MediaWiki-l September 2006

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Three MW questions
by Hillel Caplan 09 Sep '06

09 Sep '06

Three questions for folks: 1) Is there a way to auto-number rows in a table similar to the numbered list syntax (i.e. #)? 2) How do I edit the welcome/password reminder e-mail that MediaWiki generates? 3) How can I create user accounts for multiple users? Thanks, Hillel Caplan

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Frequent Logout Issue
by Tim Doyle 08 Sep '06

08 Sep '06

A user of a wiki that I manage reported that during a half hour period, she found herself logged out and had to log in again. She did not view the logout screen - she just realized that she could no longer edit and realized that she wasn't logged in. She has not had this problem before, and the problem appears to have gone away now. She connects via wireless in her office. Does anyone have any idea of what might have caused this? Could she have been having dropped connections on her wireless? Is the IP address stored in the token or session cookies? Any information to help me understand this would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! Tim Doyle

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erase recent changes
by city wiki 08 Sep '06

08 Sep '06

is there anyway i can erase my recentchanges list and start with it from scratch? i'd like previos changes not to appear there. thanks

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Special Pages empty
by city wiki 08 Sep '06

08 Sep '06

when i visit Special:Specialpages it's empty i did already updateSpecialPages.php but it doesn't work! any hints?

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How to set up page owners
by James Mohr 08 Sep '06

08 Sep '06

Hi All! I would to set up a system where each page has an owner. This owner can then assign access rights to the page. In the first phase, all I really want is that the owner can specify who can edit the page. In fact, for the start, it could be as simply as an on-off switch where editing it allowed or not. The first thing that comes to mind is a new data table (I am not happy with the idea of editing existing tables). The table could have fields like this: ownerID:pageID:edit_on Where ownerID is the userID of the owner and edit_on is either 0 or 1. Expanding this idea, I could have: ownerID:pageID:AuthorID:privileges Where AuthorID is another UserID and privileges is simply a bitmap (a la UNIX chmod) which indicates what the AuthorCan do to the page (read, edit, delete?). I would prefer not to reinvent the wheel. So, if a mechanism exists aleady that is even close to that functionality, I would really appreaciate a shove in the right direction. Regards, jimmo -- --------------------------------------- "Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are." -- John Wooden --------------------------------------- Be sure to visit the Linux Tutorial: http://www.linux-tutorial.info

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Breadcrumb feature
by Gordon Adel 08 Sep '06

08 Sep '06

Thanks again... kwbreadcrumbTAL() function is not defined though, and I'm not 100% on where to define it... could you possibly enlighten me? Many Thanks Adel This e-mail is private and may be confidential and is for the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient you are strictly prohibited from using, printing, copying, distributing or disseminating this e-mail or any information contained in it. We virus scan all E-mails leaving The University of Northampton but no warranty is given that this E-mail and any attachments are virus free. You should undertake your own virus checking. The right to monitor E-mail communications through our networks is reserved by us.

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Upload issue
by Menglun Li 07 Sep '06

07 Sep '06

Can someone please help on this issue? When i try to upload it says: "The file you uploaded seems to be empty. This might be due to a typo in the file name. Please check whether you really want to upload this file." The file filed I tried to upload is a jpg file and it is only 2k. Thanks Menglun

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Substituting Template Content On Page Creation
by Tom Purl 07 Sep '06

07 Sep '06

I have a wiki Template called Template:BigDoc with something like the following: This is the top of the document. Field Value A: (fill in a value) Field Value B: (fill in a value) This is the bottom line of the document. I would like to create a document based on Template:BigDoc multiple times a day. This is how I currently do that: 1. Create a new document. 2. Enter the following into the document: * {{subst:BigDoc}} 3. Save that document. 4. Re-edit that document 5. I then see my template text, which I edit. It would be nice if I could eliminate a couple of these steps when creating a document based on a template. Ideally, I would even like to be able to start editing a document based on a template using one click. Does anyone know if this is possible with MediaWiki? Thanks in advance! Tom Purl

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Category link
by Devel 07 Sep '06

07 Sep '06

There is still problem with our wiki: When a category is part of a new article, the category link doesn't show up, when this article is edited, the link works. Is there any obvious solution to this problem. Does anyone know at which point the Category linking code is called? Thanks

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Using Wiki for Editing User-Generated-Texts
by Roy Rozenman 07 Sep '06

07 Sep '06

Hi, www.metacafe.com <http://www.metacafe.com/> is a web 2.0 service, offering a host and distribution of videos, images and media files. The Metacafe's database includes thousands of user-generated media files, with a title and descriptions for each one. We think the Wiki based platform is the best in order to let users edit and update these texts. Nowadays, all texts are English, but using Wiki can be an easy method to allow user-generated-translation of these texts, so that foreign language speaker could use Metacafe's collection as well. If anyone could help me understand the procedure of the integration with MediaWiki, I would be grateful. Thanks, Roy Rozenman Metacafe Tel: +972-54-2143253 www.metacafe.com

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