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