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 It works with Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.3 and above, and supports MediaWiki 1.16 and above.
 For functions not available in the current MediaWiki, a ``MediaWikiVersionError`` is raised.
 
-This framework was written by Bryan Tong Minh, who maintained the project until
-version 0.6.5, released on 6 May 2011. The current stable
-`version 0.8.1 <https://github.com/mwclient/mwclient/archive/v0.8.1.zip>`_
+The current stable `version 0.8.1 <https://github.com/mwclient/mwclient/archive/v0.8.1.zip>`_
 was released on 5 February 2016, and is `available through PyPI <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/mwclient>`_:
 
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