Wikitech-l November 2005

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MediaWiki to Latex Converter
by Hugo Vincent 18 Jun '12

18 Jun '12

Hi everyone, I recently set up a MediaWiki (http://server.bluewatersys.com/w90n740/) and I need to extra the content from it and convert it into LaTeX syntax for printed documentation. I have googled for a suitable OSS solution but nothing was apparent. I would prefer a script written in Python, but any recommendations would be very welcome. Do you know of anything suitable? Kind Regards, Hugo Vincent, Bluewater Systems.

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Captcha in progress
by Brion Vibber 03 Jan '06

03 Jan '06

I've been tinkering with an extension to provide for a captcha to reduce automated linkspamming while still staying out of the way for common use. My preliminary code is running now on test.leuksman.com; the actual "captcha" part is a really primitive plain text hack which would take all of a few minutes for a dedicated attacker to crack, but don't worry about that -- I'm not testing the protection yet, just the framework it plugs into. By default the captcha prompt will only kick in if an edit adds new URLs to the text. Most regular editing shouldn't trip this -- wiki links, plain text, or just preserving existing links. But if you add new HTTP links that weren't there before, it'll then make you pass the captcha before it saves. The captcha step can also be bypassed based on user group (eg registered bots, sysop accounts, optionally all registered users), and can also be set to skip for any user who has gone through confirmation of their account e-mail address. I haven't coded it yet, but it should also be possible to add a URL whitelist, for instance for the site's own local URLs. As for a 'real' captcha generator to put into this system; I'm not too sure what code is already out there that's not awful. There's a Drupal plugin which would be easy to rip GPL'd PHP code from, but it doesn't seem very robust. There's a set of samples of various captcha output and their weaknesses here: http://sam.zoy.org/pwntcha/ Obviously it would be good to either find something on the 'hard captchas' list rather than 'defeated captchas', or roll our own that doesn't suck too bad. There's also the question of whether we can feasibly provide an audio alternative or whathaveyou. -- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)

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J2ME Client for Wikipedia
by Federico Paparoni 09 Dec '05

09 Dec '05

Hi, i'm the administrator of a Java italian website, javastaff.com. We are a group of developers and we would like to create a J2ME client for Wikipedia, that would be an interesting software for a cellular phone. Of course we will do it only to donate a good software to the users. I have already talked with Jimmy Wales and he is entusiast of this project. We have already studied the structure of Wikipedia and we have done experiment parsing the information with a search on your website, but i would like to know if there is some page we can access to perform a better search (only text for example or a webservice or something else). I hope you like this idea :) Best regards --------------------------------------------------- Federico Paparoni JavaStaff.com Admin <doc>In girum imus nocte et consumimur ign</doc> ---------------------------------------------------

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Using mwdumper.jar on OS X
by Xed Mac 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

(was "Problem importing using importDump.php") Having given up on importDump.php, I'm now trying to import all Wikipedia articles using mwdumper.jar The command I typed into the terminal was: /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.5/Commands/java -jar /Users/xed/Desktop/mwdumper.jar --format=sql:1.5 /Users/xed/Desktop/20051127_pages_articles.xml.bz2 | /usr/local/mysql-standard-5.0.16-osx10.4-powerpc/bin/mysql -u wikiuser -p wikidb After entering the database password it came up with this error: ERROR 1146 (42S02) at line 31: Table 'wikidb.text' doesn't exist ...and then immediately started doing this: 1,000 pages (49.717/sec), 1,000 revs (49.717/sec) 2,000 pages (75.106/sec), 2,000 revs (75.106/sec) 3,000 pages (92.308/sec), 3,000 revs (92.308/sec) 4,000 pages (97.611/sec), 4,000 revs (97.611/sec) ..etc.. now it's up to 408,000 pages (306.929/sec), 408,000 revs (306.929/sec) ..which is nice. But what is it doing? Is it actually going into the Wiki I set up? Looking at the "All pages" Special page in my Wiki I just see the couple of pages that I had already made. Are there any other steps I have to take once mwdumper has done it's job? Thanks X ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com

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Patch: suppress auto-numbering of TOC and honour user prefs
by Netocrat 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

This is a minimal change to add a new magic token that prevents numbering of the TOC and to do the same when the user option "Auto-number headings" under "Misc" in "Preferences" is set. This option is already retrieved through $this->mOptions->getNumberHeadings(); but currently not used effectively. The token directive is useful because some sections in a wiki may already include numbering as part of the heading and suppressing auto-numbering is useful in those cases. Index: includes/Parser.php =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/wikipedia/phase3/includes/Parser.php,v retrieving revision 1.509 diff -u -r1.509 Parser.php --- includes/Parser.php 23 Sep 2005 12:10:39 -0000 1.509 +++ includes/Parser.php 24 Sep 2005 12:57:48 -0000 @@ -2461,8 +2461,15 @@ */ function formatHeadings( $text, $isMain=true ) { global $wgMaxTocLevel, $wgContLang, $wgLinkHolders, $wgInterwikiLinkHolders; - - $doNumberHeadings = $this->mOptions->getNumberHeadings(); + + # if the string __NOTOCNUM__ (not case-sensitive) occurs in the HTML, + # or if the user prefers not to, do not add TOC Numbering + $mw =& MagicWord::get( MAG_NOTOCNUM ); + if( $mw->matchAndRemove( $text ) ) { + $doNumberHeadings = false; + } else { + $doNumberHeadings = $this->mOptions->getNumberHeadings(); + } $doShowToc = true; $forceTocHere = false; if( !$this->mTitle->userCanEdit() ) { @@ -2647,7 +2654,7 @@ $anchor .= '_' . $refcount[$headlineCount]; } if( $doShowToc && ( !isset($wgMaxTocLevel) || $toclevel<$wgMaxTocLevel ) ) { - $toc .= $sk->tocLine($anchor, $tocline, $numbering, $toclevel); + $toc .= $sk->tocLine($anchor, $tocline, $doNumberHeadings?$numbering:'', $toclevel); } if( $showEditLink && ( !$istemplate || $templatetitle !== "" ) ) { if ( empty( $head[$headlineCount] ) ) { Index: languages/Language.php =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/wikipedia/phase3/languages/Language.php,v retrieving revision 1.684 diff -u -r1.684 Language.php --- languages/Language.php 23 Sep 2005 12:10:39 -0000 1.684 +++ languages/Language.php 24 Sep 2005 12:58:06 -0000 @@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ # ID CASE SYNONYMS MAG_REDIRECT => array( 0, '#redirect' ), MAG_NOTOC => array( 0, '__NOTOC__' ), + MAG_NOTOCNUM => array( 0, '__NOTOCNUM__' ), MAG_FORCETOC => array( 0, '__FORCETOC__' ), MAG_TOC => array( 0, '__TOC__' ), MAG_NOEDITSECTION => array( 0, '__NOEDITSECTION__' ), -- http://members.dodo.com.au/~netocrat

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Re: [WikiEN-l] Using Talk pages to influence Google results (Most read US newpaper blasts Wikipedia)
by David Gerard 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

Would it be a good idea to tell our robots.txt not to index talk pages? - d. jkelly(a)fas.harvard.edu wrote: > I wasn't aware that Google results were influenced by material on Talk pages. > If this is true, it explains instances in which I have seen anons post some > ideological screed in the article, have it removed, and then re-post it > repeatedly into the article's Talk page. Is this actually that effective a > tactic for using Wikipedia as a soapbox? > > Jason > > > > Quoting slimvirgin(a)gmail.com: > > >>On 11/30/05, Fred Bauder <fredbaud(a)ctelco.net> wrote: >> >>>This case Slim Virgin mentions is in arbitration now and a blatant >>>example of gaming Google by associating the name of the person with a >>>lot of accusations he has only a marginal connection with ... >>>At a minimum we need to not allow Google to index our talk pages. We >>>talk about a lot of things. They may be about information but they >>>are not encyclopedic. >> >>Fred, the case I was referring to isn't the one that's in arbitration, >>though I know the one you mean, and it's quite similar. I'm starting >>to wonder whether this is happening a lot: that troublemakers see our >>talk pages as a sort of Trojan horse. They pretend to be having an >>innocent conversation designed to sort out the good from the bad >>material, whereas in fact the discussion is only a vehicle being used >>to spread the bad stuff, which they know won't survive in our >>articles. >> >>Sarah >>_______________________________________________ >>WikiEN-l mailing list >>WikiEN-l(a)Wikipedia.org >>To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: >>http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > WikiEN-l(a)Wikipedia.org > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l >

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Edits from bayle.wikimedia.org??
by David Gerard 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

Doing a CheckUser, I saw someone as coming from 207.142.131.239. That's bayle.wikimedia.org ... how does that show up as the IP an edit's coming from? - d.

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switched from 1.4.6 to 1.5: extension now gives error
by edward molasses 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

Hello, I had been using an extension with MediaWiki 1.4.6 but after installing it in MediaWiki 1.5, I get the following error when using the extension: Fatal error: Call to undefined function: fetchobject() in c:\program files\easyphp1-7\www\latest\extensions\DocumentExport.php on line 460 It appears to be having trouble with the function fetchobject() in Database.php. But I looked at that function in 1.4.6 and 1.5 and they both look identical. I was wondering if anyone knew what has changed in the way that function ( fetchobject() ) is used that might cause this error? Any help help would be much appreciated. Thanks, Andrew.

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How to connect a wikicities project to a wikipedia?
by Sabine Cretella 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

Let's say a wikicities project has a description on Rome in a certain language - is there a possibility to insert an interwikilink to that language version withing wikipedia? Thanks for any hint! Ciao, Sabine ___________________________________ Yahoo! Mail: gratis 1GB per i messaggi e allegati da 10MB http://mail.yahoo.it

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Problem importing using importDump.php
by Xed Mac 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

Hi all. Newbie here. I've setup up MediaWiki on OS X using the arcane instructions here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Running_MediaWiki_on_Mac_OS_X The Wiki works fine. Tested it by creating pages and uploading images etc. Then I wanted to import articles from Wikipedia. So I downloaded the latest "articles only" dump (20051127_pages_articles.xml.bz2), and then performed a bzip2 -d on it. Then I renamed it as "articles.xml" Next I tried to import it. I went to my wikis direcotory and renamed AdminSettings.sample as AdminSettings.php and changed $wgDBadminuser and $wgDBadminpassword to what I had specified when setting up the wiki (DB username and DB password on the Site Config screen) Then, after going to the maintenance directory, I wrote this in the terminal: php importDump.php /Users/xed/Desktop/articles.xml It spits out this error: <h1><img src='/~xed/testwiki/skins/common/images/wiki.png' style='float:left;margin-right:1em' alt=''>Testpedia has a problem</h1>Sorry! This site is experiencing technical difficulties.Try waiting a few minutes and reloading.(Can't contact the database server: Client does not support authentication protocol requested by server; consider upgrading MySQL client (localhost)) I thought it might have something to do with the size of the "articles.xml" file (nearly 4GB), but when I tested it on a single exported page from Wikipedia, it does the same thing. I'm running: MediaWiki: 1.5.2 PHP: 5.0.4 (apache) MySQL: 5.0.16-standard Thanks ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Model Search 2005 - Find the next catwalk superstars - http://uk.news.yahoo.com/hot/model-search/

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