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diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.24 b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.24
index 32ce12b626..c5b6cd45fd 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.24
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.24
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ production.
   configurations are $wgDeletedDirectory and $wgHashedUploadDirectory.
 * The deprecated $wgUseCommaCount variable has been removed.
 * $wgEnableSorbs and $wgSorbsUrl have been removed.
-* The UserCryptPassword and UserComparePassword hooks are no longer called. Any extensions
-  using them must be updated to use the Password Hashing API.
+* The UserCryptPassword and UserComparePassword hooks are no longer called.
+  Any extensions using them must be updated to use the Password Hashing API.
 * $wgCompiledFiles has been removed.
 * $wgSortSpecialPages was removed, the listing on Special:SpecialPages is
   now always sorted.
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ production.
 * The default thumb size ($wgDefaultUserOptions['thumbsize']) is now 300px, up from
   180px. If you have altered the number of entries in $wgThumbLimits for your wiki, you
   may need to adjust your default user settings to compensate for the index change.
+* $wgDeferredUpdateList is now deprecated, you should use DeferredUpdates::addUpdate()
+  instead.
+* $wgCanonicalLanguageLinks has been removed. Per Google recommendations, we
+  will not send a rel=canonical pointing to a variant-neutral page, however
+  we will send rel=alternate.
 
 === New features in 1.24 ===
 * Added a new hook, "WhatLinksHereProps", to allow extensions to annotate
@@ -169,6 +174,9 @@ production.
 * (bug 35045) Redirects to sections will now update the URL in browser's address
   bar using the HTML5 History API. When [[Dog]] redirects to [[Animals#Dog]],
   the user will now see "Animals#Dog" in their browser instead of "Dog#Dog".
+* API token handling has been rewritten. Any API module using tokens will need
+  to be updated. See the entry below under "Action API internal changes".
+* Added HTMLAutoCompleteSelectField.
 
 === Bug fixes in 1.24 ===
 * (bug 50572) MediaWiki:Blockip should support gender
@@ -202,20 +210,20 @@ production.
 * (bug 69789) Title::getContentModel() now loads from the database when
   necessary instead of incorrectly returning the default content model.
 
-=== Web API changes in 1.24 ===
+=== Action API changes in 1.24 ===
 * action=parse API now supports prop=modules, which provides the list of
   ResourceLoader modules that should be used to enhance the parsed content.
 * action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=interwikimap returns a new "protorel"
-  field which is true iff protocol-relative urls can be used to access
+  field which is true if protocol-relative urls can be used to access
   a particular interwiki map entry.
-* ApiQueryLogEvents now provides logpage, which is the page ID from the
+* list=logevents now provides logpage, which is the page ID from the
   logging table, if ids are requested and the user has the permissions.
 * action=edit now requires that appendtext, prependtext, or section=new be used
   when using the 'redirect' parameter, to prevent clients accidentally
   overwriting the target page with the content of the redirect.
-* action=logevents will now return an error if both letitle and leprefix are
+* list=logevents will now return an error if both letitle and leprefix are
   specified.
-* action=logevents has a new parameter, lenamespace, to allow filtering by
+* list=logevents has a new parameter, lenamespace, to allow filtering by
   namespace.
 * action=expandtemplates has a new parameter, prop, and a new output format.
   The old format is still used if prop isn't provided, but this is deprecated.
@@ -227,6 +235,21 @@ production.
 * (bug 60734) Actions that use ApiPageSet (e.g. purge, watch,
   setnotificationtimestamp) will now include continuation information when
   using a generator.
+* Removed 'props' and 'errors' from action=paraminfo, as they have extremely
+  limited use and are generally inaccurate, unmaintained, and impossible to
+  properly maintain.
+* Formats dbg, dump, txt, wddx, and yaml are now deprecated.
+* action=paraminfo now indicates when a parameter is specifying a submodule.
+* The iwurl parameter to prop=iwlinks is deprecated in favor of iwprop=url, for
+  parallelism with prop=langlinks.
+* All tokens should be fetched from action=query&meta=tokens; all other methods
+  of fetching tokens are deprecated. The value needed for meta=tokens's 'type'
+  parameter for each module is documented in the action=help output and is
+  returned from action=paraminfo.
+
+=== Action API internal changes in 1.24 ===
+* Methods for handling continuation are added to ApiResult, so actions other
+  than query that use generators can easily support continuation.
 * $wgAPIModules (and the related $wgAPIFormatModules, $wgAPIMetaModules,
   $wgAPIPropModules, and $wgAPIListModules settings) now allow API modules
   to be specified using a "module spec" array instead of a plain class name.
@@ -235,16 +258,66 @@ production.
   to use for the module. This is intended for extensions that want control over
   the instantiation of their API modules, to allow for proper dependency
   injection.
-* Removed 'props' and 'errors' from action=paraminfo, as they have extremely
-  limited use and are generally inaccurate, unmaintained, and impossible to
-  properly maintain. Also removed the corresponding methods from ApiBase and
-  the 'APIGetPossibleErrors' and 'APIGetResultProperties' hooks.
-* Formats dbg, dump, txt, wddx, and yaml are now deprecated.
-* action=paraminfo now indicates when a parameter is specifying a submodule.
-  Internally, a new param type 'submodule' is available to indicate this which
-  automatically queries the list of submodule names from the ApiModuleManager.
-* The iwurl parameter to prop=iwlinks is deprecated in favor of iwprop=url, for
-  parallelism with prop=langlinks.
+* A new param type 'submodule' is available. Parameters of this type will take
+  the list of valid values from the module's ApiModuleManager for the group
+  corresponding to the parameter name.
+* The 'APIGetPossibleErrors' and 'APIGetResultProperties' hooks are no longer used.
+* API token handling has been rewritten. Any API module using tokens will need
+  to be updated:
+  * ApiBase::needsToken now returns a token type instead of boolean true when a
+    token is needed. Returning true will throw an exception. See documentation
+    of that method for details.
+  * Information for the 'token' parameter is automatically set by ApiBase
+    getFinalParams and getFinalParamDescription.
+  * ApiBase::getTokenSalt has been removed.
+  * The hooks APIQueryInfoTokens, APIQueryRevisionsTokens,
+    APIQueryRecentChangesTokens, APIQueryUsersTokens, and
+    ApiTokensGetTokenTypes are deprecated, but are still called to support
+    backwards-compatible token access.
+* ApiBase::validateLimit and ApiBase::validateTimestamp are now protected.
+* The following methods have been deprecated and may be removed in a future
+  release:
+  * ApiBase::getResultProperties
+  * ApiBase::getFinalResultProperties
+  * ApiBase::addTokenProperties
+  * ApiBase::getRequireOnlyOneParameterErrorMessages
+  * ApiBase::getRequireMaxOneParameterErrorMessages
+  * ApiBase::getRequireAtLeastOneParameterErrorMessages
+  * ApiBase::getTitleOrPageIdErrorMessage
+  * ApiBase::getPossibleErrors
+  * ApiBase::getFinalPossibleErrors
+  * ApiBase::parseErrors
+  * ApiQuery::setGeneratorContinue
+  * ApiQueryBase::checkRowCount
+  * ApiQueryBase::titleToKey
+  * ApiQueryBase::keyToTitle
+  * ApiQueryBase::keyPartToTitle
+  * ApiQueryInfo::getTokenFunctions
+  * ApiQueryInfo::resetTokenCache
+  * ApiQueryInfo::getEditToken
+  * ApiQueryInfo::getDeleteToken
+  * ApiQueryInfo::getProtectToken
+  * ApiQueryInfo::getMoveToken
+  * ApiQueryInfo::getBlockToken
+  * ApiQueryInfo::getUnblockToken
+  * ApiQueryInfo::getEmailToken
+  * ApiQueryInfo::getImportToken
+  * ApiQueryInfo::getWatchToken
+  * ApiQueryInfo::getOptionsToken
+  * ApiQueryRecentChanges::getTokenFunctions
+  * ApiQueryRecentChanges::getPatrolToken
+  * ApiQueryRevisions::getTokenFunctions
+  * ApiQueryRevisions::getRollbackToken
+  * ApiQueryUsers::getTokenFunctions
+  * ApiQueryUsers::getUserrightsToken
+* The following classes have been deprecated and may be removed in a future
+  release:
+  * ApiFormatDbg
+  * ApiFormatDump
+  * ApiFormatTxt
+  * ApiFormatWddx
+  * ApiFormatYaml
+  * ApiTokens
 
 === Languages updated in 1.24 ===
 
@@ -304,7 +377,7 @@ changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
   set of hooks has been removed and replaced by a single new hook
   SpecialPageBeforeFormDisplay.
 * (bug 65781) Removed block warning on included {{Special:Contributions}}
-* Removed Skin::makeGlobalVariablesScript. (deprecated since 1.19)
+* Removed Skin::makeGlobalVariablesScript(). (deprecated since 1.19)
 * Removed MWNamespace::isMain(). (deprecated since 1.19)
 * Removed Preferences::loadOldSearchNs(). (deprecated since 1.19)
 * Removed OutputPage::getStatusMessage(). (deprecated since 1.18)
@@ -342,16 +415,25 @@ changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
   setPreloadedText() from EditPage.php. (deprecated since 1.21)
 * Removed global functions wfArrayLookup(), wfArrayMerge(), wfDebugDieBacktrace()
   and wfTime(). (deprecated since 1.22)
-* Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 is now a "grade C" browser, meaning that
-  JavaScript is no longer executed in this browser. The IEFixes script, which
-  existed purely to provide support for MSIE versions below 7 and which was
-  conditionally loaded for those browsers, was also removed.
+* Browser support for Internet Explorer 6 lowered from Grade A to Grade C,
+  meaning that JavaScript is no longer executed in this browser.
+* Browser support for Opera 11 lowered from Grade A to Grade C.
+* Removed IEFixes module which existed purely to provide support for MSIE versions
+  below 7 (conditionally loaded only for those browsers).
 * Action::checkCanExecute() no longer has a return value.
 * Removed cleanupForIRC(), loadFromCurRow(), newFromCurRow(), notifyRC2UDP()
   and sendToUDP() from RecentChange.php. (deprecated since 1.22)
 * Removed EnhancedChangesList::arrow(), sideArrow(), downArrow(), spacerArrow().
 * Removed Xml::namespaceSelector(). (deprecated since 1.19)
-* Removed WikiPage::estimateRevisionCount. (deprecated since 1.19)
+* Removed WikiPage::estimateRevisionCount(). (deprecated since 1.19)
+* MYSQL: Enum item added to "major MIME type" columns.
+  Running update.php on MySQL < v5.1 may result in heavy processing.
+* RSS and Atom feeds generated by MediaWiki no longer include a fallback
+  stylesheet. It was ignored by most browsers these days anyway.
+* SpecialSearchNoResults hook has been removed. SpecialSearchResults is now
+  called unconditionally.
+* TablePager::getBody() is now 'final' and can't be overridden in subclasses.
+* TablePager::getBody() is deprecated, use getBodyOutput() or getFullOutput().
 
 ==== Renamed classes ====
 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Expression to CLDRPluralRuleConverterExpression