Upgrade to Mediawiki 1.23.5 and other minor changes

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Release date: 16 October 2014

Mediawiki upgraded to 1.23.5

Mediawiki was upgraded to 1.23.5 (release notes).

Minor configuration changes

  • 'Sandstone' customizations are now implemented via a Mediawiki extension rather than via Vector.css and Common.css.
  • Users are now prompted by default to enter an edit summary when saving a page without one. Users may change this behavior by unchecking Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary in their editing preferences.
  • Account approvers no longer receive email notification of pending requests. They should visit Special:Watchlist to determine if there are any pending requests.
  • The minimum words required for the bio field on the Special:RequestAccount form has been reduced from 50 to 15.
  • Additional parser functions related to string processing are now available (example: User:Ckoehler/Tests/Replace).
  • Registered and autoconfirmed users now have access to the writeapi, enabling certain AJAX-dependent UX features.

Acknowledgements

Thank you User:GPHemsley, User:CLiang, and everyone else who reported bugs and helped with this release!

Notice any issues?

If you notice any issues with this release, please report a bug.

If you simply have questions, you are welcome to ask in #wiki (webchat).

Bugs resolved in this release

Full Query
ID Severity Summary Whiteboard Priority Status
1075285 normal Upgrade wiki.mozilla.org to MediaWiki 1.23.5 [kanban:https://kanbanize.com/ctrl_board/4/1371] [dev=2014-10-09] [stage=2014-10-16] [prod=2014-10-16] -- RESOLVED
1077182 normal Install Sandstone extension [kanban:https://kanbanize.com/ctrl_board/4/1548] [dev=2014-10-09][prod=2014-10-16] -- RESOLVED
1080898 normal Make default the user option to prompt for an edit summary if none is provided [kanban:https://kanbanize.com/ctrl_board/4/1674] [dev=2014-10-16][prod=2014-10-16] -- RESOLVED
1081181 normal Change ConfirmAccount settings (min words bio field and notification email address) [kanban:https://kanbanize.com/ctrl_board/4/1672] [dev=2014-10-16] [stage=2014-10-16] [prod=2014-10-16] -- RESOLVED
1082298 normal Enable ParserFunctions string functions [kanban:https://kanbanize.com/ctrl_board/4/1671] [dev=2014-10-16][prod=2014-10-16] -- RESOLVED
1082810 normal Allow use of the write API (writeapi) for autoconfirm and/or users [kanban:https://kanbanize.com/ctrl_board/4/1673] [dev=2014-10-16][prod=2014-10-16] -- RESOLVED

6 Total; 0 Open (0%); 6 Resolved (100%); 0 Verified (0%);