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+Notice
+======
+This image is deprecated. It will be maintained for personal use as long as it is feasible to do so. Please don't start a new instance using this image; instead consider one of the other actively maintained images such as [the official one](https://hub.docker.com/r/_/mediawiki/).
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 Mediawiki-Apache
 ================
 
-This is a Docker image running Apache serving Mediawiki 1.29. It does not contain any databases; those should be run in a seperate container.
+This is a Docker image running Apache serving Mediawiki 1.30. It does not contain any databases; those should be run in a seperate container.
 
 First, deploy a database container, [like this one by Tutum](https://registry.hub.docker.com/u/tutum/mariadb/):