MediaWiki-l September 2006

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to require login or not
by gmu 2k6 07 Sep '06

07 Sep '06

I'm running a wiki at work and a coworker asked me to require login for any article editing so that he can see who created/modified the article. my point is that the barrier to surf-by-editing is too high with logins required. then he said that people can use Cookies to be logged in always. what do you guys think? I'm trying to form a well-informed opinion for the discussion.

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Breadcrumb feature
by Gordon Adel 07 Sep '06

07 Sep '06

Thanks for the advice, I've created the table, but how do you then tell the wiki to display the breadcrumbs? Kind Regards, Adel > Using MediaWiki version 1.7.1 I'm trying to enable the breadcrumb > feature... using the documentation on the MediaWiki site The problem is that the bread crumb is looking for the CUR table, and it isn't used/doesn't exist in later MW versions. Rather than modify the BC extension, I just create the CUR table for wikis I host using a script and some SQL text. Works great. mysql -uuser -ppass dbname < createcur.sql Here's the createcur.sql text: CREATE TABLE `cur` ( `cur_id` int(8) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment, `cur_namespace` tinyint(2) unsigned NOT NULL default '0', `cur_title` varchar(255) character set latin1 collate latin1_bin NOT NULL default '', `cur_text` mediumtext NOT NULL, `cur_comment` tinyblob NOT NULL, `cur_user` int(5) unsigned NOT NULL default '0', `cur_user_text` varchar(255) character set latin1 collate latin1_bin NOT NULL default '', `cur_timestamp` varchar(14) character set latin1 collate latin1_bin NOT NULL default '', `cur_restrictions` tinyblob NOT NULL, `cur_counter` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL default '0', `cur_is_redirect` tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL default '0', `cur_minor_edit` tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL default '0', `cur_is_new` tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL default '0', `cur_random` double unsigned NOT NULL default '0', `cur_touched` varchar(14) character set latin1 collate latin1_bin NOT NULL default '', `inverse_timestamp` varchar(14) character set latin1 collate latin1_bin NOT NULL default '', UNIQUE KEY `cur_id` (`cur_id`), KEY `cur_namespace` (`cur_namespace`), KEY `cur_title` (`cur_title`(20)), KEY `cur_timestamp` (`cur_timestamp`), KEY `cur_random` (`cur_random`), KEY `name_title_timestamp` (`cur_namespace`,`cur_title`,`inverse_timestamp`), KEY `user_timestamp` (`cur_user`,`inverse_timestamp`), KEY `usertext_timestamp` (`cur_user_text`,`inverse_timestamp`), KEY `namespace_redirect_timestamp` (`cur_namespace`,`cur_is_redirect`,`cur_timestamp`) ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 PACK_KEYS=1; - MHart Adel Gordon IT Services University of Northampton Boughton Green Road Northampton NN2 7AL Tel: 01604 892821 email: adel.gordon(a)northampton.ac.uk web: http://www.northampton.ac.uk 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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large jump in upgrade
by Peter Hessler 07 Sep '06

07 Sep '06

I have a wiki that is at 1.3.11 [1], and I want to upgrade to the latest stable (1.7.1). Should I do one major version at a time, or can I just take a giant leap? Any caveats to look out for? I have a backup of the database, and no customizations beyond settings. [1] I know, I know, but its an inside-the-firewall-vpn-only site, amongst "trusted" users. -- Due to a shortage of devoted followers, the production of great leaders has been discontinued.

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404 Not Found when trying to install
by Jody Cleveland 07 Sep '06

07 Sep '06

Hello, I'm trying to install the latest version of mediawiki on a redhat 4.0 AS server. I downloaded the install files from the website onto the server. I then followed the instructions in the install doc and extracted the files to /var/www/html/wiki and created a database called wikidb. Then, I went to my browser and went to http://www.mywebsite.com/wiki and got this error message: Not Found The requested URL /wiki/moin.cgi/ was not found on this server. So, I'm not sure why it's redirecting to moin.cgi, but that directory doesn't exist. Is there an install step I'm missing? - jody

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Re: [Mediawiki-l] user account deletion and no reference constraints to the user table
by David Zhang 07 Sep '06

07 Sep '06

Dave, thanks for your input. I understand your point. >>Mediawiki does not really permit one to eliminate a user account entirely... >>Deleting a user from the database is NOT advised. If so, why the MW development team did NOT create any reference constraint to the user table? And if so, then the lack of database reference constraints mean a glaring implementation oversight. Anybody knows the real intention of MW team? Thanks, David -------------------- previous emails -------- As I understand it, Mediawiki does not really permit one to eliminate a user account entirely. Rather, it depends on blocking the user from further use of the system. This preserves the account and associated data, but locks it and keeps it from being accessed again. Deleting a user from the database is NOT advised. Others on this list are surely better informed than I, but I think that's the short of it. Dave Pace On 9/5/06, David Zhang <david_q_zhang(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > Does MW have out-of-box feature for WikiSysop to > remove a user account? > > If not, what happen if I manually remove a user > account? Many dead links? > non-functioning system? > > I am not sure whether other people have noticed that > there are NO reference constraints > to the user table from other MW tables. User accounts > are stored in the user table. > Anybody knows why MW development team did NOT create > references to user > table? Obviously, many other tables have user > information such as user_id, but > why no database reference constraints to enforce data > integrity? > > Any info is really appreciated. > > Thanks, David __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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mediawiki import problems
by Charlie McElfresh 06 Sep '06

06 Sep '06

I exported several XML pages from Wikipedia, and tried to import them into my local Mediawiki installation. Each time, I get errors like this: XML import parse failure at line 54, col 436 (byte 4898; "�48.</ref>"): not well-formed (invalid token) I can't see anything wrong with the XML -- Charlie

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Session problem with Mac OS X widget
by The Centerfielder 06 Sep '06

06 Sep '06

And now for something completely different. Sean Billig's Wikipedia widget for Mac OS X (see http://www.whatsinthehouse.com/widgets/) is very cool. I'm trying to modify it to read my own wiki (http:// www.dkosopedia.com, which is MediaWiki v 1.5.7), and am having a problem. I can search for an article on my wiki with the modified widget and retrieve the article ok, but when I click on an internal link in that article (for example [[Washington Post]]) I get an error like the following: There is no page titled ":Washington Post?dkuser dkosopedia session=a5b3e0d963ea0fe29c9f8bc319743992". where "dkuser" is the name of the account owning the wiki. Clicking external links (for example [http://www.cnn.com]) work correctly (they open cnn.com in Safari). Obviously something is adding dkuser_dkosopedia_session to the query string and I'm sure there's a very simple explanation, but it's beyond me. A possible clue... Note the ":" first character in the error message. Internal links to pages with something in front of the ":" ([Special:Recentchanges]) DO work ok.

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Moving Images?
by Frederich, Eric P2173 06 Sep '06

06 Sep '06

I don't see a "move" tab on the top of an Image page. Is there a way to rename an image? Thanks, ~Eric

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Creating new skin
by mediawiki-1＠wikiplant.org 06 Sep '06

06 Sep '06

Hi, I'm creating a new skin for my MediaWiki. The HTML-Design-Stuff is finished - but what do I add to display the content/navigation? I know where I want to have everything, but I didn't find how to make a Skin out of this HTML-Site :( Thx for your help, flo from Germany

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Re: [Mediawiki-l] Creating a wiki page to report all user changes
by tim＠greenscourt.com 05 Sep '06

05 Sep '06

This is already available. You can get to these pages by going to the User's userpage and selecting "User contributions" from the toolbox on the left, or link to pages with the titles in this form: "Special:Contributions/Username" Tim > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [Mediawiki-l] Creating a wiki page to report all user changes > From: Aaron Axelsen <lists(a)frozenpc.net> > Date: Tue, September 05, 2006 2:43 pm > To: mediawiki-l(a)Wikimedia.org > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > We are using wiki's in an educational setting for class work. An > instructor is looking for a way to create pages for each student which > would list all their edits to the contents of the wiki. Is there an > easy way to do this? > > If I recall, it is possible to get an rss feed of recent changes by > user? But, I havn't seen any way to create a page which would show these. > > Any thoughts are welcome and appreciated. Thanks. > > - -- > Aaron Axelsen > lists(a)frozenpc.net > > Great hosting, low prices. Modevia Web Services LLC -- > http://www.modevia.com > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFE/dNOuucONIvD0AMRAqScAJ9JweB0bgOCxfAgCjy5f1SB6JQX3wCg2LIC > kEdOi9tDhMSd1Plr3EMA8LE= > =pFFB > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > MediaWiki-l(a)Wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

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