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Document MediaWiki API formatversion=2
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T76728: Clean up ApiResult and ApiFormatXml, create new formatversion introduces new different formatversion=2

  • document how developers of API modules may need to update their code to ensure backwards compatibility,
  • document the new features
  • mention this is available on other API pages

I started work at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:JSON_version_2

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It's in pretty good shape now thanks to Anomie's help.

I still have to decide when to use formatversion=2 as the default in API examples and such. API results might change, plus this is only available in MediaWiki 1.25 and above.