MediaWiki-l April 2004

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Still problems - with release candidate this time
by Timwi 02 Apr '04

02 Apr '04

Hi, due to the problems I was having with the current CVS version, I tried the release candidate that Brion mentioned. However, it seems that the following input text: Test - [[Test]] - Test yields the following output: Test - - Test In other words, it just removes links. Interestingly, it *does* work if the link contains a namespace name: Test - [[Talk:Test]] - Test yields (correctly): Test - <a href="/~ajh65/w/wiki.phtml?title=Talk:Test&action=edit" class='new' title ="Talk:Test">Talk:Test</a> - Test Thanks for any help you can give. Timwi

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Forbidding anonymous edits in MediaWiki?
by Dan Carlson 02 Apr '04

02 Apr '04

I'd like to know if it's possible under the current system to require contributors to register a user account before they may make edits to any pages. I realize that this isn't exactly in the spirit of the wiki system, but we've had a problem with a user lately who hasn't been paying attention to our repeated requests to follow the rules. One of the options we'd like to consider is requiring contributors to register first. But, is that possible using the current software? How could I set that up? I've taken a look at DefaultSettings.php, and I see the variable $wgWhitelistEdit and the array $wgWhitelistAccount, and I was wondering if those have anything to do with what I'm looking for. Thanks, Dan

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install errors
by jon.howitt 02 Apr '04

02 Apr '04

i keep getting mysql errors when trying to set up the mediawiki locally database.php line 196 supplied argument is not a valid mysql-link resource. any ideas what i need to sort out with the following installed redhat9.0 php-4.3.5 mysql-4.0.18 cheers Jon_H

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Error: Blocks not working!
by Dan Carlson 01 Apr '04

01 Apr '04

Okay, so after deciding that I was reaching a bit too far, we've instituted several single-IP blocks to try to stop this anonymous problem user from making his constant edits. However, after we set the block with his latest IP address, he made several more edits! Something's wrong here... You can see for yourself: http://memoryalpha.st-minutiae.com/en/index.php/Special:Recentchanges -- pay attention to the Block log and the Sandbox. (Again, I'm running MediaWiki 1.2.0...) Dan

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Range blocks help
by Dan Carlson 01 Apr '04

01 Apr '04

I've had a problem user who's been ignoring (or not receiving) any and all attempts to contact him/her in the past two weeks. We've decided, after some discussion, to try a 48-hour block to see if that catches their attention. However, this person is using a floating IP address, that can be anywhere in the 64.107.*.* range. I've used the [[meta: Range blocks]] page to block all pages in the 64.107.0.* address range, but that's not enough. How can I block all addresses in the 64.107.*.* range? (I've already checked the IP address identity; it's a local ISP and not a major national chain or anything like AOL.) Thanks, Dan Carlson http://memoryalpha.st-minutiae.com/

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Notice level fixes
by ross.nicoll＠zen.co.uk 01 Apr '04

01 Apr '04

I've recently started using Mediawiki, and one of the things I've noticed is that if you don't ignore notice level errors from PHP, you get a lot of warnings about undefined variables. So, I've started work on fixing this, and have attached a patch that fixes the most common of the problems. I've been testing these for a few days now, without any problems, but would appreciate other people looking over the patch too, see if they can see any flaws in what I've done. Also, who would I send this patch to, to get it included in Mediawiki?

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