MediaWiki 1.21

MediaWiki 1.21 is currently being developed. Consult the RELEASE-NOTES file for the full list of changes. It is currently deployed on Wikimedia wikis through incremental "wmf"-branches starting October 2012. The 1.21.0 stable release is expected to come out in spring 2013. Download from Git to stay on the current bleeding-edge.

What's new?
MediaWiki 1.21 will include all changes released in the smaller, bi-weekly "1.21wmfX" software deployments to Wikimedia sites.

Ajax patrolling
The features users have waited for longest: .... (bug 7851)

Internationalization

 * We plan/hope to make the general logging framework completely localisable at last, by fixing bug 24156 (deferred since MediaWiki 1.18). The logging for each action (whether in core or extensions) might still need to be updated to use the new system, though.
 * We plan/hope to make the general logging framework completely localisable at last, by fixing bug 24156 (deferred since MediaWiki 1.18). The logging for each action (whether in core or extensions) might still need to be updated to use the new system, though.

Account API

 * pending
 * pending

Password Recovery system uses Tokens

 * pending
 * pending

mediawiki.jqueryMsg supports wikilinks and and the int: magic word

 * Tired of all your MediaWiki i18n messages showing on the JavaScript side as wikitext? Parse them with jqueryMsg, now with wikilinks and int: transclusion support!
 * pending

Bundled extensions
We haven't bundled any new extensions in 1.21, but there are suggestions for extensions to be integrated.