* (bug 9257) $wgRCMaxAge now defaults to three months
* $wgDevelopmentWarnings can be set to true to show warnings about deprecated
functions and other potential errors when developing.
+* (bug 18958) $wgEnableVariants is a new boolean value to turn on or off the
+ entire variant conversion engine, and the default is set to true. Former
+ variable $wgDisableLangConversion was superseded by this variable.
+* Subpages are now enabled in the MediaWiki namespace by default. This is
+ mainly a cosmetic change, and does not in any way affect the MessageCache,
+ which was already effectively treating the namespace as if it had subpages.
+* (bug 10837) $wgVariant is a user variant selected in the user's preferences
+ if the $wgContLang does not have variant, then the $wgLang is used instead.
=== New features in 1.16 ===
* (bug 13456) categoriespagetext supports PLURAL
* (bug 18860) Blocks of IPs affecting registered users can now block email
* (bug 17093) Date and time are separate parameters in Special:BlockList
+* (bug 11484) Added ISO speed rating to default collapsed EXIF metadata view
+* (bug 18958) Added ability to disable entire variant conversion engine
+ per user preferences
+* (bug 19012) Introduce {{NUMBEROFCONTRIBS}} variable to display the number
+ of contributions a user has.
=== Bug fixes in 1.16 ===
and user can upload
* Don't say "You need to log in to upload/move", because it's possible that
uploading/moving is disabled for registered users as well (e.g. only sysops)
+* (bug 18943) Handle invalid titles gracefully at Special:Mostlinked
+* (bug 8873) Enable variant conversion in text on 'alt' and 'title' attributes
+* (bug 10837) Introducing the StubUserVariant class to determine the variant
+ variable instead of using this to overrules the user language preference.
+* (bug 19014) If user had deletedhistory right, but not undeleted right, then
+ show "view" instead of "view/restore" on logs.
+* (bug 19017) TOC level calculation error in an odd case
+* (bug 18999) CSS update for RTL interwiki links
+* (bug 18925) history.js removes class names of list elements on initialization
+* Multiple whitespace in TOC anchors is now stripped, for consistency with the
+ link from the edit comment
== API changes in 1.16 ==
* (bug 18776) Native name of Burmese language (my)
* (bug 18806) Use correct unicode characters in spelling of native Chuvash
(Чӑвашла)
-* (bug 18864) Update autonym for Zhuang language
+* (bug 18864) Updated autonym for Zhuang language
+* (bug 18957) Updated number formatting for German
+* (bug 18308) Updated date formatting in Occitan
== Compatibility ==