MediaWiki-l October 2004

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Windows XP installation trial - reply to Brians reply
by udi 14 Oct '04

14 Oct '04

I was advised that the correct IP path is $IP = "C:\\easyphp\\www\\mediawiki"; and NOT $IP = "/mediawiki"; We have tried every possible path we could think of... For example, by changing the path to that mentionned above, apart from first error, we also get a list of undefined variables, such as: Notice: Undefined variable: wgMetaNamespace in c:\easyphp\www\mediawiki\languages\Language.php on line 25 Notice: Undefined variable: wgMetaNamespace in c:\easyphp\www\mediawiki\languages\Language.php on line 35 etc...

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IP Block fails under certain circumstances
by Mario Benvenuti 14 Oct '04

14 Oct '04

Hi there, I have verified that from an IP, blocked by a sysop in it.wiki, it is sometimes possible to create new pages and, additionally, the system allow the blocked user to continue modifying the newly create pages. Enclosed a couple of logs: == Deletion log== # 17:52, Ott 14, 2004 Snowdog bloccato "82.51.116.160" per un periodo di 8 hours (vandalismi multipli, già bloccato con altro indirizzo IP) # 15:54, Ott 14, 2004 M7 bloccato "82.51.116.160" per un periodo di 3 days (Ripetuti vandalismi, aggirato blocco di Sysop [[Utente:Snowdog|Snowdog]]) # 15:05, Ott 14, 2004 Snowdog bloccato "82.51.116.160" per un periodo di 4 hours (vandalismo su 3 pagine) ==Cronology of a new article== * (corr) (prec) 18:00, Ott 14, 2004 82.51.116.160 (The Wanteds) * (corr) (prec) 17:47, Ott 14, 2004 82.51.116.160 * (corr) (prec) 17:15, Ott 14, 2004 82.51.116.160 Ciao M/ ( it:Utente:M7 )

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MediaWiki 1.3.6 released
by Brion Vibber 14 Oct '04

14 Oct '04

MediaWiki 1.3.6 is a security update, which contains fixes for several cross-site scripting and SQL injection vulnerabilities discovered during a code review. All MediaWiki users are strongly urged to upgrade to this latest release. Changes from 1.3.5: * (bug 296) Variables in user interface messages are no longer substituted at install time, so changes to the site name etc should be easier to make * (bug 149) Special:Recentchanges "changes from" link preserves limit * (bug 433) tooltip for "Undelete" tab now labeled correctly * (bug 439) unclickable "Move" tab no longer displays on protected pages * (bug 484) graceful deletion of images where the actual file is missing * (bug 686) fixed [[plural]]s in Catalan localization * Fixed potential HTML/JavaScript injection attack in the UnicodeConverter extension. (This extension is not enabled by default.) * Fixed potential HTML/JavaScript injection attack via raw page views to a maliciously crafted wiki page. * (bug 187, bug 669) Fixed centered thumbnails, using <div> instead of <span>. * catch MySQL error 2000 during installation. * (bug 704) Removed misleading LocalSettings.sample * Fix cross site scripting bugs in SpecialIpblocklist, SpecialEmailuser * Fix SQL injection and cross site scripting bugs in SpecialMaintenance * Fix cross site scripting bugs and possible filename validation vulnerability in ImagePage. * and more of that sort Release notes: http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=275099 Download: http://prdownloads.sf.net/wikipedia/mediawiki-1.3.6.tar.gz?download Wiki admin help mailing list: http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l Bug report system: http://bugzilla.wikipedia.org/ Play "stump the developers" live on IRC: #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net -- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)

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converting from latin1 to unicode?
by Nikolai Neumayer 13 Oct '04

13 Oct '04

Hello, I'm running a German wiki configured using latin1. Trying to use unicode instead of latin1, all special characters like ÄÖÜ etc. are broken in the browser (and also in the database, if I take a look into the tables via phpmyadmin). This effect can be undone by running the setup again configuring latin1. Not being a specialist in such things it seems to me to be more "modern" to use unicode. Is this correct, or should I just leave latin1. If it would make sense to convert to unicode, how can I do this? What are the consequences of using the one or the other? Sorry for this questions of one mainly just beeing a "user" but who also does some things on a server. Any hint, even in the form of hyperlinks to further reading would be appreciated. Nikolai

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RE: [Mediawiki-l] a few issues
by Brinkle, Jason 13 Oct '04

13 Oct '04

Yes, I totally skipped over the math/ directory. I went ahead and downloaded Ocaml, compiled it (set some time aside for doing that - it took a while), then compiled texvc from the math/ directory. For some reason, it didn't seem to take right away - maybe my page was cached - but I just checked it again and it's displaying math! Just tried another on a new page and it works great! Thanks for your help! -Jason -----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)Wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Jonathan Sanderson Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 3:29 PM To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] a few issues On 12 Oct 2004, at 14:36, Brinkle, Jason wrote: > 1. I can't get the <math> tags to display anything - they just display > the code I put in. I have tex packages on my system, but is there > something > I'm missing that needs to parse these tags correctly? You need TeX packages on your server, but you also need texvc, which is included in one of the MediaWiki plugin directories as a source distribution. It didn't compile cleanly for me (at Dreamhost - their server setup is a little weird sometimes), so I tried downloading this precompiled Linux/x86 binary: http://download.wikimedia.org/texvc-linux-x86-20040107.tar.gz ...uncompressed into the correct folder, it worked first time. I can't remember where I came across it, but search around for 'texvc' and you'll find copious notes. -- Jonathan Sanderson 'If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.' (Pascal) _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)Wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l ----------------------------------------- Confidentiality Note: The information contained in this message, and any attachments, may contain confidential and/or privileged material. It is intended solely for the person or entity to which it is addressed. Any review, retransmission, dissemination, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer.

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a few issues
by Brinkle, Jason 13 Oct '04

13 Oct '04

I've already looked at the meta help pages and can't find the answers to my questions. Would be nice to be able to search the mailing list archives, though. 1. I can't get the <math> tags to display anything - they just display the code I put in. I have tex packages on my system, but is there something I'm missing that needs to parse these tags correctly? 2. Linking to categories, like [[:Category:CategoryName]], will provide a link to that category, but it always puts the page in edit mode. Is there something I may be doing wrong? 3. Is there wiki code to be able to open links in a new window (external links)? Thanks in advance for your help, Jason ----------------------------------------- Confidentiality Note: The information contained in this message, and any attachments, may contain confidential and/or privileged material. It is intended solely for the person or entity to which it is addressed. Any review, retransmission, dissemination, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer.

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RE: [Mediawiki-l] a few issues
by Brinkle, Jason 13 Oct '04

13 Oct '04

Heh. Ok, I guess that makes sense. Nice to know it's available though. Now how about my math tag problem? ;-) -Jason -----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)Wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Rowan Collins Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 3:04 PM To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] a few issues On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 08:36:15 -0500, Brinkle, Jason <jason.brinkle(a)aiminvestments.com> wrote: > 3. Is there wiki code to be able to open links in a new window > (external links)? No, this has generally been considered to be a Bad Idea, since this should be up to the user and their browser-interface, rather than the website they are viewing. (I believe shift-click, ctrl-click and the middle mouse button allow users of some browsers to open a link in either a new window or a new tab). If you really really want to hack the code and insert one, you need to look at includes/Skin.php: the function that generates ext. links is "makeExternalLink()", or you could add it in "getExternalLinkAttributes()" -- Rowan Collins BSc [IMSoP] _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)Wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l ----------------------------------------- Confidentiality Note: The information contained in this message, and any attachments, may contain confidential and/or privileged material. It is intended solely for the person or entity to which it is addressed. Any review, retransmission, dissemination, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer.

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RE: [Mediawiki-l] a few issues
by Brinkle, Jason 12 Oct '04

12 Oct '04

Worked like a charm! Thanks! Now how about my math tag problem? ;-) -Jason -----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)Wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Ira Abramov Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 9:44 AM To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] a few issues Quoting Brinkle, Jason, from the post of Tue, 12 Oct: > 2. Linking to categories, like [[:Category:CategoryName]], will provide > a link to that category, but it always puts the page in edit mode. Is there > something I may be doing wrong? add a few lines describing the category and save it... :) -- Where's my geisha at? Ira Abramov http://ira.abramov.org/email/ _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)Wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l ----------------------------------------- Confidentiality Note: The information contained in this message, and any attachments, may contain confidential and/or privileged material. It is intended solely for the person or entity to which it is addressed. Any review, retransmission, dissemination, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer.

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MediaWiki on Windows XP
by udi 12 Oct '04

12 Oct '04

Has anyone installed Mediawiki on Windows XP? Windows XP displays the Read-Only attribute to a folder, even if it is really not Read-Only. Therefore config and PHPTal folders seem to be recognized by MediaWiki as Read Only, and are not updated. If there is anyone who has succeeded in installing Media Wiki on XP, please could help us!?

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MediaWiki 1.3.5 installation on Windows XP
by udi 12 Oct '04

12 Oct '04

Can anybody please help us or at least direct us in the installation process of mediawiki. Firstly we get a blank page upon attempting to configure the wiki using index.php. We therefore tried to manually configure the LocalSettings,php and AdminSettings.php files, but we received the following report: Warning: main(/mediawiki/PHPTAL-NP-0.7.0/libs/PHPTAL.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in c:\easyphp\www\mediawiki\includes\SkinPHPTal.php on line 32 Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required '/mediawiki/PHPTAL-NP-0.7.0/libs/PHPTAL.php' (include_path='.;C:\EasyPHP\php\pear\') in c:\easyphp\www\mediawiki\includes\SkinPHPTal.php on line 32 Can anyone help? udimos(a)012.net.il

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