Mediawiki upgrade to 1.20 - New Features

WikiEditor is now built into core
[FancyBoxThumbs http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:FancyBoxThumbs] - The FancyBoxThumbs extension displays thumb nailed images in a Mac-style "lightbox" that floats overtop of web page. This can create a more user friendly environment, where the user doesn't leave the page every time they click a thumbnail.
Collapsible Elements - allow you to show/hide additional content on your page using text or buttons
User Merge and Delete

Is now responsive and looks great on a variety of devices
Sidebar content has been consolidated into top navbar Toolbox, blue Page button, and Account button. Removing sidebars allows for readers to focus page content.
Custom navigation can be added as drop-downs in the top navbar.
- To customize your navbar go to the MediaWiki:bootstrap-navbar page in your site.
- For an example of how to custom see the Help Wiki's navbar at MediaWiki:bootstrap-navbar.
- "Toolbox" and "SEARCH" are special words that will add key functionality to your navbar.

Taxobox templates have been included in the SkelDB. All new sites are ready to go with taxobox and will recognize taxobox syntax..
New Mediawiki-Bootstrap is set to be the default skin

1.20
- New diff view for greater accessibility (less dependent upon colors)
1.19
1.18
- Collapsible Elements
- Renameuser — A special page which allows authorized users to rename user accounts.
- Vector — Enhancements to the Vector skin.
- WikiEditor — An improved and customizable editing toolbar developed along the Vector skin.
- Better gender support for languages that need it
1.17
- Category sorting has been drastically improved. Sorting is now case insensitive.
1.16

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