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If you go to [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Version | Special:Version in the English Wikipedia ]] (or in any Wikimedia project), the version column for extension is very inconsistent. Some extensions point to nothing at all and some have a version number, some have a date, etc. I strongly suspect that a lot of these version numbers are not actually updated manually and consistently and some may be outdated and thus useless. It would be best to show a link to the Git commit that is deployed there. It's the most precise definition, which shows what is actually deployed. I'm not sure that all MediaWiki sites can do this, but sites that sync their deployment with a Git repo surely can, and this includes Wikimedia.

If you go to [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Version | Special:Version in the English Wikipedia ]] (or in any Wikimedia project), the version column for extension is very inconsistent. Some extensions point to nothing at all and some have a version number, some have a date, etc. I strongly suspect that a lot of these version numbers are not actually updated manually and consistently and some may be outdated and thus useless. It would be best to show a link to the Git commit that is deployed there. It's the most precise definition, which shows what is actually deployed. I'm not sure that all MediaWiki sites can do this, but sites that sync their deployment with a Git repo surely can, and this includes Wikimedia. ---- **See Also:** {T37649} {T37728} {T108226}

If you go to [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Version | Special:Version in the English Wikipedia ]] (or in any Wikimedia project), the version column for extension is very inconsistent. Some extensions point to nothing at all and some have a version number, some have a date, etc. I strongly suspect that a lot of these version numbers are not actually updated manually and consistently and some may be outdated and thus useless. It would be best to show a link to the Git commit that is deployed there. It's the most precise definition, which shows what is actually deployed. I'm not sure that all MediaWiki sites can do this, but sites that sync their deployment with a Git repo surely can, and this includes Wikimedia. ---- **See Also:** {T37649} {T37728} {T108226}