MediaWiki 1.19

This is a next version which is going to be deployed and released in 2012.

We are aiming to deploy MediaWiki 1.19 in February 2012.

What's new?
Comprehensive list of what's new is in the release notes.


 * Bumped MySQL version requirement to 5.0.2.
 * Gadgets are always loaded through ResourceLoader, which means each module executes in a local (new) scope by default.
 * The upcoming ResourceLoader 2.0 includes a Top load queue. This will be first released as part of MediaWiki 1.19. From that release on, the  and   module are loaded from the top, and extensions can add their modules to the top by setting 'position' to 'top' in the array item of
 * New common*.css files usable by skins instead of having to copy piles of generic styles from MonoBook or Vector's css.
 * The default user signature now contains a talk link in addition to the user link.
 * Searching blocked usernames in block log is now clearer.
 * Better timezone recognition in user preferences.
 * Extensions can now participate in the extraction of titles from URL paths.
 * Improved diff readability for colorblind people.
 * The command-line installer supports various RDBMSes better.
 * The interwiki links table can now be accessed also when the interwiki cache is used (used in the API and the Interwiki extension).

Internationalization

 * More gender support (for instance in logs and user lists).
 * Canadian English support.
 * Language converter improved, e.g. it now works depending on the page content language.
 * Time and number-formatting magic words also now depend on the page content language.
 * Bidirectional support further improved after 1.18.