Forum:Why was seeing the Version information disabled?

Not that I'm complaining, but I noticed that if you go to the Special:SpecialPages of any wiki and try to look up the "Version" information (as in what extensions are installed, the MediaWiki version number, etc), you can't, as the Version link is no longer there.

I don't understand why this was done, so could someone explain the reason behind this? Arcane21 (talk) 13:41, November 2, 2012 (UTC)Arcane21


 * I can see Special:Version right now too.--— 13:44, November 2, 2012 (UTC)
 * That's odd. Aside from the Community Central Wiki, I don't see the Version option at any other wiki. Arcane21 (talk) 14:25, November 2, 2012 (UTC)Arcane21


 * I can see it on all wikis.— 15:28, November 2, 2012 (UTC)


 * I checked, and it seems that if you type in "Special:Version" manually in the URL, sure, the actual page still shows up. The actual "Version" link on "Special:SpecialPages" doesn't seem to be visible on any wiki anymore. Arcane21 (talk) 16:19, November 2, 2012 (UTC)Arcane21


 * Tagging Staff needed. I'm not sure if this is a bug or an intentional decision. An explanation why it's not there or an acknowledgment that a bug report has been filed would be helpful. Special:Version is a very important special page that provides necessary information about what version of MediaWiki is installed, as well as what extensions / parser functions / tags are enabled on the wiki.


 * A link to Special:Version should be listed at Special:SpecialPages in the "Wiki data and tools" section so that people can easily find it (e.g. wikipedia:Special:SpecialPages has it listed there). Note: since the link is missing from Special:SpecialPages, it's also missing from the Admin Dashboard.


 * We justed introduced a Special:Version that supported Wikia's recent migration to Git. The omission of that revamped page from Special:SpecialPages was not intentional. I have filed a bug ticket to return that page to the SpecialPages index. Sorry for the trouble! --DaNASCAT (help forum | blog) 18:45, November 2, 2012 (UTC)