404 handling	2011-12-08 — RFC page created
Tickets	2011-11-28 — Proposal for an extension providing a queue for in-wiki actions
Partial page caching	2011-11-23 — RFC page and Bugzilla bug created
Notification framework	2011-11-08 — Add a common framework for storing/sending/reading talk, watch, and other notifications
Internationalization testing	2011-10-10 — Add a framework for internationalization testing
Refactor on File-FileRepo-MediaHandler	2011-10-03 — Refactor on File-FileRepo-MediaHandler
Decorify into extensions	2011-09-26 — Move core features into extensions
Drop actions in favour of page views and special pages	2011-08-26 — Replace Article and Actions with a PageView system and SpecialPages for actions
Itemise protection	2011-08-04 — Itemise page restrictions to allow for "surges" in protection whilst retaining fallback
Reimplement info action	2011-05-17 — Making ?action=info super-useful
Extension release management	2011-03-24 — Initial draft, building on ideas from 2010 GSoC
Account creation	2011-03-09 — Improving the account creation interface
Configuration database	2011-01-30 — How to revamp our configuration management interface and provide UI tools for wiki administrators
Distribution and deployment	2010-06-01 — Create systems to update MediaWiki core and extensions from a SpecialPage, and push updates through a distribution channel from mediawiki.org
Page deletion	2010-05-10 — How to apply RevDelete to page deletion?
Nasty templates	2010-05-04 — implementation ideas being floated

In discussion

Feature	Status
MediaWiki.org Main Page tweaks	2012-02-26 — Documenting discussion from wiki and IRC - housing sandbox
Database field for checksum of page text	2011-08-18 — In discussion on wikitech-l
Unit testing	2011-07-05 — In discussion on wikitech-l

Accepted

Feature	Status
Reduce math rendering preferences	2011-11-28 — Options eliminated; still need to add baseline shift

Implemented

Feature	Status
Context object	2011-02-11 — Replace all request-dependant objects members with only one "context" object

On hold / outdated

Feature	Status
Extensionless files	2010-04-02 — In discussion on wikitech-l and at bugzilla:4421

See also

• Review queue — a place where actual code and revisions can be listed for review