Forum:MediaWiki 1.14 upgrade

Hi everyone,

We're getting ready to roll out MediaWiki 1.14, the latest version of the MediaWiki software that runs Wikia. You can read more about the changes and new features in MediaWiki 1.14 here. MediaWiki 1.14 will be rolled out in two phases so that we can do some load testing and address important issues over a longer period of time. Our current plans for the roll-out schedule look like this (these dates may change): MediaWiki 1.14 has been live on Yu-Gi-Oh! for several days now and it has gone smoothly, so we don't anticipate any major problems, but if you see any issues or have any questions, please post them below.
 * April 22nd-23rd: All wikis except for the 10 wikis with the most articles/traffic (listed below) will be upgraded.
 * April 29th: The 10 wikis with the most articles/traffic will be upgraded.
 * Note: We expect to have beta versions of these 10 wikis running on MediaWiki 1.14 available for testing starting on April 20th.
 * www.wowwiki.com
 * wiki.ffxiclopedia.org
 * fallout.wikia.com
 * starwars.wikia.com
 * answers.wikia.com
 * runescape.wikia.com
 * tibia.wikia.com
 * lostpedia.wikia.com
 * guildwars.wikia.com
 * naruto.wikia.com

Thanks! -- KyleH (talk) 21:07, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Special:Random
"Special:Random will now show a page in any content namespace " &mdash; which namespaces count as content namespace? -- ◄mendel► 22:34, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
 * By default, only the main namespace is considered a content namespace; however, many wikis have custom namespaces which have been added to the list of content namespaces. It's a configurable option. --KyleH (talk) 22:36, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you. -- ◄mendel► 22:54, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

'pagetitle-view-mainpage'
"New 'pagetitle-view-mainpage' message allows the HTML of the main page to be customized" — Is anyone going to bother fixing, or reminding people to fix the old setup where Wikia introduced parserfunctions into MediaWiki:Pagetitle to do just this? ~ NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) (tricks) (current topic) Apr 17, 2009 @ 22:56 (UTC)

$wgRestrictDisplayTitle
Is the use of $wgRestrictDisplayTitle a good suggestion for any of the wiki that are currently making use of any one of the horrid hacks? ~ NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) (tricks) (current topic) Apr 17, 2009 @ 22:59 (UTC)