MediaWiki-l August 2004

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Uploads only by sysops?
by Marko Faas 18 Aug '04

18 Aug '04

Hello, Is it possible to enable uploads of images only by sysops? (It probably is, but some pointers in how to do that are very appreciated) -- Kind Regards, Marko Faas

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user defined wiki links
by Patrick Gundlach 18 Aug '04

18 Aug '04

Dear Media-wiki hackers and users, I'd like to create a new markup for a TeX wiki: <command>\mycommand</command> or <command>mycommand</command> (wich ever would be easier to program) should link to an external http server: http://server.com/cmd=mycommand It would be totally nice if it opens a smaller window, some kind of "pop up". In that window I'd like to display a syntactic description of the command \mycommand. Any ideas? Patrick (btw: I'll install the latest mediwiki now)

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editing sidebar/navigation menu...
by Richard Sammet 18 Aug '04

18 Aug '04

hey guys, im looking for a way to edit the sidebar/navigation menu (add, edit, remove entrys). mediawiki version: 1.3.1 br e-axe -- ===================================================================== Fraunhofer-Institut für Sichere Informations-Technologie (SIT) Richard Sammet Tel.: +49 6151 869 60027 Email: richard.sammet(a)sit.fraunhofer.de main(){int y=0,x;while(y!=6){x=(y==0)?101:((y==1)?45:((y==2)?97:((y==3)?120:((y==4)?101:10))));putchar(x);y++;}}

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NEWS: E-Mail notification on page changes (updated) "PCNOTIF"
by Thomas Gries 18 Aug '04

18 Aug '04

*** repeated and updated mail *** (update) We have developed a reasonable scheme for page change notifications. Please be patient until the patch is published (a few days) or send me directly your further ideas (not via the mailing list, please). Tom BRION & MAGNUS: PLEASE CAN SOMEONE HELP ME TO "DELIVER" THE PATCH (based on version 1.3.1) ? Shall I use "diff", do you have a wiki, where I can place patch and documentation and re-edit it later ? HOW DOES PAGE CHANGE NOTIFICATION (PCNOTIF) WORK ? User X gets a short E-Mail: (1) when someone changes a page listed in his/her user X's watch list. At the moment, *all* pages in the watchlist (the standard and unmodified watchlist of MediaWiki 1.3.1) are sensed for changes the same way. [ We could think of a second watchlist (first: w/ mail notification, second: w/o ) or additional mail notification parameters such as "bring-forward after xx days" and many more such options, which a User X could set in his/her watchlist. This is for later, eg. long and cold winter evenings ...] Such "power features" as "bring forward notification" as suggested by some developers would need DATABASE TABLE MODIFICATIONS. However, this patch does NOT need table modifications. (2) when someone changes the user_talk page of User X (low traffic is expected; each page change is related to only one recipient). This can be even allowed for large scale MediaWikis such as the WikiPedias. For technical reasons: at the moment, it is not possible that User Z sets User_talk:User_X to his watchlist, in order to get PCNOTIF. Only the owner User_X gets it. Global flags enable or disable the two mail notification modules (normal pages ; user_talk pages) independently: $wgEmailNotification = true | false ; $wgEmailNotificationUserTalkPage = true | false ; $wgReplyToUserTalkPageEditor = true | false ; # if true then a notification e-mail reveals the page editor's e-mail address in the Reply-To: address The third constant determines, whether a User_talk-notification message, (sent FROM:wikiadmin as usual) comes with REPLY-TO: User_talk editor's e-mail-address. This is mainly a one-to-one communication, because User Z wrote on User_talk:User_X page. Why shouldn't we give User_X the e-mail-address of User Z ? I think, it's okay to do so. - The notification message body and subject texts can easily be adapted to your needs. I have four new pages (2x body, 2x subject) in the MediaWiki: namespace and have introduced NAMED parameters such as $PAGESUMMARY and $PAGEEDITOR (no longer messing around with $1, $2 ...). - Further notification messages are suppressed until UserX visits the changed page(s). - your own changes to a page in your own watchlist or to your own User_talk page do never trigger the sending of notification mails to you. - Notification flags for *all* your watchlist pages can be reset on one click (button) on your watchlist page Please be patient. Allow for some days of further tests. The mail programs have been developed in the last two weeks and are integrated into to 1.3.1 version. A documentation follows soon; the patches are not too complicated. Tom Gries and friends Berlin/Munich --- Conclusion: 4 new pages in the MediaWiki namespace [[MediaWiki:NotificationMessageBodyPageHasChanged]] [[MediaWiki:NotificationMessageSubjectPageHasChanged]] [[MediaWiki:NotificationMessageBodyUserTalkPageHasChanged]] [[MediaWiki:NotificationMessageSubjectUserTalkPageHasChanged]] In these pages, you can use the following new variables to compose your notification messages: $CURRENTUSERNAME $PAGENAMESPACE $PAGETITLE $PAGEEDITOR $PAGEEDITDATE $PAGESUMMARY {{MediaWiki:Sitetitle}} Example of a notification mail: Dear $CURRENTUSERNAME, the {{MediaWiki:Sitetitle}} page $PAGETITLE has been changed on $PAGEEDITDATE by $PAGEEDITOR, see http://myserver/mywiki/$PAGETITLE . Editor's summary: $PAGESUMMARY There will be no other notifications in case of further changes unless you visit this page. You could also reset the notification flags for all your watched pages on your watchlist. Your friendly {{MediaWiki:Sitetitle}} notification system -- To change your watchlist settings, visit http://myserver/mywiki/index.php?title=Special:Watchlist&magic=yes Feedback and further assistance: http://myserver/mywiki/index.php/WikiHelpdesk --- END OF EXAMPLE PCNOTIF ---

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Bugzilla bug report migration
by Brion Vibber 18 Aug '04

18 Aug '04

Timwi's started on migrating still-open bug reports from the sourceforge tracker to our new Bugzilla at http://bugzilla.wikipedia.org Bugzilla brings these amazing bug-reporting benefits: * Easier to create a login than it is on Sourceforge * Easier to search for existing bugs * Less cluttered interface! (no advertisements every 3cm) * Bugmail notifications are less cluttered; it's easier to tell what's changed * URLs typed in comments are clickable * Wikilinks typed in comments are clickable (to Wikipedia wikis at least) * Easy links from Wikipedia pages to bug reports like this: [[bugzilla:19]] To add a handy bugzilla interwiki to your own wiki: INSERT INTO interwiki(iw_prefix,iw_url) VALUES('bugzilla', 'http://bugzilla.wikipedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=$1'); Sorry if there's some temporary pain in migration; if you've reported or are watching a bug you'll probably want to login to the new bugzilla and CC yourself to the new bug report. (You should get an e-mail notification from Sourceforge which includes the URL to the new report.) You can read all bug report notifications (on both the SF tracker and bugzilla) by subscribing to the wikibugs-l mailing list at mail.wikipedia.org. (Fairly high traffic.) -- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)

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Re: [Mediawiki-l] Page notifications in Mediawiki
by Luis Casillas 18 Aug '04

18 Aug '04

Brion Vibber wrote: > Jared Nyland wrote: >> Is there away in Mediawiki to setup page notifications to be sent >> when a >> users page has been edited. > > There's an in-wiki notification for editing of a user's _talk_ page. > Nothing for the user page itself, besides the standard watchlist. Something I've wanted to add to MediaWiki is email notifications of watchlist page changes. The users of the wiki I'm running have asked for this feature. (I do need to learn PHP and get a good look at the code before I try this, though.) -- Luis Casillas <casillas(a)mercedsystems.com>

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AdSense says, yes, if you have admin access
by Sterling D. Allan 18 Aug '04

18 Aug '04

----- Original Message ----- From: "Google AdSense" <adsense-tech(a)google.com> To: "Sterling D. Allan" <sterlingda(a)greaterthings.com> Cc: "Sterling D. Allan" <sterlingda(a)pureenergysystems.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 10:31 AM Subject: Re: [#13322665] placing AdSense code in a wiki Hello Sterling, Thank you for forwarding this information and for clarifying the situation. I apologize for the lack of clarity in my statement. My statement with regards to wikis not supporting JavaScript was in reference to your directive to click the 'Edit' button on your wiki in order to add the ads to it. However, if you do have access to the templates of the site, it is possible to implement the JavaScript directly into the HTML template. As previously noted, depending on if you implement it with frames, the ads may or may not be targeted towards the user added content of your wiki. Please feel free to reply to this email if you have additional technical questions or concerns. For general program or account questions, please email adsense-support(a)google.com. Sincerely, Leslie The Google Team ---------------- Seeing public service ads (PSAs) on your site? It's easy to replace them with your own ads or images. Learn how at http://www.google.com/alternateads1 Original Message Follows: ------------------------ From: "Sterling D. Allan" <sterlingda(a)greaterthings.com> Subject: Re: [#13322665] placing AdSense code in a wiki Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 02:04:16 -0600 yet more from mediawiki developer (excuse the lack of tact): Sterling D. Allan wrote: > Thanks for the reply about modifying navigation. > > I see you remove my addition to the AdSense page at wikipedia. > > In your comment you said "remove false and irrelevant information." > > Would you mind explaining? > > Re: voracity: I got the information direct from a Google representative. Well I'm afraid the information, despite its source, is completely and 100% factually incorrect. Since a wiki is simply a web site, it supports any and all HTML constructs. The user-written text portion is -- just like the user-supplied text in a forum, blog, or other such site -- generally limited, but that's not where you would be putting advertisements. -- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Google AdSense" <adsense-tech(a)google.com> To: "Sterling D. Allan" <sterlingda(a)greaterthings.com> Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 12:02 PM Subject: Re: [#13322665] placing AdSense code in a wiki Hello Sterling, Thank you for your email. Please note that our ad code is JavaScript code. Unfortunately, wikis do not support JavaScript code. Additionally, at this time, we do not offer an alternative method of generating ads. Please do not change or alter the ad code in any way, as this is against our program policies. We are always working to improve the AdSense program and I have forwarded your feedback about wikis to our team. Please feel free to reply to this email if you have additional technical questions or concerns. For general program or account questions, please email adsense-support(a)google.com. Sincerely, Leslie The Google Team ---------------- Seeing public service ads (PSAs) on your site? It's easy to replace them with your own ads or images. Learn how at http://www.google.com/alternateads1 Original Message Follows: ------------------------ From: "Sterling D. Allan" <sterlingda(a)greaterthings.com> Subject: placing AdSense code in a wiki Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 07:32:24 -0600 I've created a wiki site http://peswiki.com and would like to insert AdSense code into it, but find that some of the syntax are picked up by wiki and displayed rather than the ad displaying. Has you been able to come up with a work-around fix? I'm using mediawiki for the driver. Here is a page to show you how the page appears. Click on "edit" to see the text behind the scenes.

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Re: again: installation 1.3.0. is hanging
by holzwd＠t-online.de 17 Aug '04

17 Aug '04

Hi Brion, thanks to answer. The output from config - install after sending data is: MediaWiki 1.3.0 installation Please include all of the lines below when reporting installation problems. Checking environment... PHP 4.3.8: ok Warning: PHP's register_globals option is enabled. MediaWiki will work correctly, but this setting increases your exposure to potential security vulnerabilities in PHP-based software running on your server. You should disable it if you are able. PHP server API is cgi; using ugly URLs (index.php?title=Page_Title) Have XML / Latin1-UTF-8 conversion support. PHP's memory_limit is 40M. If this is too low, installation may fail! Have zlib support; enabling output compression. Found GD graphics library built-in, image thumbnailing will be enabled if you enable uploads. Installation directory: /homepages/15/d16081958/htdocs/Wiki Script URI path: /Wiki Thats all. No report for any error. I have test it by two German hosters - Schlund and 1+1. No difficult result. Local at home is running under Linux without problems. In the diskussion in 07/04 i have read from problems with memory_limit. Is this the problem broken the install by hosting install? Regards Dieter

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editing wiki navigation
by Sterling D. Allan 17 Aug '04

17 Aug '04

I'll work on this tomorrow, but I wanted you to take a look too and help me figure out the code. From: <hans(a)lightservers.net> To: "Sterling D. Allan" <sterlingda(a)greaterthings.com> Cc: <support(a)lightservers.net> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 12:54 AM Subject: Re: Update [...] You can change the navigation menu by editing the following file: /home/pure/public_html/wiki/templates/xhtml.slim.pt around line 63 For your site advertising, perhaps the developer who has already given you code could put it into a format more clearly and easily insertable to your existing stylesheet (monobook). I believe you can insert it into the same xhtml.slim.pt file above - you just have to figure out the proper syntax.

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Google AdSense presently incompatible with wiki
by Sterling D. Allan 17 Aug '04

17 Aug '04

For your information: (I've added this to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AdSense ) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Google AdSense" <adsense-tech(a)google.com> To: "Sterling D. Allan" <sterlingda(a)greaterthings.com> Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 12:02 PM Subject: Re: [#13322665] placing AdSense code in a wiki Hello Sterling, Thank you for your email. Please note that our ad code is JavaScript code. Unfortunately, wikis do not support JavaScript code. Additionally, at this time, we do not offer an alternative method of generating ads. Please do not change or alter the ad code in any way, as this is against our program policies. We are always working to improve the AdSense program and I have forwarded your feedback about wikis to our team. Please feel free to reply to this email if you have additional technical questions or concerns. For general program or account questions, please email adsense-support(a)google.com. Sincerely, Leslie The Google Team

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