MediaWiki-l November 2006

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Re: [Mediawiki-l] corporate wiki: success factors?
by Ricardo Rodríguez - Your XEN ICT Team 28 Nov '06

28 Nov '06

>>> Frederik Dohrfdg001(a)gmx.net> 27/11/2006 19:10 >> > As for a WYSIWYG interface, I'd agree that while this might erase the > intial obstacle, its (current?) limitations would likely lead to > frustration further down the line. > I'd consider WYSIWYG if advanced users could just turn it off, but it > seems that all available solutions/extensions change the way contents > are saved, creating an either/or situation. (This might also lead to > complications when trying to export contents from the wiki for use in > some other medium!?) > Thanks again for you kind and truly helpful contributions! > -- Frederik I do agree with you concerning WYSIWYG option, but I must recognise I am a bit of a mess about the available options. Have you successfully tried any of them? I also agree with Fernando: some content could act as a trigger for participation. In my case these "useful contents" have a clear end: a paper sent to a publisher, lets say, for instance, Science. So the full example must include how it is expected the content developed within the wiki environment can be exported to the required format. That is why I am concern about this issue. Please, David, have you any experience with this particular? Thanks. I understand that I am trying to use a tool created for free creation/free access of contents to developed proprietary knowledge. But this is the way things work in a huge number of places and to cope with this situations the only way to promote the collaboration, share of knowledge and production of freely accessible information/knowledge. As another example, I think this document could be also useful for you... http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~kimble/teaching/students/Jonathan_Davies/Jo… All the best, Ricardo -- Ricardo Rodríguez Your XEN ICT Team

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URGENT: Upgrade from 1.7.2 to 1.8.2 not going well...
by Tim Ware 28 Nov '06

28 Nov '06

I backed up all the files, and backed up the database. I uploaded everything. I went to /config/ and I filled in the info. When I clicked on the link to my wiki, there was no data. So it was pulling nothing from my database. I logged in to phpMyAdmin and saw the database with the correct name there, only instead of (31) next to it, it had (62). So it appears that my database got overwritten. What did I do wrong? Need help. Thanks. Tim ......................................................... ! ............ ................................................. Tim Ware .. HyperArts .. 201 4th Street, Ste 404 .. Oakland CA 94607 t: (510) 339-6084 .. f: (510) 339-6086 .. e: tim(a)hyperarts.com http://www.hyperarts.com Map

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Wiki Page Frames
by Ad Imagery 28 Nov '06

28 Nov '06

Hello everyone, Can MediaWiki web pages contains frames src of other MediaWiki web source? Thank you, Eddie

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Re: [Mediawiki-l] corporate wiki: success factors?
by Ricardo Rodríguez - Your XEN ICT Team 28 Nov '06

28 Nov '06

>>> David Gerard<dgerard(a)gmail.com> 28/11/2006 00:42 >>> >On 27/11/06, Ricardo Rodríguez - Your XEN ICT Team <webmaster(a)xen.net> wrote: > I also agree with Fernando: some content could act as a trigger for participation. In my case > these "useful contents" have a clear end: a paper sent to a publisher, lets say, for instance, > Science. So the full example must include how it is expected the content developed within the > wiki environment can be exported to the required format. That is why I am concern about this > issue. Please, David, have you any experience with this particular? Thanks. > > I don't with this particular case. I suppose an academic paper could > be co-developed via a wiki page quite well - start from notes and end > up with a coherent and clearly-written paper. And this is already happening here! And people are happy with the new environment. Even people being very sceptic at the very beginning. Early entries act as triggers as Fernando says. As for exporting wiki contents, the precise magazine/publisher doesn't mind at this point. What I am trying to clear up is the process. From a previous message sent by you following the current thread: "Mediawiki text->XML is already in Mediawiki, isn't it? You'd need the right XSLT to turn that into OpenDocument or any other XML format. ("the right XSLT" is a phrase like "simple matter of programming")" But all I am able to find is a XML export extension that will tag all but body contents. And this is not useful for document transformation into any required format. For instance, please, take a look at this... http://nvx.environmentalchange.net/@rrodriguez/R/R_SpecialExport.xml <text></text> contents the body of the article. And Mediawiki tagging is unchanged. So, from the required transformation point of view it is the same to copy and paste the edition window content in any text editor or exporting it to this XML file. Any XSLT can manage XML tagging, but I don't need XSLT to manage plain text or Mediawiki tagging. But of course it will be harder to substitute Mediawiki tagging with the required tags needed, lets say, by a FrameMaker document. Please, what I am trying to know is the state of the art with article exportation from Mediawiki. Accept my apologies if my questions are too basic, but I am not able to get the whole point. Thanks for any information! All the best, Ricardo -- Ricardo Rodríguez Your XEN ICT Team

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Using Smileys
by KlinT 28 Nov '06

28 Nov '06

Hi All, I'd like to add smileys support in my WiKi ... I know that this function has been removed ... But can somebody point me to an extension that will do that ? Best regards KlinT. ( Using Mediawiki 1.7.1 )

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Remove or edit user account?
by Tim Ware 27 Nov '06

27 Nov '06

I am the admin for a MW wiki and occasionally the need arises to delete a user or change their account info. Can I do this via Web- based interface, or do I need to edit the database? Also, is there a way to send an email to all users? Thanks! Tim ......................................................... ! ............ ................................................. Tim Ware .. HyperArts .. 201 4th Street, Ste 404 .. Oakland CA 94607 t: (510) 339-6084 .. f: (510) 339-6086 .. e: tim(a)hyperarts.com http://www.hyperarts.com Map

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Any way to do Automatic Rollback for a certain user?
by Eric K 27 Nov '06

27 Nov '06

I'm looking for a way to automatically roll back a detected vandal's edits. Is there any way to do this? I guess this would involve making a FOR loop and undoing each Edit from that certain user and visiting his rollback link which would be something like: http://www.my-wiki.com/index.php?title=theArticle&action=rollback&from=Vand… One part involves determining the token. Any help would be appreciated. --------------------------------- Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta.

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no category in keywords metatags
by FxParlant 27 Nov '06

27 Nov '06

Hi again, I'm trying to find out how to have the category names included in the keywords metatags of my pages. I've done the test with 1.8 and 1.9 alpha, and only the title appears: <meta name="keywords" content="Main Page" /> The category "Test" for example should also appear. Can someone tell me how to enable this. Thanks a lot François

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Undefined variable: wgDBpassword
by FxParlant 27 Nov '06

27 Nov '06

Hi, Trying the svn trunk, I get this on install (apache 2, windows XP, mysql 5, php5) Undefined variable: wgDBpassword in C:\wamp\www\workspace\phase3\config\index.php on line 816 But what is weirder is that I set the name of my DB in the install form as "phase3" and the script creates a "wikidb" database and installs mediawiki tables in it . Any comment or idea ? François

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How to change "Main Page" displayed on home page?
by Tim Ware 27 Nov '06

27 Nov '06

How can I change the "Main Page" text that's displayed at the top of the home page? I don't want to change the URL, just the name that's displayed. Thanks! Tim

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