Requests for comment

shortcut: RFC

This is a requests for comment system that allows MediaWiki developers and users to draft large ideas for the future of MediaWiki.

In draft

Feature	Status
Drop XHTML 1.0	2013-05-09 — Drop XHTML 1.0, perhaps improve XHTML5 support a little.
Update our code to use RDFa 1.1 instead of RDFa 1.0	2013-05-08 — Update our code to use RDFa 1.1 instead of RDFa 1.0
Zero Architecture	2013-03-27 — Zero Implementation revisited - Architecture, Partner configuration/portal
Alternative Commons Domains	2013-03-27 — Workaround for CentralAuth problems
Overthrow Bugzilla	2012-08-18 — We are young
Retained account data self-discovery	2013-03-16 — Thoughts related to bugzilla:27242
Release notes automation	2013-02-26 — A bot to run on labs and automatically maintain release notes
Wikidata API	2013-02-16 — Proposed changes to the Wikidata API
Password requirements	2013-02-08 — Goals being discussed
Standardized thumbnails sizes	2012-02-07 — Optimize imagescaling by only supporting a given set of thumbnail sizes.
Partial page caching	2012-02-04 — Fundraising updates with requirements!
CAPTCHA	hmmmmmmmmmm
API roadmap	2013-01-02 — API 2.0 Versioning and Future Roadmap
Nonlinear versioning	2013-01-01 — please help debate whether to pursue branching
Clickable section anchors	2012-12-05 — thoughts on bugzilla:16691
URL shortener	2012-11-13 — RFC page and Bugzilla bug created
Core user preferences	2012-09-23 — an evaluation of core user preferences!
Add developer link to footer of Wikimedia wikis	2012-09-20 — exciting!
Page protection as a component	2012-09-18 — Open to discussion. Code is pending review and needs TLC.
Regex-based blacklist	2012-09-05 — Admin tools development-related work?
MediaWiki Foundation	2012-08-31 — Thoughts on why we might want to start a foundation dedicated to MediaWiki and its third-party uses.
Global scripts	2012-08-25 — where to put global scripts
Abstract table definitions	2012-08-18 — Replaces our .sql files with table definitions we can parse and use on all databases
Bugzilla taxonomy	2012-08-06 — drafting!
Disable raw HTML on wikimediafoundation.org	2012-07-30 — brainstorming and drafting!
Extension Manager	2012-07-28 — A secure, integrated, intelligent, automatic, extension manager.
Deprecating inline styles	2012-07-02 — possible solution to the problematic inline styles
Mobile support in MediaWiki core	2012-04-06 — Migrate MobileFrontend into Core
Dismissable notices	2012-03-31 — brainstorming!
ResourceLoader CSS Extensions	2012-03-07 — Proposal for adding extensions to css within ResourceLoader.
Structured data push notification support for recent changes	2012-02-22 — RFC page created
Documentation overhaul	2011-12-15 — RFC page created
Entrypoint Routing and 404 handling	2011-12-08 — RFC page created
Tickets	2011-11-28 — Proposal for an extension providing a queue for in-wiki actions
Internationalization testing	2011-10-10 — Add a framework for internationalization testing
Refactor on File-FileRepo-MediaHandler	2011-10-03 — Refactor on File-FileRepo-MediaHandler
Decorify into extensions	2011-09-26 — Move core features into extensions
Drop actions in favour of page views and special pages	2011-08-26 — Replace Article and Actions with a PageView system and SpecialPages for actions
Itemise protection	2011-08-04 — Itemise page restrictions to allow for "surges" in protection whilst retaining fallback
Extension release management	2011-03-24 — Initial draft, building on ideas from 2010 GSoC
Account creation	2011-03-09 — Improving the account creation interface
Configuration database	2011-01-30 — How to revamp our configuration management interface and provide UI tools for wiki administrators
Distribution and deployment	2010-06-01 — Create systems to update MediaWiki core and extensions from a SpecialPage, and push updates through a distribution channel from mediawiki.org
Page deletion	2010-05-10 — How to apply RevDelete to page deletion?
Nasty templates	2010-05-04 — implementation ideas being floated

In discussion

Feature	Status
/Image information	2013-02-25 — Image metadata API proposal
Parsoid/Roadmap	2013-01-23 — Parsoid roadmap: HTML storage and other fun innovations
Tarball maintenance	2012-08-27 — Moving tarball release maintenance outside the Foundation.
New sites system	2012-08-13 — replaces interwiki table
MediaWiki.org Main Page tweaks	2012-02-26 — Documenting discussion from wiki and IRC - housing sandbox
Unit testing	2011-07-05 — In discussion on wikitech-l

Accepted

Feature	Status
Custom inter-namespace tabs	2012-11-17 — let's do this thing
Reduce math rendering preferences	2011-11-28 — Options eliminated; still need to add baseline shift
Scripting	2012-08-23 — Scribunto wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Notification framework	2011-11-08 — Echo (Notifications)

Implemented

Feature	Status
Reimplement info action	2011-05-17 — Making ?action=info super-useful
Context object	2011-02-11 — Replace all request-dependant objects members with only one "context" object
Replacing extension distributor	2013-01-11 — Rewrote extension distributor to not use NFS or actual clones of the code.
Database field for checksum of page text	2011-08-18 — In discussion on wikitech-l

On hold / outdated

Feature	Status
Extensionless files	2010-04-02 — In discussion on wikitech-l and at bugzilla:4421

See also

• Review queue — a place where actual code and revisions can be listed for review