MediaWiki 1.22

MediaWiki 1.22 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 April 2013. The 1.22.0 stable release is expected to come out late in 2013. Download from Git to stay on the current bleeding-edge.

Several ancient skins removed


On 2013-04-01, several ancient skins were removed from core (not an April's fool joke):, , , and. More information at Turning off outdated skins.

Nostalgia was the phase I/UseModWiki-like skin, and Classic was the main skin before the introduction of the default MonoBook in MediaWiki 1.3 (2004-05-22). Both have served MediaWiki since its phase3 reorganization in 2003-04-15, i.e., about ten years.

What's new?
MediaWiki 1.22 will include all changes released in the smaller, bi-weekly "1.22wmfX" software deployments to Wikimedia sites.