Board Thread:Support Requests - Getting Technical/@comment-30292413-20161111131918/@comment-24473195-20161111182609

Err, maxlag was introduced in version 1.10. There are at least two api entry points for mediawiki, that's what that second note probably refers to:

http://dev.wikia.com/api.php?action=query&titles=linksweeper&format=json&maxlag=1

http://dev.wikia.com/api.php?action=query&titles=linksweeper&format=json&maxlag=-1

As far as Wikia updating mediawiki, it is not likely to happen anytime soon, if ever. They forked mediawiki, and have made too many changes that make it hard to upgrade at this point.