MediaWiki’s version information
I spent way too long looking for MediaWiki’s version information. Most applications store the version info in a file or in the database. MediaWiki is a HUGE mess of code and database. I finally found it in a file. It’s in includes/DefaultSettings.php and is stored as a variable - wgVersion. This is for post 1.3.7 versions of MediaWiki, perhaps even earlier versions.
I write this here because no amount of searching turned up this information. I found it through a series of lucky greps. So, to help out in Google searches:
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3 Comments to MediaWiki’s version information
Thank you! You’re google phrases worked 
MaxOctober 10, 2008
Oh, and apparently there’s a special page (Special:version) that makes it even easier if the wiki is still running.
Good point Max. I was needing the exact file for a script I was making to tell me how many installs were on my server, and what versions they were running. I guess I could have scraped that from the web version using wget…. ah, well.
October 10, 2008