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Hi. I've got a question relating to the MW 1.19 upgrade: Can we still use the same wg variables as on MW 1.16 wikis? I'm not very knowledgeable about the use of JavaScript, but I have a few global scripts that could be severely affected by Wikia dropping the the use of, for example:,   etc. What has really spurred me into action is that I noticed, in the source of a MW 1.19 wiki, that those two (and more) don't seem to exist any longer &mdash; or did I miss a link? :) Starfleet Academy (Messages) 09:11, September 4, 2012 (UTC)


 * The  variables were deprecated in MW 1.17 and you shouldn't use them unless you need your code to run on 1.16 Wiki. Documentation. They currently work on MW1.19 because Wikia has thrown the "use globals" switch but it'll break when that switch is turned off. The correct way to access them is:  . Lunarity 19:57, September 4, 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Lunarity! You've informed me of my worst fears! Wow, I'm gonna have to do some reading about objects and jQuery... or I'm going to have to learn full JS pretty darn quick. :P Thanks again (because this will force me to cram!). :) Starfleet Academy (Messages) 03:15, September 5, 2012 (UTC)
 * Hey, I'm back again with another question: Is my Global JS file going to be okay now, if the 'switch' is thrown? :) Starfleet Academy (Messages) 09:24, September 6, 2012 (UTC)

Sort of. That'll crash on MW1.16 so you'll need to add: At the start. Lunarity 05:49, September 7, 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for all your help, mate. The code above works great! :D Starfleet Academy (Messages) 08:30, September 7, 2012 (UTC)