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Is there a good convincing reason as to why the latest stable builds are no longer listed on mediawiki wiki's main page?

Why is it important to you to see the specific numbers of the latest stable builds on the main page?

It was both convenient to download and track the latest stable and LTS builds. By the way I'm talking about this box: https://i.imgur.com/7WNmVzY.png that was still there not long ago (a few months ago at most).

If you want to download and track latest builds, feel free to bookmark Download.

I see no reason for such information to waste space on the front page. See "If people want to download MediaWiki they should go to the Download page" on MediaWiki/Homepage improvements 2018.

Who decides what wastes space on the main page and what doesn't? Was there a discussion where the majority agreed that the box that's been there for years is no longer relevant? All I see on the project you linked that it was decided (probably by you) that the box should be removed and that's that. The discussion page on that same project has little to no reference or actual discussion on this topic.

I quote from the source you linked: "I doubt anyone informs themselves about a need for an upgrade of their installation by visiting the front page and then manually comparing with their version."

"I doubt" - you doubt so that automatically means that no one does that. Well I did exactly that and I'm more than confident that there were a lot of people who did exactly that as well, but obviously they aren't being so vocal about it. For most of the people this wiki is a resource for the software.

@Lyrixn: Sure there was. See the three "Announcements / call for comments" sections on MediaWiki/Homepage improvements 2018 how you could have gotten aware.

I do see you being the only participant in these, unless I'm missing something.

If that was true (it is not), what would be the problem with that? Nobody can force anyone to take part in discussions...

The discussions can be found in Talk:MediaWiki/Homepage improvements 2018 and Talk:MediaWiki/Homepage improvements 2018/Proposal as linked from the three "call for comments" sections that I already linked in my previous comment. Anyone interested was welcome to provide input.

I'm not sure I totally understand but if I do, then you're asking for what is in the "News" card in https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki? I do see latest stable builds/releases of MW on the "News" card, which if you click on "more news", you'll be taken to: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/News.

Does that help? Thanks!

I mean the "current version" box. https://web.archive.org/web/20190101022620/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki

I have the following table on my corp wiki - use the source editor to actually read it:

{{#get_web_data:url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&format=json
|format=JSON
|data=wp_servername=servername,wp_generator=generator
|cache seconds=21600}}
 {{#get_web_data:url=https://www.mediawiki.org/w/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&format=json
|format=JSON
|data=mw_servername=servername,mw_generator=generator
|cache seconds=21600}}

{{#external_value:mw_servername}}: {{#external_value:mw_generator}}

{{#external_value:wp_servername}}: {{#external_value:wp_generator}}

www.mediawiki.org: 1.35.0-wmf.30 (765c95b)

It might come in handy.