Guild Wars 2 Wiki:Changelog

This page lists the most important updates applied to the wiki software.

Maintenance 24 May 2018

• Added a Cookie Notification window.
• Removed the Maps extension.

Maintenance 23 May 2018

• Recreating all of the current AWS Aurora MySQL database instances with encrypted instances.

Maintenance 18 May 2018

• Enabled IP address anonymization for the Google Analytics extension.

Maintenance 17 May 2018

• Applied AWS Aurora MySQL minor version upgrades.

Maintenance 15 May 2018

• Applied PHP security update.

Maintenance 20 march 2018

• Upgraded MediaWiki from version 1.27.2 to version 1.30.0.
• Upgraded Semantic MediaWiki from version 2.4.4 to version 2.5.6.
• Replaced the Semantic Forms extension with Page Forms.
• Updated DPL to DynamicPageList3.
• Added the following extensions: Echo, Nuke, Thanks, WikiLove

Maintenance 12 june 2017

• Changed a parameter of the MediaWiki software for the "Email this user" feature. Emails using this feature now put the sender's address in the Reply-To header instead of the From header to prevent accidental exposure of the recipient's address if email delivery fails.

Maintenance 24 april 2017

• Upgraded MediaWiki from version 1.27.1 to version 1.27.2.
• Reverted a previous code change that fixed issues with ampersands, apostrophes and plus signs in article names, as MediaWiki version 1.27.2 includes a fix for this issue.

Maintenance 14 december 2016

• Upgraded Semantic MediaWiki from version 2.4.1 to version 2.4.4.
• Updated the extension RecentChangesLogFilter to 1.3.
• Updated the extension ListTransclusions to 2.0.

Maintenance 30 november 2016

• Upgraded MediaWiki from version 1.26.4 to version 1.27.1.
• Upgraded Semantic MediaWiki from version 2.3.1 to version 2.4.1.

Maintenance 31 august 2016

• Upgraded MediaWiki from version 1.26.3 to version 1.26.4.

Maintenance 7 april 2016

• Changed the captcha software from QuestyCaptcha to NoCaptcha.

Maintenance 16 march 2016

• Upgraded MediaWiki from version 1.24.2 to version 1.26.2.
• Upgraded extensions to recent compatible versions.
• Upgraded Semantic MediaWiki from version 2.1 to version 2.3.1.
• Disabled the SemanticFormsInputs extension due to incompatibility with the latest Semantic MediaWiki version.

Maintenance 17 december 2013

• Patched MediaWiki software from 1.20.7 to 1.20.8
• Updated the extension RecentChangesLogFilter to 1.2

Maintenance 7 november 2013

• Installed the extension RecentChangesLogFilter

Maintenance 24 october 2013

• Patched MediaWiki software from 1.20.6 to 1.20.7
• Replaced ReCaptcha with QuestyCaptcha
• Upgraded SemanticMediawiki extension from 1.8.0.4 to 1.8.0.5
  • Upgraded associated Validator extension
• Upgraded AbuseFilter extension to latest snapshot
• Updated user group permissions to make them consistent across all 4 GW2 wikis
  • Removed the ArenaNetIT usergroup.
• Updated a few wiki settings to make them consistent across all 4 GW2 wikis

Maintenance 26 July 2013

• Created the namespace "API", the usergroup "apieditor" and the permission "editapi"

Maintenance 27 June 2013

• Added the deletelogentry permission to the Sysops user group.

Maintenance 21 June 2013

• Upgraded the MediaWiki software from version 1.20.5 to 1.20.6.

Maintenance - 14 June 2013

• Changed the Captcha system from FancyCaptcha to ReCaptcha.

Maintenance – 8 May 2013

• Upgraded the MediaWiki software from version 1.16 to 1.20.5.

• Upgraded all the MediaWiki extensions for 1.20.x compatibility.
  • Applied a DPL patch to fix a bug causing incompatibility with the Cite extension.
  • Applied a DismissableSiteNoticePlus patch to fix a display issue.

• Added group permissions to fix an issue that prevented new editors from being able to watch pages.

• Installed some extensions from the Semantic MediaWiki Bundle.
  • Upgraded the Maps extension for compatibility with Semantic Maps.