diff --git a/includes/Parameters.php b/includes/Parameters.php
index 1702add9..cfe4c6fd 100644
--- a/includes/Parameters.php
+++ b/includes/Parameters.php
@@ -995,31 +995,31 @@ public function _scroll( $option ) {
 
 		// If scrolling is active we adjust the values for certain other parameters based on URL arguments
 		if ( $option === true ) {
-			global $wgRequest;
+			$request = RequestContext::getMain()->getRequest();
 
 			// The 'findTitle' option has argument over the 'fromTitle' argument.
-			$titlegt = $wgRequest->getVal( 'DPL_findTitle', '' );
+			$titlegt = $request->getVal( 'DPL_findTitle', '' );
 
 			if ( !empty( $titlegt ) ) {
 				$titlegt = '=_' . ucfirst( $titlegt );
 			} else {
-				$titlegt = $wgRequest->getVal( 'DPL_fromTitle', '' );
+				$titlegt = $request->getVal( 'DPL_fromTitle', '' );
 				$titlegt = ucfirst( $titlegt );
 			}
 
 			$this->setParameter( 'titlegt', str_replace( ' ', '_', $titlegt ) );
 
 			// Lets get the 'toTitle' argument.
-			$titlelt = $wgRequest->getVal( 'DPL_toTitle', '' );
+			$titlelt = $request->getVal( 'DPL_toTitle', '' );
 			$titlelt = ucfirst( $titlelt );
 
 			$this->setParameter( 'titlelt', str_replace( ' ', '_', $titlelt ) );
 
 			// Make sure the 'scrollDir' arugment is captured. This is mainly used for the Variables extension and in the header/footer replacements.
-			$this->setParameter( 'scrolldir', $wgRequest->getVal( 'DPL_scrollDir', '' ) );
+			$this->setParameter( 'scrolldir', $request->getVal( 'DPL_scrollDir', '' ) );
 
 			// Also set count limit from URL if not otherwise set.
-			$this->_count( $wgRequest->getInt( 'DPL_count' ) );
+			$this->_count( $request->getInt( 'DPL_count' ) );
 		}
 
 		// We do not return false since they could have just left it out. Who knows why they put the parameter in the list in the first place.
diff --git a/includes/Parse.php b/includes/Parse.php
index 882fb756..60befd1b 100644
--- a/includes/Parse.php
+++ b/includes/Parse.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 use MediaWiki\MediaWikiServices;
 use MWException;
 use Parser;
+use RequestContext;
 use Title;
 use WebRequest;
 use Wikimedia\Rdbms\IDatabase;
@@ -97,13 +98,11 @@ class Parse {
 	];
 
 	public function __construct() {
-		global $wgRequest;
-
 		$this->DB = wfGetDB( DB_REPLICA, 'dpl' );
 		$this->parameters = new Parameters();
 		$this->logger = new Logger();
 		$this->tableNames = Query::getTableNames();
-		$this->request = $wgRequest;
+		$this->request = RequestContext::getMain()->getRequest();
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/includes/UpdateArticle.php b/includes/UpdateArticle.php
index 04f7c029..02b4e378 100644
--- a/includes/UpdateArticle.php
+++ b/includes/UpdateArticle.php
@@ -218,9 +218,6 @@ public static function updateArticleByRule( $title, $text, $rulesText ) {
 		}
 
 		// deal with template parameters =================================================
-
-		global $wgRequest;
-
 		$user = RequestContext::getMain()->getUser();
 
 		if ( $template != '' ) {
@@ -331,7 +328,9 @@ public static function updateArticleByRule( $title, $text, $rulesText ) {
 							if ( $call >= $matchCount ) {
 								break;
 							}
-							$myValue = $wgRequest->getVal( urlencode( $call . '_' . $parm ), '' );
+
+							$request = RequestContext::getMain()->getRequest();
+							$myValue = $request->getVal( urlencode( $call . '_' . $parm ), '' );
 						}
 
 						$myOptional = array_key_exists( $nr, $optional );
@@ -354,7 +353,9 @@ public static function updateArticleByRule( $title, $text, $rulesText ) {
 		if ( $exec == 'set' ) {
 			return self::doUpdateArticle( $title, $text, $summary );
 		} elseif ( $exec == 'preview' ) {
-			global $wgScriptPath, $wgRequest;
+			global $wgScriptPath;
+
+			$request = RequestContext::getMain()->getRequest();
 
 			$titleX = Title::newFromText( $title );
 			$articleX = new Article( $titleX );
@@ -371,7 +372,7 @@ public static function updateArticleByRule( $title, $text, $rulesText ) {
 		<input type="hidden" name="wpSummary value="' . $summary . '" id="wpSummary" />
 		<input name="wpAutoSummary" type="hidden" value="" />
 		<input id="wpSave" name="wpSave" type="submit" value="Save page" accesskey="s" title="Save your changes [s]" />
-		<input type="hidden" value="' . $wgRequest->getVal( 'token' ) . '" name="wpEditToken" />
+		<input type="hidden" value="' . $request->getVal( 'token' ) . '" name="wpEditToken" />
 	</form>
 </html>';
 			return $form;
@@ -381,12 +382,13 @@ public static function updateArticleByRule( $title, $text, $rulesText ) {
 	}
 
 	private static function doUpdateArticle( $title, $text, $summary ) {
-		global $wgRequest, $wgOut;
+		$context = RequestContext::getMain();
+		$request = $context->getRequest();
+		$out = $context->getOutput();
+		$user = $context->getUser();
 
-		$user = RequestContext::getMain()->getUser();
-
-		if ( !$user->matchEditToken( $wgRequest->getVal( 'wpEditToken' ) ) ) {
-			$wgOut->addWikiMsg( 'sessionfailure' );
+		if ( !$user->matchEditToken( $request->getVal( 'wpEditToken' ) ) ) {
+			$out->addWikiMsg( 'sessionfailure' );
 
 			return 'session failure';
 		}
@@ -415,11 +417,11 @@ private static function doUpdateArticle( $title, $text, $summary ) {
 				EDIT_UPDATE | EDIT_DEFER_UPDATES | EDIT_AUTOSUMMARY
 			);
 
-			$wgOut->redirect( $titleX->getFullUrl( $page->isRedirect() ? 'redirect=no' : '' ) );
+			$out->redirect( $titleX->getFullUrl( $page->isRedirect() ? 'redirect=no' : '' ) );
 
 			return '';
 		} else {
-			$wgOut->showPermissionsErrorPage( $permission_errors );
+			$out->showPermissionsErrorPage( $permission_errors );
 
 			return 'permission error';
 		}
@@ -666,8 +668,6 @@ private static function updateTemplateCall( &$matchCount, $text, $template, $cal
 	}
 
 	public static function deleteArticleByRule( $title, $text, $rulesText ) {
-		global $wgOut;
-
 		// return "deletion of articles by DPL is disabled.";
 
 		// we use ; as command delimiter; \; stands for a semicolon
@@ -711,14 +711,17 @@ public static function deleteArticleByRule( $title, $text, $rulesText ) {
 		$titleX = Title::newFromText( $title );
 
 		if ( $exec ) {
-			$user = RequestContext::getMain()->getUser();
+			$context = RequestContext::getMain();
+			$out = $context->getOutput();
+			$user = $context->getUser();
 
 			# Check permissions
 			$permission_errors = MediaWikiServices::getInstance()->getPermissionManager()->getPermissionErrors( 'delete', $user, $titleX );
 			$isReadOnly = MediaWikiServices::getInstance()->getReadOnlyMode()->isReadOnly();
 
 			if ( count( $permission_errors ) > 0 ) {
-				$wgOut->showPermissionsErrorPage( $permission_errors );
+				$out->showPermissionsErrorPage( $permission_errors );
+
 				return 'permission error';
 			} elseif ( $isReadOnly ) {
 				throw new ReadOnlyError;
diff --git a/includes/lister/Lister.php b/includes/lister/Lister.php
index 4063886a..8320e8c5 100644
--- a/includes/lister/Lister.php
+++ b/includes/lister/Lister.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 use DPL\UpdateArticle;
 use MediaWiki\MediaWikiServices;
 use Parser;
+use RequestContext;
 use Sanitizer;
 use Title;
 
@@ -624,7 +625,7 @@ public function formatList( $articles, $start, $count ) {
 	 * @return string
 	 */
 	public function formatItem( Article $article, $pageText = null ) {
-		global $wgLang;
+		$lang = RequestContext::getMain()->getLanguage();
 
 		$item = '';
 
@@ -644,14 +645,14 @@ public function formatItem( Article $article, $pageText = null ) {
 
 		if ( $article->mSize != null ) {
 			$byte = 'B';
-			$pageLength = $wgLang->formatNum( $article->mSize );
+			$pageLength = $lang->formatNum( $article->mSize );
 			$item .= " [{$pageLength} {$byte}]";
 		}
 
 		if ( $article->mCounter !== null ) {
 			$contLang = MediaWikiServices::getInstance()->getContentLanguage();
 
-			$item .= ' ' . $contLang->getDirMark() . '(' . wfMessage( 'hitcounters-nviews', $wgLang->formatNum( $article->mCounter ) )->escaped() . ')';
+			$item .= ' ' . $contLang->getDirMark() . '(' . wfMessage( 'hitcounters-nviews', $lang->formatNum( $article->mCounter ) )->escaped() . ')';
 		}
 
 		if ( $article->mUserLink !== null ) {