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The long term choices of [[wiki code]] and its integration with other code are things the [[Consumerium Governance Organization]] will decide, and this [[Development Wiki]] is here to discuss.  As part of [[reflexive design]], we will generally use the tools we are trying to test, before deciding to use them.  This will often bias [[sysop]]s and others in favour of what is in use now!  We should be very aware of this [[systemic bias]].
The long term choices of [[wiki code]] and its integration with other code are things the [[Consumerium Governance Organization]] will decide, and this [[Development Wiki]] is here to discuss.  As part of [[reflexive design]], we will generally use the tools we are trying to test, before deciding to use them.  This will often bias [[sysop]]s and others in favour of what is in use now!  We should be very aware of this [[systemic bias]].


===New features in MediaWiki===
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'''<tt>[[mw:Release notes]]</tt>''' need to be read through to map which functionality was added when and then in a timeline article match what the Consumium [[design paradigm]] to getter a better view.


As of version '''1.3.3''' MediaWiki supports any number of additional namespaces, which is very good for us. Now we can have namespaces for [[companies]], [[product]]s etc.
=== New features in MediaWiki ===
 
{|class="wikitable"
|+Release notes
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!MediaWiki
![[git]]
!Year
!Features added
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|[[/1.20|1.20]] (preliminary)
|[https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/gitweb?p=mediawiki/core.git;a=blob;f=RELEASE-NOTES-1.20;hb=master RELEASE-NOTES-1.20]
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|[[/1.19|1.19]]
|[https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/gitweb?p=mediawiki/core.git;a=blob;f=RELEASE-NOTES-1.19;hb=REL1_19 RELEASE-NOTES-1.19]
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|[[/1.18|1.18]]
|[https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/gitweb?p=mediawiki/core.git;a=blob;f=RELEASE-NOTES-1.18;hb=REL1_18 RELEASE-NOTES-1.18]
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|[[/1.17|1.17]]
|[https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/gitweb?p=mediawiki/core.git;a=blob;f=RELEASE-NOTES;hb=REL1_17 RELEASE-NOTES]
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|[[/1.16|1.16]]
|[https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/gitweb?p=mediawiki/core.git;a=blob;f=RELEASE-NOTES;hb=REL1_16 RELEASE-NOTES]
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|[[/1.15|1.15]]
|[https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/gitweb?p=mediawiki/core.git;a=blob;f=RELEASE-NOTES;hb=REL1_15 RELEASE-NOTES]
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|[[/1.14|1.14]]
|[https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/gitweb?p=mediawiki/core.git;a=blob;f=RELEASE-NOTES;hb=REL1_14 RELEASE-NOTES]
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|[[/1.13|1.13]]
|[https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/gitweb?p=mediawiki/core.git;a=blob;f=RELEASE-NOTES;hb=REL1_13 RELEASE-NOTES]
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|[[/1.12|1.12]]
|[https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/gitweb?p=mediawiki/core.git;a=blob;f=RELEASE-NOTES;hb=REL1_12 RELEASE-NOTES]
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|[[/1.11|1.11]]
|[https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/gitweb?p=mediawiki/core.git;a=blob;f=RELEASE-NOTES;hb=REL1_11 RELEASE-NOTES]
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|[[/1.10|1.10]]
|[https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/gitweb?p=mediawiki/core.git;a=blob;f=RELEASE-NOTES;hb=REL1_10 RELEASE-NOTES]
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|[[/1.9|1.9]]
|[https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/gitweb?p=mediawiki/core.git;a=blob;f=RELEASE-NOTES;hb=REL1_9 RELEASE-NOTES]
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|[[/1.8|1.8]]
|[https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/gitweb?p=mediawiki/core.git;a=blob;f=RELEASE-NOTES;hb=REL1_8 RELEASE-NOTES]
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|[[/1.7|1.7]]
|[https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/gitweb?p=mediawiki/core.git;a=blob;f=RELEASE-NOTES;hb=REL1_7 RELEASE-NOTES]
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|[[/1.6|1.6]]
|[https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/gitweb?p=mediawiki/core.git;a=blob;f=RELEASE-NOTES;hb=REL1_6 RELEASE-NOTES]
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|[[/1.5|1.5]]
|[https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/gitweb?p=mediawiki/core.git;a=blob;f=RELEASE-NOTES;hb=REL1_5 RELEASE-NOTES]
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|[[/1.4|1.4]]
|[https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/gitweb?p=mediawiki/core.git;a=blob;f=RELEASE-NOTES;hb=REL1_4 RELEASE-NOTES]
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|An email notification patch for [[watched pages]] and User-pages called [[Enotif]]. See [[m:Enotif]] for more precise info
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|[[/1.3|1.3]]
|[https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/gitweb?p=mediawiki/core.git;a=blob;f=RELEASE-NOTES;hb=REL1_3 RELEASE-NOTES]
|2003ish
|As of version '''1.3.3''' MediaWiki supports any number of additional namespaces, which is very good for us. Now we can have namespaces for [[companies]], [[product]]s etc.
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|[[/1.2|1.2]]
|[https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/gitweb?p=mediawiki/core.git;a=blob;f=RELEASE-NOTES;hb=REL1_2 RELEASE-NOTES]
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|[[/1.1|1.1]]
|[https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/gitweb?p=mediawiki/core.git;a=blob;f=RELEASE-NOTES;hb=REL1_1 RELEASE-NOTES]
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|[[/pre-1.1.0|pre-1.1.0]]
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The current development branch of '''1.4''' now contains an email notification patch for [[watched pages]] and User-pages called [[Enotif]]. See [[m:Enotif]] for more precise info
'''<tt>[[mw:Release notes]]</tt>''' need to be read through to map which functionality was added when and then in a timeline article match what the Consumium [[design paradigm]] to getter a better view.


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'''See also:'''
'''See also:'''
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