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@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ setting since version 1.2.0. If you have it on, turn it '''off''' if you can.
 
 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
 
-MediaWiki 1.18 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
+This is a beta release of the MediaWiki 1.18 branch. Please test it and let us
+know what you think of it. Beta releases are not recommended for use in
 production.
 
 === Configuration changes in 1.18 ===
@@ -90,6 +91,9 @@ production.
 
 === New features in 1.18 ===
 * BREAKING CHANGE: action=watch / action=unwatch now requires a token.
+* (bug 27860) Minor edit after clicking 'new section' tab
+  Now the "This is a minor edit" checkbox is not available when you
+  create a page or new section.
 * (bug 8130) Query pages should limit to content namespaces, not just main
   namespace.
 * Search suggestions (other than in the Vector skin) will now use the HTML5
@@ -211,6 +215,7 @@ production.
 * Introduced $wgVaryOnXFPForAPI which will cause the API to send
   Vary: X-Forwarded-Proto headers.
 * New maintenance script to refresh image metadata (maintenance/refreshImageMetadata.php)
+* (bug 16428) Include permalink in printable version
 * (bug 30722) Add an identity collation that sorts things based on what the
   unicode code point is (aka pre-1.17 behaviour)
 * (bug 30940) Add a hook in User:getDefaultOptions.
@@ -225,8 +230,11 @@ production.
 * (bug 31293) If Special:Userlogin is loaded over HTTPS, display
   MediaWiki:loginend-https instead of MediaWiki:loginend, if it's not empty.
   Same for signupend on the account creation page.
+* (bug 31233) New OutputPage::addJsConfigVars() method to make the output page specific
+  mw.config map extendable.
 
 === Bug fixes in 1.18 ===
+* (bug 27860) Minor edit after clicking 'new section' tab
 * mw.util.getScript has been implemented (like wfScript in GlobalFunctions.php)
 * (bug 23119) WikiError class and subclasses are now marked as deprecated.
 * (bug 10871) Javascript and CSS pages in MediaWiki namespace are no longer
@@ -455,10 +463,16 @@ production.
   Windows servers.
 * (bug 30074) Moving user JS subpages resulted in JS errors because
   #REDIRECT [[Foo]] is invalid JS
+* (bug 30335) Fix for HTMLForms using GET breaking when non-friendly URLs
+  are used
+* (bug 30264) Changed installer-generated LocalSettings.php to use require_once()
+ instead require() for included extensions.
 * Tracking categories are no longer shown in footer for special pages
+* (bug 30684) Fix bad escaping in mw.message for inexistent messages (i.e. <key>)
 * $wgOverrideSiteFeed no longer double escapes urls.
 * The preprocessor no longer fails with a PHP warning about XML_PARSE_HUGE when
   processing complex pages using newer versions of libxml2.
+* (bug 30907) Special:Unusedcategories should sort ascendingly.
 * (bug 28545) When using the uca-default collation, sortkey's starting with a
   space (U+20) will sort under an invisible header like in 1.16 rather than a U+6DE
 * (bug 30192) Thumbnails of archived files are now deleted
@@ -469,6 +483,14 @@ production.
   really small, and somewhat inconsistent with each other.
 * (bug 30466) Entries in iwlinks table are now cleared when moving a page over
   redirect
+* (bug 31674) Can't edit watchlist if it contains special pages
+* (bug 32100) Installer complains about Suhosin GET limit even if it is
+  already set above 1024 bytes
+* (bug 32086) Special:PermanentLink now show an error message when no subpage
+  was specified.
+* (bug 31822) Error during upgrade due to output buffer reset in stdout
+* (bug 31913) Special:MostLinkedTemplates had an incorrect GROUP BY clause
+  under Microsoft SQL.
 
 === API changes in 1.18 ===
 * BREAKING CHANGE: action=watch now requires POST and token.
@@ -611,6 +633,9 @@ production.
 * (bug 29938) list=users&usprop=rights shows rights the user doesn't have
 * (bug 24781) The API will include an XML namespace if the includexmlnamespace
   parameter is set.
+* (bug 29392) Setting the start or end parameter now works with lists blocks,
+  categorymembers, deletedrevs, logevents, protectedtitles, usercontributions
+  and watchlist in Postgres
 
 === Languages updated in 1.18 ===
 
@@ -620,7 +645,7 @@ changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
 
 * Angika (anp) (new).
 * Brahui (brh) (new).
-* Central Dusun (new).
+* Central Dusun (dtp) (new).
 * Jamaican Creole English (jam) (new).
 * Khowar (khw) (new).
 * Liv (liv) (new).
@@ -689,7 +714,7 @@ break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 
 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 
-For notes on 1.15.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
+For notes on 1.17.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 
 == Online documentation ==