MediaWiki-l October 2005

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About New version
by Emilien ARNAUD 13 Oct '05

13 Oct '05

Hi, I installed the 1.5.0 version. Does the {{{if:variable|hello world}}} function works ? If not, is there any way to enable / activate it. If not does anyone wrote something to implement that ? Thanks in advance for your answer, Sincerely, CreatixEA

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Re: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Special:Log for namespaces
by Wolfgang Aigner 13 Oct '05

13 Oct '05

On 12.10.2005, at 22:42, Brion Vibber wrote: > Wolfgang Aigner wrote: > >> hi there, >> i'm using a wiki as community platform and also as teaching aid. for >> this reason i separated the two parts by introducing a "Teaching" >> namespace. now i have the problem that Special:Log doesn't show any >> logging information on that namespace... >> >> is there a way to include user defined namespaces or get a different >> log page only for a specific namespace? >> > > What sort of information would you expect to see in the log that > you're > not seeing? i'm sorry -- i confused "Logs" with "Recent changes"... "Recent changes" does it all. thanks, iWolf

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Re: can't build the docs
by Bob Purvy 13 Oct '05

13 Oct '05

to answer Jamie Bliss' question about why I want to build the docs (which was the only response I received): it's for faster Help page load times. I've had, occasionally, very long waits for a Help page, 10 seconds or more. When I'm trying to solve a problem this is the last thing I need. I'm sure it's a network or computer problem on my end, but it doesn't matter; a local copy would be better. But no need to argue about that; does anyone have the answer to this question? Thanks. ======================================================= I'm trying to run mwdocgen.php in the maintenance directory of MediaWiki, and this is the result I get: [root@localhost maintenance]# php mwdocgen.php Several documentation possibilities: 0 : whole documentation (1 + 2 + 3) 1 : only includes 2 : only languages 3 : only maintenance 4 : only skins 5 : only a given file Enter your choice [0]:0 --------------------------------------------------- Launching the command: phpdoc -f /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/mediawiki-1.5.0/*php -d /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/mediawiki-1.5.0/includes/,/usr/local/apache2/htdocs/mediawiki-1.5.0/languages/,/usr/local/apache2/htdocs/mediawiki-1.5.0/maintenance/,/usr/local/apache2/htdocs/mediawiki-1.5.0/skins/ -t /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/mediawiki-1.5.0/docs/html -dn MediaWiki --title "MediaWiki generated documentation" --output "HTML:Smarty:HandS" --ignore AdminSettings.php,LocalSettings.php,tests/LocalTestSettings.php --parseprivate on --sourcecode on --------------------------------------------------- : bad interpreter: No such file or directoryp --------------------------------------------------- Phpdoc execution finished. Check above for possible errors. ======= I do have phpDocumentor installed (1.3.0rc3, since the 1.2 consistently failed to install with a "bad md5 checksum" error) So how do I fix this? ----------------------------

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Separate image server?
by Sy Ali 13 Oct '05

13 Oct '05

Is it possible to perform some magic such that all images are automatically stored on a different server? I don't mean this as a backup tool, but so that an installation's pictures get served from an alternate (and unmetered, but slower) server.

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Re: Attack of one user: Rollback of all changes?
by Scott Morrison 13 Oct '05

13 Oct '05

I've also had attacks by the same person (using variations of the name -- Kuza22 was the first, and various others), on two different wikis I help manage. Since this guy seems to be causing problems for a lot of people at the moment, let me describe his modus operandi... He's adding links, generally doing something like this -- <div id="wiki1883" style="overflow:auto; height: 1px; "> http://casino-on-net.888.web.com http://casino-gaming.888.web.com http://casino-gamble.888.web.com </div> The 'style' entry in the div causes the text to appear way off the right hand side of the browser screen, although without adding a horizontal scroll bar, hence making it invisible. It's a neat trick... The URLs are not always the same, I've in the last week had attacks pointing to *coolhost.biz *18.to *url.to *web.com He generally make many edits to the same page (I'm not sure how he decides his targets), and often even reverts his edits himself! This makes it somewhat harder to notice what's going on, although obviously Recent Changes tells you everything. He's presumably relying on google indexing your page histories; don't let this happen -- I think the canonical solution, at least if you're using apache mod_rewrite to convert URLs like /wiki/Page to /w/index.php?title=Page, is to tell google not to index anything in /w/. In terms of coping with him, I installed the SpamBlacklist extension. I'm not sure if this worked, or if he just went away. I cleaned up after his attacks by hand, which, for me at least, wasn't too onerous. He makes many many edits, and so fills up your Recent Changes, but they're all on just a few pages. If you change you preferences to use the 'fancy Recent Changes' mode (not sure what it's actually called), you'll be able to see more easily what he's editted. If you need more help cleaning up, and happen to have Mathematica (I know, I know, it's a weird langauge to write these things in...) I have some little programs to help identify un-reverted edits by this asshole. Hope that helps some people! Scott > Hallo, > > in ZUM-Wiki we have had a massive attack of one user yesterday at night. - > Now we have to make a lot of rollbacks of all the changes of this one user > (calling himselve "Vova93). > > Is there an easy way to make a rollback of all changes of this one user > together? > > Best regards > Karl Kirst

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can't build the docs
by Bob Purvy 12 Oct '05

12 Oct '05

I'm trying to run mwdocgen.php in the maintenance directory of MediaWiki, and this is the result I get: [root@localhost maintenance]# php mwdocgen.php Several documentation possibilities: 0 : whole documentation (1 + 2 + 3) 1 : only includes 2 : only languages 3 : only maintenance 4 : only skins 5 : only a given file Enter your choice [0]:0 --------------------------------------------------- Launching the command: phpdoc -f /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/mediawiki-1.5.0/*php -d /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/mediawiki-1.5.0/includes/,/usr/local/apache2/htdocs/mediawiki-1.5.0/languages/,/usr/local/apache2/htdocs/mediawiki-1.5.0/maintenance/,/usr/local/apache2/htdocs/mediawiki-1.5.0/skins/ -t /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/mediawiki-1.5.0/docs/html -dn MediaWiki --title "MediaWiki generated documentation" --output "HTML:Smarty:HandS" --ignore AdminSettings.php,LocalSettings.php,tests/LocalTestSettings.php --parseprivate on --sourcecode on --------------------------------------------------- : bad interpreter: No such file or directoryp --------------------------------------------------- Phpdoc execution finished. Check above for possible errors. ======= I do have phpDocumentor installed (1.3.0rc3, since the 1.2 consistently failed to install with a "bad md5 checksum" error) So how do I fix this?

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Use of Mediawiki inside a commercial company: licence fees?
by Kramer M., DP ITS, DTM, BN 12 Oct '05

12 Oct '05

Dear mediawiki, I investigate mediwiki as a mean of communikation inside my company. Would I have to pay licence fees? Best wishes. Markus Kramer Deutsche Post ITSolutions GmbH Mobil +49 (0) 151 / 167 40 349 Email markus.kramer(a)dp-itsolutions.de Internet: http://www.dp-itsolutions.de <http://www.dp-itsolutions.de/>

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'Failed opening required' error
by Kent S. Larsen II 12 Oct '05

12 Oct '05

OK, for some reason my wiki has changed from working normally to giving the following error: Fatal error: Failed opening required 'UtfNormalUtil.php' (include_path='.:/***/Litdb:/***/Litdb/includes:/***/Litdb/languages') in /***/Litdb/includes/normal/UtfNormal.php on line 36 *** -- base path to directory (Litdb) where wiki was installed The only thing that I know changed was that my service provider reported the following change at about the time things stopped working: "Default group was over the domain quota. Set quota to unlimited." Now that could be just a coincidence, but I don't understand what the problem is or how to solve it. I know it has something to do with the process of connecting to mysql through php, but what is broken is beyond my knowledge. I've not changed the software at all. I have tried the following: 1. reviewed permissions, ownership and groups of all wiki files -- all are set to be the owner and group that are the same as other html files. The files' permissions are also all set to 777 2. reviewed httpd.conf and php.ini -- the only recent change to these files was in httpd.conf, and that change happened several days before the problem occurred. The apache server was restarted several times during those days. 3. reviewed entries in LocalSettings.php that control access to mysql. The user exists in the mysql database and that user's permissions seem to be correct. The password appears to be correct also, as does the database name and the host name ('localhost') Don't know what else to check. I have two other software packages that use php to connect to mysql. The older of the two is working fine (don't know what to call it -- it is a heavily modified commerce package that seems to be without name in the code. The second, Drupal, I installed recently to allow me to host blogs. It was also up and running and at about the same time, (I was trying to get it configured properly) it also stopped working with errors that point to a similar error. If anyone has some insight into this problem, I would really appreciate it. Kent

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Re: [Mediawiki-l] 'Failed opening required' error
by Rob Church 12 Oct '05

12 Oct '05

Does the UtfNormalUtil.php file exist in the includes/ or languages/ folder? If not, then the problem is simply that it can't be found because it doesn't exist. Rob Church On 12/10/05, Kent S. Larsen II <kent(a)lusobraz.com> wrote: > > OK, for some reason my wiki has changed from working normally to giving the > following error: > > Fatal error: Failed opening required 'UtfNormalUtil.php' > (include_path='.:/***/Litdb:/***/Litdb/includes:/***/Litdb/languages') in > /***/Litdb/includes/normal/UtfNormal.php on line 36 > > *** -- base path to directory (Litdb) where wiki was installed > > > The only thing that I know changed was that my service provider reported > the following change at about the time things stopped working: > > "Default group was over the domain quota. Set quota to unlimited." > > Now that could be just a coincidence, but I don't understand what the > problem is or how to solve it. > > I know it has something to do with the process of connecting to mysql > through php, but what is broken is beyond my knowledge. > > I've not changed the software at all. I have tried the following: > > 1. reviewed permissions, ownership and groups of all wiki files -- all are > set to be the owner and group that are the same as other html files. The > files' permissions are also all set to 777 > > 2. reviewed httpd.conf and php.ini -- the only recent change to these files > was in httpd.conf, and that change happened several days before the problem > occurred. The apache server was restarted several times during those days. > > 3. reviewed entries in LocalSettings.php that control access to mysql. The > user exists in the mysql database and that user's permissions seem to be > correct. The password appears to be correct also, as does the database name > and the host name ('localhost') > > Don't know what else to check. > > I have two other software packages that use php to connect to mysql. The > older of the two is working fine (don't know what to call it -- it is a > heavily modified commerce package that seems to be without name in the code. > > The second, Drupal, I installed recently to allow me to host blogs. It was > also up and running and at about the same time, (I was trying to get it > configured properly) it also stopped working with errors that point to a > similar error. > > If anyone has some insight into this problem, I would really appreciate it. > > Kent > > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > MediaWiki-l(a)Wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l >

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mail-to-wiki gateway for general mail
by Bovlb 12 Oct '05

12 Oct '05

I run a MediaWiki installation at work, and I'm investigating whether we can CC/forward mail messages directly into the Wiki. This will make it easier for information to get in there, at least in raw form, and hence accelerate acceptance. I've been poking around various pages, and the archives of this list, and I see that this has come up before, and there is even some code, but it always concentrates on accepting specially formatted messages which specify the page name, and include a plain (or wiki) text payload. It seems to me that this is barely worthwhile, as its almost as easy to copy it into a web browser. In my company (and I'm sure I'm not alone in this), people send each other a lot of rich format e-mail, especially Word and Excel documents. I want to make it easier for these to get into the wiki. What I'm looking for is a way to accept any arbitrary mail message in a way that will be usuable. This means that attachments of various types need to be handled and uploaded as separate pages, then linked from the main article. The main article needs a generated name, say using the message-id or a GUID. Primitive indexing could be done with creative use of categories. Any message that turns out to be crucial will quickly be linked to from the appropriate place. I know that the answer to this is "implement it yourself", but I'm surprised that no-one seems to have thought about this, or attempted an implementation. Am I terribly misguided here? Is anyone already working on this? Is anyone interested in collaborating? Cheers, [[en:User:Bovlb]] Some pages I have looked at: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mail-to-wiki_gateway http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2005-September/thread.html#… http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2005-September/thread.html#… http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2005-August/thread.html#6197

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MediaWiki-l October 2005